diff --git a/.github/workflow-scripts/__tests__/checkForReproducer-test.js b/.github/workflow-scripts/__tests__/checkForReproducer-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ed0bf754653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflow-scripts/__tests__/checkForReproducer-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+const checkForReproducer = require('../checkForReproducer');
+
+const AUTHOR = 'issue-author';
+const BOT = 'react-native-bot';
+const MAINTAINER = 'some-maintainer';
+
+function labelEvent(event, login, type, name = 'Needs: Repro') {
+  return {event, label: {name}, actor: {login, type}};
+}
+
+function buildGithub({body, comments = [], timeline = []}) {
+  return {
+    rest: {
+      issues: {
+        get: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+          data: {
+            user: {login: AUTHOR},
+            created_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+            body,
+          },
+        }),
+        listComments: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({data: comments}),
+        listEventsForTimeline: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({data: timeline}),
+        removeLabel: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+        addLabels: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+      },
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+const context = {
+  payload: {issue: {number: 1}},
+  repo: {owner: 'react', repo: 'react-native'},
+};
+
+const REPRO_LINK = `Repro: https://github.com/${AUTHOR}/rn-repro`;
+
+describe('checkForReproducer', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('adds "Needs: Repro" and "Needs: Author Feedback" when no reproducer is present', async () => {
+    const github = buildGithub({body: 'It crashes.'});
+
+    await checkForReproducer(github, context);
+
+    expect(github.rest.issues.addLabels).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        labels: ['Needs: Repro', 'Needs: Author Feedback'],
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(github.rest.issues.removeLabel).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('removes "Needs: Repro" when the author links a repository they own', async () => {
+    const github = buildGithub({body: REPRO_LINK});
+
+    await checkForReproducer(github, context);
+
+    expect(github.rest.issues.removeLabel).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({name: 'Needs: Repro'}),
+    );
+    expect(github.rest.issues.addLabels).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('removes "Needs: Repro" after the author edits in a reproducer, even though react-native-bot applied the label', async () => {
+    const github = buildGithub({
+      body: REPRO_LINK,
+      timeline: [
+        labelEvent('labeled', BOT, 'User', 'Needs: Author Feedback'),
+        labelEvent('labeled', BOT, 'User'),
+        labelEvent(
+          'unlabeled',
+          'github-actions[bot]',
+          'Bot',
+          'Needs: Author Feedback',
+        ),
+      ],
+    });
+
+    await checkForReproducer(github, context);
+
+    expect(github.rest.issues.removeLabel).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({name: 'Needs: Repro'}),
+    );
+    expect(github.rest.issues.addLabels).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('does nothing when a maintainer has changed the "Needs: Repro" label', async () => {
+    const github = buildGithub({
+      body: REPRO_LINK,
+      timeline: [
+        labelEvent('labeled', BOT, 'User'),
+        labelEvent('unlabeled', MAINTAINER, 'User'),
+        labelEvent('labeled', MAINTAINER, 'User'),
+      ],
+    });
+
+    await checkForReproducer(github, context);
+
+    expect(github.rest.issues.removeLabel).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(github.rest.issues.addLabels).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('ignores label changes on other labels when deciding whether a maintainer intervened', async () => {
+    const github = buildGithub({
+      body: REPRO_LINK,
+      timeline: [
+        labelEvent('labeled', BOT, 'User'),
+        labelEvent('labeled', MAINTAINER, 'User', 'Platform: iOS'),
+      ],
+    });
+
+    await checkForReproducer(github, context);
+
+    expect(github.rest.issues.removeLabel).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({name: 'Needs: Repro'}),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('accepts a reproducer link posted in a comment by its own author', async () => {
+    const github = buildGithub({
+      body: 'It crashes.',
+      comments: [
+        {
+          user: {login: AUTHOR},
+          body: `Here you go: https://github.com/${AUTHOR}/rn-repro`,
+        },
+      ],
+      timeline: [labelEvent('labeled', BOT, 'User')],
+    });
+
+    await checkForReproducer(github, context);
+
+    expect(github.rest.issues.removeLabel).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({name: 'Needs: Repro'}),
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/.github/workflow-scripts/checkForReproducer.js b/.github/workflow-scripts/checkForReproducer.js
index 75d7ab7bf807..8c8eb445522e 100644
--- a/.github/workflow-scripts/checkForReproducer.js
+++ b/.github/workflow-scripts/checkForReproducer.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 const NEEDS_REPRO_LABEL = 'Needs: Repro';
 const NEEDS_AUTHOR_FEEDBACK_LABEL = 'Needs: Author Feedback';
 const SKIP_ISSUES_OLDER_THAN = '2023-07-01T00:00:00Z';
+// The account this workflow runs as; a user account, so actor.type is 'User'.
+const REACT_NATIVE_BOT_LOGIN = 'react-native-bot';
 
 module.exports = async (github, context) => {
   const issueData = {
@@ -82,16 +84,22 @@ function containsPattern(body, pattern) {
   return body.search(regexp) !== -1;
 }
 
-// Prevents the bot from responding when maintainer has changed the 'Needs: Repro' label
+// Prevents the bot from responding when a maintainer has changed the
+// 'Needs: Repro' label. Events from GitHub Apps and react-native-bot itself
+// are automation, not maintainer decisions.
 async function hasMaintainerChangedLabel(github, issueData, author) {
   const timeline = await github.rest.issues.listEventsForTimeline(issueData);
 
   const labeledEvents = timeline.data.filter(
     event => event.event === 'labeled' || event.event === 'unlabeled',
   );
-  const userEvents = labeledEvents.filter(event => event.actor.type !== 'Bot');
+  const maintainerEvents = labeledEvents.filter(
+    event =>
+      event.actor.type !== 'Bot' &&
+      event.actor.login !== REACT_NATIVE_BOT_LOGIN,
+  );
 
-  return userEvents.some(
+  return maintainerEvents.some(
     event =>
       event.actor.login !== author && event.label.name === NEEDS_REPRO_LABEL,
   );