Recipe: 1. Create an org file with the following contents:
* 1 ** 2 2. emacs -Q 3. Open the file 4. Put the point at the end of the second headline 5. M-: (message "%s" (org-element-at-point)) Expected behaviour: According to org-element-at-point docstring, "Properties depend on element or object type, but always include :begin, :end, :parent and :post-blank properties.". Hence, it is expected to have :parent property set to the first headline. Observed behaviour: (headline (:raw-value 2 :begin 6 :end 13 :pre-blank 0 :contents-begin nil :contents-end nil :level 2 :priority nil :tags nil :todo-keyword nil :todo-type nil :post-blank 2 :footnote-section-p nil :archivedp nil :commentedp nil :post-affiliated 6 :title 2)) No :parent property is returned. Best, Ihor Emacs : GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, cairo version 1.16.0) of 2019-12-16 Package: Org mode version 9.3 (release_9.3 @ /home/yantar92/.emacs.d/straight/build/org/)