diff --git a/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/include.rs b/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/include.rs
index 46a4e40d69..f58d5b6e0e 100644
--- a/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/include.rs
+++ b/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/include.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 // Contributors:
 //   ZettaScale Zenoh Team, <zenoh@zettascale.tech>
 //
-use super::{keyexpr, utils::Split, DELIMITER, DOUBLE_WILD, STAR_DSL};
+use super::{intersect::MayHaveVerbatim, keyexpr, utils::Split, DELIMITER, DOUBLE_WILD, STAR_DSL};
 
 pub const DEFAULT_INCLUDER: LTRIncluder = LTRIncluder;
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ impl<T: for<'a> Includer<&'a [u8], &'a [u8]>> Includer<&keyexpr, &keyexpr> for T
     fn includes(&self, left: &keyexpr, right: &keyexpr) -> bool {
         let left = left.as_bytes();
         let right = right.as_bytes();
-        if left == right || left == b"**" {
+        if left == right {
             return true;
         }
         self.includes(left, right)
@@ -38,9 +38,12 @@ impl Includer<&[u8], &[u8]> for LTRIncluder {
             let (lchunk, lrest) = left.split_once(&DELIMITER);
             let lempty = lrest.is_empty();
             if lchunk == DOUBLE_WILD {
-                if lempty || self.includes(lrest, right) {
+                if (lempty && !right.has_verbatim()) || (!lempty && self.includes(lrest, right)) {
                     return true;
                 }
+                if unsafe { right.has_direct_verbatim_non_empty() } {
+                    return false;
+                }
                 right = right.split_once(&DELIMITER).1;
                 if right.is_empty() {
                     return false;
@@ -66,7 +69,13 @@ impl Includer<&[u8], &[u8]> for LTRIncluder {
 
 impl LTRIncluder {
     fn non_double_wild_chunk_includes(&self, lchunk: &[u8], rchunk: &[u8]) -> bool {
-        if lchunk == b"*" || lchunk == rchunk {
+        if lchunk == rchunk {
+            true
+        } else if unsafe {
+            lchunk.has_direct_verbatim_non_empty() || rchunk.has_direct_verbatim_non_empty()
+        } {
+            false
+        } else if lchunk == b"*" {
             true
         } else if lchunk.contains(&b'$') {
             let mut spleft = lchunk.splitter(STAR_DSL);
diff --git a/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/intersect/classical.rs b/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/intersect/classical.rs
index e5ffd9d52b..fa346a2d4a 100644
--- a/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/intersect/classical.rs
+++ b/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/intersect/classical.rs
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ fn chunk_intersect<const STAR_DSL: bool>(c1: &[u8], c2: &[u8]) -> bool {
     if c1 == c2 {
         return true;
     }
+    if c1.has_direct_verbatim() || c2.has_direct_verbatim() {
+        return false;
+    }
     chunk_it_intersect::<STAR_DSL>(c1, c2)
 }
 
@@ -83,14 +86,20 @@ fn it_intersect<const STAR_DSL: bool>(mut it1: &[u8], mut it2: &[u8]) -> bool {
         let (current2, advanced2) = next(it2);
         match (current1, current2) {
             (b"**", _) => {
-                return advanced1.is_empty()
-                    || it_intersect::<STAR_DSL>(advanced1, it2)
-                    || it_intersect::<STAR_DSL>(it1, advanced2);
+                if advanced1.is_empty() {
+                    return !it2.has_verbatim();
+                }
+                return (!unsafe { current2.has_direct_verbatim_non_empty() }
+                    && it_intersect::<STAR_DSL>(it1, advanced2))
+                    || it_intersect::<STAR_DSL>(advanced1, it2);
             }
             (_, b"**") => {
-                return advanced2.is_empty()
-                    || it_intersect::<STAR_DSL>(it1, advanced2)
-                    || it_intersect::<STAR_DSL>(advanced1, it2);
+                if advanced2.is_empty() {
+                    return !it1.has_verbatim();
+                }
+                return (!unsafe { current1.has_direct_verbatim_non_empty() }
+                    && it_intersect::<STAR_DSL>(advanced1, it2))
+                    || it_intersect::<STAR_DSL>(it1, advanced2);
             }
             (sub1, sub2) if chunk_intersect::<STAR_DSL>(sub1, sub2) => {
                 it1 = advanced1;
@@ -111,7 +120,7 @@ pub fn intersect<const STAR_DSL: bool>(s1: &[u8], s2: &[u8]) -> bool {
 }
 
 use super::restiction::NoSubWilds;
-use super::Intersector;
+use super::{Intersector, MayHaveVerbatim};
 
 pub struct ClassicIntersector;
 impl Intersector<NoSubWilds<&[u8]>, NoSubWilds<&[u8]>> for ClassicIntersector {
diff --git a/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/intersect/mod.rs b/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/intersect/mod.rs
index bda0677404..f5d7735d9e 100644
--- a/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/intersect/mod.rs
+++ b/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/intersect/mod.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 //   ZettaScale Zenoh Team, <zenoh@zettascale.tech>
 //
 
