diff --git a/config/scripts/quick-open-exclusion-benchmark.mjs b/config/scripts/quick-open-exclusion-benchmark.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..399302c5a2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/scripts/quick-open-exclusion-benchmark.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import { performance } from 'node:perf_hooks'
+import { build } from 'esbuild'
+
+const bundled = await build({
+  entryPoints: ['src/shared/quick-open-filter.ts'],
+  bundle: true,
+  platform: 'node',
+  format: 'esm',
+  write: false,
+  logLevel: 'silent'
+})
+const { shouldExcludeQuickOpenRelPath: after } = await import(
+  `data:text/javascript;base64,${Buffer.from(bundled.outputFiles[0].text).toString('base64')}`
+)
+// Original production predicate, including its exact boundary check.
+function before(relPath, prefixes) {
+  for (const prefix of prefixes) {
+    if (relPath === prefix) {
+      return true
+    }
+    if (relPath.length > prefix.length && relPath.startsWith(`${prefix}/`)) {
+      return true
+    }
+  }
+  return false
+}
+const files = Array.from(
+  { length: 100000 },
+  (_, index) => `src/components/group-${index % 100}/file-${index}.tsx`
+)
+function run(fn, prefixes) {
+  let excluded = 0
+  for (const file of files) {
+    excluded += Number(fn(file, prefixes))
+  }
+  return excluded
+}
+function measure(fn, prefixes) {
+  run(fn, prefixes)
+  const samples = []
+  for (let index = 0; index < 5; index++) {
+    const start = performance.now()
+    run(fn, prefixes)
+    samples.push(performance.now() - start)
+  }
+  return samples.sort((a, b) => a - b)[2]
+}
+const results = []
+for (const count of [0, 10, 100, 500]) {
+  const prefixes = Array.from({ length: count }, (_, index) => `nested-worktrees/worktree-${index}`)
+  assert.equal(run(after, prefixes), run(before, prefixes))
+  results.push({
+    files: files.length,
+    exclusions: count,
+    beforeMs: measure(before, prefixes),
+    afterMs: measure(after, prefixes)
+  })
+}
+console.log(JSON.stringify({ node: process.version, platform: process.platform, results }, null, 2))
diff --git a/src/shared/quick-open-filter.test.ts b/src/shared/quick-open-filter.test.ts
index 1d96bc1744f..c481a1e8854 100644
--- a/src/shared/quick-open-filter.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/quick-open-filter.test.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,43 @@ describe('buildExcludePathPrefixes', () => {
 })
 
 describe('shouldExcludeQuickOpenRelPath', () => {
+  it('matches the original filter across boundary and Unicode path combinations', () => {
+    const paths = [
+      '',
+      '/',
+      'a',
+      'a/',
+      'a//',
+      'ab',
+      'a/b',
+      'a\\b',
+      'A/b',
+      '界/😀',
+      '界/😀x',
+      'a[1]/x',
+      'a./x'
+    ]
+    for (const prefix of paths) {
+      for (const relPath of paths) {
+        const expected =
+          relPath === prefix || (relPath.length > prefix.length && relPath.startsWith(`${prefix}/`))
+        expect(shouldExcludeQuickOpenRelPath(relPath, [prefix])).toBe(expected)
+      }
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('preserves normalized Windows and UNC exclusion boundaries', () => {
+    for (const [root, excluded] of [
+      ['C:\\Repo', 'C:\\Repo\\trees\\one'],
+      ['\\\\server\\share\\repo', '\\\\server\\share\\repo\\trees\\one']
+    ]) {
+      const prefixes = buildExcludePathPrefixes(root, [excluded])
+      expect(prefixes).toEqual(['trees/one'])
+      expect(shouldExcludeQuickOpenRelPath('trees/one/file.ts', prefixes)).toBe(true)
+      expect(shouldExcludeQuickOpenRelPath('trees/one-more/file.ts', prefixes)).toBe(false)
+    }
+  })
+
   it('matches exact and boundary paths only', () => {
     expect(shouldExcludeQuickOpenRelPath('packages/app', ['packages/app'])).toBe(true)
     expect(shouldExcludeQuickOpenRelPath('packages/app/x.ts', ['packages/app'])).toBe(true)
diff --git a/src/shared/quick-open-filter.ts b/src/shared/quick-open-filter.ts
index 9d5bebd80b3..b7592657a11 100644
--- a/src/shared/quick-open-filter.ts
+++ b/src/shared/quick-open-filter.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export function shouldExcludeQuickOpenRelPath(
     if (relPath === prefix) {
       return true
     }
-    if (relPath.length > prefix.length && relPath.startsWith(`${prefix}/`)) {
+    if (relPath[prefix.length] === '/' && relPath.startsWith(prefix)) {
       return true
     }
   }