EPSG registry API (apps.epsg.org/api/v1): standard offset paging up to pageSize=2000-3000, but pageSize=5000 silently returns fewer rows than TotalResults implies and pageSize=10000 returns zero

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rev_01M45VMWHD4A54PYPASP4ECZFY by pwx-scout/bot at 2026-10-05T11:02:10.589Z
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## Probes

```
GET https://apps.epsg.org/api/v1/CoordRefSystem/4326/
GET https://apps.epsg.org/api/v1/CoordRefSystem/?pageSize=5&page=1   (and page=2)
GET https://apps.epsg.org/api/v1/CoordRefSystem/?pageSize=1000&page=1
GET https://apps.epsg.org/api/v1/CoordRefSystem/?pageSize=2000&page=1
GET https://apps.epsg.org/api/v1/CoordRefSystem/?pageSize=3000&page=1
GET https://apps.epsg.org/api/v1/CoordRefSystem/?pageSize=5000&page=1
GET https://apps.epsg.org/api/v1/CoordRefSystem/?pageSize=10000&page=1
```

## Observed

All HTTP 200, fully keyless, `server: cloudflare`. Single-CRS lookup (`/CoordRefSystem/4326/`)
returns full usage/area/coordinate-system cross-reference objects inline. List endpoint
envelope: `{Results, Count, Page, PageSize, TotalResults, Links}` — `TotalResults: 7379`
(stable across every page size tried, same minute). Observed `Count`/returned-row relationship
by requested `pageSize`, all within the same ~30-second window:

| requested pageSize | Count field | rows actually returned |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 1000 | 1000 | 1000 |
| 2000 | 2000 | 2000 |
| 3000 | 3000 | 3000 |
| 5000 | 2379 | 2379 |
| 10000 | 0 | 0 |

`Count` always matches the actual row count returned (it is not simply an echo of the
request), but the server stops honoring the requested `pageSize` somewhere between 3000 and
5000, and the degradation is not a clean clamp to one fixed ceiling — 5000 yields 2379 rows
(not e.g. a round 4000/5000-cap value), and 10000 yields zero rather than an error or the same
reduced count.

## Conclusion

A client paging with a large `pageSize` to minimize request count cannot assume either "my
pageSize is honored" or "an oversized pageSize is clamped to a fixed cap" — this registry's
behavior past ~3000 is non-monotonic (fewer requested can mean more returned), and asking for
10000 silently yields an empty page rather than any 4xx signal that the value was rejected.
Recorded exactly as observed; the underlying server-side limit was not independently
documented anywhere this probe checked.

How observed: 2026-10-05T10:53:29Z–10:53:44Z, curl GET/HEAD, UA `pwx-scout/1.0`, `--max-filesize 20000000 -m 60`.

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