diff --git a/actions/setup/js/temporary_id.cjs b/actions/setup/js/temporary_id.cjs
index cb21069ad54..2bea0a36e99 100644
--- a/actions/setup/js/temporary_id.cjs
+++ b/actions/setup/js/temporary_id.cjs
@@ -302,7 +302,9 @@ function resolveIssueNumber(value, temporaryIdMap) {
 
   // Strip # prefix if present to allow flexible temporary ID format
   const valueStr = String(value).trim();
-  const valueWithoutHash = valueStr.startsWith("#") ? valueStr.substring(1) : valueStr;
+  // Strip surrounding quotes (agent sometimes double-quotes string values, e.g. `"aw_foo"`)
+  const unquoted = /^(["'])(.+)\1$/.test(valueStr) ? valueStr.slice(1, -1) : valueStr;
+  const valueWithoutHash = unquoted.startsWith("#") ? unquoted.substring(1) : unquoted;
 
   // Check if it's a temporary ID
   if (isTemporaryId(valueWithoutHash)) {
diff --git a/actions/setup/js/temporary_id.test.cjs b/actions/setup/js/temporary_id.test.cjs
index 243a49313e2..f3fe2ac5f90 100644
--- a/actions/setup/js/temporary_id.test.cjs
+++ b/actions/setup/js/temporary_id.test.cjs
@@ -486,6 +486,42 @@ describe("temporary_id.cjs", () => {
       expect(result.errorMessage).toContain("Invalid temporary ID format");
       expect(result.errorMessage).toContain("#aw_test-id");
     });
+
+    it("should strip surrounding double quotes from temporary ID", async () => {
+      const { resolveIssueNumber } = await import("./temporary_id.cjs");
+      const map = new Map([["aw_blazwasm", { repo: "owner/repo", number: 42 }]]);
+      const result = resolveIssueNumber('"aw_blazwasm"', map);
+      expect(result.resolved).toEqual({ repo: "owner/repo", number: 42 });
+      expect(result.wasTemporaryId).toBe(true);
+      expect(result.errorMessage).toBe(null);
+    });
+
+    it("should strip surrounding single quotes from temporary ID", async () => {
+      const { resolveIssueNumber } = await import("./temporary_id.cjs");
+      const map = new Map([["aw_foo123", { repo: "owner/repo", number: 7 }]]);
+      const result = resolveIssueNumber("'aw_foo123'", map);
+      expect(result.resolved).toEqual({ repo: "owner/repo", number: 7 });
+      expect(result.wasTemporaryId).toBe(true);
+      expect(result.errorMessage).toBe(null);
+    });
+
+    it("should strip surrounding double quotes from numeric issue number", async () => {
+      const { resolveIssueNumber } = await import("./temporary_id.cjs");
+      const map = new Map();
+      const result = resolveIssueNumber('"789"', map);
+      expect(result.resolved).toEqual({ repo: "testowner/testrepo", number: 789 });
+      expect(result.wasTemporaryId).toBe(false);
+      expect(result.errorMessage).toBe(null);
+    });
+
+    it("should not strip mismatched surrounding quotes from temporary ID", async () => {
+      const { resolveIssueNumber } = await import("./temporary_id.cjs");
+      const map = new Map();
+      const result = resolveIssueNumber("\"aw_foo123'", map);
+      expect(result.resolved).toBe(null);
+      expect(result.wasTemporaryId).toBe(false);
+      expect(result.errorMessage).not.toBe(null);
+    });
   });
 
   describe("serializeTemporaryIdMap", () => {