diff --git a/src/moonlink/src/table_handler.rs b/src/moonlink/src/table_handler.rs
index 1bb27ab5d..bca6c9514 100644
--- a/src/moonlink/src/table_handler.rs
+++ b/src/moonlink/src/table_handler.rs
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ impl TableHandler {
             });
         };
 
+        let mut ingest_event_count = 0;
+
         // Process events until the receiver is closed or a Shutdown event is received
         while let Some(event) = event_receiver.recv().await {
             // Record event if requested.
@@ -193,6 +195,25 @@ impl TableHandler {
 
             match event {
                 event if event.is_ingest_event() => {
+                    ingest_event_count += 1;
+                    if ingest_event_count % 10_000_000 == 0 {
+                        println!("ingest event count: {}", ingest_event_count);
+                    }
+                    if ingest_event_count == 100_000_000 {
+                        println!("ingest event count reached 100,000,000, stopping replication");
+                        let now = std::time::SystemTime::now()
+                            .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
+                            .unwrap()
+                            .as_secs_f64();
+                        let now = chrono::Utc::now().to_rfc3339();
+                        println!(
+                            "ingest event count reached 1,000,000, stopping replication at {:?}",
+                            now
+                        );
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    // dont acutally process table event
+                    continue;
                     Self::process_cdc_table_event(event, &mut table, &mut table_handler_state)
                         .await;
                 }