diff --git a/.gitea/scripts/lint_continue_on_error_tracking.py b/.gitea/scripts/lint_continue_on_error_tracking.py
index f8a0269a..afb1fcae 100644
--- a/.gitea/scripts/lint_continue_on_error_tracking.py
+++ b/.gitea/scripts/lint_continue_on_error_tracking.py
@@ -98,11 +98,13 @@ except ImportError:
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Tracker comment regex.
 # Matches: `# mc#1234`, `# internal#42`, `# mc#1234 - description`
+# Also matches trackers embedded mid-sentence: `# see mc#1234 for details`
 # Does NOT match: `# mc1234` (missing inner #), `mc#1234` (no leading
-# `#` comment marker), `# MC#1234` (case-sensitive — `mc` and `internal`
-# are conventional lower-case repo slugs).
+# comment `#`), `# MC#1234` (case-sensitive). The search is line-wide,
+# not just at the comment-marker prefix — fixes false-negative when
+# the tracker appears mid-sentence (e.g. `internal#350` after prose).
 TRACKER_RE = re.compile(
-    r"#\s*(?P<slug>mc|internal)#(?P<num>\d+)\b"
+    r"(?P<slug>mc|internal)#(?P<num>\d+)\b"
 )
 
 # Truthy continue-on-error values we treat as "true". PyYAML decodes
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/lint-continue-on-error-tracking.yml b/.gitea/workflows/lint-continue-on-error-tracking.yml
index b9d03e3d..cd3a59a0 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/lint-continue-on-error-tracking.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/lint-continue-on-error-tracking.yml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
     # PRs. Pre-existing continue-on-error: true directives on main
     # all violate this lint at first — intentional. Flip to false
     # follow-up after main is clean for 3 days. internal#350.
-    continue-on-error: true
+    continue-on-error: true  # internal#350 Phase 3 mask — 14d forced-renewal cadence
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
       - uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065  # v5.6.0