diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/routes/traces.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/routes/traces.rs
index 644627b05fd..77a98b3980a 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/routes/traces.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/routes/traces.rs
@@ -35,13 +35,14 @@ fn map_error_ref(error: &Error) -> PyErr {
     use litellm_storage_clickhouse::Error as StorageError;
 
     match error {
-        Error::Decode(litellm_traces::Error::TooLarge) | Error::InsertTooLarge => {
-            PyOverflowError::new_err(error.to_string())
-        }
+        Error::Decode(litellm_traces::Error::TooLarge)
+        | Error::InsertTooLarge
+        | Error::ReadTooLarge => PyOverflowError::new_err(error.to_string()),
         Error::InvalidRow
         | Error::InvalidTable
         | Error::InvalidCursor(_)
         | Error::AmbiguousTrace
+        | Error::TraceChanged
         | Error::Decode(_)
         | Error::InvalidSchema
         | Error::InvalidQuery
@@ -233,26 +234,44 @@ impl NativeTraceStorage {
         )
     }
 
+    #[pyo3(signature = (trace_id, scope, trace_ref, cursor=None, page_size=None))]
     fn get_trace<'py>(
         &self,
         py: Python<'py>,
         trace_id: String,
         #[pyo3(from_py_with = litellm_host_python::from_py_argument)] scope: ReadAccessParams,
         trace_ref: String,
+        cursor: Option<String>,
+        page_size: Option<u32>,
     ) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
         let client = crate::http::host_client(py, ClientVariant::NoRedirect)?;
         let connection = self.config.storage().reader().clone();
         crate::execution::run_async(
             py,
             async move {
-                litellm_traces_clickhouse::get_trace(
-                    &client,
-                    &connection,
-                    &scope,
-                    &trace_id,
-                    &trace_ref,
-                )
-                .await
+                if let Some(page_size) = page_size {
+                    litellm_traces_clickhouse::get_trace_page(
+                        &client,
+                        &connection,
+                        &scope,
+                        &trace_id,
+                        &trace_ref,
+                        cursor.as_deref(),
+                        page_size,
+                    )
+                    .await
+                } else if cursor.is_some() {
+                    Err(Error::InvalidParameters)
+                } else {
+                    litellm_traces_clickhouse::get_trace(
+                        &client,
+                        &connection,
+                        &scope,
+                        &trace_id,
+                        &trace_ref,
+                    )
+                    .await
+                }
             },
             map_error,
         )
@@ -465,6 +484,8 @@ mod tests {
     #[case::invalid_export(Error::Decode(litellm_traces::Error::InvalidPayload), "ValueError")]
     #[case::cursor(Error::InvalidCursor("trace"), "ValueError")]
     #[case::ambiguous(Error::AmbiguousTrace, "ValueError")]
+    #[case::changed_snapshot(Error::TraceChanged, "ValueError")]
+    #[case::read_budget(Error::ReadTooLarge, "OverflowError")]
     fn trace_read_and_ingest_failures_preserve_public_exception_types(
         #[case] error: Error,
         #[case] exception_name: &str,
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/storage-clickhouse/src/read.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/storage-clickhouse/src/read.rs
index 59d5b0de558..c4bfdef393a 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/storage-clickhouse/src/read.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/storage-clickhouse/src/read.rs
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ pub async fn execute_read(
         .body(sql.to_owned());
     let mut response = request.send().await.map_err(|_| Error::Transport)?;
     if !response.status().is_success() {
+        if response
+            .headers()
+            .get("x-clickhouse-exception-code")
+            .is_some_and(|code| code == "396")
+        {
+            return Err(Error::ResponseTooLarge);
+        }
         return Err(Error::QueryFailed(response.status().as_u16()));
     }
 
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/storage-clickhouse/tests/transport.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/storage-clickhouse/tests/transport.rs
index f58e52b4940..1dab575e21b 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/storage-clickhouse/tests/transport.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/storage-clickhouse/tests/transport.rs
@@ -111,3 +111,36 @@ async fn typed_fetch_encodes_parameters_and_validates_rows(
         assert!(matches!(envelope, Err(Error::InvalidResponse)));
     }
 }
+
+#[rstest]
+#[case::result_limit("396", true)]
+#[case::memory_limit("241", false)]
+#[case::timeout("159", false)]
+#[case::unknown("", false)]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn server_result_limits_allow_smaller_pages_without_retrying_other_failures(
+    #[case] code: &str,
+    #[case] result_limit: bool,
+) {
+    use wiremock::{Mock, MockServer, ResponseTemplate, matchers::method};
+    let server = MockServer::start().await;
+    Mock::given(method("POST"))
+        .respond_with(ResponseTemplate::new(500).insert_header("X-ClickHouse-Exception-Code", code))
+        .expect(1)
+        .mount(&server)
+        .await;
+    let connection = Connection::parse(&server.uri()).unwrap();
+    let error = execute_read(
+        &Client::no_redirect_for_test(),
+        &connection,
+        "SELECT 1",
+        &BTreeMap::new(),
+    )
+    .await
+    .unwrap_err();
+    if result_limit {
+        assert!(matches!(error, Error::ResponseTooLarge));
+    } else {
+        assert!(matches!(error, Error::QueryFailed(500)));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/query/spend_batch.sql b/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/query/spend_batch.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..658169dbe34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/query/spend_batch.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+SELECT * FROM (
+SELECT request_id, response_id, upstream_response_id, trace_id, span_id, team_id, api_key, user, spend,
+       toUnixTimestamp64Milli(start_time) AS start_ms
+FROM (
+    SELECT *,
+           -- A chat request served through the Responses API returns the upstream `resp_` id to the
+           -- client but logs LiteLLM's managed `resp_<base64>` id, which embeds it.
+           if(startsWith(response_id, 'resp_'),
+              extract(tryBase64Decode(substring(response_id, 6)), 'response_id:([^;]+)'),
+              '') AS upstream_response_id
+    FROM spend_logs FINAL
+    WHERE start_time >= fromUnixTimestamp64Milli({start_ms:Int64})
+      AND start_time < fromUnixTimestamp64Milli({end_ms:Int64})
+      AND ({all_teams:UInt8} = 1
+           OR ({user_id:String} != '' AND user = {user_id:String})
+           OR has({team_ids:Array(String)}, team_id))
+)
+WHERE response_id IN {response_ids:Array(String)}
+   OR upstream_response_id IN {response_ids:Array(String)}
+   OR request_id IN {request_ids:Array(String)}
+   OR (trace_id != '' AND trace_id IN {trace_ids:Array(String)})
+ORDER BY start_time DESC
+)
+WHERE {has_cursor:UInt8} = 0
+   OR (team_id, start_ms, request_id) > ({after_team:String}, {after_ms:Int64}, {after_id:String})
+ORDER BY team_id, start_ms, request_id
+LIMIT {page_size:UInt32}
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/query/trace_span_batch.sql b/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/query/trace_span_batch.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..967ef2fcf1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/query/trace_span_batch.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+SELECT * FROM (
+SELECT o.TraceId AS trace_id, o.SpanId AS span_id, o.ParentSpanId AS parent_span_id, o.SpanName AS name,
+       o.ObservationType AS type, toUInt8(o.WrapperCandidate) AS wrapper_candidate, o.AgentName AS agent,
+       o.Framework AS framework, o.StatusCode AS status,
+       substringUTF8(o.StatusMessage, 1, 128) AS status_message,
+       lengthUTF8(o.StatusMessage) > 128 AS error_truncated,
+       toUnixTimestamp64Nano(o.Timestamp) AS start_ns, o.Duration AS duration_ns,
+       o.ServiceName AS service, o.InputPreview AS input_preview, o.Model AS model,
+       o.InputTokens AS input_tokens, o.OutputTokens AS output_tokens,
+       o.LiteLLMRequestId AS litellm_request_id,
+       o.CallKeys AS call_keys, o.CallEvidence AS call_evidence,
+       -- Rows written before ToolCallId keep the call id only in their attributes.
+       if(o.ToolCallId != '' OR o.ObservationType != 'tool', o.ToolCallId,
+          coalesce(nullIf(o.SpanAttributes['gen_ai.tool.call.id'], ''), nullIf(o.SpanAttributes['tool.id'], ''), ''))
+          AS tool_call_id,
+       o.UserId AS user_id, o.TeamId AS team_id, o.ApiKeyHash AS api_key_hash
+FROM otel_traces AS o
+WHERE o.TraceId = {trace_id:String}
+  AND ({all_teams:UInt8} = 1
+       OR ({user_id:String} != '' AND o.UserId = {user_id:String})
+       OR has({team_ids:Array(String)}, o.TeamId))
+  AND ({trace_ref:String} = '' OR
+       hex(SHA256(concat(o.TeamId, char(0), o.ApiKeyHash, char(0), o.TraceId))) = {trace_ref:String})
+  AND o.EngineReceivedMs <= {snapshot_ms:UInt64}
+ORDER BY o.Timestamp, o.EngineReceivedMs, o.StatusMessage
+LIMIT 1 BY o.SpanId
+)
+WHERE span_id > {after_span_id:String}
+ORDER BY span_id
+LIMIT {page_size:UInt32}
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/src/error.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/src/error.rs
index ae39fce25b2..fdbc3029a5d 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/src/error.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/src/error.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ pub enum Error {
     InvalidResponse,
     #[error("ClickHouse insert exceeds the encoded size limit")]
     InsertTooLarge,
+    #[error("Trace exceeds the interactive read budget; use a filtered trace query")]
+    ReadTooLarge,
     #[error("ClickHouse schema setup failed with HTTP status {0}")]
     SchemaFailed(u16),
     #[error("ClickHouse schema setup transport failed")]
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ pub enum Error {
     InvalidCursor(&'static str),
     #[error("Multiple traces have this ID; provide trace_ref")]
     AmbiguousTrace,
+    #[error("Trace changed while paging; refresh the trace to continue")]
+    TraceChanged,
     #[error(transparent)]
     Decode(#[from] litellm_traces::Error),
     #[error("trace ingestion task failed")]
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/src/lib.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/src/lib.rs
index fc67df4eba9..d83708d27f1 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/src/lib.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub mod query;
 mod query_access;
 mod reads;
 mod schema;
+mod span_batches;
 mod span_row;
 mod sql;
 mod table;
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ pub use litellm_storage_clickhouse::{Connection, Parameter};
 pub use litellm_traces::{QueryScope, ReadQuery};
 pub use query::{QueryHelp, execute_read, query_help, query_sql};
 pub use query_access::QueryReaders;
-pub use reads::{get_span, get_span_error, get_trace, list_traces};
+pub use reads::{get_span, get_span_error, get_trace, get_trace_page, list_traces};
 pub use schema::{
     NORMALIZED_FIELD_DEFINITIONS, NormalizedFieldDefinition, ensure_schema, schema_statements,
 };
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/src/reads.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/src/reads.rs
index 68c44efbde0..5949b546335 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/src/reads.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/src/reads.rs
@@ -1,26 +1,54 @@
 //! Scoped trace reads: the trace list, one trace resolved with its spend, and span payloads.
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::sync::{Arc, LazyLock};
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 use base64::{Engine, engine::general_purpose::URL_SAFE};
 use litellm_http::Client;
-use litellm_storage_clickhouse::fetch;
+use litellm_storage_clickhouse::{Query, fetch};
 use litellm_traces::{
     SpanDetail, SpanErrorPage, SpendLookup, Trace, TracePage, listed_summary,
     query::named as contracts, resolve_trace, to_ui_content,
 };
+use moka::future::Cache;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 
 use crate::{
     Connection, Error,
     query::named::{
-        ListTraces, ListTracesParams, ReadAccessParams, SpanDetail as SpanDetailQuery,
-        SpanDetailParams, SpanError, SpanErrorParams, SpendByResponseIds, SpendByResponseIdsParams,
-        TraceIdentity, TraceIdentityParams, TracePageSpans, TracePageSpansParams, TraceSpans,
-        TraceSpansParams,
+        ListTracesParams, ListTracesRow, ReadAccessParams, SpanDetail as SpanDetailQuery,
+        SpanDetailParams, SpanError, SpanErrorParams, SpendByResponseIdsParams, TraceIdentity,
+        TraceIdentityParams, TraceSpansParams,
     },
 };
 
