diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/SessionCache.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/SessionCache.swift
index fa8b0f2..ed68dba 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/SessionCache.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/SessionCache.swift
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ enum SessionCache {
     /// files) are pruned on every save so the cache stays bounded.
     private static let sessionLimit = 50
     /// Keep the newest N events per session — the tail is what a returning reader wants, and it
-    /// bounds a long-running session's file.
-    private static let eventLimit = 1500
+    /// bounds a long-running session's file. Internal (not private) so the background transcript
+    /// prefetch can bound a cold session's pull to the same window this cache would keep anyway.
+    static let eventLimit = 1500
 
     // MARK: - Paths