diff --git a/modules/mesh-issues/cmd/mesh-issues/groom.go b/modules/mesh-issues/cmd/mesh-issues/groom.go
index 82f04fe1..bd07549d 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-issues/cmd/mesh-issues/groom.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-issues/cmd/mesh-issues/groom.go
@@ -407,6 +407,10 @@ func (t *Tracker) judge(is *Issue, candidates []*Issue) (*Verdict, error) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if v.Verdict != VerdictNone && v.Issue == 0 {
+		// "related to issue 0" names no issue: the model's way of saying none. Not a failure, and nothing is linked.
+		v.Verdict = VerdictNone
+	}
 	switch v.Verdict {
 	case VerdictNone:
 		v.Issue, v.Certain = 0, false
diff --git a/modules/mesh-issues/cmd/mesh-issues/triage_test.go b/modules/mesh-issues/cmd/mesh-issues/triage_test.go
index b5257c71..cd7cb71b 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-issues/cmd/mesh-issues/triage_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-issues/cmd/mesh-issues/triage_test.go
@@ -808,3 +808,18 @@ func TestReadyIsSaidOnceFollowsDuplicatesAndAskingFailsLoudly(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("not let go through the duplicate: %+v", v)
 	}
 }
+
+// A verdict of related or duplicate naming issue 0 names none: read as none, not a failure.
+func TestAVerdictNamingIssueZeroIsNone(t *testing.T) {
+	h := newHarness(t)
+	h.open(t, "the counter skips a number")
+	n := h.open(t, "the desk is slow")
+	withJudge(h, &stubJudge{verdict: map[string]any{"verdict": "related", "issue": 0, "reason": "nothing close"}})
+	if err := h.Check(n); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	is := get(t, h, n)
+	if is.Triage == nil || is.Triage.Verdict != VerdictNone || len(is.Links) != 0 || is.Severity != "minor" {
+		t.Fatalf("%+v", is)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-issues/module.json b/modules/mesh-issues/module.json
index af001c30..5e266b1a 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-issues/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-issues/module.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
       "path": "${dir:state}/settings.json",
       "mode": "0600",
       "merge": "json",
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