diff --git a/js/feedEngine/sources.js b/js/feedEngine/sources.js
index 418d7af7..6cf89cb9 100644
--- a/js/feedEngine/sources.js
+++ b/js/feedEngine/sources.js
@@ -92,12 +92,19 @@ export function createSubscriptionAuthorsSource({ service } = {}) {
       return [];
     }
 
+    const limitCandidate = Number(context?.runtime?.limit);
+    const limit =
+      Number.isFinite(limitCandidate) && limitCandidate > 0
+        ? Math.floor(limitCandidate)
+        : null;
+
     const options = {
       blacklistedEventIds: toSet(context?.runtime?.blacklistedEventIds),
       isAuthorBlocked:
         typeof context?.runtime?.isAuthorBlocked === "function"
           ? context.runtime.isAuthorBlocked
           : () => false,
+      limit,
     };
 
     const authorList = Array.from(authors);
@@ -129,7 +136,15 @@ export function createSubscriptionAuthorsSource({ service } = {}) {
       return author && authors.has(author);
     });
 
-    return filtered.map((video) => ({
+    const sorted = filtered
+      .slice()
+      .sort(
+        (a, b) => (Number(b?.created_at) || 0) - (Number(a?.created_at) || 0)
+      );
+
+    const limited = limit ? sorted.slice(0, limit) : sorted;
+
+    return limited.map((video) => ({
       video,
       metadata: {
         source: "nostr:subscriptions",
diff --git a/js/services/nostrService.js b/js/services/nostrService.js
index 10a72fc1..e9f76122 100644
--- a/js/services/nostrService.js
+++ b/js/services/nostrService.js
@@ -297,6 +297,24 @@ export class NostrService {
       index.get(author).push(video);
     }
 
+    for (const [author, videos] of index.entries()) {
+      if (!Array.isArray(videos) || videos.length <= 1) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      videos.sort((a, b) => {
+        const aCreatedCandidate = Number(a?.created_at);
+        const bCreatedCandidate = Number(b?.created_at);
+        const aCreated = Number.isFinite(aCreatedCandidate)
+          ? aCreatedCandidate
+          : 0;
+        const bCreated = Number.isFinite(bCreatedCandidate)
+          ? bCreatedCandidate
+          : 0;
+        return bCreated - aCreated;
+      });
+      index.set(author, videos);
+    }
+
     this.videosByAuthorIndex = index;
     this.authorIndexDirty = false;
     return this.videosByAuthorIndex;
@@ -400,13 +418,25 @@ export class NostrService {
     const index = this.ensureVideosByAuthorIndex();
     const collected = [];
     const seen = new Set();
+    const limitCandidate = Number(options?.limit);
+    const limit =
+      Number.isFinite(limitCandidate) && limitCandidate > 0
+        ? Math.floor(limitCandidate)
+        : null;
+    const perAuthorLimit = limit
+      ? Math.max(limit * 2, limit + 5)
+      : null;
 
     for (const author of normalizedAuthors) {
       const entries = index.get(author);
-      if (!Array.isArray(entries)) {
+      if (!Array.isArray(entries) || entries.length === 0) {
         continue;
       }
-      for (const video of entries) {
+      const sliceCount = perAuthorLimit
+        ? Math.min(perAuthorLimit, entries.length)
+        : entries.length;
+      for (let idx = 0; idx < sliceCount; idx += 1) {
+        const video = entries[idx];
         if (!video || typeof video !== "object") {
           continue;
         }
@@ -421,13 +451,19 @@ export class NostrService {
 
     const filtered = this.filterVideos(collected, options);
 
-    return filtered.sort((a, b) => {
+    const sorted = filtered.sort((a, b) => {
       const aCreatedCandidate = Number(a?.created_at);
       const bCreatedCandidate = Number(b?.created_at);
       const aCreated = Number.isFinite(aCreatedCandidate) ? aCreatedCandidate : 0;
       const bCreated = Number.isFinite(bCreatedCandidate) ? bCreatedCandidate : 0;
       return bCreated - aCreated;
     });
+
+    if (limit) {
+      return sorted.slice(0, limit);
+    }
+
+    return sorted;
   }
 
   async loadVideos({
diff --git a/js/subscriptions.js b/js/subscriptions.js
index 5aa77358..46ae9e16 100644
--- a/js/subscriptions.js
+++ b/js/subscriptions.js
@@ -373,7 +373,11 @@ class SubscriptionsManager {
     }
 
