diff --git a/app/src/app/api/launch/candles/route.ts b/app/src/app/api/launch/candles/route.ts
index 905fb1f..5bbf158 100644
--- a/app/src/app/api/launch/candles/route.ts
+++ b/app/src/app/api/launch/candles/route.ts
@@ -20,34 +20,39 @@ export async function GET(req: Request) {
   const token = (u.searchParams.get("token") ?? "").toLowerCase();
   const interval = u.searchParams.get("interval") ?? "5m";
   if (!isChainKey(chain) || !isAddress(token) || !isInterval(interval)) return NextResponse.json({ error: "bad params" }, { status: 400 });
-  const usd = await ethUsd();
-  const l = await memo(`launch:${chain}:${token}`, 3_000, () => getLaunch(chain, token, usd));
-  if (!l) return NextResponse.json({ error: "not found" }, { status: 404 });
-  // getLaunch resolves issuer-registry stock quotes too; the static quote list
-  // would relabel them "?" and could aggregate with the wrong decimals.
-  const q = { symbol: l.quote_symbol, decimals: l.quote_decimals };
-  const intervalS = INTERVALS[interval];
-  const launchT = Math.floor(new Date(l.block_time).getTime() / 1000);
-  const requestedAt = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
-  const fromRaw = Number(u.searchParams.get("from"));
-  const from = boundedCandleFrom(fromRaw, launchT, requestedAt, intervalS);
-  const wallet = u.searchParams.get("wallet");
-  const snapshot = await memo(`candles:${chain}:${token}:${interval}:${from}`, 3_000, async () => {
-    const asOf = requestedAt;
-    const [candles, priorPrice] = await Promise.all([
-      getCandles(chain, token, intervalS, from, q.decimals, asOf),
-      getCandleBaseline(chain, token, from, q.decimals),
-    ]);
-    return { candles, priorPrice, asOf };
-  });
-  // A cache hit can predate this request. Markers must share its cutoff so a
-  // new wallet trade cannot appear ahead of the corresponding OHLCV update.
-  const mine = wallet && isAddress(wallet) ? await getWalletSwaps(chain, token, wallet, snapshot.asOf) : null;
-  // launch price in quote per token, from the start tick
-  const launchPrice = 1 / (Math.pow(1.0001, l.start_tick) * Math.pow(10, q.decimals - 18));
-  const baseline = { price: snapshot.priorPrice ?? launchPrice, hasPriorTrades: snapshot.priorPrice !== null };
-  return NextResponse.json(
-    { interval, from, asOf: snapshot.asOf, baseline, launch: { t: launchT, price: launchPrice }, quote: { symbol: q.symbol, decimals: q.decimals, usd: l.quote_usd }, supply: Number(BigInt(l.supply)) / 1e18, candles: snapshot.candles, mine },
-    { headers: { "cache-control": "no-store" } },
-  );
+  try {
+    const usd = await ethUsd();
+    const l = await memo(`launch:${chain}:${token}`, 3_000, () => getLaunch(chain, token, usd));
+    if (!l) return NextResponse.json({ error: "not found" }, { status: 404 });
+    // getLaunch resolves issuer-registry stock quotes too; the static quote list
+    // would relabel them "?" and could aggregate with the wrong decimals.
+    const q = { symbol: l.quote_symbol, decimals: l.quote_decimals };
+    const intervalS = INTERVALS[interval];
+    const launchT = Math.floor(new Date(l.block_time).getTime() / 1000);
+    const requestedAt = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+    const fromRaw = Number(u.searchParams.get("from"));
+    const from = boundedCandleFrom(fromRaw, launchT, requestedAt, intervalS);
+    const wallet = u.searchParams.get("wallet");
+    const snapshot = await memo(`candles:${chain}:${token}:${interval}:${from}`, 3_000, async () => {
+      const asOf = requestedAt;
+      const [candles, priorPrice] = await Promise.all([
+        getCandles(chain, token, intervalS, from, q.decimals, asOf),
+        getCandleBaseline(chain, token, from, q.decimals),
+      ]);
+      return { candles, priorPrice, asOf };
+    });
+    // A cache hit can predate this request. Markers must share its cutoff so a
+    // new wallet trade cannot appear ahead of the corresponding OHLCV update.
