Report recovery pagination meta from the normalized limit

/api/recovery/points and /api/recovery/rollups clamp the requested page
size to [100 default, 500 max] in both the mock paginators and the store
paths, but the meta block was computed from the raw query value. A client
requesting limit=1000 with 1200 rollups was told totalPages=2 while the
server served 3 pages of 500, so iterating totalPages silently dropped
rollups; limit<=0 reported totalPages=1 at an effective limit of 100.

Normalize page and limit once at parse time, compute meta from the
normalized values, and echo the effective limit. Contract clause 34 in
api-contracts.md pins the obligation; storage-recovery and agent-lifecycle
record the boundary alignment and adjacency; recovery_handlers_test.go
pins above-max and non-positive limit meta.

docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/agent-lifecycle.md

@@ -2275,6 +2275,17 @@ NOT admit the standalone platform page on its own. The canonical predicate is
 `unifiedresources.IsPulseAgentPlatformResource`; new agent surfaces MUST use it
 rather than testing `type == "agent"` or counting the `agent` source.
 
+### Recovery list pagination meta adjacency
+
+Recovery list pagination-meta normalization in
+`internal/api/recovery_handlers.go` (the clamped effective `limit` echoed in
+`meta`, `totalPages` computed from that effective page size) is an
+API-contracts and storage-recovery transport concern that lives under the
+shared `internal/api/` extension boundary. No agent lifecycle surface consumes
+the `/api/recovery/points` or `/api/recovery/rollups` list meta; lifecycle
+code MUST NOT treat that pagination meta as an agent enrollment, admission, or
+report-ingestion contract.
+
 ## Forbidden Paths
 
 1. New install or update continuity behavior hidden only inside broad monitoring ownership.

docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/api-contracts.md

@@ -3937,6 +3937,18 @@ the authoritative analysis outcome.
     after a successful import-triggered reload request, returning a controlled
     API outcome instead of panicking or leaving browser-visible state half
     rewired.
+34. Keep recovery list pagination meta honest on the shared `/api/recovery/*`
+    surface. `/api/recovery/points` and `/api/recovery/rollups` clamp the
+    requested page size to the canonical bounds (default 100, max 500) before
+    serving, in both the mock paginators and the store paths, so
+    `internal/api/recovery_handlers.go` must normalize `page` and `limit` once
+    at parse time and compute the response `meta` block (`page`, `limit`,
+    `totalPages`) from those normalized values. The meta must echo the
+    effective limit, never the raw query value, so a client iterating
+    `totalPages` is never told fewer pages than the server actually serves.
+    `internal/api/recovery_handlers_test.go` pins the above-max and
+    non-positive limit meta normalization in the same slice as any handler
+    change.
 
 ### Patrol attention transport
 

docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/storage-recovery.md

@@ -1845,6 +1845,18 @@ canonical resource aggregations. A TrueNAS host admits the TrueNAS page and not
 the standalone page, and the shell MUST take that answer from the facet rather
 than inferring it from an agent-source count in a runtime payload.
 
+### Recovery list pagination meta
+
+The `/api/recovery/points` and `/api/recovery/rollups` list transports in
+`internal/api/recovery_handlers.go` clamp the requested page size to the
+canonical bounds (default 100, max 500) and report their pagination meta
+(`page`, `limit`, `totalPages`) from those normalized values. The store-side
+clamps in `internal/recovery/store` (`normalizeLimit` / `normalizePage`) MUST
+stay aligned with those handler-side bounds: a storage-side change to the
+serving page size that does not move the shared handler bounds re-opens the
+`totalPages` misreport that silently truncates rollup iteration for clients
+walking the reported page count.
+
 ## Forbidden Paths
 
