diff --git a/tools/check_conventions.py b/tools/check_conventions.py
index 8c3c27239..2f073419e 100644
--- a/tools/check_conventions.py
+++ b/tools/check_conventions.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class Check:
         return git("show", f"{self.head}:{path}")
 
     def code(self):
-        debt = [(text, links("docs/dev/TechnicalDebt.md", text)) for text in self.show("docs/dev/TechnicalDebt.md").splitlines()] if "docs/dev/TechnicalDebt.md" in self.tree else []
+        debt = silent_stub_debt(self.show("docs/dev/TechnicalDebt.md")) if "docs/dev/TechnicalDebt.md" in self.tree else []
         exports = {}
         for path, lines in self.files(lambda p: p.suffix in CPP):
             core = path.startswith("core/") and "tests" not in PurePosixPath(path).parts
@@ -193,6 +193,22 @@ def links(path, text):
     return result
 
 
+def silent_stub_debt(text):
+    debt = []
+    section_level = 0
+    for line in text.splitlines():
+        heading = re.match(r"^(#{1,6})\s+(.+?)\s*$", line)
+        if heading:
+            level = len(heading[1])
+            if heading[2] == "Silent stubs":
+                section_level = level
+            elif level <= section_level:
+                section_level = 0
+        if section_level:
+            debt.append((line, links("docs/dev/TechnicalDebt.md", line)))
+    return debt
+
+
 def listed(debt, name, path):
     own = PurePosixPath(path).parts[:4]
     for text, targets in debt:
diff --git a/tools/tests/test_check_conventions_comments.py b/tools/tests/test_check_conventions_comments.py
index c4af4a8a0..3bc70b7bd 100644
--- a/tools/tests/test_check_conventions_comments.py
+++ b/tools/tests/test_check_conventions_comments.py
@@ -92,5 +92,84 @@ class SilentStubTests(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertNotIn("[comment]", result.stdout)
 
 
+class SilentStubSectionTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    path = "core/libs/prx/libSceExample/Export.cpp"
+    entry = f"- [Existing limitation](../../{path}) - console layout is unknown.\n"
+
+    def check_stub(self, debt_text):
+        checker = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "check_conventions.py"
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
+            root = Path(directory)
+
+            def git(*args):
+                return subprocess.run(
+                    ["git", "-c", f"safe.directory={root}", "-c", "user.name=Conventions Test",
+                     "-c", "user.email=test@example.com", "-c", "commit.gpgsign=false", *args],
+                    cwd=root, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True,
+                )
+
+            git("init", "-q")
+            debt = root / "docs/dev/TechnicalDebt.md"
+            debt.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
+            debt.write_text("# Project technical debt\n", encoding="utf-8")
+            for library in ("libSceExample", "libSceOther"):
+                reference = root / "core/libs/prx" / library / "Reference.hpp"
+                reference.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
+                reference.write_text("", encoding="utf-8")
+            git("add", ".")
+            git("commit", "-qm", "docs: record technical debt")
+            source = root / self.path
+            source.write_text("int APS5_VABI sceExample() { return 0; }\n", encoding="utf-8")
+            debt.write_text(debt_text, encoding="utf-8")
+            git("add", ".")
+            git("commit", "-qm", "feat: add example export")
+            env = {key: value for key, value in os.environ.items()
+                   if key not in ("GITHUB_EVENT_PATH", "GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY", "GITHUB_ACTIONS")}
+            env.update(GIT_CONFIG_COUNT="1", GIT_CONFIG_KEY_0="safe.directory", GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_0=str(root))
+            return subprocess.run(
+                [sys.executable, str(checker), "--base", "HEAD~1"],
+                cwd=root, capture_output=True, text=True, env=env, timeout=10,
+            )
+
+    def require_rejected(self, debt):
+        result = self.check_stub(debt)
+        self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 1, result.stdout + result.stderr)
+        self.assertIn("[silent-stub]", result.stdout)
+        self.assertNotIn("[doc-link]", result.stdout)
+
+    def require_accepted(self, debt):
+        result = self.check_stub(debt)
+        self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, result.stdout + result.stderr)
+        self.assertIn("All conventions checks passed", result.stdout)
+
+    def test_debt_outside_silent_stubs_does_not_exempt_export(self):
+        for section in ("Build", "Unknown function info", "Functional"):
+            with self.subTest(section=section):
+                self.require_rejected(f"# Project technical debt\n\n### {section}\n\n{self.entry}")
+
+    def test_entries_after_silent_stubs_do_not_exempt_export(self):
+        for heading in ("# Other debt", "## Other debt", "### Functional"):
+            with self.subTest(heading=heading):
+                self.require_rejected(f"# Project technical debt\n\n### Silent stubs\n\n{heading}\n\n{self.entry}")
+
+    def test_file_entry_in_silent_stubs_exempts_export(self):
+        self.require_accepted(f"# Project technical debt\n\n### Silent stubs\n\n{self.entry}")
+
+    def test_named_entry_in_same_library_exempts_export(self):
+        entry = "- sceExample: [reference](../../core/libs/prx/libSceExample/Reference.hpp)\n"
+        self.require_accepted(f"# Project technical debt\n\n### Silent stubs\n\n{entry}")
+
+    def test_named_entry_in_another_library_does_not_exempt_export(self):
+        entry = "- sceExample: [reference](../../core/libs/prx/libSceOther/Reference.hpp)\n"
+        self.require_rejected(f"# Project technical debt\n\n### Silent stubs\n\n{entry}")
+
+    def test_different_function_in_same_library_does_not_exempt_export(self):
+        entry = "- sceExampleOther: [reference](../../core/libs/prx/libSceExample/Reference.hpp)\n"
+        self.require_rejected(f"# Project technical debt\n\n### Silent stubs\n\n{entry}")
+
+    def test_subsection_in_silent_stubs_keeps_exemption(self):
+        self.require_accepted(f"# Project technical debt\n\n### Silent stubs\n\n#### Dialogs\n\n{self.entry}")
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()