+    const mine = wallet && isAddress(wallet) ? await getWalletSwaps(chain, token, wallet, snapshot.asOf) : null;
+    // launch price in quote per token, from the start tick
+    const launchPrice = 1 / (Math.pow(1.0001, l.start_tick) * Math.pow(10, q.decimals - 18));
+    const baseline = { price: snapshot.priorPrice ?? launchPrice, hasPriorTrades: snapshot.priorPrice !== null };
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      { interval, from, asOf: snapshot.asOf, baseline, launch: { t: launchT, price: launchPrice }, quote: { symbol: q.symbol, decimals: q.decimals, usd: l.quote_usd }, supply: Number(BigInt(l.supply)) / 1e18, candles: snapshot.candles, mine },
+      { headers: { "cache-control": "no-store" } },
+    );
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("[launch] candles failed:", err instanceof Error ? err.message : err);
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "could not load candles" }, { status: 502 });
+  }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/app/api/launch/feed/route.ts b/app/src/app/api/launch/feed/route.ts
index 67ce921..5b830e6 100644
--- a/app/src/app/api/launch/feed/route.ts
+++ b/app/src/app/api/launch/feed/route.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ import { memo } from "@/lib/launchpad/memo";
 export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
 
 export async function GET() {
-  const usd = await ethUsd();
-  return NextResponse.json({ items: await memo("feed", 2_000, () => getLaunchFeed(24, usd)) }, { headers: { "cache-control": "no-store" } });
+  try {
+    const usd = await ethUsd();
+    return NextResponse.json({ items: await memo("feed", 2_000, () => getLaunchFeed(24, usd)) }, { headers: { "cache-control": "no-store" } });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("[launch] feed failed:", err instanceof Error ? err.message : err);
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "could not load feed" }, { status: 502 });
+  }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/app/api/launch/holders/route.ts b/app/src/app/api/launch/holders/route.ts
index a8f64d1..0ef57ff 100644
--- a/app/src/app/api/launch/holders/route.ts
+++ b/app/src/app/api/launch/holders/route.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ export async function GET(req: Request) {
   const chain = u.searchParams.get("chain");
   const token = u.searchParams.get("token");
   if (!isChainKey(chain) || !token || !isAddress(token)) return NextResponse.json({ error: "bad params" }, { status: 400 });
-  const panel = await memo(`holders:${chain}:${token.toLowerCase()}`, 5_000, () => getHolderPanel(chain, token));
-  if (!panel) return NextResponse.json({ error: "not found" }, { status: 404 });
-  return NextResponse.json(panel, { headers: { "cache-control": "no-store" } });
+  try {
+    const panel = await memo(`holders:${chain}:${token.toLowerCase()}`, 5_000, () => getHolderPanel(chain, token));
+    if (!panel) return NextResponse.json({ error: "not found" }, { status: 404 });
+    return NextResponse.json(panel, { headers: { "cache-control": "no-store" } });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("[launch] holders failed:", err instanceof Error ? err.message : err);
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "could not load holders" }, { status: 502 });
+  }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/app/api/launch/list/route.ts b/app/src/app/api/launch/list/route.ts
index fdfb772..12b9608 100644
--- a/app/src/app/api/launch/list/route.ts
+++ b/app/src/app/api/launch/list/route.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ export async function GET(req: Request) {
   const filter = isFilter(f) ? f : null;
   const limit = clampLimit(u.searchParams.get("limit"), 50);
   const offset = clampOffset(u.searchParams.get("offset"));
-  const usd = await ethUsd();
-  const page = await listLaunchesPage({ sort, window, chain, filter, limit, offset, ethUsd: usd });
-  return NextResponse.json({ sort, window, chain, filter, limit, offset, has_more: page.hasMore, ethUsd: usd, launches: page.items }, { headers: { "cache-control": "no-store" } });
+  try {
+    const usd = await ethUsd();
+    const page = await listLaunchesPage({ sort, window, chain, filter, limit, offset, ethUsd: usd });