     const app = getApp();
-    const runtime = this.buildFeedRuntime({ app, authors: channelHexes });
+    const runtime = this.buildFeedRuntime({
+      app,
+      authors: channelHexes,
+      limit,
+    });
     const runOptions = {
       actorPubkey: userPubkey,
       limit,
@@ -410,11 +414,20 @@ class SubscriptionsManager {
         "[SubscriptionsManager] Failed to run subscriptions feed:",
         error
       );
-      container.innerHTML =
-        "<p class='text-muted-strong'>Unable to load subscriptions right now.</p>";
-      this.lastResult = null;
+      if (container && this.lastResult) {
+        const fallbackReason = reason
+          ? `${reason}:cached`
+          : "cached-result";
+        this.renderSameGridStyle(this.lastResult, containerId, {
+          limit,
+          reason: fallbackReason,
+        });
+      } else if (container) {
+        container.innerHTML =
+          "<p class='text-muted-strong'>Unable to load subscriptions right now.</p>";
+      }
       this.hasRenderedOnce = Boolean(container);
-      return null;
+      return this.lastResult;
     } finally {
       this.isRunningFeed = false;
       this.processScheduledRefresh();
@@ -500,7 +513,7 @@ class SubscriptionsManager {
     return app?.feedEngine || null;
   }
 
-  buildFeedRuntime({ app, authors = [] } = {}) {
+  buildFeedRuntime({ app, authors = [], limit = null } = {}) {
     const normalizedAuthors = Array.isArray(authors)
       ? authors.filter((author) => typeof author === "string" && author)
       : [];
@@ -515,11 +528,18 @@ class SubscriptionsManager {
         ? (pubkey) => app.isAuthorBlocked(pubkey)
         : () => false;
 
+    const limitCandidate = Number(limit);
+    const normalizedLimit =
+      Number.isFinite(limitCandidate) && limitCandidate > 0
+        ? Math.floor(limitCandidate)
+        : null;
+
     return {
       subscriptionAuthors: normalizedAuthors,
       authors: normalizedAuthors,
       blacklistedEventIds: blacklist,
-      isAuthorBlocked
+      isAuthorBlocked,
+      limit: normalizedLimit
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/subscriptions-feed.test.mjs b/tests/subscriptions-feed.test.mjs
index a4ace784..aa669294 100644
--- a/tests/subscriptions-feed.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/subscriptions-feed.test.mjs
@@ -199,8 +199,65 @@ async function testNoAuthorsSkipsLookup() {
   assert.deepEqual(result.videos, [], "no authors should yield an empty feed");
 }
 
+async function testLimitApplied() {
+  const engine = createFeedEngine();
+  const feedName = "subscriptions-limit";
+
+  const videos = [
+    { id: "video-1", pubkey: "pub1", created_at: 100 },
+    { id: "video-2", pubkey: "pub1", created_at: 200 },
+    { id: "video-3", pubkey: "pub1", created_at: 300 },
+    { id: "video-4", pubkey: "pub1", created_at: 400 },
+    { id: "video-5", pubkey: "pub1", created_at: 500 },
+  ];
+
+  const calls = [];
+  const service = {
+    async getActiveVideosByAuthors(authors, options) {
+      calls.push({ authors, options });
+      return videos;
+    },
+    async getFilteredActiveVideos() {
+      throw new Error("limit run should not use fallback lookup");
+    },
+  };
+
+  engine.registerFeed(feedName, {
+    source: createSubscriptionAuthorsSource({ service }),
+    stages: [
+      createBlacklistFilterStage({ shouldIncludeVideo: () => true }),
+      createDedupeByRootStage(),
+    ],
+    sorter: createChronologicalSorter(),
+  });
+
+  const result = await engine.runFeed(feedName, {
+    runtime: {
+      subscriptionAuthors: ["pub1"],
+      authors: ["pub1"],
+      blacklistedEventIds: new Set(),
+      isAuthorBlocked: () => false,
+      limit: 3,
+    },
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(calls.length, 1, "limit run should request targeted lookup once");
+  assert.equal(
+    calls[0]?.options?.limit,
+    3,
+    "limit option should be forwarded to the service lookup",
+  );
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    result.videos.map((video) => video.id),
+    ["video-5", "video-4", "video-3"],
+    "feed should only include the newest videos within the limit",
+  );
+}
+
 await testBlockedCreatorsFiltered();
 await testDuplicateRootsFiltered();
 await testNoAuthorsSkipsLookup();
+await testLimitApplied();
 
 console.log("subscriptions-feed tests passed");