diff --git a/backend/offer/app.py b/backend/offer/app.py
index 7444b2b..addfc41 100644
--- a/backend/offer/app.py
+++ b/backend/offer/app.py
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@ router = APIRouter()
 
 
 class OfferCreate(BaseModel):
-    inbox_id: int
+    offer_id: str | None = None
+    inbox_id: int | None = None
+    manual_upload_candidate_id: str | None = None
+    form_data_id: str | None = None
     job_post_id: str
-    candidate_user_id: str
+    candidate_user_id: str | None = None
     status: str | None = "draft"
     base_salary: float | None = None
     currency: str | None = None
@@ -74,9 +77,9 @@ class OfferSent(BaseModel):
     inbox_id: int | None = None
     manual_upload_candidate_id: str | None = None
     form_data_id: str | None = None
-    job_post_id: str
+    job_post_id: str | None = None
     candidate_user_id: str | None = None
-    base_salary: float
+    base_salary: float | None = None
     currency: str | None = "USD"
     salary_period: str | None = "year"
     signing_bonus: float | None = None
diff --git a/backend/offer/models.py b/backend/offer/models.py
index 604dd60..6cd8870 100644
--- a/backend/offer/models.py
+++ b/backend/offer/models.py
@@ -183,6 +183,20 @@ class Offers(SQLModel, table=True):
         )
         return result.scalars().first()
 
+    @classmethod
+    async def get_draft_or_failed_for_candidate_job(cls, session: AsyncSession, candidate_user_id, job_post_id):
+        uid = cls._as_uuid(candidate_user_id)
+        jid = cls._as_uuid(job_post_id)
+        if uid is None or jid is None:
+            return None
+        result = await session.execute(
+            select(cls)
+            .where(cls.candidate_user_id == uid, cls.job_post_id == jid)
+            .where(cls.status.in_(("draft", "failed")))
+            .order_by(cls.created_at.desc())
+        )
+        return result.scalars().first()
+
 
 class OfferStatusHistory(SQLModel, table=True):
     __tablename__ = "offer_status_history"
diff --git a/backend/offer/views.py b/backend/offer/views.py
index bfea53d..e8c5dc2 100644
--- a/backend/offer/views.py
+++ b/backend/offer/views.py
@@ -219,39 +219,75 @@ class Offer:
             existing["name"]=item.get("name")
 
     async def create_offer(self,payload,current_user):
-        if not payload.get("inbox_id"):
-            raise HTTPException(status_code=422,detail="inbox_id is required")
-        job_post_id=_as_uuid(payload.get("job_post_id"))
-        if job_post_id is None:
-            raise HTTPException(status_code=422,detail="job_post_id is required")
-        candidate_user_id=_as_uuid(payload.get("candidate_user_id"))
-        if candidate_user_id is None:
-            raise HTTPException(status_code=422,detail="candidate_user_id is required")
         created_by=_user_id(current_user)
-        status=payload.get("status") or "draft"
+        app=await self._resolve_application(payload)
+        await self._assert_offer_job(current_user,app["job_post_id"])
+        candidate_user_id=app["candidate_user_id"]
+        job_post_id=app["job_post_id"]
+        open_row=await Offers.get_open_for_candidate_job(self.session,candidate_user_id,job_post_id)
+        retry_id=_as_uuid(payload.get("offer_id"))
+        if open_row and (retry_id is None or open_row.id!=retry_id):
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=409,detail="An offer is already in progress for this candidate and job")
 
-        fields={
-            "inbox_id": int(payload["inbox_id"]),
+        fields=_comp_fields(payload)
+        fields.update({
+            "inbox_id": app.get("inbox_id"),
+            "manual_upload_candidate_id": app.get("manual_upload_id"),
+            "form_data_id": app.get("form_data_id"),
             "job_post_id": job_post_id,
             "candidate_user_id": candidate_user_id,
-            "created_by": created_by,
-            "status": status,
-        }
-        for key in non_validation_values():
-            if key in payload and payload[key] is not None:
-                fields[key]=payload[key]
+            "status": "draft",
+        })
+        if fields.get("equity_units") in (None,0):
+            fields["equity_instrument"]=None
 