+    return NextResponse.json({ sort, window, chain, filter, limit, offset, has_more: page.hasMore, ethUsd: usd, launches: page.items }, { headers: { "cache-control": "no-store" } });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("[launch] list failed:", err instanceof Error ? err.message : err);
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "could not load list" }, { status: 502 });
+  }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/app/api/launch/live/route.ts b/app/src/app/api/launch/live/route.ts
index faa64d5..6f3b699 100644
--- a/app/src/app/api/launch/live/route.ts
+++ b/app/src/app/api/launch/live/route.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { VOLUME_WINDOWS, getLaunchFeed, getLaunchTotals, getTrending, isTrending
 import { ethUsd } from "@/lib/launchpad/ethPrice";
 import { memo } from "@/lib/launchpad/memo";
 import { listFeed } from "@/lib/launchpad/postsServer";
+import { FEED_POSTS_LIMIT, feedPostsKey } from "@/lib/launchpad/posts-paging";
 
 export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
 
@@ -20,18 +21,23 @@ export async function GET(req: Request) {
   const f = u.searchParams.get("filter");
   const filter = isFilter(f) ? f : null;
   const limit = clampLimit(u.searchParams.get("limit"), 40);
-  const usd = await ethUsd();
-  const listOpts = sort ? { sort, window, chain, filter, limit, offset: 0, ethUsd: usd } : null;
-  // the home list's first page is the strip's candidate set: rank it instead of running the live query a second time;
-  // any other view fetches the strip in the same batch as everything else
-  const deriveTrending = listOpts !== null && isTrendingSource(listOpts);
-  const [feed, totals, page, posts, fetchedTrending] = await Promise.all([
-    memo("feed", 2_000, () => getLaunchFeed(24, usd)),
-    memo("totals", 2_000, () => getLaunchTotals(usd)),
-    listOpts ? memo(`list:${chain ?? "all"}:${sort}:${window}:${filter ?? "-"}:${limit}`, 2_000, () => listLaunchesPage(listOpts)) : Promise.resolve(null),
-    memo("feed-posts:0", 2_000, () => listFeed(30, 0)),
-    deriveTrending ? Promise.resolve(null) : memo("trending", 2_000, () => getTrending(usd)),
-  ]);
-  const trending = fetchedTrending ?? trendingFrom(page?.items ?? []);
-  return NextResponse.json({ at: Date.now(), feed, totals, ethUsd: usd, sort, window, chain, filter, limit, has_more: page?.hasMore ?? null, launches: page?.items ?? null, posts, trending }, { headers: { "cache-control": "no-store" } });
+  try {
+    const usd = await ethUsd();
+    const listOpts = sort ? { sort, window, chain, filter, limit, offset: 0, ethUsd: usd } : null;
+    // the home list's first page is the strip's candidate set: rank it instead of running the live query a second time;
+    // any other view fetches the strip in the same batch as everything else
+    const deriveTrending = listOpts !== null && isTrendingSource(listOpts);
+    const [feed, totals, page, posts, fetchedTrending] = await Promise.all([
+      memo("feed", 2_000, () => getLaunchFeed(24, usd)),
+      memo("totals", 2_000, () => getLaunchTotals(usd)),
+      listOpts ? memo(`list:${chain ?? "all"}:${sort}:${window}:${filter ?? "-"}:${limit}`, 2_000, () => listLaunchesPage(listOpts)) : Promise.resolve(null),
+      memo(feedPostsKey(0), 2_000, () => listFeed(FEED_POSTS_LIMIT, 0)), // the same entry /api/posts?feed=1 serves
+      deriveTrending ? Promise.resolve(null) : memo("trending", 2_000, () => getTrending(usd)),
+    ]);
+    const trending = fetchedTrending ?? trendingFrom(page?.items ?? []);
+    return NextResponse.json({ at: Date.now(), feed, totals, ethUsd: usd, sort, window, chain, filter, limit, has_more: page?.hasMore ?? null, launches: page?.items ?? null, posts, trending }, { headers: { "cache-control": "no-store" } });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("[launch] live failed:", err instanceof Error ? err.message : err);
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "could not load live snapshot" }, { status: 502 });
+  }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/app/api/launch/search/route.ts b/app/src/app/api/launch/search/route.ts
index 5cfe989..08174a9 100644
--- a/app/src/app/api/launch/search/route.ts
