diff --git a/docs/test_suite.md b/docs/test_suite.md
index c815f29..49bcb57 100644
--- a/docs/test_suite.md
+++ b/docs/test_suite.md
@@ -47,48 +47,55 @@ These tests verify that specific toolchain features are correctly implemented an
    - Tests strict_warnings, minimal_warnings, warnings_as_errors features
    - Includes code patterns that trigger specific warnings
 
-4. **`coverage_test`** - Code coverage instrumentation
+4. **`warning_override_test`** - Warning feature override via user flags
+   - Regression test verifying user flags (copts) can override enabled warning features
+   - Enables both `strict_warnings` and `warnings_as_errors` features (making warnings into errors)
+   - Provides conflicting `-Wno-shadow` via copts to override the warning
+   - Validates that the flag ordering is correct: user_compile_flags comes after warning features,
+     ensuring user flags take precedence. If ordering regresses, compilation will fail with an error.
+
+5. **`coverage_test`** - Code coverage instrumentation
    - Verifies code coverage instrumentation flags are applied
    - Provides multiple code paths for coverage analysis
    - Can be analyzed with: `bazel coverage --combined_report=lcov //feature_verification:coverage_test`
 
-5. **`pic_test`** - Position-Independent Code (`-fPIC`)
+6. **`pic_test`** - Position-Independent Code (`-fPIC`)
    - Tests -fPIC flag is correctly applied
    - Validates position-independent code patterns
    - Tests polymorphism, static variables, and C linkage with PIC
 
-6. **`pthread_test`** - POSIX threading support
+7. **`pthread_test`** - POSIX threading support
    - Verifies `-lpthread` correctly links pthread library
    - Tests thread creation, synchronization, and joining
    - Validates multiple threads can safely access shared state
 
-7. **`multifile_test`** - Multi-file compilation and archiving
+8. **`multifile_test`** - Multi-file compilation and archiving
    - Tests multiple source files compile into separate object files
    - Validates object files are combined by archiver into static libraries
    - Complex operations across multiple object files link correctly
 
-8. **`whole_archive_test`** - Whole-archive linking (`-Wl,--whole-archive`)
+9. **`whole_archive_test`** - Whole-archive linking (`-Wl,--whole-archive`)
    - Verifies `-Wl,--whole-archive` and `-Wl,--no-whole-archive` work
    - Tests unused library symbols are linked when using whole-archive
 
-9. **`preprocessor_defines_test`** - `preprocessor_defines` feature
+10. **`preprocessor_defines_test`** - `preprocessor_defines` feature
    - Injects defines via the `local_defines` attribute (routed through the
      `preprocessor_defines` feature), unlike `defines_test` which uses `copts`
      (routed through `user_compile_flags`)
 
-10. **`include_dir_test`** - `include_paths` via the `includes` attribute
+11. **`include_dir_test`** - `include_paths` via the `includes` attribute
     - Includes a header exposed through a library's `includes` attribute,
       exercising the `-I`/`-isystem` search paths
 
-11. **`user_link_flags_test`** - `user_link_flags` feature
+12. **`user_link_flags_test`** - `user_link_flags` feature
     - Passes a linker flag through `linkopts` (`-Wl,--defsym=...`) and checks the
       injected symbol's address at runtime
 
-12. **`random_seed_test`** - `random_seed` feature
+13. **`random_seed_test`** - `random_seed` feature
     - Build-and-run smoke test exercising internal-linkage symbols governed by
       the reproducible-build random seed
 
-13. **`fully_static_link_test`** - `fully_static_link` feature (`-static`)
+14. **`fully_static_link_test`** - `fully_static_link` feature (`-static`)
     - Verifies no shared objects are mapped at runtime (fully static binary)
     - Marked incompatible with toolchains lacking static system archives (AutoSD)
 
@@ -279,16 +286,16 @@ when the host equals the target).
 
