diff --git a/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/console/worker-console.ui.test.ts b/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/console/worker-console.ui.test.ts
index 80ed257d..67c9ef34 100644
--- a/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/console/worker-console.ui.test.ts
+++ b/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/console/worker-console.ui.test.ts
@@ -218,23 +218,22 @@ Deno.test("workspace Tickets surface provides Kanban and lifecycle controls", as
     "Tickets and Objectives should each be a single sidebar link",
   );
   assert(
-    !ticketsLoad.includes("?limit=1000") &&
-      ticketsLoad.includes('workspaceApiPath(workspaceId, "/tickets/query")') &&
-      ticketsLoad.includes("ticketLaneDefinitions()") &&
-      ticketsLoad.includes("ticketLaneQuery(lane)") &&
+    ticketsLoad.includes("?limit=1000") &&
+      !ticketsLoad.includes("/tickets/query") &&
       ticketsPage.includes('class="ticket-kanban"') &&
       ticketsPage.includes('class="ticket-lane-cards"') &&
+      ticketsPage.includes("lane.tickets.slice(0, lane.visibleCount)") &&
       ticketsPage.includes("handleLaneScroll") &&
-      ticketsPage.includes("Loading 30 more"),
-    "Tickets list should query and incrementally scroll each Kanban lane",
+      ticketsPage.includes("revealNextTickets"),
+    "Tickets list should fetch lightweight summaries once and incrementally reveal each Kanban lane",
   );
   assert(
     ticketPanelModel.includes('label: "Ready + Planning"') &&
       ticketPanelModel.includes('label: "In progress + Queued"') &&
       ticketPanelModel.includes('label: "Done + Closed"') &&
       ticketPanelModel.includes("TICKET_LANE_PAGE_SIZE = 30") &&
-      ticketPanelModel.includes('sort: "updated_desc"'),
-    "Ticket Kanban should combine related states into independent cursor pages",
+      ticketPanelModel.includes("nextTicketLaneVisibleCount"),
+    "Ticket Kanban should combine related states into independent 30-item display windows",
   );
   assert(
     generatedTicketApi.includes("Generated from yoi-workspace-server") &&
diff --git a/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/styles/tickets.css b/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/styles/tickets.css
index f9f50bad..f172464d 100644
--- a/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/styles/tickets.css
+++ b/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/styles/tickets.css
@@ -189,15 +189,6 @@
     font-size: 0.7rem;
     text-align: center;
   }
-  .ticket-lane-load-error {
-    display: grid;
-    gap: 0.5rem;
-    color: #d66;
-    padding: 0.5rem;
-  }
-  .ticket-lane-load-error button {
-    justify-self: start;
-  }
   .ticket-card {
     display: grid;
     gap: 0.55rem;
diff --git a/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/tickets/ticket-panel.test.ts b/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/tickets/ticket-panel.test.ts
index 8c1b3386..d3089a7b 100644
--- a/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/tickets/ticket-panel.test.ts
+++ b/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/tickets/ticket-panel.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import {
-  appendUniqueTicketSummaries,
+  nextTicketLaneVisibleCount,
   TICKET_LANE_PAGE_SIZE,
-  ticketLaneDefinitions,
-  ticketLaneQuery,
   ticketLanes,
   ticketWorkerLaunchHref,
   ticketWorkerMessage,
@@ -83,47 +81,13 @@ Deno.test("ticketLanes combines workflow states and sorts by state then update t
   ]);
 });
 
