From 01cad7e596bddb41a0d09847cbf1639e7f87e7a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:18:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Initial plan


From 979edab34dc5faa116be73a824375b2939c786f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:23:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Plan: fix isRegexpCompileCall to use type-checker
 identity

Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/grumpy-reviewer.lock.yml            | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/mattpocock-skills-reviewer.lock.yml | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/pr-code-quality-reviewer.lock.yml   | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/pr-nitpick-reviewer.lock.yml        | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/pr-triage-agent.lock.yml            | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/refiner.lock.yml                    | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/security-review.lock.yml            | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/smoke-claude.lock.yml               | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/smoke-copilot-aoai-apikey.lock.yml  | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/smoke-copilot-aoai-entra.lock.yml   | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/smoke-copilot-arm.lock.yml          | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/smoke-copilot.lock.yml              | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/test-quality-sentinel.lock.yml      | 2 +-
 13 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/grumpy-reviewer.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/grumpy-reviewer.lock.yml
index f0767b939c0..235620f694d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/grumpy-reviewer.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/grumpy-reviewer.lock.yml
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
+                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mattpocock-skills-reviewer.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/mattpocock-skills-reviewer.lock.yml
index 630293ffdf3..700ecf36ac1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mattpocock-skills-reviewer.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mattpocock-skills-reviewer.lock.yml
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
+                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-code-quality-reviewer.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-code-quality-reviewer.lock.yml
index c54b67124fe..d45a2313870 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-code-quality-reviewer.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-code-quality-reviewer.lock.yml
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
+                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-nitpick-reviewer.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-nitpick-reviewer.lock.yml
index 8c2646e811d..6130f10bf6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-nitpick-reviewer.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-nitpick-reviewer.lock.yml
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
+                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-triage-agent.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-triage-agent.lock.yml
index a5f1b83fdef..36618b1e0ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-triage-agent.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-triage-agent.lock.yml
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
+                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/refiner.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/refiner.lock.yml
index e316b50c6a2..b9c4c472934 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/refiner.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/refiner.lock.yml
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
+                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/security-review.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/security-review.lock.yml
index cc0487ee1b3..813428b8085 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/security-review.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/security-review.lock.yml
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
+                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-claude.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-claude.lock.yml
index 09e2304f27e..0b49593d1c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-claude.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-claude.lock.yml
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
+                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-aoai-apikey.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-aoai-apikey.lock.yml
index 05fca4ab840..90d951b7862 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-aoai-apikey.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-aoai-apikey.lock.yml
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
+                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-aoai-entra.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-aoai-entra.lock.yml
index b956d54065f..2dd7ce15d8b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-aoai-entra.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-aoai-entra.lock.yml
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
+                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-arm.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-arm.lock.yml
index a84512ac19f..838dc591aa4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-arm.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-arm.lock.yml
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
+                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.lock.yml
index 6ec9501f68a..568e58f5714 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.lock.yml
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
+                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-quality-sentinel.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/test-quality-sentinel.lock.yml
index 416ffad3543..c87faeb4013 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-quality-sentinel.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-quality-sentinel.lock.yml
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
+                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",

From 44be2f8235e2cd58661e38f8a4c8a5f56eb9cf31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:31:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] fix: resolve regexp package identity via type checker in
 regexpcompileinfunction linter

Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../regexpcompileinfunction.go                | 20 ++++++++++++++-----
 .../regexpcompileinfunction/alias_import.go   | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../shadowed_identifier.go                    | 14 +++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/testdata/src/regexpcompileinfunction/alias_import.go
 create mode 100644 pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/testdata/src/regexpcompileinfunction/shadowed_identifier.go

diff --git a/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/regexpcompileinfunction.go b/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/regexpcompileinfunction.go
index 49ed2c5defb..98918cb90a0 100644
--- a/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/regexpcompileinfunction.go
+++ b/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/regexpcompileinfunction.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func run(pass *analysis.Pass) (any, error) {
 