+        if retry_id is not None:
+            row=await Offers.get_offer_by_id(self.session,retry_id)
+            if not row:
+                raise HTTPException(status_code=404,detail="Offer not found")
+            if row.status in ("sent","negotiating"):
+                raise HTTPException(status_code=409,detail="This offer has already been sent")
+            from_status=row.status
+            row=await Offers.update_offer(self.session,retry_id,fields)
+            if from_status!="draft":
+                await OfferStatusHistory.insert_history(self.session,{
+                    "offer_id": row.id,
+                    "from_status": from_status,
+                    "to_status": "draft",
+                    "changed_by": created_by,
+                    "actor_kind": "user",
+                    "change_reason": payload.get("change_reason") or "saved",
+                })
+            return (await self._hydrate_offers([row]))[0]
+
+        existing=await Offers.get_draft_or_failed_for_candidate_job(
+            self.session,candidate_user_id,job_post_id,
+        )
+        if existing:
+            from_status=existing.status
+            row=await Offers.update_offer(self.session,existing.id,fields)
+            if from_status!="draft":
+                await OfferStatusHistory.insert_history(self.session,{
+                    "offer_id": row.id,
+                    "from_status": from_status,
+                    "to_status": "draft",
+                    "changed_by": created_by,
+                    "actor_kind": "user",
+                    "change_reason": payload.get("change_reason") or "saved",
+                })
+            return (await self._hydrate_offers([row]))[0]
+
+        fields["created_by"]=created_by
         row=await Offers.insert_offer(self.session,fields)
-        history_data={
+        await OfferStatusHistory.insert_history(self.session,{
             "offer_id": row.id,
             "from_status": None,
-            "to_status": status,
+            "to_status": "draft",
             "changed_by": created_by,
             "actor_kind": "user",
             "change_reason": payload.get("change_reason"),
-        }
-        await OfferStatusHistory.insert_history(self.session,history_data)
-        return serialize_offer(row)
+        })
+        return (await self._hydrate_offers([row]))[0]
 
     async def update_offer(self,offer_id,payload,current_user):
         row=await Offers.get_offer_by_id(self.session,offer_id)
@@ -322,6 +358,7 @@ class Offer:
 
     async def send_offer(self,payload,current_user):
         created_by=_user_id(current_user)
+        payload=await self._payload_for_send(payload)
         app=await self._resolve_application(payload)
         await self._assert_offer_job(current_user,app["job_post_id"])
         candidate_user_id=app["candidate_user_id"]
@@ -331,7 +368,10 @@ class Offer:
 
         open_row=await Offers.get_open_for_candidate_job(self.session,candidate_user_id,job_post_id)
         retry_id=_as_uuid(payload.get("offer_id"))
-        if open_row and (retry_id is None or open_row.id!=retry_id):
+        resend=False
+        if open_row and retry_id is not None and open_row.id==retry_id:
+            resend=open_row.status in ("sent","negotiating")
+        elif open_row and (retry_id is None or open_row.id!=retry_id):
             raise HTTPException(status_code=409,detail="An offer is already in progress for this candidate and job")
 
         fields=_comp_fields(payload)
@@ -341,8 +381,9 @@ class Offer:
             "form_data_id": app.get("form_data_id"),
             "job_post_id": job_post_id,
             "candidate_user_id": candidate_user_id,
-            "status": "failed",
         })
+        if not resend:
+            fields["status"]="draft"
         if fields.get("equity_units") in (None,0):
             fields["equity_instrument"]=None
 
@@ -351,20 +392,23 @@ class Offer:
             row=await Offers.get_offer_by_id(self.session,retry_id)
             if not row:
                 raise HTTPException(status_code=404,detail="Offer not found")
-            if row.status in ("sent","negotiating"):
-                raise HTTPException(status_code=409,detail="This offer has already been sent")
+            if row.status in ("accepted","declined"):
+                raise HTTPException(status_code=409,detail="This offer is already closed")
             row=await Offers.update_offer(self.session,retry_id,fields)
         else:
-            failed=await Offers.get_failed_for_candidate_job(self.session,candidate_user_id,job_post_id)
-            if failed:
-                row=await Offers.update_offer(self.session,failed.id,fields)
+            existing=await Offers.get_draft_or_failed_for_candidate_job(
+                self.session,candidate_user_id,job_post_id,
+            )
+            if existing:
+                row=await Offers.update_offer(self.session,existing.id,fields)
             else:
                 fields["created_by"]=created_by
+                fields["status"]="draft"
                 row=await Offers.insert_offer(self.session,fields)
                 await OfferStatusHistory.insert_history(self.session,{
                     "offer_id": row.id,
                     "from_status": None,
-                    "to_status": "failed",
+                    "to_status": "draft",
                     "changed_by": created_by,
                     "actor_kind": "user",
                     "change_reason": payload.get("change_reason"),
@@ -383,6 +427,9 @@ class Offer:
                 raise RuntimeError("candidate has no email")
             await send_offer_mail(email,subject,html)
         except (httpx.HTTPError,RuntimeError) as e:
+            if row.status not in ("sent","negotiating"):
+                await Offers.update_offer(self.session,row.id,{"status":"failed"})
+                row=await Offers.get_offer_by_id(self.session,row.id)
             await self._notify_send_failed(created_by,name,job_title,row)
             raise HTTPException(status_code=502,detail=MAIL_FAIL_DETAIL) from e
 
@@ -416,6 +463,33 @@ class Offer:
         )
         return (await self._hydrate_offers([updated]))[0]
 
