diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-common/src/lib.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-common/src/lib.rs
index 538855c1c64..46ec9c0401b 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-common/src/lib.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-common/src/lib.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ mod path_hasher;
 mod progress;
 pub mod pubsub;
 pub mod rand;
+pub mod rate_limited_tracing;
 pub mod rate_limiter;
 pub mod rendezvous_hasher;
 pub mod retry;
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-common/src/rate_limited_tracing.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-common/src/rate_limited_tracing.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0fab23af045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-common/src/rate_limited_tracing.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2024 Quickwit, Inc.
+//
+// Quickwit is offered under the AGPL v3.0 and as commercial software.
+// For commercial licensing, contact us at hello@quickwit.io.
+//
+// AGPL:
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+// published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+// License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! rate_limited_tracing {
+    ($log_fn:ident, limit_per_min=$limit:literal, $($args:tt)*) => {{
+        use ::std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, Ordering};
+        use ::std::sync::Mutex;
+        use ::std::time::{Instant, Duration};
+
+        static COUNT: AtomicU32 = AtomicU32::new(0);
+        // we can't build an Instant from const context, so we pinitialize with a None
+        static LAST_RESET: Mutex<Option<Instant>> = Mutex::new(None);
+
+        let count = COUNT.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        if count == 0 {
+            // this can only be reached the very 1st time we log
+            *LAST_RESET.lock().unwrap() = Some(Instant::now());
+        }
+
+        let do_log = if count >= $limit {
+            let mut last_reset = LAST_RESET.lock().unwrap();
+            let current_time = Instant::now();
+            let should_reset = last_reset
+                .map(|last_reset| current_time.duration_since(last_reset) >= Duration::from_secs(60))
+                .unwrap_or(true);
+
+            if should_reset {
+                *last_reset = Some(current_time);
+                // we store 1 because we are already about to log something
+                COUNT.store(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                true
+            } else {
+                // we are over-limit and not far enough in time to reset: don't log
+                false
+            }
+        } else {
+            true
+        };
+
+        if do_log {
+            ::tracing::$log_fn!($($args)*);
+        }
+    }};
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! rate_limited_trace {
+    ($unit:ident=$limit:literal, $($args:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::rate_limited_tracing::rate_limited_tracing!(trace, $unit=$limit, $($args)*)
+    };
+}
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! rate_limited_debug {
+    ($unit:ident=$limit:literal, $($args:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::rate_limited_tracing::rate_limited_tracing!(debug, $unit=$limit, $($args)*)
+    };
+}
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! rate_limited_info {
+    ($unit:ident=$limit:literal, $($args:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::rate_limited_tracing::rate_limited_tracing!(info, $unit=$limit, $($args)*)
+    };
+}
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! rate_limited_warn {
+    ($unit:ident=$limit:literal, $($args:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::rate_limited_tracing::rate_limited_tracing!(warn, $unit=$limit, $($args)*)
+    };
+}
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! rate_limited_error {
+    ($unit:literal=$limit:literal, $($args:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::rate_limited_tracing::rate_limited_tracing!(error, $unit=$limit, $($args)*)
+    };
+}
+
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub use rate_limited_tracing;
+pub use {
+    rate_limited_debug, rate_limited_error, rate_limited_info, rate_limited_trace,
+    rate_limited_warn,
+};
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-indexing/src/actors/doc_processor.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-indexing/src/actors/doc_processor.rs
index 2980e844c6b..9df96a55a08 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-indexing/src/actors/doc_processor.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-indexing/src/actors/doc_processor.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ use anyhow::{bail, Context};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use quickwit_actors::{Actor, ActorContext, ActorExitStatus, Handler, Mailbox, QueueCapacity};
+use quickwit_common::rate_limited_tracing::rate_limited_warn;
 use quickwit_common::runtimes::RuntimeType;
 use quickwit_config::{SourceInputFormat, TransformConfig};
 use quickwit_doc_mapper::{DocMapper, DocParsingError, JsonObject};
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ use tantivy::schema::{Field, Value};
 use tantivy::{DateTime, TantivyDocument};
 use thiserror::Error;
 use tokio::runtime::Handle;
-use tracing::warn;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "vrl")]
 use super::vrl_processing::*;
@@ -413,7 +413,8 @@ impl DocProcessor {
                     processed_docs.push(processed_doc);
                 }
                 Err(error) => {
-                    warn!(
+                    rate_limited_warn!(
+                        limit_per_min = 5,
                         index_id = self.counters.index_id,
                         source_id = self.counters.source_id,
                         "{}",