>> use a rate limiting logger with expiring delay

> Hmm, any examples of this?

https://tersesystems.github.io/terse-logback/guide/budget/

Here is an example with a Logback's TurboFilter in Java [1] [2]

[1] https://dzone.com/articles/limiting-repetitive-log-messages-...

[2] https://github.com/mahanhz/clean-architecture-example/blob/m...

You just have to remember the last time a particular log message was logged, and don't log it again until until some amount of time has passed.