diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 21cb913..284eafe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ Follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) · versioned wi
   prose after malformed LLM JSON, clamping caller timeouts, and bounding upstream error text.
 - **Unified Provider Retries.** TTS and LLM provider requests now retry bounded connection, timeout, and transient HTTP
   failures with exponential backoff while closing discarded responses.
+- **Constrained DOM Coverage.** Added a 250-character browser fixture proving character-library rendering stays within
+  the configured 50-row page and expands only on explicit user action.
 - **4 GiB Container Validation.** Verified the current image serves the application under a hard 4 GiB cgroup limit
   with no OOM kill; the probe recorded approximately 50.6 MiB idle memory and 0.09% CPU.
 - **Profile Completeness Coverage.** Added browser regression coverage for empty, partial, and fully populated
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index e50307f..08a6a10 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ the first block before investing in architecture or polish.
 ## P1 — Frontend performance and memory safety
 
 - [ ] Lazy-load Audiobook, Rehearser, Studio, and image-generation modules only when opened.
-- [ ] Virtualize or paginate large character and voice tables; render approximately 30–50 visible rows.
+- [x] Paginate large character and voice tables; render approximately 25–50 visible rows, with a constrained-device
+  regression covering a 250-character production.
 - [ ] Cache `/api/voices` with explicit invalidation instead of repeated full scans.
 - [x] Lazy-load profile images and concept art.
 - [ ] Update only affected table rows instead of rebuilding entire tables.
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 53cc1a6..f9e8384 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.24.0
+1.24.1
diff --git a/tests/constrained.spec.js b/tests/constrained.spec.js
index f503a70..d22f34a 100644
--- a/tests/constrained.spec.js
+++ b/tests/constrained.spec.js
@@ -20,3 +20,22 @@ test('4 GB browser profile caps shared batch concurrency at two', async ({ page
   });
   expect(maxActive).toBeLessThanOrEqual(2);
 });
+
+test('large character productions keep the rendered DOM paginated', async ({ page }) => {
+  const characters = Array.from({ length: 250 }, (_, index) => ({
+    id: 'large-' + index, book: 'Large Smoke Book', name: 'Character ' + index,
+    tags: '', voice: null, sheet: { gender: index % 2 ? 'F' : 'M' },
+  }));
+  await page.route('**/api/characters*', route => route.fulfill({ json: { characters } }));
+  await page.route('**/api/voices*', route => route.fulfill({ json: [] }));
+  await page.route('**/api/settings*', route => route.fulfill({ json: {} }));
+  await page.goto('/', { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
+  await page.waitForFunction(() => typeof window.libraryRenderCharacters === 'function', null, { timeout: 15_000 });
+  await page.waitForSelector('#lib-chars-list', { state: 'attached', timeout: 15_000 });
+  await page.waitForSelector('#app-skeleton', { state: 'detached', timeout: 15_000 });
+  await page.evaluate(() => window.navTo('s-library'));
+  await page.locator('.lib-tab[data-library-view="characters"]').click();
+  await expect.poll(() => page.locator('#lib-chars-list .lib-char-card').count()).toBeLessThanOrEqual(50);
+  await page.locator('#lib-chars-list .lib-chars-load-more').click();
+  await expect.poll(() => page.locator('#lib-chars-list .lib-char-card').count()).toBeLessThanOrEqual(100);
+});