diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ad426234c0..b9fe6e68f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ jobs:
           sparse-checkout: |
             .github
             config
+            dashboard
             docs
             instructions
             prompts
diff --git a/src/clawsweeper.ts b/src/clawsweeper.ts
index 1b5c812500..642cc993e1 100644
--- a/src/clawsweeper.ts
+++ b/src/clawsweeper.ts
@@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ interface ItemContext {
     commentsHydrated?: number;
     commentsTruncated?: boolean;
     timeline: number;
+    timelineHydrated?: number;
+    timelineTruncated?: boolean;
     closingPullRequests?: number;
     relatedItems?: number;
     pullFiles?: number;
@@ -2200,6 +2202,45 @@ function ghPage<T>(path: string, page: number): T[] {
   return Array.isArray(items) ? (items as T[]) : [];
 }
 
+export interface GithubPageWithHeaders<T> {
+  items: T[];
+  lastPageNumber: number | null;
+}
+
+export function githubLinkLastPageNumber(header: string | undefined): number | null {
+  if (!header) return null;
+  for (const part of header.split(",")) {
+    if (!part.includes('rel="last"')) continue;
+    const page = part.match(/[?&]page=(\d+)/)?.[1];
+    if (!page) continue;
+    const value = Number(page);
+    if (Number.isSafeInteger(value) && value > 0) return value;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function ghPageWithHeaders<T>(path: string, page: number, perPage = 100): GithubPageWithHeaders<T> {
+  const apiPath = githubPagePath(path, page, perPage);
+  const output = ghWithRetry(["api", "-i", apiPath]);
+  const normalized = output.replace(/\r\n/g, "\n");
+  const separator = normalized.lastIndexOf("\n\n");
+  const headerText = separator >= 0 ? normalized.slice(0, separator) : "";
+  const bodyText = separator >= 0 ? normalized.slice(separator + 2) : normalized;
+  let linkHeader: string | undefined;
+  for (const line of headerText.split("\n")) {
+    const delimiter = line.indexOf(":");
+    if (delimiter <= 0) continue;
+    if (line.slice(0, delimiter).trim().toLowerCase() === "link") {
+      linkHeader = line.slice(delimiter + 1).trim();
+    }
+  }
+  const parsed = parseGhJson<unknown>(bodyText, ["api", "-i", apiPath]);
+  return {
+    items: Array.isArray(parsed) ? (parsed as T[]) : [],
+    lastPageNumber: githubLinkLastPageNumber(linkHeader),
+  };
+}
+
 function githubCount(value: unknown): number | null {
   const count =
     typeof value === "number" ? value : typeof value === "string" ? Number(value) : Number.NaN;
@@ -2285,6 +2326,72 @@ export function ghPagedContextWindow<T>(
   };
 }
 
+export function ghPagedLinkHeaderContextWindow<T>(
+  path: string,
+  promptLimit: number,
+  fetchers: {
+    pageWithHeaders?: (path: string, page: number, perPage: number) => GithubPageWithHeaders<T>;
+    paged?: (path: string) => T[];
+  } = {},
+): ContextHydration<T> {
+  const fetchPage = fetchers.pageWithHeaders ?? ghPageWithHeaders<T>;
+  const fetchPaged = fetchers.paged ?? ghPaged<T>;
+  const boundedLimit = Math.max(0, Math.floor(promptLimit));
+  const perPage = 100;
+  const pages = new Map<number, T[]>();
+  const readPage = (page: number): GithubPageWithHeaders<T> => {
+    const cached = pages.get(page);
+    if (cached) return { items: cached, lastPageNumber: null };
+    const result = fetchPage(path, page, perPage);
+    pages.set(page, result.items);
+    return result;
+  };
+
+  const first = readPage(1);
+  const lastPageNumber = first.lastPageNumber ?? (first.items.length < perPage ? 1 : null);
+  if (lastPageNumber === null) {
+    const items = fetchPaged(path);
+    return { items, total: items.length, hydrated: items.length, truncated: false };
+  }
+
+  const lastPage = Math.max(1, lastPageNumber);
+  const lastItems = lastPage === 1 ? first.items : readPage(lastPage).items;
