diff --git a/pkg/database/alerts.go b/pkg/database/alerts.go
index 0502c2531..5559cbb39 100644
--- a/pkg/database/alerts.go
+++ b/pkg/database/alerts.go
@@ -636,14 +636,24 @@ func (c *Client) createAlertChunk(machineID string, owner *ent.Machine, alerts [
 		if len(alertItem.Meta) > 0 {
 			metaBulk := make([]*ent.MetaCreate, len(alertItem.Meta))
 			for i, metaItem := range alertItem.Meta {
+				key := metaItem.Key
+				value := metaItem.Value
+				if len(metaItem.Value) > 4095 {
+					c.Log.Warningf("truncated meta %s : value too long", metaItem.Key)
+					value = value[:4095]
+				}
+				if len(metaItem.Key) > 255 {
+					c.Log.Warningf("truncated meta %s : key too long", metaItem.Key)
+					key = key[:255]
+				}
 				metaBulk[i] = c.Ent.Meta.Create().
-					SetKey(metaItem.Key).
-					SetValue(metaItem.Value)
+					SetKey(key).
+					SetValue(value)
 			}
 
 			metas, err = c.Ent.Meta.CreateBulk(metaBulk...).Save(c.CTX)
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, errors.Wrapf(BulkError, "creating alert meta: %s", err)
+				c.Log.Warningf("error creating alert meta: %s", err)
 			}
 		}