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 | [[wiki/reports/_index\|reports/]] | Weekly and monthly summaries — generate: `uv run python scripts/report-generator.py --weekly` | 1 |
 | [[wiki/infrastructure/_index\|infrastructure/]] | Server inventory: all 10 SSH hosts — optical, optical-dev, optical-prod, baic, librechat, modocmms, box-cli, aimpress, pve | 12 |
 | [[wiki/testing/_index\|testing/]] | Web app testing: functional, performance, security, UI types; TDD/BDD/Agile methodologies; Selenium/Cypress/Playwright/JMeter/OWASP ZAP tools | 1 |
-| [[wiki/payloadcms/_index\|payloadcms/]] | Full Payload CMS reference — getting started, config, database (Postgres/MongoDB/SQLite), all 22 field types, access control, hooks, authentication (cookies, JWT, API keys, custom strategies, token data), admin UI, custom components, Lexical rich text, live preview, versions/drafts, Local/REST/GraphQL APIs, queries, plugins, jobs queue, upload, ecommerce, production deploy, TypeScript, migration guides, i18n, localization, hierarchy | 126 |
+| [[wiki/payloadcms/_index\|payloadcms/]] | Full Payload CMS reference — getting started, config, database (Postgres/MongoDB/SQLite), all 22 field types, access control, hooks, authentication (cookies, JWT, API keys, custom strategies, token data), admin UI, custom components, Lexical rich text, live preview, versions/drafts, Local/REST/GraphQL APIs, queries, plugins, jobs queue, upload, ecommerce, production deploy, TypeScript, migration guides, i18n, localization, hierarchy | 127 |
 
 | [[wiki/shared-patterns/_index\|shared-patterns/]] | Oliver Agency standard library patterns: httpx, structlog, pydantic-settings, alembic — reuse before writing from scratch | 4 |
 | [[wiki/mistakes/_index\|mistakes/]] | Anti-patterns extracted from sessions — per-stack running lists (fastapi, react, docker, postgres, general) — injected at session start | 5 |

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 | [[wiki/payloadcms/building-without-db-connection\|Building Without a DB Connection]] | Docker build fails when Next.js SSG calls Local API — two-phase `compile`/`generate` build modes, `force-dynamic` escape hatch, `NEXT_PUBLIC_` gotcha | raw/production__building-without-a-db-connection.md | 2026-05-15 |
 | [[wiki/payloadcms/production-preventing-abuse\|Production — Preventing API Abuse]] | Login rate limiting (maxLoginAttempts/lockTime), maxDepth, CSRF, CORS, GraphQL complexity limits, malicious file upload mitigation | raw/production__preventing-abuse.md | 2026-05-15 |
 | [[wiki/payloadcms/queries-depth\|Queries — Depth (Relationship Population)]] | depth=0 (IDs only) vs depth=N (full objects), defaultDepth config, field-level maxDepth cap, performance notes, GraphQL exception | raw/queries__depth.md | 2026-05-15 |
+| [[wiki/payloadcms/queries-pagination\|Queries — Pagination]] | Default pagination (limit/page/pagination options), response shape (docs + metadata), limit:1 perf tip, disabling pagination for bulk ops | raw/queries__pagination.md | 2026-05-15 |

wiki/payloadcms/queries-pagination.md

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+---
+title: "Queries — Pagination"
+aliases: [payload-pagination, payload-find-pagination]
+tags: [payloadcms, queries, pagination, rest-api, local-api]
+sources: [raw/queries__pagination.md]
+created: 2026-05-15
+updated: 2026-05-15
+---
+
+## Overview
+
+All Payload `find` operations are **paginated by default**. Responses wrap documents in a `docs` array alongside pagination metadata.
+
+## Options
+
+| Option | Default | Description |
+|--------|---------|-------------|
+| `limit` | `10` | Max documents returned per page |
+| `page` | `1` | Which page to fetch |
+| `pagination` | `true` | Set `false` to disable and return all docs |
+
+> `limit: 0` automatically disables pagination (same as `pagination: false`).
+
+## Local API
+
+```ts
+const posts = await payload.find({
+  collection: 'posts',
+  limit: 10,
+  page: 2,
+})
+```
+
+## REST API
+
+```
+GET /api/posts?limit=10&page=2
+```
+
+## Response Shape
+
+```json
+{
+  "docs": [...],
+  "totalDocs": 6,
+  "limit": 10,
+  "totalPages": 1,
+  "page": 1,
+  "pagingCounter": 1,
+  "hasPrevPage": false,
+  "hasNextPage": false,
+  "prevPage": null,
+  "nextPage": null
+}
+```
+
+| Field | Description |
+|-------|-------------|
+| `docs` | Array of documents for the current page |
+| `totalDocs` | Total documents in the collection matching the query |
+| `totalPages` | Total pages at the current `limit` |
+| `pagingCounter` | Index of the first doc on this page |
+| `hasPrevPage` / `hasNextPage` | Boolean navigation flags |
+| `prevPage` / `nextPage` | Page numbers or `null` |
+
+## Performance Tips
+
+### Limit to 1 when querying by unique field
+
+```ts
+await payload.find({
+  collection: 'posts',
+  where: { slug: { equals: 'my-post' } },
+  limit: 1,   // no need to scan further
+})
+```
+
+### Disable pagination for bulk operations
+
+```ts
+const all = await payload.find({
+  collection: 'posts',
+  pagination: false,  // skips COUNT query overhead
+})
+```
+
+Disabling pagination removes the `COUNT(*)` overhead — useful for migrations, exports, or scheduled jobs processing all documents.
+
+## Key Takeaways
+
+- All `find` queries return paginated results by default (`limit: 10`, `page: 1`)
+- Response always has `docs[]` + metadata fields (`totalDocs`, `totalPages`, `hasNextPage`, etc.)
+- Set `limit: 1` when querying by unique field (slug, email) for a fast DB lookup
+- Set `pagination: false` (or `limit: 0`) to retrieve all documents in one call — avoids COUNT overhead
+- Works identically across Local API, REST, and GraphQL (GraphQL has its own pagination shape)
+
+## Related
+
+- [[wiki/payloadcms/queries|Queries — Overview]] — where operators, sort, select, depth
+- [[wiki/payloadcms/queries-depth|Queries — Depth]] — relationship population depth
+- [[wiki/payloadcms/rest-api|REST API]] — full query param reference
+- [[wiki/payloadcms/local-api|Local API]] — direct DB access patterns