Improve data performance

**Description**
Currently utils lacks proper pagination support.

**Proposed solution**
Add configurable pagination with sensible defaults.

**Priority**: Low/Medium

Start by locating the utils code responsible for retrieving or processing data and inspect how callers currently handle result sets. Define configurable pagination with sensible defaults, then verify that data retrieval remains correct and that the performance goal is met across the affected utility paths.

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