+++ b/app/src/app/api/launch/search/route.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ export async function GET(req: Request) {
   const u = new URL(req.url);
   const q = (u.searchParams.get("q") ?? "").slice(0, 80);
   const c = u.searchParams.get("chain");
-  const usd = await ethUsd();
-  const launches = await searchLaunches(q, { chain: isChainKey(c) ? c : null, limit: 20, ethUsd: usd });
-  return NextResponse.json({ q, launches }, { headers: { "cache-control": "no-store" } });
+  try {
+    const usd = await ethUsd();
+    const launches = await searchLaunches(q, { chain: isChainKey(c) ? c : null, limit: 20, ethUsd: usd });
+    return NextResponse.json({ q, launches }, { headers: { "cache-control": "no-store" } });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("[launch] search failed:", err instanceof Error ? err.message : err);
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "could not search" }, { status: 502 });
+  }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/app/api/me/route.ts b/app/src/app/api/me/route.ts
index 97e06a9..166e27d 100644
--- a/app/src/app/api/me/route.ts
+++ b/app/src/app/api/me/route.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,15 @@ export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
 export async function GET(req: Request) {
   const w = (new URL(req.url).searchParams.get("wallet") ?? "").toLowerCase();
   if (!isAddress(w)) return NextResponse.json({ error: "bad wallet" }, { status: 400 });
-  const usd = await ethUsd();
-  const data = await memo(`me:${w}`, 3_000, async () => {
-    const [launches, tokens, trades] = await Promise.all([listLaunches({ launcher: w, limit: 200, ethUsd: usd }), getWalletTokens(w, usd), getWalletTrades(w, usd, 50)]);
-    return { wallet: w, ethUsd: usd, launches, tokens, trades };
-  });
-  return NextResponse.json(data, { headers: { "cache-control": "no-store" } });
+  try {
+    const usd = await ethUsd();
+    const data = await memo(`me:${w}`, 3_000, async () => {
+      const [launches, tokens, trades] = await Promise.all([listLaunches({ launcher: w, limit: 200, ethUsd: usd }), getWalletTokens(w, usd), getWalletTrades(w, usd, 50)]);
+      return { wallet: w, ethUsd: usd, launches, tokens, trades };
+    });
+    return NextResponse.json(data, { headers: { "cache-control": "no-store" } });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("[me] wallet failed:", err instanceof Error ? err.message : err);
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "could not load wallet" }, { status: 502 });
+  }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/app/api/posts/route.ts b/app/src/app/api/posts/route.ts
index fb242cb..b8b35ce 100644
--- a/app/src/app/api/posts/route.ts
+++ b/app/src/app/api/posts/route.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { isChainKey } from "@/lib/chainPublic";
 import { rateLimited } from "@/lib/launchpad/editServer";
 import { createPost, listFeed, listTokenPosts } from "@/lib/launchpad/postsServer";
 import { memo } from "@/lib/launchpad/memo";
-import { parseTokenPostsPaging, postsCursorKey } from "@/lib/launchpad/posts-paging";
+import { FEED_POSTS_LIMIT, feedPostsKey, parseFeedPaging, parseTokenPostsPaging, postsCursorKey } from "@/lib/launchpad/posts-paging";
 
 export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
 
@@ -12,14 +12,24 @@ export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
 export async function GET(req: Request) {
   const u = new URL(req.url);
   if (u.searchParams.get("feed")) {
-    const offset = Number(u.searchParams.get("offset") ?? 0) || 0;
-    return NextResponse.json({ posts: await memo(`feed-posts:${offset}`, 2_000, () => listFeed(30, offset)) }, { headers: { "cache-control": "no-store" } });
+    const { offset } = parseFeedPaging({ offset: u.searchParams.get("offset") });
+    try {
+      return NextResponse.json({ posts: await memo(feedPostsKey(offset), 2_000, () => listFeed(FEED_POSTS_LIMIT, offset)) }, { headers: { "cache-control": "no-store" } });
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error("[posts] feed failed:", err instanceof Error ? err.message : err);
+      return NextResponse.json({ error: "could not load feed" }, { status: 502 });
+    }
   }
