diff --git a/python/online/fxreader/pr34/commands_typed/argparse.py b/python/online/fxreader/pr34/commands_typed/argparse.py
index ee09011..c8ffcf6 100644
--- a/python/online/fxreader/pr34/commands_typed/argparse.py
+++ b/python/online/fxreader/pr34/commands_typed/argparse.py
@@ -11,7 +11,20 @@ from typing import (
 def parse_args(
 	parser: argparse.ArgumentParser,
 	args: Optional[list[str]] = None,
+	stop_at: Optional[list[str]] = None,
 ) -> tuple[argparse.Namespace, list[str]]:
+	"""Parse args with support for early termination.
+
+	stop_at: list of tokens that act like '--' when encountered.
+	When any token from stop_at is found in args, parsing stops
+	at that position: everything from that token onward (inclusive)
+	goes into the returned remainder list, and the parser only
+	sees args before it.
+
+	This allows e.g. a main parser with --log-level to stop at
+	a subcommand name like 'cve', so that 'cve -h' is not consumed
+	by the main parser.
+	"""
 	if args is None:
 		args = sys.argv[1:]
 
@@ -20,9 +33,12 @@ def parse_args(
 	for i, o in enumerate(args):
 		if o == '--':
 			argv.extend(args[i + 1 :])
-
 			del args[i:]
+			break
 
+		if stop_at is not None and o in stop_at:
+			argv.extend(args[i:])
+			del args[i:]
 			break
 
 	return parser.parse_args(args), argv
diff --git a/python/online/fxreader/pr34/commands_typed/tests/test_argparse.py b/python/online/fxreader/pr34/commands_typed/tests/test_argparse.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e787f40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/online/fxreader/pr34/commands_typed/tests/test_argparse.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import argparse
+import unittest
+
+from ..argparse import parse_args
+
+
+class TestParseArgsDefault(unittest.TestCase):
+	def test_basic(self) -> None:
+		parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+		parser.add_argument('--foo', default='bar')
+		opts, rest = parse_args(parser, ['--foo', 'baz'])
+		self.assertEqual(opts.foo, 'baz')
+		self.assertEqual(rest, [])
+
+	def test_double_dash(self) -> None:
+		parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+		parser.add_argument('--foo', default='bar')
+		opts, rest = parse_args(parser, ['--foo', 'baz', '--', 'extra1', 'extra2'])
+		self.assertEqual(opts.foo, 'baz')
+		self.assertEqual(rest, ['extra1', 'extra2'])
+
+	def test_no_args(self) -> None:
+		parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+		parser.add_argument('--x', default='1')
+		opts, rest = parse_args(parser, [])
+		self.assertEqual(opts.x, '1')
+		self.assertEqual(rest, [])
+
+
+class TestStopAt(unittest.TestCase):
+	def test_stop_at_command(self) -> None:
+		parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+		parser.add_argument('--log-level', default='INFO')
+		opts, rest = parse_args(
+			parser, ['--log-level', 'DEBUG', 'cve', '-h'], stop_at=['cve', 'compile']
+		)
+		self.assertEqual(opts.log_level, 'DEBUG')
+		self.assertEqual(rest, ['cve', '-h'])
+
+	def test_stop_at_preserves_all_after(self) -> None:
+		parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+		parser.add_argument('--verbose', action='store_true')
+		opts, rest = parse_args(
+			parser,
+			['--verbose', 'download', '--progress', '-j', '4'],
+			stop_at=['download', 'compile'],
+		)
+		self.assertTrue(opts.verbose)
+		self.assertEqual(rest, ['download', '--progress', '-j', '4'])
+
+	def test_stop_at_first_arg(self) -> None:
+		parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+		parser.add_argument('--x', default='1')
+		opts, rest = parse_args(parser, ['cve', 'sync', '--cache-dir', '/tmp'], stop_at=['cve'])
+		self.assertEqual(opts.x, '1')
+		self.assertEqual(rest, ['cve', 'sync', '--cache-dir', '/tmp'])
+
+	def test_stop_at_no_match(self) -> None:
+		parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+		parser.add_argument('--x', default='1')
+		opts, rest = parse_args(parser, ['--x', '2'], stop_at=['cve'])
+		self.assertEqual(opts.x, '2')
+		self.assertEqual(rest, [])
+
+	def test_stop_at_with_double_dash(self) -> None:
+		"""Double dash takes priority over stop_at."""
+		parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+		parser.add_argument('--x', default='1')
+		opts, rest = parse_args(parser, ['--x', '2', '--', 'cve', '-h'], stop_at=['cve'])
+		self.assertEqual(opts.x, '2')
+		self.assertEqual(rest, ['cve', '-h'])
+
+	def test_stop_at_help_not_consumed_by_main(self) -> None:
+		"""The key use case: -h after command goes to subcommand, not main."""
+		parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+		parser.add_argument('--log-level', default='INFO')
+		opts, rest = parse_args(parser, ['cve', '-h'], stop_at=['cve'])
+		self.assertEqual(rest, ['cve', '-h'])
+
+	def test_stop_at_empty_stop_list(self) -> None:
+		parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+		parser.add_argument('--x', default='1')
+		opts, rest = parse_args(parser, ['--x', '2'], stop_at=[])
+		self.assertEqual(opts.x, '2')
+		self.assertEqual(rest, [])
diff --git a/python/pyproject.common.toml b/python/pyproject.common.toml
index a291ae8..e423622 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.common.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.common.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 
 name = 'online.fxreader.pr34'
-version = '0.1.5.68'
+version = '0.1.5.69'
 dynamic = []
 
 dependencies = [
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ modules = [
 search_paths = ['.']
 test_names = [
     'online.fxreader.pr34.commands_typed.tests',
+    'online.fxreader.pr34.commands_typed.tests.test_argparse',
 ]
 discovery_paths = ['.']