diff --git a/news/changelog-1.6.md b/news/changelog-1.6.md
index da91c282f16..d7eca33aac7 100644
--- a/news/changelog-1.6.md
+++ b/news/changelog-1.6.md
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ All changes included in 1.6:
 - ([#2671](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/2671)): Ensure that `--output-dir` works across filesystem boundaries.
 - ([#8517](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/8571)), ([#10829](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/10829)): Allow listing categories with non-alphanumeric characters such as apostrophes, etc.
 - ([#8932](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/8932)): Escape render ids in markdown pipeline to allow special characters in sidebars/navbars, etc.
+- ([#10567](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/10567)): Generate breadcrumbs correctly for documents using a level-1 heading as the title.
 - ([#10616](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/10268)): Add a `z-index` setting to the 'back to top' button to ensure it is always visible.
 
 ### Quarto Blog
diff --git a/src/command/render/pandoc.ts b/src/command/render/pandoc.ts
index c5a69079ef5..3e6108a310c 100644
--- a/src/command/render/pandoc.ts
+++ b/src/command/render/pandoc.ts
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ import {
   MarkdownPipelineHandler,
 } from "../../core/markdown-pipeline.ts";
 import { getEnv } from "../../../package/src/util/utils.ts";
+import { canonicalizeTitlePostprocessor } from "../../format/html/format-html-title.ts";
 
 // in case we are running multiple pandoc processes
 // we need to make sure we capture all of the trace files
@@ -431,6 +432,11 @@ export async function runPandoc(
     // record postprocessors
     postprocessors.push(...(extras.postprocessors || []));
 
+    // Fix H1 title inconsistency
+    if (isHtmlFileOutput(options.format.pandoc)) {
+      htmlPostprocessors.push(canonicalizeTitlePostprocessor);
+    }
+
     // add a keep-source post processor if we need one
     if (
       options.format?.render[kKeepSource] || formatHasCodeTools(options.format)
diff --git a/src/format/html/format-html-title.ts b/src/format/html/format-html-title.ts
index 07ea1c2f707..de6e53e2e06 100644
--- a/src/format/html/format-html-title.ts
+++ b/src/format/html/format-html-title.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,17 @@ import { existsSync } from "../../deno_ral/fs.ts";
 import { dirname, isAbsolute, join } from "../../deno_ral/path.ts";
 import { kDateFormat, kTocLocation } from "../../config/constants.ts";
 import { Format, Metadata, PandocFlags } from "../../config/types.ts";
-import { Document } from "../../core/deno-dom.ts";
+import { Document, Element } from "../../core/deno-dom.ts";
 import { formatResourcePath } from "../../core/resources.ts";
 import { sassLayer } from "../../core/sass.ts";
 import { TempContext } from "../../core/temp-types.ts";
 import { MarkdownPipeline } from "../../core/markdown-pipeline.ts";
+import {
+  HtmlPostProcessResult,
+  PandocInputTraits,
+  RenderedFormat,
+} from "../../command/render/types.ts";
+import { InternalError } from "../../core/lib/error.ts";
 
 export const kTitleBlockStyle = "title-block-style";
 const kTitleBlockBanner = "title-block-banner";
@@ -177,6 +183,69 @@ export function documentTitlePartial(
   }
 }
 
+export async function canonicalizeTitlePostprocessor(
+  doc: Document,
+  _options: {
+    inputMetadata: Metadata;
+    inputTraits: PandocInputTraits;
+    renderedFormats: RenderedFormat[];
+    quiet?: boolean;
+  },
+): Promise<HtmlPostProcessResult> {
+  // https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/10567
+  // this fix cannot happen in `processDocumentTitle` because
+  // that's too late in the postprocessing order
+  const titleBlock = doc.querySelector("header.quarto-title-block");
+
+  const main = doc.querySelector("main");
+  // if no main element exists, this is likely a revealjs presentation
+  // which will generally have a title slide instead of a title block
+  // so we don't need to do anything
+
+  if (!titleBlock && main) {
+    const header = doc.createElement("header");
+    header.id = "title-block-header";
+    header.classList.add("quarto-title-block");
+    main.insertBefore(header, main.firstChild);
+    const h1s = Array.from(doc.querySelectorAll("h1"));
+    for (const h1n of h1s) {
+      const h1 = h1n as Element;
+      if (h1.classList.contains("quarto-secondary-nav-title")) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      // Now we need to check whether this is a plausible title element.
+      if (h1.parentElement?.tagName === "SECTION") {
+        // If the parent element is a section, then we need to check if there's
+        // any content before the section. If there is, then this is not a title
+        if (
+          h1.parentElement?.parentElement?.firstElementChild !==
+            h1.parentElement
+        ) {
+          continue;
+        }
+      } else {
+        // If the parent element is not a section, then we need to check if there's
+        // any content before the h1. If there is, then this is not a title
+        if (h1.parentElement?.firstElementChild !== h1) {
+          continue;
+        }
+      }
+
+      const div = doc.createElement("div");
+      div.classList.add("quarto-title-banner");
+      h1.classList.add("title");
+      header.appendChild(h1);
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    resources: [],
+    supporting: [],
+  };
+}
+
 export function processDocumentTitle(
   input: string,
   format: Format,
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/.gitignore b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..075b2542afb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/.quarto/
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/_quarto.yml b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/_quarto.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c795fda82d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/_quarto.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+project:
+  type: website
+
+website:
+  title: "issue-10567"
+  sidebar:
+    - contents:
+      - section: "Tutorials"
+        contents:
+          - text: Tutorials bad
+            href: tutorials-bad.qmd
+          - text: Tutorials good
+            href: tutorials-good.qmd
+  navbar:
+    left:
+      - href: index.qmd
+        text: Home
+      - about.qmd
+
+format:
+  html:
+    theme: cosmo
+    css: styles.css
+    toc: true
+
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/about.qmd b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/about.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..07c5e7f9d13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/about.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: "About"
+---
+
+About this site
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/index.qmd b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/index.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d40480b5106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/index.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+title: "issue-10567"
+---
+
+This is a Quarto website.
+
+To learn more about Quarto websites visit <https://quarto.org/docs/websites>.
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/revealjs.qmd b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/revealjs.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..29722e7f20d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/revealjs.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: hello
+format: revealjs
+---
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/styles.css b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/styles.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2ddf50c7b42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/styles.css
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/* css styles */
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/tutorials-bad.qmd b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/tutorials-bad.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93687501b59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/tutorials-bad.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+# uncomment below to see breadcrumbs say "Tutorial sidebar title"
+# title: Tutorial topmatter title
+_quarto:
+  tests:
+    html:
+      ensureHtmlElements:
+        - ["header.quarto-title-block ol.breadcrumb"]
+        - []
+---
+
+# Tutorial qmd first header (not working)
+
+abc
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/tutorials-good.qmd b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/tutorials-good.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..896c5ede42d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/28/issue-10567/tutorials-good.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+title: Tutorial topmatter title (working)
+_quarto:
+  tests:
+    html:
+      ensureHtmlElements:
+        - ["header.quarto-title-block ol.breadcrumb"]
+        - []
+---
+
+abc