diff --git a/extensions/git/scripts/bash/auto-commit.sh b/extensions/git/scripts/bash/auto-commit.sh
index f0b423187b..4955352f0f 100755
--- a/extensions/git/scripts/bash/auto-commit.sh
+++ b/extensions/git/scripts/bash/auto-commit.sh
@@ -94,7 +94,12 @@ if [ -f "$_config_file" ]; then
                     [ "$_val" = "false" ] && _enabled=false
                 fi
                 if echo "$_line" | grep -Eq '[[:space:]]+message:'; then
-                    _commit_msg=$(echo "$_line" | sed 's/^[^:]*:[[:space:]]*//' | sed 's/^["'\'']//' | sed 's/["'\'']*$//')
+                    # Trim trailing whitespace before stripping the closing quote:
+                    # a value like `message: "Done"  ` (trailing spaces after the
+                    # quote) would otherwise leave the quote dangling (`Done"  `),
+                    # since the closing-quote strip is anchored to end-of-string.
+                    # The PowerShell twin .Trim()s first; match it for parity.
+                    _commit_msg=$(echo "$_line" | sed 's/^[^:]*:[[:space:]]*//' | sed 's/[[:space:]]*$//' | sed 's/^["'\'']//' | sed 's/["'\'']*$//')
                 fi
             fi
         fi
diff --git a/extensions/git/scripts/python/auto_commit.py b/extensions/git/scripts/python/auto_commit.py
index ebf23a9454..c6692895b8 100644
--- a/extensions/git/scripts/python/auto_commit.py
+++ b/extensions/git/scripts/python/auto_commit.py
@@ -33,7 +33,15 @@ def _value_after_colon(line: str) -> str:
 
 
 def _strip_quotes(value: str) -> str:
-    """Strip one leading quote and all trailing quotes, mirroring the bash sed."""
+    """Strip surrounding whitespace, then one leading quote and all trailing quotes.
+
+    Trimming first matters when the YAML value has trailing whitespace after a
+    closing quote (``message: "Done"  ``): stripping quotes anchored to the end
+    of string would leave the closing quote dangling (``Done"  ``) because the
+    quote is no longer at the end. The PowerShell twin ``.Trim()``s before
+    stripping, so trim here too to keep all three script variants in parity.
+    """
+    value = value.strip()
     value = re.sub(r"^[\"']", "", value)
     return re.sub(r"[\"']*$", "", value)
 
diff --git a/tests/extensions/git/test_git_extension_python_parity.py b/tests/extensions/git/test_git_extension_python_parity.py
index 894571fcb3..faeef00e7f 100644
--- a/tests/extensions/git/test_git_extension_python_parity.py
+++ b/tests/extensions/git/test_git_extension_python_parity.py
@@ -515,6 +515,32 @@ def test_enabled_per_command_with_custom_message(self, tmp_path: Path):
         assert p.stderr.strip() == b.stderr.strip()
         assert self._last_message(bash_proj) == self._last_message(py_proj) == "spec done"
 
+    def test_custom_message_with_trailing_whitespace_after_quote(self, tmp_path: Path):
+        """Trailing whitespace after a closing quote must not leave the quote
+        dangling in the commit message. A raw close-quote strip anchored to
+        end-of-string skips the quote when spaces follow it (``spec done"  ``);
+        trimming first (matching the PowerShell twin) yields a clean message and
+        keeps bash/python in parity."""
+        bash_proj, py_proj = _twin_projects(tmp_path)
+        config = (
+            "auto_commit:\n"
+            "  default: false\n"
+            "  after_specify:\n"
+            "    enabled: true\n"
+            '    message: "spec done"  \n'  # trailing spaces after the closing quote
+        )
+        for proj in (bash_proj, py_proj):
+            _write_config(proj, config)
+            self._dirty(proj)
+        b = _run_bash("auto-commit.sh", bash_proj, "after_specify")
+        p = _run_py("auto-commit", py_proj, "after_specify")
+        _assert_parity(b, p)
+        assert (
+            self._last_message(bash_proj)
+            == self._last_message(py_proj)
+            == "spec done"
+        )
+
     def test_default_true_applies_to_unlisted_event(self, tmp_path: Path):
         bash_proj, py_proj = _twin_projects(tmp_path)
         for proj in (bash_proj, py_proj):