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+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import {
+  PORTFOLIO_QUEUE_CHAT_RELEASE_ACTION,
+  PORTFOLIO_QUEUE_CHAT_REQUEUE_ACTION,
+  resolvePortfolioQueueChatAction,
+} from "./chat-portfolio-queue-resolve";
+
+// (#8671) Bare positive integer after the repo (IDENTIFIER_RE's third arm) was never covered —
+// existing chat-portfolio-queue-actions cases only used `#7` / `issue:12`.
+
+describe("resolvePortfolioQueueChatAction bare-integer identifier (#8671)", () => {
+  it('resolves "release acme/widgets 12" to identifier issue:12', () => {
+    expect(resolvePortfolioQueueChatAction("release acme/widgets 12")).toEqual({
+      ok: true,
+      action: PORTFOLIO_QUEUE_CHAT_RELEASE_ACTION,
+      target: { repoFullName: "acme/widgets", identifier: "issue:12" },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('resolves "requeue acme/widgets 12" to identifier issue:12', () => {
+    expect(resolvePortfolioQueueChatAction("requeue acme/widgets 12")).toEqual({
+      ok: true,
+      action: PORTFOLIO_QUEUE_CHAT_REQUEUE_ACTION,
+      target: { repoFullName: "acme/widgets", identifier: "issue:12" },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("does not treat a digit glued to a letter (e.g. v2) as a bare-integer identifier", () => {
+    // Lookbehind/lookahead require the digit not be adjacent to alphanumerics — "v2" must not become issue:2.
+    expect(resolvePortfolioQueueChatAction("release acme/widgets for sprint v2")).toEqual({
+      ok: true,
+      action: PORTFOLIO_QUEUE_CHAT_RELEASE_ACTION,
+      target: { repoFullName: "acme/widgets" },
+    });
+  });
+});