diff --git a/backend/src/lib/api-docs/constants.ts b/backend/src/lib/api-docs/constants.ts
index 90098a7b6..b9325ed28 100644
--- a/backend/src/lib/api-docs/constants.ts
+++ b/backend/src/lib/api-docs/constants.ts
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ export const SECRETS = {
 
 export const RAW_SECRETS = {
   LIST: {
-    recursive: "Whether or not to fetch all secrets from the specified base path, and all of its subdirectories.",
+    recursive:
+      "Whether or not to fetch all secrets from the specified base path, and all of its subdirectories. Note, the max depth is 20 deep.",
     workspaceId: "The ID of the project to list secrets from.",
     workspaceSlug: "The slug of the project to list secrets from. This parameter is only usable by machine identities.",
     environment: "The slug of the environment to list secrets from.",
diff --git a/backend/src/services/secret/secret-fns.ts b/backend/src/services/secret/secret-fns.ts
index 24c2bd811..2bfda2cbe 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/secret/secret-fns.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/secret/secret-fns.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
 } from "@app/lib/crypto";
 import { BadRequestError } from "@app/lib/errors";
 import { groupBy, unique } from "@app/lib/fn";
+import { logger } from "@app/lib/logger";
 
 import { ActorAuthMethod, ActorType } from "../auth/auth-type";
 import { getBotKeyFnFactory } from "../project-bot/project-bot-fns";
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@ const buildHierarchy = (folders: TSecretFolders[]): FolderMap => {
 const generatePaths = (
   map: FolderMap,
   parentId: string = "null",
-  basePath: string = ""
+  basePath: string = "",
+  currentDepth: number = 0
 ): { path: string; folderId: string }[] => {
   const children = map[parentId || "null"] || [];
   let paths: { path: string; folderId: string }[] = [];
@@ -105,13 +107,20 @@ const generatePaths = (
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-nested-ternary
     const currPath = basePath === "" ? (isRootFolder ? "/" : `/${child.name}`) : `${basePath}/${child.name}`;
 
+    // Add the current path
     paths.push({
       path: currPath,
       folderId: child.id
-    }); // Add the current path
+    });
 
-    // Recursively generate paths for children, passing down the formatted pathh
-    const childPaths = generatePaths(map, child.id, currPath);
+    // We make sure that the recursion depth doesn't exceed 20.
+    // We do this to create "circuit break", basically to ensure that we can't encounter any potential memory leaks.
+    if (currentDepth >= 20) {
+      logger.info(`generatePaths: Recursion depth exceeded 20, breaking out of recursion [map=${JSON.stringify(map)}]`);
+      return;
+    }
+    // Recursively generate paths for children, passing down the formatted path
+    const childPaths = generatePaths(map, child.id, currPath, currentDepth + 1);
     paths = paths.concat(
       childPaths.map((p) => ({
         path: p.path,