Hi Hans, For your information, I just tested the latest beta (ConTeXt ver: 2012.02.08 21:58 MKIV fmt: 2012.2.8) with my usual test suite and found that the following gives an error message: %%%%% begin \starttext \chapter{Testing a chapter\footnote{Actually for testing footnotes in a chapter header\dots}} \stoptext %%%%%% end Hitting « r » the file typesets, but there is no number in the footnote, and the footnote number in the text is strangely very small. Best regards: OK PS: The error message is: \handlenoteinsert ...enoteitself {#1}{#2}}\egroup \the \everyafternoteinsert... l.7 } \flushnotes ...{structures.notes.flushpostponed()} \global \setfalse \postpon... \endheadplacement ...tionheadbox }\fi \flushnotes \endgraf \ifvmode \ifnum \... \dohandlehead ...mber \placecurrentheadnumbertext \else \placecurrentheadtex... l.5 ...esting footnotes in a chapter header\dots}}