diff --git a/python/robomp/src/github_events.py b/python/robomp/src/github_events.py
index 8af7a0e10..cf2b7029a 100644
--- a/python/robomp/src/github_events.py
+++ b/python/robomp/src/github_events.py
@@ -300,10 +300,13 @@ def route(
         if not isinstance(number, int):
             return RouteDecision("skip", None, repo, None, "issue missing number")
         key = issue_key(repo, number)
-        if action == "opened":
+        if action in ("opened", "reopened"):
+            # A reopen is submitter-attributable exactly like an open, and
+            # `finalized_issue_comment.md` promises re-triage on reopen, so it
+            # re-triages from scratch and spends the same per-user rate budget.
             login, assoc = _submitter_info(issue)
             return RouteDecision(
-                "queue", "triage_issue", repo, key, "issues.opened", submitter=login, association=assoc
+                "queue", "triage_issue", repo, key, f"issues.{action}", submitter=login, association=assoc
             )
         if action == "closed":
             # Cleanup is a lifecycle event, not a user submission; no rate-limit subject.
diff --git a/python/robomp/src/queue.py b/python/robomp/src/queue.py
index d64e07d7f..9d1c711f9 100644
--- a/python/robomp/src/queue.py
+++ b/python/robomp/src/queue.py
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ class WorkerPool:
                 "recovered": row.attempts >= 2,
             },
         )
-        if event == "issues" and action == "opened":
+        if event == "issues" and action in ("opened", "reopened"):
             await tasks.triage_issue(
                 settings=self.settings,
                 db=self.db,
diff --git a/python/robomp/src/tasks.py b/python/robomp/src/tasks.py
index ae77df876..c8f6dcee3 100644
--- a/python/robomp/src/tasks.py
+++ b/python/robomp/src/tasks.py
@@ -282,7 +282,8 @@ async def triage_issue(
         log.info("skip: triage on PR-like issue", extra={"repo": repo.full_name, "n": issue.number})
         return
     key = issue_key(repo.full_name, issue.number)
-    if db.get_issue(key) is None:
+    existing = db.get_issue(key)
+    if existing is None:
         # First-time triage: bail if a PR (human or another bot) already
         # claims to close this issue via Closes/Fixes/Resolves syntax or
         # the Development panel. We never replay closing-PR detection on
@@ -304,6 +305,12 @@ async def triage_issue(
                 extra={"key": key, "prs": list(closing_prs)},
             )
             return
+    elif existing.state in ("merged", "closed", "abandoned"):
+        # Reopen of a finalized issue (issues.reopened): the prior branch is
+        # stale (merged/deleted), so tear the workspace down and branch afresh
+        # from default — the same teardown the maintainer directive-reopen uses.
+        log.info("reopen re-triage", extra={"key": key, "from_state": existing.state})
+        await _run_workspace_op(sandbox.remove_workspace, repo=repo.full_name, number=issue.number)
     db.upsert_issue(key=key, repo=repo.full_name, number=issue.number, state="reproducing")
     clone_url = repo.clone_url
     workspace = await _run_workspace_op(
diff --git a/python/robomp/tests/test_github_events.py b/python/robomp/tests/test_github_events.py
index cbefdc034..35aa71dbf 100644
--- a/python/robomp/tests/test_github_events.py
+++ b/python/robomp/tests/test_github_events.py
@@ -53,6 +53,27 @@ def test_route_issue_opened_queues_triage() -> None:
     assert decision.issue_key == "octo/widget#4"
 
 
+def test_route_issue_reopened_queues_triage() -> None:
+    # `finalized_issue_comment.md` promises re-triage on reopen; the router must
+    # queue it as a submitter-attributable triage (not drop it to the skip branch).
+    decision = route(
+        "issues",
+        {
+            "action": "reopened",
+            "issue": {"number": 4, "user": {"login": "alice"}, "author_association": "CONTRIBUTOR"},
+            "repository": {"full_name": "octo/widget"},
+        },
+        allowlist=ALLOWLIST,
+        bot_login=BOT,
+    )
+    assert decision.should_queue
+    assert decision.task == "triage_issue"
+    assert decision.issue_key == "octo/widget#4"
+    assert decision.reason == "issues.reopened"
+    assert decision.submitter == "alice"
+    assert decision.association == "CONTRIBUTOR"
+
+
 def test_route_skips_disallowed_repo() -> None:
     decision = route(
         "issues",
diff --git a/python/robomp/tests/test_tasks.py b/python/robomp/tests/test_tasks.py
index 98304823b..3a0bf6a6a 100644
--- a/python/robomp/tests/test_tasks.py
+++ b/python/robomp/tests/test_tasks.py
@@ -167,3 +167,71 @@ async def test_run_workspace_op_logs_worker_exception_on_concurrent_cancel(caplo
     assert any(r.exc_info and r.exc_info[1] is boom for r in warnings), (
         "the worker's exception was not attached to the warning"
     )
+
+
+async def test_triage_issue_reopen_tears_down_finalized_workspace(db, settings, monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    """Re-triage of a finalized (reopened) issue must clear the stale workspace first.
+
+    The prior branch was merged/deleted when the issue finalized, so a reopen has
+    to branch afresh — mirroring the maintainer directive-reopen teardown.
+    """
+
+    async def _resolve_repo_and_issue(_github, _payload):
+        repo = RepoInfo(
+            full_name="octo/widget",
+            default_branch="main",
+            clone_url="https://x/octo/widget.git",
+            private=False,
+        )
+        issue = IssueInfo(
+            repo="octo/widget",
+            number=1,
+            title="bug",
+            body="b",
+            state="open",
+            author="alice",
+            labels=(),
+            is_pull_request=False,
+        )
+        return repo, issue
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(tasks, "_resolve_repo_and_issue", _resolve_repo_and_issue)
+
+    # The bot previously finalized this issue: a stale row + workspace exist.
+    db.upsert_issue(key="octo/widget#1", repo="octo/widget", number=1, state="closed")
+
+    calls: list[str] = []
+
+    def _remove(**_kwargs):
+        calls.append("remove")
+
+    def _ensure(**_kwargs):
+        calls.append("ensure")
+        return SimpleNamespace(branch="farm/x/y", session_dir=str(tmp_path / "sess"))
+
+    async def _fail_closing(*_a, **_k):
+        raise AssertionError("closing-PR guard must not run when a DB row already exists")
+
+    github = SimpleNamespace(list_closing_pull_requests=_fail_closing)
+    sandbox = SimpleNamespace(natives_cache=None, ensure_workspace=_ensure, remove_workspace=_remove)
+
+    async def _noop_run_task(**_kwargs):
+        return None
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(tasks, "run_task", _noop_run_task)
+
+    await tasks.triage_issue(
+        settings=settings,
+        db=db,
+        github=github,
+        sandbox=sandbox,
+        git_transport=SimpleNamespace(),
+        payload={},
+        delivery_id="d1",
+    )
+
+    # Teardown must precede re-provisioning, and the row resets to a live state.
+    assert calls == ["remove", "ensure"]
+    row = db.get_issue("octo/widget#1")
+    assert row is not None
+    assert row.state == "reproducing"