diff --git a/letta/jobs/llm_batch_job_polling.py b/letta/jobs/llm_batch_job_polling.py
index 7651c283..6e0ba172 100644
--- a/letta/jobs/llm_batch_job_polling.py
+++ b/letta/jobs/llm_batch_job_polling.py
@@ -181,7 +181,9 @@ async def poll_running_llm_batches(server: "SyncServer") -> List[LettaBatchRespo
 
     try:
         # 1. Retrieve running batch jobs
-        batches = await server.batch_manager.list_running_llm_batches_async(weeks=max(settings.batch_job_polling_lookback_weeks, 1))
+        batches = await server.batch_manager.list_running_llm_batches_async(
+            weeks=max(settings.batch_job_polling_lookback_weeks, 1), batch_size=settings.batch_job_polling_batch_size
+        )
         metrics.total_batches = len(batches)
 
         # TODO: Expand to more providers
diff --git a/letta/services/llm_batch_manager.py b/letta/services/llm_batch_manager.py
index c9071eba..eeff0673 100644
--- a/letta/services/llm_batch_manager.py
+++ b/letta/services/llm_batch_manager.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class LLMBatchManager:
     @enforce_types
     @trace_method
     async def list_running_llm_batches_async(
-        self, actor: Optional[PydanticUser] = None, weeks: Optional[int] = None
+        self, actor: Optional[PydanticUser] = None, weeks: Optional[int] = None, batch_size: Optional[int] = None
     ) -> List[PydanticLLMBatchJob]:
         """Return all running LLM batch jobs, optionally filtered by actor's organization and recent weeks."""
         async with db_registry.async_session() as session:
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ class LLMBatchManager:
                 cutoff_datetime = datetime.datetime.utcnow() - datetime.timedelta(weeks=weeks)
                 query = query.where(LLMBatchJob.created_at >= cutoff_datetime)
 
+            if batch_size is not None:
+                query = query.limit(batch_size)
+
             results = await session.execute(query)
             return [batch.to_pydantic() for batch in results.scalars().all()]
 
diff --git a/letta/settings.py b/letta/settings.py
index e337ee70..6cb193f5 100644
--- a/letta/settings.py
+++ b/letta/settings.py
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     poll_running_llm_batches_interval_seconds: int = 5 * 60
     poll_lock_retry_interval_seconds: int = 5 * 60
     batch_job_polling_lookback_weeks: int = 2
+    batch_job_polling_batch_size: Optional[int] = None
 
     # for OCR
     mistral_api_key: Optional[str] = None