diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-on-resolved-issue.yml b/.github/workflows/release-on-resolved-issue.yml
index 4db6927..48104fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-on-resolved-issue.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-on-resolved-issue.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          query='query($owner:String!, $repo:String!, $sha:String!) { repository(owner:$owner, name:$repo) { object(expression:$sha) { ... on Commit { associatedPullRequests(first:100) { pageInfo { hasNextPage } nodes { number mergeCommit { oid } labels(first:20) { pageInfo { hasNextPage } nodes { name } } closingIssuesReferences(first:20) { pageInfo { hasNextPage } nodes { number repository { nameWithOwner } labels(first:30) { pageInfo { hasNextPage } nodes { name } } } } } } } } } } }'
+          query="$(< scripts/release_eligibility.graphql)"
           result="$(gh api graphql -f query="$query" -f owner="${GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER}" -f repo="${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/}" -f sha="$TESTED_SHA")"
           repository="$(jq -ce '{pullRequests: (.data.repository.object.associatedPullRequests // error("tested SHA is not a commit"))}' <<< "$result")"
           if outcome="$(python scripts/release_eligibility.py --tested-sha "$TESTED_SHA" --repository "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --pull-requests-json "$repository")"; then
diff --git a/scripts/release_eligibility.graphql b/scripts/release_eligibility.graphql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cf1fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release_eligibility.graphql
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+query($owner: String!, $repo: String!, $sha: String!) {
+  repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) {
+    object(expression: $sha) {
+      ... on Commit {
+        associatedPullRequests(first: 100) {
+          pageInfo {
+            hasNextPage
+          }
+          nodes {
+            number
+            mergeCommit {
+              oid
+            }
+            labels(first: 20) {
+              pageInfo {
+                hasNextPage
+              }
+              nodes {
+                name
+              }
+            }
+            closingIssuesReferences(first: 20) {
+              pageInfo {
+                hasNextPage
+              }
+              nodes {
+                number
+                repository {
+                  nameWithOwner
+                }
+                labels(first: 30) {
+                  pageInfo {
+                    hasNextPage
+                  }
+                  nodes {
+                    name
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_release_eligibility_query.py b/tests/test_release_eligibility_query.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62250f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_release_eligibility_query.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+QUERY = Path(__file__).parents[1] / "scripts" / "release_eligibility.graphql"
+WORKFLOW = Path(__file__).parents[1] / ".github" / "workflows" / "release-on-resolved-issue.yml"
+
+
+def _balanced_graphql_delimiters(source: str) -> bool:
+    """Check the structural delimiters that GitHub's GraphQL parser requires.
+
+    This query contains no GraphQL string literals or comments, so a small
+    delimiter check catches malformed edits without adding a runtime-only
+    GraphQL parser dependency to the CLI test environment.
+    """
+    pairs = {"}": "{", ")": "("}
+    stack: list[str] = []
+    for character in source:
+        if character in "{(":
+            stack.append(character)
+        elif character in pairs:
+            if not stack or stack.pop() != pairs[character]:
+                return False
+    return not stack
+
+
+def test_release_eligibility_query_is_structurally_valid_and_wired_to_workflow():
+    query = QUERY.read_text()
+
+    assert _balanced_graphql_delimiters(query)
+    assert "query($owner: String!, $repo: String!, $sha: String!)" in query
+    assert "... on Commit" in query
+    assert "associatedPullRequests(first: 100)" in query
+    assert "closingIssuesReferences(first: 20)" in query
+    assert "query=\"$(< scripts/release_eligibility.graphql)\"" in WORKFLOW.read_text()
+
+
+def test_release_eligibility_query_requests_every_fail_closed_page_boundary():
+    query = QUERY.read_text()
+
+    # The classifier rejects a truncated pull-request, label, or closing-issue
+    # connection. Keep every corresponding pageInfo request in the query.
+    assert query.count("pageInfo {") == 4
+    assert query.count("hasNextPage") == 4