Handle edge cases in pagination

**Problem**
When working with controllers, the error messages could be more descriptive.

**Suggestion**
Improve error handling and add detailed error messages.

**Context**
This would help with debugging and maintenance.

Start by locating the controllers and the pagination and error-handling paths mentioned in the issue. Read the existing behavior and identify the pagination edge cases and missing context in current errors; the work is done when those cases produce detailed, useful messages and the relevant behavior is covered by the project's checks.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.