+  const total = Math.max(0, (lastPage - 1) * perPage + lastItems.length);
+  if (total === 0 || boundedLimit === 0) {
+    return { items: [], total, hydrated: 0, truncated: total > 0 };
+  }
+
+  if (total <= boundedLimit) {
+    const items: T[] = [];
+    for (let page = 1; page <= lastPage; page += 1) {
+      items.push(...(page === 1 ? first.items : readPage(page).items));
+    }
+    return {
+      items,
+      total: Math.max(total, items.length),
+      hydrated: items.length,
+      truncated: false,
+    };
+  }
+
+  const plan = githubContextWindowPlan(total, boundedLimit, perPage);
+  const headItems = first.items.slice(0, plan.keepStart);
+  const tailPages: T[] = [];
+  if (plan.keepEnd > 0) {
+    for (let page = plan.tailFirstPageNumber; page <= plan.lastPageNumber; page += 1) {
+      tailPages.push(...(page === 1 ? first.items : readPage(page).items));
+    }
+  }
+  const tailItems = tailPages.slice(plan.tailOffset, plan.tailOffset + plan.keepEnd);
+  const items = [...headItems, ...tailItems];
+  return {
+    items,
+    total,
+    hydrated: items.length,
+    truncated: total > items.length,
+  };
+}
+
 function ensureDir(path: string): void {
   mkdirSync(path, { recursive: true });
 }
@@ -3402,16 +3509,22 @@ function collectItemContext(item: Item): ItemContext {
     24,
   );
   const comments = commentsWindow.items;
-  const timeline = ghPaged<unknown>(`repos/${targetRepo()}/issues/${item.number}/timeline`);
+  const timelineWindow = ghPagedLinkHeaderContextWindow<unknown>(
+    `repos/${targetRepo()}/issues/${item.number}/timeline`,
+    80,
+  );
+  const timeline = timelineWindow.items;
   const context: ItemContext = {
     issue: compactIssue(issue),
     comments: compactMappedWindow(comments, commentsWindow.total, 24, compactComment),
-    timeline: compactMappedSlice(timeline, 80, compactTimelineEvent),
+    timeline: compactMappedWindow(timeline, timelineWindow.total, 80, compactTimelineEvent),
     counts: {
       comments: commentsWindow.total,
       commentsHydrated: commentsWindow.hydrated,
       commentsTruncated: commentsWindow.truncated,
-      timeline: timeline.length,
+      timeline: timelineWindow.total,
+      timelineHydrated: timelineWindow.hydrated,
+      timelineTruncated: timelineWindow.truncated,
     },
   };
   let pullRequest: unknown = null;
@@ -3425,7 +3538,9 @@ function collectItemContext(item: Item): ItemContext {
         comments: commentsWindow.total,
         commentsHydrated: commentsWindow.hydrated,
         commentsTruncated: commentsWindow.truncated,
-        timeline: timeline.length,
+        timeline: timelineWindow.total,
+        timelineHydrated: timelineWindow.hydrated,
+        timelineTruncated: timelineWindow.truncated,
         closingPullRequests: closingPullRequests.length,
       };
     }
@@ -3470,7 +3585,9 @@ function collectItemContext(item: Item): ItemContext {
       comments: commentsWindow.total,
       commentsHydrated: commentsWindow.hydrated,
       commentsTruncated: commentsWindow.truncated,
-      timeline: timeline.length,
+      timeline: timelineWindow.total,
+      timelineHydrated: timelineWindow.hydrated,
+      timelineTruncated: timelineWindow.truncated,
       pullFiles: pullFilesWindow.total,
       pullFilesHydrated: pullFilesWindow.hydrated,
       pullFilesTruncated: pullFilesWindow.truncated,
@@ -6521,7 +6638,12 @@ ${options.action.closeComment ? options.action.closeComment : "_No close comment
     options.context.counts?.commentsHydrated,
     options.context.counts?.commentsTruncated,
   )}
-- timeline events: ${options.context.counts?.timeline ?? options.context.timeline.length}
+- timeline events: ${contextCountText(
+    options.context.counts?.timeline,
+    options.context.timeline.length,
+    options.context.counts?.timelineHydrated,
+    options.context.counts?.timelineTruncated,
