diff --git a/.github/actions/linkbot/linkbot/__main__.py b/.github/actions/linkbot/linkbot/__main__.py
index e283a6f2b..d1edde276 100644
--- a/.github/actions/linkbot/linkbot/__main__.py
+++ b/.github/actions/linkbot/linkbot/__main__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 gh = github.Client(conf.gh_token)
 repo_root = pathlib.Path(conf.repo_root)
 all_links = github_links_in_files(repo_root, conf.glob)
-bot_messages = gh.get_open_issue_messages(conf.repo_url, conf.gh_user)
+bot_messages = gh.get_all_issue_messages(conf.repo_url, conf.gh_user)
 existing_links = github_links_in_strs(bot_messages)
 for link in all_links:
     try:
diff --git a/.github/actions/linkbot/linkbot/github.py b/.github/actions/linkbot/linkbot/github.py
index 4493adbea..e4329269f 100644
--- a/.github/actions/linkbot/linkbot/github.py
+++ b/.github/actions/linkbot/linkbot/github.py
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ def get_repo_stats(self, url):
         )
 
 
-    def get_open_issue_messages(self, repo_url, user):
+    def get_all_issue_messages(self, repo_url, user):
         full_name = repo_full_name_from_url(repo_url)
         repo = self._pygh.get_repo(full_name)
-        return [issue.body for issue in repo.get_issues(state='open', creator=user)]
+        return [issue.body for issue in repo.get_issues(state='all', creator=user)]
 
 
     def create_issue(self, repo_url, title, body):
diff --git a/.github/actions/linkbot/tests/test_github.py b/.github/actions/linkbot/tests/test_github.py
index 94f517990..8243ad236 100644
--- a/.github/actions/linkbot/tests/test_github.py
+++ b/.github/actions/linkbot/tests/test_github.py
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ def test_get_repo_stats():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.network
-def test_get_open_issue_messages():
+def test_get_all_issue_messages():
     gh = Client(os.environ.get('LINKBOT_GH_TOKEN'))
-    expected = 'java.lang.IllegalArgumentException'
-    messages = gh.get_open_issue_messages('https://github.com/bellkev/dacom', 'r00k')
-    assert len(messages) == 1
-    assert expected in messages[0]
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+    messages = gh.get_all_issue_messages('https://github.com/bellkev/dacom', 'r00k')
+    assert len(messages) == 2
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