diff --git a/internal/event/targetlist.go b/internal/event/targetlist.go
index 5b5155bbf..40ab94dc4 100644
--- a/internal/event/targetlist.go
+++ b/internal/event/targetlist.go
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ package event
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+)
+
+const (
+	// The maximum allowed number of concurrent Send() calls to all configured notifications targets
+	maxConcurrentTargetSendCalls = 20000
 )
 
 // Target - event target interface
@@ -34,6 +40,9 @@ type Target interface {
 
 // TargetList - holds list of targets indexed by target ID.
 type TargetList struct {
+	// The number of concurrent async Send calls to all targets
+	currentSendCalls int64
+
 	sync.RWMutex
 	targets map[TargetID]Target
 }
@@ -124,6 +133,14 @@ func (list *TargetList) TargetMap() map[TargetID]Target {
 
 // Send - sends events to targets identified by target IDs.
 func (list *TargetList) Send(event Event, targetIDset TargetIDSet, resCh chan<- TargetIDResult) {
+	if atomic.LoadInt64(&list.currentSendCalls) > maxConcurrentTargetSendCalls {
+		err := fmt.Errorf("concurrent target notifications exceeded %d", maxConcurrentTargetSendCalls)
+		for id := range targetIDset {
+			resCh <- TargetIDResult{ID: id, Err: err}
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
 	go func() {
 		var wg sync.WaitGroup
 		for id := range targetIDset {
@@ -133,6 +150,8 @@ func (list *TargetList) Send(event Event, targetIDset TargetIDSet, resCh chan<-
 			if ok {
 				wg.Add(1)
 				go func(id TargetID, target Target) {
+					atomic.AddInt64(&list.currentSendCalls, 1)
+					defer atomic.AddInt64(&list.currentSendCalls, -1)
 					defer wg.Done()
 					tgtRes := TargetIDResult{ID: id}
 					if err := target.Save(event); err != nil {