-Deno.test("ticket lane queries request independent pages of 30", () => {
-  const [readyPlanning, inprogressQueued, doneClosed] = ticketLaneDefinitions();
-
+Deno.test("ticket lane visibility advances in bounded pages of 30", () => {
   assertEquals(TICKET_LANE_PAGE_SIZE, 30);
-  assertEquals(ticketLaneQuery(readyPlanning).states, ["ready", "planning"]);
-  assertEquals(ticketLaneQuery(inprogressQueued).states, [
-    "inprogress",
-    "queued",
-  ]);
-  assertEquals(ticketLaneQuery(doneClosed, "next-page"), {
-    attention: [],
-    cursor: "next-page",
-    event_kinds: [],
-    evidence: [],
-    limit: 30,
-    linked_objective_id: null,
-    query: null,
-    related_ticket_id: null,
-    relation_kind: null,
-    review_status: null,
-    sort: "updated_desc",
-    states: ["done", "closed"],
-    updated_after: null,
-    updated_before: null,
-  });
-});
-
-Deno.test("incremental Ticket pages preserve order and discard duplicate ids", () => {
-  const current = [
-    { id: "first", title: "First", state: "ready", priority: "1" },
-    { id: "second", title: "Second", state: "planning", priority: "2" },
-  ] as TicketSummary[];
-  const incoming = [
-    { id: "second", title: "Duplicate", state: "planning", priority: "2" },
-    { id: "third", title: "Third", state: "planning", priority: "3" },
-  ] as TicketSummary[];
-
-  assertEquals(
-    appendUniqueTicketSummaries(current, incoming).map((ticket) => ticket.id),
-    ["first", "second", "third"],
-  );
+  assertEquals(nextTicketLaneVisibleCount(0, 95), 30);
+  assertEquals(nextTicketLaneVisibleCount(30, 95), 60);
+  assertEquals(nextTicketLaneVisibleCount(60, 95), 90);
+  assertEquals(nextTicketLaneVisibleCount(90, 95), 95);
+  assertEquals(nextTicketLaneVisibleCount(95, 95), 95);
 });
 
 Deno.test("ticket worker launch uses the common Worker route and bounded Ticket context", () => {
@@ -167,15 +131,12 @@ Deno.test("ticket panel starts the Orchestrator explicitly and gates orchestrati
   assertIncludes(panelSource, '{ method: "POST" }');
   assertIncludes(panelSource, "Start Orchestrator");
   assertIncludes(panelSource, "orchestrator.data?.online");
-  assertIncludes(
-    panelSource,
-    'workspaceApiPath(data.workspaceId, "/tickets/query")',
-  );
+  assertIncludes(panelSource, "lane.tickets.slice(0, lane.visibleCount)");
   assertIncludes(
     panelSource,
     "onscroll={(event) => handleLaneScroll(event, lane.id)}",
   );
-  assertIncludes(panelSource, "Loading 30 more…");
+  assertIncludes(panelSource, "Scroll for");
   assertIncludes(detailSource, "{#if orchestratorOnline}");
   assertIncludes(detailSource, "!orchestratorOnline");
   assertIncludes(detailSource, "Orchestrator offline");
diff --git a/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/tickets/ticket-panel.ts b/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/tickets/ticket-panel.ts
index dc6c4466..6162dc62 100644
--- a/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/tickets/ticket-panel.ts
+++ b/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/tickets/ticket-panel.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-import type {
-  TicketDetail,
-  TicketQueryItem,
-  TicketQueryRequest,
-  TicketSummary,
-} from "$lib/generated/ticket-api";
+import type { TicketDetail, TicketSummary } from "$lib/generated/ticket-api";
 
 export const TICKET_STATES = [
   "planning",
@@ -77,57 +72,11 @@ export type TicketLane = {
   tickets: TicketCardSummary[];
 };
 
-export function ticketLaneDefinitions(): readonly TicketLaneDefinition[] {
-  return LANE_DEFINITIONS;
-}
-
-export function ticketLaneQuery(
-  lane: { states: readonly TicketState[] },
-  cursor: string | null = null,
-): TicketQueryRequest {
-  return {
-    attention: [],
-    cursor,
-    event_kinds: [],
-    evidence: [],
-    limit: TICKET_LANE_PAGE_SIZE,
-    linked_objective_id: null,
-    query: null,
-    related_ticket_id: null,
-    relation_kind: null,
-    review_status: null,
-    sort: "updated_desc",
-    states: [...lane.states],
-    updated_after: null,
-    updated_before: null,
-  };
-}
-
-export function ticketSummaryFromQueryItem(
-  item: TicketQueryItem,
-): TicketCardSummary {
-  return {
-    id: item.id,
-    priority: item.priority === null ? "normal" : String(item.priority),
-    state: item.state,
-    title: item.title,
-    updated_at: item.updated_at,
-  };
-}
-
-export function appendUniqueTicketSummaries(
-  current: TicketCardSummary[],
-  incoming: TicketCardSummary[],
-): TicketCardSummary[] {
-  const ids = new Set(current.map((ticket) => ticket.id));
-  return [
-    ...current,
-    ...incoming.filter((ticket) => {
-      if (ids.has(ticket.id)) return false;
-      ids.add(ticket.id);
-      return true;
-    }),
-  ];
+export function nextTicketLaneVisibleCount(
+  current: number,
+  total: number,
+): number {
+  return Math.min(total, current + TICKET_LANE_PAGE_SIZE);
 }
 
