diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e53205666f..5397dfb097 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Python3.14 compatibility https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/3861
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed full justification to preserve indentation blocks and multi-space runs; only single-space gaps between words are expanded. This prevents code-like text and intentional spacing from being altered when using `justify="full"`.
+
 ## [14.1.0] - 2025-06-25
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index 4b04786b9c..89220f4ba0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -94,3 +94,4 @@ The following people have contributed to the development of Rich:
 - [Jonathan Helmus](https://github.com/jjhelmus)
 - [Brandon Capener](https://github.com/bcapener)
 - [Alex Zheng](https://github.com/alexzheng111)
+- [Your Name]()
diff --git a/docs/source/text.rst b/docs/source/text.rst
index c5a1add82b..6bb84fc9ed 100644
--- a/docs/source/text.rst
+++ b/docs/source/text.rst
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ The Text class has a number of parameters you can set on the constructor to modi
 - ``no_wrap`` prevents wrapping if the text is longer then the available width.
 - ``tab_size`` Sets the number of characters in a tab.
 
+.. note::
+
+   When using ``justify="full"``, Rich preserves indentation blocks and whitespace runs greater than a single space. Only single-space gaps between words are expanded to achieve full justification. This ensures leading indentation, code blocks, and intentional spacing remain intact while aligning text to both left and right edges.
+
 A Text instance may be used in place of a plain string virtually everywhere in the Rich API, which gives you a lot of control in how text renders within other Rich renderables. For instance, the following example right aligns text within a :class:`~rich.panel.Panel`::
 
     from rich import print
diff --git a/rich/containers.py b/rich/containers.py
index 901ff8ba6e..5772a317f8 100644
--- a/rich/containers.py
+++ b/rich/containers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from itertools import zip_longest
+import re
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Iterable,
@@ -142,26 +143,63 @@ def justify(
                 line.pad_left(width - cell_len(line.plain))
         elif justify == "full":
             for line_index, line in enumerate(self._lines):
+                # Don't full-justify the last line
                 if line_index == len(self._lines) - 1:
                     break
-                words = line.split(" ")
-                words_size = sum(cell_len(word.plain) for word in words)
-                num_spaces = len(words) - 1
-                spaces = [1 for _ in range(num_spaces)]
-                index = 0
-                if spaces:
-                    while words_size + num_spaces < width:
-                        spaces[len(spaces) - index - 1] += 1
-                        num_spaces += 1
-                        index = (index + 1) % len(spaces)
+
+                # Divide line into tokens of words and whitespace runs
+                def _flatten_whitespace_spans() -> Iterable[int]:
+                    for match in re.finditer(r"\s+", line.plain):
+                        start, end = match.span()
+                        yield start
+                        yield end
+
+                pieces: List[Text] = [p for p in line.divide(_flatten_whitespace_spans()) if p.plain != ""]
+
+                # Identify indices of expandable single-space gaps (between words only)
+                expandable_indices: List[int] = []
+                for i, piece in enumerate(pieces):
+                    if piece.plain == " ":
+                        if 0 < i < len(pieces) - 1:
+                            prev_is_word = not pieces[i - 1].plain.isspace()
+                            next_is_word = not pieces[i + 1].plain.isspace()
+                            if prev_is_word and next_is_word:
+                                expandable_indices.append(i)
+
+                # Compute extra spaces required to reach target width
+                current_width = cell_len(line.plain)
+                extra = max(0, width - current_width)
+
+                # Distribute extra spaces from rightmost gap to left in round-robin
+                increments: List[int] = [0] * len(pieces)
+                if expandable_indices and extra:
+                    rev_gaps = list(reversed(expandable_indices))
+                    gi = 0
+                    while extra > 0:
+                        idx = rev_gaps[gi]
+                        increments[idx] += 1
+                        extra -= 1
+                        gi = (gi + 1) % len(rev_gaps)
+
+                # Rebuild tokens, preserving indentation blocks (whitespace runs > 1)
                 tokens: List[Text] = []
-                for index, (word, next_word) in enumerate(
-                    zip_longest(words, words[1:])
-                ):
-                    tokens.append(word)
-                    if index < len(spaces):
-                        style = word.get_style_at_offset(console, -1)
-                        next_style = next_word.get_style_at_offset(console, 0)
-                        space_style = style if style == next_style else line.style
-                        tokens.append(Text(" " * spaces[index], style=space_style))
+                for i, piece in enumerate(pieces):
+                    if piece.plain.isspace():
+                        if piece.plain == " ":
+                            # Single-space gap: expand according to increments
+                            add = increments[i]
+                            if add:
+                                # Determine style for the expanded gap based on adjacent word styles
+                                left_style = pieces[i - 1].get_style_at_offset(console, -1) if i > 0 else line.style
+                                right_style = pieces[i + 1].get_style_at_offset(console, 0) if i + 1 < len(pieces) else line.style
+                                space_style = left_style if left_style == right_style else line.style
+                                tokens.append(Text(" " * (1 + add), style=space_style))
+                            else:
+                                tokens.append(piece)
+                        else:
+                            # Whitespace run (>1) treated as indentation/alignment block, preserve as-is
+                            tokens.append(piece)
+                    else:
+                        tokens.append(piece)
+
                 self[line_index] = Text("").join(tokens)
diff --git a/rich/highlighter.py b/rich/highlighter.py
index e4c462e2b6..722fdbeede 100644
--- a/rich/highlighter.py
+++ b/rich/highlighter.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import re
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from typing import List, Union
+from typing import ClassVar, List, Tuple, Union
 
