diff --git a/src/api/rate-limit.ts b/src/api/rate-limit.ts
index 40e6629..83686a9 100644
--- a/src/api/rate-limit.ts
+++ b/src/api/rate-limit.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ export function shouldRetryQuery(failureCount: number, error: unknown): boolean
   return true;
 }
 
+// How long to hold off before asking again for what a 429 refused; undefined for any other error.
+export function rateLimitWaitMs(error: unknown): number | undefined {
+  const e = error as { status?: unknown; retryAfterMs?: unknown } | null;
+  if (e?.status !== 429) return undefined;
+  return typeof e.retryAfterMs === "number" ? e.retryAfterMs : RATE_LIMIT_DEFAULT_MS;
+}
+
 // App-wide "the API is throttling us" flag: fed by the fetch wrapper, read by the header badge.
 
 let limitedUntil: number | null = null;
diff --git a/src/features/map/useMapNodesData.ts b/src/features/map/useMapNodesData.ts
index e720d72..b166209 100644
--- a/src/features/map/useMapNodesData.ts
+++ b/src/features/map/useMapNodesData.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { useInfinitePages } from "../../hooks/useInfinitePages";
 import { getNodesPage } from "../../api/client";
+import { MAX_PAGE_SIZE } from "../../lib/constants";
 import type { NodeSummary } from "../nodes/types";
 
 const nodeId = (n: NodeSummary) => n.id;
 
-// Page the selected region's nodes 50 at a time for the map, so the canvas fills batch by batch
+// Page the selected region's nodes 200 at a time for the map, so the canvas fills batch by batch
 // instead of waiting for one big response. Thin wrapper over the shared useInfinitePages (which owns
 // the auto-chain, dedup, and error handling). Loads once per region; WS updates keep nodes live.
 export function useMapNodesData(selectedIatas: string[] | undefined, regionKey: string, opts?: { enabled?: boolean }) {
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ export function useMapNodesData(selectedIatas: string[] | undefined, regionKey:
     queryKey: ["map-nodes", regionKey],
     // Always request neighborIds (just UUIDs) so the neighbor-lines toggle is a pure client-side
     // render switch over already-loaded data — no refetch when toggling.
-    queryFn: (cursor) => getNodesPage(selectedIatas, { cursor, neighbors: true }),
+    queryFn: (cursor) => getNodesPage(selectedIatas, { cursor, neighbors: true, limit: MAX_PAGE_SIZE }),
     getId: nodeId,
     enabled: opts?.enabled,
   });
diff --git a/src/features/nodes/NodeTable.tsx b/src/features/nodes/NodeTable.tsx
index 3fdb16e..7d76924 100644
--- a/src/features/nodes/NodeTable.tsx
+++ b/src/features/nodes/NodeTable.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import type { CursorPage } from "../../types/api";
 import type { WsManager } from "../../api/ws-manager";
 import type { WsNodeUpdate } from "../../types/ws";
 import { EmojiText } from "../../components/EmojiText";
+import { MAX_PAGE_SIZE } from "../../lib/constants";
 
 const nodeId = (n: NodeSummary) => n.id; // stable id accessor for the paged hook's dedup and the table's row keys
 
@@ -180,13 +181,14 @@ export function NodeTable({ wsManager, selectedNodeId, onSelectNode }: NodeTable
     [regionKey, typeFilter, pathsFilter, tracesFilter, nameParam, pubkeyPrefixParam],
   );
 
