diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/sync.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/sync.tsx
index 893cc10ad9b..3f9a714981f 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/sync.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/sync.tsx
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ export const { use: useSync, provider: SyncProvider } = createSimpleContext({
       message: {
         [sessionID: string]: Message[]
       }
+      message_page: {
+        [sessionID: string]: {
+          hasMore: boolean
+          loading: boolean
+        }
+      }
       part: {
         [messageID: string]: Part[]
       }
@@ -84,6 +90,7 @@ export const { use: useSync, provider: SyncProvider } = createSimpleContext({
       session_diff: {},
       todo: {},
       message: {},
+      message_page: {},
       part: {},
       lsp: [],
       mcp: {},
@@ -193,7 +200,6 @@ export const { use: useSync, provider: SyncProvider } = createSimpleContext({
             event.properties.info.sessionID,
             produce((draft) => {
               draft.splice(result.index, 0, event.properties.info)
-              if (draft.length > 100) draft.shift()
             }),
           )
           break
@@ -350,10 +356,11 @@ export const { use: useSync, provider: SyncProvider } = createSimpleContext({
           if (fullSyncedSessions.has(sessionID)) return
           const [session, messages, todo, diff] = await Promise.all([
             sdk.client.session.get({ sessionID }, { throwOnError: true }),
-            sdk.client.session.messages({ sessionID, limit: 100 }),
+            sdk.client.session.messages({ sessionID, limit: 100 }, { throwOnError: true }),
             sdk.client.session.todo({ sessionID }),
             sdk.client.session.diff({ sessionID }),
           ])
+          const hasMore = !!messages.response.headers.get("link")?.includes('rel="next"')
           setStore(
             produce((draft) => {
               const match = Binary.search(draft.session, sessionID, (s) => s.id)
@@ -361,6 +368,7 @@ export const { use: useSync, provider: SyncProvider } = createSimpleContext({
               if (!match.found) draft.session.splice(match.index, 0, session.data!)
               draft.todo[sessionID] = todo.data ?? []
               draft.message[sessionID] = messages.data!.map((x) => x.info)
+              draft.message_page[sessionID] = { hasMore, loading: false }
               for (const message of messages.data!) {
                 draft.part[message.info.id] = message.parts
               }
@@ -369,6 +377,46 @@ export const { use: useSync, provider: SyncProvider } = createSimpleContext({
           )
           fullSyncedSessions.add(sessionID)
         },
+        loadMore(sessionID: string) {
+          const page = store.message_page[sessionID]
+          if (page?.loading) return Promise.resolve()
+          if (page && !page.hasMore) return Promise.resolve()
+
+          const messages = store.message[sessionID] ?? []
+          const oldest = messages.at(0)
+          if (!oldest) return Promise.resolve()
+
+          setStore("message_page", sessionID, {
+            hasMore: page?.hasMore ?? true,
+            loading: true,
+          })
+
+          return sdk.client.session
+            .messages({ sessionID, before: oldest.id, limit: 100 }, { throwOnError: true })
+            .then((res) => {
+              const hasMore = !!res.response.headers.get("link")?.includes('rel="next"')
+              setStore(
+                produce((draft) => {
+                  const existing = draft.message[sessionID] ?? []
+                  for (const msg of res.data ?? []) {
+                    const match = Binary.search(existing, msg.info.id, (m) => m.id)
+                    if (match.found) {
+                      existing[match.index] = msg.info
+                      draft.part[msg.info.id] = msg.parts
+                      continue
+                    }
+                    existing.splice(match.index, 0, msg.info)
+                    draft.part[msg.info.id] = msg.parts
+                  }
+                  draft.message[sessionID] = existing
+                  draft.message_page[sessionID] = { hasMore, loading: false }
+                }),
+              )
+            })
+            .catch(() => {
+              setStore("message_page", sessionID, "loading", false)
+            })
+        },
       },
       bootstrap,
     }
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/routes/session/index.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/routes/session/index.tsx
index d049ec4373c..7809ff3bdc0 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/routes/session/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/routes/session/index.tsx
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ export function Session() {
       .toSorted((a, b) => (a.id < b.id ? -1 : a.id > b.id ? 1 : 0))
   })
   const messages = createMemo(() => sync.data.message[route.sessionID] ?? [])
+  const paging = createMemo(() => sync.data.message_page[route.sessionID])
   const permissions = createMemo(() => {
     if (session().parentID) return sync.data.permission[route.sessionID] ?? []
     return children().flatMap((x) => sync.data.permission[x.id] ?? [])
@@ -191,6 +192,22 @@ export function Session() {
   let prompt: PromptRef
