From c28b85803012ceb8fa03755d88cdfe85f4e70384 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Bailey <git@esb.lol>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:48:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update `useAutoPagination` max attempts value (#11623)

---
 src/state/queries/util.test.tsx |  4 ++--
 src/state/queries/util.ts       | 10 +++++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/state/queries/util.test.tsx b/src/state/queries/util.test.tsx
index 695ada0697..43f109aaf3 100644
--- a/src/state/queries/util.test.tsx
+++ b/src/state/queries/util.test.tsx
@@ -78,14 +78,14 @@ describe('useAutoPagination', () => {
     const itemCount = 0
     const {rerender} = renderHook(() => useAutoPagination(value, itemCount, 10))
 
-    for (let i = 1; i < 50; i++) {
+    for (let i = 1; i < 5; i++) {
       value = query({
         fetchNextPage,
         data,
       })
       rerender(undefined)
     }
-    expect(fetchNextPage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(49)
+    expect(fetchNextPage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4)
 
     const second = query({
       data: {
diff --git a/src/state/queries/util.ts b/src/state/queries/util.ts
index 718b6cf7b8..580ba9493e 100644
--- a/src/state/queries/util.ts
+++ b/src/state/queries/util.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ import {
 import {app} from '#/lexicons'
 import * as bsky from '#/types/bsky'
 
+/**
+ * The appview does its own `fillPage`, and defaults to 10 pages. Previously
+ * the frontend tried up to 50 pages, thus the MAX_ATTEMPTS of 5 is a
+ * reasonable compromise to match pre-existing behavior and without blowing up
+ * our backend.
+ */
+const MAX_ATTEMPTS = 5
+
 type AutoPaginationQuery = {
   data?: {pageParams: unknown[]}
   isLoading: boolean
@@ -75,7 +83,7 @@ export function useAutoPagination(
           .some(param => Object.is(cursorOf(param), currentCursor))
         if (repeatedCursor) return
         attemptCount.current++
-        if (attemptCount.current < 50) {
+        if (attemptCount.current < MAX_ATTEMPTS) {
           void query.fetchNextPage()
         }
       } else {