   const chain = u.searchParams.get("chain");
   const token = (u.searchParams.get("token") ?? "").toLowerCase();
   if (!isChainKey(chain) || !isAddress(token)) return NextResponse.json({ error: "bad params" }, { status: 400 });
   const { limit, beforeId } = parseTokenPostsPaging({ limit: u.searchParams.get("limit"), before: u.searchParams.get("before") });
-  return NextResponse.json(await memo(postsCursorKey(chain, token, limit, beforeId), 2_000, () => listTokenPosts(chain, token, limit, beforeId)), { headers: { "cache-control": "no-store" } });
+  try {
+    return NextResponse.json(await memo(postsCursorKey(chain, token, limit, beforeId), 2_000, () => listTokenPosts(chain, token, limit, beforeId)), { headers: { "cache-control": "no-store" } });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("[posts] token posts failed:", err instanceof Error ? err.message : err);
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "could not load comments" }, { status: 502 });
+  }
 }
 
 /** POST {chain, token, wallet, parentId?, body, nonce, ts, signature} → new post. */
diff --git a/app/src/lib/launchpad/posts-paging.test.ts b/app/src/lib/launchpad/posts-paging.test.ts
index c970ad5..8187e0e 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/launchpad/posts-paging.test.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/launchpad/posts-paging.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { test } from "node:test";
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
-import { TOKEN_POSTS_DEFAULT_LIMIT, TOKEN_POSTS_MAX_LIMIT, nextPostsCursor, parseTokenPostsPaging, postsCursorKey } from "./posts-paging.ts";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { FEED_POSTS_LIMIT, FEED_POSTS_MAX_OFFSET, clampFeedOffset, TOKEN_POSTS_DEFAULT_LIMIT, TOKEN_POSTS_MAX_LIMIT, feedPostsKey, nextPostsCursor, parseFeedPaging, parseTokenPostsPaging, postsCursorKey } from "./posts-paging.ts";
 
 test("parseTokenPostsPaging defaults, clamps and reads the cursor", () => {
   assert.deepEqual(parseTokenPostsPaging({}), { limit: TOKEN_POSTS_DEFAULT_LIMIT, beforeId: null });
@@ -37,3 +38,33 @@ test("default page preserves existing discussions until the client follows curso
   assert.ok(TOKEN_POSTS_DEFAULT_LIMIT >= 51, "1 parent + 50 replies arrive on the first page");
   assert.equal(nextPostsCursor(Array.from({ length: 75 }, (_, i) => 75 - i), TOKEN_POSTS_DEFAULT_LIMIT), null);
 });
+
+test("parseFeedPaging clamps the offset so bad queries cannot thrash the memo or force huge scans", () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(parseFeedPaging({}), { offset: 0 });
+  assert.deepEqual(parseFeedPaging({ offset: null }), { offset: 0 }, "absent query param uses 0");
+  assert.deepEqual(parseFeedPaging({ offset: "" }), { offset: 0 });
+  assert.deepEqual(parseFeedPaging({ offset: "abc" }), { offset: 0 });
+  assert.deepEqual(parseFeedPaging({ offset: -5 }), { offset: 0 }, "negative collapses to 0");
+  assert.deepEqual(parseFeedPaging({ offset: "40" }), { offset: 40 });
+  assert.deepEqual(parseFeedPaging({ offset: 1.9 }), { offset: 1 }, "truncates");
+  assert.deepEqual(parseFeedPaging({ offset: 9999999999 }), { offset: FEED_POSTS_MAX_OFFSET }, "caps huge offsets");
+  assert.equal(FEED_POSTS_LIMIT, 30, "feed page size matches the previous response");
+});
+
+test("feedPostsKey normalizes the offset into one memo key", () => {
+  assert.equal(feedPostsKey(0), "feed-posts:0");
+  assert.equal(feedPostsKey(-5), "feed-posts:0");
+  assert.equal(feedPostsKey(1.9), "feed-posts:1");
+  assert.equal(feedPostsKey(9999999999), `feed-posts:${FEED_POSTS_MAX_OFFSET}`);
+  assert.equal(feedPostsKey(NaN), "feed-posts:0");
+});
+
+test("the feed query clamps with the same helper as the parser and the memo key", () => {
+  assert.equal(clampFeedOffset(1.9), 1);
+  assert.equal(clampFeedOffset(Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY), 0);
+  assert.equal(clampFeedOffset(1e20), FEED_POSTS_MAX_OFFSET, "a huge offset never reaches Postgres as a non-bigint");
+  const server = readFileSync(new URL("./postsServer.ts", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+  assert.match(server, /OFFSET \$\{clampFeedOffset\(offset\)\}/);
