diff --git a/src/db/repositories.ts b/src/db/repositories.ts
index 501a25edd5..9534cb3d21 100644
--- a/src/db/repositories.ts
+++ b/src/db/repositories.ts
@@ -1279,6 +1279,13 @@ export async function getOpenUpstreamDriftReportByFingerprint(env: Env, fingerpr
   return row ? toUpstreamDriftReportRecord(row) : null;
 }
 
+/** Lookup a drift report by its stable fingerprint regardless of status (resolved reports included). */
+export async function getUpstreamDriftReportByFingerprint(env: Env, fingerprint: string): Promise<UpstreamDriftReportRecord | null> {
+  const db = getDb(env.DB);
+  const [row] = await db.select().from(upstreamDriftReports).where(eq(upstreamDriftReports.fingerprint, fingerprint)).limit(1);
+  return row ? toUpstreamDriftReportRecord(row) : null;
+}
+
 export async function persistScorePreview(env: Env, preview: ScorePreviewRecord): Promise<void> {
   const db = getDb(env.DB);
   await db.insert(scorePreviews).values({
diff --git a/src/upstream/unmodeled-scoring-drift.ts b/src/upstream/unmodeled-scoring-drift.ts
index 71005c8fac..b9c52f7576 100644
--- a/src/upstream/unmodeled-scoring-drift.ts
+++ b/src/upstream/unmodeled-scoring-drift.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {
   getLatestUpstreamRulesetSnapshot,
-  listUpstreamDriftReports,
+  getUpstreamDriftReportByFingerprint,
   upsertUpstreamDriftReport,
 } from "../db/repositories";
 import type { UpstreamDriftArea, UpstreamDriftReportRecord, UpstreamDriftSeverity } from "../types";
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ export async function syncUnmodeledScoringConstantDrift(
   },
 ): Promise<UpstreamDriftReportRecord | null> {
   const fingerprint = await unmodeledScoringConstantsFingerprint();
-  const existing = (await listUpstreamDriftReports(env, 50)).find((report) => report.fingerprint === fingerprint) ?? null;
+  // Key by fingerprint directly — `listUpstreamDriftReports` is capped and ordered by `updatedAt`, so an older
+  // unmodeled-constants report can fall off the newest-50 window and be treated as missing (duplicate open reports,
+  // lost issue metadata, resolve no-ops).
+  const existing = (await getUpstreamDriftReportByFingerprint(env, fingerprint)) ?? null;
   const now = nowIso();
 
   if (args.unmodeledConstants.length === 0) {
diff --git a/test/unit/unmodeled-scoring-drift.test.ts b/test/unit/unmodeled-scoring-drift.test.ts
index 8d24e5977e..d3a5f6dd40 100644
--- a/test/unit/unmodeled-scoring-drift.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/unmodeled-scoring-drift.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { listUpstreamDriftReports, updateUpstreamDriftReportIssue } from "../../src/db/repositories";
+import { listUpstreamDriftReports, updateUpstreamDriftReportIssue, upsertUpstreamDriftReport } from "../../src/db/repositories";
 import { syncUnmodeledScoringConstantDrift, unmodeledScoringConstantsFingerprint } from "../../src/upstream/unmodeled-scoring-drift";
 import { createTestEnv } from "../helpers/d1";
 
@@ -102,4 +102,53 @@ describe("unmodeled scoring constant drift", () => {
     expect(report?.summary).toMatch(/, …$/);
     expect(report?.severity).toBe("high");
   });
+
+  it("looks up the stable unmodeled-constants fingerprint even when it falls off the newest-50 drift list", async () => {
+    const env = createTestEnv();
+    const fingerprint = await unmodeledScoringConstantsFingerprint();
+    const opened = await syncUnmodeledScoringConstantDrift(env, { unmodeledConstants: ["ALPHA"] });
+    expect(opened?.fingerprint).toBe(fingerprint);
+
+    // Push the unmodeled report out of `listUpstreamDriftReports(env, 50)`'s recency window and seed linked-issue
+    // metadata directly on the row — do NOT call `updateUpstreamDriftReportIssue` here; that helper rewrites
+    // `updatedAt` to now and would put the row back inside the capped list, defeating the regression.
+    await upsertUpstreamDriftReport(env, {
+      ...opened!,
+      updatedAt: "2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+      issueNumber: 811,
+      issueUrl: "https://github.com/JSONbored/gittensory/issues/811",
+    });
+    for (let index = 0; index < 51; index++) {
+      await upsertUpstreamDriftReport(env, {
+        id: `newer-${index}`,
+        fingerprint: `newer-drift-${index}`,
+        severity: "low",
+        status: "open",
+        summary: `newer drift ${index}`,
+        affectedAreas: ["registry"],
+        previousRulesetId: null,
+        currentRulesetId: null,
+        issueNumber: null,
+        issueUrl: null,
+        payload: { changes: ["noop"] },
+        generatedAt: "2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z",
+        updatedAt: `2026-06-30T${String(index).padStart(2, "0")}:00:00.000Z`,
+      });
+    }
+    expect((await listUpstreamDriftReports(env, 50)).some((report) => report.fingerprint === fingerprint)).toBe(false);
+
+    const updated = await syncUnmodeledScoringConstantDrift(env, { unmodeledConstants: ["ALPHA", "BETA"] });
+    expect(updated).toMatchObject({
+      id: opened!.id,
+      fingerprint,
+      status: "open",
+      issueNumber: 811,
+      issueUrl: "https://github.com/JSONbored/gittensory/issues/811",
+      payload: expect.objectContaining({ unmodeledUpstreamConstants: ["ALPHA", "BETA"] }),
+    });
+
+    await upsertUpstreamDriftReport(env, { ...updated!, updatedAt: "2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" });
+    const resolved = await syncUnmodeledScoringConstantDrift(env, { unmodeledConstants: [] });
+    expect(resolved).toMatchObject({ id: opened!.id, fingerprint, status: "resolved" });
+  });
 });