diff --git a/internal/service/content/answer_service.go b/internal/service/content/answer_service.go
index d7506d6a8..25b0050ea 100644
--- a/internal/service/content/answer_service.go
+++ b/internal/service/content/answer_service.go
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ func (as *AnswerService) AcceptAnswer(ctx context.Context, req *schema.AcceptAns
 		}
 
 		// check answer belong to question
-		if acceptedAnswerInfo.QuestionID != req.QuestionID {
+		if !sameObjectID(acceptedAnswerInfo.QuestionID, req.QuestionID) {
 			return errors.BadRequest(reason.AnswerNotFound)
 		}
 		acceptedAnswerInfo.ID = uid.DeShortID(acceptedAnswerInfo.ID)
@@ -513,6 +513,12 @@ func (as *AnswerService) AcceptAnswer(ctx context.Context, req *schema.AcceptAns
 	return nil
 }
 
+// sameObjectID reports whether two object ids refer to the same row,
+// regardless of whether each is in short-id or long-id form.
+func sameObjectID(a, b string) bool {
+	return uid.DeShortID(a) == uid.DeShortID(b)
+}
+
 func (as *AnswerService) updateAnswerRank(ctx context.Context, userID string,
 	questionInfo *entity.Question, newAnswerInfo *entity.Answer, oldAnswerInfo *entity.Answer,
 ) {
diff --git a/internal/service/content/answer_service_test.go b/internal/service/content/answer_service_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3cfcb1056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/service/content/answer_service_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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 content
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/apache/answer/pkg/uid"
+)
+
+// TestSameObjectID guards the AcceptAnswer ownership check (issue #1541).
+//
+// When short links are enabled, answerRepo.GetByID re-encodes the answer's
+// QuestionID to its short form while the controller de-shorts req.QuestionID
+// to its long form. The two encodings of the same question must be treated as
+// equal, or accepting any answer fails with "Answer do not found".
+func TestSameObjectID(t *testing.T) {
+	const longQID = "10010000000000001"
+	shortQID := uid.EnShortID(longQID) // e.g. "D1D1"
+	if shortQID == "" || shortQID == longQID {
+		t.Fatalf("precondition failed: EnShortID(%q)=%q, want a distinct short id", longQID, shortQID)
+	}
+	otherLongQID := "10010000000000002"
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		a    string
+		b    string
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "short answer-side id vs long request-side id, same question (the bug)",
+			a:    shortQID,
+			b:    longQID,
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "both long, same question (default permalink)",
+			a:    longQID,
+			b:    longQID,
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "both short, same question",
+			a:    shortQID,
+			b:    shortQID,
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "different questions must stay rejected (privilege-escalation guard)",
+			a:    shortQID,
+			b:    otherLongQID,
+			want: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := sameObjectID(tt.a, tt.b); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("sameObjectID(%q, %q) = %v, want %v", tt.a, tt.b, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}