diff --git a/apps/server/src/pullRequest/GiteaPullRequestApi.test.ts b/apps/server/src/pullRequest/GiteaPullRequestApi.test.ts
index 3e9ffc237bb3..1ce0cd1d346a 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/pullRequest/GiteaPullRequestApi.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/pullRequest/GiteaPullRequestApi.test.ts
@@ -2015,8 +2015,8 @@ layer("GiteaPullRequestApi", (it) => {
       expect(mockedRequest.mock.calls.map((call) => call[0].path)).toEqual([
         "/settings/api",
         "/repos/acme/web/issues/7/reactions?page=1&limit=50",
-        "/repos/acme/web/issues/comments/12/reactions?page=1&limit=50",
-        "/repos/acme/web/issues/comments/34/reactions?page=1&limit=50",
+        "/repos/acme/web/issues/comments/12/reactions",
+        "/repos/acme/web/issues/comments/34/reactions",
       ]);
     }),
   );
@@ -2074,6 +2074,74 @@ layer("GiteaPullRequestApi", (it) => {
     }),
   );
 
+  it.effect.each([50, 200, 201])(
+    "retains all %i native comment reactions with one unpaginated read",
+    (count) =>
+      Effect.gen(function* () {
+        mockedRequest.mockImplementation((input) => {
+          if (input.path === "/settings/api") return Effect.succeed(response({ features: [] }));
+          if (input.path.startsWith("/repos/acme/web/issues/7/reactions?"))
+            return Effect.succeed(response([]));
+          if (input.path === "/repos/acme/web/issues/comments/12/reactions")
+            return Effect.succeed(
+              response(
+                Array.from({ length: count }, (_, index) => ({
+                  content: "+1",
+                  user: { login: `reader-${index}` },
+                })),
+              ),
+            );
+          return Effect.die(`unexpected request: ${input.path}`);
+        });
+        const api = yield* GiteaPullRequestApi.make;
+        const reactions = yield* api.listConversationReactions({
+          host: "forge.example.test",
+          repository: "acme/web",
+          number: 7,
+          viewer: "reader-0",
+          subjectIds: ["issue:12"],
+        });
+
+        expect(reactions.bySubjectId.get("issue:12")).toEqual([
+          expect.objectContaining({ content: "thumbs-up", count, viewerHasReacted: true }),
+        ]);
+        expect(mockedRequest).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+      }),
+  );
+
+  it.effect.each([false, true])(
+    "bounds paginated issue reactions with pagination evidence: %s",
+    (hasEvidence) =>
+      Effect.gen(function* () {
+        mockedRequest.mockImplementation((input) => {
+          if (input.path === "/settings/api") return Effect.succeed(response({ features: [] }));
+          const page = Number(
+            new URL(input.path, "https://forge.example.test").searchParams.get("page"),
+          );
+          return Effect.succeed(
+            response(
+              Array.from({ length: 50 }, (_, index) => ({
+                content: "+1",
+                user: { login: `reader-${page}-${index}` },
+              })),
+              hasEvidence ? { "x-total-count": "201" } : {},
+            ),
+          );
+        });
+        const api = yield* GiteaPullRequestApi.make;
+        const reactions = yield* api.listConversationReactions({
+          host: "forge.example.test",
+          repository: "acme/web",
+          number: 7,
+          viewer: "reader",
+          subjectIds: [],
+        });
+
+        expect(reactions.pullRequest).toEqual([]);
+        expect(mockedRequest).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(hasEvidence ? 5 : 2);
+      }),
+  );
+
   it.effect("reports Gitea's missing review-summary reaction route", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       mockedRequest.mockReturnValueOnce(Effect.succeed(response({ features: [] })));
diff --git a/apps/server/src/pullRequest/GiteaPullRequestApi.ts b/apps/server/src/pullRequest/GiteaPullRequestApi.ts
index 260b63d9cf8f..a8eb58a60cdc 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/pullRequest/GiteaPullRequestApi.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/pullRequest/GiteaPullRequestApi.ts
@@ -1051,8 +1051,8 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
     repository: string;
     path: string;
     limit: number;
-    requirePaginationEvidence?: boolean;
     nullAsEmpty?: boolean;
+    requirePaginationEvidence?: boolean;
   }) {
     const rows: Array<unknown> = [];
     let path = input.path;
@@ -1781,31 +1781,30 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
       }
       const reactions = yield* Effect.all(
         targets.map((entry) =>
-          readUnknownSlice({
-            operation: "listConversationReactions",
-            host: input.host,
-            repository: input.repository,
-            path:
-              entry.target.kind === "pull-request"
-                ? query(`${basePath(input.repository)}/issues/${input.number}/reactions`, {
-                    page: 1,
-                    limit: PAGE_SIZE,
-                  })
-                : entry.target.kind === "review"
-                  ? query(
-                      `${basePath(input.repository)}/pulls/${input.number}/reviews/${entry.target.id}/reactions`,
-                      { page: 1, limit: PAGE_SIZE },
-                    )
-                  : query(
-                      `${basePath(input.repository)}/issues/comments/${entry.target.id}/reactions`,
-                      {
-                        page: 1,
-                        limit: PAGE_SIZE,
-                      },
-                    ),
-            limit: PAGE_SIZE * MAX_PAGINATION_PAGES,
-            nullAsEmpty: true,
-          }).pipe(
+          (entry.target.kind === "comment"
+            ? // Gitea's comment-reaction handler returns the whole list and ignores pagination.
+              readUnknownPage({
+                operation: "listConversationReactions",
+                host: input.host,
+                repository: input.repository,
+                path: `${basePath(input.repository)}/issues/comments/${entry.target.id}/reactions`,
+                nullAsEmpty: true,
+              }).pipe(Effect.map(({ rows }) => ({ rows, truncated: false })))
+            : readUnknownSlice({
+                operation: "listConversationReactions",
+                host: input.host,
+                repository: input.repository,
+                path: query(
+                  entry.target.kind === "review"
+                    ? `${basePath(input.repository)}/pulls/${input.number}/reviews/${entry.target.id}/reactions`
+                    : `${basePath(input.repository)}/issues/${input.number}/reactions`,
+                  { page: 1, limit: PAGE_SIZE },
+                ),
+                limit: PAGE_SIZE * CONVERSATION_PAGES,
+                requirePaginationEvidence: true,
+                nullAsEmpty: true,
+              })
+          ).pipe(
             Effect.map((result) => ({
               subjectId: entry.subjectId,
               reactions: result.truncated