diff --git a/.changes/pr-pipeline/fix-reconcile-paginate-lane-runs-ac2fefa2.md b/.changes/pr-pipeline/fix-reconcile-paginate-lane-runs-ac2fefa2.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5169888a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/pr-pipeline/fix-reconcile-paginate-lane-runs-ac2fefa2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Fixed
+
+- The lost-run reconciler pages through a day of pr-verify runs instead of failing when there are more than 100, says how many listings failed instead of "nothing lost", and explains an exit 1 in the act step.
diff --git a/.github/scripts/maintenance-reconcile-lost-runs/reconcile.mjs b/.github/scripts/maintenance-reconcile-lost-runs/reconcile.mjs
index b35dc86759..6251d9dd4a 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/maintenance-reconcile-lost-runs/reconcile.mjs
+++ b/.github/scripts/maintenance-reconcile-lost-runs/reconcile.mjs
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ export const MAX_IN_FLIGHT = 3;
 export const WRITE_GAP_MS = 1000;
 // An outage loss is re-run within a day; an older one is left to a person (judgment).
 export const LOOKBACK_HOURS = 24;
+// Pages of 100 read from a lane's run listing; a day of pr-verify runs fits in
+// them, and a listing that does not is a failure, never a partial read.
+export const LANE_RUN_PAGES = 5;
 
 class RateLimited extends Error {}
 
@@ -176,11 +179,18 @@ async function plan({ repo, call, say, since }) {
   for (const lanePath of RECORDED_LANES) {
     try {
       const file = lanePath.slice(lanePath.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);
-      const listing = await call("GET", `/repos/${repo}/actions/workflows/${file}/runs?created=${created}&per_page=100`);
-      if (!Array.isArray(listing?.workflow_runs) || listing.total_count > 100) {
-        throw new Error("its run listing is not one complete page");
-      }
-      const runs = listing.workflow_runs.filter((r) => r.path === lanePath);
+      const listed = await paginate(
+        async (...args) => {
+          const page = await call(...args);
+          if (!Array.isArray(page?.workflow_runs)) {
+            throw new Error("its run listing is not a page of runs");
+          }
+          return page.workflow_runs;
+        },
+        `/repos/${repo}/actions/workflows/${file}/runs?created=${created}`,
+        LANE_RUN_PAGES,
+      );
+      const runs = listed.filter((r) => r.path === lanePath);
       inFlight += runs.filter((r) => r.status !== "completed" && r.run_attempt > 1).length;
       const unpublished = [];
       for (const r of runs.filter((run) => isLostLane(run, since))) {
@@ -323,7 +333,11 @@ export async function main({ env = process.env, github, fetchStatus: readStatus
         throw new Error("the plan file does not hold a plan");
       }
       const failed = await act({ repo, call, say, since, sleep, items: planned.items });
-      return finish(planned.failed + failed === 0 ? 0 : 1);
+      if (planned.failed + failed > 0) {
+        console.log(`::error title=reconcile::the plan step recorded ${planned.failed} listing failures and ${failed} re-runs failed; see the Find lost runs step`);
+        return finish(1);
+      }
+      return finish(0);
     }
 
