airflowctl: dagrun list --limit=N returns more results than limit number

[yzhangyext]

Apache Airflow version

Other Airflow 3 version (please specify below)

If "Other Airflow 3 version" selected, which one?

3.1.7

What happened?

airflowctl dagrun list does not appear to honor the --limit flag correctly, but rather, it returns 8 times the number of results.

For example:

--limit=1 returns 8 dag runs
--limit=2 returns 16 dag runs
--limit=10 returns 80 dag runs

The extra results are distinct dag runs, so this does not appear to be a duplicate-printing or output-formatting issue.

The Airflow REST API returns the correct number of results for the equivalent request, which suggests the issue is in airflowctl rather than the Airflow backend.

What you think should happen instead?

airflowctl dagrun list --limit=N should return at most N dag runs.

How to reproduce

airflowctl version
{'airflowctl_version': '0.1.3'}

airflowctl dagrun list --dag-id=xxx --limit=1 --state=success
airflowctl dagrun list --dag-id=xxx --limit=2 --state=success
airflowctl dagrun list --dag-id=xxx --limit=10 --state=success

Operating System

MacOS 15.4.1

Versions of Apache Airflow Providers

No response

Deployment

Docker-Compose

Deployment details

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Anything else?

No response

Are you willing to submit PR?

• Yes I am willing to submit a PR!

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