diff --git a/apps/backend/src/common/dto/api-response.dto.ts b/apps/backend/src/common/dto/api-response.dto.ts
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+++ b/apps/backend/src/common/dto/api-response.dto.ts
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+import { ApiProperty } from '@nestjs/swagger';
+
+export class ApiResponseMeta {
+  @ApiProperty({ nullable: true })
+  cachedAt: string | null;
+
+  @ApiProperty()
+  fromCache: boolean;
+
+  constructor(fromCache: boolean, cachedAt: string | null = null) {
+    this.fromCache = fromCache;
+    this.cachedAt = cachedAt;
+  }
+}
+
+export class ApiResponse<T> {
+  data: T;
+  meta: ApiResponseMeta;
+
+  constructor(data: T, fromCache = false, cachedAt: string | null = null) {
+    this.data = data;
+    this.meta = new ApiResponseMeta(fromCache, cachedAt);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/common/dto/pagination.dto.ts b/apps/backend/src/common/dto/pagination.dto.ts
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+++ b/apps/backend/src/common/dto/pagination.dto.ts
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+import { ApiPropertyOptional } from '@nestjs/swagger';
+import { Type } from 'class-transformer';
+import { IsOptional, IsInt, Min, Max } from 'class-validator';
+
+export class PaginationDto {
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({ default: 1 })
+  @IsOptional()
+  @Type(() => Number)
+  @IsInt()
+  @Min(1)
+  page?: number = 1;
+
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({ default: 20 })
+  @IsOptional()
+  @Type(() => Number)
+  @IsInt()
+  @Min(1)
+  @Max(100)
+  limit?: number = 20;
+}
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/common/filters/http-exception.filter.ts b/apps/backend/src/common/filters/http-exception.filter.ts
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+++ b/apps/backend/src/common/filters/http-exception.filter.ts
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+import {
+  ExceptionFilter,
+  Catch,
+  ArgumentsHost,
+  HttpException,
+  HttpStatus,
+} from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Response } from 'express';
+
+@Catch()
+export class HttpExceptionFilter implements ExceptionFilter {
+  catch(exception: unknown, host: ArgumentsHost) {
+    const ctx = host.switchToHttp();
+    const response = ctx.getResponse<Response>();
+    const request = ctx.getRequest<Request>();
+
+    let status = HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+    let message = 'Internal server error';
+    let error = 'Internal Server Error';
+
+    if (exception instanceof HttpException) {
+      status = exception.getStatus();
+      const res = exception.getResponse();
+      if (typeof res === 'string') {
+        message = res;
+        error = exception.name;
+      } else if (typeof res === 'object') {
+        const r = res as Record<string, unknown>;
+        message = (r.message as string) || message;
+        error = (r.error as string) || exception.name;
+      }
+    } else if (exception instanceof Error) {
+      message = exception.message;
+    }
+
+    response.status(status).json({
+      statusCode: status,
+      message,
+      error,
+      timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+      path: request.url,
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/common/interceptors/transform.interceptor.ts b/apps/backend/src/common/interceptors/transform.interceptor.ts
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+++ b/apps/backend/src/common/interceptors/transform.interceptor.ts
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+import {
+  Injectable,
+  NestInterceptor,
+  ExecutionContext,
+  CallHandler,
+} from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { ApiResponse } from '../dto/api-response.dto';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class TransformInterceptor<T>
+  implements NestInterceptor<T, ApiResponse<T>>
+{
+  intercept(
+    context: ExecutionContext,
+    next: CallHandler,
+  ): Observable<ApiResponse<T>> {
+    return next.handle().pipe(
+      map((data) => {
+        if (data instanceof ApiResponse) return data;
+        return new ApiResponse(data, false, null);
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/common/middleware/request-logging.middleware.ts b/apps/backend/src/common/middleware/request-logging.middleware.ts
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+++ b/apps/backend/src/common/middleware/request-logging.middleware.ts
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+import { Injectable, NestMiddleware, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Request, Response, NextFunction } from 'express';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class RequestLoggingMiddleware implements NestMiddleware {
+  private logger = new Logger('HTTP');
+
+  use(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction): void {
+    const { method, originalUrl } = req;
+    const start = Date.now();
+
+    res.on('finish', () => {
+      const { statusCode } = res;
+      const duration = Date.now() - start;
+      this.logger.log(`${method} ${originalUrl} ${statusCode} ${duration}ms`);
+    });
+
+    next();
+  }
+}