 function updatedAt(ticket: TicketCardSummary): number {
diff --git a/web/workspace/src/routes/w/[workspaceId]/tickets/+page.svelte b/web/workspace/src/routes/w/[workspaceId]/tickets/+page.svelte
index b0139cdd..2bcdaee8 100644
--- a/web/workspace/src/routes/w/[workspaceId]/tickets/+page.svelte
+++ b/web/workspace/src/routes/w/[workspaceId]/tickets/+page.svelte
@@ -1,40 +1,34 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import { untrack } from "svelte";
-  import type { TicketQueryResponse } from "$lib/generated/ticket-api";
+  import type { TicketListResponse } from "$lib/generated/ticket-api";
   import type { ApiResult } from "$lib/workspace/api/http";
   import { loadJson, workspaceApiPath } from "$lib/workspace/api/http";
   import {
-    appendUniqueTicketSummaries,
-    ticketLaneQuery,
-    ticketSummaryFromQueryItem,
-    type TicketCardSummary,
+    nextTicketLaneVisibleCount,
+    TICKET_LANE_PAGE_SIZE,
+    ticketLanes,
+    type TicketLane,
     type TicketLaneId,
-    type TicketState,
     type WorkspaceOrchestratorStatus,
   } from "$lib/workspace/tickets/ticket-panel";
   import "$lib/workspace/styles/tickets.css";
 
-  type LanePage = {
-    id: TicketLaneId;
-    label: string;
-    states: TicketState[];
-    tickets: TicketCardSummary[];
-    nextCursor: string | null;
-    hasMore: boolean;
-    error: string | null;
-  };
+  type VisibleTicketLane = TicketLane & { visibleCount: number };
 
   const { data } = $props<{
     data: {
       workspaceId: string;
-      ticketLanePages: LanePage[];
+      tickets: ApiResult<TicketListResponse>;
       orchestrator: ApiResult<WorkspaceOrchestratorStatus>;
     };
   }>();
 
-  let lanes = $state<(LanePage & { loading: boolean })[]>(
+  let lanes = $state<VisibleTicketLane[]>(
     untrack(() =>
-      data.ticketLanePages.map((lane: LanePage) => ({ ...lane, loading: false }))
+      ticketLanes(data.tickets.data?.items ?? []).map((lane) => ({
+        ...lane,
+        visibleCount: Math.min(TICKET_LANE_PAGE_SIZE, lane.tickets.length),
+      }))
     ),
   );
   let orchestrator = $state<ApiResult<WorkspaceOrchestratorStatus>>(
@@ -42,7 +36,7 @@
   );
   let orchestratorStarting = $state(false);
   const displayedTicketCount = $derived(
-    lanes.reduce((count, lane) => count + lane.tickets.length, 0),
+    lanes.reduce((count, lane) => count + lane.visibleCount, 0),
   );
   const LANE_LOAD_THRESHOLD_PX = 96;
 
@@ -63,64 +57,18 @@
     return Number.isNaN(date.getTime()) ? value : date.toLocaleDateString();
   }
 