+struct RunCandidates;
+
+impl Query for RunCandidates {
+    type Params = ListTracesParams;
+    type Row = ListTracesRow;
+    const SQL: &'static str = concat!(
+        "SELECT * EXCEPT (request_ids), [] AS request_ids FROM (",
+        include_str!("../query/list_traces.sql"),
+        ") ORDER BY start_ms DESC, trace_ref DESC"
+    );
+}
+
+// Cursor pages share a bounded snapshot so advancing does not resolve the whole graph again.
+static TRACE_SNAPSHOTS: LazyLock<Cache<String, Arc<Trace>>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
+    Cache::builder()
+        .max_capacity(64 * 1024 * 1024)
+        .weigher(|_: &String, trace: &Arc<Trace>| {
+            serde_json::to_vec(trace.as_ref())
+                .ok()
+                .and_then(|bytes| u32::try_from(bytes.len().saturating_mul(2)).ok())
+                .unwrap_or(u32::MAX)
+        })
+        .time_to_live(Duration::from_secs(120))
+        .build()
+});
+
 const NANOS_PER_MS: i64 = 1_000_000;
 const SPEND_WINDOW_MS: i64 = 30 * 60 * 1000;
 
@@ -121,8 +149,8 @@ async fn spend(
         start_ms: start_ns.div_euclid(NANOS_PER_MS) - SPEND_WINDOW_MS,
         end_ms: end_ns.div_euclid(NANOS_PER_MS) + SPEND_WINDOW_MS,
     });
-    match fetch::<SpendByResponseIds>(client, connection, &params).await {
-        Ok(rows) => rows.into_iter().map(|row| row.0).collect(),
+    match crate::span_batches::read_spend(client, connection, params).await {
+        Ok(rows) => rows,
         Err(error) => {
             tracing::warn!(%error, "trace spend lookup unavailable");
             Vec::new()
@@ -139,71 +167,43 @@ pub async fn list_traces(
     cursor: Option<&str>,
     limit: u32,
 ) -> Result<TracePage, Error> {
+    if limit == 0 {
+        return Err(Error::InvalidParameters);
+    }
     let (cursor_ms, cursor_trace_id) = trace_position(cursor)?;
-    let params = ListTracesParams::from(contracts::ListTracesParams {
+    let mut params = ListTracesParams::from(contracts::ListTracesParams {
         access: access.clone(),
         start_ms,
         end_ms,
         cursor_ms,
         cursor_trace_id,
-        limit,
+        limit: limit.min(500),
     });
-    let page: Vec<contracts::ListTracesRow> = fetch::<ListTraces>(client, connection, &params)
-        .await?
-        .into_iter()
-        .map(|row| row.0)
-        .collect();
+    let page: Vec<contracts::ListTracesRow> = loop {
+        match fetch::<RunCandidates>(client, connection, &params).await {
+            Err(litellm_storage_clickhouse::Error::ResponseTooLarge) if params.0.limit > 1 => {
+                params.0.limit /= 2;
+            }
+            Err(litellm_storage_clickhouse::Error::ResponseTooLarge) => {
+                return Err(Error::ReadTooLarge);
+            }
+            result => break result?.into_iter().map(|row| row.0).collect(),
+        }
+    };
     let next_cursor = page
         .last()
-        .filter(|_| page.len() == limit as usize)
+        .filter(|_| page.len() == params.0.limit as usize)
         .map(|last| encode_cursor(&(last.start_ms, &last.trace_ref)));
-    let (Some(page_start), Some(page_end)) = (
-        page.iter().map(|row| row.start_ms).min(),
-        page.iter().map(|row| row.start_ms + row.duration_ms).max(),
-    ) else {
-        return Ok(TracePage {
-            data: Vec::new(),
-            next_cursor,
-        });
-    };
-    let span_params = TracePageSpansParams::from(contracts::TracePageSpansParams {
-        access: access.clone(),
-        trace_refs: page.iter().map(|row| row.trace_ref.clone()).collect(),
-        start_ms: page_start,
-        end_ms: page_end + 1,
-    });
-    let span_rows: Vec<contracts::TraceSpansRow> =
-        fetch::<TracePageSpans>(client, connection, &span_params)
-            .await?
-            .into_iter()
-            .map(|row| row.0)
-            .collect();
-    let spend_rows = spend(client, connection, access, &span_rows).await;
-    let mut by_trace: HashMap<(String, String, String), Vec<contracts::TraceSpansRow>> =
-        HashMap::new();
-    for span in span_rows {
-        let key = (
-            span.team_id.clone(),
-            span.api_key_hash.clone(),
-            span.trace_id.clone(),
-        );
-        by_trace.entry(key).or_default().push(span);
+    let mut data = Vec::with_capacity(page.len());
+    for row in &page {
+        let summary =
+            match get_trace(client, connection, access, &row.trace_id, &row.trace_ref).await {
+                Ok(trace) => trace.map_or_else(|| listed_summary(row), |trace| trace.summary),
+                Err(Error::ReadTooLarge) => listed_summary(row),
+                Err(error) => return Err(error),
+            };
+        data.push(summary);
     }
-    let data = page
-        .iter()
-        .map(|row| {
-            let spans = by_trace
-                .get(&(
-                    row.team_id.clone(),
-                    row.api_key_hash.clone(),
-                    row.trace_id.clone(),
-                ))
-                .map(Vec::as_slice)
-                .unwrap_or_default();
-            resolve_trace(&row.trace_id, &row.trace_ref, spans, &spend_rows)
-                .map_or_else(|| listed_summary(row), |trace| trace.summary)
-        })
-        .collect();
     Ok(TracePage { data, next_cursor })
 }
 
@@ -222,11 +222,7 @@ pub async fn get_trace(
         trace_id: trace_id.to_owned(),
         trace_ref: trace_ref.clone(),
     };
-    let rows: Vec<contracts::TraceSpansRow> = fetch::<TraceSpans>(client, connection, &params)
-        .await?
-        .into_iter()
-        .map(|row| row.0)
-        .collect();
+    let rows = crate::span_batches::read_spans(client, connection, params, u64::MAX).await?;
     if rows.is_empty() {
         return Ok(None);
     }
@@ -234,6 +230,125 @@ pub async fn get_trace(
     Ok(resolve_trace(trace_id, &trace_ref, &rows, &spend_rows))
 }
 
