diff --git a/src/utils/proxy/handlers/generic.js b/src/utils/proxy/handlers/generic.js
index e7653c708..8ee1c41dd 100644
--- a/src/utils/proxy/handlers/generic.js
+++ b/src/utils/proxy/handlers/generic.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export default async function genericProxyHandler(req, res, map) {
         }
       }
 
-      const [status, contentType, data] = await httpProxy(url, params);
+      const [status, contentType, data, responseHeaders] = await httpProxy(url, params);
 
       let resultData = data;
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export default async function genericProxyHandler(req, res, map) {
             .status(status)
             .json({ error: { message: "Invalid data", url: sanitizeErrorURL(url), data: resultData } });
         }
-        if (map) resultData = map(resultData);
+        if (map) resultData = map(resultData, responseHeaders);
       }
 
       if (contentType) res.setHeader("Content-Type", contentType);
diff --git a/src/utils/proxy/handlers/generic.test.js b/src/utils/proxy/handlers/generic.test.js
index 7edca813d..14c622030 100644
--- a/src/utils/proxy/handlers/generic.test.js
+++ b/src/utils/proxy/handlers/generic.test.js
@@ -253,4 +253,20 @@ describe("utils/proxy/handlers/generic", () => {
     expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
     expect(res.body).toEqual({ mapped: true });
   });
+
+  it("passes the response headers to the mapping function", async () => {
+    getServiceWidget.mockResolvedValue({
+      type: "testservice",
+      url: "http://example",
+    });
+    httpProxy.mockResolvedValueOnce([200, "application/json", { ok: true }, { "x-total-count": "42" }]);
+
+    const req = { method: "GET", query: { group: "g", service: "svc", endpoint: "api", index: "0" } };
+    const res = createMockRes();
+
+    await genericProxyHandler(req, res, (data, headers) => ({ total: headers["x-total-count"] }));
+
+    expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    expect(res.body).toEqual({ total: "42" });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/widgets/gitea/component.jsx b/src/widgets/gitea/component.jsx
index 3b0b078fd..8cc688c4f 100644
--- a/src/widgets/gitea/component.jsx
+++ b/src/widgets/gitea/component.jsx
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ export default function Component({ service }) {
 
   const { data: giteaNotifications, error: giteaNotificationsError } = useWidgetAPI(widget, "notifications");
   const { data: giteaIssues, error: giteaIssuesError } = useWidgetAPI(widget, "issues");
+  const { data: giteaPulls, error: giteaPullsError } = useWidgetAPI(widget, "pulls");
   const { data: giteaRepositories, error: giteaRepositoriesError } = useWidgetAPI(widget, "repositories");
 
-  if (giteaNotificationsError || giteaIssuesError || giteaRepositoriesError) {
-    return (
-      <Container service={service} error={giteaNotificationsError ?? giteaIssuesError ?? giteaRepositoriesError} />
-    );
+  const error = giteaNotificationsError ?? giteaIssuesError ?? giteaPullsError ?? giteaRepositoriesError;
+  if (error) {
+    return <Container service={service} error={error} />;
   }
 
-  if (!giteaNotifications || !giteaIssues || !giteaRepositories) {
+  if (!giteaNotifications || !giteaIssues || !giteaPulls || !giteaRepositories) {
     return (
       <Container service={service}>
         <Block label="gitea.notifications" />
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ export default function Component({ service }) {
 
   return (
     <Container service={service}>
-      <Block label="gitea.notifications" value={giteaNotifications.length} />
-      <Block label="gitea.issues" value={giteaIssues.issues.length} />
-      <Block label="gitea.pulls" value={giteaIssues.pulls.length} />
-      <Block label="gitea.repositories" value={giteaRepositories.data.length} />
+      <Block label="gitea.notifications" value={giteaNotifications.count} />
+      <Block label="gitea.issues" value={giteaIssues.count} />
+      <Block label="gitea.pulls" value={giteaPulls.count} />
+      <Block label="gitea.repositories" value={giteaRepositories.count} />
     </Container>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/widgets/gitea/component.test.jsx b/src/widgets/gitea/component.test.jsx
index c0325bba1..13c4167ed 100644
--- a/src/widgets/gitea/component.test.jsx
+++ b/src/widgets/gitea/component.test.jsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ describe("widgets/gitea/component", () => {
     useWidgetAPI
       .mockReturnValueOnce({ data: undefined, error: undefined }) // notifications
       .mockReturnValueOnce({ data: undefined, error: undefined }) // issues
+      .mockReturnValueOnce({ data: undefined, error: undefined }) // pulls
       .mockReturnValueOnce({ data: undefined, error: undefined }); // repositories
 
     const { container } = renderWithProviders(<Component service={{ widget: { type: "gitea", url: "http://x" } }} />, {
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ describe("widgets/gitea/component", () => {
     useWidgetAPI
       .mockReturnValueOnce({ data: undefined, error: undefined })
       .mockReturnValueOnce({ data: undefined, error: { message: "nope" } })
+      .mockReturnValueOnce({ data: undefined, error: undefined })
       .mockReturnValueOnce({ data: undefined, error: undefined });
 