-  function updateLane(
-    laneId: TicketLaneId,
-    update: (lane: LanePage & { loading: boolean }) =>
-      LanePage & { loading: boolean },
-  ): void {
-    lanes = lanes.map((lane) => lane.id === laneId ? update(lane) : lane);
-  }
-
-  async function loadMoreTickets(laneId: TicketLaneId): Promise<void> {
-    const lane = lanes.find((candidate) => candidate.id === laneId);
-    if (!lane || lane.loading || (!lane.hasMore && !lane.error)) return;
-
-    updateLane(laneId, (current) => ({
-      ...current,
-      loading: true,
-      error: null,
-    }));
-
-    let result: ApiResult<TicketQueryResponse>;
-    try {
-      result = await loadJson<TicketQueryResponse>(
-        fetch,
-        workspaceApiPath(data.workspaceId, "/tickets/query"),
-        {
-          method: "POST",
-          headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
-          body: JSON.stringify(ticketLaneQuery(lane, lane.nextCursor)),
-        },
-      );
-    } catch (error) {
-      updateLane(laneId, (current) => ({
-        ...current,
-        loading: false,
-        error: error instanceof Error
-          ? error.message
-          : "Unable to load more Tickets.",
-      }));
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (!result.data) {
-      updateLane(laneId, (current) => ({
-        ...current,
-        loading: false,
-        error: result.error ?? "Unable to load more Tickets.",
-      }));
-      return;
-    }
-
-    const incoming = result.data.items.map(ticketSummaryFromQueryItem);
-    updateLane(laneId, (current) => ({
-      ...current,
-      tickets: appendUniqueTicketSummaries(current.tickets, incoming),
-      nextCursor: result.data?.page.next_cursor ?? null,
-      hasMore: result.data?.page.has_more ?? false,
-      loading: false,
-      error: null,
-    }));
+  function revealNextTickets(laneId: TicketLaneId): void {
+    lanes = lanes.map((lane) =>
+      lane.id === laneId
+        ? {
+          ...lane,
+          visibleCount: nextTicketLaneVisibleCount(
+            lane.visibleCount,
+            lane.tickets.length,
+          ),
+        }
+        : lane
+    );
   }
 
   function handleLaneScroll(event: Event, laneId: TicketLaneId): void {
@@ -128,7 +76,7 @@
     const distanceFromBottom = element.scrollHeight - element.scrollTop -
       element.clientHeight;
     if (distanceFromBottom <= LANE_LOAD_THRESHOLD_PX) {
-      void loadMoreTickets(laneId);
+      revealNextTickets(laneId);
     }
   }
 </script>
@@ -160,11 +108,15 @@
       </div>
       <div class="ticket-panel-summary" aria-label="Ticket summary">
         <strong>{displayedTicketCount}</strong>
-        <span>tickets loaded</span>
+        <span>tickets displayed</span>
       </div>
     </div>
   </header>
 
+  {#if data.tickets.error}
+    <p class="workspace-callout is-error">Tickets: {data.tickets.error}</p>
+  {/if}
+
   {#if orchestrator.error}
     <p class="workspace-callout is-error">
       Orchestrator status: {orchestrator.error}
@@ -177,6 +129,8 @@
 
   <section class="ticket-kanban" aria-label="Ticket workflow board">
     {#each lanes as lane (lane.id)}
+      {@const displayedTickets = lane.tickets.slice(0, lane.visibleCount)}
+      {@const hasMore = lane.visibleCount < lane.tickets.length}
       <section class="ticket-lane" data-state={lane.id}>
         <header class="ticket-lane-header">
           <div>
@@ -184,7 +138,7 @@
             <h2>{lane.label}</h2>
           </div>
           <span class="ticket-lane-count">
-            {lane.tickets.length}{lane.hasMore ? "+" : ""}
+            {displayedTickets.length}{hasMore ? "+" : ""}
           </span>
         </header>
 
@@ -192,7 +146,7 @@
           class="ticket-lane-cards"
           onscroll={(event) => handleLaneScroll(event, lane.id)}
         >
-          {#each lane.tickets as ticket (ticket.id)}
+          {#each displayedTickets as ticket (ticket.id)}
             <a
               class="ticket-card"
               href={`/w/${encodeURIComponent(data.workspaceId)}/tickets/${encodeURIComponent(ticket.id)}`}
@@ -205,24 +159,15 @@
               </div>
             </a>
           {:else}
-            {#if !lane.error}
-              <div class="ticket-lane-empty">No tickets</div>
-            {/if}
+            <div class="ticket-lane-empty">No tickets</div>
           {/each}
 