     let result = { items: [], failed: 0 };
@@ -359,7 +373,7 @@ export async function main({ env = process.env, github, fetchStatus: readStatus
     }
     write();
     if (lines.length === 0 && result.items.length === 0) {
-      say("nothing lost");
+      say(result.failed > 0 ? `${result.failed} listings failed; what was lost is unknown` : "nothing lost");
     }
     return finish(0);
   } catch (error) {
diff --git a/.github/scripts/maintenance-reconcile-lost-runs/reconcile.test.mjs b/.github/scripts/maintenance-reconcile-lost-runs/reconcile.test.mjs
index 1b7a7d5549..f88730e714 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/maintenance-reconcile-lost-runs/reconcile.test.mjs
+++ b/.github/scripts/maintenance-reconcile-lost-runs/reconcile.test.mjs
@@ -76,10 +76,11 @@ function fakeGitHub({ pulls, runs = [], fail = {} }) {
       const found = runs.filter((r) => r.head_sha === listing[1]);
       return { total_count: found.length, workflow_runs: found };
     }
-    const byWorkflow = /^\/repos\/[^/]+\/[^/]+\/actions\/workflows\/([a-z0-9-]+\.yml)\/runs\?created=%3E%3D2026-10-18T20%3A00%3A00Z&per_page=100$/.exec(path);
+    const byWorkflow = /^\/repos\/[^/]+\/[^/]+\/actions\/workflows\/([a-z0-9-]+\.yml)\/runs\?created=%3E%3D2026-10-18T20%3A00%3A00Z&per_page=100(?:&page=([0-9]+))?$/.exec(path);
     if (method === "GET" && byWorkflow) {
       const found = runs.filter((r) => r.path === `.github/workflows/${byWorkflow[1]}`);
-      return { total_count: found.length, workflow_runs: found };
+      const page = Number(byWorkflow[2] ?? 1);
+      return { total_count: found.length, workflow_runs: found.slice((page - 1) * 100, page * 100) };
     }
     const jobs = /^\/repos\/[^/]+\/[^/]+\/actions\/runs\/([0-9]+)\/attempts\/1\/jobs\?per_page=100$/.exec(path);
     if (method === "GET" && jobs) {
@@ -448,3 +449,35 @@ test("a non-operational Actions status records nothing", async () => {
   assert.deepEqual(calls, []);
   assert.deepEqual(records(outputs), ["", "", ""]);
 });
+
+// A day of pr-verify runs: succeeded ones, with the given runs among them.
+const verifyDay = (count, lost) =>
+  Array.from({ length: count }, (_, i) => lost.get(i) ?? { ...run(10_000 + i, MAIN_TIP, { path: VERIFY, event: "workflow_run", conclusion: "success" }), head_branch: "main" });
+
+test("a lane listing of 150 runs over 2 pages finds a lost run on page 2", async () => {
+  const lost = verifyRun(201);
+  const { code, reruns, calls, outputs } = await reconcile({ pulls: [], runs: verifyDay(150, new Map([[120, lost]])) });
+  assert.equal(code, 0);
+  assert.deepEqual(reruns, [201]);
+  assert.deepEqual(records(outputs).slice(0, 1), [`reconcile-rerun-201-2-${MAIN_TIP}`]);
+  assert.equal(calls.filter((c) => c.includes("/workflows/pr-verify.yml/runs?")).length, 2);
+});
+
+test("a lane listing past the page cap is a failure, and nothing is called lost", async (t) => {
+  const log = t.mock.method(console, "log", () => {});
+  const { code, reruns } = await reconcile({ pulls: [], runs: verifyDay(501, new Map([[0, verifyRun(201)]])) });
+  const lines = log.mock.calls.map((c) => String(c.arguments[0]));
+  assert.equal(code, 1);
+  assert.deepEqual(reruns, []);
+  assert.ok(lines.some((l) => l.startsWith("::error title=reconcile::.github/workflows/pr-verify.yml:") && l.includes("has more than 5 pages")));
+  assert.ok(!lines.includes("reconcile: nothing lost"));
+  assert.ok(lines.includes("reconcile: 1 listings failed; what was lost is unknown"));
+});
+
+test("act says why it exits 1 when the plan recorded listing failures", async (t) => {
+  const log = t.mock.method(console, "log", () => {});
+  const { code } = await reconcile({ pulls: [], runs: verifyDay(501, new Map()) });
+  const errors = log.mock.calls.map((c) => String(c.arguments[0])).filter((l) => l.startsWith("::error title=reconcile::the plan step"));
+  assert.equal(code, 1);
+  assert.deepEqual(errors, ["::error title=reconcile::the plan step recorded 1 listing failures and 0 re-runs failed; see the Find lost runs step"]);
+});