     renderWithProviders(<Component service={{ widget: { type: "gitea", url: "http://x" } }} />, {
@@ -48,22 +50,20 @@ describe("widgets/gitea/component", () => {
     expect(screen.getByText("nope")).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it("renders computed counts when loaded", () => {
+  it("renders total counts when loaded", () => {
     useWidgetAPI
-      .mockReturnValueOnce({ data: [{ id: 1 }, { id: 2 }], error: undefined })
-      .mockReturnValueOnce({
-        data: { issues: [{ id: 1 }], pulls: [{ id: 1 }, { id: 2 }, { id: 3 }] },
-        error: undefined,
-      })
-      .mockReturnValueOnce({ data: { data: [{ id: 1 }] }, error: undefined });
+      .mockReturnValueOnce({ data: { count: 2 }, error: undefined })
+      .mockReturnValueOnce({ data: { count: 1234 }, error: undefined })
+      .mockReturnValueOnce({ data: { count: 0 }, error: undefined })
+      .mockReturnValueOnce({ data: { count: 56 }, error: undefined });
 
     const { container } = renderWithProviders(<Component service={{ widget: { type: "gitea", url: "http://x" } }} />, {
       settings: { hideErrors: false },
     });
 
     expectBlockValue(container, "gitea.notifications", 2);
-    expectBlockValue(container, "gitea.issues", 1);
-    expectBlockValue(container, "gitea.pulls", 3);
-    expectBlockValue(container, "gitea.repositories", 1);
+    expectBlockValue(container, "gitea.issues", 1234);
+    expectBlockValue(container, "gitea.pulls", 0);
+    expectBlockValue(container, "gitea.repositories", 56);
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/widgets/gitea/widget.js b/src/widgets/gitea/widget.js
index 003a6710d..2d7261a80 100644
--- a/src/widgets/gitea/widget.js
+++ b/src/widgets/gitea/widget.js
@@ -1,26 +1,31 @@
-import { asJson } from "utils/proxy/api-helpers";
 import genericProxyHandler from "utils/proxy/handlers/generic";
 
+// Get total from header to avoid pagination limit
+export function totalCount(data, headers) {
+  const count = parseInt(headers?.["x-total-count"], 10);
+  return { count: Number.isNaN(count) ? null : count };
+}
+
 const widget = {
   api: "{url}/api/v1/{endpoint}?access_token={key}",
   proxyHandler: genericProxyHandler,
 
   mappings: {
     notifications: {
-      endpoint: "notifications",
+      endpoint: "notifications?limit=1",
+      map: totalCount,
     },
     issues: {
-      endpoint: "repos/issues/search",
-      map: (data) => {
-        const items = asJson(data);
-        return {
-          pulls: items.filter((issue) => issue.pull_request),
-          issues: items.filter((issue) => !issue.pull_request),
-        };
-      },
+      endpoint: "repos/issues/search?type=issues&limit=1",
+      map: totalCount,
+    },
+    pulls: {
+      endpoint: "repos/issues/search?type=pulls&limit=1",
+      map: totalCount,
     },
     repositories: {
-      endpoint: "repos/search",
+      endpoint: "repos/search?limit=1",
+      map: totalCount,
     },
   },
 };
diff --git a/src/widgets/gitea/widget.test.js b/src/widgets/gitea/widget.test.js
index 1039ad7ce..525e91058 100644
--- a/src/widgets/gitea/widget.test.js
+++ b/src/widgets/gitea/widget.test.js
@@ -2,19 +2,20 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
 import { expectWidgetConfigShape } from "test-utils/widget-config";
 
-import widget from "./widget";
+import widget, { totalCount } from "./widget";
 
 describe("gitea widget config", () => {
   it("exports a valid widget config", () => {
     expectWidgetConfigShape(widget);
   });
 
-  it("splits issues and pull requests", () => {
-    const result = widget.mappings.issues.map(
-      Buffer.from(JSON.stringify([{ id: 1, pull_request: {} }, { id: 2 }, { id: 3 }])),
-    );
+  it("reads the total count from the X-Total-Count header", () => {
+    expect(totalCount(Buffer.from("[]"), { "x-total-count": "1234" })).toEqual({ count: 1234 });
+    expect(totalCount(Buffer.from("[]"), { "x-total-count": "0" })).toEqual({ count: 0 });
+  });
 
-    expect(result.pulls.map((i) => i.id)).toEqual([1]);
-    expect(result.issues.map((i) => i.id)).toEqual([2, 3]);
+  it("returns a null count when the header is missing", () => {
+    expect(totalCount(Buffer.from("[{}]"), {})).toEqual({ count: null });
+    expect(totalCount(Buffer.from("[{}]"), undefined)).toEqual({ count: null });
   });
 });