diff --git a/.github/trigger-deploy b/.github/trigger-deploy
index c4eeb6ac..2b6b599c 100644
--- a/.github/trigger-deploy
+++ b/.github/trigger-deploy
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 2026-07-16T10:00:29Z
 2026-07-17T16:15:00Z deploy openapi-fallback crawl
 2026-07-17T17:20:00Z deploy manifest-merge + alias collapse
+2026-07-17T18:00:00Z deploy price tiebreak
diff --git a/.github/trigger-test b/.github/trigger-test
index dad8065e..1f1d47f9 100644
--- a/.github/trigger-test
+++ b/.github/trigger-test
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
 2026-07-17T16:30:00Z openapi-fallback crawl for manifest-less sellers
 2026-07-17T17:05:00Z manifest-path bazaar merge + router alias collapse
 2026-07-17T17:45:00Z price tiebreak: known beats unknown
+2026-07-18T01:40:00Z wish bridge: qualified-demand gate against single-source bursts
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wish-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/wish-issues.yml
index 049bbf6a..c8813983 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wish-issues.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wish-issues.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 # GitHub token, so THIS workflow closes the loop: it polls the public
 # aggregate and opens one issue per qualifying cluster.
 #
+# The gate is the server-computed `qualified` flag, NOT raw count: a cluster
+# qualifies only when it clears the count threshold AND shows independence
+# (≥2 distinct sources, or demand sustained past the span window). This stops
+# a single script minting issues by POSTing the same string 5 times — see
+# clusterQualifies in src/wish.js.
+#
 # Dedup is GitHub-side (label `tool-wish` + exact title match), so the server
 # needs no writable "issueOpened" state and re-runs are idempotent. At most
 # MAX_NEW issues per run — a spam wave can never flood the tracker.
@@ -35,7 +41,10 @@ jobs:
           # "handled or rejected"; never re-open the same demand automatically).
           EXISTING=$(gh issue list --repo "$REPO" --label tool-wish --state all --limit 200 --json title --jq '.[].title')
           CREATED=0
-          echo "$WISHES" | jq -c --argjson th "$THRESHOLD" '.clusters[] | select(.count >= $th)' | while read -r c; do
+          # Gate on the server-computed `qualified` flag (count + independence),
+          # not raw count. A cached response from before the flag shipped lacks
+          # the field, so `== true` fails closed and opens nothing — safe.
+          echo "$WISHES" | jq -c '.clusters[] | select(.qualified == true)' | while read -r c; do
             [ "$CREATED" -ge "$MAX_NEW" ] && { echo "cap reached ($MAX_NEW) — remaining clusters wait for the next run"; break; }
             TEXT=$(echo "$c" | jq -r '.text')
             COUNT=$(echo "$c" | jq -r '.count')
@@ -47,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
               echo "already tracked: $TITLE"
               continue
             fi
-            BODY=$(printf 'Agents asked for this **%s** times (sources: %s; first seen %s).\n\nNormalized request:\n\n> %s\n\nLive demand board: https://agent402.tools/api/wishes\n\nOpened automatically by the wish-issues bridge when a cluster crosses the signal threshold (%s).' "$COUNT" "$SOURCES" "$FIRST" "$TEXT" "$THRESHOLD")
+            BODY=$(printf 'Agents asked for this **%s** times (sources: %s; first seen %s).\n\nNormalized request:\n\n> %s\n\nLive demand board: https://agent402.tools/api/wishes\n\nOpened automatically by the wish-issues bridge: this cluster cleared the signal threshold (%s) and qualified as independent demand (multiple sources or sustained over time), not a single-source burst.' "$COUNT" "$SOURCES" "$FIRST" "$TEXT" "$THRESHOLD")
             gh issue create --repo "$REPO" --title "$TITLE" --body "$BODY" --label tool-wish
             CREATED=$((CREATED+1))
             echo "opened: $TITLE"
diff --git a/scripts/test-wish.js b/scripts/test-wish.js
index 181204fb..40708f79 100644
--- a/scripts/test-wish.js
+++ b/scripts/test-wish.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import {
   recordWish, getWishesAggregate, WISH_THRESHOLD,
+  clusterQualifies, QUALIFY_MIN_SPAN_MS,
   __testSetFilePath, __testSetLineCap, __testState,
 } from "../src/wish.js";
 
@@ -107,6 +108,57 @@ function freshFile(tag) {
   ok(row && row.issueOpened === true, `cluster carries issueOpened:true after crossing the threshold (got ${JSON.stringify(row)})`);
 }
 
+// --- qualification gate: raw count is necessary but not sufficient ---
+// clusterQualifies is the exact predicate the wish-issues workflow selects on.
