diff --git a/.github/workflows/repository-reconciliation.yml b/.github/workflows/repository-reconciliation.yml
index ba9297f11..dd74881cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/repository-reconciliation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/repository-reconciliation.yml
@@ -25,9 +25,13 @@ jobs:
             const owner = context.repo.owner;
             const repo = context.repo.repo;
             const repoFullName = `${owner}/${repo}`;
+            const escapedRepoFullName = repoFullName.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
             const now = Date.now();
             const staleAfterMs = 14 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
-            const closingPattern = /(?:close[sd]?|fix(?:e[sd])?|resolve[sd]?)\s+#(\d+)/gi;
+            const closingPattern = new RegExp(
+              `(?:close[sd]?|fix(?:e[sd])?|resolve[sd]?)\\s+(?:${escapedRepoFullName})?#(\\d+)`,
+              "gi"
+            );
 
             const pulls = await github.paginate(github.rest.pulls.list, {
               owner, repo, state: "open", per_page: 100
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_repository_reconciliation_workflow.py b/tests/unit/test_repository_reconciliation_workflow.py
index d7142f691..b5d1c2b71 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_repository_reconciliation_workflow.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_repository_reconciliation_workflow.py
@@ -67,6 +67,19 @@ def test_reconciliation_workflow_validates_issue_numbers_via_api() -> None:
     assert "404" in script
 
 
+def test_reconciliation_workflow_accepts_same_repo_qualified_closing_refs() -> None:
+    """Canonical issue detection must accept `Closes owner/repo#123` for this repo."""
+    script = _get_script(_load_workflow())
+    assert "escapedRepoFullName" in script, (
+        "Closing-reference parsing should escape the current repo name so fully qualified"
+        " same-repo references are accepted."
+    )
+    assert "repoFullName" in script, (
+        "Closing-reference parsing should derive the fully qualified repo prefix from"
+        " the current workflow repository context."
+    )
+
+
 def test_reconciliation_workflow_restricts_active_heads_to_same_repo() -> None:
     """activeHeads must only include branches from the same repository, not forks."""
     script = _get_script(_load_workflow())