diff --git a/api/config/v1/resources.go b/api/config/v1/resources.go
index 26869da02..8a7742f50 100644
--- a/api/config/v1/resources.go
+++ b/api/config/v1/resources.go
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ func (p ResourcePattern) Matches(s string) bool {
 // wildCardToRegexp converts a wildcard pattern to a regular expression pattern.
 func wildCardToRegexp(pattern string) string {
 	var result strings.Builder
+	result.WriteString("^")
 	for i, literal := range strings.Split(pattern, "*") {
 		// Replace * with .*
 		if i > 0 {
@@ -176,5 +177,6 @@ func wildCardToRegexp(pattern string) string {
 		// Quote any regular expression meta characters in the literal text.
 		result.WriteString(regexp.QuoteMeta(literal))
 	}
+	result.WriteString("$")
 	return result.String()
 }
diff --git a/api/config/v1/resources_test.go b/api/config/v1/resources_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da5a91f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/config/v1/resources_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestResourcePatternMatches(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		description string
+		pattern     ResourcePattern
+		input       string
+		expected    bool
+	}{
+		{
+			description: "exact match",
+			pattern:     "1g.24gb",
+			input:       "1g.24gb",
+			expected:    true,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "no match on different string",
+			pattern:     "1g.24gb",
+			input:       "2g.48gb",
+			expected:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "does not substring match with suffix",
+			pattern:     "1g.24gb",
+			input:       "1g.24gb-me",
+			expected:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "does not substring match with plus suffix",
+			pattern:     "1g.24gb",
+			input:       "1g.24gb+me.all",
+			expected:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "does not substring match with prefix",
+			pattern:     "1g.24gb",
+			input:       "x1g.24gb",
+			expected:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "dash-me suffix matches its own pattern",
+			pattern:     "1g.24gb-me",
+			input:       "1g.24gb-me",
+			expected:    true,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "plus-me.all suffix matches its own pattern",
+			pattern:     "1g.24gb+me.all",
+			input:       "1g.24gb+me.all",
+			expected:    true,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "wildcard matches everything",
+			pattern:     "*",
+			input:       "1g.24gb-me",
+			expected:    true,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "wildcard prefix match",
+			pattern:     "1g.*",
+			input:       "1g.24gb",
+			expected:    true,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "wildcard prefix does not match different prefix",
+			pattern:     "1g.*",
+			input:       "2g.48gb",
+			expected:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "gfx suffix matches its own pattern",
+			pattern:     "1g.24gb+gfx",
+			input:       "1g.24gb+gfx",
+			expected:    true,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "base pattern does not match +gfx suffix",
+			pattern:     "1g.24gb",
+			input:       "1g.24gb+gfx",
+			expected:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "gfx pattern does not match base",
+			pattern:     "1g.24gb+gfx",
+			input:       "1g.24gb",
+			expected:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "gfx pattern does not match -me suffix",
+			pattern:     "1g.24gb+gfx",
+			input:       "1g.24gb-me",
+			expected:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "2g gfx suffix matches its own pattern",
+			pattern:     "2g.48gb+gfx",
+			input:       "2g.48gb+gfx",
+			expected:    true,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "2g base does not match +gfx suffix",
+			pattern:     "2g.48gb",
+			input:       "2g.48gb+gfx",
+			expected:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "wildcard suffix match",
+			pattern:     "*gb",
+			input:       "1g.24gb",
+			expected:    true,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "wildcard suffix does not match -me suffix",
+			pattern:     "*gb",
+			input:       "1g.24gb-me",
+			expected:    false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.description, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := tc.pattern.Matches(tc.input)
+			require.Equal(t, tc.expected, result)
+		})
+	}
+}