diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Combobox/Combobox.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Combobox/Combobox.tsx
index 04b0e076fe1..148c9e61cd3 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Combobox/Combobox.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Combobox/Combobox.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { debounce } from 'lodash';
 import { ReactNode, useCallback, useId, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 
 import { useStyles2 } from '../../themes';
+import { logOptions } from '../../utils';
 import { t, Trans } from '../../utils/i18n';
 import { Icon } from '../Icon/Icon';
 import { AutoSizeInput } from '../Input/AutoSizeInput';
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ interface ComboboxBaseProps<T extends string | number>
   width?: number | 'auto';
 }
 
+const RECOMMENDED_ITEMS_AMOUNT = 100_000;
+
 type AutoSizeConditionals =
   | {
       width: 'auto';
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ export const Combobox = <T extends string | number>(props: ComboboxProps<T>) =>
   const setItems = useCallback(
     (items: Array<ComboboxOption<T>>, inputValue: string | undefined) => {
       let itemsToSet = items;
-
+      logOptions(itemsToSet.length, RECOMMENDED_ITEMS_AMOUNT, id, ariaLabelledBy);
       if (inputValue && createCustomValue) {
         const optionMatchingInput = items.find(
           (opt) => opt.label === 'Custom value: ' + inputValue || opt.value === inputValue
@@ -146,7 +149,7 @@ export const Combobox = <T extends string | number>(props: ComboboxProps<T>) =>
 
       baseSetItems(itemsToSet);
     },
-    [createCustomValue]
+    [createCustomValue, id, ariaLabelledBy]
   );
 
   const selectedItemIndex = useMemo(() => {
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/index.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/index.ts
index be52f2352c0..20d5a6c3cff 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ export { createLogger } from './logger';
 export { attachDebugger } from './debug';
 export * from './nodeGraph';
 export { fuzzyMatch } from './fuzzy';
+export { logOptions } from './logOptions';
 
 export { ReactUtils };
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/logOptions.test.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/logOptions.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..06e2ff8acc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/logOptions.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { logOptions } from './logOptions';
+
+const RECOMMENDED_AMOUNT = 10;
+
+describe('logOptions', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('should not log anything if amount is less than or equal to recommendedAmount', () => {
+    console.warn = jest.fn();
+
+    logOptions(5, RECOMMENDED_AMOUNT, 'test-id', 'test-aria');
+
+    expect(console.warn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('should log a warning if amount exceeds recommendedAmount', () => {
+    console.warn = jest.fn();
+
+    logOptions(15, RECOMMENDED_AMOUNT, 'test-id', 'test-aria');
+
+    expect(console.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith('[Combobox] Items exceed the recommended amount 10.', {
+      itemsCount: '15',
+      recommendedAmount: '10',
+      'aria-labelledby': 'test-aria',
+      id: 'test-id',
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/logOptions.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/logOptions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1a749c22a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/logOptions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ * This function logs a warning if the amount of items exceeds the recommended amount.
+ *
+ * @param amount
+ * @param id
+ * @param ariaLabelledBy
+ */
+export function logOptions(
+  amount: number,
+  recommendedAmount: number,
+  id: string | undefined,
+  ariaLabelledBy: string | undefined
+): void {
+  if (amount > recommendedAmount) {
+    const msg = `[Combobox] Items exceed the recommended amount ${recommendedAmount}.`;
+    console.warn(msg, {
+      itemsCount: '' + amount,
+      recommendedAmount: '' + recommendedAmount,
+      'aria-labelledby': ariaLabelledBy ?? '',
+      id: id ?? '',
+    });
+  }
+}