diff --git a/packages/loopover-miner/lib/ams-calibration.ts b/packages/loopover-miner/lib/ams-calibration.ts
index 4fd47cdcc..ce2acd280 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-miner/lib/ams-calibration.ts
+++ b/packages/loopover-miner/lib/ams-calibration.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
 import { existsSync as fsExistsSync, readFileSync as fsReadFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { parseAmsPolicySpecContent } from "@loopover/engine";
 import type { AppendEventInput, LedgerEntry } from "./event-ledger.js";
-import { resolveAmsPolicyConfigPath } from "./ams-policy.js";
+import { resolveLocalAmsPolicyReadPath } from "./ams-policy.js";
 import { MINER_PR_OUTCOME_EVENT } from "./pr-outcome.js";
 
 /** Event-ledger vocabulary for one persisted advisory min-rank backtest run (the AMS analog of ORB's
@@ -304,8 +304,11 @@ export function buildAmsBacktestProposals(
   return proposals;
 }
 
-/** Sync read of the operator's `.loopover-ams.yml` `minRankAutotuneEnabled` flag (#8187's gate one). The
- *  async resolveAmsPolicy wrapper exists for attempt-time policy; the calibration commands and discover's
+/** Sync read of the operator's `minRankAutotuneEnabled` flag (#8187's gate one), probing the full documented
+ *  {@link AMS_POLICY_SPEC_FILENAMES} discovery order via the SAME `resolveLocalAmsPolicyReadPath` resolver
+ *  `resolveAmsPolicy` uses for attempt-time policy (#10009 -- this used to resolve the canonical filename only,
+ *  silently ignoring the flag when an operator's policy lived at any of the other three documented candidates).
+ *  The async resolveAmsPolicy wrapper exists for attempt-time policy; the calibration commands and discover's
  *  consumption point need only this one boolean and must stay synchronous, so this reuses the same path
  *  resolution + tolerant parser. Fail CLOSED: an unreadable policy file never enables autonomy. */
 export function readMinRankAutotuneEnabled(
@@ -313,9 +316,9 @@ export function readMinRankAutotuneEnabled(
   deps: { readFileSync?: typeof fsReadFileSync; existsSync?: typeof fsExistsSync } = {},
 ): boolean {
   try {
-    const path = resolveAmsPolicyConfigPath(env);
     const exists = deps.existsSync ?? fsExistsSync;
-    if (!exists(path)) return false;
+    const path = resolveLocalAmsPolicyReadPath(env, exists);
+    if (path === null) return false;
     const read = deps.readFileSync ?? fsReadFileSync;
     return parseAmsPolicySpecContent(String(read(path, "utf8"))).spec.minRankAutotuneEnabled;
   } catch {
diff --git a/packages/loopover-miner/lib/ams-policy.ts b/packages/loopover-miner/lib/ams-policy.ts
index 896d45ec0..726b271af 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-miner/lib/ams-policy.ts
+++ b/packages/loopover-miner/lib/ams-policy.ts
@@ -93,8 +93,12 @@ function readLocalAmsPolicyContent(resolved: NormalizedAmsPolicyOptions): string
 