+    async def _payload_for_send(self,payload):
+        data=dict(payload or {})
+        offer_id=_as_uuid(data.get("offer_id"))
+        if offer_id is None:
+            return data
+        row=await Offers.get_offer_by_id(self.session,offer_id)
+        if not row:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=404,detail="Offer not found")
+        if data.get("inbox_id") in (None,"") and not data.get("manual_upload_candidate_id") and not data.get("form_data_id"):
+            if row.inbox_id is not None:
+                data["inbox_id"]=row.inbox_id
+            elif row.manual_upload_candidate_id is not None:
+                data["manual_upload_candidate_id"]=str(row.manual_upload_candidate_id)
+            elif row.form_data_id is not None:
+                data["form_data_id"]=str(row.form_data_id)
+        if data.get("job_post_id") in (None,""):
+            data["job_post_id"]=str(row.job_post_id) if row.job_post_id else None
+        if data.get("candidate_user_id") in (None,""):
+            data["candidate_user_id"]=str(row.candidate_user_id) if row.candidate_user_id else None
+        if data.get("base_salary") in (None,""):
+            data["base_salary"]=row.base_salary
+        for key in ("currency","salary_period","signing_bonus","annual_bonus_pct",
+                    "equity_units","equity_instrument","start_date","expiry_date"):
+            if key not in data or data.get(key) in (None,""):
+                data[key]=getattr(row,key)
+        return data
+
     async def _resolve_application(self,payload):
         inbox_id=payload.get("inbox_id")
         manual_id=_as_uuid(payload.get("manual_upload_candidate_id"))
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/candidates.js b/frontend/src/api/candidates.js
index 92d83ec..989dc76 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/candidates.js
+++ b/frontend/src/api/candidates.js
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export function viewCvBankCv(id) {
  * Needs candidates.view. `assigned` is tri-valued: omit for all, false for
  * still in the bank, true for rows that already have a job_post_id.
  */
-export function listMatching({ search, top = 10, skip = 0, assigned } = {}) {
+export function listMatching({ search, top = 50, skip = 0, assigned } = {}) {
   return request('/candidate/matching/fetch', {
     params: { search, top, skip, assigned },
   })
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export function toCandidateView(row) {
 }
 
 
-export function listCandidateUsers({ roleId = 8, top = 10, skip = 0, assignedJobPostId } = {}) {
+export function listCandidateUsers({ roleId = 8, top = 50, skip = 0, assignedJobPostId } = {}) {
   return request('/candidate/fetch/users', {
     params: { role_id: roleId, top, skip, assigned_job_post_id: assignedJobPostId },
   })
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ export function createActivity({ inboxId, type, status, description }) {
  * detail query refetches on every write in the modal. Fetched lazily when the
  * History tab opens, paginated server-side.
  */
-export function listHistory(userId, { limit = 10, offset = 0 } = {}) {
+export function listHistory(userId, { limit = 50, offset = 0 } = {}) {
   return request('/candidate/history/fetch', { params: { user_id: userId, limit, offset } })
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/offers.js b/frontend/src/api/offers.js
index 5a8da5f..e377b1d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/offers.js
+++ b/frontend/src/api/offers.js
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import { toDate } from '../lib/format'
    recruiter who can read offers still cannot issue one.
 
    List rows include candidate_name / created_by_name. Job title is still
-   hydrated from /job/fetch?ids=. Create Offer uses POST /offers/jobs/sent.
+   hydrated from /job/fetch?ids=. Create Offer saves POST /offers/create
+   (draft). Send on the list is POST /offers/jobs/sent.
    ============================================================ */
 
 /** `status` is a free-text column defaulting to "draft"; the vocabulary is decided here. */
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ReapplicantHistory.jsx b/frontend/src/components/ReapplicantHistory.jsx
index 22a41fa..7fd159a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ReapplicantHistory.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ReapplicantHistory.jsx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export function candidateApplicationsOf(row) {
     const self = syntheticCurrentApplication(row)
     if (self) items.push(self)
   }
-  items.sort((a, b) => (appliedAtMs(b?.applied_at) ?? 0) - (appliedAtMs(a?.applied_at) ?? 0))
+  items.sort((a, b) => (appliedAtMs(b) ?? 0) - (appliedAtMs(a) ?? 0))
   return items
 }
 
