diff --git a/frontend/src/components/audit/SqlAuditWorkbench.css b/frontend/src/components/audit/SqlAuditWorkbench.css
index 4f213f28..d68aaa2f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/audit/SqlAuditWorkbench.css
+++ b/frontend/src/components/audit/SqlAuditWorkbench.css
@@ -160,7 +160,34 @@
   margin: auto;
 }
 
+/* Prevent intrinsic row height from consuming the pagination slot. */
 .gn-sql-audit-table-panel .ant-table-wrapper {
+  display: flex;
+  height: 0;
+  min-height: 0;
+  flex: 1 1 auto;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+.gn-sql-audit-table-panel .ant-table-wrapper > .ant-spin-nested-loading,
+.gn-sql-audit-table-panel .ant-table-wrapper > .ant-spin-nested-loading > .ant-spin-container,
+.gn-sql-audit-table-panel .ant-table-wrapper .ant-table,
+.gn-sql-audit-table-panel .ant-table-wrapper .ant-table-container {
+  height: 100%;
+  min-height: 0;
+}
+
+.gn-sql-audit-table-panel .ant-table-wrapper .ant-table-container {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+}
+
+.gn-sql-audit-table-panel .ant-table-wrapper .ant-table-header {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+}
+
+.gn-sql-audit-table-panel .ant-table-wrapper .ant-table-body {
   min-height: 0;
   flex: 1 1 auto;
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/audit/SqlAuditWorkbench.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/audit/SqlAuditWorkbench.test.tsx
index e47dee60..da89d56c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/audit/SqlAuditWorkbench.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/audit/SqlAuditWorkbench.test.tsx
@@ -54,6 +54,35 @@ describe('SqlAuditWorkbench', () => {
     expect(styleSource).toMatch(/\.gn-sql-audit-table-panel\s*\{[\s\S]*?min-height:\s*280px;/);
   });
 
+  it('keeps pagination outside the table scroll region when records fill the panel', () => {
+    const source = readFileSync(new URL('./SqlAuditWorkbench.tsx', import.meta.url), 'utf8');
+    const styleSource = readFileSync(new URL('./SqlAuditWorkbench.css', import.meta.url), 'utf8');
+
+    expect(source).toContain("scroll={{ x: 1444, y: '100%' }}");
+    expect(source).not.toContain("y: 'calc(100vh - 540px)'");
+    expect(styleSource).toMatch(
+      /\.gn-sql-audit-table-panel \.ant-table-wrapper\s*\{[^}]*display:\s*flex;[^}]*height:\s*0;[^}]*min-height:\s*0;[^}]*flex:\s*1 1 auto;[^}]*flex-direction:\s*column;[^}]*overflow:\s*hidden;/,
+    );
+    expect(styleSource).toContain('.gn-sql-audit-table-panel .ant-table-wrapper > .ant-spin-nested-loading,');
+    expect(styleSource).toContain('.gn-sql-audit-table-panel .ant-table-wrapper > .ant-spin-nested-loading > .ant-spin-container,');
+    expect(styleSource).toContain('.gn-sql-audit-table-panel .ant-table-wrapper .ant-table,');
+    expect(styleSource).toMatch(
+      /\.gn-sql-audit-table-panel \.ant-table-wrapper \.ant-table-container\s*\{[^}]*height:\s*100%;[^}]*min-height:\s*0;/,
+    );
+    expect(styleSource).toMatch(
+      /\.gn-sql-audit-table-panel \.ant-table-wrapper \.ant-table-container\s*\{[^}]*display:\s*flex;[^}]*flex-direction:\s*column;/,
+    );
+    expect(styleSource).toMatch(
+      /\.gn-sql-audit-table-panel \.ant-table-wrapper \.ant-table-header\s*\{[^}]*flex:\s*0 0 auto;/,
+    );
+    expect(styleSource).toMatch(
+      /\.gn-sql-audit-table-panel \.ant-table-wrapper \.ant-table-body\s*\{[^}]*min-height:\s*0;[^}]*flex:\s*1 1 auto;/,
+    );
+    expect(styleSource).toMatch(
+      /\.gn-sql-audit-pagination\s*\{[^}]*flex:\s*0 0 auto;/,
+    );
+  });
+
   it('keeps the fixed action column opaque while rows are hovered', () => {
     const styleSource = readFileSync(new URL('./SqlAuditWorkbench.css', import.meta.url), 'utf8');
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/audit/SqlAuditWorkbench.tsx b/frontend/src/components/audit/SqlAuditWorkbench.tsx
index 72dac7c8..cf1bf612 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/audit/SqlAuditWorkbench.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/audit/SqlAuditWorkbench.tsx
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ export default function SqlAuditWorkbench({ tab, backend: backendOverride, isAct
             pagination={false}
             size="small"
             tableLayout="fixed"
-            scroll={{ x: 1444, y: 'calc(100vh - 540px)' }}
+            scroll={{ x: 1444, y: '100%' }}
             rowClassName="gn-sql-audit-table-row"
           />
         ) : (