[BUG] Claude code is excessively aggressive in closing tickets on this site, resulting in impossible to report issues

Preflight Checklist

• [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
• [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
• [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

In this repository on github.com, Claude code, with [github-actions] closed my issue because it was deemed a duplicate of another one. However, the I submitted my issue because the "duplicate" one was closed and locked for inactivity, and there were instructions to "If you're experiencing a similar issue, please file a new issue and reference this one". So I did, but it got quickly closed because the old original is a duplicate, and provide instructions to "If this is incorrect, create a new one". I assume that one would also get closed promptly because it's another duplicate. Is there a way out of this loop?

What Should Happen?

Closed issues, especially those closed for inactivity, should not be a reason for closing new ticket as duplicate.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Create a new ticket on github.com and reference an old ticket closed for inactivity. Watch it get closed as being a duplicate with this signature in the closure message "🤖 Generated with Claude Code"

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

whatever is used on github.com to manage tickets

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

_No response_