diff --git a/apps/backend/src/jobs/news/feed-builder.ts b/apps/backend/src/jobs/news/feed-builder.ts
index 8801b90c..c17995d8 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/jobs/news/feed-builder.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/jobs/news/feed-builder.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   writeMaterializedFeed,
   writeSubscriptionArticles,
 } from "../../lib/cache/feed-items";
+import { config } from "../../lib/config";
 import { createLogger } from "../../lib/logger";
 import { getFeedItems } from "./helper";
 import type { NewsFeedItem } from "@dashwise/types/sdk";
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@ export type NewsFeedRecord = {
 type BuilderOptions = { userId?: string; feedIds?: string[] };
 
 const logger = createLogger("NewsFeedBuilder");
-const SUBSCRIPTION_RETENTION = 500;
 
 function itemTime(item: Record<string, unknown>) {
   const value = item.pubDate;
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ async function fetchAndCacheSubscription(subscription: NewsSubscription, result:
   try {
     const raw = await getFeedItems({
       feedUrl,
-      maxItems: SUBSCRIPTION_RETENTION,
+      maxItems: config.NEWS_SUBSCRIPTION_RETENTION,
       feedName: subscription.title || feedUrl,
       linkReplaceRule: subscription.linkReplaceRule,
       thumbnailOverwriteUrl: subscription.thumbnailOverwriteUrl,
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/jobs/news/helper.ts b/apps/backend/src/jobs/news/helper.ts
index 5fa0f232..da5953db 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/jobs/news/helper.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/jobs/news/helper.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ export async function getFeedItems({
             } as FeedItem;
         })
         .filter((item: FeedItem) => !isNaN(item.pubDate.getTime()))
+        .sort((left: FeedItem, right: FeedItem) => right.pubDate.getTime() - left.pubDate.getTime())
         .slice(0, maxItems);
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/lib/config.ts b/apps/backend/src/lib/config.ts
index 8dd637e6..10dbb914 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/lib/config.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/lib/config.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ const fallbackOutlierValue = normalizedOutlierType === "absolute" ? 500 : 50;
 const resolvedOutlierValue = Number.isFinite(normalizedOutlierValue) && normalizedOutlierValue > 0
   ? normalizedOutlierValue
   : fallbackOutlierValue;
+const normalizedNewsSubscriptionRetention = Number(env.NEWS_SUBSCRIPTION_RETENTION);
+const resolvedNewsSubscriptionRetention = Number.isInteger(normalizedNewsSubscriptionRetention) && normalizedNewsSubscriptionRetention > 0
+  ? normalizedNewsSubscriptionRetention
+  : 50;
 
 const truthyEnv = (value?: string | null): boolean => {
   if (!value) return false;
@@ -61,6 +65,7 @@ export const config = {
   MONITORING_RUNNER_SCHEDULE: env.MONITORING_RUNNER_SCHEDULE || "*/1 * * * *",
   UPDATE_CHECK_SCHEDULE: env.UPDATE_CHECK_SCHEDULE || "0 2 * * *",
   FEED_BUILDING_SCHEDULE: env.FEED_BUILDING_SCHEDULE || "*/30 * * * *",
+  NEWS_SUBSCRIPTION_RETENTION: resolvedNewsSubscriptionRetention,
   NOTIFICATION_FORWARDER_SCHEDULE: env.NOTIFICATION_FORWARDER_SCHEDULE || "* * * * *",
   DEFAULT_INTEGRATIONS_SCHEDULE: env.DEFAULT_INTEGRATIONS_SCHEDULE || "0 4 * * *",
   PAGECONFIG_CLEANUP_SCHEDULE: env.PAGECONFIG_CLEANUP_SCHEDULE || "0 5 * * *",
diff --git a/docs/Configuration.md b/docs/Configuration.md
index 641ee5a6..4e8731a5 100644
--- a/docs/Configuration.md
+++ b/docs/Configuration.md
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ You can use the following environment variables for the all-in-one container; th
 | MONITORING_RUNNER_SCHEDULE | No | `*/1 * * * *` | How often the monitoring runner executes |
 | UPDATE_CHECK_SCHEDULE | No | `0 2 * * *` | Schedule for update check job |
 | FEED_BUILDING_SCHEDULE | No | `*/30 * * * *` | Schedule for news feed building job |
+| NEWS_SUBSCRIPTION_RETENTION | No | `50` | Maximum number of latest articles retrieved and cached per news subscription |
 | NOTIFICATION_FORWARDER_SCHEDULE | No | `* * * * *` | Schedule for notification forwarder job |
 | DEFAULT_INTEGRATIONS_SCHEDULE | No | `0 4 * * *` | Schedule for default integrations sync |
 | PAGECONFIG_CLEANUP_SCHEDULE | No | - | Deprecated/no-op. Page-config cleanup runs immediately when an integration is deleted; this variable is read for compatibility but does not schedule work. |