diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5972216d52..3698fc2221 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fixed issues with initial flicker in `TextArea` rendering https://github.com/Textualize/textual/issues/5841
-
-## Unreleased 
+- Fixed issue with workers that have large parameter lists breaking dev tools 
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/src/textual/worker.py b/src/textual/worker.py
index 582b242ced..db50ecd3df 100644
--- a/src/textual/worker.py
+++ b/src/textual/worker.py
@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ def __init__(
         self._work = work
         self.name = name
         self.group = group
-        self.description = description
+        self.description = (
+            description if len(description) <= 1000 else description[:1000] + "..."
+        )
         self.exit_on_error = exit_on_error
         self.cancelled_event: Event = Event()
         """A threading event set when the worker is cancelled."""