diff --git a/docs/AGENTS.md b/docs/AGENTS.md
index 39ebd5cd9c..d1766b9e80 100644
--- a/docs/AGENTS.md
+++ b/docs/AGENTS.md
@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@ Hunt these in any doc; [dsh-doc](../.agents/skills/dsh-doc/SKILL.md) runs this l
 
 ## Repository references
 
-Use relative Markdown links for current files and tags or PR numbers for historical references. `verify-md-links` checks local targets. [Reference validation](../scripts/verify-repository-references.ts) rejects actual commit identifiers and disallowed organization URLs in maintained files.
+Use relative Markdown links for current files and tags or PR numbers for historical references. `verify-md-links` checks local targets. [Reference validation](../scripts/verify-repository-references.ts) rejects commit identifiers containing a hexadecimal letter and disallowed organization URLs in maintained files. Decimal-only tokens are ignored to avoid collisions with numeric data, even when they identify commits.
diff --git a/scripts/verify-repository-references.spec.ts b/scripts/verify-repository-references.spec.ts
index 0cead459ca..2c53c1d526 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-repository-references.spec.ts
+++ b/scripts/verify-repository-references.spec.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process'
 import { createHash } from 'node:crypto'
-import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, symlinkSync, unlinkSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync, symlinkSync, unlinkSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { dirname, join } from 'node:path'
 import { describe, expect, it, type TestContext } from 'vitest'
-import { findRepositoryReferences, scanRepositoryReferences, uniquePrefixMatch } from './verify-repository-references.ts'
+import { findRepositoryReferences, repositoryCommits, scanRepositoryReferences, uniquePrefixMatch } from './verify-repository-references.ts'
 
 const organizationUrl = `https://${['github.com', ['deepseek', 'harness'].join('-')].join('/')}`
 
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ function collidingCommitBodies(tree: string, length: number): [string, string] {
   for (let index = 0; ; index += 1) {
     const body = `tree ${tree}\nauthor T <t@example.invalid> 0 +0000\ncommitter T <t@example.invalid> 0 +0000\n\ncollision ${String(index)}\n`
     const prefix = createHash(algorithm).update(`commit ${String(Buffer.byteLength(body))}\0${body}`).digest('hex').slice(0, length)
+    if (!/[a-f]/.test(prefix)) continue
     const previous = seen.get(prefix)
     if (previous !== undefined) return [previous, body]
     seen.set(prefix, body)
@@ -74,50 +75,73 @@ describe('unique object-name prefix search', () => {
 describe('maintained repository reference policy', () => {
   const numericCommit = String(6_344_383)
 
-  it.each(['uv.lock', 'python/sdk/uv.lock'])(
-    'accepts artifact byte counts in %s that match a numeric commit prefix', (file) => {
-      const source = [
-        `sdist = { url = "https://example.invalid/source.tar.gz", size = ${numericCommit} }`,
-        'wheels = [',
-        `    { url = "https://example.invalid/package.whl", size = ${numericCommit}, hash = "sha256:${'a'.repeat(64)}" },`,
-        ']',
-      ].join('\n')
-      expect(findRepositoryReferences(file, source, new Set([numericCommit]))).toEqual([])
-    },
-  )
+  it.each([
+    ['uv.lock', `artifact = { size = ${numericCommit} }`],
+    ['python/sdk/uv.lock', `sdist.size = ${numericCommit}`],
+    ['fixture.json', `{"context_length": ${numericCommit}}`],
+    ['package.json', `{"version": "1.0.${numericCommit}"}`],
+    ['config.toml', `rev = "${numericCommit}"`],
+    ['notes.md', `commit ${numericCommit}\nhttps://example.invalid/commit/${numericCommit}`],
+    ['source.ts', `// commit ${numericCommit}`],
+  ])('accepts decimal-only tokens in %s even when they name a commit', (file, source) => {
+    expect(findRepositoryReferences(file, source, new Set([numericCommit]))).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it.each([7, 12, 40])('accepts a decimal-only %i-character token beside a hexadecimal commit', (length) => {
+    const decimal = '1'.repeat(length)
+    const hexadecimal = `${'1'.repeat(length - 1)}a`
+    expect(findRepositoryReferences('source.md', `${decimal} ${hexadecimal}`, new Set([decimal, hexadecimal]))).toEqual([
+      { file: 'source.md', line: 1, kind: 'commit-hash' },
+    ])
+    expect(findRepositoryReferences('source.md', decimal, new Set([decimal]))).toEqual([])
+  })
 
