The needs-logs workflow tested /\bTRACE\b/i against the raw issue body. Pasted terminal logs wrap the level in ANSI color codes (\x1b[90mTRACE\x1b[0m); the trailing 'm' of the color code abuts 'TRACE', so the leading \b never matches and a log that clearly contains TRACE is wrongly flagged needs-logs (e.g. #156). Strip ANSI escapes first, and measure the too-short heuristic on the cleaned text too.