listings using tcolorbox package without Chapter and Section environment effects

Question

I want to get listings using tcolorbox package but without counting Chapter and Section environments. See in MWE, I used section environment withing listings which effects the counter for following sections. Would highly appreciate if someone help me get listings using tcolorbox package but without counting Chapter and Section environments. Thanks

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Output

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MWE

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\tcbuselibrary{listings}%
\usepackage{xcolor}

\lstset{ % General setup for the package
    language={[LaTeX]TeX},
    basicstyle=\small\sffamily,
    numbers=left,
    numberstyle=\tiny,
    frame=tb,
    tabsize=4,
    columns=fixed,
    showstringspaces=false,
    showtabs=false,
    keepspaces,
    commentstyle=\color{red},
    keywordstyle=\color{blue}
}%



\tcbset{listing engine={listings}}


\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\begin{document}

\section{First Section}

\blindtext

% Redefine the document environment within a group
\begingroup
\renewenvironment{document}{}{}
\renewcommand\documentclass[2][]{}

\begin{tcblisting}{colback=red!5!white,colframe=red!25,left=6mm,
listing options={style=tcblatex,numbers=left,numberstyle=\tiny\color{red!75!black}}}
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\section{Test Section}
   Welcome to \LaTeX.
\end{document}
\end{tcblisting}

\endgroup

\section{Second Section}

\blindtext

\end{document}

Answer 1

This stores the current section counter and restores it after the listing environment. Internally, the section counter is reset for the listings output purposes.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\tcbuselibrary{listings}%
\usepackage{xcolor}

\lstset{ % General setup for the package
    language={[LaTeX]TeX},
    basicstyle=\small\sffamily,
    numbers=left,
    numberstyle=\tiny,
    frame=tb,
    tabsize=4,
    columns=fixed,
    showstringspaces=false,
    showtabs=false,
    keepspaces,
    commentstyle=\color{red},
    keywordstyle=\color{blue}
}%



\tcbset{listing engine={listings}}


\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\begin{document}

\section{First Section}

\blindtext

\newcounter{truesectioncounter}
\setcounter{truesectioncounter}{\number\value{section}}
\begingroup
\renewenvironment{document}{}{}
\renewcommand\documentclass[2][]{}
\setcounter{section}{0}


\begin{tcblisting}{colback=red!5!white,colframe=red!25,left=6mm,
listing options={style=tcblatex,numbers=left,numberstyle=\tiny\color{red!75!black}}}
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\section{Test Section}
   Welcome to \LaTeX.
\end{document}
\end{tcblisting}
\setcounter{section}{\number\value{truesectioncounter}}

\endgroup

\section{Second Section}

\blindtext

\end{document}

Improved Version

This version stores all sectioning counters (parts....subparagraph) by the command \PushCounterValues just before the tcblistings environment starts and restore them afterwards.

This way, any internal section command will not corrupted the documents counter values.

This could be simplified, if a self defined \newtcblistingsenvironment would be used...

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\tcbuselibrary{listings}%
\usepackage{xcolor}

\lstset{ % General setup for the package
    language={[LaTeX]TeX},
    basicstyle=\small\sffamily,
    numbers=left,
    numberstyle=\tiny,
    frame=tb,
    tabsize=4,
    columns=fixed,
    showstringspaces=false,
    showtabs=false,
    keepspaces,
    commentstyle=\color{red},
    keywordstyle=\color{blue}
}%



\tcbset{listing engine={listings}}


\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}

%%% Storage tool macros

\listgadd{\restorecounterlist}{} % Dummy list
\newcommand{\newbackupcounter}[1]{%
  \ifltxcounter{#1}{%
    \newcounter{backup#1}%
  }{}%
}%


\newcommand{\PushCounterValue}[1]{%
  \ifltxcounter{#1}{%
    \setcounter{backup#1}{\number\value{#1}}
    \setcounter{#1}{0}
  }{%
  }%
}%

\newcommand{\PushCounterValues}{%
\forlistloop{\PushCounterValue}{\restorecounterlist}%
}%


\newcommand{\PopCounterValue}[1]{%
  \ifltxcounter{#1}{%
    \setcounter{#1}{\number\value{backup#1}}%
    \setcounter{backup#1}{0}% For 'safety'
  }{}%
}%

\newcommand{\PopCounterValues}{%
\forlistloop{\PopCounterValue}{\restorecounterlist}%
}%


\AtBeginDocument{%
% Setup the counter lists and provide the backup counters
\forcsvlist{\listgadd{\restorecounterlist}}{part,chapter,section,subsection,subsubsection,paragraph,subparagraph}%
\forlistloop{\newbackupcounter}{\restorecounterlist}%
}%

\begin{document}

\section{First Section}

\subsection{Outer subsection Number one}

\subsection{Outer subsection Number two}


\blindtext

% Redefine the document environment within a group


\begingroup
\PushCounterValues% Push the counter values to the backup values
\renewenvironment{document}{}{}
\renewcommand\documentclass[2][]{}
\setcounter{section}{0}


\begin{tcblisting}{colback=red!5!white,colframe=red!25,left=6mm,
listing options={style=tcblatex,numbers=left,numberstyle=\tiny\color{red!75!black}}}
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\section{Test Section}
   Welcome to \LaTeX.
\subsection{ A test subsection}%
\end{document}
\end{tcblisting}
\PopCounterValues% Restore the original counter values%

\endgroup

\section{Second Section}

\blindtext

\end{document}