-  // page the region's nodes 50 at a time (filters stay server-side, in the query key); rows stream
+  // page the region's nodes 200 at a time (filters stay server-side, in the query key); rows stream
   // in as each batch lands. Loads once per filter set — WS updates keep them live, no 30s refetch.
   const { items: nodes, loadedCount, isPaging, isError, isLoading } = useInfinitePages<NodeSummary>({
     queryKey,
     queryFn: (cursor) =>
       getNodesPage(iatas, {
         cursor,
+        limit: MAX_PAGE_SIZE,
         type: typeFilter || undefined,
         name: nameParam,
         pubkeyPrefix: pubkeyPrefixParam,
diff --git a/src/hooks/useInfinitePages.ts b/src/hooks/useInfinitePages.ts
index 4bd13a9..7f1c2e5 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useInfinitePages.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useInfinitePages.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo } from "react";
 import { useInfiniteQuery, keepPreviousData, type QueryKey } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import type { CursorPage } from "../types/api";
+import { rateLimitWaitMs } from "../api/rate-limit";
 
 interface UseInfinitePagesOptions<T, C> {
   queryKey: QueryKey;
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ interface UseInfinitePagesOptions<T, C> {
 // Infinity, no maxPages); dedupes by id because a non-unique cursor can repeat a row across a page
 // boundary. Shared by the map and the entity tables.
 export function useInfinitePages<T, C = number>({ queryKey, queryFn, getId, keepPrevious, auto = true, enabled = true }: UseInfinitePagesOptions<T, C>) {
-  const { data, fetchNextPage, hasNextPage, isFetching, isFetchingNextPage, isError, isFetchNextPageError, isLoading } =
+  const { data, error, refetch, fetchNextPage, hasNextPage, isFetching, isFetchingNextPage, isError, isFetchNextPageError, isLoading } =
     useInfiniteQuery({
       queryKey,
       queryFn: ({ pageParam }) => queryFn(pageParam as C | undefined),
@@ -48,6 +49,15 @@ export function useInfinitePages<T, C = number>({ queryKey, queryFn, getId, keep
     if (auto && enabled) loadMore();
   }, [auto, enabled, loadMore]);
 
+  // A 429 is a pause, not a failure: once Retry-After has passed, ask again for the page it refused.
+  const rateLimited = rateLimitWaitMs(error) !== undefined;
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const wait = rateLimitWaitMs(error);
+    if (wait === undefined || !enabled || isFetching) return;
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => void (isFetchNextPageError ? fetchNextPage() : refetch()), wait);
+    return () => clearTimeout(timer);
+  }, [error, enabled, isFetching, isFetchNextPageError, fetchNextPage, refetch]);
+
   const items = useMemo<T[]>(() => {
     const seen = new Set<string>();
     return (data?.pages.flatMap((p) => p.items) ?? []).filter((it) => {
@@ -58,16 +68,16 @@ export function useInfinitePages<T, C = number>({ queryKey, queryFn, getId, keep
     });
   }, [data, getId]);
 
-  const errored = isError || isFetchNextPageError;
+  const errored = (isError || isFetchNextPageError) && !rateLimited;
   return {
     items,
     loadedCount: items.length,
     // drop the loading state on error so the pill hides instead of hanging on (hasNextPage stays true
     // after a failed page); callers surface isError separately. In auto mode hasNextPage counts as
     // "still paging" (more is coming); in on-demand mode only an in-flight fetch does.
-    isPaging: (isFetching || (auto && hasNextPage)) && !errored,
+    isPaging: (isFetching || (auto && hasNextPage) || rateLimited) && !errored,
     isError: errored,
-    isLoading,
+    isLoading: isLoading || (rateLimited && data === undefined),
     hasMore: hasNextPage && !errored,
     loadMore,
   };
diff --git a/src/lib/constants.ts b/src/lib/constants.ts
index 317b56b..cf0e8e2 100644
--- a/src/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/src/lib/constants.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ export const WS_URL = runtimeEnv("VITE_WS_URL", import.meta.env.VITE_WS_URL) ??
 
