diff --git a/.agents/skills/public-api/SKILL.md b/.agents/skills/public-api/SKILL.md
index a7b8860106d..575c1d0ef45 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/public-api/SKILL.md
+++ b/.agents/skills/public-api/SKILL.md
@@ -133,11 +133,15 @@ model; reuse only what applies. Decorators, all from `@n8n/decorators`:
 
 ## List endpoints (cursor pagination)
 
-Copy the cursor flow from `tags.public.controller.ts`. Use `publicApiPaginationSchema`
-plus `decodeCursor` / `encodeNextCursor` from the shared pagination service; the
+Copy the cursor flow from `tags.public.controller.ts`. The input DTO takes
+`limit: publicApiPaginationSchema.limit` plus `cursor: z.string().optional()` —
+pick `limit` off the schema, never spread the whole `publicApiPaginationSchema`
+(it also exports `offset`, which must never be a Public API query param). Use
+`decodeCursor` / `encodeNextCursor` from the shared pagination service; the
 cursor is opaque; return `{ data, nextCursor }` (never a bare array) with
 `nextCursor: null` on the last page; an invalid cursor is a `400`. Preserve an
-existing endpoint's pagination as-is. Detail:
+existing endpoint's cursor semantics as-is — but an `offset` param is a
+defect to remove, not a contract to preserve. Detail:
 [List endpoints and cursor pagination](reference.md#list-endpoints-and-cursor-pagination).
 
 ## Wiring checklist
diff --git a/.agents/skills/public-api/reference.md b/.agents/skills/public-api/reference.md
index e5b78d731ad..996be1cce8f 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/public-api/reference.md
+++ b/.agents/skills/public-api/reference.md
@@ -13,18 +13,28 @@ Copy the working flow from `v1/controllers/tags.public.controller.ts` (and
 `workflows.public.controller.ts` for a `@Param` list) rather than pasting a
 snippet here — a copy would drift. The moving parts:
 
-- Input DTO composes `publicApiPaginationSchema` from `@n8n/api-types` (a `limit`
-  plus an opaque `cursor`).
+- Input DTO takes `limit: publicApiPaginationSchema.limit` plus an opaque
+  `cursor: z.string().optional()` — cherry-pick `limit` but never spread the whole
+  `publicApiPaginationSchema`. That schema also exports `offset`, used by
+  internal-API-style page params elsewhere; a Public API list DTO must never
+  expose it as a query param. See `ListTagsQueryDto` for the shape to copy.
 - `decodeCursor` / `encodeNextCursor` live in
   `v1/shared/services/pagination.service.ts`. Decode the incoming cursor to
   `{ offset, limit }`, guard the decoded shape, and pass `offset`/`limit` to the
-  service.
+  service — `offset` is an internal implementation detail of the cursor here,
+  never a client-facing query param.
 - Treat the cursor as opaque; never hand-encode a token.
 - Return an envelope `{ data, nextCursor }` — never a bare array.
 - `encodeNextCursor(...)` returns `null` when there is no further page; surface
   that as `nextCursor: null`.
 - An invalid/undecodable cursor is a `400` via the existing bad-request error.
-- For an existing list endpoint, keep its current pagination semantics unchanged.
+- For an existing list endpoint, keep its current *cursor* semantics unchanged.
+  A leaked `offset` query param (DTO spreading `publicApiPaginationSchema`
+  instead of picking `limit`) is a defect to remove, not a contract to
+  preserve — decorator-routed DTOs validate via a plain `z.object()`, which
+  silently strips unknown query keys rather than rejecting them, so removing
+  `offset` from the DTO makes it inert rather than erroring for existing
+  callers.
 
 The output DTO wraps the list as `{ data, nextCursor }` and is declared with
 `@ApiResponse(...)` so the registry strips undeclared fields.
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/workflow-history/list-workflow-history-query.dto.ts b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/workflow-history/list-workflow-history-query.dto.ts
index a94c12139da..b140ae6248b 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/workflow-history/list-workflow-history-query.dto.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/workflow-history/list-workflow-history-query.dto.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ import { Z } from '../../zod-class';
 import { publicApiPaginationSchema } from '../pagination/pagination.dto';
 
 export class ListWorkflowHistoryQueryDto extends Z.class({
-	...publicApiPaginationSchema,
+	limit: publicApiPaginationSchema.limit,
 	cursor: z.string().optional(),
 }) {}
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/public-api/v1/handlers/workflows/spec/paths/getWorkflowHistory.generated.yml b/packages/cli/src/public-api/v1/handlers/workflows/spec/paths/getWorkflowHistory.generated.yml
index 5978cd0fe29..ab9ff77afed 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/public-api/v1/handlers/workflows/spec/paths/getWorkflowHistory.generated.yml
+++ b/packages/cli/src/public-api/v1/handlers/workflows/spec/paths/getWorkflowHistory.generated.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ summary: Retrieve workflow version history
 description: Returns a paginated list of workflow versions (version IDs and metadata) for a workflow.
 x-required-scope: workflow:read
 parameters:
-  - $ref: ../../../../shared/spec/parameters/offset.yml
   - $ref: ../../../../shared/spec/parameters/limit.yml
   - $ref: ../../../../shared/spec/parameters/cursor.yml
   - schema:
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/integration/public-api/workflows.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/integration/public-api/workflows.test.ts
index dae4550dd1a..a82a74e4828 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/integration/public-api/workflows.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/integration/public-api/workflows.test.ts
@@ -1210,26 +1210,6 @@ describe('GET /workflows/:id/history', () => {
 		expect(thirdPage.body.nextCursor).toBeNull();
 	});
 
-	test('should paginate with limit and offset', async () => {
-		const workflow = await createWorkflow({}, owner);
-		await createManyWorkflowHistoryItems(workflow.id, 5);
-
-		const firstPage = await authOwnerAgent.get(`/workflows/${workflow.id}/history`).query({
-			limit: '2',
-			offset: '0',
-		});
-		expect(firstPage.statusCode).toBe(200);
-		expect(firstPage.body.data).toHaveLength(2);
-
-		const secondPage = await authOwnerAgent.get(`/workflows/${workflow.id}/history`).query({
-			limit: '2',
-			offset: '2',
-		});
-		expect(secondPage.statusCode).toBe(200);
-		expect(secondPage.body.data).toHaveLength(2);
-		expect(secondPage.body.data[0].versionId).not.toBe(firstPage.body.data[0].versionId);
-	});
-
 	test('should retrieve history for non-owned workflow when owner', async () => {
 		const workflow = await createWorkflow({}, member);
 		await createWorkflowHistoryItem(workflow.id, { name: 'Member Version' });