diff --git a/enterprise_catalog/apps/api/tasks.py b/enterprise_catalog/apps/api/tasks.py
index 2b0c93070..ff6a26d6a 100644
--- a/enterprise_catalog/apps/api/tasks.py
+++ b/enterprise_catalog/apps/api/tasks.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import functools
 import json
 import logging
+import sys
 import time
 from collections import defaultdict
 from datetime import timedelta
@@ -20,7 +21,9 @@
 from enterprise_catalog.apps.api_client.discovery import DiscoveryApiClient
 from enterprise_catalog.apps.catalog.algolia_utils import (
     ALGOLIA_FIELDS,
+    ALGOLIA_JSON_METADATA_MAX_SIZE,
     ALGOLIA_UUID_BATCH_SIZE,
+    _algolia_object_from_product,
     _get_course_run_by_uuid,
     configure_algolia_index,
     create_algolia_objects,
@@ -654,6 +657,22 @@ def add_metadata_to_algolia_objects(
     json_metadata.update({
         'academy_tags': list(academy_tags),
     })
+
+    json_metadata_size = sys.getsizeof(
+        json.dumps(_algolia_object_from_product(json_metadata, algolia_fields=ALGOLIA_FIELDS)).strip(" "),
+    )
+    # Algolia limits the size of algolia object records and measures object size as stated in:
+    # https://support.algolia.com/hc/en-us/articles/4406981897617-Is-there-a-size-limit-for-my-index-records
+    # Refrain from adding the metadata record to the list of objects to index if the metadata exceeds the max size
+    # allowed.
+    if json_metadata_size > ALGOLIA_JSON_METADATA_MAX_SIZE:
+        content = json_metadata.get('aggregation_key') or json_metadata.get('title')
+        logger.warning(
+            f"add_metadata_to_algolia_objects found a metadata record: {content} who's sized exceeded the maximum"
+            f"algolia object size of {ALGOLIA_JSON_METADATA_MAX_SIZE} bytes"
+        )
+        return
+
     # enterprise catalog uuids
     catalog_uuids = sorted(list(catalog_uuids))
     batched_metadata = _batched_metadata(
diff --git a/enterprise_catalog/apps/api/tests/test_tasks.py b/enterprise_catalog/apps/api/tests/test_tasks.py
index 7f0d77193..87da11212 100644
--- a/enterprise_catalog/apps/api/tests/test_tasks.py
+++ b/enterprise_catalog/apps/api/tests/test_tasks.py
@@ -752,6 +752,44 @@ def _sort_tags_in_algolia_object_list(self, algolia_obj):
                 obj['academy_tags'] = sorted(obj['academy_tags'])
         return algolia_obj
 
+    def test_add_metadata_to_algolia_objects_skips_metadata_records_over_max_size(self):
+        """
+        Test that the indexing task will skip adding records into the `algolia_products_by_object_id` list of objects
+        that exceed to max byte size according to the Algolia docs.
+        """
+        algolia_products_by_object_id = {}
+        normal_sized_course = ContentMetadataFactory(content_type=COURSE, content_key='test-course-1')
+        short_description_string = "ayylmao".join(["" for x in range(50000)])
+        full_description_string = "foobar".join(["" for x in range(50000)])
+        too_big_sized_course = ContentMetadataFactory(content_type=COURSE, content_key='test-course-2')
+        too_big_sized_course.json_metadata.update(
+            {"short_description": short_description_string, "full_description": full_description_string}
+        )
+        too_big_sized_course.save()
+        tasks.add_metadata_to_algolia_objects(
+            metadata=too_big_sized_course,
+            algolia_products_by_object_id=algolia_products_by_object_id,
+            catalog_uuids=[str(uuid.uuid4())],
+            customer_uuids=[str(uuid.uuid4())],
+            catalog_queries=[(str(uuid.uuid4()), "query title")],
+            academy_uuids=[str(uuid.uuid4())],
+            academy_tags=[],
+        )
+        assert not algolia_products_by_object_id
+        tasks.add_metadata_to_algolia_objects(
+            metadata=normal_sized_course,
+            algolia_products_by_object_id=algolia_products_by_object_id,
+            catalog_uuids=[str(uuid.uuid4())],
+            customer_uuids=[str(uuid.uuid4())],
+            catalog_queries=[(str(uuid.uuid4()), "query title")],
+            academy_uuids=[str(uuid.uuid4())],
+            academy_tags=[],
+        )
+
+        for algolia_object_key in algolia_products_by_object_id.keys():
+            assert str(normal_sized_course.content_uuid) in algolia_object_key
+            assert not str(too_big_sized_course.content_uuid) in algolia_object_key
+
     def test_get_algolia_objects_from_course_metadata(self):
         """
         Test that the ``get_algolia_objects_from_course_content_metadata`` method generates a set of algolia objects to
diff --git a/enterprise_catalog/apps/catalog/algolia_utils.py b/enterprise_catalog/apps/catalog/algolia_utils.py
index 2b0b738c8..63a2b1ea1 100644
--- a/enterprise_catalog/apps/catalog/algolia_utils.py
+++ b/enterprise_catalog/apps/catalog/algolia_utils.py
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 
 ALGOLIA_UUID_BATCH_SIZE = 100
 
+ALGOLIA_JSON_METADATA_MAX_SIZE = 100000
+
 
 # keep attributes from content objects that we explicitly want in Algolia
 ALGOLIA_FIELDS = [