Note that it isn't related to being on the first heading or in a *Help*
buffer. The problem is easily reproduced when acting on any heading and
working with diff-mode buffers.

While speaking of diff-mode buffers, note that the arrows are simply not
displayed when the buffer is first displayed. Maybe this deserves a
dedicated bug?


In GNU Emacs 29.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.24, cairo version 1.16.0)
 of 2021-11-06 built on carbon
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-- 
Matthias