diff --git a/apps/web/src/routes/(app)/events/+page.server.ts b/apps/web/src/routes/(app)/events/+page.server.ts
index cb8d7c6..787b2bb 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/routes/(app)/events/+page.server.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/routes/(app)/events/+page.server.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
 	getServerClient,
 	listDiscoverableEventsFromContrail
 } from '$lib/contrail';
+import { parseCursor, tagCursor } from '$lib/contrail/cursor';
 import type { PageServerLoad } from './$types';
 
 const PAGE_SIZE = 20;
@@ -10,7 +11,9 @@ const PAGE_SIZE = 20;
 export const load: PageServerLoad = async ({ url, platform }) => {
 	const client = getServerClient(platform!.env.DB);
 	const now = new Date().toISOString();
-	const cursor = url.searchParams.get('cursor') ?? undefined;
+	// Untag any inbound cursor (deep link) before handing the opaque keyset to D1;
+	// legacy untagged cursors pass through unchanged (om-7dbs).
+	const cursor = parseCursor(url.searchParams.get('cursor')).raw ?? undefined;
 	const isPopular = url.searchParams.get('filter') !== 'all';
 
 	const response = await listDiscoverableEventsFromContrail(client, {
@@ -33,6 +36,8 @@ export const load: PageServerLoad = async ({ url, platform }) => {
 	return {
 		events: flattenEventRecords(response.records),
 		handles,
-		cursor: response.cursor ?? null
+		// Tag the first-page cursor so load-more routes back to this same D1
+		// discoverable pipeline instead of re-inferring a backend (om-7dbs).
+		cursor: tagCursor('d1', response.cursor ?? null)
 	};
 };
diff --git a/apps/web/src/routes/(app)/p/[actor]/hosting/+page.server.ts b/apps/web/src/routes/(app)/p/[actor]/hosting/+page.server.ts
index 22c63ed..6486d82 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/routes/(app)/p/[actor]/hosting/+page.server.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/routes/(app)/p/[actor]/hosting/+page.server.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
 	getServerClient,
 	listAuthoredEventsFromContrail
 } from '$lib/contrail';
+import { parseCursor, tagCursor } from '$lib/contrail/cursor';
 import { isActorIdentifier } from '@atcute/lexicons/syntax';
 import { error } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 
@@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ export async function load({ params, url, platform }) {
 
 	if (!did) throw error(404, 'Actor not found');
 
-	const cursor = url.searchParams.get('cursor') ?? undefined;
+	// Untag any inbound cursor before the D1 read; legacy untagged passes through.
+	const cursor = parseCursor(url.searchParams.get('cursor')).raw ?? undefined;
 	const now = new Date().toISOString();
 
 	const [profile, response] = await Promise.all([
@@ -37,7 +39,8 @@ export async function load({ params, url, platform }) {
 
 	return {
 		events: response ? flattenEventRecords(response.records) : [],
-		cursor: response?.cursor ?? null,
+		// Tag so load-more stays on this D1 authored pipeline (om-7dbs).
+		cursor: tagCursor('d1', response?.cursor ?? null),
 		actorProfile: profile,
 		actor,
 		actorDid: did
diff --git a/apps/web/src/routes/(app)/p/[actor]/past-events/+page.server.ts b/apps/web/src/routes/(app)/p/[actor]/past-events/+page.server.ts
index 9e08c64..56549b0 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/routes/(app)/p/[actor]/past-events/+page.server.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/routes/(app)/p/[actor]/past-events/+page.server.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
 	getServerClient,
 	listAuthoredEventsFromContrail
 } from '$lib/contrail';
+import { parseCursor, tagCursor } from '$lib/contrail/cursor';
 import { isActorIdentifier } from '@atcute/lexicons/syntax';
 import { error } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 
@@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ export async function load({ params, url, platform }) {
 
 	if (!did) throw error(404, 'Actor not found');
 
-	const cursor = url.searchParams.get('cursor') ?? undefined;
+	// Untag any inbound cursor before the D1 read; legacy untagged passes through.
+	const cursor = parseCursor(url.searchParams.get('cursor')).raw ?? undefined;
 	const now = new Date().toISOString();
 
 	const [profile, response] = await Promise.all([
@@ -42,7 +44,8 @@ export async function load({ params, url, platform }) {
 
 	return {
 		events,
-		cursor: response?.cursor ?? null,
+		// Tag so load-more stays on this D1 authored pipeline (om-7dbs).
+		cursor: tagCursor('d1', response?.cursor ?? null),
 		actorProfile: profile,
 		actor,
 		actorDid: did
diff --git a/apps/web/src/routes/(app)/search/+page.server.ts b/apps/web/src/routes/(app)/search/+page.server.ts
index a93e668..95eeb5e 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/routes/(app)/search/+page.server.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/routes/(app)/search/+page.server.ts
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ export const load: PageServerLoad = async ({ url, platform }) => {
 	return {
 		events: flattenEventRecords(response.records),
 		handles,
-		// The D1 fallback is first-batch-only; don't hand its cursor back.
-		// loadMoreEvents has no search backend here, so it paginates via
-		// listRecords, which applies neither the discoverable filter nor the
-		// startsAtMin this page uses — later pages would drift into past and
-		// non-discoverable events. (When a configured backend errored the cursor
-		// is also unusable: it's a D1 cursor but loadMoreEvents re-routes to Meili
-		// whenever a backend is configured.) Drop it in both cases.
+		// The D1 fallback is first-batch-only; don't hand its cursor back. Even
+		// with self-describing cursors (om-7dbs), the search fetchParams carry no
+		// `pipeline`, so a d1-tagged cursor would route load-more through plain
+		// listRecords — dropping the discoverable filter and startsAtMin this page
+		// applies — and later pages would drift into past and non-discoverable
+		// events. Re-enabling consistent D1 pagination here would mean threading the
+		// discoverable pipeline + filters through; deferred. Drop the cursor.
 		cursor: null,
 		query: q
 	};
diff --git a/apps/web/src/routes/(app)/topics/[slug]/+page.server.ts b/apps/web/src/routes/(app)/topics/[slug]/+page.server.ts
index 2b4ae58..e7f9628 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/routes/(app)/topics/[slug]/+page.server.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/routes/(app)/topics/[slug]/+page.server.ts
@@ -41,13 +41,14 @@ export const load: PageServerLoad = async ({ params, platform }) => {
 		topic,
 		events: flattenEventRecords(response?.records ?? []),
 		handles,
-		// First-batch-only, like the search page's D1 fallback. This D1 FTS read has
-		// no cursor loadMoreEvents can resume: with a search backend configured it
-		// re-routes to Meili (whose offset cursor is incompatible with this D1
-		// cursor), and without one it paginates via listRecords (dropping the
-		// discoverable + startsAtMin filters this page relies on). Either way later
-		// pages would drift, so don't hand back a cursor. Deep topic pagination is
-		// tracked separately (om-47ak).
+		// First-batch-only, like the search page's D1 fallback. Self-describing
+		// cursors (om-7dbs) now stop this page's D1 cursor from being mis-consumed
+		// as a Meili offset, but they don't make it resumable here: this fetchParams
+		// contract carries no `pipeline`, so a d1-tagged cursor would still route
+		// load-more through plain listRecords, dropping the discoverable +
+		// startsAtMin filters this page relies on. So don't hand back a cursor. Deep
+		// topic pagination (threading the discoverable pipeline through) is tracked
+		// separately (om-47ak).
 		cursor: null,
 		query
 	};