Trim event title to a maximum length in grouper

workers/grouper/src/data-filter.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 import type { EventAddons, EventData } from '@hawk.so/types';
 import { unsafeFields } from '../../../lib/utils/unsafeFields';
+import { rightTrim } from '../../../lib/utils/string';
 
 /**
  * Maximum depth for object traversal to prevent excessive memory allocations
  */
 const MAX_TRAVERSAL_DEPTH = 20;
 
+/**
+ * Maximum length for event title before appending ellipsis
+ */
+const MAX_TITLE_LENGTH = 400;
+
 /**
  * Recursively iterate through object and call function on each key
  *
@@ -135,13 +141,27 @@ export default class DataFilter {
    * @param event - event to process
    */
   public processEvent(event: EventData<EventAddons>): void {
+    this.trimEventTitle(event);
+
     unsafeFields.forEach(field => {
       if (event[field]) {
         this.processField(event[field]);
       }
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Trim event title to the maximum allowed length.
+   * It mutates the original object.
+   *
+   * @param event - event to process
+   */
+  public trimEventTitle(event: EventData<EventAddons>): void {
+    if (typeof event.title === 'string') {
+      event.title = rightTrim(event.title, MAX_TITLE_LENGTH);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Recursively iterates object and applies filtering to its entries
    *

workers/grouper/src/index.ts

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const DB_DUPLICATE_KEY_ERROR = '11000';
 const DAILY_METRICS_RETENTION_DAYS = 90;
 
 /**
- * Maximum length for backtrace code line or title
+ * Maximum length for backtrace code line
  */
 const MAX_CODE_LINE_LENGTH = 140;
 
@@ -198,8 +198,6 @@ export default class GrouperWorker extends Worker {
     this.grouperMetrics.observePayloadSize(taskPayloadSize);
     this.memoryMonitor.logBeforeHandle(memoryBeforeHandle, handledTasksCount, taskPayloadSize, task.projectId);
 
-    this.logger.info(`[handle] project=${task.projectId} catcher=${task.catcherType} title="${task.payload.title}" payloadSize=${taskPayloadSize}b backtraceFrames=${task.payload.backtrace?.length ?? 0}`);
-
     // FIX RELEASE TYPE
     // TODO: REMOVE AFTER 01.01.2026, after the most of the users update to new js catcher
     if (task.payload && task.payload.release !== undefined) {
@@ -209,6 +207,13 @@ export default class GrouperWorker extends Worker {
       };
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Filter event data before logging and hashing so logs, hash and stored event stay consistent.
+     */
+    this.dataFilter.processEvent(task.payload);
+
+    this.logger.info(`[handle] project=${task.projectId} catcher=${task.catcherType} title="${task.payload.title}" payloadSize=${taskPayloadSize}b backtraceFrames=${task.payload.backtrace?.length ?? 0}`);
+
     let uniqueEventHash = await session.measureStep('hash', () => this.getUniqueEventHash(task));
     let existedEvent: GroupedEventDBScheme;
     let repetitionId = null;
@@ -219,11 +224,6 @@ export default class GrouperWorker extends Worker {
        * Trim source code lines to prevent memory leaks
        */
       this.trimSourceCodeLines(task.payload);
-
-      /**
-       * Filter sensitive information
-       */
-      this.dataFilter.processEvent(task.payload);
     });
 
     /**

workers/grouper/tests/index.test.ts

@@ -173,6 +173,20 @@ describe('GrouperWorker', () => {
       expect(await eventsCollection.find().count()).toBe(1);
     });
 
+    test('Should trim event title to the maximum length before saving', async () => {
+      const longTitle = 'A'.repeat(5000);
+
+      await worker.handle(generateTask({ title: longTitle }));
+
+      const savedEvent = await eventsCollection.findOne({});
+
+      /**
+       * 400 chars + ellipsis
+       */
+      expect(savedEvent.payload.title.length).toBe(401);
+      expect(savedEvent.payload.title.endsWith('…')).toBe(true);
+    });
+
     test('Should increment total events count on each processing', async () => {
       await worker.handle(generateTask());
       await worker.handle(generateTask());