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
+struct SpanPosition {
+    trace_ref: String,
+    snapshot_ms: u64,
+    offset: usize,
+    version: String,
+}
+
+pub async fn get_trace_page(
+    client: &Client,
+    connection: &Connection,
+    access: &ReadAccessParams,
+    trace_id: &str,
+    trace_ref: &str,
+    cursor: Option<&str>,
+    page_size: u32,
+) -> Result<Option<Trace>, Error> {
+    if !(1..=500).contains(&page_size) {
+        return Err(Error::InvalidParameters);
+    }
+    let Some(trace_ref) = reference(client, connection, access, trace_id, trace_ref).await? else {
+        return Ok(None);
+    };
+    let position = match cursor {
+        Some(cursor) => {
+            let position: SpanPosition = decode_cursor(cursor, "span")?;
+            if position.trace_ref != trace_ref || position.snapshot_ms == 0 {
+                return Err(Error::InvalidCursor("span"));
+            }
+            position
+        }
+        None => SpanPosition {
+            trace_ref: trace_ref.clone(),
+            snapshot_ms: (time::OffsetDateTime::now_utc().unix_timestamp_nanos() / 1_000_000)
+                as u64,
+            offset: 0,
+            version: String::new(),
+        },
+    };
+    let key_bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&(
+        connection.url().as_str(),
+        access,
+        trace_id,
+        &trace_ref,
+        position.snapshot_ms,
+    ))
+    .map_err(|_| Error::InvalidParameters)?;
+    let key = format!("{:x}", Sha256::digest(key_bytes));
+    let snapshot = if let Some(trace) = TRACE_SNAPSHOTS.get(&key).await {
+        trace
+    } else {
+        let params = TraceSpansParams {
+            access: access.clone(),
+            trace_id: trace_id.to_owned(),
+            trace_ref: trace_ref.clone(),
+        };
+        let rows =
+            crate::span_batches::read_spans(client, connection, params, position.snapshot_ms)
+                .await?;
+        let spend_rows = spend(client, connection, access, &rows).await;
+        let Some(trace) = resolve_trace(trace_id, &trace_ref, &rows, &spend_rows) else {
+            return Ok(None);
+        };
+        let trace = Arc::new(trace);
+        TRACE_SNAPSHOTS.insert(key, Arc::clone(&trace)).await;
+        trace
+    };
+    let span_ids: Vec<&str> = snapshot
+        .spans
+        .iter()
+        .map(|span| span.span_id.as_str())
+        .collect();
+    let version = format!(
+        "{:x}",
+        Sha256::digest(serde_json::to_vec(&span_ids).map_err(|_| Error::InvalidResponse)?)
+    );
+    if cursor.is_some() && position.version != version {
+        return Err(Error::TraceChanged);
+    }
+    let mut trace = Trace {
+        summary: snapshot.summary.clone(),
+        agents: snapshot.agents.clone(),
+        spans: Vec::new(),
+        next_cursor: None,
+    };
+    if position.offset > snapshot.spans.len() {
+        return Err(Error::InvalidCursor("span"));
+    }
+    let end = position
+        .offset
+        .saturating_add(page_size as usize)
+        .min(snapshot.spans.len());
+    trace.next_cursor = (end < snapshot.spans.len()).then(|| {
+        encode_cursor(&SpanPosition {
+            offset: end,
+            version: version.clone(),
+            ..position
+        })
+    });
+    trace.spans = snapshot.spans[position.offset..end].to_vec();
+    while serde_json::to_vec(&trace)
+        .map_err(|_| Error::InvalidResponse)?
+        .len()
+        > litellm_storage_clickhouse::READ_LIMITS.response_bytes
+    {
+        if trace.spans.len() <= 1 {
+            return Err(Error::ReadTooLarge);
+        }
+        trace.spans.truncate(trace.spans.len() / 2);
+        trace.next_cursor = Some(encode_cursor(&SpanPosition {
+            trace_ref: trace_ref.clone(),
+            snapshot_ms: position.snapshot_ms,
+            offset: position.offset + trace.spans.len(),
+            version: version.clone(),
+        }));
+    }
+    Ok(Some(trace))
+}
+
 pub async fn get_span(
     client: &Client,
     connection: &Connection,
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/src/span_batches.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/src/span_batches.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1d903ff0f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/src/span_batches.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+use litellm_http::Client;
+use litellm_storage_clickhouse::{Query, fetch};
+use litellm_traces::query::named as contracts;
+use serde::Serialize;
+
+use crate::{Connection, Error, query::named::TraceSpansRow};
+
+const PAGE_SIZE: u32 = 256;
+const MAX_GRAPH_BYTES: usize = 64 * 1024 * 1024;
+const MAX_GRAPH_SPANS: usize = 100_000;
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct ReadBudget {
+    bytes: usize,
+    rows: usize,
+}
+
+impl ReadBudget {
+    fn reserve(&mut self, bytes: usize) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        self.bytes = self.bytes.saturating_add(bytes);
+        if self.bytes > MAX_GRAPH_BYTES || self.rows == MAX_GRAPH_SPANS {
+            return Err(Error::ReadTooLarge);
+        }
+        self.rows += 1;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn record(&mut self, row: &impl Serialize) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let bytes = serde_json::to_vec(row).map_err(|_| Error::InvalidResponse)?;
+        self.reserve(bytes.len())
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+struct Parameters {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    trace: contracts::TraceSpansParams,
+    after_span_id: String,
+    page_size: u32,
+    snapshot_ms: u64,
+}
+
+struct SpanBatch;
+
+impl Query for SpanBatch {
+    type Params = Parameters;
+    type Row = TraceSpansRow;
+
+    const SQL: &'static str = include_str!("../query/trace_span_batch.sql");
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn read_spans(
+    client: &Client,
+    connection: &Connection,
+    trace: contracts::TraceSpansParams,
+    snapshot_ms: u64,
+) -> Result<Vec<contracts::TraceSpansRow>, Error> {
+    let mut parameters = Parameters {
+        trace,
+        after_span_id: String::new(),
+        page_size: PAGE_SIZE,
+        snapshot_ms,
+    };
+    let mut spans = Vec::new();
+    let mut budget = ReadBudget::default();
+    loop {
+        let page = match fetch::<SpanBatch>(client, connection, &parameters).await {
+            Err(litellm_storage_clickhouse::Error::ResponseTooLarge)
+                if parameters.page_size > 1 =>
+            {
+                parameters.page_size /= 2;
+                continue;
+            }
+            Err(litellm_storage_clickhouse::Error::ResponseTooLarge) => {
+                return Err(Error::ReadTooLarge);
+            }
+            result => result?,
+        };
+        let complete = page.len() < parameters.page_size as usize;
+        if let Some(last) = page.last() {
+            parameters.after_span_id.clone_from(&last.0.span_id);
+        }
+        for row in page {
+            budget.record(&row)?;
+            spans.push(row.0);
+        }
+        if complete {
+            spans.sort_by_key(|row| row.start_ns);
+            return Ok(spans);
+        }
+        parameters.page_size = (parameters.page_size * 2).min(PAGE_SIZE);
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+struct SpendParameters {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    lookup: crate::query::named::SpendByResponseIdsParams,
+    has_cursor: u8,
+    after_team: String,
+    after_ms: i64,
+    after_id: String,
+    page_size: u32,
+}
+
+struct SpendBatch;
+
+impl Query for SpendBatch {
+    type Params = SpendParameters;
+    type Row = crate::query::named::SpendByResponseIdsRow;
+
+    const SQL: &'static str = include_str!("../query/spend_batch.sql");
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn read_spend(
+    client: &Client,
+    connection: &Connection,
+    lookup: crate::query::named::SpendByResponseIdsParams,
+) -> Result<Vec<contracts::SpendByResponseIdsRow>, Error> {
+    let mut parameters = SpendParameters {
+        lookup,
+        has_cursor: 0,
+        after_team: String::new(),
+        after_ms: 0,
+        after_id: String::new(),
+        page_size: PAGE_SIZE,
+    };
+    let mut rows = Vec::new();
+    let mut budget = ReadBudget::default();
+    loop {
+        let page = match fetch::<SpendBatch>(client, connection, &parameters).await {
+            Err(litellm_storage_clickhouse::Error::ResponseTooLarge)
+                if parameters.page_size > 1 =>
+            {
+                parameters.page_size /= 2;
+                continue;
+            }
+            Err(litellm_storage_clickhouse::Error::ResponseTooLarge) => {
+                return Err(Error::ReadTooLarge);
+            }
+            result => result?,
+        };
+        let complete = page.len() < parameters.page_size as usize;
+        if let Some(last) = page.last() {
+            parameters.has_cursor = 1;
+            parameters.after_team.clone_from(&last.0.team_id);
+            parameters.after_ms = last.0.start_ms;
+            parameters.after_id.clone_from(&last.0.request_id);
+        }
+        for row in page {
+            budget.record(&row)?;
+            rows.push(row.0);
+        }
+        if complete {
+            return Ok(rows);
+        }
+        parameters.page_size = (parameters.page_size * 2).min(PAGE_SIZE);
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use rstest::rstest;
+
+    #[rstest]
+    #[case::byte_boundary(MAX_GRAPH_BYTES - 1, 0, 1, false)]
+    #[case::byte_overflow(MAX_GRAPH_BYTES - 1, 0, 2, true)]
+    #[case::integer_overflow(MAX_GRAPH_BYTES, 0, usize::MAX, true)]
+    #[case::row_boundary(0, MAX_GRAPH_SPANS - 1, 1, false)]
+    #[case::row_overflow(0, MAX_GRAPH_SPANS, 1, true)]
+    fn accumulation_stops_at_the_graph_budget(
+        #[case] bytes: usize,
+        #[case] rows: usize,
+        #[case] next: usize,
+        #[case] rejected: bool,
+    ) {
+        let mut budget = ReadBudget { bytes, rows };
+        assert_eq!(budget.reserve(next).is_err(), rejected);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/tests/reads.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/tests/reads.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff4461e2157
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/traces-clickhouse/tests/reads.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,436 @@
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+use litellm_traces::query::named::ReadAccessParams;
+use litellm_traces_clickhouse::{
+    Connection, InsertTable, QueryScope, get_trace, get_trace_page, insert_rows, list_traces,
+};
+use rstest::rstest;
+use serde_json::json;
+
+#[path = "queries/support.rs"]
+mod fixtures;
+mod support;
+
+use fixtures::{DATABASE, SeededDatabase, migrated_database, seeded_database};
+use support::TestResult;
+
+#[rstest]
+#[case::many_runs(50, 21, 0, false)]
+#[case::one_large_run(1, 1100, 0, false)]
+#[case::large_rows(1, 280, 20_000, false)]
+#[case::many_costs(1, 1101, 0, true)]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn large_runs_remain_complete_under_default_reader_limits(
+    #[future(awt)] migrated_database: TestResult<SeededDatabase>,
+    #[case] runs: usize,
+    #[case] steps: usize,
+    #[case] name_bytes: usize,
+    #[case] costed: bool,
+) -> TestResult {
+    let fixture = migrated_database?;
+    let client = &fixture.database.client;
+    let writer = Connection::writer(&fixture.database.url)?;
+    for run in 0..runs {
+        let rows = (0..steps)
+            .map(|step| {
+                BTreeMap::from([
+                    (
+                        "Timestamp".into(),
+                        json!(1_790_000_000_000_000_000_i64 + step as i64),
+                    ),
+                    ("TraceId".into(), json!(format!("trace-{run:04}"))),
+                    ("SpanId".into(), json!(format!("span-{step:04}"))),
+                    (
+                        "ParentSpanId".into(),
+                        json!(if step == 0 { "" } else { "span-0000" }),
+                    ),
+                    (
+                        "SpanName".into(),
+                        json!(if name_bytes == 0 {
+                            format!("step-{step}")
+                        } else {
+                            "x".repeat(name_bytes)
+                        }),
+                    ),
+                    (
+                        "ObservationType".into(),
+                        json!(if step == 0 {
+                            "agent"
