diff --git a/gcm/schemas/slurm/squeue.py b/gcm/schemas/slurm/squeue.py
index de53473..e18b251 100644
--- a/gcm/schemas/slurm/squeue.py
+++ b/gcm/schemas/slurm/squeue.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
 # All rights reserved.
+import logging
+
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field, fields
 
 from gcm.monitoring.clock import time_to_time_aware
@@ -14,6 +16,24 @@
 from gcm.schemas.dataclass import parsed_field
 from gcm.schemas.slurm.derived_cluster import DerivedCluster
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+_MAX_NODELIST_ENTRIES = 1000
+
+
+def _truncated_nodelist(s: str) -> list[str] | None:
+    """Parse a Slurm nodelist, truncating to _MAX_NODELIST_ENTRIES with '...' marker."""
+    parsed, _ = nodelist()(s)
+    if parsed is None:
+        return None
+    if len(parsed) > _MAX_NODELIST_ENTRIES:
+        logger.warning(
+            f"Truncating NODELIST from {len(parsed)} to {_MAX_NODELIST_ENTRIES} entries "
+            f"(first: {parsed[0]}, last: {parsed[-1]})"
+        )
+        return parsed[:_MAX_NODELIST_ENTRIES] + ["..."]
+    return parsed
+
 
 @dataclass(kw_only=True)
 class JobData(DerivedCluster):
@@ -39,10 +59,10 @@ class JobData(DerivedCluster):
     NODES: int | None = parsed_field(parser=maybe_int, field_name="NUMNODES")
     TIME_LEFT: str = parsed_field(parser=str, field_name="TIMELEFT")
     TIME_USED: str = parsed_field(parser=str, field_name="TIMEUSED")
-    NODELIST: list[str] | None = parsed_field(parser=lambda s: nodelist()(s)[0])
+    NODELIST: list[str] | None = parsed_field(parser=_truncated_nodelist)
     DEPENDENCY: str = parsed_field(parser=str)
     EXC_NODES: list[str] | None = parsed_field(
-        parser=lambda s: nodelist()(s)[0], field_name="EXCNODES"
+        parser=_truncated_nodelist, field_name="EXCNODES"
     )
     START_TIME: str = parsed_field(parser=time_to_time_aware, field_name="STARTTIME")
     SUBMIT_TIME: str = parsed_field(parser=time_to_time_aware, field_name="SUBMITTIME")
@@ -75,7 +95,7 @@ class JobData(DerivedCluster):
     REQUEUE: str = parsed_field(parser=str)
     FEATURE: str = parsed_field(parser=str)
     RESTARTCNT: int = parsed_field(parser=int)
-    SCHEDNODES: list[str] | None = parsed_field(parser=lambda s: nodelist()(s)[0])
+    SCHEDNODES: list[str] | None = parsed_field(parser=_truncated_nodelist)
     LAST_SCHED_EVAL: str = parsed_field(
         parser=time_to_time_aware, field_name="LASTSCHEDEVAL"
     )
diff --git a/gcm/tests/test_slurm.py b/gcm/tests/test_slurm.py
index baf1768..0abbfc5 100644
--- a/gcm/tests/test_slurm.py
+++ b/gcm/tests/test_slurm.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 from gcm.schemas.slurm.sinfo import Sinfo
 from gcm.schemas.slurm.sinfo_node import SinfoNode
-from gcm.schemas.slurm.squeue import JobData
+from gcm.schemas.slurm.squeue import _truncated_nodelist, JobData
 from gcm.tests import data
 
 TEST_CLUSTER = "test_cluster"
@@ -653,3 +653,40 @@ def test_parse_sdiag_json_with_explicit_null_timestamp_objects(
         assert result.job_states_ts is None
         assert result.bf_when_last_cycle is None
         mock_reset.assert_called_once()
+
+
+class TestTruncatedNodelist:
+    """Tests for the _truncated_nodelist helper that caps oversized nodelists."""
+
+    def test_normal_nodelist_unchanged(self) -> None:
+        """Nodelists with <= 1000 entries pass through unchanged."""
+        # A small nodelist: "node[001-010]" expands to 10 entries
+        result = _truncated_nodelist("node[001-010]")
+        assert result is not None
+        assert len(result) == 10
+        assert result[0] == "node001"
+        assert result[-1] == "node010"
+        # No "..." marker
+        assert "..." not in result
+
+    def test_large_nodelist_truncated(self) -> None:
+        """Nodelists with > 1000 entries are truncated to 1000 + '...' marker."""
+        # A large nodelist: "h200-[0001-2000]" expands to 2000 entries
+        result = _truncated_nodelist("h200-[0001-2000]")
+        assert result is not None
+        assert len(result) == 1001  # 1000 entries + "..."
+        assert result[0] == "h200-0001"
+        assert result[999] == "h200-1000"
+        assert result[-1] == "..."
+
+    def test_exactly_1000_entries_unchanged(self) -> None:
+        """Nodelists with exactly 1000 entries are not truncated."""
+        result = _truncated_nodelist("n[0001-1000]")
+        assert result is not None
+        assert len(result) == 1000
+        assert "..." not in result
+
+    def test_empty_nodelist_returns_none(self) -> None:
+        """Empty/unparseable nodelists return None."""
+        result = _truncated_nodelist("")
+        assert result is None