diff --git a/src/app/api/personal-records/route.ts b/src/app/api/personal-records/route.ts
index 38ef270fe..65a971a0e 100644
--- a/src/app/api/personal-records/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/personal-records/route.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  *
  * Query params:
  *   - metricType: optional MeasurementType filter (e.g. ?metricType=VO2_MAX)
+ *   - limit: optional pagination cap (default 100, max 500)
  *
  * Response envelope (matches the project-wide `apiSuccess` contract):
  *   { data: PersonalRecord[], error: null }
@@ -23,12 +24,24 @@ import type { MeasurementType } from "@/generated/prisma/client";
 
 export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
 
+// v1.4.25 W10 reconcile (Sr-M4) — pagination bounds. Matches the
+// `listMeasurementsSchema` ceiling (max 500) so every ingest-and-read
+// endpoint on the route surface shares the same upper bound. Today
+// the worker hasn't populated any rows so even an uncapped findMany is
+// harmless, but a power user with multi-year Apple Health history could
+// accumulate 50+ PRs per metric × 14 PR-trackable metrics once the
+// worker lands. Add the cap now so the v1.5 iOS app's query path is
+// bounded from day one.
+const DEFAULT_LIMIT = 100;
+const MAX_LIMIT = 500;
+
 export const GET = apiHandler(async (request: NextRequest) => {
   const { user } = await requireAuth();
   annotate({ action: { name: "personalRecords.list" } });
 
   const { searchParams } = new URL(request.url);
   const metricTypeParam = searchParams.get("metricType");
+  const limitParam = searchParams.get("limit");
 
   // Defensive parse — drop unknown values rather than 400 so the
   // caller's loosely-typed filter doesn't take the page down.
@@ -37,12 +50,25 @@ export const GET = apiHandler(async (request: NextRequest) => {
       ? (metricTypeParam as MeasurementType)
       : null;
 
+  // Limit clamp: parse → clamp [1, MAX_LIMIT] → default fallback. A
+  // garbage value (`?limit=abc`, `?limit=-1`, `?limit=999999`) silently
+  // clamps to the default rather than 400-ing — same defence-in-depth
+  // stance the metricType parse takes.
+  let limit = DEFAULT_LIMIT;
+  if (limitParam != null) {
+    const parsed = Number(limitParam);
+    if (Number.isInteger(parsed) && parsed > 0) {
+      limit = Math.min(parsed, MAX_LIMIT);
+    }
+  }
+
   const records = await prisma.personalRecord.findMany({
     where: {
       userId: user.id,
       ...(metricType ? { metricType } : {}),
     },
     orderBy: { achievedAt: "desc" },
+    take: limit,
   });
 
   return apiSuccess(records);