@@ -101,15 +101,26 @@ function syntheticCurrentApplication(row) {
   }
 }
 
-function appliedAtMs(value) {
+function isUtcSource(source) {
+  return source === 'inbox' || source === 'filtered'
+}
+
+/** Email Graph stamps are UTC; sheet/manual stamps are wall-clock digits. */
+function displayAppliedDate(item) {
+  const value = item?.applied_at
   if (value == null || value === '') return null
   if (value instanceof Date) {
-    return Number.isNaN(value.getTime()) ? null : value.getTime()
+    return Number.isNaN(value.getTime()) ? null : value
   }
-  const instant = toInstant(value)
-  if (instant) return instant.getTime()
-  const wall = toDate(value)
-  return wall ? wall.getTime() : null
+  if (isUtcSource(item?.source)) {
+    return toInstant(value) || toDate(value)
+  }
+  return toDate(value) || toInstant(value)
+}
+
+function appliedAtMs(item) {
+  const d = displayAppliedDate(item)
+  return d ? d.getTime() : null
 }
 
 function currentRowIds(row) {
@@ -205,7 +216,8 @@ export function hrefForPreviousApplication(item) {
 /** Full application list for profile / inbox / add-candidate. */
 export function PreviousApplications({ row, title = 'Total applications' }) {
   const items = candidateApplicationsOf(row)
-  if (!items.length) return null
+  // One row is the application already on screen — do not show a history card.
+  if (items.length < 2) return null
   const current = currentRowIds(row)
   const heading = title === 'Total applications' ? `Total applications (${items.length})` : title
   return (
@@ -272,7 +284,7 @@ export function PreviousApplications({ row, title = 'Total applications' }) {
                   )}
                   <div className="cell-sub">
                     {SOURCE_LABEL[item.source] || item.source || 'Application'}
-                    {item.applied_at ? ` · ${fmtDateTime(toInstant(item.applied_at) || item.applied_at)}` : ''}
+                    {item.applied_at ? ` · ${fmtDateTime(displayAppliedDate(item))}` : ''}
                   </div>
                 </div>
                 <Badge className={STAGE_BADGE[stage] || 'b-gray'}>{stage}</Badge>
diff --git a/frontend/src/screens/Assessments.jsx b/frontend/src/screens/Assessments.jsx
index 067f1b5..e314cbc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/screens/Assessments.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/screens/Assessments.jsx
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ export default function Assessments() {
                 </select>
               </div>
             </div>
-            <DataTable columns={columns} rows={rows} pageSize={8} empty="No assessments match these filters." />
+            <DataTable columns={columns} rows={rows} pageSize={50} empty="No assessments match these filters." />
           </>
         )}
       </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/screens/Inbox.jsx b/frontend/src/screens/Inbox.jsx
index f773393..13d7dcd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/screens/Inbox.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/screens/Inbox.jsx
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /* ============================================================
    Recruitment Inbox — application tabs over GET /inbox/all-applications.
-   Page size defaults to 10 (dropdown: 10 / 50 / 100). skip/offset is the
-   window start and is not recomputed when Per page changes: growing 10 to
-   50 on a window that started at row 11 requests skip=10, top=50
-   (rows 11–60). Clicking a
+   Page size defaults to 50 (dropdown: 10 / 50 / 100). skip/offset is the
+   window start and is not recomputed when Per page changes: growing 50 to
+   100 on a window that started at row 51 requests skip=50, top=100
+   (rows 51–150). Clicking a
    page number realigns skip = (page-1)*limit. Total comes from a count
    endpoint called once when the page opens.
    ============================================================ */
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ const PAGE_SIZE_MAX = 500
  * qk.mailbox.all() the moment a run completes — so refetching on every visit
  * bought nothing and cost a full-width skeleton each time.
  *
- * List fetches always send the UI page size (10 / 50 / 100), including All —
- * omitting limit used to dump the whole form_data table into the browser.
+ * List fetches send the UI page size (10 / 50 / 100). All channel is
+ * different: email and sheet are fetched as two pools (up to PAGE_SIZE_MAX),
+ * sorted by received time descending, then sliced to the page so a page is
+ * not "half inbox, half form".
  *
  * staleTime therefore covers a normal working stretch, and keepPreviousData
  * means a tab switch, a page turn or a keystroke re-renders the rows already
@@ -301,6 +303,20 @@ function formReceivedAt(entryDate, entryTime, timestampRaw) {
   return d
 }
 
+/** Newest-first clock for All-channel merge. Prefer applied/received, not import time. */
+function rowTimeMs(row) {
+  const values = [row?.received, row?.applied, row?.applied_at, row?.createdAt]
+  for (const v of values) {
+    if (v instanceof Date && !Number.isNaN(v.getTime())) return v.getTime()
+    if (typeof v === 'number' && Number.isFinite(v)) return v
+    if (typeof v === 'string' && v.trim()) {
+      const d = row?.kind === 'form' ? (toDate(v) || toInstant(v)) : (toInstant(v) || toDate(v))
+      if (d) return d.getTime()
+    }
+  }
+  return 0
+}
+
 /** Same numeric gate as email `ats_score` / pipeline ScoreChip. */
 function asAtsScore(value) {
   if (value == null || value === '') return null
@@ -1227,12 +1243,12 @@ export default function Inbox() {
   }, [deepOpen, deepKind, setSearchParams])
 
