Linked issues are not automatically closed if "closes" is added via "Edit commit message" during merge

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Summary

We've been using gitlab for more than 5 years now an workflow I'm going to describe below used to work, but the behavior was broken in recent updates.

Steps to reproduce

1. User creates a merge request from feature branch to default branch
2. User creates commit message with extensive description and mentions related issue (just group/project#123)
3. More commits being added over time

When the feature is complete and review is made, the person responsive for merge ticks three checkboxes: Delete source branch, Squash commits and Edit commit message. With Use an existing commit message dropdown, the aforementioned commit with extensive description is selected and the keyword closes is added before group/project#123.

After that the Merge button is pressed and group/project#123 is closed automatically. But not anymore since, approximately v17.

What is the current bug behavior?

Current behavior is like closes keyword is ignored and mentioned issue is not closed automatically.

Project settings were not changed for years, commit is made to the default branch and Auto-close referenced issues on default branch is ticked.

What is the expected correct behavior?

Issue is automatically closed upon Merge button is pressed.

Output of checks

Results of GitLab environment info

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System information
System:
Current User:   git
Using RVM:      no
Ruby Version:   3.2.5
Gem Version:    3.5.23
Bundler Version:2.5.11
Rake Version:   13.0.6
Redis Version:  7.0.15
Sidekiq Version:7.2.4
Go Version:     unknown

GitLab information
Version:        17.7.0
Revision:       eedc7c560c9
Directory:      /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails
DB Adapter:     PostgreSQL
DB Version:     14.11
URL:            https://git.acme.org
HTTP Clone URL: https://git.acme.org/some-group/some-project.git
SSH Clone URL:  git@git.acme.org:some-group/some-project.git
Using LDAP:     no
Using Omniauth: yes
Omniauth Providers: 

GitLab Shell
Version:        14.39.0
Repository storages:
- default:      unix:/var/opt/gitlab/gitaly/gitaly.socket
GitLab Shell path:              /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-shell

Gitaly
- default Address:      unix:/var/opt/gitlab/gitaly/gitaly.socket
- default Version:      17.7.0
- default Git Version:  2.47.0

Results of GitLab application Check

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gitlab-rake gitlab:check SANITIZE=true
Checking GitLab subtasks ...
Checking GitLab Shell ...
GitLab Shell: ... GitLab Shell version >= 14.39.0 ? ... OK (14.39.0)
Running /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-shell/bin/gitlab-shell-check
Internal API available: OK
Redis available via internal API: OK
gitlab-shell self-check successful
Checking GitLab Shell ... Finished
Checking Gitaly ...
Gitaly: ... default ... OK
Checking Gitaly ... Finished
Checking Sidekiq ...
Sidekiq: ... Running? ... yes
Number of Sidekiq processes (cluster/worker) ... 1/1
Checking Sidekiq ... Finished
Checking Incoming Email ...
Incoming Email: ... Reply by email is disabled in config/gitlab.yml
Checking Incoming Email ... Finished
Checking LDAP ...
LDAP: ... LDAP is disabled in config/gitlab.yml
Checking LDAP ... Finished
Checking GitLab App ...
Database config exists? ... yes
Tables are truncated? ... skipped
All migrations up? ... yes
Database contains orphaned GroupMembers? ... no
GitLab config exists? ... yes
GitLab config up to date? ... yes
Cable config exists? ... yes
Resque config exists? ... yes
Log directory writable? ... yes
Tmp directory writable? ... yes
Uploads directory exists? ... yes
Uploads directory has correct permissions? ... yes
Uploads directory tmp has correct permissions? ... no
Try fixing it:
sudo chown -R git /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/uploads
sudo find /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/uploads -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} ;
sudo find /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/uploads -type d -not -path /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/uploads -exec chmod 0700 {} ;
For more information see:
doc/install/installation.md in section "GitLab"
Please fix the error above and rerun the checks.
Systemd unit files or init script exist? ... skipped (omnibus-gitlab has neither init script nor systemd units)
Systemd unit files or init script up-to-date? ... skipped (omnibus-gitlab has neither init script nor systemd units)
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All projects are in hashed storage? ... yes
Checking GitLab App ... Finished
Checking GitLab subtasks ... Finished

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