diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/ls.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/ls.test.ts
index 8aedf73fad..76b1787ce3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/ls.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/ls.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,60 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { buildAgentLsFetchOptions } from "./ls.js";
+import type { AgentSnapshotPayload } from "@getpaseo/protocol/messages";
+import { buildAgentLsFetchOptions, listAgents } from "./ls.js";
+
+const daemonTarget = { kind: "endpoint" as const, host: "example.test:12345" };
+
+function createPagingClient() {
+  const daemonAgents: AgentSnapshotPayload[] = [3, 2, 1].map((n) => ({
+    id: `${n}${n}${n}${n}${n}${n}${n}${n}-0000-4000-8000-000000000000`,
+    provider: "codex",
+    title: `agent ${n}`,
+    status: "closed",
+    archivedAt: null,
+    cwd: "/tmp/project",
+    createdAt: `2026-10-0${n}T00:00:00.000Z`,
+    updatedAt: `2026-10-0${n}T00:00:00.000Z`,
+    labels: {},
+    model: null,
+    lastUserMessageAt: null,
+    currentModeId: null,
+    availableModes: [],
+    pendingPermissions: [],
+    persistence: null,
+    capabilities: {
+      supportsStreaming: true,
+      supportsSessionPersistence: true,
+      supportsDynamicModes: false,
+      supportsMcpServers: true,
+      supportsReasoningStream: true,
+      supportsToolInvocations: true,
+    },
+  }));
+
+  // The fake daemon pages two agents at a time, newest first by the requested key
+  // (updated_at by default), and agent 1 is updated right after the first page is served.
+  const fetchAgents = async (options?: {
+    sort?: { key: string }[];
+    page?: { cursor?: string };
+  }) => {
+    const key: "createdAt" | "updatedAt" =
+      options?.sort?.[0]?.key === "created_at" ? "createdAt" : "updatedAt";
+    const cursor = options?.page?.cursor;
+    const ordered = daemonAgents
+      .filter((agent) => cursor === undefined || agent[key] < cursor)
+      .sort((left, right) => right[key].localeCompare(left[key]));
+    const page = ordered.slice(0, 2);
+    const hasMore = ordered.length > 2;
+    if (cursor === undefined) {
+      daemonAgents[2]!.updatedAt = "2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z";
+    }
+    return {
+      entries: page.map((agent) => ({ agent })),
+      pageInfo: { nextCursor: hasMore ? page[page.length - 1]![key] : null },
+    };
+  };
+  return { fetchAgents, close: async () => {} };
+}
 
 describe("buildAgentLsFetchOptions", () => {
   it("fetches active agents by default", () => {
@@ -66,3 +121,13 @@ describe("buildAgentLsFetchOptions", () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe("runLsCommand", () => {
+  it("lists agents on every page, including one updated during the listing", async () => {
+    const result = await listAgents({ daemonTarget, all: true, global: true }, async () =>
+      createPagingClient(),
+    );
+
+    expect(result.data.map((item) => item.name)).toEqual(["agent 3", "agent 2", "agent 1"]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/ls.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/ls.ts
index 0990446bc5..55674a2f87 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/ls.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/ls.ts
@@ -165,6 +165,14 @@ export function buildAgentLsFetchOptions(
   return fetchOptions;
 }
 
+interface AgentLsClient {
+  fetchAgents(options?: FetchAgentsOptions): Promise<{
+    entries: { agent: AgentSnapshotPayload }[];
+    pageInfo: { nextCursor: string | null };
+  }>;
+  close(): Promise<void>;
+}
+
 /**
  * Agent ls command semantics:
  * - `paseo agent ls`    → active non-archived agents
@@ -176,7 +184,16 @@ export async function runLsCommand(
   options: AgentLsOptions,
   _command: Command,
 ): Promise<AgentLsResult> {
-  const client = await connectToDaemon({ target: options.daemonTarget });
+  return listAgents(options);
+}
+
+export async function listAgents(
+  options: AgentLsOptions,
+  connect: (
+    options: Parameters<typeof connectToDaemon>[0],
+  ) => Promise<AgentLsClient> = connectToDaemon,
+): Promise<AgentLsResult> {
+  const client = await connect({ target: options.daemonTarget });
 
   try {
     const normalizedThinkingOptionId = options.thinking?.trim();
@@ -189,8 +206,19 @@ export async function runLsCommand(
     }
 
     const labelFilters = parseLabelFilters(options.label);
-    const fetchPayload = await client.fetchAgents(buildAgentLsFetchOptions(options));
-    let agents = fetchPayload.entries.map((entry) => entry.agent);
+    const fetchOptions = buildAgentLsFetchOptions(options);
+    let agents: AgentSnapshotPayload[] = [];
+    let cursor: string | undefined;
+    // createdAt never changes, so agents cannot move past the cursor while the pages are read.
+    do {
+      const payload = await client.fetchAgents({
+        ...fetchOptions,
+        sort: [{ key: "created_at", direction: "desc" }],
+        page: { limit: 200, ...(cursor ? { cursor } : {}) },
+      });
+      agents.push(...payload.entries.map((entry) => entry.agent));
+      cursor = payload.pageInfo.nextCursor ?? undefined;
+    } while (cursor);
 
     // By default, exclude archived agents. `-a` includes them.
     if (!options.all) {