+// Tested directly with synthetic clusters so timestamps are controllable.
+{
+  const T = 1_700_000_000_000;
+  const src = (o) => ({ api: 0, mcp: 0, "find-miss": 0, ...o });
+  // Below threshold never qualifies, regardless of shape.
+  ok(!clusterQualifies({ count: WISH_THRESHOLD - 1, sources: src({ api: 2, mcp: 2 }), firstSeen: T, lastSeen: T + QUALIFY_MIN_SPAN_MS }),
+    "below count threshold never qualifies");
+  // Single-source short burst (the synthora spam shape) does NOT qualify.
+  ok(!clusterQualifies({ count: 103, sources: src({ api: 103 }), firstSeen: T, lastSeen: T + 5 * 3_600_000 }),
+    "single-source burst (103 hits, 5h) does not qualify");
+  ok(!clusterQualifies({ count: 18, sources: src({ "find-miss": 18 }), firstSeen: T, lastSeen: T + 5 * 3_600_000 }),
+    "single-source find-miss burst does not qualify");
+  // Corroboration across two sources qualifies at threshold.
+  ok(clusterQualifies({ count: WISH_THRESHOLD, sources: src({ api: 3, mcp: 2 }), firstSeen: T, lastSeen: T + 60_000 }),
+    "two distinct sources qualifies even in a short window");
+  // Sustained single-source demand over the span window qualifies.
+  ok(clusterQualifies({ count: WISH_THRESHOLD, sources: src({ api: 5 }), firstSeen: T, lastSeen: T + QUALIFY_MIN_SPAN_MS }),
+    "single source sustained past the span window qualifies");
+  ok(!clusterQualifies({ count: WISH_THRESHOLD, sources: src({ api: 5 }), firstSeen: T, lastSeen: T + QUALIFY_MIN_SPAN_MS - 1 }),
+    "single source just under the span window does not qualify");
+}
+
+// --- qualification, end-to-end through recordWish + getWishesAggregate ---
+{
+  // A single-source burst to the threshold in one sitting: recorded and
+  // counted, but the aggregate marks it unqualified so the workflow skips it.
+  freshFile("qualify-burst");
+  for (let i = 0; i < WISH_THRESHOLD; i++) {
+    recordWish({ need: "synthora mesh 962 m2m services", source: "api", ip: `10.0.9.${i}` });
+  }
+  let agg = getWishesAggregate();
+  let row = agg.clusters.find((c) => c.text.includes("synthora"));
+  ok(row && row.count >= WISH_THRESHOLD && row.qualified === false,
+    `single-source burst is recorded but unqualified (got ${JSON.stringify(row)})`);
+  ok(agg.qualifyMinSpanHours === QUALIFY_MIN_SPAN_MS / 3_600_000, "aggregate advertises the span window in hours");
+
+  // The same count spread across two surfaces qualifies.
