diff --git a/shared/packages/api/src/__tests__/lib.spec.ts b/shared/packages/api/src/__tests__/lib.spec.ts
index 00c944f8..edcad342 100644
--- a/shared/packages/api/src/__tests__/lib.spec.ts
+++ b/shared/packages/api/src/__tests__/lib.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { deferGets, diff, promiseTimeout, stringifyError, waitTime } from '../lib'
+import { deferGets, diff, promiseTimeout, stringMaxLength, stringifyError, waitTime } from '../lib'
 
 describe('lib', () => {
 	test('diff', () => {
@@ -218,5 +218,13 @@ describe('lib', () => {
 		])
 		expect(i).toBe(5)
 	})
+	test('stringMaxLength', () => {
+		expect(stringMaxLength('abc', 10)).toBe('abc')
+		expect(stringMaxLength('0123456789abcdefg', 17)).toBe('0123456789abcdefg')
+		expect(stringMaxLength('0123456789abcdefg', 15)).toBe('012345...bcdefg')
+		expect(stringMaxLength('0123456789abcdefg', 10)).toBe('012...defg')
+		expect(stringMaxLength('0123456789abcdefg', 9)).toBe('012...efg')
+		expect(stringMaxLength('0123456789abcdefg', 8)).toBe('01...efg')
+	})
 })
 export {}
diff --git a/shared/packages/api/src/lib.ts b/shared/packages/api/src/lib.ts
index 47bccfa7..f2cfa83d 100644
--- a/shared/packages/api/src/lib.ts
+++ b/shared/packages/api/src/lib.ts
@@ -361,3 +361,17 @@ export function startTimer(): {
 		},
 	}
 }
+/**
+ * If the string is longer than maxLength, it will be shortened to maxLength, with '...' in the middle
+ */
+export function stringMaxLength(str: string, maxLength: number): string {
+	str = `${str}`
+	if (str.length > maxLength) {
+		maxLength = maxLength - 3 // make space for '...'
+		const length0 = Math.floor(maxLength / 2)
+		const length1 = maxLength - length0
+
+		return str.slice(0, length0) + '...' + str.slice(-length1)
+	}
+	return str
+}
diff --git a/shared/packages/expectationManager/src/lib/trackedExpectation.ts b/shared/packages/expectationManager/src/lib/trackedExpectation.ts
index 91b614c5..8ee2ce44 100644
--- a/shared/packages/expectationManager/src/lib/trackedExpectation.ts
+++ b/shared/packages/expectationManager/src/lib/trackedExpectation.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // eslint-disable-next-line node/no-extraneous-import
 import { ExpectedPackageStatusAPI } from '@sofie-automation/shared-lib/dist/package-manager/package'
-import { Expectation, ExpectationId, Reason, WorkerAgentId } from '@sofie-package-manager/api'
+import { Expectation, ExpectationId, Reason, WorkerAgentId, stringMaxLength } from '@sofie-package-manager/api'
 import { ExpectationStateHandlerSession } from '../lib/types'
 import { ExpectationTrackerConstants } from './constants'
 
@@ -59,12 +59,7 @@ export interface TrackedExpectation {
 }
 
 export function expLabel(exp: TrackedExpectation): string {
-	let id = `${exp.id}`
-	if (id.length > 16) {
-		id = id.slice(0, 8) + '...' + id.slice(-8)
-	}
-
-	return `${id} ${exp.exp.statusReport.label.slice(0, 50)}`
+	return stringMaxLength(exp.id, 16) + ' ' + stringMaxLength(exp.exp.statusReport.label, 80)
 }
 
 export function sortTrackedExpectations(