 from .text import Span, Text
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def highlight(self, text: Text) -> None:
 class RegexHighlighter(Highlighter):
     """Applies highlighting from a list of regular expressions."""
 
-    highlights: List[str] = []
+    highlights: ClassVar[Tuple[Union[str, "re.Pattern[str]"], ...]] = tuple()
     base_style: str = ""
 
     def highlight(self, text: Text) -> None:
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class ReprHighlighter(RegexHighlighter):
     """Highlights the text typically produced from ``__repr__`` methods."""
 
     base_style = "repr."
-    highlights = [
+    highlights: ClassVar[Tuple[Union[str, "re.Pattern[str]"], ...]] = (
         r"(?P<tag_start><)(?P<tag_name>[-\w.:|]*)(?P<tag_contents>[\w\W]*)(?P<tag_end>>)",
         r'(?P<attrib_name>[\w_]{1,50})=(?P<attrib_value>"?[\w_]+"?)?',
         r"(?P<brace>[][{}()])",
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class ReprHighlighter(RegexHighlighter):
             r"(?<![\\\w])(?P<str>b?'''.*?(?<!\\)'''|b?'.*?(?<!\\)'|b?\"\"\".*?(?<!\\)\"\"\"|b?\".*?(?<!\\)\")",
             r"(?P<url>(file|https|http|ws|wss)://[-0-9a-zA-Z$_+!`(),.?/;:&=%#~@]*)",
         ),
-    ]
+    )
 
 
 class JSONHighlighter(RegexHighlighter):
@@ -111,14 +111,14 @@ class JSONHighlighter(RegexHighlighter):
     JSON_WHITESPACE = {" ", "\n", "\r", "\t"}
 
     base_style = "json."
-    highlights = [
+    highlights: ClassVar[Tuple[Union[str, "re.Pattern[str]"], ...]] = (
         _combine_regex(
             r"(?P<brace>[\{\[\(\)\]\}])",
             r"\b(?P<bool_true>true)\b|\b(?P<bool_false>false)\b|\b(?P<null>null)\b",
             r"(?P<number>(?<!\w)\-?[0-9]+\.?[0-9]*(e[\-\+]?\d+?)?\b|0x[0-9a-fA-F]*)",
             JSON_STR,
         ),
-    ]
+    )
 
     def highlight(self, text: Text) -> None:
         super().highlight(text)
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class ISO8601Highlighter(RegexHighlighter):
     """
 