 export const LIVE_BUFFER_CAP = 500;
 export const DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE = 50;
+// beacon-server's list cap (maxListLimit); views that load a whole region page at it to stay under the rate limit
+export const MAX_PAGE_SIZE = 200;
 
 export const SCROLL_TOP_THRESHOLD_PX = 100;
 export const SCROLL_BOTTOM_THRESHOLD_PX = 500;
diff --git a/tests/features/map/useMapNodesData.test.tsx b/tests/features/map/useMapNodesData.test.tsx
index 33f45ba..8386cd5 100644
--- a/tests/features/map/useMapNodesData.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/features/map/useMapNodesData.test.tsx
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ describe("useMapNodesData", () => {
     expect(result.current.nodes.map((n) => n.id)).toEqual(["a", "b", "c"]);
     expect(result.current.loadedCount).toBe(3);
     expect(mockGetNodesPage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
-    // second call paginates with the previous page's nextCursor; the map always requests neighbor ids
-    expect(mockGetNodesPage).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(["YYZ"], { cursor: 2, neighbors: true });
+    // second call paginates with the previous page's nextCursor; the map always requests neighbor ids,
+    // at the server's page cap so a whole region takes a quarter of the requests
+    expect(mockGetNodesPage).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(["YYZ"], { cursor: 2, neighbors: true, limit: 200 });
   });
 
   it("stops after a single page when hasMore is false", async () => {
diff --git a/tests/features/nodes/NodeTable.test.tsx b/tests/features/nodes/NodeTable.test.tsx
index 9187b63..8b7f78f 100644
--- a/tests/features/nodes/NodeTable.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/features/nodes/NodeTable.test.tsx
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ describe("NodeTable name column", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("NodeTable paging", () => {
+  it("asks for nodes at the server's page cap, so a whole region takes a quarter of the requests", async () => {
+    mount([node({ id: "node-a", name: "Node A" })]);
+    await screen.findByText("Node A");
+    expect(vi.mocked(getNodesPage)).toHaveBeenCalledWith(["YVR"], expect.objectContaining({ limit: 200 }));
+  });
+});
+
 describe("NodeTable location column", () => {
   it("shows a dash for an explicit 0/0 advert reset, not the coordinates", async () => {
     mount([node({ id: "node-zero", name: "Zeroed node", lat: 0, lng: 0 })]);
diff --git a/tests/hooks/useInfinitePages.test.tsx b/tests/hooks/useInfinitePages.test.tsx
index 46d317e..06c30dc 100644
--- a/tests/hooks/useInfinitePages.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/hooks/useInfinitePages.test.tsx
@@ -69,6 +69,50 @@ describe("useInfinitePages", () => {
     expect(result.current.items.map(rowId)).toEqual(["a"]); // page 1 still shows
   });
 
+  it("waits out a rate limit and carries on from the refused page", async () => {
+    const limited = Object.assign(new Error("rate limited"), { status: 429, retryAfterMs: 300 });
+    const queryFn = vi.fn();
+    queryFn
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ items: [row("a")], nextCursor: 1, hasMore: true })
+      .mockRejectedValueOnce(limited)
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ items: [row("b")], nextCursor: null, hasMore: false });
+
+    const { result } = renderHook(
+      () => useInfinitePages({ queryKey: ["rl", 1], queryFn, getId: rowId }),
+      { wrapper: wrapper() },
+    );
+
+    // refused: still paging, not an error, and nothing retried before Retry-After
+    await waitFor(() => expect(queryFn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2));
+    expect(result.current.isError).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.current.isPaging).toBe(true);
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.items.map(rowId)).toEqual(["a", "b"]));
+    expect(queryFn).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(3, 1); // the same page again, not a skip
+    expect(result.current.isPaging).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.current.isError).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("waits out a rate limit on the first page too, showing it as loading", async () => {
+    const limited = Object.assign(new Error("rate limited"), { status: 429, retryAfterMs: 300 });
+    const queryFn = vi.fn();
+    queryFn
+      .mockRejectedValueOnce(limited)
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ items: [row("a")], nextCursor: null, hasMore: false });
+
+    const { result } = renderHook(
+      () => useInfinitePages({ queryKey: ["rl", 2], queryFn, getId: rowId }),
+      { wrapper: wrapper() },
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(queryFn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.isLoading).toBe(true));
+    expect(result.current.isError).toBe(false);
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.items.map(rowId)).toEqual(["a"]));
+    expect(result.current.isError).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it("with auto:false, loads only the first page until loadMore is called", async () => {
     const queryFn = vi.fn();
     queryFn