+  )}
 - related items: ${options.context.counts?.relatedItems ?? options.context.relatedItems?.length ?? 0}
 - PR files: ${contextCountText(
     options.context.counts?.pullFiles,
diff --git a/test/clawsweeper.test.ts b/test/clawsweeper.test.ts
index 0d665804bc..b8dbce2c6b 100644
--- a/test/clawsweeper.test.ts
+++ b/test/clawsweeper.test.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ import {
   fixedPullRequestFromCommitPullsForTest,
   formatRecentClosedRows,
   githubContextWindowPlan,
+  ghPagedLinkHeaderContextWindow,
   ghPagedContextWindow,
+  githubLinkLastPageNumber,
   githubPaginatedPath,
   ghRetryKind,
   hotIntakeRecencyMs,
@@ -361,6 +363,96 @@ test("ghPagedContextWindow falls back to full pagination when total is missing",
   });
 });
 
+test("githubLinkLastPageNumber extracts the final REST page", () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    githubLinkLastPageNumber(
+      '<https://api.github.com/repositories/123/issues/1/timeline?per_page=100&page=2>; rel="next", <https://api.github.com/repositories/123/issues/1/timeline?per_page=100&page=30>; rel="last"',
+    ),
+    30,
+  );
+  assert.equal(githubLinkLastPageNumber(undefined), null);
+});
+
+test("ghPagedLinkHeaderContextWindow uses GitHub link headers for large timeline tails", () => {
+  const fetchedPages: number[] = [];
+  const window = ghPagedLinkHeaderContextWindow<number>(
+    "repos/openclaw/openclaw/issues/123/timeline",
+    80,
+    {
+      pageWithHeaders: (_path, page) => {
+        fetchedPages.push(page);
+        const start = (page - 1) * 100 + 1;
+        return {
+          items: Array.from({ length: 100 }, (_, index) => start + index),
+          lastPageNumber: page === 1 ? 30 : null,
+        };
+      },
+      paged: () => {
+        throw new Error("full pagination should not be used with link headers");
+      },
+    },
+  );
+
+  assert.deepEqual(fetchedPages, [1, 30]);
+  assert.deepEqual(window.items, [
+    ...Array.from({ length: 40 }, (_, index) => index + 1),
+    ...Array.from({ length: 40 }, (_, index) => index + 2961),
+  ]);
+  assert.equal(window.total, 3000);
+  assert.equal(window.hydrated, 80);
+  assert.equal(window.truncated, true);
+});
+
+test("ghPagedLinkHeaderContextWindow keeps timeline tails that cross the first page", () => {
+  const fetchedPages: number[] = [];
+  const window = ghPagedLinkHeaderContextWindow<number>(
+    "repos/openclaw/openclaw/issues/123/timeline",
+    80,
+    {
+      pageWithHeaders: (_path, page) => {
+        fetchedPages.push(page);
+        if (page === 1) {
+          return {
+            items: Array.from({ length: 100 }, (_, index) => index + 1),
+            lastPageNumber: 2,
+          };
+        }
+        return { items: [101], lastPageNumber: null };
+      },
+    },
+  );
+
+  assert.deepEqual(fetchedPages, [1, 2]);
+  assert.deepEqual(window.items, [
+    ...Array.from({ length: 40 }, (_, index) => index + 1),
+    ...Array.from({ length: 40 }, (_, index) => index + 62),
+  ]);
+  assert.equal(window.total, 101);
+  assert.equal(window.hydrated, 80);
+  assert.equal(window.truncated, true);
+});
+
+test("ghPagedLinkHeaderContextWindow falls back when link headers are unavailable", () => {
+  const window = ghPagedLinkHeaderContextWindow<number>(
+    "repos/openclaw/openclaw/issues/123/timeline",
+    80,
+    {
+      pageWithHeaders: () => ({
+        items: Array.from({ length: 100 }, (_, index) => index + 1),
+        lastPageNumber: null,
+      }),
+      paged: () => [1, 2, 3],
+    },
+  );
+
+  assert.deepEqual(window, {
+    items: [1, 2, 3],
+    total: 3,
+    hydrated: 3,
+    truncated: false,
+  });
+});
+
 test("review prompt assets match tracked files", () => {
   assert.equal(reviewPromptTemplate(), readFileSync("prompts/review-item.md", "utf8"));
   assert.deepEqual(