diff --git a/src/lib/features/project/project-service.e2e.test.ts b/src/lib/features/project/project-service.e2e.test.ts
index 5eb715a894..3dcd277d92 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/project/project-service.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/project/project-service.e2e.test.ts
@@ -2684,6 +2684,40 @@ describe('automatic ID generation for create project', () => {
         },
     );
 
+    test('Projects with long names get ids capped at 90 characters and then suffixed', async () => {
+        const name = Array.from({ length: 200 })
+            .map(() => 'a')
+            .join();
+
+        const project = await projectService.createProject(
+            {
+                name,
+            },
+            user,
+            auditUser,
+        );
+
+        expect(project.name).toBe(name);
+        expect(project.id.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(90);
+
+        const secondName =
+            name +
+            Array.from({ length: 100 })
+                .map(() => 'b')
+                .join();
+
+        const secondProject = await projectService.createProject(
+            {
+                name: secondName,
+            },
+            user,
+            auditUser,
+        );
+
+        expect(secondProject.name).toBe(secondName);
+        expect(secondProject.id).toBe(`${project.id}-1`);
+    });
+
     describe('backwards compatibility', () => {
         const featureFlag = 'createProjectWithEnvironmentConfig';
 
diff --git a/src/lib/features/project/project-service.ts b/src/lib/features/project/project-service.ts
index e36619d429..2549d9c0f1 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/project/project-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/project/project-service.ts
@@ -305,16 +305,16 @@ export default class ProjectService {
         }
     }
     async generateProjectId(name: string): Promise<string> {
-        const generateUniqueId = async (name: string, suffix?: number) => {
-            const slug = createSlug(name);
+        const slug = createSlug(name).slice(0, 90);
+        const generateUniqueId = async (suffix?: number) => {
             const id = suffix ? `${slug}-${suffix}` : slug;
             if (await this.projectStore.hasProject(id)) {
-                return await generateUniqueId(name, (suffix ?? 0) + 1);
+                return await generateUniqueId((suffix ?? 0) + 1);
             } else {
                 return id;
             }
         };
-        return generateUniqueId(name);
+        return generateUniqueId();
     }
 
     async createProject(