   it.each([
-    `source = { git = "https://example.invalid/repo?rev=${numericCommit}" }`,
-    `size = "${numericCommit}"`,
-    `size = '${numericCommit}'`,
-    `description = "size = ${numericCommit}"`,
-    `description = 'size = ${numericCommit}'`,
-    `description = "escaped \\" quote, size = ${numericCommit}"`,
-    `description = """\nsize = ${numericCommit}\n"""`,
-    `description = '''\nsize = ${numericCommit}\n'''`,
-    `# size = ${numericCommit}`,
-    `size = ${numericCommit} # commit ${numericCommit}`,
-    `artifact = { size = ${numericCommit}, rev = "${numericCommit}" }`,
-  ])('rejects numeric commit references in uv.lock strings and comments: %s', (source) => {
-    const line = source.startsWith('description = """') || source.startsWith("description = '''") ? 2 : 1
-    expect(findRepositoryReferences('python/sdk/uv.lock', source, new Set([numericCommit]))).toEqual([
-      { file: 'python/sdk/uv.lock', line, kind: 'commit-hash' },
+    ['python/sdk/uv.lock', 'size = "HASH"', 1],
+    ['fixture.json', '{"revision": "HASH"}', 1],
+    ['notes.md', 'release\ncommit HASH', 2],
+    ['source.ts', '// commit HASH', 1],
+  ] as const)('rejects commit tokens containing a hex letter in %s', (file, template, line) => {
+    const hash = `${numericCommit}a`
+    expect(findRepositoryReferences(file, template.replace('HASH', hash), new Set([hash]))).toEqual([
+      { file, line, kind: 'commit-hash' },
     ])
   })
 
-  it('keeps checking other uv.lock fields, organization URLs, and other file types', () => {
-    const commits = new Set([numericCommit])
-    expect(findRepositoryReferences('uv.lock', `revision = ${numericCommit}`, commits)).toEqual([
-      { file: 'uv.lock', line: 1, kind: 'commit-hash' },
-    ])
-    expect(findRepositoryReferences('notes.md', `size = ${numericCommit}`, commits)).toEqual([
-      { file: 'notes.md', line: 1, kind: 'commit-hash' },
-    ])
-    expect(findRepositoryReferences('uv.lock', `artifact = { size = ${numericCommit}, url = "${organizationUrl}" }`, commits)).toEqual([
-      { file: 'uv.lock', line: 1, kind: 'organization-url' },
+  it('accepts byte counts in the real lockfile and still rejects references on added lines', () => {
+    const file = 'python/sdk/uv.lock'
+    const source = readFileSync(join(import.meta.dirname, '..', file), 'utf8').trimEnd()
+    const sizes = new Set([...source.matchAll(/\bsize\s*=\s*(\d+)/g)].map(match => match[1] ?? ''))
+    expect(sizes.size).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+    expect(sizes).not.toContain('')
+    expect(findRepositoryReferences(file, source, sizes)).toEqual([])
+    const hash = `${numericCommit}a`
+    expect(findRepositoryReferences(file, `${source}\n# commit ${hash}\n# ${organizationUrl}`, new Set([...sizes, hash]))).toEqual([
+      { file, line: source.split('\n').length + 1, kind: 'commit-hash' },
+      { file, line: source.split('\n').length + 2, kind: 'organization-url' },
     ])
   })
 
+  it('excludes a real numeric commit prefix from both candidate resolution and file findings', (test) => {
+    const fixture = repository(test)
+    const algorithm = fixture.tree.length === 64 ? 'sha256' : 'sha1'
+    for (let index = 0; ; index += 1) {
+      const body = `tree ${fixture.tree}\nauthor T <t@example.invalid> 0 +0000\ncommitter T <t@example.invalid> 0 +0000\n\nnumeric ${String(index)}\n`
+      const commit = createHash(algorithm).update(`commit ${String(Buffer.byteLength(body))}\0${body}`).digest('hex')
+      if (!/^\d{7}/.test(commit) || !/[a-f]/.test(commit.slice(0, 40))) continue
+      fixture.git(['hash-object', '-t', 'commit', '-w', '--stdin'], body)
+      const decimal = commit.slice(0, 7)
+      const hexadecimal = commit.slice(0, Math.max(8, commit.search(/[a-f]/) + 1))
+      const source = `commit ${decimal}\ncommit ${hexadecimal}`
+      expect(repositoryCommits(fixture.root, [source])).toEqual(new Set([hexadecimal]))
+      fixture.write('references.md', source)
+      expect(scanRepositoryReferences(fixture.root)).toEqual([
+        { file: 'references.md', line: 2, kind: 'commit-hash' },
+      ])
+      return
+    }
+  })
+
   it('permits only the independent kit repository and its source URLs', () => {
     for (const suffix of ['', '.git', '/tree/main/packages/entry']) {
       expect(findRepositoryReferences('package.json', `${organizationUrl}/libreoffice-kit${suffix}`, new Set())).toEqual([])
@@ -130,9 +154,10 @@ describe('maintained repository reference policy', () => {
   it('rejects complete and abbreviated commit identifiers in tracked, staged, and new files', (test) => {
     const fixture = repository(test)
     fixture.write('tracked.md', `release\n${fixture.commit}\n${fixture.commit.toUpperCase()}\n`)
-    fixture.write('staged.md', fixture.commit.slice(0, 7))
+    const firstLetterEnd = fixture.commit.search(/[a-f]/) + 1
+    fixture.write('staged.md', fixture.commit.slice(0, Math.max(7, firstLetterEnd)))
     fixture.git(['add', 'staged.md'])
-    fixture.write('new.md', `\0${fixture.commit.slice(0, 12)}`)
+    fixture.write('new.md', `\0${fixture.commit.slice(0, Math.max(12, firstLetterEnd))}`)
 
     expect(scanRepositoryReferences(fixture.root)).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining([
       { file: 'tracked.md', line: 2, kind: 'commit-hash' },
diff --git a/scripts/verify-repository-references.ts b/scripts/verify-repository-references.ts
index 45853b1b7c..2781c5e0a1 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-repository-references.ts
+++ b/scripts/verify-repository-references.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process'
 import { lstatSync, readFileSync, readlinkSync } from 'node:fs'
-import { basename, resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { resolve } from 'node:path'
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url'
 import { canonicalReferenceText } from './verify-public-repository-links.ts'
 
