diff --git a/src/mvt/android/modules/bugreport/base.py b/src/mvt/android/modules/bugreport/base.py
index 25396f95..9e8954d6 100644
--- a/src/mvt/android/modules/bugreport/base.py
+++ b/src/mvt/android/modules/bugreport/base.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import datetime
 import fnmatch
 import logging
 import os
+import re
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Optional
 from zipfile import ZipFile
@@ -13,6 +14,10 @@ from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo, ZoneInfoNotFoundError
 
 from mvt.common.module import ModuleResults, MVTModule
 
+# `------ 0.101s was the duration of 'SOME SECTION' ------`, printed when that
+# section finishes and not necessarily between two sections.
+SECTION_DURATION = re.compile(r"^-{3,}\s*[0-9.]+s was the duration of", re.IGNORECASE)
+
 
 class BugReportModule(MVTModule):
     """This class provides a base for all Android Bug Report modules."""
@@ -122,6 +127,12 @@ class BugReportModule(MVTModule):
                     in_section = True
                 continue
             if stripped.startswith("------"):
+                # dumpstate prints a section's timing line when that section
+                # finishes, which can land in the middle of the one being
+                # written. Treating it as a boundary truncates the section at
+                # an arbitrary point, silently.
+                if SECTION_DURATION.match(stripped):
+                    continue
                 break
             lines.append(line)
         return "\n".join(lines)
diff --git a/tests/android/test_bugreport_section_extraction.py b/tests/android/test_bugreport_section_extraction.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5778f947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/android/test_bugreport_section_extraction.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT)
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2026 The MVT Authors.
+# Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
+#   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
+"""A section ends at the next section, not at a timing line printed inside it."""
+
+from mvt.android.modules.bugreport.base import BugReportModule
+
+# dumpstate prints a section's duration when that section finishes, which can
+# land in the middle of the section currently being written.
+DUMPSTATE = """\
+------ SYSTEM PROPERTIES (getprop) ------
+[nfc.initialized]: [true]
+------ 0.101s was the duration of 'DROPBOX SYSTEM SERVER CRASHES' ------
+[ro.build.version.sdk]: [30]
+[ro.product.model]: [SM-A305F]
+------ 0.064s was the duration of 'SYSTEM PROPERTIES' ------
+------ STORAGE INFO (df) ------
+/dev/root  2.9G
+"""
+
+
+class TestExtractCommandSection:
+    def test_a_foreign_timing_line_does_not_end_the_section(self):
+        section = BugReportModule.extract_command_section(
+            DUMPSTATE, "------ SYSTEM PROPERTIES"
+        )
+        assert "[ro.product.model]: [SM-A305F]" in section
+        assert section.count("\n") == 2
+
+    def test_the_next_section_is_still_the_boundary(self):
+        section = BugReportModule.extract_command_section(
+            DUMPSTATE, "------ SYSTEM PROPERTIES"
+        )
+        assert "STORAGE INFO" not in section
+        assert "/dev/root" not in section
+
+    def test_timing_lines_are_not_returned_as_content(self):
+        section = BugReportModule.extract_command_section(
+            DUMPSTATE, "------ SYSTEM PROPERTIES"
+        )
+        assert "was the duration of" not in section