diff --git a/eslint-factory/src/rules/no-github-request-interpolated-route.test.ts b/eslint-factory/src/rules/no-github-request-interpolated-route.test.ts
index b97665b098a..d819b72d5b3 100644
--- a/eslint-factory/src/rules/no-github-request-interpolated-route.test.ts
+++ b/eslint-factory/src/rules/no-github-request-interpolated-route.test.ts
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ describe("no-github-request-interpolated-route", () => {
       valid: [
         // `this.github` is not resolved — `this` is not an Identifier
         "this.github.request(`GET /repos/${owner}/${repo}`, { owner, repo });",
-        // Variable indirection for the route argument is not resolved
-        "const route = `GET /repos/${owner}/${repo}`; github.request(route, { owner, repo });",
         `github.request("GET /repos/".concat(owner, "/", repo), { owner, repo });`,
         `github.request("GET /repos" + "/{owner}/{repo}", { owner, repo });`,
       ],
@@ -345,4 +343,50 @@ describe("no-github-request-interpolated-route", () => {
       ],
     });
   });
+
+  it("invalid: identifier-bound interpolated route is resolved and flagged", () => {
+    cjsRuleTester.run("no-github-request-interpolated-route", noGithubRequestInterpolatedRouteRule, {
+      valid: [],
+      invalid: [
+        {
+          code: "function f(owner, repo) { const route = `GET /repos/${owner}/${repo}`; github.request(route, {}); }",
+          errors: [
+            {
+              messageId: "interpolatedRoute",
+              data: { kind: "template literal with interpolations", client: "github" },
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        {
+          code: `function f(owner, repo) { const route = "GET /repos/" + owner + "/" + repo; github.request(route, {}); }`,
+          errors: [
+            {
+              messageId: "interpolatedRoute",
+              data: { kind: "string concatenation expression", client: "github" },
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("valid: identifier-bound fully-static ternary route is not flagged", () => {
+    cjsRuleTester.run("no-github-request-interpolated-route", noGithubRequestInterpolatedRouteRule, {
+      valid: [
+        // Fully static ternary — both branches are literals, so this is a true negative
+        `function f(cond) { const route = cond ? "GET /a" : "GET /b"; github.request(route, {}); }`,
+      ],
+      invalid: [],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("valid: reassigned identifier is not resolved (write-once semantics)", () => {
+    cjsRuleTester.run("no-github-request-interpolated-route", noGithubRequestInterpolatedRouteRule, {
+      valid: [
+        // let binding reassigned after declaration — write-once chain does not apply
+        "function f(owner, repo, suffix) { let route = `GET /repos/${owner}/${repo}`; route = suffix; github.request(route, {}); }",
+      ],
+      invalid: [],
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/eslint-factory/src/rules/no-github-request-interpolated-route.ts b/eslint-factory/src/rules/no-github-request-interpolated-route.ts
index eff4c298f74..1a2496a7856 100644
--- a/eslint-factory/src/rules/no-github-request-interpolated-route.ts
+++ b/eslint-factory/src/rules/no-github-request-interpolated-route.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { AST_NODE_TYPES, ESLintUtils, TSESTree } from "@typescript-eslint/utils";
+import { resolveWriteOnceInitializerChain } from "./command-initializer-utils";
 
 const createRule = ESLintUtils.RuleCreator(name => `https://github.com/github/gh-aw/tree/main/eslint-factory#${name}`);
 
@@ -219,12 +220,14 @@ export const noGithubRequestInterpolatedRouteRule = createRule({
         if (!clientName) return;
 
         const firstArg = node.arguments[0];
-        if (!firstArg) return;
+        if (!firstArg || firstArg.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.SpreadElement) return;
 
-        const routeKind = getInterpolatedRouteKind(firstArg);
+        const routeExpr = resolveWriteOnceInitializerChain(firstArg as TSESTree.Expression, context.sourceCode);
+
+        const routeKind = getInterpolatedRouteKind(routeExpr);
         if (!routeKind) return;
 
-        if (isOpaqueWholeRouteInterpolation(firstArg)) {
+        if (isOpaqueWholeRouteInterpolation(routeExpr)) {
           context.report({
             node: firstArg,
             messageId: "opaqueWholeRoute",