diff --git a/frontend/src/app/workspace/service/workflow-result/workflow-result.service.spec.ts b/frontend/src/app/workspace/service/workflow-result/workflow-result.service.spec.ts
index 6bf168ed62f..e8575d6436a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/workspace/service/workflow-result/workflow-result.service.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/workspace/service/workflow-result/workflow-result.service.spec.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import { TestBed } from "@angular/core/testing";
 import {
+  ALL_COLUMNS,
   OperatorPaginationResultService,
   OperatorResultService,
   WorkflowResultService,
@@ -474,6 +475,15 @@ describe("OperatorPaginationResultService", () => {
       expect((service as any).pendingRequests.size).toBe(0);
     });
 
+    it("asks for every column within the server's Int when no column limit is given", () => {
+      service.selectPage(3, 10).subscribe();
+
+      expect(mockWorkflowWebsocketService.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        "ResultPaginationRequest",
+        expect.objectContaining({ columnLimit: ALL_COLUMNS })
+      );
+    });
+
     it("bypasses the frontend cache when column filters are set", () => {
       (service as any).resultCache.set(2, [{ id: 1 }]);
       service.selectPage(2, 10, 5).subscribe();
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/workspace/service/workflow-result/workflow-result.service.ts b/frontend/src/app/workspace/service/workflow-result/workflow-result.service.ts
index 2b73e418372..7c120579024 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/workspace/service/workflow-result/workflow-result.service.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/workspace/service/workflow-result/workflow-result.service.ts
@@ -262,6 +262,12 @@ export class OperatorResultService {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * A column limit that asks for every column. The server reads the limit as a 32-bit Int, so it is
+ * Int.MaxValue there; Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER fails to parse and the request is never answered.
+ */
+export const ALL_COLUMNS = 2147483647;
+
 export class OperatorPaginationResultService {
   private pendingRequests: Map<string, Subject<PaginatedResultEvent>> = new Map();
   private resultCache: Map<number, ReadonlyArray<object>> = new Map();
@@ -317,14 +323,13 @@ export class OperatorPaginationResultService {
     pageIndex: number,
     pageSize: number,
     columnOffset: number = 0,
-    columnLimit: number = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER,
+    columnLimit: number = ALL_COLUMNS,
     columnSearch: string = ""
   ): Observable<PaginatedResultEvent> {
     // update currently selected page
     this.currentPageIndex = pageIndex;
     // first fetch from frontend result cache
-    const useCache =
-      this.portIndex === 0 && columnOffset === 0 && columnLimit === Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER && columnSearch === "";
+    const useCache = this.portIndex === 0 && columnOffset === 0 && columnLimit === ALL_COLUMNS && columnSearch === "";
     const pageCache = useCache ? this.resultCache.get(pageIndex) : undefined;
     if (pageCache) {
       return of(<PaginatedResultEvent>{