+                        } else if costed {
+                            "llm"
+                        } else {
+                            "tool"
+                        }),
+                    ),
+                    ("TeamId".into(), json!("team-a")),
+                    ("ApiKeyHash".into(), json!("key-a")),
+                    ("Duration".into(), json!(1000)),
+                    (
+                        "LiteLLMRequestId".into(),
+                        json!(if costed && step > 0 {
+                            format!("response-{step}")
+                        } else {
+                            String::new()
+                        }),
+                    ),
+                ])
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        for chunk in rows.chunks(100) {
+            insert_rows(
+                client,
+                &writer,
+                DATABASE,
+                InsertTable::OtelTraces,
+                chunk.to_vec(),
+            )
+            .await?;
+        }
+    }
+    if costed {
+        let costs = (1..steps)
+            .map(|step| {
+                BTreeMap::from([
+                    ("request_id".into(), json!(format!("request-{step}"))),
+                    ("response_id".into(), json!(format!("response-{step}"))),
+                    ("team_id".into(), json!("team-a")),
+                    ("api_key".into(), json!("key-a")),
+                    ("start_time".into(), json!(1_790_000_000_000_i64)),
+                    ("end_time".into(), json!(1_790_000_000_001_i64)),
+                    ("spend".into(), json!(0.25)),
+                ])
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        insert_rows(client, &writer, DATABASE, InsertTable::SpendLogs, costs).await?;
+    }
+    let reader = fixture
+        .readers
+        .connection(client, &QueryScope::All, "fixture-secret")
+        .await?;
+    let access = ReadAccessParams {
+        all_teams: false,
+        user_id: String::new(),
+        team_ids: vec!["team-a".into()],
+    };
+    let page = list_traces(client, &reader, &access, 0, 2_000_000_000_000, None, 50).await?;
+    assert_eq!(page.data.len(), runs);
+    for summary in &page.data {
+        assert_eq!(summary.span_count, steps as u64);
+        assert_eq!(
+            if costed {
+                summary.llm_calls
+            } else {
+                summary.tool_calls
+            },
+            (steps - 1) as u64
+        );
+        if costed {
+            assert_eq!(summary.spend, Some((steps - 1) as f64 * 0.25));
+        }
+    }
+    let trace_ref = &page
+        .data
+        .iter()
+        .find(|run| run.trace_id == "trace-0000")
+        .ok_or("missing run")?
+        .trace_ref;
+    let detail = get_trace(client, &reader, &access, "trace-0000", trace_ref)
+        .await?
+        .ok_or("missing trace")?;
+    assert_eq!(detail.spans.len(), steps);
+    assert_eq!(detail.spans[0].span_id, "span-0000");
+    assert_eq!(
+        detail.spans[steps - 1].span_id,
+        format!("span-{:04}", steps - 1)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        if costed {
+            detail.summary.llm_calls
+        } else {
+            detail.summary.tool_calls
+        },
+        (steps - 1) as u64
+    );
+    let mut cursor = None;
+    let mut ids = Vec::new();
+    loop {
+        let page = get_trace_page(
+            client,
+            &reader,
+            &access,
+            "trace-0000",
+            trace_ref,
+            cursor.as_deref(),
+            200,
+        )
+        .await?
+        .ok_or("missing page")?;
+        assert_eq!(page.summary, detail.summary);
+        assert!(page.spans.len() <= 200);
+        assert!(
+            serde_json::to_vec(&page)?.len()
+                <= litellm_storage_clickhouse::READ_LIMITS.response_bytes
+        );
+        ids.extend(page.spans.into_iter().map(|span| span.span_id));
+        cursor = page.next_cursor;
+        if cursor.is_none() {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    assert_eq!(
+        ids,
+        detail
+            .spans
+            .iter()
+            .map(|span| span.span_id.clone())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+    );
+    let denied = ReadAccessParams {
+        team_ids: vec!["other-team".into()],
+        ..access
+    };
+    assert!(
+        get_trace(client, &reader, &denied, "trace-0000", trace_ref)
+            .await?
+            .is_none()
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[rstest]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn cursor_pages_keep_a_tenant_scoped_snapshot_when_more_spans_arrive(
+    #[future(awt)] seeded_database: TestResult<SeededDatabase>,
+) -> TestResult {
+    let fixture = seeded_database?;
+    let client = &fixture.database.client;
+    let reader = fixture
+        .readers
+        .connection(client, &QueryScope::All, "fixture-secret")
+        .await?;
+    let access = ReadAccessParams {
+        all_teams: true,
+        user_id: String::new(),
+        team_ids: Vec::new(),
+    };
+    let listed = list_traces(client, &reader, &access, 0, 2_000_000_000_000, None, 10).await?;
+    let summary = listed
+        .data
+        .iter()
+        .find(|summary| summary.span_count == 3)
+        .ok_or("missing fixture")?;
+    let first = get_trace_page(
+        client,
+        &reader,
+        &access,
+        &summary.trace_id,
+        &summary.trace_ref,
+        None,
+        1,
+    )
+    .await?
+    .ok_or("missing first page")?;
+    let original_ids = get_trace(
+        client,
+        &reader,
+        &access,
+        &summary.trace_id,
+        &summary.trace_ref,
+    )
+    .await?
+    .ok_or("missing trace")?
+    .spans
+    .into_iter()
+    .map(|span| span.span_id)
+    .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let writer = Connection::writer(&fixture.database.url)?;
+    insert_rows(
+        client,
+        &writer,
+        DATABASE,
+        InsertTable::OtelTraces,
+        vec![BTreeMap::from([
+            ("Timestamp".into(), json!(1_790_000_000_000_000_000_i64)),
+            ("TraceId".into(), json!(summary.trace_id)),
+            ("SpanId".into(), json!("late-span")),
+            ("ParentSpanId".into(), json!(first.spans[0].span_id)),
+            ("TeamId".into(), json!("team-a")),
+            ("ApiKeyHash".into(), json!("key-a")),
+            ("EngineReceivedMs".into(), json!(u64::MAX / 2)),
+        ])],
+    )
+    .await?;
+    let denied = ReadAccessParams {
+        all_teams: false,
+        user_id: String::new(),
+        team_ids: vec!["not-this-team".into()],
+    };
+    assert!(
+        get_trace_page(
+            client,
+            &reader,
+            &denied,
+            &summary.trace_id,
+            &summary.trace_ref,
+            first.next_cursor.as_deref(),
+            1
+        )
+        .await?
+        .is_none()
+    );
+    let first_cursor = first.next_cursor.clone();
+    let mut cursor = first.next_cursor;
+    let mut ids = first
+        .spans
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|span| span.span_id)
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    while let Some(current) = cursor {
+        let next = get_trace_page(
+            client,
+            &reader,
+            &access,
+            &summary.trace_id,
+            &summary.trace_ref,
+            Some(&current),
+            1,
+        )
+        .await?
+        .ok_or("missing next page")?;
+        assert_eq!(next.summary.span_count, 3);
+        ids.extend(next.spans.into_iter().map(|span| span.span_id));
+        cursor = next.next_cursor;
+    }
+    assert_eq!(ids, original_ids);
+    let refreshed = get_trace(
+        client,
+        &reader,
+        &access,
+        &summary.trace_id,
+        &summary.trace_ref,
+    )
+    .await?
+    .ok_or("missing refreshed trace")?;
+    assert_eq!(refreshed.spans.len(), 4);
+    assert!(matches!(
+        get_trace_page(
+            client,
+            &reader,
+            &access,
+            &summary.trace_id,
+            &summary.trace_ref,
+            Some("invalid"),
+            1
+        )
+        .await,
+        Err(litellm_traces_clickhouse::Error::InvalidCursor("span"))
+    ));
+    let backdated = json!({
+        "Timestamp": "2026-09-01 00:00:00.000000000",
+        "TraceId": summary.trace_id,
+        "SpanId": "backdated-span",
+        "EngineReceivedMs": 1,
+        "TeamId": "team-a",
+        "ApiKeyHash": "key-a"
+    });
+    client
+        .post(writer.url().clone())
+        .body(format!(
+            "INSERT INTO {DATABASE}.otel_traces FORMAT JSONEachRow\n{backdated}"
+        ))
+        .send()
+        .await?
+        .error_for_status()?;
+    let uncached_reader =
+        Connection::reader(&format!("{}?max_threads=1", fixture.database.url), DATABASE)?;
+    let changed = get_trace_page(
+        client,
+        &uncached_reader,
+        &access,
+        &summary.trace_id,
+        &summary.trace_ref,
+        first_cursor.as_deref(),
+        1,
+    )
+    .await;
+    assert!(
+        matches!(changed, Err(litellm_traces_clickhouse::Error::TraceChanged)),
+        "{changed:?}"
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[rstest]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn an_oversized_span_keeps_the_run_list_available_with_partial_totals(
+    #[future(awt)] seeded_database: TestResult<SeededDatabase>,
+) -> TestResult {
+    let fixture = seeded_database?;
+    let client = &fixture.database.client;
+    let reader = fixture
+        .readers
+        .connection(client, &QueryScope::All, "fixture-secret")
+        .await?;
+    let access = ReadAccessParams {
+        all_teams: true,
+        user_id: String::new(),
+        team_ids: Vec::new(),
+    };
+    let before = list_traces(client, &reader, &access, 0, 2_000_000_000_000, None, 50).await?;
+    let run = before
+        .data
+        .iter()
+        .find(|run| run.span_count == 3)
+        .ok_or("missing fixture")?;
+    let writer = Connection::writer(&fixture.database.url)?;
+    insert_rows(
+        client,
+        &writer,
+        DATABASE,
+        InsertTable::OtelTraces,
+        vec![BTreeMap::from([
+            ("Timestamp".into(), json!(1_790_000_000_000_000_000_i64)),
+            ("TraceId".into(), json!(run.trace_id)),
+            ("SpanId".into(), json!("oversized-child")),
+            ("ParentSpanId".into(), json!("0101010101010101")),
+            (
+                "SpanName".into(),
+                json!("x".repeat(litellm_storage_clickhouse::READ_LIMITS.response_bytes + 1)),
+            ),
+            ("ObservationType".into(), json!("tool")),
+            ("TeamId".into(), json!("team-a")),
+            ("ApiKeyHash".into(), json!("key-a")),
+        ])],
+    )
+    .await?;
+    let after = list_traces(client, &reader, &access, 0, 2_000_000_000_000, None, 50).await?;
+    assert_eq!(after.data.len(), before.data.len());
+    let limited = after
+        .data
+        .iter()
+        .find(|item| item.trace_ref == run.trace_ref)
+        .ok_or("missing run")?;
+    assert!(limited.resolution_limited);
+    assert_eq!(limited.span_count, 4);
+    assert!(
+        after
+            .data
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|item| item.trace_ref != run.trace_ref)
+            .all(|item| !item.resolution_limited)
+    );
+    assert!(matches!(
+        get_trace_page(
+            client,
+            &reader,
+            &access,
+            &run.trace_id,
+            &run.trace_ref,
+            None,
+            200
+        )
+        .await,
+        Err(litellm_traces_clickhouse::Error::ReadTooLarge)
+    ));
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/traces/src/resolve/view.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/traces/src/resolve/view.rs
index 51145e6bbbf..9c1c3756856 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/traces/src/resolve/view.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/traces/src/resolve/view.rs
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ pub fn resolve_trace(
         .map(|(_, (span, _))| span.input_preview.clone())
         .unwrap_or_default();
     let summary = TraceSummary {
+        resolution_limited: false,
         trace_id: trace_id.to_owned(),
         trace_ref: trace_ref.to_owned(),
         name: spans[root].name.clone(),
@@ -209,11 +210,13 @@ pub fn resolve_trace(
         summary,
         agents,
         spans,
+        next_cursor: None,
     })
 }
 
