diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 379b630f4..1ea5ffed1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.29.4] — 2026-07-17
+
+- **The workouts list shows the most recent first.** The list was ordered
+  oldest-first, so on a longer history the newest sessions never made the first
+  page. It now leads with the latest workout.
+- **Past-year dates show the year.** A workout from a previous year now carries
+  its year in the list, so a December date is never mistaken for this year's.
+
 ## [1.29.3] — 2026-07-17
 
 - **Hydration and micronutrients now have a home.** Your fluid intake and the
diff --git a/docs/api/openapi.yaml b/docs/api/openapi.yaml
index 1965f713d..db9fade75 100644
--- a/docs/api/openapi.yaml
+++ b/docs/api/openapi.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 openapi: 3.1.0
 info:
   title: HealthLog API
-  version: 1.29.3
+  version: 1.29.4
   description: >-
     Self-hosted personal-health-tracking PWA — public API surface for the iOS native client and external ingest.
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 48cfb4e95..068f91e17 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "healthlog",
-  "version": "1.29.3",
+  "version": "1.29.4",
   "description": "Self-hosted personal-health-tracking PWA with Withings integration, AI insights, and doctor-report PDF export.",
   "license": "PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0",
   "homepage": "https://healthlog.dev",
diff --git a/public/sw.js b/public/sw.js
index 898e2e542..bbd60981a 100644
--- a/public/sw.js
+++ b/public/sw.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ try {
 // v1.4.38.4 → v1.4.42. Do not hand-edit; bump `package.json` and rebuild.
 const CACHE_VERSION =
   (typeof self !== "undefined" && self.__APP_VERSION__) ||
-  /* @sw-version-fallback */ "v1.29.3";
+  /* @sw-version-fallback */ "v1.29.4";
 const STATIC_CACHE = `healthlog-static-${CACHE_VERSION}`;
 const PAGE_CACHE = `healthlog-pages-${CACHE_VERSION}`;
 // v1.18.6 — read-only data cache for a curated allowlist of safe GET `/api/*`
diff --git a/src/app/api/workouts/__tests__/canonical-dedup.test.ts b/src/app/api/workouts/__tests__/canonical-dedup.test.ts
index 50836cb9c..5e7a1eacf 100644
--- a/src/app/api/workouts/__tests__/canonical-dedup.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/workouts/__tests__/canonical-dedup.test.ts
@@ -147,6 +147,28 @@ describe("GET /api/workouts — canonical dedup", () => {
     expect(body.data.meta.droppedDuplicates).toBe(1);
   });
 
+  it("returns the most recent workouts first", async () => {
+    // The canonical picker re-sorts its output to startedAt ASC (its rollup
+    // contract), so the list route must re-establish newest-first AFTER the
+    // pick — otherwise offset/limit slice the OLDEST page and recent workouts
+    // never surface. These two never cluster (different day + slot).
+    const older = makeRow("w-old", "APPLE_HEALTH", "2026-01-01T07:00:00Z");
+    const newer = makeRow("w-new", "APPLE_HEALTH", "2026-07-01T07:00:00Z");
+    vi.mocked(prisma.workout.findMany).mockResolvedValueOnce([
+      newer,
+      older,
+    ] as never);
+
+    const res = await GET(makeRequest());
+    const body = await res.json();
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(body.data.workouts.map((w: { id: string }) => w.id)).toEqual([
+      "w-new",
+      "w-old",
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it("returns 401 without a session", async () => {
     vi.mocked(getSession).mockResolvedValueOnce(null);
     const res = await GET(makeRequest());
diff --git a/src/app/api/workouts/route.ts b/src/app/api/workouts/route.ts
index 098a99990..f05224994 100644
--- a/src/app/api/workouts/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/workouts/route.ts
@@ -143,6 +143,17 @@ async function buildWorkoutsResponse(
     userRow?.sourcePriorityJson ?? null,
   );
 
+  // `pickCanonicalWorkoutRows` re-sorts its output to `startedAt ASC` (its
+  // documented contract for the rollup callers). This surface is a
+  // most-recent-first list, so the DB `orderBy startedAt desc` must be
+  // re-established AFTER the pick — otherwise `offset`/`limit` slice the
+  // OLDEST page and a user with a long history never sees recent workouts.
+  canonical.sort((a, b) => {
+    const delta = (b.startedAt?.getTime() ?? 0) - (a.startedAt?.getTime() ?? 0);
+    if (delta !== 0) return delta;
+    return a.id.localeCompare(b.id);
+  });
+
   const page = canonical.slice(offset, offset + limit).map((row) => ({
     id: row.id,
     sportType: row.sportType,
diff --git a/src/components/insights/workout-list.tsx b/src/components/insights/workout-list.tsx
index 712aaf77b..6cdfcf319 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/workout-list.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/workout-list.tsx
@@ -87,10 +87,14 @@ function formatDate(
   timeFormat: TimeFormatPreference,
 ): string {
   const d = new Date(iso);
+  // Show the year whenever the workout is not from the current year, so a
+  // "Do., 16. Dez." from a previous year is never mistaken for this year's.
+  const showYear = d.getFullYear() !== new Date().getFullYear();
   return getDateTimeFormat(locale, {
     weekday: "short",
     day: "2-digit",
     month: "short",
+    ...(showYear ? { year: "numeric" as const } : {}),
     hour: "2-digit",
     minute: "2-digit",
     ...hourCycleOptions(timeFormat),