diff --git a/scripts/dispatch-issue-triage.ts b/scripts/dispatch-issue-triage.ts
index caeb1de1134..6e992ca1f3e 100644
--- a/scripts/dispatch-issue-triage.ts
+++ b/scripts/dispatch-issue-triage.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bun
 
 import { FLAG_LABEL, githubApi, listAll, type Comment, type GitHubApi } from "./auto-close-duplicates";
-import { CLEAR_LABEL, readConfig, type FlagConfig as DispatchConfig } from "./flag-duplicate-issue";
+import { CLEAR_LABEL, readConfig, WORKFLOW_LOGIN, type FlagConfig as DispatchConfig } from "./flag-duplicate-issue";
 import { labelName } from "./issue-labels";
 
 declare const process: { readonly env: Readonly<Record<string, string | undefined>> };
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ export type DispatchVerdict =
 export const BUG_LABEL = labelName("kind", "bug");
 export const RUNNING_LABEL = labelName("repro", "running");
 export const DISPATCH_MARKER = "<!-- litellm:repro-dispatched -->";
-export const DISPATCH_AUTHOR = "github-actions[bot]";
 export const DISPATCH_COMMENT = [
   DISPATCH_MARKER,
   "Devin is going to try to reproduce this. A PR or a Linear ticket follows if it does. Add repro:skip to opt out",
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ export function dispatchTarget(
   if (blocking.length > 0) {
     return skip(`carries ${blocking.join(", ")}`);
   }
-  if (comments.some((comment) => comment.user.login === DISPATCH_AUTHOR && comment.body.includes(DISPATCH_MARKER))) {
+  if (comments.some((comment) => comment.user.login === WORKFLOW_LOGIN && comment.body.includes(DISPATCH_MARKER))) {
     return skip("was already dispatched once");
   }
   const pulls = openPullsReferencing(timeline);
diff --git a/scripts/flag-duplicate-issue.test.ts b/scripts/flag-duplicate-issue.test.ts
index ec646d8f8f5..434355da29d 100644
--- a/scripts/flag-duplicate-issue.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/flag-duplicate-issue.test.ts
@@ -204,6 +204,18 @@ describe("flagIssue", () => {
     expect(rerun.writes).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  test("a notice marker pasted by a commenter is not a notice", async () => {
+    const pasted: Comment = {
+      id: 2,
+      body: "<!-- litellm:potential-duplicate candidates=10, --> looks like #10 to me",
+      created_at: "2026-09-10T00:00:00Z",
+      user: { type: "User", login: "someone" },
+    };
+    const { api, writes } = fakeApi(undefined, [pasted]);
+    expect((await flagIssue(api, config, verdict({ duplicate_of: null }))).kind).toBe("clear");
+    expect(writes).toEqual([`POST /repos/BerriAI/litellm/issues/35/labels {"labels":["${CLEAR_LABEL}"]}`]);
+  });
+
   test("a failed comment leaves no marker, so the rerun finishes the job", async () => {
     const commentsPath = "/repos/BerriAI/litellm/issues/35/comments";
     const first = fakeApi(undefined, [], [commentsPath]);
diff --git a/scripts/flag-duplicate-issue.ts b/scripts/flag-duplicate-issue.ts
index f43ac24e57d..08856b87fa9 100644
--- a/scripts/flag-duplicate-issue.ts
+++ b/scripts/flag-duplicate-issue.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export type FlagVerdict =
 
 export const MIN_CONFIDENCE = 0.95;
 export const NOTICE_MARKER_PREFIX = "<!-- litellm:potential-duplicate candidates=";
+export const WORKFLOW_LOGIN = "github-actions[bot]";
 export const CLEAR_LABEL = labelName("dup", "clear");
 
 const skip = (reason: string): { readonly kind: "skip"; readonly reason: string } => ({ kind: "skip", reason });
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ export async function flagIssue(api: GitHubApi, config: FlagConfig, verdict: Ver
   const target = flagTarget(verdict, config.issueNumber);
   const issuePath = `/repos/${config.repo}/issues/${config.issueNumber}`;
   const comments = await listAll<Comment>(api, `${issuePath}/comments`);
-  if (comments.some((comment) => comment.body.includes(NOTICE_MARKER_PREFIX))) {
+  if (comments.some((comment) => comment.user.login === WORKFLOW_LOGIN && comment.body.includes(NOTICE_MARKER_PREFIX))) {
     return skip("already carries a duplicate notice");
   }
   if (target.kind === "clear") {