Firewall Rules WebGUI pagination row count persistence for large rule sets

The pfSense WebGUI Firewall > Rules view presents rules in a paginated table with a configurable rows-per-page control. The documented default is 20 entries per page and the control is intended to help navigate large rule sets without loading the entire table at once.

The row count preference is described as per-user PHP session storage, which suggests behavior may differ between browsers, sessions and users. The relationship between the chosen row count and server-side data retrieval for large rule sets, and whether any system-wide limits apply, is not clearly documented for pfSense 2.6 versus 2.7+.

Clarification is needed on the scope and persistence of the pagination setting:

• Is the rows-per-page preference stored per user session only, or can it be set system-wide for all administrators?
• Does changing the row count change the amount of data fetched server-side for the Firewall > Rules view?
• Are there documented limits or version-dependent differences for pagination behavior in the WebGUI?