-          {#if lane.loading}
-            <p class="ticket-lane-load-status" aria-live="polite">Loading 30 more…</p>
-          {:else if lane.error}
-            <div class="ticket-lane-load-error">
-              <small>{lane.error}</small>
-              <button
-                class="workspace-secondary-button"
-                type="button"
-                onclick={() => loadMoreTickets(lane.id)}
-              >Retry</button>
-            </div>
-          {:else if !lane.hasMore && lane.tickets.length > 0}
-            <p class="ticket-lane-load-status">All tickets loaded.</p>
+          {#if hasMore}
+            <p class="ticket-lane-load-status" aria-live="polite">
+              Scroll for {Math.min(TICKET_LANE_PAGE_SIZE, lane.tickets.length - lane.visibleCount)} more
+            </p>
+          {:else if displayedTickets.length > 0}
+            <p class="ticket-lane-load-status">All tickets displayed.</p>
           {/if}
         </div>
       </section>
diff --git a/web/workspace/src/routes/w/[workspaceId]/tickets/+page.ts b/web/workspace/src/routes/w/[workspaceId]/tickets/+page.ts
index 0e943920..2520733d 100644
--- a/web/workspace/src/routes/w/[workspaceId]/tickets/+page.ts
+++ b/web/workspace/src/routes/w/[workspaceId]/tickets/+page.ts
@@ -1,63 +1,20 @@
-import type { TicketQueryResponse } from "$lib/generated/ticket-api";
+import type { TicketListResponse } from "$lib/generated/ticket-api";
 import { loadJson, workspaceApiPath } from "$lib/workspace/api/http";
-import {
-  ticketLaneDefinitions,
-  ticketLaneQuery,
-  ticketSummaryFromQueryItem,
-  type WorkspaceOrchestratorStatus,
-} from "$lib/workspace/tickets/ticket-panel";
+import type { WorkspaceOrchestratorStatus } from "$lib/workspace/tickets/ticket-panel";
 import type { PageLoad } from "./$types";
 
-export const load: PageLoad = async ({ fetch, params }) => {
+export const load = (async ({ fetch, params }) => {
   const workspaceId = params.workspaceId;
-  const ticketLanePagesPromise = Promise.all(
-    ticketLaneDefinitions().map(async (lane) => {
-      try {
-        const page = await loadJson<TicketQueryResponse>(
-          fetch,
-          workspaceApiPath(workspaceId, "/tickets/query"),
-          {
-            method: "POST",
-            headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
-            body: JSON.stringify(ticketLaneQuery(lane)),
-          },
-        );
-        return {
-          id: lane.id,
-          label: lane.label,
-          states: [...lane.states],
-          tickets: page.data?.items.map(ticketSummaryFromQueryItem) ?? [],
-          nextCursor: page.data?.page.next_cursor ?? null,
-          hasMore: page.data?.page.has_more ?? false,
-          error: page.error,
-        };
-      } catch (error) {
-        return {
-          id: lane.id,
-          label: lane.label,
-          states: [...lane.states],
-          tickets: [],
-          nextCursor: null,
-          hasMore: false,
-          error: error instanceof Error
-            ? error.message
-            : "Unable to load Tickets.",
-        };
-      }
-    }),
-  );
-
-  const [ticketLanePages, orchestrator] = await Promise.all([
-    ticketLanePagesPromise,
+  const [tickets, orchestrator] = await Promise.all([
+    loadJson<TicketListResponse>(
+      fetch,
+      `${workspaceApiPath(workspaceId, "/tickets")}?limit=1000`,
+    ),
     loadJson<WorkspaceOrchestratorStatus>(
       fetch,
       workspaceApiPath(workspaceId, "/orchestrator"),
     ),
   ]);
 
-  return {
-    workspaceId,
-    ticketLanePages,
-    orchestrator,
-  };
-};
+  return { workspaceId, tickets, orchestrator };
+}) satisfies PageLoad;