   const isForms = channel === 'forms'
-  // Combined channel: email and form lists both arrive newest created_at
-  // first; the merge uses that same clock so a June form cannot sit above a
-  // later email just because it was on the first sheet page.
   const isAllChannel = channel === 'all'
   const channelTabs = isForms || isAllChannel ? FORM_TABS : TABS
   const pageLimit = pageSize === 'all' ? undefined : pageSize
+  // All: pull a merge pool from offset 0, sort desc by received, then slice.
+  const fetchTop = isAllChannel && pageLimit != null ? PAGE_SIZE_MAX : pageLimit
+  const fetchSkip = isAllChannel ? 0 : (pageLimit == null ? 0 : skip)
   const activeInboxFilters = [
     inboxFilters.location,
     inboxFilters.source,
@@ -1244,14 +1260,13 @@ export default function Inbox() {
   const formTabFilter = FORM_TAB_FILTERS[tab] ?? {}
   const listParams = useMemo(() => ({
     ...tabFilter,
-    // Show-all omits top (no LIMIT). Otherwise send the pager size — 10, 50, 100.
-    top: pageLimit,
-    skip: pageLimit == null ? 0 : skip,
+    top: fetchTop,
+    skip: fetchSkip,
     ...(search ? { search } : {}),
     ...(city ? { city } : {}),
     ...(source ? { source } : {}),
     ...assignedParams,
-  }), [tabFilter, skip, pageLimit, search, city, source, assignedParams])
+  }), [tabFilter, fetchSkip, fetchTop, search, city, source, assignedParams])
 
   /**
    * Sheet Forms only. On the All channel these rows are merged with email ones,
@@ -1268,15 +1283,15 @@ export default function Inbox() {
   const formParams = useMemo(() => ({
     // All channel spans every sheet tab, not just the selected one.
     sheet: isAllChannel ? undefined : (formSheet || undefined),
-    offset: pageLimit == null ? 0 : skip,
-    limit: pageLimit,
+    offset: fetchSkip,
+    limit: fetchTop,
     ...formTabFilter,
     ...(search ? { search } : {}),
     ...(city ? { city } : {}),
     ...(source ? { source } : {}),
     ...assignedParams,
     ...linkFilters,
-  }), [formSheet, skip, pageLimit, search, city, source, assignedParams, formTabFilter, isAllChannel, linkFilters])
+  }), [formSheet, fetchSkip, fetchTop, search, city, source, assignedParams, formTabFilter, isAllChannel, linkFilters])
 
   const citiesQuery = useQuery({
     queryKey: qk.mailbox.cities(),
@@ -1385,18 +1400,15 @@ export default function Inbox() {
     }
   }, [isForms, formSheetsQuery.data, formSheet])
 
-  // All channel: one page from each source, newest created_at first, then merged.
+  // All channel: merge email + sheet pools, newest received first, then page.
   const mergedRows = useMemo(() => {
     if (!isAllChannel) return null
     const emails = Array.isArray(applicationsQuery.data?.rows) ? applicationsQuery.data.rows : []
     const forms = Array.isArray(formQuery.data?.rows) ? formQuery.data.rows : []
-    const when = (row) => {
-      const d = row.createdAt || row.received
-      const t = d instanceof Date ? d.getTime() : NaN
-      return Number.isFinite(t) ? t : 0
-    }
-    return [...emails, ...forms].sort((a, b) => when(b) - when(a))
-  }, [isAllChannel, applicationsQuery.data, formQuery.data])
+    const sorted = [...emails, ...forms].sort((a, b) => rowTimeMs(b) - rowTimeMs(a))
+    if (pageSize === 'all') return sorted
+    return sorted.slice(skip, skip + pageSize)
+  }, [isAllChannel, applicationsQuery.data, formQuery.data, skip, pageSize])
 
   const activeQuery = isAllChannel
     ? {
@@ -1470,9 +1482,9 @@ export default function Inbox() {
     setSkip(Math.max(0, Math.floor((total - 1) / pageSize) * pageSize))
   }, [total, pageSize, skip, showAll])
 
-  // Server already applied skip/limit (or the whole tab when Show all).
+  // Email / Forms: server already applied skip/limit. All: client slice after merge.
   const list = inbox
-  const to = showAll ? total : Math.min(skip + (isAllChannel ? list.length : pageSize), total)
+  const to = showAll ? total : Math.min(skip + list.length, total)
 
