diff --git a/lib/marin/src/marin/download/huggingface/download_hf.py b/lib/marin/src/marin/download/huggingface/download_hf.py
index 089ef63e0c..cc8d6b606a 100644
--- a/lib/marin/src/marin/download/huggingface/download_hf.py
+++ b/lib/marin/src/marin/download/huggingface/download_hf.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import draccus
 import huggingface_hub
-from huggingface_hub import HfFileSystem
+from huggingface_hub import HfApi, HfFileSystem
 from iris.marin_fs import open_url, url_to_fs
 from huggingface_hub.errors import HfHubHTTPError
 from packaging.version import Version
@@ -85,6 +85,27 @@ def _resolve_hf_source_path(cfg: DownloadConfig) -> str:
     return _strip_hf_protocol(source_path)
 
 
+REPO_TYPE_PREFIX_TO_API_TYPE: dict[str, str] = {
+    "datasets": "dataset",
+    "spaces": "space",
+}
+
+
+def _get_expected_file_count(cfg: DownloadConfig) -> int | None:
+    """Return the expected file count from HfApi.list_repo_files() for truncation detection.
+
+    HfFileSystem.find() has a pagination bug that silently truncates results on large repos.
+    This function uses HfApi.list_repo_files() (which handles pagination correctly) to get the
+    true file count so callers can detect truncation.
+
+    Returns None for bucket paths, which are not standard HF repos.
+    """
+    api = HfApi(token=os.environ.get("HF_TOKEN", False))
+    repo_type = REPO_TYPE_PREFIX_TO_API_TYPE.get(cfg.hf_repo_type_prefix, "model")
+    repo_files = list(api.list_repo_files(cfg.hf_dataset_id, repo_type=repo_type, revision=cfg.revision))
+    return len(repo_files)
+
+
 def _assert_bucket_support_available(source_path: str) -> None:
     if not source_path.startswith(HF_BUCKET_PATH_PREFIX):
         return
@@ -274,8 +295,19 @@ def download_hf(cfg: DownloadConfig) -> None:
     _assert_bucket_support_available(hf_source_path)
 
     if not cfg.hf_urls_glob:
-        # We get all the files using find
         files = hf_fs.find(hf_source_path, revision=cfg.revision)
+
+        # Cross-reference file count with HfApi.list_repo_files() to detect
+        # silent truncation from a pagination bug in HfFileSystem.find().
+        if not hf_source_path.startswith(HF_BUCKET_PATH_PREFIX):
+            expected_count = _get_expected_file_count(cfg)
+            if expected_count is not None and len(files) != expected_count:
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    f"HfFileSystem.find() returned {len(files)} files but HfApi.list_repo_files() "
+                    f"reports {expected_count} files for {cfg.hf_dataset_id}@{cfg.revision}. "
+                    f"This is likely due to a pagination bug in HfFileSystem.find(). "
+                    f"Consider upgrading huggingface_hub or filing a bug report."
+                )
     else:
         # Get list of files directly from HfFileSystem matching the pattern
         files = []
diff --git a/tests/download/test_huggingface.py b/tests/download/test_huggingface.py
index 1019c83633..0f7a715088 100644
--- a/tests/download/test_huggingface.py
+++ b/tests/download/test_huggingface.py
@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ def test_download_hf_basic(mock_hf_fs, tmp_path):
         gcs_output_path=str(output_path),
     )
 
-    # Mock HfFileSystem creation
-    with patch("marin.download.huggingface.download_hf.HfFileSystem", return_value=hf_fs):
+    with (
+        patch("marin.download.huggingface.download_hf.HfFileSystem", return_value=hf_fs),
+        patch("marin.download.huggingface.download_hf._get_expected_file_count", return_value=None),
+    ):
         download_hf(cfg)
 
     # Verify files were downloaded
@@ -123,7 +125,10 @@ def test_download_hf_appends_sha_when_configured(mock_hf_fs, tmp_path):
         append_sha_to_path=True,
     )
 
-    with patch("marin.download.huggingface.download_hf.HfFileSystem", return_value=hf_fs):
+    with (
+        patch("marin.download.huggingface.download_hf.HfFileSystem", return_value=hf_fs),
+        patch("marin.download.huggingface.download_hf._get_expected_file_count", return_value=None),
+    ):
         download_hf(cfg)
 
     target_output = base_output_path / revision