diff --git a/.github/vouch_issue_message.md b/.github/vouch_issue_message.md
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index 00000000000..db0025a93b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/vouch_issue_message.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Users are no longer allowed to open issues themselves, please open a discussion instead.
+
+Please see the [wiki](https://wiki.hyprland.org/Contributing-and-Debugging/Issue-Guidelines/) on why this is the case.\n\nWe are volunteers, and we need your cooperation to make the best software we can. Thank you for understanding! ❤️
+
+[Open a discussion here](https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/discussions)
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/close-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/close-issues.yml
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index 55f4e126ab9..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/close-issues.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-name: Close Unauthorized Issues
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  issues:
-    types: [opened]
-
-jobs:
-  close-unauthorized-issues:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      issues: write
-    steps:
-      # XXX: This *could* be done in Bash by abusing GitHub's own tool to interact with its API
-      # but that's too much of a hack, and we'll be adding a layer of abstraction. github-script
-      # is a workflow that eases interaction with GitHub API in the workflow run context.
-      - name: "Close 'unauthorized' issues"
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
-        with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          script: |
-            const ALLOWED_USERS = ['vaxerski', 'fufexan', 'NotAShelf'];
-            const CLOSING_COMMENT = 'Users are no longer allowed to open issues themselves, please open a discussion instead.\n\nPlease see the [wiki](https://wiki.hyprland.org/Contributing-and-Debugging/Issue-Guidelines/) on why this is the case.\n\nWe are volunteers, and we need your cooperation to make the best software we can. Thank you for understanding! ❤️\n\n[Open a discussion here](https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/discussions)';
-
-            async function closeUnauthorizedIssue(issueNumber, userName) {
-              if (ALLOWED_USERS.includes(userName)) {
-                console.log(`Issue #${issueNumber} - Created by authorized user ${userName}`);
-                return;
-              }
-
-              console.log(`Issue #${issueNumber} - Unauthorized, closing`);
-
-              await github.rest.issues.update({
-                owner: context.repo.owner,
-                repo: context.repo.repo,
-                issue_number: issueNumber,
-                state: 'closed',
-                state_reason: 'not_planned'
-              });
-
-              await github.rest.issues.createComment({
-                owner: context.repo.owner,
-                repo: context.repo.repo,
-                issue_number: issueNumber,
-                body: CLOSING_COMMENT
-              });
-            }
-
-            if (context.eventName === 'issues' && context.payload.action === 'opened') {
-              // Direct access to the issue that triggered the workflow
-              const issue = context.payload.issue;
-
-              // Skip if this is a PR
-              if (issue.pull_request) {
-                console.log(`Issue #${issue.number} - Skipping, this is a pull request`);
-                return;
-              }
-
-              // Process the single issue that triggered the workflow
-              await closeUnauthorizedIssue(issue.number, issue.user.login);
-            } else {
-              // For manual runs, we need to handle pagination
-              async function* fetchAllOpenIssues() {
-                let page = 1;
-                let hasNextPage = true;
-
-                while (hasNextPage) {
-                  const response = await github.rest.issues.listForRepo({
-                    owner: context.repo.owner,
-                    repo: context.repo.repo,
-                    state: 'open',
-                    per_page: 100,
-                    page: page
-                  });
-
-                  if (response.data.length === 0) {
-                    hasNextPage = false;
-                  } else {
-                    for (const issue of response.data) {
-                      yield issue;
-                    }
-                    page++;
-                  }
-                }
-              }
-
-              // Process issues one by one
-              for await (const issue of fetchAllOpenIssues()) {
-                try {
-                  // Skip pull requests
-                  if (issue.pull_request) {
-                    console.log(`Issue #${issue.number} - Skipping, this is a pull request`);
-                    continue;
-                  }
-
-                  await closeUnauthorizedIssue(issue.number, issue.user.login);
-                } catch (error) {
-                  console.error(`Error processing issue #${issue.number}: ${error.message}`);
-                }
-              }
-            }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vouch-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/vouch-issues.yml
new file mode 100644
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+name: Vouch Issue Check
+
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: [opened, reopened]
+
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  issues: write
+
+jobs:
+  check-vouch:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out template
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Verify central Issues Vouch list
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          gh api \
+            "/repos/${{ github.repository_owner }}/.github/contents/vouch/VOUCHED_ISSUE.td?ref=${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}" \
+            >/dev/null
+
+      - name: Enforce central Vouch list
+        uses: mitchellh/vouch/action/check-issue@v1
+        with:
+          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+          repo: ${{ github.repository }}
+          vouched-repo: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/.github
+          vouched-file: vouch/VOUCHED_ISSUE.td
+          template-file: .github/vouch_issue_message.md
+          require-vouch: true
+          auto-close: true
+          dry-run: false
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
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