   // Mixed rows: the row's own kind picks the detail endpoint, not the channel.
   const selectedKind = inbox.find((i) => sameInboxId(i.id, selectedId))?.kind
diff --git a/frontend/src/screens/Interviews.jsx b/frontend/src/screens/Interviews.jsx
index 00a8084..5137dd5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/screens/Interviews.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/screens/Interviews.jsx
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ export default function Interviews() {
             <DataTable
               columns={columns}
               rows={rows}
-              pageSize={8}
+              pageSize={50}
               empty="No interviews match these filters."
             />
           )}
diff --git a/frontend/src/screens/JobBoard.jsx b/frontend/src/screens/JobBoard.jsx
index 51a835e..d51518e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/screens/JobBoard.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/screens/JobBoard.jsx
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ export default function JobBoard() {
           </div>
         )}
         {!postsQuery.isPending && !postsQuery.isError && (
-          <DataTable columns={columns} rows={rows} pageSize={10} empty="No posts match these filters." />
+          <DataTable columns={columns} rows={rows} pageSize={50} empty="No posts match these filters." />
         )}
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/screens/Jobs.jsx b/frontend/src/screens/Jobs.jsx
index 8bc066e..27f5ea2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/screens/Jobs.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/screens/Jobs.jsx
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ export default function Jobs() {
             <DataTable
               columns={columns}
               rows={rows}
-              pageSize={8}
+              pageSize={50}
               empty="No requisitions match these filters."
               onRowClick={(j) => setViewing(j)}
             />
diff --git a/frontend/src/screens/Offers.jsx b/frontend/src/screens/Offers.jsx
index 3ad180e..b05af5b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/screens/Offers.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/screens/Offers.jsx
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 /* ============================================================
    Offers — live on backend/offer/app.py.
 
-   Read is GET /offers/fetch. Create Offer writes POST /offers/jobs/sent
-   (persist, email via Teams, then pipeline OFFER). Failed sends stay listed;
-   GET /offers/fetch?offer_id= prefills the form for retry. Drafts still use
-   POST /offers/create (Candidate Forms) and POST /offers/issue.
-
-   HYDRATION, NOT N+1. serialize_offer now includes candidate_name when listing;
-   job titles still come from /job/fetch?ids=. Equity is `equity_units` +
-   `equity_instrument` server-side.
+   Create Offer writes POST /offers/create as a draft (no email). Send on the
+   list (and offer detail) writes POST /offers/jobs/sent: Teams mail, then
+   pipeline OFFER. Failed sends stay listed for retry from the row Send button.
    ============================================================ */
 
 import { useMemo, useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
@@ -144,13 +139,27 @@ export default function Offers() {
     }
   }, [searchParams, setSearchParams])
 
-  const issue = useMutation({
-    mutationFn: (offerId) => offersApi.issue(offerId),
-    onSuccess: (_res, _id) => {
+  const save = useMutation({
+    mutationFn: (body) => offersApi.create(body),
+    onSuccess: () => {
       invalidate()
-      toast('Offer issued and marked sent', 'success')
+      setCreating(null)
+      toast('Offer saved — review it on the list, then Send', 'success')
+    },
+    onError: (err) => toast(friendlyAuthError(err, 'Could not save the offer.'), 'error'),
+  })
+
+  const send = useMutation({
+    mutationFn: (body) => offersApi.send(body),
+    onSuccess: () => {
+      invalidate()
+      setViewing(null)
+      toast('Offer emailed and moved to Offer stage', 'success')
+    },
+    onError: (err) => {
+      invalidate()
+      toast(friendlyAuthError(err, 'Failed: the offer could not be sent'), 'error')
     },
-    onError: (err) => toast(friendlyAuthError(err, 'Could not issue the offer.'), 'error'),
   })
 
   const setStatus = useMutation({
@@ -171,20 +180,7 @@ export default function Offers() {
     onError: (err) => toast(friendlyAuthError(err, 'Could not update the offer.'), 'error'),
   })
 
-  const send = useMutation({
-    mutationFn: (body) => offersApi.send(body),
-    onSuccess: () => {
-      invalidate()
-      setCreating(null)
-      toast('Offer emailed and moved to Offer stage', 'success')
-    },
-    onError: (err) => {
-      invalidate()
-      toast(friendlyAuthError(err, 'Failed: the offer could not be sent'), 'error')
-    },
-  })
-
-  const busy = issue.isPending || setStatus.isPending
+  const busy = send.isPending || setStatus.isPending
 