 /** Path of the AMS policy file to read: an explicit `LOOPOVER_MINER_AMS_POLICY_PATH` override (when present) points
  *  at one exact file and bypasses discovery; otherwise the first {@link AMS_POLICY_SPEC_FILENAMES} candidate that
- *  exists in the operator config directory (first match wins), or null when none of them exist. */
-function resolveLocalAmsPolicyReadPath(
+ *  exists in the operator config directory (first match wins), or null when none of them exist.
+ *
+ *  Exported so every synchronous local reader (e.g. `readMinRankAutotuneEnabled` in ams-calibration.ts) shares
+ *  this exact resolution instead of recreating its own probe loop over `AMS_POLICY_SPEC_FILENAMES` (#8863's fix,
+ *  #10009's sibling gap). */
+export function resolveLocalAmsPolicyReadPath(
   env: Record<string, string | undefined>,
   existsSync: (path: string) => boolean,
 ): string | null {
diff --git a/test/unit/miner-ams-calibration.test.ts b/test/unit/miner-ams-calibration.test.ts
index e44a7af01..b725740be 100644
--- a/test/unit/miner-ams-calibration.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/miner-ams-calibration.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
@@ -215,4 +215,52 @@ describe("readMinRankAutotuneEnabled (#8187 gate one)", () => {
       }),
     ).toBe(false); // fail CLOSED
   });
+
+  it("REGRESSION: the autotune flag is honoured from every documented AMS policy filename, not just the canonical one", () => {
+    // Before #10009, this resolved only AMS_POLICY_SPEC_FILENAMES[0] (.loopover-ams.yml) instead of sharing
+    // resolveLocalAmsPolicyReadPath, so candidates 2-4 were silently ignored even though resolveAmsPolicy
+    // (attempt-time) honoured them.
+    const candidates = [".loopover-ams.yml", ".github/loopover-ams.yml", ".loopover-ams.json", ".github/loopover-ams.json"];
+    for (const candidate of candidates) {
+      const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "miner-ams-policy-multi-"));
+      tempDirs.push(dir);
+      const env = { LOOPOVER_MINER_CONFIG_DIR: dir };
+      const path = join(dir, candidate);
+      mkdirSync(join(path, ".."), { recursive: true });
+      const isJson = candidate.endsWith(".json");
+      writeFileSync(path, isJson ? JSON.stringify({ minRankAutotuneEnabled: true }) : "minRankAutotuneEnabled: true\n");
+      expect(readMinRankAutotuneEnabled(env)).toBe(true);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("first-match-wins: the canonical file's value is used even when a later candidate also exists", () => {
+    const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "miner-ams-policy-precedence-"));
+    tempDirs.push(dir);
+    const env = { LOOPOVER_MINER_CONFIG_DIR: dir };
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, ".loopover-ams.yml"), "minRankAutotuneEnabled: false\n");
+    mkdirSync(join(dir, ".github"), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, ".github", "loopover-ams.yml"), "minRankAutotuneEnabled: true\n");
+    expect(readMinRankAutotuneEnabled(env)).toBe(false); // canonical candidate wins, same precedence as resolveAmsPolicy
+  });
+
+  it("an explicit LOOPOVER_MINER_AMS_POLICY_PATH outside the config dir wins outright and skips discovery", () => {
+    const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "miner-ams-policy-explicit-"));
+    tempDirs.push(dir);
+    const explicitPath = join(dir, "custom-policy.yml");
+    writeFileSync(explicitPath, "minRankAutotuneEnabled: true\n");
+    // A discovery candidate is ALSO present, but the explicit override must win without ever probing it.
+    mkdirSync(join(dir, "cfg"), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, "cfg", ".loopover-ams.yml"), "minRankAutotuneEnabled: false\n");
+    const env = { LOOPOVER_MINER_AMS_POLICY_PATH: explicitPath, LOOPOVER_MINER_CONFIG_DIR: join(dir, "cfg") };
+    expect(readMinRankAutotuneEnabled(env)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("an explicit LOOPOVER_MINER_AMS_POLICY_PATH pointing at a nonexistent file returns false without probing discovery candidates", () => {
+    const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "miner-ams-policy-explicit-missing-"));
+    tempDirs.push(dir);
+    // A discovery candidate exists in the config dir, but it must never be consulted once an explicit path is set.
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, ".loopover-ams.yml"), "minRankAutotuneEnabled: true\n");
+    const env = { LOOPOVER_MINER_AMS_POLICY_PATH: join(dir, "nope.yml"), LOOPOVER_MINER_CONFIG_DIR: dir };
+    expect(readMinRankAutotuneEnabled(env)).toBe(false);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/unit/miner-discover-cli.test.ts b/test/unit/miner-discover-cli.test.ts
index e025596f7..ad7a6867e 100644
--- a/test/unit/miner-discover-cli.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/miner-discover-cli.test.ts
@@ -2338,6 +2338,41 @@ describe("#9679: --dry-run makes zero event-ledger writes", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("REGRESSION (#10009): the earned min-rank override is also applied when the flag lives in .github/loopover-ams.yml", async () => {
+    const { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } = await import("node:fs");
+    const { tmpdir } = await import("node:os");
+    const { join } = await import("node:path");
+    const { initEventLedger, resolveEventLedgerDbPath } = await import("../../packages/loopover-miner/lib/event-ledger");
+    const { MINER_AMS_MIN_RANK_APPLIED_EVENT } = await import("../../packages/loopover-miner/lib/ams-calibration");
+    vi.spyOn(console, "log").mockImplementation(() => undefined);
+
+    const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "miner-discover-dryrun-override-github-"));
+    try {
+      const env = { LOOPOVER_MINER_CONFIG_DIR: dir };
+      const ledger = initEventLedger(resolveEventLedgerDbPath(env));
+      ledger.appendEvent({ type: MINER_AMS_MIN_RANK_APPLIED_EVENT, payload: { value: 0.2 } });
+      ledger.close();
+      // Non-canonical discovery candidate -- before #10009 readMinRankAutotuneEnabled only ever probed the
+      // canonical .loopover-ams.yml, so this flag was silently ignored here even though resolveAmsPolicy
+      // (attempt-time) already honoured it.
+      mkdirSync(join(dir, ".github"), { recursive: true });
+      writeFileSync(join(dir, ".github", "loopover-ams.yml"), "minRankAutotuneEnabled: true\n");
+
+      const enqueueSpy = enqueueOnce();
+      const exitCode = await runDiscover(["acme/widgets", "--dry-run", "--json"], {
+        nowMs: NOW,
+        env,
+        fetchCandidateIssuesWithSummary: fanOut,
+        enqueueRankedDiscovery: enqueueSpy as never,
+      });
+      expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+      const minRankSeen = ((enqueueSpy.mock.calls[0] as unknown[] | undefined)?.[1] as { minRankScore?: number } | undefined)?.minRankScore;
+      expect(minRankSeen).toBe(0.2);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   it("the non-dry-run path is unchanged: it still opens (and creates) the event ledger", async () => {
     const { mkdtempSync, rmSync, existsSync } = await import("node:fs");
     const { tmpdir } = await import("node:os");