diff --git a/postflight/adapters/langfuse.py b/postflight/adapters/langfuse.py
index ca9d761..1451141 100644
--- a/postflight/adapters/langfuse.py
+++ b/postflight/adapters/langfuse.py
@@ -273,6 +273,10 @@ def observations(
             pages += 1
             if on_page:
                 on_page(pages, len(rows))
-            cursor = (data.get("meta") or {}).get("cursor")
-            if not cursor:
+            nxt = (data.get("meta") or {}).get("cursor")
+            # A cursor that echoes the one just sent is not a next page — it is the
+            # same page again. Ending on falsy alone turns that into an unbounded
+            # loop that grows `rows` forever and never reports anything.
+            if not nxt or nxt == cursor:
                 return rows
+            cursor = nxt
diff --git a/tests/test_langfuse_adapter.py b/tests/test_langfuse_adapter.py
index 5ef0e41..b77b32d 100644
--- a/tests/test_langfuse_adapter.py
+++ b/tests/test_langfuse_adapter.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from datetime import UTC
 
 from postflight import Config, run
-from postflight.adapters.langfuse import LangfuseAdapter, text_of
+from postflight.adapters.langfuse import LangfuseAdapter, LangfuseClient, text_of
 
 ADAPTER = LangfuseAdapter()
 
@@ -138,6 +138,30 @@ def test_first_non_empty_user_id_wins():
     assert built.user_id == "u1"
 
 
+def test_paging_stops_when_the_cursor_stops_advancing():
+    """A repeated cursor means the same page again, not a next one.
+
+    Pages past the last one raise, so a client that keeps walking fails loudly here
+    instead of looping until the suite is killed.
+    """
+    pages = [
+        {"data": [span(name="a.turn")], "meta": {"cursor": "same"}},
+        {"data": [span(name="b.turn")], "meta": {"cursor": "same"}},
+    ]
+    asked: list[str] = []
+
+    class Client(LangfuseClient):
+        def get(self, path, retries=5):
+            asked.append(path)
+            return pages[len(asked) - 1]  # IndexError past the last page
+
+    rows = Client("https://h", "pk", "sk").observations(hours=1)
+
+    assert len(asked) == 2
+    assert len(rows) == 2
+    assert "cursor=same" in asked[1]
+
+
 def test_text_of_handles_the_three_output_shapes():
     assert text_of('[{"type": "text", "text": "hi"}]') == "hi"
     assert text_of([{"type": "text", "text": "hi"}]) == "hi"