   const columns = [
     {
@@ -225,17 +221,15 @@ export default function Offers() {
       key: '_a', label: 'Actions', align: 'right',
       render: (o) => (
         <div className="row-actions">
-          <button className="act-btn" data-tip="View" aria-label="View offer" onClick={() => (
-            o.status === 'failed' ? setCreating({ offerId: o.id }) : setViewing(o)
-          )}>
+          <button className="act-btn" data-tip="View" aria-label="View offer" onClick={() => setViewing(o)}>
             <Icon name="eye" />
           </button>
           <button
             className="act-btn"
-            data-tip={o.status === 'failed' ? 'Edit and resend' : o.status === 'draft' ? 'Send offer' : 'Resend'}
-            aria-label={o.status === 'failed' ? 'Edit and resend offer' : o.status === 'draft' ? 'Send offer' : 'Resend offer'}
+            data-tip={o.status === 'draft' || o.status === 'failed' ? 'Send offer' : 'Resend'}
+            aria-label={o.status === 'draft' || o.status === 'failed' ? 'Send offer' : 'Resend offer'}
             disabled={busy || ['accepted', 'declined'].includes(o.status)}
-            onClick={() => (o.status === 'failed' ? setCreating({ offerId: o.id }) : issue.mutate(o.id))}
+            onClick={() => send.mutate(sendPayloadFromOffer(o))}
           >
             <Icon name="send" />
           </button>
@@ -297,7 +291,7 @@ export default function Offers() {
           </div>
         )}
         {!offersQuery.isPending && !offersQuery.isError && (
-          <DataTable columns={columns} rows={rows} pageSize={8} empty="No offers match these filters." />
+          <DataTable columns={columns} rows={rows} pageSize={50} empty="No offers match these filters." />
         )}
       </div>
 
@@ -306,24 +300,24 @@ export default function Offers() {
           offer={viewing}
           busy={busy}
           onClose={() => setViewing(null)}
-          onIssue={() => issue.mutate(viewing.id)}
-          onRetry={() => { setViewing(null); setCreating({ offerId: viewing.id }) }}
+          onSend={() => send.mutate(sendPayloadFromOffer(viewing))}
+          onEdit={() => { setViewing(null); setCreating({ offerId: viewing.id }) }}
           onStatus={(next) => { setStatus.mutate({ offerId: viewing.id, next }); setViewing(null) }}
         />
       )}
       {creating && (
         <CreateOffer
           offerId={creating.offerId || null}
-          busy={send.isPending}
+          busy={save.isPending}
           onClose={() => setCreating(null)}
-          onSubmit={(body) => send.mutate(body)}
+          onSubmit={(body) => save.mutate(body)}
         />
       )}
     </div>
   )
 }
 
-function OfferDetail({ offer: o, busy, onClose, onIssue, onRetry, onStatus }) {
+function OfferDetail({ offer: o, busy, onClose, onSend, onEdit, onStatus }) {
   /* Est. total cash = base + the bonus percentage applied to it. Signing bonus
      is a one-off and is shown separately rather than folded in, because adding
      it would overstate year two. */
@@ -346,19 +340,16 @@ function OfferDetail({ offer: o, busy, onClose, onIssue, onRetry, onStatus }) {
               Mark {OFFER_STATUS_LABEL[s]}
             </button>
           ))}
-          {o.status === 'failed' ? (
-            <button className="btn btn-primary" disabled={busy} onClick={onRetry}>
-              <Icon name="send" /> Edit and resend
-            </button>
-          ) : (
-            <button
-              className="btn btn-primary"
-              disabled={busy || ['accepted', 'declined'].includes(o.status)}
-              onClick={() => { onIssue(); onClose() }}
-            >
-              <Icon name="send" /> {o.status === 'draft' ? 'Send Offer' : 'Resend Offer'}
-            </button>
-          )}
+          <button className="btn btn-secondary" disabled={busy} onClick={onEdit}>
+            Edit
+          </button>
+          <button
+            className="btn btn-primary"
+            disabled={busy || ['accepted', 'declined'].includes(o.status)}
+            onClick={onSend}
+          >
+            <Icon name="send" /> {o.status === 'draft' || o.status === 'failed' ? 'Send Offer' : 'Resend Offer'}
+          </button>
         </>
       }
     >
@@ -435,6 +426,28 @@ function applicationIdentity(c) {
   return {}
 }
 
+function sendPayloadFromOffer(o) {
+  return {
+    offer_id: o.id,
+    ...applicationIdentity({
+      inbox_id: o.inboxId,
+      manual_upload_candidate_id: o.manualUploadId,
+      form_data_id: o.formDataId,
+    }),
+    job_post_id: o.jobPostId,
+    candidate_user_id: o.candidateUserId || undefined,
+    base_salary: o.base,
+    currency: o.currency,
+    salary_period: o.salaryPeriod,
+    annual_bonus_pct: o.bonusPct,
+    signing_bonus: o.signingBonus,
+    equity_units: o.equityUnits,
+    equity_instrument: o.equityInstrument,
+    start_date: localDateIso(toDateInput(o.startDate)),
+    expiry_date: localDateIso(toDateInput(o.expiry)),
+  }
+}
+
 function localDateIso(date) {
   if (!date) return null
   const d = new Date(`${date}T00:00`)
@@ -658,6 +671,7 @@ function CreateOffer({ offerId, busy, onClose, onSubmit }) {
       ...identity,
       job_post_id: selected.job_post_id,
       candidate_user_id: selected.user_id || undefined,
+      status: 'draft',
       base_salary: base,
       currency: form.currency,
       salary_period: form.salaryPeriod,
@@ -676,14 +690,14 @@ function CreateOffer({ offerId, busy, onClose, onSubmit }) {
 
