diff --git a/extensions/clickclack/src/group-policy.test.ts b/extensions/clickclack/src/group-policy.test.ts
index 09bd61ed7ce6..cb438087d745 100644
--- a/extensions/clickclack/src/group-policy.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/clickclack/src/group-policy.test.ts
@@ -117,16 +117,12 @@ describe("resolveClickClackGroupPolicy", () => {
     expect(result.requireMention).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it("trims channel id keys", () => {
-    // Edge case: leading/trailing whitespace is trimmed during resolution
-    // but our test passes raw channelId as is; exact match requires
-    // the trimmed key. The resolver does not trim; the caller must trim.
-    // Validating that untrimmed exact match works.
+  it("trims inbound channel ids before lookup", () => {
     const result = resolveClickClackGroupPolicy({
       account: {
-        groups: { "chn_exact ": { requireMention: true } },
+        groups: { chn_exact: { requireMention: true } },
       },
-      channelId: "chn_exact ",
+      channelId: " chn_exact ",
     });
     expect(result.requireMention).toBe(true);
   });
diff --git a/extensions/clickclack/src/group-policy.ts b/extensions/clickclack/src/group-policy.ts
index 85192466a694..51895930f15e 100644
--- a/extensions/clickclack/src/group-policy.ts
+++ b/extensions/clickclack/src/group-policy.ts
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ export function resolveClickClackGroupPolicy(params: {
   };
   const wildcard = account.groups?.["*"];
   const channelKey = channelId?.trim();
-  const exact = channelKey
-    ? Object.entries(account.groups ?? {}).find(([key]) => key.trim() === channelKey)?.[1]
-    : undefined;
+  const exact = channelKey ? account.groups?.[channelKey] : undefined;
   // Channel rules are partial overrides. Resolve each field independently so
   // an exact channel rule can inherit unspecified fields from the wildcard
   // rule before falling back to the account-level policy.