diff --git a/app/api/pr-insights/route.mouse-interactivity.test.ts b/app/api/pr-insights/route.mouse-interactivity.test.ts
index b6f881a27..3ecc622fb 100644
--- a/app/api/pr-insights/route.mouse-interactivity.test.ts
+++ b/app/api/pr-insights/route.mouse-interactivity.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
 import { GET } from './route';
 import { fetchPRInsights } from '@/services/github/pr-insights';
+import { RateLimiter } from '@/lib/rate-limit';
 
 vi.mock('@/services/github/pr-insights', () => ({
   fetchPRInsights: vi.fn(),
@@ -9,6 +10,12 @@ vi.mock('@/services/github/pr-insights', () => ({
 describe('pr-insights mouse interactivity contract', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
+    vi.spyOn(RateLimiter.prototype, 'checkWithResult').mockResolvedValue({
+      success: true,
+      limit: 10,
+      remaining: 9,
+      reset: 123456789,
+    });
   });
 
   it('returns 400 when username is missing', async () => {
@@ -48,6 +55,32 @@ describe('pr-insights mouse interactivity contract', () => {
     expect(await response.json()).toEqual(mockData);
   });
 
+  it('rejects requests when the endpoint abuse budget is exhausted', async () => {
+    vi.spyOn(RateLimiter.prototype, 'checkWithResult').mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      success: false,
+      limit: 10,
+      remaining: 0,
+      reset: 123456789,
+    });
+
+    const response = await GET(new Request('http://localhost/api/pr-insights?username=octocat'));
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(429);
+    expect(response.headers.get('x-ratelimit-remaining')).toBe('0');
+    expect(fetchPRInsights).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('uses a fixed endpoint bucket that cannot be rotated with usernames', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(fetchPRInsights).mockResolvedValue({} as never);
+    const checkSpy = vi.spyOn(RateLimiter.prototype, 'checkWithResult');
+
+    await GET(new Request('http://localhost/api/pr-insights?username=octocat'));
+    await GET(new Request('http://localhost/api/pr-insights?username=torvalds'));
+
+    expect(checkSpy).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 'pr-insights');
+    expect(checkSpy).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 'pr-insights');
+  });
+
   it('returns error message from thrown Error', async () => {
     vi.mocked(fetchPRInsights).mockRejectedValue(new Error('Service failed'));
 
diff --git a/app/api/pr-insights/route.ts b/app/api/pr-insights/route.ts
index 7408b908a..6067304e0 100644
--- a/app/api/pr-insights/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/pr-insights/route.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
 import { fetchPRInsights } from '@/services/github/pr-insights';
 import { validateGitHubUsername } from '@/lib/validations';
+import { getRateLimitHeaders, RateLimiter } from '@/lib/rate-limit';
+
+const prInsightsLimiter = new RateLimiter(10, 60_000, 1);
 
 export async function GET(request: Request) {
   const { searchParams } = new URL(request.url);
@@ -15,6 +18,14 @@ export async function GET(request: Request) {
     return NextResponse.json({ error: 'Invalid GitHub username' }, { status: 400 });
   }
 
+  const rateLimitResult = await prInsightsLimiter.checkWithResult('pr-insights');
+  if (!rateLimitResult.success) {
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      { error: 'Too many requests. Please try again later.' },
+      { status: 429, headers: getRateLimitHeaders(rateLimitResult) }
+    );
+  }
+
   try {
     const data = await fetchPRInsights(trimmed);
     return NextResponse.json(data);
diff --git a/proxy.rate-limit.test.ts b/proxy.rate-limit.test.ts
index 6136c64ec..ecbb9c24c 100644
--- a/proxy.rate-limit.test.ts
+++ b/proxy.rate-limit.test.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ describe('Proxy rate-limit consistency', () => {
       '/api/track-user/:path*',
       '/api/stats/:path*',
       '/api/og/:path*',
+      '/api/pr-insights/:path*',
     ];
     for (const route of expectedRoutes) {
       expect(mwConfig.matcher).toContain(route);
diff --git a/proxy.ts b/proxy.ts
index aca34f4e7..b23f3ba08 100644
--- a/proxy.ts
+++ b/proxy.ts
@@ -58,5 +58,6 @@ export const config = {
     '/api/compare/:path*',
     '/api/wrapped/:path*',
     '/api/student/:path*',
+    '/api/pr-insights/:path*',
   ],
 };
diff --git a/services/github/pr-insights.massive-scaling.test.ts b/services/github/pr-insights.massive-scaling.test.ts
index 12181b6b9..68056e5ab 100644
--- a/services/github/pr-insights.massive-scaling.test.ts
+++ b/services/github/pr-insights.massive-scaling.test.ts
@@ -216,4 +216,29 @@ describe('PR Insights - Massive Data Sets and Extreme High Bounds Scaling', () =
     expect(layoutGrid.style.gridTemplateColumns).toBe('repeat(20000, 1fr)');
     expect(document.body.contains(layoutGrid)).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  it('caps GraphQL pagination at three pages even when GitHub reports more results', async () => {
+    const mockResponse = {
+      ok: true,
+      status: 200,
+      json: async () => ({
+        data: {
+          authored: {
+            nodes: [],
+            pageInfo: {
+              hasNextPage: true,
+              endCursor: 'next-page',
+            },
+          },
+          reviewed: { issueCount: 0 },
+        },
+      }),
+    };
+
+    vi.mocked(fetchWithRetry).mockResolvedValue(mockResponse as any);
+
+    await fetchPRInsights('PaginationBudgetContributor');
+
+    expect(fetchWithRetry).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/services/github/pr-insights.ts b/services/github/pr-insights.ts
index c625fda4e..691075f50 100644
--- a/services/github/pr-insights.ts
+++ b/services/github/pr-insights.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { fetchWithRetry, getGitHubTokens } from '@/lib/github';
 import { DistributedCache } from '@/lib/cache';
 
 const GITHUB_GRAPHQL_URL = 'https://api.github.com/graphql';
+const MAX_PAGES = 3;
 
 export interface PRInsightData {
   totalPRs: number;
@@ -128,8 +129,6 @@ async function fetchPRInsightsUncached(username: string): Promise<PRInsightData>
   let hasNextPage = true;
   let after: string | null = null;
   let reviewsGivenCount = 0;
-  const MAX_PAGES = 10; // Cap at 1000 PRs (10 pages x 100)
-
   for (let page = 0; page < MAX_PAGES && hasNextPage; page++) {
     const res = await fetchWithRetry(GITHUB_GRAPHQL_URL, {
       method: 'POST',