diff --git a/workers/grouper/src/data-filter.ts b/workers/grouper/src/data-filter.ts
index 7e00038c..2345b8e5 100644
--- a/workers/grouper/src/data-filter.ts
+++ b/workers/grouper/src/data-filter.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import type { EventAddons, EventData } from '@hawk.so/types';
 import { unsafeFields } from '../../../lib/utils/unsafeFields';
 
+/**
+ * Maximum depth for object traversal to prevent excessive memory allocations
+ */
+const MAX_TRAVERSAL_DEPTH = 20;
+
 /**
  * Recursively iterate through object and call function on each key
  *
@@ -18,7 +23,12 @@ function forAll(obj: Record<string, unknown>, callback: (path: string[], key: st
       if (!(typeof value === 'object' && !Array.isArray(value))) {
         callback(path, key, current);
       } else {
-        visit(value, [...path, key]);
+        /**
+         * Limit path depth to prevent excessive memory allocations from deep nesting
+         * This reduces GC pressure and memory usage for deeply nested objects
+         */
+        const newPath = path.length < MAX_TRAVERSAL_DEPTH ? path.concat(key) : path;
+        visit(value, newPath);
       }
     }
   };
diff --git a/workers/grouper/src/index.ts b/workers/grouper/src/index.ts
index 73f16fc7..542c701f 100644
--- a/workers/grouper/src/index.ts
+++ b/workers/grouper/src/index.ts
@@ -19,11 +19,16 @@ import type { RepetitionDBScheme } from '../types/repetition';
 import { DatabaseReadWriteError, DiffCalculationError, ValidationError } from '../../../lib/workerErrors';
 import { decodeUnsafeFields, encodeUnsafeFields } from '../../../lib/utils/unsafeFields';
 import { MS_IN_SEC } from '../../../lib/utils/consts';
+import TimeMs from '../../../lib/utils/time';
 import DataFilter from './data-filter';
 import RedisHelper from './redisHelper';
 import { computeDelta } from './utils/repetitionDiff';
 import { rightTrim } from '../../../lib/utils/string';
 import { hasValue } from '../../../lib/utils/hasValue';
+
+/**
+ * eslint does not count decorators as a variable usage
+ */
 /* eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars */
 import { memoize } from '../../../lib/memoize';
 
@@ -31,7 +36,12 @@ import { memoize } from '../../../lib/memoize';
  * eslint does not count decorators as a variable usage
  */
 /* eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars */
-const MEMOIZATION_TTL = Number(process.env.MEMOIZATION_TTL ?? 0);
+const MEMOIZATION_TTL = 600_000;
+
+/**
+ * Cache cleanup interval in minutes
+ */
+const CACHE_CLEANUP_INTERVAL_MINUTES = 5;
 
 /**
  * Error code of MongoDB key duplication error
@@ -72,6 +82,11 @@ export default class GrouperWorker extends Worker {
    */
   private redis = new RedisHelper();
 
+  /**
+   * Interval for periodic cache cleanup to prevent memory leaks from unbounded cache growth
+   */
+  private cacheCleanupInterval: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
+
   /**
    * Start consuming messages
    */
@@ -85,6 +100,15 @@ export default class GrouperWorker extends Worker {
 
     await this.redis.initialize();
     console.log('redis initialized');
+
+    /**
+     * Start periodic cache cleanup to prevent memory leaks from unbounded cache growth
+     * Runs every 5 minutes to clear old cache entries
+     */
+    this.cacheCleanupInterval = setInterval(() => {
+      this.clearCache();
+    }, CACHE_CLEANUP_INTERVAL_MINUTES * TimeMs.MINUTE);
+
     await super.start();
   }
 
@@ -92,6 +116,14 @@ export default class GrouperWorker extends Worker {
    * Finish everything
    */
   public async finish(): Promise<void> {
+    /**
+     * Clear cache cleanup interval to prevent resource leaks
+     */
+    if (this.cacheCleanupInterval) {
+      clearInterval(this.cacheCleanupInterval);
+      this.cacheCleanupInterval = null;
+    }
+
     await super.finish();
     this.prepareCache();
     await this.eventsDb.close();
@@ -237,6 +269,12 @@ export default class GrouperWorker extends Worker {
       } as RepetitionDBScheme;
 
       repetitionId = await this.saveRepetition(task.projectId, newRepetition);
+
+      /**
+       * Clear the large event payload references to allow garbage collection
+       * This prevents memory leaks from retaining full event objects after delta is computed
+       */
+      delta = undefined;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -334,7 +372,7 @@ export default class GrouperWorker extends Worker {
    * @param projectId - where to find
    * @param title - title of the event to find similar one
    */
-  @memoize({ max: 200, ttl: MEMOIZATION_TTL, strategy: 'hash', skipCache: [undefined] })
+  @memoize({ max: 50, ttl: MEMOIZATION_TTL, strategy: 'hash', skipCache: [undefined] })
   private async findSimilarEvent(projectId: string, title: string): Promise<GroupedEventDBScheme | undefined> {
     /**
      * If no match by Levenshtein, try matching by patterns
diff --git a/workers/grouper/tests/data-filter.test.ts b/workers/grouper/tests/data-filter.test.ts
index 4cb98807..2f00dd68 100644
--- a/workers/grouper/tests/data-filter.test.ts
+++ b/workers/grouper/tests/data-filter.test.ts
@@ -327,5 +327,39 @@ describe('GrouperWorker', () => {
       expect(event.context['secret']).toBe('[filtered]');
       expect(event.context['auth']).toBe('[filtered]');
     });
+
+    test('should handle deeply nested objects (>20 levels) without excessive memory allocations', () => {
+      // Create an object nested deeper than the cap (>20 levels)
+      let deeplyNested: any = { value: 'leaf', secret: 'should-be-filtered' };
+
+      for (let i = 0; i < 25; i++) {
+        deeplyNested = { [`level${i}`]: deeplyNested, password: `sensitive${i}` };
+      }
+
+      const event = generateEvent({
+        context: deeplyNested,
+      });
+
+      // This should not throw or cause memory issues
+      dataFilter.processEvent(event);
+
+      // Verify that filtering still works at various depths
+      expect(event.context['password']).toBe('[filtered]');
+
+      // Navigate to a mid-level and check filtering
+      let current = event.context['level24'] as any;
+      for (let i = 24; i > 15; i--) {
+        expect(current['password']).toBe('[filtered]');
+        current = current[`level${i - 1}`];
+      }
+
+      // At the leaf level, the secret should still be filtered
+      // (though path tracking may be capped, filtering should still work)
+      let leaf = event.context;
+      for (let i = 24; i >= 0; i--) {
+        leaf = leaf[`level${i}`] as any;
+      }
+      expect(leaf['secret']).toBe('[filtered]');
+    });
   });
 });