 	for cur := range insp.Root().Preorder((*ast.CallExpr)(nil)) {
 		call, ok := cur.Node().(*ast.CallExpr)
-		if !ok || !isRegexpCompileCall(call) {
+		if !ok || !isRegexpCompileCall(pass, call) {
 			continue
 		}
 		if !hasConstantStringPattern(pass, call) {
@@ -68,17 +68,27 @@ func run(pass *analysis.Pass) (any, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-// isRegexpCompileCall checks if the call is to regexp.MustCompile or regexp.Compile.
-func isRegexpCompileCall(call *ast.CallExpr) bool {
+// isRegexpCompileCall checks if the call is to regexp.MustCompile or regexp.Compile,
+// resolving the package identity via the type checker to handle aliased imports
+// and avoid false positives from local identifiers named "regexp".
+func isRegexpCompileCall(pass *analysis.Pass, call *ast.CallExpr) bool {
 	sel, ok := call.Fun.(*ast.SelectorExpr)
 	if !ok {
 		return false
 	}
+	if sel.Sel.Name != "MustCompile" && sel.Sel.Name != "Compile" {
+		return false
+	}
 	ident, ok := sel.X.(*ast.Ident)
-	if !ok {
+	if !ok || pass.TypesInfo == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	obj := pass.TypesInfo.ObjectOf(ident)
+	if obj == nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	return ident.Name == "regexp" && (sel.Sel.Name == "MustCompile" || sel.Sel.Name == "Compile")
+	pkgName, ok := obj.(*types.PkgName)
+	return ok && pkgName.Imported().Path() == "regexp"
 }
 
 // hasConstantStringPattern checks whether the regexp pattern is a compile-time constant string,
diff --git a/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/testdata/src/regexpcompileinfunction/alias_import.go b/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/testdata/src/regexpcompileinfunction/alias_import.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c78ccb8f650
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/testdata/src/regexpcompileinfunction/alias_import.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package regexpcompileinfunction
+
+import re "regexp"
+
+// flagged: aliased import of regexp — alias must not cause a false negative.
+func ProcessWithAlias(s string) bool {
+	r := re.MustCompile(`^[a-z]+$`) // want `regexp compilation inside function should be moved to package-level variable`
+	return r.MatchString(s)
+}
+
+func ValidateWithAlias(input string) (bool, error) {
+	r, err := re.Compile(`\d+`) // want `regexp compilation inside function should be moved to package-level variable`
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return r.MatchString(input), nil
+}
+
+// not flagged: aliased import at package level is fine.
+var packageLevelAliasRegexp = re.MustCompile(`^[a-z]+$`)
diff --git a/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/testdata/src/regexpcompileinfunction/shadowed_identifier.go b/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/testdata/src/regexpcompileinfunction/shadowed_identifier.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..90833379715
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/testdata/src/regexpcompileinfunction/shadowed_identifier.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package regexpcompileinfunction
+
+// customRegexp is an unrelated type that happens to have Compile/MustCompile methods.
+type customRegexp struct{}
+
+func (customRegexp) Compile(_ string) (*customRegexp, error) { return &customRegexp{}, nil }
+func (customRegexp) MustCompile(_ string) *customRegexp      { return &customRegexp{} }
+
+// not flagged: local variable named "regexp" is not the stdlib regexp package.
+func GoodShadowedRegexpIdentifier(s string) bool {
+	regexp := customRegexp{}
+	_ = regexp.MustCompile(s)
+	return true
+}

From e16e2a51c092355ea079da6f5429c51116b8a13e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:49:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] fix: address review feedback on regexpcompileinfunction
 linter

- Guard pkgName.Imported() against nil before calling .Path()
- Fix shadowed_identifier.go fixture to use constant string pattern
- Add dot_import.go fixture documenting dot-import known limitation
- Revert unrelated lock.yml changes (optionalPositiveInteger -> issueOrPRNumber)

Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/grumpy-reviewer.lock.yml            |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/mattpocock-skills-reviewer.lock.yml |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/pr-code-quality-reviewer.lock.yml   |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/pr-nitpick-reviewer.lock.yml        |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/pr-triage-agent.lock.yml            |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/refiner.lock.yml                    |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/security-review.lock.yml            |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/smoke-claude.lock.yml               |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/smoke-copilot-aoai-apikey.lock.yml  |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/smoke-copilot-aoai-entra.lock.yml   |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/smoke-copilot-arm.lock.yml          |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/smoke-copilot.lock.yml              |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/test-quality-sentinel.lock.yml      |  2 +-
 .../regexpcompileinfunction.go                        |  5 ++++-
 .../src/regexpcompileinfunction/dot_import.go         | 11 +++++++++++
 .../regexpcompileinfunction/shadowed_identifier.go    |  4 ++--
 16 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/testdata/src/regexpcompileinfunction/dot_import.go

