diff --git a/internal/gh/fetch.go b/internal/gh/fetch.go
index a46465e..9a1ea0b 100644
--- a/internal/gh/fetch.go
+++ b/internal/gh/fetch.go
@@ -14,14 +14,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	maxFailingNames  = 5
-	runsPerWorkflow  = 5
-	maxWorkflows     = 100
-	eventPullRequest = "pull_request"
-	eventPullReqTgt  = "pull_request_target"
-	statusStateFail  = "failure"
-	statusStateError = "error"
-	statusStatePend  = "pending"
+	maxFailingNames = 5
+	runsPerWorkflow = 5
+	// freshRunsWindowDays bounds the created filter of the confirming run query.
+	freshRunsWindowDays = 30
+	maxWorkflows        = 100
+	eventPullRequest    = "pull_request"
+	eventPullReqTgt     = "pull_request_target"
+	statusStateFail     = "failure"
+	statusStateError    = "error"
+	statusStatePend     = "pending"
 )
 
 // backgroundEvents are triggers that run without a person pushing code.
@@ -374,9 +376,11 @@ func (c *Client) workflowRuns(ctx context.Context, full string, id int64, branch
 	path := fmt.Sprintf("/repos/%s/actions/workflows/%d/runs", full, id)
 	get := c.getJSON
 	if fresh {
-		// GitHub can keep answering one exact query from an old cached result, for weeks, whatever
-		// the connection. A different query string skips that entry and reads current runs.
+		// GitHub can keep answering a branch query from an old cached result, for weeks, whatever
+		// the connection, and page=1 alone does not skip it. A created filter changes the query
+		// every day and reads current runs.
 		q.Set("page", "1")
+		q.Set("created", ">="+c.now().UTC().AddDate(0, 0, -freshRunsWindowDays).Format(time.DateOnly))
 		get = c.getJSONFresh
 	}
 	if err := get(ctx, full, path, q, &out); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/gh/gh_test.go b/internal/gh/gh_test.go
index 3e2cf69..fa5671c 100644
--- a/internal/gh/gh_test.go
+++ b/internal/gh/gh_test.go
@@ -461,12 +461,12 @@ func TestAPIErrorMessageParsing(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // staleThenFresh models GitHub answering one exact query from an old cached result: the plain
-// query returns an old failing run every time, and the same query with page=1 returns current runs.
+// query returns an old failing run every time, and the same query with a created filter returns current runs.
 func staleThenFresh(f *fakeGitHub, path string) *atomic.Int64 {
 	var calls atomic.Int64
 	f.routes[path] = func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		calls.Add(1)
-		if r.URL.Query().Get("page") == "" {
+		if r.URL.Query().Get("created") == "" {
 			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"workflow_runs":[
 			  {"id":1,"html_url":"old","event":"schedule","head_branch":"main","status":"completed","conclusion":"failure","created_at":"2026-09-11T03:02:00Z"}]}`))
 			return