diff --git a/src/main/github/client-work-items-query-paging.test.ts b/src/main/github/client-work-items-query-paging.test.ts
index f9cf934e24e..7af6b124c34 100644
--- a/src/main/github/client-work-items-query-paging.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/github/client-work-items-query-paging.test.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ vi.mock('./gh-utils', () => ({
   release: releaseMock,
   _resetOwnerRepoCache: vi.fn(),
   classifyGhError: (stderr: string) => ({ type: 'unknown', message: stderr }),
-  classifyListIssuesError: (stderr: string) => ({ type: 'unknown', message: stderr })
+  classifyListIssuesError: (stderr: string) => ({ type: 'unknown', message: stderr }),
+  classifyListPrsError: (stderr: string) => ({ type: 'unknown', message: stderr })
 }))
 
 vi.mock('../git/runner', () => ({
@@ -266,6 +267,22 @@ describe('listWorkItems query paging', () => {
     expect(items.map((item) => item.number)).toEqual([4, 3])
   })
 
+  it('lifts a swallowed PR-side failure onto errors.prs instead of reading as end-of-data', async () => {
+    getIssueOwnerRepoMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ owner: 'acme', repo: 'widgets' })
+    getOwnerRepoMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ owner: 'acme', repo: 'widgets' })
+    // Non-availability failure (plain 403): swallowed into [], must still surface.
+    ghExecFileAsyncMock.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('HTTP 403: Forbidden'))
+
+    const envelope = await listWorkItems('/repo-root', 10, 'is:pr is:open', 2)
+
+    expect(envelope.items).toEqual([])
+    expect(envelope.errors?.issues).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(envelope.errors?.prs).toEqual({
+      type: 'unknown',
+      message: expect.stringContaining('HTTP 403')
+    })
+  })
+
   it('filters pull request rows out of issue Search API results', async () => {
     getIssueOwnerRepoMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ owner: 'acme', repo: 'widgets' })
     getOwnerRepoMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ owner: 'acme', repo: 'widgets' })
diff --git a/src/main/github/client-work-items.test.ts b/src/main/github/client-work-items.test.ts
index 0226b2af42f..84119b3b2a2 100644
--- a/src/main/github/client-work-items.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/github/client-work-items.test.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ vi.mock('./gh-utils', () => ({
   release: releaseMock,
   _resetOwnerRepoCache: vi.fn(),
   classifyGhError: (stderr: string) => ({ type: 'unknown', message: stderr }),
-  classifyListIssuesError: (stderr: string) => ({ type: 'unknown', message: stderr })
+  classifyListIssuesError: (stderr: string) => ({ type: 'unknown', message: stderr }),
+  classifyListPrsError: (stderr: string) => ({ type: 'unknown', message: stderr })
 }))
 
 vi.mock('../git/runner', () => ({
diff --git a/src/main/github/gh-utils.test.ts b/src/main/github/gh-utils.test.ts
index ae7b6c414e4..8ce81b189c4 100644
--- a/src/main/github/gh-utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/github/gh-utils.test.ts
@@ -795,4 +795,16 @@ describe('gh error classification', () => {
       message: 'Issues are disabled on this repository.'
     })
   })
+
+  // Why: the renderer detects the Search API 1000-result window by matching
+  // /first 1000 search results/i against this message (#11485) — trimming the
+  // raw stderr out of the validation_error copy would silently downgrade every
+  // window 422 to a generic failure. This pins the contract.
+  it('keeps the search-window phrase in validation_error list messages', () => {
+    const stderr =
+      'Command failed: gh api --hostname github.com search/issues\nValidation Failed: Only the first 1000 search results are available (HTTP 422)'
+    const classified = classifyListIssuesError(stderr)
+    expect(classified.type).toBe('validation_error')
+    expect(classified.message).toMatch(/first 1000 search results/i)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/TaskPage.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/TaskPage.tsx
index e022e792f1a..69c8051b717 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/TaskPage.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/TaskPage.tsx
@@ -3823,6 +3823,9 @@ export default function TaskPage(): React.JSX.Element {
   // can't resurrect proven-unreachable pages, nor be pinned by a speculative
   // withdrawal (see deriveAdvertisedTotalPages).
   const [provenPageLimit, setProvenPageLimit] = useState<number | null>(null)
+  // Why: synchronous mirror of countedTotalPages — the empty-page branch needs
+  // the committed value, not a click-time closure, and refs update immediately.
