diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/Task/Overview/Overview.test.tsx b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/Task/Overview/Overview.test.tsx
index 90c39ec41eb0d..add9a7796a2fc 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/Task/Overview/Overview.test.tsx
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/Task/Overview/Overview.test.tsx
@@ -18,13 +18,32 @@
  */
 import "@testing-library/jest-dom";
 import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
-import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import type { PropsWithChildren } from "react";
+import { MemoryRouter } from "react-router-dom";
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
 import type { ReactAppResponse } from "openapi/requests/types.gen";
-import { Wrapper } from "src/utils/Wrapper";
+import { BaseWrapper, Wrapper } from "src/utils/Wrapper";
 
 import { Overview } from "./Overview";
 
+const { mockUseTaskInstanceServiceGetTaskInstances } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  mockUseTaskInstanceServiceGetTaskInstances: vi.fn(() => ({
+    data: { task_instances: [], total_entries: 0 },
+    isLoading: false,
+  })),
+}));
+
+const wrapperWithSearch = (search: string) => {
+  const RouterWrapper = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren) => (
+    <BaseWrapper>
+      <MemoryRouter initialEntries={[`/dags/my_dag/tasks/my_task${search}`]}>{children}</MemoryRouter>
+    </BaseWrapper>
+  );
+
+  return RouterWrapper;
+};
+
 vi.mock("openapi/queries", () => ({
   usePluginServiceGetPlugins: () => ({
     data: {
@@ -44,10 +63,7 @@ vi.mock("openapi/queries", () => ({
       ],
     },
   }),
-  useTaskInstanceServiceGetTaskInstances: () => ({
-    data: { task_instances: [], total_entries: 0 },
-    isLoading: false,
-  }),
+  useTaskInstanceServiceGetTaskInstances: mockUseTaskInstanceServiceGetTaskInstances,
 }));
 
 vi.mock("src/components/DurationChart", () => ({ DurationChart: () => null }));
@@ -79,3 +95,29 @@ describe("Task overview plugins", () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText("Scoped overview plugin")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 });
+
+describe("Task overview duration chart limit", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mockUseTaskInstanceServiceGetTaskInstances.mockClear();
+  });
+
+  it("requests the default number of task instances when no limit is set", () => {
+    render(<Overview />, { wrapper: wrapperWithSearch("") });
+
+    expect(mockUseTaskInstanceServiceGetTaskInstances).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ limit: 10, orderBy: ["-run_after"] }),
+      undefined,
+      expect.anything(),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("requests the number of task instances given by the limit search param", () => {
+    render(<Overview />, { wrapper: wrapperWithSearch("?limit=50") });
+
+    expect(mockUseTaskInstanceServiceGetTaskInstances).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ limit: 50, orderBy: ["-run_after"] }),
+      undefined,
+      expect.anything(),
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/Task/Overview/Overview.tsx b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/Task/Overview/Overview.tsx
index 470877d1742fc..377a674f36869 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/Task/Overview/Overview.tsx
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/Task/Overview/Overview.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { Box, HStack, Skeleton, VStack } from "@chakra-ui/react";
 import dayjs from "dayjs";
 import { useState } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
-import { useParams } from "react-router-dom";
+import { useParams, useSearchParams } from "react-router-dom";
 
 import { usePluginServiceGetPlugins, useTaskInstanceServiceGetTaskInstances } from "openapi/queries";
 import { DurationChart } from "src/components/DurationChart";
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ export const Overview = () => {
   const { dagId = "", groupId, taskId } = useParams();
   const { t: translate } = useTranslation("dag");
 
+  const [searchParams] = useSearchParams();
+  const limit = Number(searchParams.get(SearchParamsKeys.LIMIT) ?? "10");
+
   const now = dayjs();
   const [startDate, setStartDate] = useState(now.subtract(Number(defaultHour), "hour").toISOString());
   const [endDate, setEndDate] = useState(now.toISOString());
@@ -62,7 +65,7 @@ export const Overview = () => {
     {
       dagId,
       dagRunId: "~",
-      limit: 14,
+      limit,
       orderBy: ["-run_after"],
       taskGroupId: groupId ?? undefined,
       taskId: Boolean(groupId) ? undefined : taskId,