diff --git a/.github/workflows/grumpy-reviewer.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/grumpy-reviewer.lock.yml
index 235620f694d..f0767b939c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/grumpy-reviewer.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/grumpy-reviewer.lock.yml
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
+                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mattpocock-skills-reviewer.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/mattpocock-skills-reviewer.lock.yml
index 700ecf36ac1..630293ffdf3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mattpocock-skills-reviewer.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mattpocock-skills-reviewer.lock.yml
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
+                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-code-quality-reviewer.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-code-quality-reviewer.lock.yml
index d45a2313870..c54b67124fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-code-quality-reviewer.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-code-quality-reviewer.lock.yml
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
+                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-nitpick-reviewer.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-nitpick-reviewer.lock.yml
index 6130f10bf6c..8c2646e811d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-nitpick-reviewer.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-nitpick-reviewer.lock.yml
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
+                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-triage-agent.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-triage-agent.lock.yml
index 36618b1e0ce..a5f1b83fdef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-triage-agent.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-triage-agent.lock.yml
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
+                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/refiner.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/refiner.lock.yml
index b9c4c472934..e316b50c6a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/refiner.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/refiner.lock.yml
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
+                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/security-review.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/security-review.lock.yml
index 813428b8085..cc0487ee1b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/security-review.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/security-review.lock.yml
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
+                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-claude.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-claude.lock.yml
index 0b49593d1c6..09e2304f27e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-claude.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-claude.lock.yml
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
+                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-aoai-apikey.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-aoai-apikey.lock.yml
index 90d951b7862..05fca4ab840 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-aoai-apikey.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-aoai-apikey.lock.yml
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
+                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-aoai-entra.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-aoai-entra.lock.yml
index 2dd7ce15d8b..b956d54065f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-aoai-entra.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-aoai-entra.lock.yml
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
+                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-arm.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-arm.lock.yml
index 838dc591aa4..a84512ac19f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-arm.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-arm.lock.yml
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
+                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.lock.yml
index 568e58f5714..6ec9501f68a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.lock.yml
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
+                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-quality-sentinel.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/test-quality-sentinel.lock.yml
index c87faeb4013..416ffad3543 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-quality-sentinel.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-quality-sentinel.lock.yml
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ jobs:
                     ]
                   },
                   "pull_request_number": {
-                    "issueOrPRNumber": true
+                    "optionalPositiveInteger": true
                   },
                   "repo": {
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/regexpcompileinfunction.go b/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/regexpcompileinfunction.go
index 98918cb90a0..01362d544dc 100644
--- a/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/regexpcompileinfunction.go
+++ b/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/regexpcompileinfunction.go
@@ -88,7 +88,10 @@ func isRegexpCompileCall(pass *analysis.Pass, call *ast.CallExpr) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 	pkgName, ok := obj.(*types.PkgName)
-	return ok && pkgName.Imported().Path() == "regexp"
+	if !ok || pkgName.Imported() == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return pkgName.Imported().Path() == "regexp"
 }
 
 // hasConstantStringPattern checks whether the regexp pattern is a compile-time constant string,
diff --git a/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/testdata/src/regexpcompileinfunction/dot_import.go b/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/testdata/src/regexpcompileinfunction/dot_import.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a39e6163267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/testdata/src/regexpcompileinfunction/dot_import.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package regexpcompileinfunction
+
+import . "regexp"
+
+// NOT flagged: dot imports produce bare identifier calls, not selector expressions,
+// so isRegexpCompileCall exits early at the *ast.SelectorExpr guard.
+// This is a known limitation of the linter.
+func DotImportExample() bool {
+	r := MustCompile(`^[a-z]+$`) // not flagged: dot-import calls are not selector expressions
+	return r.MatchString("abc")
+}
diff --git a/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/testdata/src/regexpcompileinfunction/shadowed_identifier.go b/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/testdata/src/regexpcompileinfunction/shadowed_identifier.go
index 90833379715..f051ddec67f 100644
--- a/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/testdata/src/regexpcompileinfunction/shadowed_identifier.go
+++ b/pkg/linters/regexpcompileinfunction/testdata/src/regexpcompileinfunction/shadowed_identifier.go
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ func (customRegexp) Compile(_ string) (*customRegexp, error) { return &customReg
 func (customRegexp) MustCompile(_ string) *customRegexp      { return &customRegexp{} }
 
 // not flagged: local variable named "regexp" is not the stdlib regexp package.
-func GoodShadowedRegexpIdentifier(s string) bool {
+func GoodShadowedRegexpIdentifier() bool {
 	regexp := customRegexp{}
-	_ = regexp.MustCompile(s)
+	_ = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-z]+$`)
 	return true
 }