 ### All tests on the host (`//...`)
 ```
-Executed 13 tests: 13 passed
+Executed 20 tests: 20 passed
 ```
 
 ### Feature Verification Tests
-- The `feature_verification_tests` suite aggregates 7 tests. `warnings_test`
+- The `feature_verification_tests` suite aggregates 13 tests. `warnings_test`
   is defined separately and is picked up by wildcard targets such as
   `//feature_verification/...`.
 - Expected output for the suite:
   ```
-  Executed 7 tests: 7 passed
+  Executed 13 tests: 13 passed
   ```
 
 ### Language and Standards Tests
@@ -318,6 +325,7 @@ tests/
 │   ├── random_seed_test.cpp
 │   ├── fully_static_link_test.cpp
 │   ├── warnings_test.cpp
+│   ├── warning_override_test.cpp
 │   ├── coverage_test.cpp
 │   ├── pic_test_lib.h/cpp, pic_test.cpp
 │   ├── multifile_lib.h and multifile_lib_*.cpp
diff --git a/tests/BUILD b/tests/BUILD
index 501e233..b56ae88 100644
--- a/tests/BUILD
+++ b/tests/BUILD
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ test_suite(
         "//feature_verification:pthread_test",
         "//feature_verification:random_seed_test",
         "//feature_verification:user_link_flags_test",
+        "//feature_verification:warning_override_test",
         "//feature_verification:whole_archive_test",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/tests/feature_verification/BUILD b/tests/feature_verification/BUILD
index 90f2a43..78b012d 100644
--- a/tests/feature_verification/BUILD
+++ b/tests/feature_verification/BUILD
@@ -143,6 +143,27 @@ cc_test(
     srcs = ["warnings_test.cpp"],
 )
 
+# Test for: warning feature override via user_compile_flags
+# Verifies that user-provided flags (via copts) can override enabled warning
+# features. This regression test ensures that the flag ordering between warning
+# features and user_compile_flags is correct: user_compile_flags must come
+# after warning features so that user flags take precedence.
+#
+# The test enables both strict_warnings and warnings_as_errors (making warnings
+# into errors), then provides -Wno-shadow via copts. If the flag ordering is
+# correct, the test compiles successfully because user's -Wno-shadow overrides
+# the -Wshadow error. If ordering regresses, compilation will fail with a
+# -Wshadow error, immediately catching the regression.
+cc_test(
+    name = "warning_override_test",
+    srcs = ["warning_override_test.cpp"],
+    copts = ["-Wno-shadow"],
+    features = [
+        "strict_warnings",
+        "warnings_as_errors",
+    ],
+)
+
 # Test for: coverage, gcc_coverage_map_format, dependency_file features
 # Verifies that code coverage instrumentation is applied. Also used by both
 # Linux and QNX CI as the `bazel coverage` smoke test (build/link/execute/gcov
diff --git a/tests/feature_verification/warning_override_test.cpp b/tests/feature_verification/warning_override_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59bab08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/feature_verification/warning_override_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/********************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+ *
+ * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+ * information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Apache License Version 2.0 which is available at
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ ********************************************************************************/
+
+// Test for: warning feature override via user flags (copts)
+// 
+// This test verifies that the ordering between warning features and user flags
+// is correct. Specifically, it tests that:
+//
+// 1. strict_warnings (implies minimal_warnings which enables -Wall) and 
+//    warnings_as_errors are both enabled, making -Wshadow an error
+// 2. Code with variable shadowing would trigger an error
+// 3. User provides -Wno-shadow via copts (which becomes user_compile_flags)
+// 4. The compilation SUCCEEDS because user_compile_flags comes AFTER warning
+//    features in the features list, making user flags take precedence
+//
+// If the flag ordering regresses (e.g., warning features come after user flags),
+// this test will fail to compile with a -Wshadow error, catching the regression
+// immediately.
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+// This function intentionally has variable shadowing, which triggers -Wshadow
+// when strict_warnings or all_wall_warnings are enabled. The test provides
+// -Wno-shadow via copts, so this should compile successfully if flag ordering
+// is correct.
+int shadow_function(int value) {
+    int result = value * 2;  // Outer result
+    int final_result = result;  // Use outer result to avoid -Wunused-variable
+    {
+        // Intentional shadowing to trigger -Wshadow
+        int result = value * 3;  // Inner result shadows outer
+        final_result += result;  // Use inner result
+    }
+    return final_result;
+}
+
+int main() {
+    std::cout << "Warning override test: shadow_function(5) = " 
+              << shadow_function(5) << std::endl;
+    
+    std::cout << "Test passed! User -Wno-shadow flag successfully overrode "
+              << "the strict_warnings feature." << std::endl;
+    
+    return 0;
+}