diff --git a/Darling/Darling.Tests/LiteJobHistoryLoadingCapTests.cs b/Darling/Darling.Tests/LiteJobHistoryLoadingCapTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb9e4254c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Darling/Darling.Tests/LiteJobHistoryLoadingCapTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Erik Darling, Darling Data LLC
+ *
+ * This file is part of the SQL Server Performance Monitor.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+ */
+
+using System;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Darling.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// #4478's Lite half: Lite's Job History tab gets the same loading state and "showing the newest 2,000"
+/// cap label that #4481 gave the Viewer's tab, through the shared
+/// <see cref="PerformanceMonitor.Common.JobHistoryCap"/>. Lite's UI is WPF (<c>PresentationFramework</c>) and
+/// cannot be instantiated here, so this pins the SOURCE for the call and the loading element the same way
+/// <c>ViewerPerfmonShapingParityTests</c> pins Viewer/Lite parity — a source scan, not a rendered control.
+/// The label text itself is pinned once, off this call path, by <c>JobHistoryCapLabelTests</c>.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class LiteJobHistoryLoadingCapTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void LiteJobHistoryTab_CallsTheSharedCapLabel_AndDeclaresALoadingElement()
+    {
+        var cs = RepoFile.ReadRepoFile("Lite", "Controls", "JobHistoryTab.xaml.cs");
+        var stripped = CSharpSourceWalker.StripCommentsAndStrings(cs);
+
+        Assert.Contains("JobHistoryCap.Label(", stripped, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+
+        /* The loading element is shown before the read starts and collapsed in a finally, so it clears on
+           every exit path (success, the caught exception, and a superseded/early return). */
+        var head = stripped.IndexOf("private async System.Threading.Tasks.Task LoadJobsAsync()", StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.True(head >= 0, "LoadJobsAsync was not found in Lite/Controls/JobHistoryTab.xaml.cs");
+        var open = stripped.IndexOf('{', head);
+        var body = CSharpSourceWalker.BraceBalanced(stripped, open);
+
+        Assert.Contains("LoadingMessage.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;", body, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+
+        /* #4478/#4488: an unconditional finally collapsed the loading message for a SUPERSEDED load too, so
+           the earlier of two overlapping reads could hide the newer load's indicator. The collapse on both
+           exit paths (success and the caught exception) now sits behind the same _loads.Superseded check as
+           every other paint in this method — asserting on that shape rather than on a bare finally, which is
+           exactly the shape that was wrong. */
+        var collapseCount = Regex.Matches(body, @"LoadingMessage\s*\.\s*Visibility\s*=\s*Visibility\s*\.\s*Collapsed\s*;").Count;
+        Assert.True(collapseCount >= 2, "LoadJobsAsync should collapse the loading message on both the success and the caught-exception exit path");
+
+        var guardedCollapses = Regex.Matches(
+            body,
+            @"if\s*\(\s*_loads\s*\.\s*Superseded\s*\(\s*nameof\s*\(\s*LoadJobsAsync\s*\)\s*,\s*gen\s*\)\s*\)\s*return\s*;\s*\r?\n\s*\r?\n?\s*LoadingMessage\s*\.\s*Visibility\s*=\s*Visibility\s*\.\s*Collapsed\s*;").Count;
+        Assert.True(
+            guardedCollapses >= 2,
+            "LoadJobsAsync's loading-message collapse must sit behind its own supersession check, not run unconditionally for a superseded load");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void LiteJobHistoryXaml_DeclaresTheLoadingElement()
+    {
+        var xaml = RepoFile.ReadRepoFile("Lite", "Controls", "JobHistoryTab.xaml");
+
+        Assert.Contains("x:Name=\"LoadingMessage\"", xaml, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Darling/Darling.Tests/ScopedLoadOrderingTests.cs b/Darling/Darling.Tests/ScopedLoadOrderingTests.cs
index 88bb81f7a..8fda165ca 100644
--- a/Darling/Darling.Tests/ScopedLoadOrderingTests.cs
+++ b/Darling/Darling.Tests/ScopedLoadOrderingTests.cs
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ the grid they scope. */
         new Site(s_finOps, "JobHistoryTab.xaml.cs", "Task", "LoadJobsAsync"),
         new Site(s_finOps, "JobHistoryTab.xaml.cs", "Task", "UpdateAgentStatusAsync"),
 
