diff --git a/extension/src/popup/components/__tests__/sections-render.test.ts b/extension/src/popup/components/__tests__/sections-render.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..435d26f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extension/src/popup/components/__tests__/sections-render.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { renderSections } from '../fields';
+import type { Item } from '../../../shared/types';
+
+function itemWithSections(sections: Item['sections']): Item {
+  return {
+    id: 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa',
+    title: 'test',
+    type: 'login',
+    tags: [], favorite: false,
+    created: 0, modified: 0,
+    core: { type: 'login' },
+    sections,
+    attachments: [],
+    field_history: {},
+  };
+}
+
+describe('renderSections', () => {
+  it('returns empty string when item has no sections', () => {
+    const html = renderSections(itemWithSections([]), 'login');
+    expect(html).toBe('');
+  });
+
+  it('skips sections with zero fields', () => {
+    const html = renderSections(itemWithSections([
+      { name: 'empty', fields: [] },
+    ]), 'login');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('empty');
+  });
+
+  it('renders a named section header + field rows', () => {
+    const html = renderSections(itemWithSections([
+      {
+        name: 'recovery codes',
+        fields: [
+          { id: 'f0000001', label: 'code 1', kind: 'text',
+            value: { kind: 'text', value: 'abc-123' }, hidden_by_default: false },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]), 'login');
+    expect(html).toContain('recovery codes');
+    expect(html).toContain('code 1');
+    expect(html).toContain('abc-123');
+  });
+
+  it('renders concealed password fields with unique ids', () => {
+    const html = renderSections(itemWithSections([
+      {
+        name: 'backup',
+        fields: [
+          { id: 'f0000002', label: 'pin', kind: 'password',
+            value: { kind: 'password', value: 'hunter2' }, hidden_by_default: true },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]), 'login');
+    expect(html).toContain('data-field-id="login-s0-f0"');
+    expect(html).toContain('data-revealed="false"');
+    expect(html).not.toMatch(/>hunter2</);
+  });
+
+  it('renders anonymous section with separator not header', () => {
+    const html = renderSections(itemWithSections([
+      {
+        fields: [
+          { id: 'f0000003', label: 'extra', kind: 'text',
+            value: { kind: 'text', value: 'note' }, hidden_by_default: false },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]), 'login');
+    expect(html).toContain('section-separator');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('section-header');
+  });
+
+  it('silently skips unsupported field kinds', () => {
+    const html = renderSections(itemWithSections([
+      {
+        fields: [
+          { id: 'f0000004', label: 'link', kind: 'url' as any,
+            value: { kind: 'url', value: 'https://example.com' } as any,
+            hidden_by_default: false },
+          { id: 'f0000005', label: 'note', kind: 'text',
+            value: { kind: 'text', value: 'kept' }, hidden_by_default: false },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]), 'login');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('https://example.com');
+    expect(html).toContain('kept');
+  });
+
+  it('renders concealed fields for the concealed kind too', () => {
+    const html = renderSections(itemWithSections([
+      {
+        fields: [
+          { id: 'f0000006', label: 'secret', kind: 'concealed',
+            value: { kind: 'concealed', value: 'shhh' }, hidden_by_default: true },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]), 'login');
+    expect(html).toContain('data-field-id="login-s0-f0"');
+    expect(html).toContain('secret');
+    expect(html).not.toMatch(/>shhh</);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/extension/src/popup/components/fields.ts b/extension/src/popup/components/fields.ts
index 1e0694a..aee366a 100644
--- a/extension/src/popup/components/fields.ts
+++ b/extension/src/popup/components/fields.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 /// copy click handlers on any rendered rows.
 
 import { escapeHtml } from '../popup';
+import type { Item } from '../../shared/types';
 
 export interface RowOpts {
   label: string;
@@ -117,3 +118,42 @@ export function wireFieldHandlers(scope: HTMLElement): void {
     });
   });
 }
+
+/// Render an Item's sections as read-only field rows. Each section with
+/// ≥1 field emits a header (if named) or thin separator (if anonymous)
+/// plus field rows via renderRow / renderConcealedRow. Sections with
+/// 0 fields are skipped. Fields with unsupported kinds are silently
+/// skipped (β₂ supports text, password, concealed only).
+///
+/// `idPrefix` uniquifies concealed-row IDs (`${idPrefix}-s{i}-f{j}`)
+/// so multiple typed-item detail views rendered in sequence don't
+/// collide on wireFieldHandlers lookups.
+export function renderSections(item: Item, idPrefix: string): string {
+  let out = '';
+  item.sections.forEach((section, sIdx) => {
+    const visibleFields = section.fields.filter(
+      (f) => f.value.kind === 'text' || f.value.kind === 'password' || f.value.kind === 'concealed',
+    );
+    if (visibleFields.length === 0) return;
+
+    if (section.name) {
+      out += `<div class="section-header">${escapeHtml(section.name)}</div>`;
+    } else {
+      out += `<hr class="section-separator">`;
+    }
+
+    visibleFields.forEach((field, fIdx) => {
+      if (field.value.kind === 'text') {
+        out += renderRow({ label: field.label, value: field.value.value, copyable: true });
+      } else {
+        // password or concealed
+        out += renderConcealedRow({
+          id: `${idPrefix}-s${sIdx}-f${fIdx}`,
+          label: field.label,
+          value: field.value.value,
+        });
+      }
+    });
+  });
+  return out;
+}
diff --git a/extension/src/popup/styles.css b/extension/src/popup/styles.css
index c5b8976..5ba02a9 100644
--- a/extension/src/popup/styles.css
+++ b/extension/src/popup/styles.css
@@ -508,3 +508,20 @@ textarea {
 .sig-block--green { border-left-color: #3fb950; }
 .sig-block--amber { border-left-color: #d29922; }
 .sig-block--red   { border-left-color: #f85149; }
+
+/* --- custom-section rendering (β₂ slice 1) --- */
+.section-header {
+  margin-top: 14px;
+  margin-bottom: 4px;
+  padding-top: 10px;
+  border-top: 1px solid #21262d;
+  color: #8b949e;
+  font-size: 10px;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+}
+.section-separator {
+  margin: 10px 0 4px;
+  border: 0;
+  border-top: 1px solid #21262d;
+}