 pub fn listed_summary(row: &ListTracesRow) -> TraceSummary {
     TraceSummary {
+        resolution_limited: true,
         trace_id: row.trace_id.clone(),
         trace_ref: row.trace_ref.clone(),
         name: row.name.clone(),
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/traces/src/view.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/traces/src/view.rs
index b7a67ac6822..a864c740526 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/traces/src/view.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/traces/src/view.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pub enum SpanStatus {
 }
 
 #[macro_rules_attribute::apply(response_type)]
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Span {
     pub span_id: String,
     pub parent_span_id: Option<String>,
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pub struct Span {
 
 /// One distinct agent in a trace: 200 invocations of `researcher` are one node.
 #[macro_rules_attribute::apply(response_type)]
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct AgentNode {
     pub name: String,
     pub parent_agent: Option<String>,
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ pub struct AgentNode {
 }
 
 #[macro_rules_attribute::apply(response_type)]
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct TraceSummary {
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "schema", schemars(extend("x-python-optional" = true)))]
+    pub resolution_limited: bool,
     pub trace_id: String,
     #[cfg_attr(feature = "schema", schemars(extend("x-python-optional" = true)))]
     pub trace_ref: String,
@@ -81,11 +83,13 @@ pub struct TraceSummary {
 }
 
 #[macro_rules_attribute::apply(response_type)]
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Trace {
     pub summary: TraceSummary,
     pub agents: Vec<AgentNode>,
     pub spans: Vec<Span>,
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "schema", schemars(extend("x-python-optional" = true)))]
+    pub next_cursor: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[macro_rules_attribute::apply(response_type)]
diff --git a/litellm/integrations/otel/model/spans.py b/litellm/integrations/otel/model/spans.py
index 2cc8e035ebd..c27df51ade2 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/otel/model/spans.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/otel/model/spans.py
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ _PRISMA_MODELS: Final[frozenset[str]] = frozenset(
         "LiteLLM_Config",
         "LiteLLM_SpendLogs",
         "LiteLLM_BudgetWindowSpend",
+        "LiteLLM_BackgroundInteractionSettlement",
         "LiteLLM_ErrorLogs",
         "LiteLLM_UserNotifications",
         "LiteLLM_TeamMembership",
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/tracing_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/tracing_endpoints.py
index 50c6e80b234..1563e4b5b55 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/tracing_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/tracing_endpoints.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ async def list_agent_traces(
     context: Annotated[TraceAccessContext, Depends(provide_trace_access)],
     start_ms: Annotated[int | None, Query(description="Window start, unix ms. Default: 24h ago")] = None,
     end_ms: Annotated[int | None, Query(description="Window end, unix ms. Default: now")] = None,
-    cursor: Annotated[str | None, Query()] = None,
+    cursor: Annotated[str | None, Query(max_length=512)] = None,
 ) -> TracePage:
     now_ms: Final = int(time.time() * 1000)
     try:
@@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ async def list_agent_traces(
         )
     except ValueError as error:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=str(error)) from error
+    except OverflowError as error:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=413, detail="Trace is too large for this view. Use a filtered trace query."
+        ) from error
+    except RuntimeError as error:
+        verbose_proxy_logger.warning("Trace read unavailable: %s", error)
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=503, detail="Traces are temporarily unavailable. Please try again.") from error
 
 
 class TraceQueryRequest(BaseModel):
@@ -228,12 +235,21 @@ async def get_agent_trace(
     trace_id: str,
     context: Annotated[TraceAccessContext, Depends(provide_trace_access)],
     trace_ref: Annotated[str, Query()] = "",
+    cursor: Annotated[str | None, Query(max_length=512)] = None,
+    page_size: Annotated[int | None, Query(ge=1, le=500)] = None,
 ) -> Trace:
     tracing, scope = context.reader()
     try:
-        trace: Final = await tracing.get_trace(trace_id, scope, trace_ref)
+        trace: Final = await tracing.get_trace(trace_id, scope, trace_ref, cursor, page_size)
     except ValueError as error:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=str(error)) from error
+    except OverflowError as error:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=413, detail="Trace is too large for this view. Use a filtered trace query."
+        ) from error
+    except RuntimeError as error:
+        verbose_proxy_logger.warning("Trace read unavailable: %s", error)
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=503, detail="Traces are temporarily unavailable. Please try again.") from error
     if trace is None:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=f"Trace {trace_id} not found")
     return trace
@@ -251,6 +267,13 @@ async def get_agent_trace_span(
         span: Final = await tracing.get_span(trace_id, span_id, scope, trace_ref)
     except ValueError as error:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=str(error)) from error
+    except OverflowError as error:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=413, detail="Trace is too large for this view. Use a filtered trace query."
+        ) from error
+    except RuntimeError as error:
+        verbose_proxy_logger.warning("Trace read unavailable: %s", error)
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=503, detail="Traces are temporarily unavailable. Please try again.") from error
     if span is None:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=f"Span {span_id} not found")
     return span
@@ -269,6 +292,13 @@ async def get_agent_trace_span_error(
         page: Final = await tracing.get_span_error(trace_id, span_id, scope, trace_ref, cursor)
     except ValueError as error:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=str(error)) from error
+    except OverflowError as error:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=413, detail="Trace is too large for this view. Use a filtered trace query."
+        ) from error
+    except RuntimeError as error:
+        verbose_proxy_logger.warning("Trace read unavailable: %s", error)
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=503, detail="Traces are temporarily unavailable. Please try again.") from error
     if page is None:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Span diagnostic not found or no longer available")
     return page
diff --git a/litellm/rust_bridge/_native.pyi b/litellm/rust_bridge/_native.pyi
index e7ecec4df0f..c146a6eac92 100644
--- a/litellm/rust_bridge/_native.pyi
+++ b/litellm/rust_bridge/_native.pyi
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ class NativeTraceStorage:
     def list_traces(
         self, scope: TraceScope, start_ms: int, end_ms: int, cursor: str | None, limit: int
     ) -> Future[JsonValue]: ...
-    def get_trace(self, trace_id: str, scope: TraceScope, trace_ref: str) -> Future[JsonValue]: ...
+    def get_trace(
+        self, trace_id: str, scope: TraceScope, trace_ref: str, cursor: str | None = None, page_size: int | None = None
+    ) -> Future[JsonValue]: ...
     def get_span(self, trace_id: str, span_id: str, scope: TraceScope, trace_ref: str) -> Future[JsonValue]: ...
     def get_span_error(
         self, trace_id: str, span_id: str, scope: TraceScope, trace_ref: str, cursor: str | None
diff --git a/litellm/rust_bridge/trace/generated/types.py b/litellm/rust_bridge/trace/generated/types.py
index e1c09ffe281..127e86e9160 100644
--- a/litellm/rust_bridge/trace/generated/types.py
+++ b/litellm/rust_bridge/trace/generated/types.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class UIMessage(typing_extensions.TypedDict):
 
 
 class TraceSummary(typing_extensions.TypedDict):
+    resolution_limited: ReadOnly[NotRequired[bool]]
     trace_id: ReadOnly[str]
     trace_ref: ReadOnly[NotRequired[str]]
     name: ReadOnly[str]
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ class Trace(typing_extensions.TypedDict):
     summary: ReadOnly[TraceSummary]
     agents: ReadOnly[tuple[AgentNode, ...]]
     spans: ReadOnly[tuple[Span, ...]]
+    next_cursor: ReadOnly[NotRequired[str | None]]
 
 
 class TracePage(typing_extensions.TypedDict):
diff --git a/litellm/rust_bridge/trace/storage.py b/litellm/rust_bridge/trace/storage.py
index 7e7c519365d..a80e41a5aa3 100644
--- a/litellm/rust_bridge/trace/storage.py
+++ b/litellm/rust_bridge/trace/storage.py
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ class NativeStore(Protocol):
         self, scope: TraceScope, start_ms: int, end_ms: int, cursor: str | None, limit: int
     ) -> Awaitable[JsonValue]: ...
 
-    def get_trace(self, trace_id: str, scope: TraceScope, trace_ref: str) -> Awaitable[JsonValue]: ...
+    def get_trace(
+        self, trace_id: str, scope: TraceScope, trace_ref: str, cursor: str | None = None, page_size: int | None = None
+    ) -> Awaitable[JsonValue]: ...
 
     def get_span(self, trace_id: str, span_id: str, scope: TraceScope, trace_ref: str) -> Awaitable[JsonValue]: ...
 