   return (
     <Modal
-      title={offerId ? 'Resend Offer' : 'Create Offer'}
-      subtitle={offerId ? 'Edit compensation and send again' : 'Emails the candidate and moves them to Offer'}
+      title={offerId ? 'Edit Offer' : 'Create Offer'}
+      subtitle={offerId ? 'Update compensation and save — send from the list' : 'Saved as a draft — send from the Offers list after you review it'}
       onClose={onClose}
       footer={
         <>
           <button className="btn btn-secondary" onClick={onClose} disabled={busy}>Cancel</button>
           <button className="btn btn-primary" onClick={submit} disabled={sendDisabled}>
-            <Icon name="send" /> {busy ? 'Sending…' : 'Send Offer'}
+            <Icon name="check" /> {busy ? 'Saving…' : 'Save Offer'}
           </button>
         </>
       }
@@ -781,7 +795,7 @@ function CreateOffer({ offerId, busy, onClose, onSubmit }) {
 
         <p className="text-muted" style={{ marginTop: 16, fontSize: 13 }}>
           Equity is stored as a unit count plus an instrument, so “20k RSU” is entered as 20000 and RSU.
-          Sending emails the candidate and moves the pipeline to Offer only after the mail succeeds.
+          This saves a draft only. Use Send on the Offers list after you review it — that emails the candidate and moves them to Offer.
         </p>
       </form>
     </Modal>
diff --git a/frontend/src/screens/Reports.jsx b/frontend/src/screens/Reports.jsx
index 82938f6..0f51bf5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/screens/Reports.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/screens/Reports.jsx
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ export default function Reports() {
             </EmptyState>
           </div>
         ) : (
-          <DataTable columns={reportColumns} rows={reportsQuery.data} pageSize={8} />
+          <DataTable columns={reportColumns} rows={reportsQuery.data} pageSize={50} />
         )}
       </div>
 
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ export default function Reports() {
             </EmptyState>
           </div>
         ) : (
-          <DataTable columns={deptColumns} rows={deptRows} pageSize={10} />
+          <DataTable columns={deptColumns} rows={deptRows} pageSize={50} />
         )}
       </div>
 
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ export default function Reports() {
             </EmptyState>
           </div>
         ) : (
-          <DataTable columns={costColumns} rows={costTotals.map((r) => ({ id: r.type, ...r }))} pageSize={10} />
+          <DataTable columns={costColumns} rows={costTotals.map((r) => ({ id: r.type, ...r }))} pageSize={50} />
         )}
       </div>
 
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ export default function Reports() {
           <DataTable
             columns={sourceColumns}
             rows={(sourcesQuery.data ?? []).map((r) => ({ ...r, id: r.id ?? r.source }))}
-            pageSize={10}
+            pageSize={50}
           />
         )}
       </div>
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ export default function Reports() {
                   : String(row[c.key])),
               }))}
               rows={runResult.rows.map((row, i) => ({ id: i, ...row }))}
-              pageSize={10}
+              pageSize={50}
             />
           ) : (
             <EmptyState icon="inbox" title="No rows in this window">
diff --git a/frontend/src/screens/Requisitions.jsx b/frontend/src/screens/Requisitions.jsx
index b2ed6ec..4300761 100644
--- a/frontend/src/screens/Requisitions.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/screens/Requisitions.jsx
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ export default function Requisitions() {
                 </select>
               </div>
             </div>
-            <DataTable columns={columns} rows={rows} pageSize={8} empty="No requisitions match these filters." />
+            <DataTable columns={columns} rows={rows} pageSize={50} empty="No requisitions match these filters." />
           </>
         )}
       </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/ui/DataTable.jsx b/frontend/src/ui/DataTable.jsx
index 7cbf90a..a64778d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ui/DataTable.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/ui/DataTable.jsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    useDataTable alone. The other six consumers use <DataTable/>.
 
    Sort comparator and the ellipsis pager windowing are ported verbatim.
-   Page size defaults to 10 (the GET `top`/`limit` default) and is user-settable;
+   Page size defaults to 50 and is user-settable (10 / 50 / 100);
    screens that paginate on the server pass the same value as the query param.
    ============================================================ */
 
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 import Icon from './icons'
 import { EmptyState } from './primitives'
 
-/** Matches the backend Query(10) default on list GET endpoints. */
-export const DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE = 10
+/** Default Per page value on every listing. 10 remains in PAGE_SIZE_OPTIONS. */
+export const DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE = 50
 
 /** Fixed Per page choices — a dropdown, not a free-text box. */
 export const PAGE_SIZE_OPTIONS = [10, 50, 100]