+  const countedTotalPagesRef = useRef<number | null>(null)
   const fetchWorkItemsNextPage = useAppStore((s) => s.fetchWorkItemsNextPage)
   const countWorkItemsAcrossRepos = useAppStore((s) => s.countWorkItemsAcrossRepos)
 
@@ -6228,23 +6231,24 @@ export default function TaskPage(): React.JSX.Element {
               { id: 'work-items-page-load-failed' }
             )
           } else {
-            // Why: with a real count the clamp is refused, so without a toast
-            // the click would look dead — the count mis-advertised the page.
-            // countedTotalPages is a click-time closure read; worst case the
-            // toast decision is off in a race, which is benign.
-            if (countedTotalPages !== null && countedTotalPages > 0) {
-              toast.error(
+            // Why: with a real count the clamp is refused, so without feedback
+            // the click would look dead — the count over-advertised; nothing
+            // failed, so the copy stays neutral. The ref carries the committed
+            // count, immune to the click-time closure race.
+            const committedCount = countedTotalPagesRef.current
+            if (committedCount !== null && committedCount > 0) {
+              toast(
                 translate(
-                  'auto.components.TaskPage.loadPageFailed',
-                  'Page {{value0}} could not be loaded from GitHub.',
+                  'auto.components.TaskPage.loadPageNoMoreResults',
+                  'No more results on page {{value0}}.',
                   { value0: String(target + 1) }
                 ),
-                { id: 'work-items-page-load-failed' }
+                { id: 'work-items-page-no-more-results' }
               )
             }
-            setCountedTotalPages((previous) =>
-              applyEmptyPageClamp(previous, { target, failedCount, errorTypes })
-            )
+            const next = applyEmptyPageClamp(committedCount, { target, failedCount, errorTypes })
+            countedTotalPagesRef.current = next
+            setCountedTotalPages(next)
           }
           return
         }
@@ -6270,7 +6274,6 @@ export default function TaskPage(): React.JSX.Element {
       paginationLoading,
       selectedRepos,
       currentPage,
-      countedTotalPages,
       appliedTaskSearch,
       fetchWorkItemsNextPage,
       githubPageSize,
@@ -6354,6 +6357,7 @@ export default function TaskPage(): React.JSX.Element {
     setPages([page0])
     setCurrentPage(0)
     setCountedTotalPages(null)
+    countedTotalPagesRef.current = null
     setProvenPageLimit(null)
     setTasksError(null)
     setFailedCount(0) // reset so a prior failure banner doesn't linger
@@ -6462,6 +6466,7 @@ export default function TaskPage(): React.JSX.Element {
         // Why: the count overwrites unconditionally — proven window limits live
         // in provenPageLimit, so a late count can't be pinned by a speculative
         // end-of-data withdrawal, and can't resurrect proven-dead pages either.
+        countedTotalPagesRef.current = countedPages
         setCountedTotalPages(countedPages)
       }
     })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
index 5b34b6020c3..86bf19cc5d3 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -1891,7 +1891,8 @@
         "noGithubSourceDetectedHint": "it may have no GitHub remote, or the source could not be resolved.",
         "jiraLinkSourceUnavailable": "Couldn’t link this Jira issue. Reconnect Jira or pick the matching site, then try again.",
         "loadPageUnreachable": "Page {{value0}} is beyond what GitHub search can return.",
-        "loadPageFailed": "Page {{value0}} could not be loaded from GitHub."
+        "loadPageFailed": "Page {{value0}} could not be loaded from GitHub.",
+        "loadPageNoMoreResults": "No more results on page {{value0}}."
       },
       "Terminal": {
         "73768427cf": "Close",
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/es.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/es.json
index e29d1ebcee4..f2f36c686c1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/es.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/es.json
@@ -1865,7 +1865,10 @@
         "75a38d7df8": "GitHub data is temporarily unavailable. Its API may be down, rate-limited, or unreachable. Please try again shortly.",
         "noGithubSourceDetected": "No GitHub source detected for",
         "noGithubSourceDetectedHint": "it may have no GitHub remote, or the source could not be resolved.",
-        "jiraLinkSourceUnavailable": "Couldn’t link this Jira issue. Reconnect Jira or pick the matching site, then try again."
