diff -up jq-1.6/src/jv.c.iteration jq-1.6/src/jv.c
--- jq-1.6/src/jv.c.iteration	2022-10-21 14:17:26.977551386 +0200
+++ jq-1.6/src/jv.c	2022-10-21 14:18:43.562430867 +0200
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ static jv jvp_literal_number_new(const c
   n->refcnt = JV_REFCNT_INIT;
   n->literal_data = NULL;
   decContext *ctx = DEC_CONTEXT();
+  decContextClearStatus(ctx, DEC_Conversion_syntax);
   decNumberFromString(&n->num_decimal, literal, ctx);
   n->num_double = NAN;
 
diff -up jq-1.6/tests/optional.test.iteration jq-1.6/tests/optional.test
--- jq-1.6/tests/optional.test.iteration	2022-10-21 14:22:04.191734821 +0200
+++ jq-1.6/tests/optional.test	2022-10-21 14:23:45.820901911 +0200
@@ -17,4 +17,9 @@ strftime("%A, %B %e, %Y")
 1435677542.822351
 "Tuesday, June 30, 2015"
 
-
+# iteration must continue after hello
+.[]|tonumber?
+["1", "hello", "3", 4]
+1
+3
+4