+  const live = readFileSync(new URL("../../app/api/launch/live/route.ts", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+  assert.match(live, /memo\(feedPostsKey\(0\), 2_000, \(\) => listFeed\(FEED_POSTS_LIMIT, 0\)\)/, "live and /api/posts share one feed-posts entry");
+});
diff --git a/app/src/lib/launchpad/posts-paging.ts b/app/src/lib/launchpad/posts-paging.ts
index 02894f7..f69240e 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/launchpad/posts-paging.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/launchpad/posts-paging.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,25 @@ export function postsCursorKey(chain: string, token: string, limit: number, befo
   return `posts:${chain}:${token.toLowerCase()}:${limit}:${beforeId ?? "head"}`;
 }
 
+/** Global human feed page: fixed 30 rows, offset clamped so one bad query cannot thrash the memo or force a huge OFFSET scan. */
+export const FEED_POSTS_LIMIT = 30;
+export const FEED_POSTS_MAX_OFFSET = 100_000;
+
+/** A whole offset in [0, FEED_POSTS_MAX_OFFSET]; anything non-finite is 0. The one clamp the parser, memo key and query share. */
+export function clampFeedOffset(n: number): number {
+  return Number.isFinite(n) ? Math.min(FEED_POSTS_MAX_OFFSET, Math.max(0, Math.trunc(n))) : 0;
+}
+
+export function parseFeedPaging(query: { offset?: unknown }): { offset: number } {
+  const blank = query.offset === null || query.offset === undefined || (typeof query.offset === "string" && query.offset.trim() === "");
+  return { offset: clampFeedOffset(blank ? NaN : Number(query.offset)) };
+}
+
+/** Memo key for a feed page. The offset is clamped first so `-5`, `1.9` and `9999999999` cannot each mint a distinct hot key. */
+export function feedPostsKey(offset: number): string {
+  return `feed-posts:${clampFeedOffset(offset)}`;
+}
+
 /** Cursor for the next page: oldest id on a full page, else null (no more). */
 export function nextPostsCursor(ids: number[], limit: number): number | null {
   if (ids.length < limit) return null;
diff --git a/app/src/lib/launchpad/postsServer.ts b/app/src/lib/launchpad/postsServer.ts
index 59f4982..68e98f3 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/launchpad/postsServer.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/launchpad/postsServer.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { CHAIN_KEY_PATTERN, DEFAULT_CHAIN, chainIdOf, chainKeyOf, type ChainKey
 import { maybeDb } from "@/lib/db";
 import { ERC20_MIN_ABI } from "./abi";
 import { AUTO_HIDE_REPORTS, POST_DAILY_MAX, POST_MIN_GAP_MS, buildModMessage, buildPostMessage, buildReportMessage, canPostNow, holderTag, isReportReason, tsFresh, validateBody, type ModAction, type Tag } from "./posts";
+import { clampFeedOffset } from "./posts-paging";
 
 /** Mute targets: `token:<chain>:<address>`. */
 const TOKEN_TARGET_RE = new RegExp(`^token:(${CHAIN_KEY_PATTERN}):(0x[0-9a-f]{40})$`);
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ export async function listFeed(limit = 30, offset = 0): Promise<PostRow[]> {
   const rows = await db<RawPost[]>`
     SELECT p.id, p.chain_id, p.token, p.wallet, p.parent_id, p.body, p.tag, p.created_at, p.reports, p.hidden, l.symbol, l.name
       FROM bb_posts p JOIN bb_launches l ON l.chain_id = p.chain_id AND l.token = p.token
-     WHERE NOT p.hidden AND p.parent_id IS NULL ORDER BY p.created_at DESC LIMIT ${Math.min(100, limit)} OFFSET ${Math.max(0, offset)}`;
+     WHERE NOT p.hidden AND p.parent_id IS NULL ORDER BY p.created_at DESC LIMIT ${Math.min(100, Math.max(1, Math.trunc(limit) || 30))} OFFSET ${clampFeedOffset(offset)}`;
   return rows.map(shape);
 }
 
@@ -218,7 +219,8 @@ export async function moderate(p: { action: unknown; target: unknown; wallet: st
              ON CONFLICT (chain_id, token) DO UPDATE SET comments_muted = EXCLUDED.comments_muted, updated_at = now()`;
   } else {
     const id = Number(p.target.slice(5));
-    await db`UPDATE bb_posts SET hidden = ${action === "hide"}, hidden_by = ${action === "hide" ? wallet : null} WHERE id = ${id}`;
+    const rows = await db<{ id: number }[]>`UPDATE bb_posts SET hidden = ${action === "hide"}, hidden_by = ${action === "hide" ? wallet : null} WHERE id = ${id} RETURNING id`;
+    if (rows.length === 0) return fail("post not found", 404);
   }
   return { ok: true };
 }