+        "jiraLinkSourceUnavailable": "Couldn’t link this Jira issue. Reconnect Jira or pick the matching site, then try again.",
+        "loadPageUnreachable": "La página {{value0}} está más allá de lo que la búsqueda de GitHub puede devolver.",
+        "loadPageFailed": "No se pudo cargar la página {{value0}} desde GitHub.",
+        "loadPageNoMoreResults": "No hay más resultados en la página {{value0}}."
       },
       "Terminal": {
         "73768427cf": "Cerrar",
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ja.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ja.json
index 8def5244244..d99aaaf04a5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ja.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ja.json
@@ -1865,7 +1865,10 @@
         "75a38d7df8": "GitHub data is temporarily unavailable. Its API may be down, rate-limited, or unreachable. Please try again shortly.",
         "noGithubSourceDetected": "No GitHub source detected for",
         "noGithubSourceDetectedHint": "it may have no GitHub remote, or the source could not be resolved.",
-        "jiraLinkSourceUnavailable": "Couldn’t link this Jira issue. Reconnect Jira or pick the matching site, then try again."
+        "jiraLinkSourceUnavailable": "Couldn’t link this Jira issue. Reconnect Jira or pick the matching site, then try again.",
+        "loadPageUnreachable": "ページ {{value0}} は GitHub 検索が返せる範囲を超えています。",
+        "loadPageFailed": "GitHub からページ {{value0}} を読み込めませんでした。",
+        "loadPageNoMoreResults": "ページ {{value0}} にはこれ以上結果がありません。"
       },
       "Terminal": {
         "73768427cf": "閉じる",
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ko.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ko.json
index e1cc97e3a0d..17eb3d750f9 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ko.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ko.json
@@ -1865,7 +1865,10 @@
         "75a38d7df8": "GitHub data is temporarily unavailable. Its API may be down, rate-limited, or unreachable. Please try again shortly.",
         "noGithubSourceDetected": "No GitHub source detected for",
         "noGithubSourceDetectedHint": "it may have no GitHub remote, or the source could not be resolved.",
-        "jiraLinkSourceUnavailable": "Couldn’t link this Jira issue. Reconnect Jira or pick the matching site, then try again."
+        "jiraLinkSourceUnavailable": "Couldn’t link this Jira issue. Reconnect Jira or pick the matching site, then try again.",
+        "loadPageUnreachable": "{{value0}} 페이지는 GitHub 검색이 반환할 수 있는 범위를 벗어났습니다.",
+        "loadPageFailed": "GitHub에서 {{value0}} 페이지를 불러오지 못했습니다.",
+        "loadPageNoMoreResults": "{{value0}} 페이지에 더 이상 결과가 없습니다."
       },
       "Terminal": {
         "73768427cf": "닫기",
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/zh.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/zh.json
index 40b1c6b3cc4..2c463bdc869 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/zh.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/zh.json
@@ -1865,7 +1865,10 @@
         "75a38d7df8": "GitHub data is temporarily unavailable. Its API may be down, rate-limited, or unreachable. Please try again shortly.",
         "noGithubSourceDetected": "No GitHub source detected for",
         "noGithubSourceDetectedHint": "it may have no GitHub remote, or the source could not be resolved.",
-        "jiraLinkSourceUnavailable": "Couldn’t link this Jira issue. Reconnect Jira or pick the matching site, then try again."
+        "jiraLinkSourceUnavailable": "Couldn’t link this Jira issue. Reconnect Jira or pick the matching site, then try again.",
+        "loadPageUnreachable": "第 {{value0}} 页超出了 GitHub 搜索可返回的范围。",
+        "loadPageFailed": "无法从 GitHub 加载第 {{value0}} 页。",
+        "loadPageNoMoreResults": "第 {{value0}} 页没有更多结果。"
       },
       "Terminal": {
         "73768427cf": "关闭",