@@ -11,13 +11,8 @@ const organization = ['deepseek', 'harness'].join('-')
 const organizationUrl = new RegExp(`\\bgithub\\.com/${organization}(?![a-z0-9-])`)
 // The independent kit repository owns the engine source and documentation.
 const kitRepositoryUrl = new RegExp(`\\bgithub\\.com/${organization}/libreoffice-kit(?:\\.git)?(?=/|[^a-zA-Z0-9_.-]|$)`, 'g')
-const commitCandidate = /(?<![a-z0-9])[\da-f]{7,40}(?![a-z0-9])/gi
-// Whole TOML strings and comments take precedence over unquoted artifact byte counts.
-const uvLockToken = new RegExp([
-  String.raw`"""(?:\\[\s\S]|"(?!"")|[^"\\])*"{3,5}|'''[\s\S]*?'{3,5}`,
-  String.raw`"(?:\\[^\r\n]|[^"\\\r\n])*"|'[^'\r\n]*'|#[^\r\n]*`,
-  String.raw`(?<![\w.-])size[ \t]*=[ \t]*(\d+)(?=[ \t]*(?:[,}#\r\n]|$))`,
-].join('|'), 'g')
+// Decimal-only tokens collide with sizes, counts, and version components; see docs/AGENTS.md#repository-references.
+const commitCandidate = /(?<![a-z0-9])(?=[\da-f]{0,39}[a-f])[\da-f]{7,40}(?![a-z0-9])/gi
 const excludedPrefixes = ['vendor/', '.agents/notes/archived/']
 const gitOutputLimit = 64 * 1024 * 1024
 // One 41-byte line per object; 1.2 million objects produce about 49 MiB.
@@ -42,8 +37,8 @@ function isMaintained(file: string): boolean {
  * @param file - Repository-relative path used in diagnostics and exclusions.
  * @param source - File text or a symlink's stored target.
  * @param commits - Lowercase, unambiguous full or abbreviated commit identifiers.
- * @returns One finding per line and reference kind; digests, other Git object types, and
- * unquoted decimal `size` values in uv.lock are accepted. Strings and comments remain checked.
+ * @returns One finding per line and reference kind; digests and other Git object types are accepted.
+ * Decimal-only tokens are ignored, including actual commit identifiers.
  */
 export function findRepositoryReferences(
   file: string,
@@ -52,11 +47,7 @@ export function findRepositoryReferences(
 ): RepositoryReference[] {
   if (!isMaintained(file)) return []
   const references: RepositoryReference[] = []
-  const referenceText = basename(file) === 'uv.lock'
-    ? source.replace(uvLockToken, (token: string, bytes: string | undefined) =>
-      bytes === undefined ? token : token.slice(0, -bytes.length) + ' '.repeat(bytes.length))
-    : source
-  for (const [index, line] of referenceText.split('\n').entries()) {
+  for (const [index, line] of source.split('\n').entries()) {
     if (organizationUrl.test(canonicalReferenceText(line).replace(kitRepositoryUrl, ''))) {
       references.push({ file, line: index + 1, kind: 'organization-url' })
     }
@@ -118,7 +109,7 @@ export function uniquePrefixMatch(objects: readonly string[], prefix: string): s
  * Resolve commit-identifier candidates in maintained sources against the local object database.
  * @param repoRoot - Working tree whose Git objects are inspected.
  * @param sources - File texts or symlink targets to extract candidates from.
- * @returns Lowercase candidates that name exactly one available object, which is a commit.
+ * @returns Lowercase candidates containing a hexadecimal letter that name exactly one available object, which is a commit.
  */
 export function repositoryCommits(repoRoot: string, sources: Iterable<string>): Set<string> {
   const candidates = [...new Set([...sources].flatMap(source =>
@@ -157,7 +148,7 @@ const invokedPath = process.argv[1]
 if (invokedPath !== undefined && import.meta.url === pathToFileURL(resolve(invokedPath)).href) {
   const references = scanRepositoryReferences(root)
   if (references.length === 0) {
-    console.log('verify-repository-references: maintained files contain no repository commit identifiers or disallowed organization URLs.')
+    console.log('verify-repository-references: maintained files contain no prohibited references (decimal-only tokens are ignored).')
   } else {
     console.error('verify-repository-references: use release tags or maintained repository links:')
     for (const { file, line, kind } of references) console.error(`  ${file}:${String(line)} ${kind}`)