@@ -189,8 +191,15 @@ class ClickHouseStorage:
         result: Final = await self._native.list_traces(scope, start_ms, end_ms, cursor, limit)
         return _validate_query_response(_TRACE_PAGE, result)
 
-    async def get_trace(self, trace_id: str, scope: TraceScope, trace_ref: str = "") -> Trace | None:
-        result: Final = await self._native.get_trace(trace_id, scope, trace_ref)
+    async def get_trace(
+        self,
+        trace_id: str,
+        scope: TraceScope,
+        trace_ref: str = "",
+        cursor: str | None = None,
+        page_size: int | None = None,
+    ) -> Trace | None:
+        result: Final = await self._native.get_trace(trace_id, scope, trace_ref, cursor, page_size)
         return _validate_query_response(_TRACE, result)
 
     async def get_span(self, trace_id: str, span_id: str, scope: TraceScope, trace_ref: str = "") -> SpanDetail | None:
diff --git a/litellm/tracing/receiver.py b/litellm/tracing/receiver.py
index 8df2af4f064..cf6bf8feb01 100644
--- a/litellm/tracing/receiver.py
+++ b/litellm/tracing/receiver.py
@@ -99,8 +99,15 @@ class TraceReceiver:
     async def list_traces(self, scope: TraceScope, start_ms: int, end_ms: int, cursor: str | None = None) -> TracePage:
         return await self.storage.list_traces(scope, start_ms, end_ms, cursor, AGENT_TRACING_LIST_PAGE_SIZE)
 
-    async def get_trace(self, trace_id: str, scope: TraceScope, trace_ref: str = "") -> Trace | None:
-        return await self.storage.get_trace(trace_id, scope, trace_ref)
+    async def get_trace(
+        self,
+        trace_id: str,
+        scope: TraceScope,
+        trace_ref: str = "",
+        cursor: str | None = None,
+        page_size: int | None = None,
+    ) -> Trace | None:
+        return await self.storage.get_trace(trace_id, scope, trace_ref, cursor, page_size)
 
     async def get_span(self, trace_id: str, span_id: str, scope: TraceScope, trace_ref: str = "") -> SpanDetail | None:
         return await self.storage.get_span(trace_id, span_id, scope, trace_ref)
diff --git a/scripts/trace_codegen/schemas/traces/Trace.json b/scripts/trace_codegen/schemas/traces/Trace.json
index ee02937f556..dc66f77412c 100644
--- a/scripts/trace_codegen/schemas/traces/Trace.json
+++ b/scripts/trace_codegen/schemas/traces/Trace.json
@@ -245,6 +245,10 @@
           "minimum": 0,
           "type": "integer"
         },
+        "resolution_limited": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "x-python-optional": true
+        },
         "service": {
           "type": "string"
         },
@@ -282,6 +286,7 @@
         }
       },
       "required": [
+        "resolution_limited",
         "trace_id",
         "trace_ref",
         "name",
@@ -314,6 +319,13 @@
       },
       "type": "array"
     },
+    "next_cursor": {
+      "type": [
+        "string",
+        "null"
+      ],
+      "x-python-optional": true
+    },
     "spans": {
       "items": {
         "$ref": "#/$defs/Span"
@@ -327,7 +339,8 @@
   "required": [
     "summary",
     "agents",
-    "spans"
+    "spans",
+    "next_cursor"
   ],
   "title": "Trace",
   "type": "object"
diff --git a/scripts/trace_codegen/schemas/traces/TracePage.json b/scripts/trace_codegen/schemas/traces/TracePage.json
index 72b2c2b2d95..dfa02ba0d39 100644
--- a/scripts/trace_codegen/schemas/traces/TracePage.json
+++ b/scripts/trace_codegen/schemas/traces/TracePage.json
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@
           "minimum": 0,
           "type": "integer"
         },
+        "resolution_limited": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "x-python-optional": true
+        },
         "service": {
           "type": "string"
         },
@@ -113,6 +117,7 @@
         }
       },
       "required": [
+        "resolution_limited",
         "trace_id",
         "trace_ref",
         "name",
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/tracing/test_receiver.py b/tests/test_litellm/tracing/test_receiver.py
index 66b971e8e63..70282fcf694 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/tracing/test_receiver.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/tracing/test_receiver.py
@@ -61,11 +61,12 @@ async def test_ingest_rejects_oversized_body_before_storage() -> None:
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_reads_delegate_to_storage() -> None:
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("cursor,page_size", ((None, None), ("next", 200)))
+async def test_reads_delegate_to_storage(cursor: str | None, page_size: int | None) -> None:
     storage: Final = _fake_storage()
     scope: Final[TraceScope] = {"all_teams": 0, "user_id": "", "team_ids": ("team-research",)}
-    assert await TraceReceiver(storage).get_trace("t1", scope) is None
-    storage.get_trace.assert_awaited_once_with("t1", scope, "")
+    assert await TraceReceiver(storage).get_trace("t1", scope, "", cursor, page_size) is None
+    storage.get_trace.assert_awaited_once_with("t1", scope, "", cursor, page_size)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/test_tracing_endpoints.py b/tests/unit/proxy/test_tracing_endpoints.py
index 16d02865e92..cff67d1f57d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/test_tracing_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/test_tracing_endpoints.py
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ def test_get_trace_404_and_200(client, receiver):
     response = client.get("/v1/traces/t1")
     assert response.status_code == 200
     assert response.json() == TRACE_RESPONSE
-    receiver.get_trace.assert_awaited_with("t1", {"all_teams": 0, "user_id": "user", "team_ids": ()}, "")
+    receiver.get_trace.assert_awaited_with("t1", {"all_teams": 0, "user_id": "user", "team_ids": ()}, "", None, None)
 
 
 def test_get_span_404_and_200(client, receiver):
@@ -278,10 +278,45 @@ def test_get_span_404_and_200(client, receiver):
     receiver.get_span.assert_awaited_with("t1", "s1", {"all_teams": 0, "user_id": "user", "team_ids": ()}, "")
 
 
-def test_trace_detail_passes_scoped_reference(client, receiver):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("suffix,cursor,page_size", [("", None, None), ("&cursor=next&page_size=200", "next", 200)])
+def test_trace_detail_passes_scoped_reference(client, receiver, suffix, cursor, page_size):
     receiver.get_trace.return_value = TRACE_RESPONSE
-    assert client.get("/v1/traces/t1?trace_ref=run-one").status_code == 200
-    receiver.get_trace.assert_awaited_with("t1", {"all_teams": 0, "user_id": "user", "team_ids": ()}, "run-one")
+    assert client.get(f"/v1/traces/t1?trace_ref=run-one{suffix}").status_code == 200
+    receiver.get_trace.assert_awaited_with(
+        "t1", {"all_teams": 0, "user_id": "user", "team_ids": ()}, "run-one", cursor, page_size
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "path,method",
+    (
+        ("/v1/traces", "list_traces"),
+        ("/v1/traces/t1", "get_trace"),
+        ("/v1/traces/t1/spans/s1", "get_span"),
+        ("/v1/traces/t1/spans/s1/error", "get_span_error"),
+    ),
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "error,status,message",
+    (
+        (RuntimeError("private database details"), 503, "Traces are temporarily unavailable. Please try again."),
+        (OverflowError("private query details"), 413, "Trace is too large for this view. Use a filtered trace query."),
+    ),
+)
+def test_read_failures_are_actionable_without_exposing_database_details(
+    client: TestClient, receiver: MagicMock, path: str, method: str, error: Exception, status: int, message: str
+) -> None:
+    getattr(receiver, method).side_effect = error
+    response: Final = client.get(path)
+    assert response.status_code == status
+    assert response.json() == {"detail": message}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("query", ("page_size=0", "page_size=501", "cursor=" + "x" * 513))
+def test_trace_page_rejects_unbounded_parameters(client: TestClient, receiver: MagicMock, query: str) -> None:
+    response: Final = client.get(f"/v1/traces/t1?{query}")
+    assert response.status_code == 422
+    receiver.get_trace.assert_not_awaited()
 
 
 def test_invalid_export_and_cursor_are_client_errors(client, receiver):
@@ -370,7 +405,9 @@ def test_injected_receiver_ingests_with_the_authenticated_tenant(client: TestCli
     storage: Final = MagicMock(spec=ClickHouseStorage)
     storage.ingest = AsyncMock(return_value=1)
     client.app.dependency_overrides[tracing_endpoints.provide_receiver] = lambda: TraceReceiver(storage)
-    response: Final = client.post("/v1/traces", content=b'{"resourceSpans": []}', headers={"content-type": "application/json"})
+    response: Final = client.post(
+        "/v1/traces", content=b'{"resourceSpans": []}', headers={"content-type": "application/json"}
+    )
     assert response.status_code == 200, response.text
     assert response.json() == {}
     storage.ingest.assert_awaited_once_with(
@@ -538,9 +575,7 @@ def test_sql_and_help_use_authenticated_scope(
     result: Final = client.post("/v1/traces/query", json={"sql": "SELECT * FROM otel_traces"})
     assert result.status_code == 200, result.text
     assert result.json() == SQL_ENVELOPE
-    receiver.storage.query_sql.assert_awaited_once_with(
-        "SELECT * FROM otel_traces", expected_scope, "test-secret"
-    )
+    receiver.storage.query_sql.assert_awaited_once_with("SELECT * FROM otel_traces", expected_scope, "test-secret")
     help_result: Final = client.get("/v1/traces/query/help")
     assert help_result.status_code == 200, help_result.text
     assert help_result.json() == QUERY_HELP
@@ -692,7 +727,7 @@ class _NativeConfig:
 
 
 class _NativeReturningHelp(ModuleType):
-    def __init__(self, help_payload: Mapping[str, object]) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, help_payload: Mapping[str, object], trace_payload: Mapping[str, object] | None = None) -> None:
         super().__init__("native_traces")
 
         class Storage:
@@ -702,12 +737,31 @@ class _NativeReturningHelp(ModuleType):
             async def query_help(self, scope: AllQueryScope, secret: str) -> Mapping[str, object]:
                 return help_payload
 