 1. Reintroducing storage or recovery product logic as ad hoc dashboard-only summaries without a canonical page-surface owner

internal/api/recovery_handlers.go

@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ func (h *RecoveryHandlers) HandleListPoints(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 	}
 
 	qs := r.URL.Query()
-	page := parseIntQuery(qs, "page", 1)
-	limit := parseIntQuery(qs, "limit", 100)
+	page := normalizeRecoveryPage(parseIntQuery(qs, "page", 1))
+	limit := normalizeRecoveryLimit(parseIntQuery(qs, "limit", recoveryDefaultPageLimit))
 
 	var from, to *time.Time
 	if t, err := parseRFC3339QueryTime(qs.Get("from")); err != nil {
@@ -271,11 +271,7 @@ func (h *RecoveryHandlers) HandleListPoints(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 	resp.Meta.Page = page
 	resp.Meta.Limit = limit
 	resp.Meta.Total = total
-	if limit <= 0 {
-		resp.Meta.TotalPages = 1
-	} else {
-		resp.Meta.TotalPages = (total + limit - 1) / limit
-	}
+	resp.Meta.TotalPages = (total + limit - 1) / limit
 
 	if err := utils.WriteJSONResponse(w, resp); err != nil {
 		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("Failed to serialize recovery points response")
@@ -583,22 +579,39 @@ func getDisplayItemType(d *recovery.RecoveryPointDisplay) string {
 	return recovery.NormalizeRecoveryItemType(d.SubjectType)
 }
 
+// Recovery list pagination bounds. These mirror the store-side clamps in
+// internal/recovery/store (normalizeLimit/normalizePage); the handler meta must
+// be computed from the same normalized values the serving paths use, or
+// totalPages misreports the real page count.
+const (
+	recoveryDefaultPageLimit = 100
+	recoveryMaxPageLimit     = 500
+)
+
+func normalizeRecoveryPage(page int) int {
+	if page <= 0 {
+		return 1
+	}
+	return page
+}
+
+func normalizeRecoveryLimit(limit int) int {
+	if limit <= 0 {
+		return recoveryDefaultPageLimit
+	}
+	if limit > recoveryMaxPageLimit {
+		return recoveryMaxPageLimit
+	}
+	return limit
+}
+
 func paginateRecoveryPoints(filtered []recovery.RecoveryPoint, page int, limit int) []recovery.RecoveryPoint {
 	if len(filtered) == 0 {
 		return []recovery.RecoveryPoint{}
 	}
 
-	normalizedLimit := limit
-	if normalizedLimit <= 0 {
-		normalizedLimit = 100
-	}
-	if normalizedLimit > 500 {
-		normalizedLimit = 500
-	}
-	normalizedPage := page
-	if normalizedPage <= 0 {
-		normalizedPage = 1
-	}
+	normalizedLimit := normalizeRecoveryLimit(limit)
+	normalizedPage := normalizeRecoveryPage(page)
 
 	offset := (normalizedPage - 1) * normalizedLimit
 	if offset >= len(filtered) {
@@ -618,8 +631,8 @@ func (h *RecoveryHandlers) HandleListRollups(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 	}
 
 	qs := r.URL.Query()
-	page := parseIntQuery(qs, "page", 1)
-	limit := parseIntQuery(qs, "limit", 100)
+	page := normalizeRecoveryPage(parseIntQuery(qs, "page", 1))
+	limit := normalizeRecoveryLimit(parseIntQuery(qs, "limit", recoveryDefaultPageLimit))
 
 	var from, to *time.Time
 	if t, err := parseRFC3339QueryTime(qs.Get("from")); err != nil {
@@ -687,12 +700,7 @@ func (h *RecoveryHandlers) HandleListRollups(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 		"page":       page,
 		"limit":      limit,
 		"total":      total,
-		"totalPages": 0,
-	}
-	if limit <= 0 {
-		meta["totalPages"] = 1
-	} else {
-		meta["totalPages"] = (total + limit - 1) / limit
+		"totalPages": (total + limit - 1) / limit,
 	}
 
 	payloadRollups := make([]recoveryRollupPayload, 0, len(rollups))
@@ -1094,17 +1102,8 @@ func paginateRecoveryRollups(filtered []recovery.ProtectionRollup, page int, lim
 		return []recovery.ProtectionRollup{}
 	}
 