   const keybind = useKeybind()
 
+  const loadMore = () => {
+    const page = paging()
+    if (!page?.hasMore) return
+    if (page.loading) return
+    if (!scroll) return
+    if (scroll.y > 5) return
+    const height = scroll.scrollHeight
+    const y = scroll.y
+    sync.session.loadMore(route.sessionID).then(() => {
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        const delta = scroll.scrollHeight - height
+        if (delta > 0) scroll.scrollTo(y + delta)
+      }, 1)
+    })
+  }
+
   // Helper: Find next visible message boundary in direction
   const findNextVisibleMessage = (direction: "next" | "prev"): string | null => {
     const children = scroll.getChildren()
@@ -908,6 +925,8 @@ export function Session() {
             </Show>
             <scrollbox
               ref={(r) => (scroll = r)}
+              onMouseScroll={() => loadMore()}
+              onKeyDown={() => setTimeout(loadMore, 1)}
               viewportOptions={{
                 paddingRight: showScrollbar() ? 1 : 0,
               }}
@@ -924,6 +943,11 @@ export function Session() {
               flexGrow={1}
               scrollAcceleration={scrollAcceleration()}
             >
+              <Show when={paging()?.loading}>
+                <box flexShrink={0} paddingLeft={1}>
+                  <text fg={theme.textMuted}>Loading more...</text>
+                </box>
+              </Show>
               <For each={messages()}>
                 {(message, index) => (
                   <Switch>
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/server/server.ts b/packages/opencode/src/server/server.ts
index 4c6dac415bb..d3f0fe01720 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/server/server.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/server/server.ts
@@ -1162,15 +1162,33 @@ export namespace Server {
           "query",
           z.object({
             limit: z.coerce.number().optional(),
+            before: z.string().optional(),
           }),
         ),
         async (c) => {
           const query = c.req.valid("query")
-          const messages = await Session.messages({
-            sessionID: c.req.valid("param").sessionID,
-            limit: query.limit,
+          const limit = query.limit
+          const sessionID = c.req.valid("param").sessionID
+          if (limit !== undefined && limit <= 0) return c.json([])
+          const page = await Session.messages({
+            sessionID,
+            limit: limit === undefined ? undefined : limit + 1,
+            before: query.before,
           })
-          return c.json(messages)
+
+          if (limit !== undefined && page.length > limit) {
+            const messages = page.slice(1)
+            const first = messages.at(0)
+            const url = new URL(c.req.url)
+            url.searchParams.set("limit", limit.toString())
+            if (first) {
+              url.searchParams.set("before", first.info.id)
+              c.header("Link", `<${url.toString()}>; rel="next"`)
+            }
+            return c.json(messages)
+          }
+
+          return c.json(page)
         },
       )
       .get(
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/session/index.ts b/packages/opencode/src/session/index.ts
index 0776590d6a9..5f6e4da9e17 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/session/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/session/index.ts
@@ -274,12 +274,39 @@ export namespace Session {
     z.object({
       sessionID: Identifier.schema("session"),
       limit: z.number().optional(),
+      before: Identifier.schema("message").optional(),
     }),
     async (input) => {
       const result = [] as MessageV2.WithParts[]
-      for await (const msg of MessageV2.stream(input.sessionID)) {
-        if (input.limit && result.length >= input.limit) break
-        result.push(msg)
+      const list = await Storage.list(["message", input.sessionID])
+      const ids = list.map((x) => x[2]).filter((x): x is string => typeof x === "string")
+
+      let start = ids.length - 1
+      if (input.before) {
+        let lo = 0
+        let hi = ids.length - 1
+        let pos = -1
+        while (lo <= hi) {
+          const mid = (lo + hi) >> 1
+          const id = ids[mid]
+          if (id < input.before) {
+            pos = mid
+            lo = mid + 1
+            continue
+          }
+          hi = mid - 1
+        }
+        start = pos
+      }
+
+      for (let i = start; i >= 0; i--) {
+        if (input.limit !== undefined && result.length >= input.limit) break
+        result.push(
+          await MessageV2.get({
+            sessionID: input.sessionID,
+            messageID: ids[i],
+          }),
+        )
       }
       result.reverse()
       return result
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/session/messages-pagination.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/session/messages-pagination.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af92582f1b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/session/messages-pagination.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import path from "path"
+import { Identifier } from "../../src/id/id"
+import { Instance } from "../../src/project/instance"
+import { Session } from "../../src/session"
+import { Log } from "../../src/util/log"
+
+const projectRoot = path.join(__dirname, "../..")
