diff --git a/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceDrawer/details/span/eapSections/aiInput.tsx b/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceDrawer/details/span/eapSections/aiInput.tsx
index 85f00a48234430..7892e36b60e885 100644
--- a/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceDrawer/details/span/eapSections/aiInput.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceDrawer/details/span/eapSections/aiInput.tsx
@@ -2,13 +2,20 @@ import {Fragment, useEffect, useEffectEvent, useLayoutEffect, useState} from 're
 import styled from '@emotion/styled';
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/react';
 
+import {Alert} from '@sentry/scraps/alert';
+import {Container} from '@sentry/scraps/layout';
+import {ExternalLink} from '@sentry/scraps/link';
+
 import {Button} from 'sentry/components/core/button';
-import {t} from 'sentry/locale';
+import {t, tct, tn} from 'sentry/locale';
 import {space} from 'sentry/styles/space';
 import type {EventTransaction} from 'sentry/types/event';
 import {defined} from 'sentry/utils';
 import usePrevious from 'sentry/utils/usePrevious';
-import type {TraceItemResponseAttribute} from 'sentry/views/explore/hooks/useTraceItemDetails';
+import type {
+  TraceItemDetailsMeta,
+  TraceItemResponseAttribute,
+} from 'sentry/views/explore/hooks/useTraceItemDetails';
 import {
   getIsAiNode,
   getTraceNodeAttribute,
@@ -170,13 +177,17 @@ function useInvalidRoleDetection(roles: string[]) {
 export function AIInputSection({
   node,
   attributes,
+  attributesMeta,
   event,
 }: {
   node: TraceTreeNode<TraceTree.EAPSpan | TraceTree.Span | TraceTree.Transaction>;
   attributes?: TraceItemResponseAttribute[];
+  attributesMeta?: TraceItemDetailsMeta;
   event?: EventTransaction;
 }) {
   const shouldRender = getIsAiNode(node) && hasAIInputAttribute(node, attributes, event);
+  const messagesMeta = attributesMeta?.['gen_ai.request.messages']?.meta as any;
+  const originalMessagesLength: number | undefined = messagesMeta?.['']?.len;
 
   let promptMessages = shouldRender
     ? getTraceNodeAttribute('gen_ai.request.messages', node, event, attributes)
@@ -227,7 +238,12 @@ export function AIInputSection({
           {messages}
         </TraceDrawerComponents.MultilineText>
       ) : null}
-      {Array.isArray(messages) ? <MessagesArrayRenderer messages={messages} /> : null}
+      {Array.isArray(messages) ? (
+        <MessagesArrayRenderer
+          messages={messages}
+          originalLength={originalMessagesLength}
+        />
+      ) : null}
       {toolArgs ? (
         <TraceDrawerComponents.MultilineJSON value={toolArgs} maxDefaultDepth={1} />
       ) : null}
@@ -248,8 +264,16 @@ const MAX_MESSAGES_TO_SHOW = MAX_MESSAGES_AT_START + MAX_MESSAGES_AT_END;
  * As the whole message history takes up too much space we only show the first two (as those often contain the system and initial user prompt)
  * and the last messages with the option to expand
  */
-function MessagesArrayRenderer({messages}: {messages: AIMessage[]}) {
+function MessagesArrayRenderer({
+  messages,
+  originalLength,
+}: {
+  messages: AIMessage[];
+  originalLength?: number;
+}) {
   const [isExpanded, setIsExpanded] = useState(messages.length <= MAX_MESSAGES_TO_SHOW);
+  const truncatedMessages = originalLength ? originalLength - messages.length : 0;
+  const isTruncated = truncatedMessages > 0;
 
   // Reset the expanded state when the messages length changes
   const previousMessagesLength = usePrevious(messages.length);
@@ -259,6 +283,22 @@ function MessagesArrayRenderer({messages}: {messages: AIMessage[]}) {
     }
   }, [messages.length, previousMessagesLength]);
 
+  const truncationAlert = isTruncated ? (
+    <Container paddingBottom="lg">
+      <Alert type="muted">
+        {tct(
+          'Due to [link:size limitations], the oldest [count] got dropped from the history.',
+          {
+            count: tn('message', '%s messages', truncatedMessages),
+            link: (
+              <ExternalLink href="https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/expected-features/data-handling/#variable-size" />
+            ),
+          }
+        )}
+      </Alert>
+    </Container>
+  ) : null;
+
   const renderMessage = (message: AIMessage, index: number) => {
     return (
       <Fragment key={index}>
@@ -278,11 +318,17 @@ function MessagesArrayRenderer({messages}: {messages: AIMessage[]}) {
   };
 
   if (isExpanded) {
-    return messages.map(renderMessage);
+    return (
+      <Fragment>
+        {truncationAlert}
+        {messages.map(renderMessage)}
+      </Fragment>
+    );
   }
 
   return (
     <Fragment>
+      {truncationAlert}
       {messages.slice(0, MAX_MESSAGES_AT_START).map(renderMessage)}
       <ButtonDivider>
         <Button onClick={() => setIsExpanded(true)} size="xs">
diff --git a/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceDrawer/details/span/index.tsx b/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceDrawer/details/span/index.tsx
index 910456db51f7b3..e03f4d65b6371a 100644
--- a/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceDrawer/details/span/index.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceDrawer/details/span/index.tsx
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ function EAPSpanNodeDetailsContent({
   traceItemData: TraceItemDetailsResponse;
 }) {
   const attributes = traceItemData.attributes;
+  const attributesMeta = traceItemData.meta;
   const links = traceItemData.links;
   const isTransaction = isEAPTransactionNode(node) && !!eventTransaction;
 
@@ -487,7 +488,11 @@ function EAPSpanNodeDetailsContent({
           hideNodeActions={hideNodeActions}
         />
         <AIIOAlert node={node} attributes={attributes} />
-        <AIInputSection node={node} attributes={attributes} />
+        <AIInputSection
+          node={node}
+          attributes={attributes}
+          attributesMeta={attributesMeta}
+        />
         <AIOutputSection node={node} attributes={attributes} />
         <MCPInputSection node={node} attributes={attributes} />
         <MCPOutputSection node={node} attributes={attributes} />