+        /* The Viewer's twin (#4478/#4488) — same fleet-wide read, same missing guard on its loading paint. */
+        new Site(s_viewer, "JobHistoryTab.xaml.cs", "Task", "LoadJobsAsync"),
+
         /* #2929's second and third sites, now ordered as well as scope-verified. Both twins, because the
            same-scope hole is identical in them and fixing one half is how a parity gap starts. */
         new Site(s_liteWindows, "DatabaseStateOverridesWindow.xaml.cs", "Task", "LoadAsync"),
@@ -521,7 +524,7 @@ public void NoSiteClaims_AboveAReturnThatPaintsNothing()
     // ── Site mechanics ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
     private static void AssertEverySiteIsStillHere() =>
-        Assert.True(s_sites.Length == 27, $"{s_sites.Length} site(s) in the table; this pin covers 27");
+        Assert.True(s_sites.Length == 28, $"{s_sites.Length} site(s) in the table; this pin covers 28");
 
     /// <summary>A XAML-generated control and one of the UI properties a load paints into.</summary>
     private const string PaintTarget =
diff --git a/Darling/PerformanceMonitor.Darling.Viewer/JobHistoryTab.xaml.cs b/Darling/PerformanceMonitor.Darling.Viewer/JobHistoryTab.xaml.cs
index af046c5c2..d0c2c0ac1 100644
--- a/Darling/PerformanceMonitor.Darling.Viewer/JobHistoryTab.xaml.cs
+++ b/Darling/PerformanceMonitor.Darling.Viewer/JobHistoryTab.xaml.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public partial class JobHistoryTab : UserControl
 {
     private ViewerDataService? _dataService;
     private DataGridFilterManager<ViewerJobHistoryRow>? _filterManager;
+    private readonly PerformanceMonitor.Ui.ScopedLoadGenerations _loads = new();
     private Popup? _filterPopup;
     private ColumnFilterPopup? _filterPopupContent;
     private DateTime? _lastRefreshed;
@@ -68,6 +69,8 @@ private async Task LoadJobsAsync()
             return;
         }
 
+        var gen = _loads.Claim(nameof(LoadJobsAsync));
+
         NoJobsMessage.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
         LoadingMessage.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
 
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ private async Task LoadJobsAsync()
             var sinceUtc = DateTime.UtcNow.AddHours(-hoursBack);
 
             var all = await _dataService.GetJobHistoryAsync(sinceUtc, serverId, RowCap);
+            if (_loads.Superseded(nameof(LoadJobsAsync), gen)) return;
 
             /* Populate the Server / Category combos from the full (pre status/category) result, then apply
                Status + Category client-side — those must NOT go into the reader's window (they'd skew the
@@ -118,13 +122,15 @@ the underlying read still hit the cap. */
             UpdateStaleDataIndicator();
 
