diff --git a/apps/api/plane/tests/unit/utils/test_paginator.py b/apps/api/plane/tests/unit/utils/test_paginator.py
index b249f4d184b0..d36d302ccb20 100644
--- a/apps/api/plane/tests/unit/utils/test_paginator.py
+++ b/apps/api/plane/tests/unit/utils/test_paginator.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ParseError
 from rest_framework.request import Request
 
-from plane.utils.paginator import BasePaginator, Cursor, CursorResult
+from plane.utils.paginator import BasePaginator, Cursor, CursorResult, OffsetPaginator
 
 
 class _StubGroupedPaginator:
@@ -121,3 +121,80 @@ def test_no_group_by_is_unaffected(self):
             paginator_cls=_StubGroupedPaginator,
         )
         assert response.data["grouped_by"] is None
+
+
+class _FakeQuerySet:
+    """Minimal queryset stand-in for OffsetPaginator.
+
+    Tracks how many times count() is called and whether the paginator ever
+    evaluated the result set, so both can be asserted without a database.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, rows, stats=None):
+        self._rows = rows
+        self.stats = stats if stats is not None else {"count_calls": 0, "evaluated": 0}
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        # Slicing stays lazy, mirroring QuerySet.__getitem__ on an unevaluated
+        # queryset.
+        return _FakeQuerySet(self._rows[key], self.stats)
+
+    def count(self):
+        self.stats["count_calls"] += 1
+        return len(self._rows)
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        self.stats["evaluated"] += 1
+        return iter(self._rows)
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        self.stats["evaluated"] += 1
+        return len(self._rows)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.unit
+class TestOffsetPaginatorNextPage:
+    """The next-page flag is derived from total_count instead of a second
+    COUNT over the page window. These pin the equivalence and the query count.
+    """
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("total", "page", "expected"),
+        [
+            (25, 0, True),  # more rows follow
+            (25, 1, True),
+            (25, 2, False),  # final, partial page
+            (0, 0, False),  # empty result set
+            (10, 0, False),  # exactly one full page, nothing after it
+            (11, 0, True),  # one row past the page boundary
+            (20, 1, False),  # exact multiple: page 1 is the last
+            (21, 1, True),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_next_page_flag_matches_row_count(self, total, page, expected):
+        queryset = _FakeQuerySet(list(range(total)))
+        result = OffsetPaginator(queryset).get_result(limit=10, cursor=Cursor(10, page, False))
+        assert result.next.has_results is expected
+
+    def test_page_costs_a_single_count_query(self):
+        queryset = _FakeQuerySet(list(range(25)))
+        OffsetPaginator(queryset).get_result(limit=10, cursor=Cursor(10, 0, False))
+        assert queryset.stats["count_calls"] == 1
+
+    def test_total_count_queryset_is_counted_instead_of_the_page_queryset(self):
+        queryset = _FakeQuerySet(list(range(25)))
+        total_count_queryset = _FakeQuerySet(list(range(25)))
+        OffsetPaginator(queryset, total_count_queryset=total_count_queryset).get_result(
+            limit=10, cursor=Cursor(10, 0, False)
+        )
+        assert total_count_queryset.stats["count_calls"] == 1
+        assert queryset.stats["count_calls"] == 0
+
+    def test_results_are_handed_back_unevaluated(self):
+        # on_results callbacks call queryset methods on this — issue_on_results
+        # does `issues.values(...)` (plane/utils/grouper.py). The paginator must
+        # not collapse it into a list.
+        queryset = _FakeQuerySet(list(range(25)))
+        result = OffsetPaginator(queryset).get_result(limit=10, cursor=Cursor(10, 0, False))
+        assert queryset.stats["evaluated"] == 0
+        assert hasattr(result.results, "count")
diff --git a/apps/api/plane/utils/paginator.py b/apps/api/plane/utils/paginator.py
index 2082041f1ac6..04703bc95db8 100644
--- a/apps/api/plane/utils/paginator.py
+++ b/apps/api/plane/utils/paginator.py
@@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ def get_result(self, limit=1000, cursor=None):
             raise BadPaginationError("Pagination offset cannot be negative")
 
         results = queryset[offset:stop]
-        # Duplicate the queryset so it does not evaluate on any python ops
-        page_results = queryset[offset:stop].values("id")
 
         # Only slice from the end if we're going backwards (previous page)
         if cursor.value != limit and cursor.is_prev:
@@ -159,10 +157,13 @@ def get_result(self, limit=1000, cursor=None):
 
         total_count = self.total_count_queryset.count() if self.total_count_queryset else queryset.count()
 
-        # Check if there are more results available after the current page
+        # Check if there are more results available after the current page.
+        # total_count already answers this, so the page window does not need a
+        # COUNT of its own.
+        has_next = total_count > offset + limit
 
         # Adjust cursors based on the results for pagination
-        next_cursor = Cursor(limit, page + 1, False, page_results.count() > limit)
+        next_cursor = Cursor(limit, page + 1, False, has_next)
         # If the page is greater than 0, then set the previous cursor
         prev_cursor = Cursor(limit, page - 1, True, page > 0)