diff --git a/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/document/DocumentRepositoryTest.java b/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/document/DocumentRepositoryTest.java
index fee22881..4b2d1b70 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/document/DocumentRepositoryTest.java
+++ b/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/document/DocumentRepositoryTest.java
@@ -586,6 +586,32 @@ class DocumentRepositoryTest {
                 .isLessThanOrEqualTo(5);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void findAll_withSpecOnly_appliesEntityGraphInAtMostFiveStatements() {
+        Person sender = personRepository.save(Person.builder().firstName("Otto").lastName("SoSender").build());
+        Tag tag = tagRepository.save(Tag.builder().name("SoTag").build());
+        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+            documentRepository.save(Document.builder()
+                    .title("SoDoc " + i).originalFilename("sodoc_" + i + ".pdf")
+                    .status(DocumentStatus.UPLOADED)
+                    .sender(sender)
+                    .tags(new HashSet<>(Set.of(tag)))
+                    .build());
+        }
+        entityManager.flush();
+        entityManager.clear();
+        Statistics stats = entityManagerFactory.unwrap(SessionFactory.class).getStatistics();
+        stats.setStatisticsEnabled(true);
+        stats.clear();
+
+        Specification<Document> allDocs = (root, query, cb) -> null;
+        documentRepository.findAll(allDocs);
+
+        assertThat(stats.getPrepareStatementCount())
+                .as("@EntityGraph(Document.list) via findAll(Spec) must not N+1 sender for 5 docs")
+                .isLessThanOrEqualTo(5);
+    }
+
     // ─── seeding helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
     private Document uploaded(String title) {