diff --git a/internal/app/azldev/core/sources/release.go b/internal/app/azldev/core/sources/release.go
index 5c6a46cb..68807076 100644
--- a/internal/app/azldev/core/sources/release.go
+++ b/internal/app/azldev/core/sources/release.go
@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 // autoreleasePattern matches the %autorelease macro invocation in a Release tag value.
-// This covers both the bare form (%autorelease) and the braced form (%{autorelease}).
-var autoreleasePattern = regexp.MustCompile(`%(\{autorelease\}|autorelease($|\s))`)
+// This covers:
+//   - bare form: %autorelease
+//   - braced form: %{autorelease}
+//   - braced form with arguments: %{autorelease -e asan}
+//   - conditional form (no fallback): %{?autorelease}
+var autoreleasePattern = regexp.MustCompile(`%(\{[?]?autorelease($|[}\s])|autorelease($|\s))`)
 
 // staticReleasePattern matches a leading integer in a static Release tag value,
 // followed by an optional suffix (e.g. "%{?dist}").
diff --git a/internal/app/azldev/core/sources/release_test.go b/internal/app/azldev/core/sources/release_test.go
index 2351689b..f04c1ede 100644
--- a/internal/app/azldev/core/sources/release_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/azldev/core/sources/release_test.go
@@ -20,8 +20,28 @@ func TestReleaseUsesAutorelease(t *testing.T) {
 		value    string
 		expected bool
 	}{
+		// Basic forms.
 		{"%autorelease", true},
 		{"%{autorelease}", true},
+
+		// Braced form with arguments (e.g., 389-ds-base).
+		{"%{autorelease -n %{?with_asan:-e asan}}%{?dist}", true},
+		{"%{autorelease -e asan}", true},
+
+		// Conditional forms (e.g., gnutls, keylime-agent-rust).
+		{"%{?autorelease}%{!?autorelease:1%{?dist}}", true},
+		{"%{?autorelease}", true},
+
+		// Conditional forms with a fallback value are NOT autorelease — the fallback
+		// means we cannot conclusively determine that autorelease is being used.
+		{"%{!?autorelease:1%{?dist}}", false},
+		{"%{?autorelease:1%{?dist}}", false},
+
+		// False positives (e.g., python-pyodbc).
+		{"%{autorelease_suffix}", false},
+		{"%{?autorelease_extra}", false},
+
+		// Static release values.
 		{"1", false},
 		{"1%{?dist}", false},
 		{"3%{?dist}.1", false},