diff --git a/internal/api/metrics_reporting_handlers.go b/internal/api/metrics_reporting_handlers.go
index 7818245ba..8f73da02b 100644
--- a/internal/api/metrics_reporting_handlers.go
+++ b/internal/api/metrics_reporting_handlers.go
@@ -352,6 +352,12 @@ func (h *ReportingHandlers) getReportingEnrichmentSnapshot(ctx context.Context,
 		return emptyReportingEnrichmentSnapshot(), false
 	}
 
+	// Resources must come from the canonical unified view (the same
+	// re-ingested registry the UI and /api/state read), NOT the raw
+	// resource store: the raw store's canonical IDs depend on per-boot
+	// ingest order for merged-source hosts, so a UI-supplied resource ID
+	// can be missing from it entirely.
+	unifiedResources, _ := monitor.UnifiedResourceSnapshot()
 	snapshot := reportingEnrichmentSnapshot{
 		Nodes:            monitor.NodesSnapshot(),
 		VMs:              monitor.VMsSnapshot(),
@@ -359,7 +365,7 @@ func (h *ReportingHandlers) getReportingEnrichmentSnapshot(ctx context.Context,
 		ActiveAlerts:     monitor.ActiveAlertsSnapshot(),
 		RecentlyResolved: monitor.RecentlyResolvedSnapshot(),
 		LegacyBackups:    monitor.PVEBackupsSnapshot(),
-		Resources:        monitor.GetUnifiedResources(),
+		Resources:        unifiedResources,
 	}
 	snapshot.normalizeCollections()
 	return snapshot, true
diff --git a/internal/monitoring/monitor.go b/internal/monitoring/monitor.go
index 9f07024de..167345627 100644
--- a/internal/monitoring/monitor.go
+++ b/internal/monitoring/monitor.go
@@ -4103,16 +4103,25 @@ func (m *Monitor) GetUnifiedResources() []unifiedresources.Resource {
 }
 
 // MetricsTargetForResource resolves the metrics-store target for a canonical
-// unified resource ID via the wired resource store. The metrics store is
-// keyed by platform-native source IDs, and the target is computed on demand
-// by the resource registry rather than persisted on the Resource structs
-// GetUnifiedResources returns. Returns nil when no store is wired, the
-// store cannot resolve targets, or the resource has none.
+// unified resource ID. Resolution goes through the canonical unified view
+// (the same re-ingested registry the UI and /api/state read) because
+// callers hold IDs from that view: the raw resource store's canonical IDs
+// depend on per-boot ingest order for merged-source hosts, so the view and
+// the store can disagree about the same machine's ID. The raw store stays
+// as a fallback. Returns nil when nothing can resolve a target.
 func (m *Monitor) MetricsTargetForResource(resourceID string) *unifiedresources.MetricsTarget {
 	if m == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	if view := m.GetUnifiedReadStateOrSnapshot(); view != nil {
+		if resolver, ok := view.(MetricsTargetResourceStore); ok {
+			if target := resolver.MetricsTargetForResource(resourceID); target != nil {
+				return target
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	m.mu.RLock()
 	store := m.resourceStore
 	m.mu.RUnlock()
diff --git a/pkg/reporting/pdf.go b/pkg/reporting/pdf.go
index e1960dc34..ac6c009e6 100644
--- a/pkg/reporting/pdf.go
+++ b/pkg/reporting/pdf.go
@@ -884,6 +884,9 @@ func (g *PDFGenerator) writeSummarySection(pdf *fpdf.Fpdf, data *ReportData) {
 	startX := 20.0
 	rowStartY := pdf.GetY()
 
+	_, pageHeight := pdf.GetPageSize()
+	cardBottomLimit := pageHeight - 30
+
 	for i, metricType := range metricNames {
 		stats := data.Summary.ByMetric[metricType]
 		unit := GetMetricUnit(metricType)
@@ -898,6 +901,16 @@ func (g *PDFGenerator) writeSummarySection(pdf *fpdf.Fpdf, data *ReportData) {
 			pdf.SetY(rowStartY)
 		}
 
+		// The grid positions cards absolutely, so it must paginate
+		// itself: a row that would cross the bottom margin previously
+		// fought fpdf's auto page break and scattered one orphan
+		// element per page for the rest of the section.
+		if col == 0 && rowStartY+cardHeight > cardBottomLimit {
+			pdf.AddPage()
+			rowStartY = pdf.GetY()
+			pdf.SetY(rowStartY)
+		}
+
 		cardX := startX + float64(col)*(cardWidth+cardGap)
 		cardY := rowStartY
 
@@ -946,10 +959,9 @@ func (g *PDFGenerator) writeSummarySection(pdf *fpdf.Fpdf, data *ReportData) {
 		writeStat(cardX+46, statsY+6, "Samples", fmt.Sprintf("%d", stats.Count))
 	}
 
-	// Calculate final Y position based on number of rows
-	numRows := (len(metricNames) + 1) / 2 // Round up
-	finalY := rowStartY + float64(numRows)*(cardHeight+cardGap)
-	pdf.SetY(finalY)
+	// rowStartY tracks the current (possibly paginated) row, so the
+	// section ends just below the last row of cards.
+	pdf.SetY(rowStartY + cardHeight + cardGap)
 }
 
 // writeChartsSection writes charts for each metric.
diff --git a/pkg/reporting/pdf_ux_test.go b/pkg/reporting/pdf_ux_test.go
index fda4e4844..2e494c932 100644
--- a/pkg/reporting/pdf_ux_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reporting/pdf_ux_test.go
@@ -467,3 +467,46 @@ func TestGenerateMulti_FlowsResourceBlocksOntoSharedPages(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// TestSummarySection_PaginatesCardGridForManyMetrics pins the card grid's
+// self-pagination. Agent hosts report 8+ metric families; the absolutely
+// positioned grid previously walked off the page bottom and fought fpdf's
+// auto page break, scattering one orphan element per page for the rest of
+// the section (observed live as ten near-blank pages).
+func TestSummarySection_PaginatesCardGridForManyMetrics(t *testing.T) {
+	byMetric := map[string]MetricStats{}
+	for _, m := range []string{"cpu", "memory", "disk", "diskread", "diskwrite", "netin", "netout", "temperature", "iops", "usage"} {
+		byMetric[m] = MetricStats{Min: 1, Max: 9, Avg: 5, Current: 5, Count: 100}
+	}
+	data := &ReportData{
+		Title:        "Many metrics",
+		ResourceType: "agent",
+		ResourceID:   "agent-1",
+		Resource:     &ResourceInfo{Name: "host-01", Status: "online"},
+		Start:        time.Now().Add(-7 * 24 * time.Hour),
+		End:          time.Now(),
+		GeneratedAt:  time.Now(),
+		Summary:      MetricSummary{ByMetric: byMetric},
+		TotalPoints:  1000,
+	}
+
+	gen := NewPDFGenerator()
+	out, err := gen.Generate(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Generate: %v", err)
+	}
+	text := extractPDFText(t, out)
+
+	pageTotal := regexp.MustCompile(`Page \d+ of (\d+)`).FindStringSubmatch(text)
+	if pageTotal == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("no page footer found in:\n%s", text)
+	}
+	if pages, _ := strconv.Atoi(pageTotal[1]); pages > 6 {
+		t.Fatalf("10-metric report rendered %d pages; the card grid must paginate compactly", pages)
+	}
+	for _, label := range []string{"Disk Read", "Network Out", "Temperature"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(text, label) {
+			t.Fatalf("metric card %q missing after pagination:\n%s", label, text)
+		}
+	}
+}