+use crate::DELIMITER;
+
 use super::keyexpr;
 
 mod classical;
@@ -100,3 +102,24 @@ impl<
         }
     }
 }
+
+pub(crate) trait MayHaveVerbatim {
+    fn has_verbatim(&self) -> bool;
+    fn has_direct_verbatim(&self) -> bool;
+    unsafe fn has_direct_verbatim_non_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.has_direct_verbatim()
+    }
+}
+
+impl MayHaveVerbatim for [u8] {
+    fn has_direct_verbatim(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, [b'@', ..])
+    }
+    fn has_verbatim(&self) -> bool {
+        self.split(|c| *c == DELIMITER)
+            .any(MayHaveVerbatim::has_direct_verbatim)
+    }
+    unsafe fn has_direct_verbatim_non_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        unsafe { *self.get_unchecked(0) == b'@' }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/tests.rs b/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/tests.rs
index ccba9b1ff6..6d9e64896e 100644
--- a/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/tests.rs
+++ b/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/tests.rs
@@ -84,6 +84,30 @@ fn intersections() {
     assert!(intersect("x/a$*d$*e", "x/ade"));
     assert!(!intersect("x/c$*", "x/abc$*"));
     assert!(!intersect("x/$*d", "x/$*e"));
+
+    assert!(intersect("@a", "@a"));
+    assert!(!intersect("@a", "@ab"));
+    assert!(!intersect("@a", "@a/b"));
+    assert!(!intersect("@a", "@a/*"));
+    assert!(!intersect("@a", "@a/*/**"));
+    assert!(!intersect("@a", "@a$*/**"));
+    assert!(intersect("@a", "@a/**"));
+    assert!(!intersect("**/xyz$*xyz", "@a/b/xyzdefxyz"));
+    assert!(intersect("@a/**/c/**/e", "@a/b/b/b/c/d/d/d/e"));
+    assert!(!intersect("@a/**/c/**/e", "@a/@b/b/b/c/d/d/d/e"));
+    assert!(intersect("@a/**/@c/**/e", "@a/b/b/b/@c/d/d/d/e"));
+    assert!(intersect("@a/**/e", "@a/b/b/d/d/d/e"));
+    assert!(intersect("@a/**/e", "@a/b/b/b/d/d/d/e"));
+    assert!(intersect("@a/**/e", "@a/b/b/c/d/d/d/e"));
+    assert!(!intersect("@a/**/e", "@a/b/b/@c/b/d/d/d/e"));
+    assert!(!intersect("@a/*", "@a/@b"));
+    assert!(!intersect("@a/**", "@a/@b"));
+    assert!(intersect("@a/**/@b", "@a/@b"));
+    assert!(intersect("@a/@b/**", "@a/@b"));
+    assert!(intersect("@a/**/@c/**/@b", "@a/**/@c/@b"));
+    assert!(intersect("@a/**/@c/**/@b", "@a/@c/**/@b"));
+    assert!(intersect("@a/**/@c/@b", "@a/@c/**/@b"));
+    assert!(!intersect("@a/**/@b", "@a/**/@c/**/@b"));
 }
 
 fn includes<
@@ -146,6 +170,21 @@ fn inclusions() {
     assert!(!includes("x/c$*", "x/abc$*"));
     assert!(includes("x/$*c$*", "x/abc$*"));
     assert!(!includes("x/$*d", "x/$*e"));
+
+    assert!(includes("@a", "@a"));
+    assert!(!includes("@a", "@ab"));
+    assert!(!includes("@a", "@a/b"));
+    assert!(!includes("@a", "@a/*"));
+    assert!(!includes("@a", "@a/*/**"));
+    assert!(!includes("@a$*/**", "@a"));
+    assert!(!includes("@a", "@a/**"));
+    assert!(includes("@a/**", "@a"));
+    assert!(!includes("**/xyz$*xyz", "@a/b/xyzdefxyz"));
+    assert!(includes("@a/**/c/**/e", "@a/b/b/b/c/d/d/d/e"));
+    assert!(!includes("@a/*", "@a/@b"));
+    assert!(!includes("@a/**", "@a/@b"));
+    assert!(includes("@a/**/@b", "@a/@b"));
+    assert!(includes("@a/@b/**", "@a/@b"));
 }
 
 #[test]