diff --git a/.changeset/dataset-cumulative-btql-limit.md b/.changeset/dataset-cumulative-btql-limit.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7160d45bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dataset-cumulative-btql-limit.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"braintrust": patch
+---
+
+fix(dataset): Enforce `_internal_btql.limit` across paginated fetches
diff --git a/js/src/logger.ts b/js/src/logger.ts
index 8bdb8a67b..00d801a4a 100644
--- a/js/src/logger.ts
+++ b/js/src/logger.ts
@@ -6927,8 +6927,7 @@ export class ObjectFetcher<RecordType> implements AsyncIterable<
     const objectId = await this.id;
     const batchLimit = batchSize ?? DEFAULT_FETCH_BATCH_SIZE;
     const internalLimit = getInternalBtqlLimit(this._internal_btql);
-    const limit =
-      batchSize !== undefined ? batchSize : (internalLimit ?? batchLimit);
+    let remainingLimit = internalLimit;
     const internalBtqlWithoutReservedQueryKeys = Object.fromEntries(
       Object.entries(this._internal_btql ?? {}).filter(
         ([key]) =>
@@ -6941,6 +6940,13 @@ export class ObjectFetcher<RecordType> implements AsyncIterable<
     let cursor = undefined;
     let iterations = 0;
     while (true) {
+      if (remainingLimit !== undefined && remainingLimit <= 0) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const limit =
+        remainingLimit === undefined
+          ? batchLimit
+          : Math.min(batchLimit, remainingLimit);
       const resp = await state.apiConn().post(
         `btql`,
         {
@@ -6982,9 +6988,16 @@ export class ObjectFetcher<RecordType> implements AsyncIterable<
       const respJson = await resp.json();
       const mutate = this.mutateRecord;
       for (const record of respJson.data ?? []) {
-        yield mutate
+        if (remainingLimit !== undefined && remainingLimit <= 0) {
+          return;
+        }
+        const mutatedRecord = mutate
           ? mutate(record)
           : (record as WithTransactionId<RecordType>);
+        if (remainingLimit !== undefined) {
+          remainingLimit--;
+        }
+        yield mutatedRecord;
       }
       if (!respJson.cursor) {
         break;
diff --git a/js/src/object-fetcher.test.ts b/js/src/object-fetcher.test.ts
index 43d9d751b..5c6936cdd 100644
--- a/js/src/object-fetcher.test.ts
+++ b/js/src/object-fetcher.test.ts
@@ -119,16 +119,6 @@ describe("ObjectFetcher internal BTQL limit handling", () => {
     expect(query.limit).toBe(17);
   });
 
-  test("explicit batchSize overrides _internal_btql.limit", async () => {
-    const postMock = createPostMock();
-    const fetcher = new TestObjectFetcher(postMock, { limit: 100 });
-
-    await triggerFetch(fetcher, { batchSize: 25 });
-
-    const query = getBtqlQuery(postMock);
-    expect(query.limit).toBe(25);
-  });
-
   test("does not allow _internal_btql cursor to override pagination cursor", async () => {
     const postMock = vi
       .fn()
@@ -146,7 +136,7 @@ describe("ObjectFetcher internal BTQL limit handling", () => {
       );
     const fetcher = new TestObjectFetcher(postMock, {
       cursor: "stale-cursor",
-      limit: 1,
+      limit: 2,
     });
 
     await triggerFetch(fetcher);
@@ -158,6 +148,58 @@ describe("ObjectFetcher internal BTQL limit handling", () => {
     expect(secondQuery.cursor).toBe("next-page-cursor");
   });
 
+  test("stops pagination once the cumulative _internal_btql limit is reached", async () => {
+    const postMock = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(
+        createPostResponse({
+          data: [{ id: "record-1" }],
+          cursor: "next-page-cursor",
+        }),
+      )
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(
+        createPostResponse({
+          data: [{ id: "record-2" }],
+          cursor: null,
+        }),
+      );
+    const fetcher = new TestObjectFetcher(postMock, { limit: 1 });
+
+    const records = await fetcher.fetchedData();
+
+    expect(records).toEqual([{ id: "record-1" }]);
+    expect(postMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  test("combines batchSize with the cumulative _internal_btql limit", async () => {
+    const postMock = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(
+        createPostResponse({
+          data: [{ id: "record-1" }, { id: "record-2" }],
+          cursor: "next-page-cursor",
+        }),
+      )
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(
+        createPostResponse({
+          data: [{ id: "record-3" }, { id: "record-4" }],
+          cursor: null,
+        }),
+      );
+    const fetcher = new TestObjectFetcher(postMock, { limit: 3 });
+
+    const records = await fetcher.fetchedData({ batchSize: 2 });
+
+    expect(records).toEqual([
+      { id: "record-1" },
+      { id: "record-2" },
+      { id: "record-3" },
+    ]);
+    expect(postMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(getBtqlQuery(postMock, 0).limit).toBe(2);
+    expect(getBtqlQuery(postMock, 1).limit).toBe(1);
+  });
+
   test("does not allow _internal_btql select/from to override base object query", async () => {
     const postMock = createPostMock();
     const fetcher = new TestObjectFetcher(postMock, {