Inside this triple-quoted string, in a python buffer: a = """This is a test""" python-mode yields (python-info-triple-quoted-string-p)=t, whereas python-ts-mode gives nil, defeating the fancy doc string folding both modes implement. The reason seems to be that (syntax-ppss) returns something different in position 3 (which is "non-nil if inside a string”) between these modes: t for python-mode (which signals a triple quote) ?34=" in python-ts-mode If you first load python-mode, then load python-ts-mode, the syntax parse becomes equal between the modes, and this bug vanishes. python.el v0.28, Emacs v29.1