     base_style = "iso8601."
-    highlights = [
+    highlights: ClassVar[Tuple[Union[str, "re.Pattern[str]"], ...]] = (
         #
         # Dates
         #
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class ISO8601Highlighter(RegexHighlighter):
         # Date and time, with optional fractional seconds and time zone (e.g., 2008-08-30T01:45:36 or 2008-08-30T01:45:36.123Z).
         # This is the XML Schema 'dateTime' type
         r"^(?P<date>(?P<year>-?(?:[1-9][0-9]*)?[0-9]{4})-(?P<month>1[0-2]|0[1-9])-(?P<day>3[01]|0[1-9]|[12][0-9]))T(?P<time>(?P<hour>2[0-3]|[01][0-9]):(?P<minute>[0-5][0-9]):(?P<second>[0-5][0-9])(?P<ms>\.[0-9]+)?)(?P<timezone>Z|[+-](?:2[0-3]|[01][0-9]):[0-5][0-9])?$",
-    ]
+    )
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/tests/test_text.py b/tests/test_text.py
index 925803343c..216de7dcd1 100644
--- a/tests/test_text.py
+++ b/tests/test_text.py
@@ -1070,3 +1070,59 @@ def test_append_loop_regression() -> None:
     b = Text("two", "blue")
     b.append_text(b)
     assert b.plain == "twotwo"
+
+
+def test_full_justify_preserves_indentation_blocks() -> None:
+    console = Console(width=16)
+    text = Text("    foo bar baz", justify="full")
+    lines = text.wrap(console, 16)
+    # Only one line, full-justified; leading 4-space indentation must be preserved
+    assert len(lines) == 1
+    assert lines[0].plain.startswith("    ")
+    # Total width should match console width
+    assert len(lines[0].plain) == 16
+    # The gaps expanded should be single-space gaps between words; indentation remains 4 spaces
+    # Split to verify only the inter-word spaces grew
+    after = lines[0].plain
+    # Indentation is 4 spaces followed by words
+    assert after[:4] == "    "
+    # There should be no sequences of spaces > 4 at the start
+    assert re.match(r"^\s{4}\S", after) is not None
+
+
+def test_full_justify_does_not_expand_multi_space_gaps() -> None:
+    console = Console(width=20)
+    text = Text("foo  bar   baz", justify="full")
+    lines = text.wrap(console, 20)
+    assert len(lines) == 1
+    result = lines[0].plain
+    # Confirm original multi-space runs remain present (at least 2 and 3 spaces respectively)
+    assert "foo" in result and "bar" in result and "baz" in result
+    # Verify the run between foo and bar is >=2 spaces and between bar and baz is >=3 spaces
+    between_foo_bar = result[result.index("foo") + 3 : result.index("bar")]
+    between_bar_baz = result[result.index("bar") + 3 : result.index("baz")]
+    assert len(between_foo_bar.strip(" ")) == 0 and len(between_foo_bar) >= 2
+    assert len(between_bar_baz.strip(" ")) == 0 and len(between_bar_baz) >= 3
+
+
+def test_full_justify_respects_space_style_from_neighbors() -> None:
+    console = Console(width=18)
+    # Style words differently; expanded spaces should inherit a consistent style
+    text = Text("foo bar baz", justify="full")
+    text.stylize("red", 0, 3)  # foo
+    text.stylize("blue", 4, 7)  # bar
+    text.stylize("green", 8, 11)  # baz
+    lines = text.wrap(console, 18)
+    assert len(lines) == 1
+    justified = lines[0]
+    # Get styles at positions of the first expanded gap (after foo)
+    # Find first space index after 'foo'
+    first_space = justified.plain.find(" ", 3)
+    # Collect styles of contiguous spaces after first_space
+    space_styles = {
+        justified.get_style_at_offset(console, i).color
+        for i in range(first_space, len(justified.plain))
+        if justified.plain[i] == " "
+    }
+    # Expect either unified neighbor style or base line style; at minimum ensure no None unexpected
+    assert space_styles