+            get_trace = AsyncMock(return_value=trace_payload)
+
+        self.trace_read: Final = Storage.get_trace
         self.NativeTraceConfig: Final = _NativeConfig
         self.NativeTraceStorage: Final = Storage
         self.trace_encode_error: Final = bytes
         self.trace_span_rows: Final = list
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("cursor,page_size", ((None, None), ("next", 200)))
+async def test_storage_preserves_page_cursor_and_normalizes_native_trace_data(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, cursor: str | None, page_size: int | None
+) -> None:
+    native: Final = _NativeReturningHelp(QUERY_HELP, {**TRACE_RESPONSE, "next_cursor": "more"})
+    monkeypatch.setattr(loader, "_cached_bridge", native)
+    storage: Final = ClickHouseStorage(TraceStorageConfig("http://clickhouse:8123"))
+    scope: Final[TraceScope] = {"all_teams": 0, "user_id": "owner", "team_ids": ()}
+    trace: Final = await storage.get_trace("t1", scope, "run", cursor, page_size)
+    assert trace is not None
+    assert trace["next_cursor"] == "more"
+    assert trace["spans"] == ()
+    assert trace["summary"]["span_count"] == 0
+    native.trace_read.assert_awaited_once_with("t1", scope, "run", cursor, page_size)
+
+
 async def test_storage_validates_the_native_query_help_value(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
     monkeypatch.setattr(loader, "_cached_bridge", _NativeReturningHelp(QUERY_HELP))
     storage: Final = ClickHouseStorage(TraceStorageConfig("http://clickhouse:8123"))
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx
index 4cd3b271c66..52021f61ba6 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx
@@ -1975,10 +1975,15 @@ export const agentTraceListCall = async ({
 export const sendOtlpTraceCall = async (accessToken: string, exportRequest: object): Promise<void> =>
   apiClient.post(`/v1/traces`, { accessToken, body: exportRequest });
 
-export const agentTraceCall = async (accessToken: string, traceId: string, traceRef?: string): Promise<Trace> =>
+export const agentTraceCall = async (
+  accessToken: string,
+  traceId: string,
+  traceRef?: string,
+  cursor?: string | null,
+): Promise<Trace> =>
   apiClient.get<Trace>(`/v1/traces/${encodeURIComponent(traceId)}`, {
     accessToken,
-    query: { trace_ref: traceRef || undefined },
+    query: { trace_ref: traceRef || undefined, cursor: cursor ?? undefined, page_size: 200 },
   });
 
 export const agentTraceSpanCall = async (
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/AgentTracesSection.integration.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/AgentTracesSection.integration.test.tsx
index 816bf5f9267..b613d028f54 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/AgentTracesSection.integration.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/AgentTracesSection.integration.test.tsx
@@ -85,6 +85,25 @@ describe("AgentTracesSection", () => {
     vi.mocked(apiClient.get).mockResolvedValue({ data: [] });
   });
 
+  it("keeps the original time window and loaded rows when another page fails", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const now = vi.spyOn(Date, "now").mockReturnValue(Date.parse("2026-10-01T00:00Z"));
+    vi.mocked(agentTraceListCall).mockResolvedValueOnce({ data: runs.slice(0, 1), next_cursor: "next" });
+    renderSection();
+    expect(await screen.findByTestId("agent-trace-row")).toBeVisible();
+    const first = vi.mocked(agentTraceListCall).mock.calls[0][0];
+    now.mockReturnValue(Date.parse("2026-10-01T01:00Z"));
+    vi.mocked(agentTraceListCall).mockRejectedValue(new ApiError("Please try again", 403, {}));
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Load more" }));
+    expect(await screen.findByRole("alert")).toHaveTextContent("Could not load more runs");
+    expect(screen.getAllByTestId("agent-trace-row")).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(vi.mocked(agentTraceListCall).mock.calls[1][0]).toEqual({ ...first, cursor: "next" });
+    vi.mocked(agentTraceListCall).mockResolvedValueOnce({ data: runs.slice(1, 2), next_cursor: null });
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Retry" }));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getAllByTestId("agent-trace-row")).toHaveLength(2));
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("alert")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
   it.each([
     [401, "Your session is no longer valid. Sign out and sign in again."],
     [403, "Your account does not have access to these traces."],
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/AgentTracesSection.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/AgentTracesSection.tsx
index 45f1b223088..211f50dcd38 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/AgentTracesSection.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/AgentTracesSection.tsx
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ export function AgentTracesSection({
         isLoading={traces.isLoading || (checkHistory && history.isLoading)}
         error={traces.error}
         hasMore={traces.hasMore}
+        isFetching={traces.isFetching}
+        onRetry={traces.hasMore ? traces.loadMore : traces.refetch}
         onLoadMore={traces.loadMore}
         onOpenTrace={toggleRun}
         selectedKey={openTrace === null ? null : runKey(openTrace)}
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/AgentTracesTable.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/AgentTracesTable.tsx
index 2158e51dd5b..964b6e82469 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/AgentTracesTable.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/AgentTracesTable.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ interface AgentTracesTableProps {
   isLoading: boolean;
   error: Error | null;
   hasMore: boolean;
+  isFetching?: boolean;
+  onRetry?: () => void;
   onLoadMore: () => void;
   onOpenTrace: (trace: TraceSummary) => void;
   selectedKey?: string | null;
@@ -53,6 +55,8 @@ export function AgentTracesTable({
   isLoading,
   error,
   hasMore,
+  isFetching = false,
+  onRetry,
   onLoadMore,
   onOpenTrace,
   selectedKey = null,
@@ -105,6 +109,14 @@ export function AgentTracesTable({
                   <span className="truncate text-foreground">
                     {firstLine(previewText(run.input_preview)) || traceDisplayName(run)}
                   </span>
+                  {run.resolution_limited && (
+                    <span
+                      className="shrink-0 text-[10px] text-muted-foreground"
+                      title="This run is too large to calculate all totals in this view"
+                    >
+                      Partial totals
+                    </span>
+                  )}
                   <span className="hidden shrink-0 font-mono text-[10px] text-muted-foreground 2xl:inline">
                     {run.trace_id}
                   </span>
@@ -132,15 +144,24 @@ export function AgentTracesTable({
       </table>
       {isLoading && <div className="py-16 text-center text-[12px] text-muted-foreground">Loading runs…</div>}
       {error && (
-        <div className="py-16 text-center text-[12px] text-muted-foreground">Could not load runs: {error.message}</div>
+        <div role="alert" className="flex items-center justify-center gap-3 py-6 text-[12px] text-muted-foreground">
+          <span>
+            {traces.length ? "Could not load more runs" : "Could not load runs"}: {error.message}
+          </span>
+          {onRetry && (
+            <Button size="xs" variant="outline" disabled={isFetching} onClick={onRetry}>
+              Retry
+            </Button>
+          )}
+        </div>
       )}
       {isEmpty && (
         <div className="py-16 text-center text-[12px] text-muted-foreground">No runs match these filters.</div>
       )}
       {hasMore && (
         <div className="border-t border-border/60 px-3 py-2">
-          <Button size="xs" variant="ghost" onClick={onLoadMore}>
-            Load more
+          <Button size="xs" variant="ghost" disabled={isFetching} onClick={onLoadMore}>
+            {isFetching ? "Loading…" : "Load more"}
           </Button>
         </div>
       )}
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/TraceDrawer.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/TraceDrawer.test.tsx
index 5dccf5cd847..d055426257c 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/TraceDrawer.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/TraceDrawer.test.tsx
@@ -155,13 +155,46 @@ describe("RunView", () => {
     expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "Show details" })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  it("keeps loaded steps and totals after a page fails, then retries the same cursor", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const summary = { ...research.summary, span_count: 2 };
+    const first: Trace = { ...research, summary, spans: research.spans.slice(0, 1), next_cursor: "next-page" };
+    const second: Trace = {
+      ...research,
+      summary,
+      spans: [
+        { ...research.spans[1], type: "tool", name: "later-page-tool", parent_span_id: research.spans[0].span_id },
+      ],
+      next_cursor: null,
+    };
+    vi.mocked(agentTraceCall).mockReset();
+    vi.mocked(agentTraceCall)
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(first)
+      .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("offline"))
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(second);
+    renderWithProviders(<RunView traceId={research.summary.trace_id} accessToken="sk-test" onBack={vi.fn()} />);
+
+    expect(await screen.findByText("Showing 1 of 2 steps")).toBeVisible();
+    const before = screen.getByRole("banner").textContent;
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Load more steps" }));
+    expect(await screen.findByText("Could not load more steps. Your loaded steps are still available.")).toBeVisible();
+    expect(screen.getByRole("tree", { name: "Spans in time order" })).toHaveTextContent(research.spans[0].name);
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Retry" }));
+    expect(await screen.findByText("later-page-tool")).toBeVisible();
+    expect(screen.getByRole("tree", { name: "Spans in time order" })).toHaveTextContent(research.spans[0].name);
+    expect(screen.getAllByRole("treeitem")).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("banner")).toHaveTextContent(before ?? "");
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "Load more steps" })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(vi.mocked(agentTraceCall).mock.calls.map((call) => call[3])).toEqual([null, "next-page", "next-page"]);
+  });
+
   it("keeps a way back to the runs table when a run fails to load", async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
     const onBack = vi.fn();
-    vi.mocked(agentTraceCall).mockRejectedValue(new Error("trace exceeds the 1000 span read limit"));
+    vi.mocked(agentTraceCall).mockRejectedValue(new Error("Traces are temporarily unavailable"));
     renderWithProviders(<RunView traceId="big" accessToken="sk-test" onBack={onBack} />);
 
-    expect(await screen.findByText("trace exceeds the 1000 span read limit")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(await screen.findByText("Traces are temporarily unavailable")).toBeInTheDocument();
     await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /back to traces/i }));
     expect(onBack).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/TraceDrawer.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/TraceDrawer.tsx
index acdaef64873..6e8464b797e 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/TraceDrawer.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/TraceDrawer.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import { useLensDemo } from "@/components/lens/LensDemoContext";
 import { useTracesApi } from "@/components/lens/services";
 
