diff --git a/src/llvm_backend_const.cpp b/src/llvm_backend_const.cpp
index 7a72dd1f4..b81e6366e 100644
--- a/src/llvm_backend_const.cpp
+++ b/src/llvm_backend_const.cpp
@@ -791,6 +791,20 @@ gb_internal lbValue lb_const_value_bit_field(lbModule *m, Type *type, Ast *value
 }
 
 
+// A value assigned to an array is broadcast to every element, and the checker peels every array
+// level before matching it, so the literal may be for a type below the immediate element type.
+gb_internal bool lb_const_value_is_broadcast(Type *elem_type, Type *lit_type) {
+	if (are_types_identical(lit_type, elem_type)) {
+		return true;
+	}
+	// `[4][8]Item = Item{...}`, one level is consumed per recursion
+	if (are_types_identical(lit_type, core_broadcastable_elem_type(elem_type))) {
+		return true;
+	}
+	// `[8]U = U(Item{...})`, a union element takes the value as one of its variants
+	return type_conversion_is_variant(elem_type, lit_type);
+}
+
 gb_internal lbValue lb_const_value(lbModule *m, Type *type, ExactValue value, lbConstContext cc) {
 	if (cc.allow_local) {
 		cc.is_rodata = false;
@@ -1504,7 +1518,7 @@ gb_internal lbValue lb_const_value(lbModule *m, Type *type, ExactValue value, lb
 			if (elem_count == 0 || !elem_type_can_be_constant(elem_type)) {
 				return lb_const_nil(m, original_type);
 			}
-			if (are_types_identical(value.value_compound->tav.type, elem_type)) {
+			if (lb_const_value_is_broadcast(elem_type, value.value_compound->tav.type)) {
 				// Compound is of array item type; expand its value to all items in array.
 				LLVMValueRef* values = gb_alloc_array(temporary_allocator(), LLVMValueRef, cast(isize)type->Array.count);
 
diff --git a/tests/issues/run.bat b/tests/issues/run.bat
index 11df5bed0..1beb880d9 100644
--- a/tests/issues/run.bat
+++ b/tests/issues/run.bat
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ set COMMON=-define:ODIN_TEST_FANCY=false -file -vet -strict-style -ignore-unused
 ..\..\..\odin test ..\test_issue_7008.odin %COMMON%  || exit /b
 ..\..\..\odin check ..\test_issue_7012.odin -no-entry-point %COMMON% || exit /b
 ..\..\..\odin check ..\test_issue_7260.odin -no-entry-point %COMMON% || exit /b
+..\..\..\odin test ..\test_issue_bool_to_be_conversion.odin %COMMON%  || exit /b
 ..\..\..\odin test ..\test_issue_bool_comparison_truthiness.odin %COMMON%  || exit /b
+..\..\..\odin test ..\test_issue_const_array_broadcast.odin %COMMON%  || exit /b
 ..\..\..\odin check ..\test_issue_7336.odin -no-entry-point %COMMON% || exit /b
 ..\..\..\odin check ..\test_issue_ellipsis_type_call.odin -no-entry-point %COMMON% 2>&1 | find /c "Error:" | findstr /x "10" || exit /b
 ..\..\..\odin check ..\test_issue_foreign_redeclaration.odin -no-entry-point %COMMON% || exit /b
diff --git a/tests/issues/run.sh b/tests/issues/run.sh
index a22693db8..41a0835b4 100755
--- a/tests/issues/run.sh
+++ b/tests/issues/run.sh
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ $ODIN build ../test_issue_7167.odin $COMMON
 $ODIN build ../test_issue_7188.odin $COMMON
 $ODIN check ../test_issue_7260.odin -no-entry-point $COMMON_CHECK
 $ODIN test ../test_issue_bool_to_be_conversion.odin $COMMON
+$ODIN test ../test_issue_bool_comparison_truthiness.odin $COMMON
+$ODIN test ../test_issue_const_array_broadcast.odin $COMMON
 $ODIN test ../test_issue_swizzle_multi_assign.odin $COMMON
 
 $ODIN check ../test_issue_foreign_redeclaration.odin -no-entry-point $COMMON_CHECK
diff --git a/tests/issues/test_issue_const_array_broadcast.odin b/tests/issues/test_issue_const_array_broadcast.odin
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5960e2f0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/issues/test_issue_const_array_broadcast.odin
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package test_issues
+
+import "core:testing"
+
+// A value assigned to an array is broadcast to every element of every level, but the constant
+// lowering only recognised a literal whose type was the immediate element type. `[4][8]Item` has
+// two levels to cross and `[8]U` has a union variant to reach, so both were taken for array
+// literals and tripped an assertion in the compiler.
+
+@(private="file")
+Item :: struct {
+	stage: int,
+	size:  int,
+}
+
+@(private="file")
+U :: union {
+	Item,
+}
+
+@(private="file")
+Desc :: struct {
+	items: [4][8]Item,
+}
+
+@(private="file")
+nested_global: [4][8]Item = Item{stage = 1, size = 64}
+
+@(private="file")
+union_global: [8]U = U(Item{stage = 2, size = 65})
+
+@(test)
+const_array_broadcast_nested :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	expected :: Item{stage = 1, size = 64}
+
+	for row in nested_global {
+		for item in row {
+			testing.expect_value(t, item, expected)
+		}
+	}
+
+	nested_local: [4][8]Item = Item{stage = 1, size = 64}
+	testing.expect_value(t, nested_local, nested_global)
+
+	d := Desc{items = Item{stage = 1, size = 64}}
+	testing.expect_value(t, d.items, nested_global)
+
+	// positional fields reach the same path
+	positional: [4][8]Item = Item{1, 64}
+	testing.expect_value(t, positional, nested_global)
+
+	deep: [2][3][4]int = 7
+	testing.expect_value(t, deep[1][2][3], 7)
+}
+
+@(test)
+const_array_broadcast_union :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	expected :: Item{stage = 2, size = 65}
+
+	for u in union_global {
+		item, ok := u.(Item)
+		testing.expect(t, ok, "every element should hold the Item variant")
+		testing.expect_value(t, item, expected)
+	}
+
+	union_local: [8]U = U(Item{stage = 2, size = 65})
+	testing.expect_value(t, union_local, union_global)
+}
+
+@(test)
+const_array_literals_unchanged :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	// a literal for the array's own type is not a broadcast
+	indexed: [4]Item = {0..<2 = Item{stage = 3, size = 66}, 3 = Item{stage = 4, size = 67}}
+	testing.expect_value(t, indexed[0], Item{stage = 3, size = 66})
+	testing.expect_value(t, indexed[1], Item{stage = 3, size = 66})
+	testing.expect_value(t, indexed[2], Item{})
+	testing.expect_value(t, indexed[3], Item{stage = 4, size = 67})
+
+	positional: [3]Item = {Item{stage = 5, size = 68}, {}, {}}
+	testing.expect_value(t, positional[0], Item{stage = 5, size = 68})
+	testing.expect_value(t, positional[2], Item{})
+}