+Log.init({ print: false })
+
+describe("session.messages pagination", () => {
+  test("supports before cursor", async () => {
+    await Instance.provide({
+      directory: projectRoot,
+      fn: async () => {
+        const session = await Session.create({})
+        const ids: string[] = []
+
+        for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+          const id = Identifier.ascending("message")
+          ids.push(id)
+          await Session.updateMessage({
+            id,
+            sessionID: session.id,
+            role: "user",
+            time: { created: Date.now() },
+            agent: "test",
+            model: { providerID: "opencode", modelID: "test" },
+          })
+        }
+
+        const page1 = await Session.messages({ sessionID: session.id, limit: 3 })
+        expect(page1.map((x) => x.info.id)).toEqual(ids.slice(-3))
+
+        const cursor1 = page1.at(0)?.info.id
+        expect(cursor1).toBe(ids.at(-3))
+
+        const page2 = await Session.messages({ sessionID: session.id, limit: 3, before: cursor1! })
+        expect(page2.map((x) => x.info.id)).toEqual(ids.slice(-6, -3))
+
+        const cursor2 = page2.at(0)?.info.id
+        expect(cursor2).toBe(ids.at(-6))
+
+        const page3 = await Session.messages({ sessionID: session.id, limit: 3, before: cursor2! })
+        expect(page3.map((x) => x.info.id)).toEqual(ids.slice(-9, -6))
+
+        const cursor3 = page3.at(0)?.info.id
+        expect(cursor3).toBe(ids.at(-9))
+
+        const page4 = await Session.messages({ sessionID: session.id, limit: 3, before: cursor3! })
+        expect(page4.map((x) => x.info.id)).toEqual(ids.slice(0, 1))
+
+        const cursor4 = page4.at(0)?.info.id
+        expect(cursor4).toBe(ids.at(0))
+
+        const page5 = await Session.messages({ sessionID: session.id, limit: 3, before: cursor4! })
+        expect(page5).toEqual([])
+
+        await Session.remove(session.id)
+      },
+    })
+  })
+})
+
diff --git a/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/sdk.gen.ts b/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/sdk.gen.ts
index f56e8367795..b8ed4a81055 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/sdk.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/sdk.gen.ts
@@ -1191,6 +1191,7 @@ export class Session extends HeyApiClient {
       sessionID: string
       directory?: string
       limit?: number
+      before?: string
     },
     options?: Options<never, ThrowOnError>,
   ) {
@@ -1202,6 +1203,7 @@ export class Session extends HeyApiClient {
             { in: "path", key: "sessionID" },
             { in: "query", key: "directory" },
             { in: "query", key: "limit" },
+            { in: "query", key: "before" },
           ],
         },
       ],
diff --git a/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts b/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts
index 10764bebee8..59c69ae835d 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts
@@ -2915,6 +2915,7 @@ export type SessionMessagesData = {
   query?: {
     directory?: string
     limit?: number
+    before?: string
   }
   url: "/session/{sessionID}/message"
 }
diff --git a/packages/sdk/openapi.json b/packages/sdk/openapi.json
index 3393d1c8618..5aa491983b7 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/openapi.json
+++ b/packages/sdk/openapi.json
@@ -1887,6 +1887,13 @@
             "schema": {
               "type": "number"
             }
+          },
+          {
+            "in": "query",
+            "name": "before",
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
           }
         ],
         "summary": "Get session messages",