-import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { useInfiniteQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { ArrowLeft, Check, Copy } from "lucide-react";
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 
@@ -368,16 +368,34 @@ interface RunViewProps {
   embedded?: boolean;
 }
 
-/** One agent run: header with totals and "Copy for agent", span tree on the left, span details on the right. */
+function initialSpanMissing(trace: Trace | undefined, spanId?: string): boolean {
+  return Boolean(spanId && trace && !trace.spans.some((span) => span.span_id === spanId));
+}
+
 export function RunView({ traceId, traceRef, initialSpanId, accessToken, onBack, embedded = false }: RunViewProps) {
   const traces = useTracesApi(accessToken);
   const [view, setView] = useState<TraceView>("steps");
-  const traceQuery = useQuery({
+  const traceQueryOptions = {
     queryKey: ["agentTrace", traceId, traceRef, accessToken],
-    queryFn: () => traces.trace(traceId, traceRef),
+    queryFn: ({ pageParam }: { pageParam: string | null }) => traces.trace(traceId, traceRef, pageParam),
+    initialPageParam: null as string | null,
+    getNextPageParam: (lastPage: Trace) => lastPage.next_cursor ?? undefined,
     staleTime: 30_000,
-  });
-  const trace = traceQuery.data;
+    retry: false,
+  };
+  const traceQuery = useInfiniteQuery(traceQueryOptions);
+  const trace = useMemo(() => {
+    const pages = traceQuery.data?.pages;
+    if (!pages?.length) return undefined;
+    return { ...pages[0], spans: pages.flatMap((page) => page.spans) };
+  }, [traceQuery.data]);
+  const seekingSpan = initialSpanMissing(trace, initialSpanId);
+  const { hasNextPage, isFetching, isError, fetchNextPage } = traceQuery;
+  const canSeek = seekingSpan && hasNextPage;
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (canSeek && !isFetching && !isError) void fetchNextPage();
+  }, [canSeek, isFetching, isError, fetchNextPage]);
+  const pageAction = isError ? "Retry" : "Load more steps";
 
   if (traceQuery.isLoading) {
     return (
@@ -396,7 +414,7 @@ export function RunView({ traceId, traceRef, initialSpanId, accessToken, onBack,
       </div>
     );
   }
-  if (traceQuery.isError || !trace) {
+  if (!trace) {
     return (
       <div className="p-6 text-[12px]" data-testid="run-view-error">
         <button
@@ -408,6 +426,9 @@ export function RunView({ traceId, traceRef, initialSpanId, accessToken, onBack,
         </button>
         <h1 className="mb-2 text-[13px] font-medium">Could not load trace</h1>
         <span className="text-muted-foreground">{traceQuery.error?.message ?? "Unknown error"}</span>
+        <Button variant="outline" size="sm" className="ml-3" onClick={() => void traceQuery.refetch()}>
+          Retry
+        </Button>
       </div>
     );
   }
@@ -422,8 +443,35 @@ export function RunView({ traceId, traceRef, initialSpanId, accessToken, onBack,
       data-testid="run-view"
     >
       <RunHeader trace={trace} onBack={onBack} embedded={embedded} />
+      {(traceQuery.hasNextPage || traceQuery.isError) && (
+        <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-3 border-b px-3 py-2 text-xs" role="status">
+          <span>
+            {traceQuery.isError
+              ? "Could not load more steps. Your loaded steps are still available."
+              : `Showing ${trace.spans.length.toLocaleString()} of ${trace.summary.span_count.toLocaleString()} steps`}
+          </span>
+          {traceQuery.isError && (
+            <Button
+              size="xs"
+              variant="ghost"
+              disabled={traceQuery.isFetching}
+              onClick={() => void traceQuery.refetch()}
+            >
+              Refresh trace
+            </Button>
+          )}
+          <Button
+            size="xs"
+            variant="outline"
+            disabled={traceQuery.isFetching}
+            onClick={() => void (traceQuery.hasNextPage ? traceQuery.fetchNextPage() : traceQuery.refetch())}
+          >
+            {traceQuery.isFetching ? "Loading…" : pageAction}
+          </Button>
+        </div>
+      )}
       <RunBody
-        key={trace.summary.trace_id}
+        key={`${trace.summary.trace_ref || trace.summary.trace_id}:${initialSpanId && !seekingSpan ? initialSpanId : "root"}`}
         trace={trace}
         accessToken={accessToken}
         initialSpanId={initialSpanId}
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/tracesApi.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/tracesApi.ts
index 398fe1ec95b..ada76f498a5 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/tracesApi.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/tracesApi.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export interface TraceWindow {
 export interface TracesApi {
   list(window: TraceWindow): Promise<TracePage>;
   anyRecorded(): Promise<boolean>;
-  trace(traceId: string, traceRef?: string): Promise<Trace>;
+  trace(traceId: string, traceRef?: string, cursor?: string | null): Promise<Trace>;
   span(traceId: string, spanId: string, traceRef?: string): Promise<SpanDetail>;
   spanError(
     traceId: string,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export function liveTracesApi(accessToken: string): TracesApi {
       const page = await apiClient.get<TracePage>("/v1/traces", { accessToken, query: { start_ms: 0 } });
       return page.data.length > 0;
     },
-    trace: (traceId, traceRef) => agentTraceCall(accessToken, traceId, traceRef),
+    trace: (traceId, traceRef, cursor) => agentTraceCall(accessToken, traceId, traceRef, cursor),
     span: (traceId, spanId, traceRef) => agentTraceSpanCall(accessToken, traceId, spanId, traceRef),
     spanError: (traceId, spanId, options) => agentTraceSpanErrorCall(accessToken, traceId, spanId, options),
   };
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/useAgentTraces.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/useAgentTraces.ts
index dd3bbc873b3..b1e20748770 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/useAgentTraces.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/view_logs/TraceView/useAgentTraces.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ import { ApiError } from "@/lib/http/client";
 
 import { LIVE_TAIL_INTERVAL_MS } from "../log_filter_logic";
 import type { TracePage, TraceSummary } from "./traceTypes";
+import type { TraceWindow } from "./tracesApi";
+
+interface LoadedTracePage extends TracePage {
+  window: TraceWindow;
+}
 
 export const TRACING_NOT_ENABLED_STATUS = 501;
 /** A proxy without the tracing routes at all answers 404; treat it like tracing being off. */
@@ -55,7 +60,7 @@ export const traceWindowStartMs = (startTime: string, endTime: string, isCustomD
 
 /**
  * GET /v1/traces for the Logs page time range, cursor-paginated ("Load more").
- * Preset ranges re-read "now" on every fetch, moving both bounds so the window keeps its length.
+ * Preset ranges roll on refresh; subsequent pages keep the first page's window.
  */
 export function useAgentTraces({
   accessToken,
@@ -66,19 +71,20 @@ export function useAgentTraces({
   enabled,
 }: UseAgentTracesOptions): AgentTracesResult {
   const traces = useTracesApi(accessToken);
-  const fetchPage = (pageParam: unknown): Promise<TracePage> => {
+  const fetchPage = async (pageParam: unknown): Promise<LoadedTracePage> => {
     const nowMs = Date.now();
-    return traces.list({
+    const window = (pageParam as TraceWindow | null) ?? {
       startMs: traceWindowStartMs(startTime, endTime, isCustomDate, nowMs),
       endMs: isCustomDate ? moment(endTime).valueOf() : nowMs,
-      cursor: pageParam as string | null,
-    });
+    };
+    return { ...(await traces.list(window)), window };
   };
-  const queryOptions: Parameters<typeof useInfiniteQuery<TracePage, Error>>[0] = {
+  const queryOptions: Parameters<typeof useInfiniteQuery<LoadedTracePage, Error>>[0] = {
     queryKey: ["agentTraces", accessToken, startTime, endTime, isCustomDate],
     queryFn: ({ pageParam }) => fetchPage(pageParam),
     initialPageParam: null,
-    getNextPageParam: (lastPage) => lastPage.next_cursor ?? undefined,
+    getNextPageParam: (lastPage) =>
+      lastPage.next_cursor ? { ...lastPage.window, cursor: lastPage.next_cursor } : undefined,
     enabled,
     staleTime: LIVE_TAIL_INTERVAL_MS,
     retry: (failureCount, error) => !requiresUserAction(error) && failureCount < 1,
@@ -87,7 +93,7 @@ export function useAgentTraces({
     refetchOnReconnect: (q) => !requiresUserAction(q.state.error),
     refetchIntervalInBackground: false,
   };
-  const query = useInfiniteQuery<TracePage, Error>(queryOptions);
+  const query = useInfiniteQuery<LoadedTracePage, Error>(queryOptions);
 
   const loaded = useMemo(() => query.data?.pages.flatMap((page) => page.data) ?? [], [query.data]);
   const notEnabled = isTracingNotEnabled(query.error);
@@ -99,7 +105,9 @@ export function useAgentTraces({
     notEnabledDetail: notEnabled ? query.error?.message || "Agent tracing is not enabled" : null,
     error: notEnabled ? null : displayError(query.error),
     hasMore: query.hasNextPage,
-    loadMore: () => void query.fetchNextPage(),
+    loadMore: () => {
+      if (!query.isFetching) void query.fetchNextPage();
+    },
     refetch: () => void query.refetch(),
   };
 }
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/lib/http/schema.d.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/lib/http/schema.d.ts
index 2c14143cfe7..3ed4103a227 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/lib/http/schema.d.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/lib/http/schema.d.ts
@@ -47047,6 +47047,8 @@ export interface components {
         Trace: {
             /** Agents */
             agents: components["schemas"]["AgentNode"][];
+            /** Next Cursor */
+            next_cursor?: string | null;
             /** Spans */
             spans: components["schemas"]["Span"][];
             summary: components["schemas"]["TraceSummary"];
@@ -47279,6 +47281,8 @@ export interface components {
             name: string;
             /** Output Tokens */
             output_tokens: number;
+            /** Resolution Limited */
+            resolution_limited?: boolean;
             /** Service */
             service: string;
             /** Span Count */
@@ -80234,6 +80238,8 @@ export interface operations {
         parameters: {
             query?: {
                 trace_ref?: string;
+                cursor?: string | null;
+                page_size?: number | null;
             };
             header?: never;
             path: {