-	normalizedLimit := limit
-	if normalizedLimit <= 0 {
-		normalizedLimit = 100
-	}
-	if normalizedLimit > 500 {
-		normalizedLimit = 500
-	}
-	normalizedPage := page
-	if normalizedPage <= 0 {
-		normalizedPage = 1
-	}
+	normalizedLimit := normalizeRecoveryLimit(limit)
+	normalizedPage := normalizeRecoveryPage(page)
 
 	offset := (normalizedPage - 1) * normalizedLimit
 	if offset >= len(filtered) {

internal/api/recovery_handlers_test.go

@@ -208,6 +208,121 @@ func TestHandleListRollupsExposeCanonicalPlatformsPayload(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNormalizeRecoveryLimit(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		limit int
+		want  int
+	}{
+		{name: "clamps above max to 500", limit: 1000, want: 500},
+		{name: "zero falls back to default 100", limit: 0, want: 100},
+		{name: "negative falls back to default 100", limit: -5, want: 100},
+		{name: "in-range value passes through", limit: 250, want: 250},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		tc := tc
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+			if got := normalizeRecoveryLimit(tc.limit); got != tc.want {
+				t.Fatalf("normalizeRecoveryLimit(%d) = %d, want %d", tc.limit, got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	// The misreport this pins: 1200 rollups at requested limit=1000 are served
+	// as 3 pages of 500, so meta must say 3, not ceil(1200/1000)=2.
+	limit := normalizeRecoveryLimit(1000)
+	if got := (1200 + limit - 1) / limit; got != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("totalPages for total=1200 at requested limit=1000 = %d, want 3", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func assertRecoveryMetaUsesNormalizedLimit(t *testing.T, body []byte, wantLimit int) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	var resp struct {
+		Meta struct {
+			Page       int `json:"page"`
+			Limit      int `json:"limit"`
+			Total      int `json:"total"`
+			TotalPages int `json:"totalPages"`
+		} `json:"meta"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &resp); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("json.Unmarshal() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	if resp.Meta.Limit != wantLimit {
+		t.Fatalf("meta.limit = %d, want normalized %d", resp.Meta.Limit, wantLimit)
+	}
+	if resp.Meta.Page != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("meta.page = %d, want 1", resp.Meta.Page)
+	}
+	wantPages := (resp.Meta.Total + wantLimit - 1) / wantLimit
+	if resp.Meta.TotalPages != wantPages {
+		t.Fatalf(
+			"meta.totalPages = %d, want %d (total %d at effective limit %d)",
+			resp.Meta.TotalPages, wantPages, resp.Meta.Total, wantLimit,
+		)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHandleListRollupsMetaReportsNormalizedPagination(t *testing.T) {
+	setMockModeForTest(t, true)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		rawLimit  string
+		wantLimit int
+	}{
+		{name: "limit above max reports the 500 cap", rawLimit: "1000", wantLimit: 500},
+		{name: "limit zero reports the default 100", rawLimit: "0", wantLimit: 100},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/api/recovery/rollups?limit="+tc.rawLimit, nil)
+			rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+			NewRecoveryHandlers(nil).HandleListRollups(rec, req)
+
+			if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+				t.Fatalf("HandleListRollups() status = %d, want %d", rec.Code, http.StatusOK)
+			}
+			assertRecoveryMetaUsesNormalizedLimit(t, rec.Body.Bytes(), tc.wantLimit)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHandleListPointsMetaReportsNormalizedPagination(t *testing.T) {
+	setMockModeForTest(t, true)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		rawLimit  string
+		wantLimit int
+	}{
+		{name: "limit above max reports the 500 cap", rawLimit: "1000", wantLimit: 500},
+		{name: "limit zero reports the default 100", rawLimit: "0", wantLimit: 100},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/api/recovery/points?limit="+tc.rawLimit, nil)
+			rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+			NewRecoveryHandlers(nil).HandleListPoints(rec, req)
+
+			if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+				t.Fatalf("HandleListPoints() status = %d, want %d", rec.Code, http.StatusOK)
+			}
+			assertRecoveryMetaUsesNormalizedLimit(t, rec.Body.Bytes(), tc.wantLimit)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestBuildRecoveryRollupPayloadExposesCanonicalItemResourceIDField(t *testing.T) {
 	verifiedAt := time.Date(2026, 7, 19, 6, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
 	payload := buildRecoveryRollupPayload(recovery.ProtectionRollup{