diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php
index b4b050799..bc7aacf6a 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php
@@ -1563,7 +1563,10 @@ class ApiV1Controller extends Controller
                 return $status['like_id'];
             })->filter();
 
-            $max = $ids->min() - 1;
+            // Exclusive `<` upper bound on likes.id (see query above), so the
+            // next cursor is exactly the smallest like_id on this page — no -1,
+            // which would skip the row at (min - 1).
+            $max = $ids->min();
             $min = $ids->max();
 
             $baseUrl = config('app.url').'/api/v1/favourites?limit='.$limit.'&';
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Api/FavouritesPaginationTest.php b/tests/Feature/Api/FavouritesPaginationTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c096a40a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/Api/FavouritesPaginationTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\Models\Like;
+use App\Models\Status;
+use App\Models\User;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\LazilyRefreshDatabase;
+use Laravel\Passport\Passport;
+
+uses(LazilyRefreshDatabase::class);
+
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| GET /api/v1/favourites pagination
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| The likes page query uses a strict `<` bound on likes.id, so the rel="next"
+| cursor must be exactly the smallest like_id on the page. Subtracting 1 skips
+| the favourite at (min - 1), so traversing the Link header can drop a row.
+|
+*/
+
+/**
+ * Create a public photo status owned by $author and have $liker favourite it.
+ * Returns the created Like.
+ */
+function favourite(User $author, User $liker): Like
+{
+    $status = Status::factory()->create([
+        'profile_id' => $author->profile_id,
+        'type' => 'photo',
+        'scope' => 'public',
+    ]);
+
+    return Like::create([
+        'profile_id' => $liker->profile_id,
+        'status_id' => $status->id,
+    ]);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parse the max_id value out of a rel="next" Link header.
+ */
+function nextMaxId(?string $linkHeader): ?int
+{
+    if (! $linkHeader) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    if (preg_match('/max_id=(\d+)>; rel="next"/', $linkHeader, $m)) {
+        return (int) $m[1];
+    }
+
+    return null;
+}
+
+it('traverses both pages returning every favourite with no skipped rows', function () {
+    $author = User::factory()->create();
+    $author->refresh();
+    $user = User::factory()->create();
+    $user->refresh();
+
+    // Five favourites; capture their like_ids (autoincrement, ascending).
+    $likeIds = collect(range(1, 5))
+        ->map(fn () => favourite($author, $user)->id)
+        ->sort()
+        ->values()
+        ->all();
+
+    Passport::actingAs($user, ['read']);
+
+    // Page 1: newest 3 by like_id desc.
+    $page1 = $this->getJson('/api/v1/favourites?limit=3')->assertOk();
+    $page1Ids = collect($page1->json())->pluck('like_id')->all();
+
+    expect($page1Ids)->toHaveCount(3);
+
+    $nextMaxId = nextMaxId($page1->headers->get('Link'));
+    expect($nextMaxId)->not->toBeNull();
+
+    // Page 2: follow rel="next".
+    $page2 = $this->getJson("/api/v1/favourites?limit=3&max_id={$nextMaxId}")->assertOk();
+    $page2Ids = collect($page2->json())->pluck('like_id')->all();
+
+    // The union of both pages must cover every favourite with no gap.
+    $seen = collect($page1Ids)->merge($page2Ids)->unique()->sort()->values()->all();
+
+    expect($seen)->toBe($likeIds);
+});