+  freshFile("qualify-multisource");
+  recordWish({ need: "real gap tool", source: "api", ip: "10.0.10.1" });
+  recordWish({ need: "real gap tool", source: "api", ip: "10.0.10.2" });
+  recordWish({ need: "real gap tool", source: "mcp", ip: "10.0.10.3" });
+  recordWish({ need: "real gap tool", source: "find-miss", ip: "10.0.10.4" });
+  recordWish({ need: "real gap tool", source: "find-miss", ip: "10.0.10.5" });
+  agg = getWishesAggregate();
+  row = agg.clusters.find((c) => c.text.includes("real gap tool"));
+  ok(row && row.count === WISH_THRESHOLD && row.qualified === true,
+    `multi-source demand at threshold qualifies (got ${JSON.stringify(row)})`);
+}
+
 // --- file-line cap: accept + count clusters, stop appending raw lines, never crash ---
 {
   freshFile("filecap");
@@ -132,7 +184,7 @@ function freshFile(tag) {
   const agg = getWishesAggregate();
   const row = agg.clusters[0];
   const keys = Object.keys(row).sort();
-  ok(JSON.stringify(keys) === JSON.stringify(["count", "firstSeen", "issueOpened", "lastSeen", "sources", "text"]), `aggregate row has exactly the documented keys, no raw context (got ${keys.join(",")})`);
+  ok(JSON.stringify(keys) === JSON.stringify(["count", "firstSeen", "issueOpened", "lastSeen", "qualified", "sources", "text"]), `aggregate row has exactly the documented keys, no raw context (got ${keys.join(",")})`);
   ok(!("context" in row), "aggregate row never carries a raw context field");
   ok(row.text.includes("&lt;script&gt;") && !row.text.includes("<script>"), `aggregate text is esc()'d (got ${row.text})`);
   ok(typeof row.firstSeen === "string" && typeof row.lastSeen === "string" && !Number.isNaN(Date.parse(row.firstSeen)), "firstSeen/lastSeen are ISO timestamps");
diff --git a/src/wish.js b/src/wish.js
index df2c2e84..e34ecaa3 100644
--- a/src/wish.js
+++ b/src/wish.js
@@ -47,6 +47,30 @@ let capReached = false;
 // the aggregate so a scheduled workflow can poll it and open the issue.
 export const WISH_THRESHOLD = 5;
 
+// A raw count is not enough to auto-open a public GitHub issue: one script can
+// POST the same string 5 times in a minute (observed 2026-07-17: a single
+// source drove a cluster to 100+ identical hits in a few hours, minting three
+// junk issues). A cluster QUALIFIES only when it also shows independence —
+// either corroboration across ≥2 distinct sources (api / mcp / find-miss), or
+// demand sustained past QUALIFY_MIN_SPAN_MS. A genuine gap is hit by different
+// agents across different surfaces, or recurs over days; a scripted burst is
+// one source in one sitting and clears neither bar. Honest limit (same framing
+// as the router's per-seller Sybil cap): a patient spammer can still drip over
+// 24h or add a decoy hit on a second surface — this raises the cost from "5
+// curls" to "sustained or multi-surface", it doesn't make gaming impossible.
+// The wish is always recorded and visible on /api/wishes regardless; this gate
+// only governs which clusters auto-open an issue.
+export const QUALIFY_MIN_SPAN_MS = 24 * 3_600_000; // 24h
+
+// Does a cluster's shape clear the anti-spam bar described above? Exported so
+// the wish-issues workflow's gate and the unit tests share one definition.
+export function clusterQualifies(c) {
+  if (!c || c.count < WISH_THRESHOLD) return false;
+  const distinctSources = ["api", "mcp", "find-miss"].filter((s) => (c.sources?.[s] || 0) > 0).length;
+  const spanMs = (c.lastSeen || 0) - (c.firstSeen || 0);
+  return distinctSources >= 2 || spanMs >= QUALIFY_MIN_SPAN_MS;
+}
+
 const esc = (s) => String(s ?? "")
   .replace(/&/g, "&amp;").replace(/</g, "&lt;").replace(/>/g, "&gt;")
   .replace(/"/g, "&quot;").replace(/'/g, "&#39;");
@@ -233,11 +257,15 @@ export function getWishesAggregate({ limit = 200 } = {}) {
       firstSeen: new Date(c.firstSeen).toISOString(),
       lastSeen: new Date(c.lastSeen).toISOString(),
       issueOpened: !!c.issueOpened,
+      // The gate the wish-issues workflow selects on. count >= threshold is
+      // necessary but not sufficient — see clusterQualifies / QUALIFY_MIN_SPAN_MS.
+      qualified: clusterQualifies(c),
     }));
   return {
     distinctClusters: clusters.size,
     totalWishes: [...clusters.values()].reduce((s, c) => s + c.count, 0),
     threshold: WISH_THRESHOLD,
+    qualifyMinSpanHours: QUALIFY_MIN_SPAN_MS / 3_600_000,
     clusters: rows,
   };
 }