             await UpdateAgentStatusAsync(serverId);
+            if (_loads.Superseded(nameof(LoadJobsAsync), gen)) return;
+
+            LoadingMessage.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
             StatusChanged?.Invoke($"failed to load job history: {ex.Message}");
-        }
-        finally
-        {
+            if (_loads.Superseded(nameof(LoadJobsAsync), gen)) return;
+
             LoadingMessage.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
         }
     }
diff --git a/Lite/Controls/JobHistoryTab.xaml b/Lite/Controls/JobHistoryTab.xaml
index 1d541e014..9918dfa07 100644
--- a/Lite/Controls/JobHistoryTab.xaml
+++ b/Lite/Controls/JobHistoryTab.xaml
@@ -206,6 +206,14 @@
                        FontSize="14" Foreground="{DynamicResource ForegroundMutedBrush}"
                        HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"
                        Visibility="Collapsed"/>
+
+            <!-- Loading State (#4478): shown while a read is in flight, so an empty grid does not read as
+                 "no jobs in the last 24 hours" for the several seconds a fleet-wide read takes. -->
+            <TextBlock x:Name="LoadingMessage"
+                       Text="Loading job history…"
+                       FontSize="14" Foreground="{DynamicResource ForegroundMutedBrush}"
+                       HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                       Visibility="Collapsed"/>
         </Grid>
     </Grid>
 </UserControl>
diff --git a/Lite/Controls/JobHistoryTab.xaml.cs b/Lite/Controls/JobHistoryTab.xaml.cs
index d6dfaf128..d5a46254f 100644
--- a/Lite/Controls/JobHistoryTab.xaml.cs
+++ b/Lite/Controls/JobHistoryTab.xaml.cs
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ public async void RefreshJobs()
         await LoadJobsAsync();
     }
 
+    /// <summary>The read's row cap (#4478) — the 2,000 <see cref="LoadJobsAsync"/> passes to
+    /// <see cref="LocalDataService.GetJobHistoryAsync"/>.</summary>
+    private const int RowCap = 2000;
+
     private async System.Threading.Tasks.Task LoadJobsAsync()
     {
         if (_dataService == null) return;
@@ -74,12 +78,15 @@ private async System.Threading.Tasks.Task LoadJobsAsync()
            starting of two overlapping reads can land first. Same idiom as FinOpsTab's. */
         var gen = _loads.Claim(nameof(LoadJobsAsync));
 
+        NoJobsMessage.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
+        LoadingMessage.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
+
         try
         {
             var hoursBack = GetSelectedHoursBack();
             int? serverId = GetSelectedServerId();
 
-            var all = await System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Run(() => _dataService.GetJobHistoryAsync(hoursBack, 2000, serverId));
+            var all = await System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Run(() => _dataService.GetJobHistoryAsync(hoursBack, RowCap, serverId));
             if (_loads.Superseded(nameof(LoadJobsAsync), gen)) return;
 
             /* #2126: rows carry the raw collected server name; swap in the operator's alias where the
@@ -118,17 +125,30 @@ other tab. A server no longer in config keeps its raw name (the durable-record c
 
             var displayCount = JobHistoryDataGrid.ItemsSource is ICollection<JobHistoryRow> coll ? coll.Count : filtered.Count;
             NoJobsMessage.Visibility = displayCount == 0 ? Visibility.Visible : Visibility.Collapsed;
-            JobCountIndicator.Text = displayCount > 0 ? $"{displayCount} run(s)" : "";
+
+            /* The cap applies to the UNFILTERED read (all.Count), not the client-side-filtered display count:
+               a Status/Category filter narrowing the grid must not make the "newest 2,000" label disappear when
+               the underlying read still hit the cap. */
+            var capLabel = JobHistoryCap.Label(all.Count, RowCap);
+            JobCountIndicator.Text = displayCount == 0
+                ? ""
+                : capLabel.Length > 0 ? $"{displayCount} run(s) ({capLabel})" : $"{displayCount} run(s)";
             AppLogger.Debug("JobHistory", $"Loaded {displayCount} job run(s) (query returned {all.Count}, hoursBack={hoursBack}, serverId={serverId?.ToString() ?? "all"})");
 
             _lastRefreshed = DateTime.UtcNow;
             UpdateStaleDataIndicator();
 
             await UpdateAgentStatusAsync(serverId);
+            if (_loads.Superseded(nameof(LoadJobsAsync), gen)) return;
+
+            LoadingMessage.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
             AppLogger.Error("JobHistory", $"Failed to load job history: {ex.Message}");
+            if (_loads.Superseded(nameof(LoadJobsAsync), gen)) return;
+
+            LoadingMessage.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
         }
     }