diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-change-note.yml b/.github/workflows/check-change-note.yml
index 70b78ce72944..d29bd00486be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-change-note.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-change-note.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 name: Check change note
 
 permissions:
+  contents: read
   pull-requests: read
 
 on:
-  pull_request_target:
+  pull_request:
     types: [labeled, unlabeled, opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
     paths:
       - "*/ql/src/**/*.ql"
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
       PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.number }}
-      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
index 512fa40d2e3a..e3f464331790 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,144 @@
 name: "Pull Request Labeler"
+
 on:
-- pull_request_target
+  schedule:
+    # Reconcile recently updated PRs promptly, including unapproved forks and
+    # conflicted PRs for which pull_request workflows do not run.
+    - cron: "7,22,37,52 * * * *"
+    # Reconcile one stable shard of all open PRs each hour to recover from
+    # delayed or missed scheduled runs.
+    - cron: "12 * * * *"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      pr_number:
+        description: "Open pull request number to reconcile"
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+permissions: {}
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  pull-requests: write
+concurrency:
+  group: pull-request-labeler
+  cancel-in-progress: false
 
 jobs:
   triage:
+    if: github.ref_name == github.event.repository.default_branch
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: write
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/labeler@v4
-      with:
-        repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+          sparse-checkout: .github/labeler.yml
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+
+      - name: Collect pull requests to reconcile
+        id: collect
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          EVENT_NAME: ${{ github.event_name }}
+          SCHEDULE: ${{ github.event.schedule }}
+          REQUESTED_PR: ${{ inputs.pr_number }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          if [ "$EVENT_NAME" = "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
+            if [[ ! "$REQUESTED_PR" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*$ ]]; then
+              echo "Invalid pull request number: $REQUESTED_PR"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+
+            pr_json=$(gh api "repos/$REPO/pulls/$REQUESTED_PR")
+            candidates=$(jq -c '[{
+              number: .number,
+              head_sha: .head.sha
+            }]' <<<"$pr_json")
+          else
+            pulls_json=$(gh api --paginate \
+              "repos/$REPO/pulls?state=open&sort=updated&direction=desc&per_page=100" |
+              jq -cs 'add')
+
+            if [ "$SCHEDULE" = "12 * * * *" ]; then
+              shard=$(( ($(date -u +%s) / 3600) % 6 ))
+              candidates=$(jq -c --argjson shard "$shard" \
+                '[.[] | select((.number % 6) == $shard) | {
+                  number: .number,
+                  head_sha: .head.sha
+                }]' <<<"$pulls_json")
+            else
+              cutoff=$(date -u -d "1 hour ago" "+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+              # Hourly shards reconcile any candidates beyond this API budget.
+              candidates=$(jq -c --arg cutoff "$cutoff" \
+                '[.[] | select(.updated_at >= $cutoff) | {
+                  number: .number,
+                  head_sha: .head.sha
+                }][0:100]' <<<"$pulls_json")
+            fi
+          fi
+
+          echo "Collected $(jq 'length' <<<"$candidates") pull request(s)."
+          {
+            echo "candidates<<EOF"
+            echo "$candidates"
+            echo "EOF"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Validate pull request state
+        id: validate
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          CANDIDATES: ${{ steps.collect.outputs.candidates }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          valid_numbers=()
+          while IFS=$'\t' read -r pr_number expected_sha; do
+            if [[ ! "$pr_number" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*$ ]] ||
+              [[ ! "$expected_sha" =~ ^[0-9a-f]{40}$ ]]; then
+              echo "Skipping malformed pull request candidate."
+              continue
+            fi
+
+            if ! pr_json=$(gh api "repos/$REPO/pulls/$pr_number"); then
+              echo "Pull request #$pr_number could not be fetched; skipping."
+              continue
+            fi
+
+            if ! jq -e \
+              --arg repo "$REPO" \
+              --arg sha "$expected_sha" \
+              '.state == "open" and
+               .base.repo.full_name == $repo and
+               .head.sha == $sha and
+               (.head.repo.full_name | type == "string")' \
+              >/dev/null <<<"$pr_json"; then
+              echo "Pull request #$pr_number changed or is no longer open; skipping."
+              continue
+            fi
+
+            valid_numbers+=("$pr_number")
+          done < <(jq -r '.[] | [.number, .head_sha] | @tsv' <<<"$CANDIDATES")
+
+          if [ "${#valid_numbers[@]}" -eq 0 ]; then
+            echo "has_prs=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          {
+            echo "has_prs=true"
+            echo "pr_numbers<<EOF"
+            printf '%s\n' "${valid_numbers[@]}"
+            echo "EOF"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - uses: actions/labeler@v4
+        if: steps.validate.outputs.has_prs == 'true'
+        with:
+          repo-token: "${{ github.token }}"
+          pr-number: ${{ steps.validate.outputs.pr_numbers }}