diff --git a/packages/loopover-miner/lib/self-review-context.js b/packages/loopover-miner/lib/self-review-context.js
index b186641e7d..bc5682ef54 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-miner/lib/self-review-context.js
+++ b/packages/loopover-miner/lib/self-review-context.js
@@ -203,8 +203,11 @@ async function fetchRepositoryRecord(target, resolved) {
   };
 }
 
-// Mirrors src/db/repositories.ts's extractLinkedPrNumbers exactly.
-const LINKED_PR_PATTERN = /\b(?:PR|pull request)\s+#(\d+)\b/gi;
+// Mirrors src/db/repositories.ts's extractLinkedPrNumbers: a real link needs a CLOSING KEYWORD, not a bare
+// mention (#6769). Without the keyword prefix, an incidental "similar to what we saw in PR #501" in an issue
+// body counted as a linked PR, so the issue-quality report read the issue as "already references a PR" and the
+// miner skipped an available issue (the host's own #issue-body-pr-mention-pollution fix, never ported here).
+const LINKED_PR_PATTERN = /\b(?:close[sd]?|fix(?:e[sd])?|resolve[sd]?)\s+(?:PR|pull request)\s+#(\d+)\b/gi;
 function extractLinkedPrNumbers(body) {
   const numbers = [];
   for (const match of body.matchAll(LINKED_PR_PATTERN)) {
diff --git a/test/unit/miner-self-review-context.test.ts b/test/unit/miner-self-review-context.test.ts
index 1a65178d06..3ae49eece4 100644
--- a/test/unit/miner-self-review-context.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/miner-self-review-context.test.ts
@@ -246,6 +246,36 @@ describe("fetchSelfReviewContext (#5145)", () => {
     expect(result.issueQuality?.issues[0]?.warnings.join(" ")).not.toMatch(/bounty/i);
     expect("bounties" in result).toBe(false);
   });
+
+  // #6769: a real linked PR needs a CLOSING KEYWORD, matching the host's extractLinkedPrNumbers. The miner's
+  // copy had a bare `PR #N` pattern, so an incidental mention made the issue-quality report read the issue as
+  // "already references a PR" — and the miner skipped an issue that was actually available.
+  it("REGRESSION (#6769): a bare 'PR #N' mention in an issue body does NOT count as a linked PR", async () => {
+    const fetchImpl = routedFetch({
+      "/repos/acme/widgets/issues": () =>
+        jsonResponse([issuePayload({ body: "Uploads fail. This looks similar to what we saw in PR #501, worth a look." })]),
+      "/repos/acme/widgets/pulls": () => jsonResponse([]),
+      "/repos/acme/widgets": () => jsonResponse(REPO_PAYLOAD),
+      "raw.githubusercontent.com": () => jsonResponse(null, 404),
+      "api.gittensor.io/miners": () => jsonResponse([]),
+    });
+
+    const result = await fetchSelfReviewContext("acme/widgets", { fetchImpl: fetchImpl as never });
+    expect(result.issues[0]?.linkedPrs).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("REGRESSION (#6769): a closing-keyword 'Closes PR #N' DOES count as a linked PR", async () => {
+    const fetchImpl = routedFetch({
+      "/repos/acme/widgets/issues": () => jsonResponse([issuePayload({ body: "Closes PR #501" })]),
+      "/repos/acme/widgets/pulls": () => jsonResponse([]),
+      "/repos/acme/widgets": () => jsonResponse(REPO_PAYLOAD),
+      "raw.githubusercontent.com": () => jsonResponse(null, 404),
+      "api.gittensor.io/miners": () => jsonResponse([]),
+    });
+
+    const result = await fetchSelfReviewContext("acme/widgets", { fetchImpl: fetchImpl as never });
+    expect(result.issues[0]?.linkedPrs).toEqual([501]);
+  });
   it("returns false for inDuplicateCluster when no linkedIssues are supplied", async () => {
     const fetchImpl = routedFetch({
       "/repos/acme/widgets/issues": () => jsonResponse([issuePayload()]),