diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Transport/Import/LineDiffer.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Transport/Import/LineDiffer.cs
index 88a830ee..beb4f98a 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Transport/Import/LineDiffer.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Transport/Import/LineDiffer.cs
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ public sealed record LineDiffResult(
 /// </remarks>
 public static class LineDiffer
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Hard ceiling on the combined old+new line count fed to the Myers algorithm. Myers
+    /// records a V frontier snapshot per edit distance <c>d</c> (up to <c>n + m</c> rounds),
+    /// each snapshot sized <c>O(n + m)</c>, so a fully-divergent diff is <c>O((n + m)^2)</c>
+    /// transient memory. To keep a bloated or crafted bundle from OOM-ing the active central
+    /// node during an import preview, oversized inputs short-circuit to a summary-only result
+    /// (the same shape the output cap emits) instead of running the trace.
+    /// </summary>
+    private const int MaxInputLines = 4000;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Computes a minimal per-line diff between <paramref name="oldText"/> and
     /// <paramref name="newText"/> (either may be <see langword="null"/>, treated as empty).
@@ -68,6 +78,13 @@ public static class LineDiffer
         string[] oldLines = SplitLines(oldText);
         string[] newLines = SplitLines(newText);
 
+        // Input-size guard: bound the ALGORITHM INPUT (distinct from the output cap below) so an
+        // oversized diff degrades to a summary instead of allocating O((n + m)^2) Myers snapshots.
+        if (oldLines.Length + newLines.Length > MaxInputLines)
+        {
+            return SummaryOnlyResult(oldLines.Length, newLines.Length);
+        }
+
         IReadOnlyList<LineDiffLine> full = BuildDiff(oldLines, newLines, out int added, out int removed);
 
         bool truncated = full.Count > maxLines;
@@ -91,6 +108,15 @@ public static class LineDiffer
         return new LineDiffResult(lines, truncated, added, removed);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Builds the truncated summary-only shape returned when the diff cannot be materialized in
+    /// full — no hunks, <see cref="LineDiffResult.Truncated"/> set, and the add/remove totals
+    /// approximated as a full replacement (every new line added, every old line removed). Used
+    /// by the input-size guard so a diff too large to run cheaply still reports its magnitude.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static LineDiffResult SummaryOnlyResult(int oldCount, int newCount)
+        => new([], Truncated: true, AddedCount: newCount, RemovedCount: oldCount);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Normalizes line endings (<c>\r\n</c> and lone <c>\r</c> to <c>\n</c>) and splits on <c>\n</c>.
     /// A <see langword="null"/> or empty input yields an empty array (no lines), so the diff of two
diff --git a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Transport.Tests/Import/LineDifferTests.cs b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Transport.Tests/Import/LineDifferTests.cs
index fb84625e..cd655b05 100644
--- a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Transport.Tests/Import/LineDifferTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Transport.Tests/Import/LineDifferTests.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
+
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Transport.Import;
 
 namespace ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Transport.Tests.Import;
@@ -189,4 +191,29 @@ public sealed class LineDifferTests
         Assert.Equal(0, result.AddedCount);
         Assert.Equal(0, result.RemovedCount);
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void OversizedInputs_ZeroCommonLines_DegradesToSummary_WithoutRunningMyers()
+    {
+        // Two 10,000-line inputs with zero common lines. Running the Myers trace here would
+        // record ~20,000 V-snapshots of ~160 KB each (multi-GB transient allocation), so the
+        // input-size guard must short-circuit to a summary-only result long before that.
+        var oldText = string.Join("\n", Enumerable.Range(1, 10_000).Select(i => $"old-line-{i}"));
+        var newText = string.Join("\n", Enumerable.Range(1, 10_000).Select(i => $"new-line-{i}"));
+
+        var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+        var result = LineDiffer.Diff(oldText, newText);
+        sw.Stop();
+
+        // Summary-only shape: same as the output cap — Truncated, full totals, no hunks.
+        Assert.True(result.Truncated);
+        Assert.Empty(result.Lines);
+        Assert.Equal(10_000, result.AddedCount);
+        Assert.Equal(10_000, result.RemovedCount);
+
+        // Must return within a small time budget; pathological slowness is a failure.
+        Assert.True(
+            sw.Elapsed < TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2),
+            $"Diff of oversized inputs took {sw.Elapsed.TotalSeconds:F1}s — the input-size guard did not short-circuit.");
+    }
 }