diff --git a/pkg/logs/patterns/clustering/pattern_eviction.go b/pkg/logs/patterns/clustering/pattern_eviction.go
index fc85113d17b0..49c9bde1ca15 100644
--- a/pkg/logs/patterns/clustering/pattern_eviction.go
+++ b/pkg/logs/patterns/clustering/pattern_eviction.go
@@ -150,3 +150,29 @@ func (cm *ClusterManager) EvictToMemoryTarget(targetBytesToFree int64, decayFact
 	}
 	return patterns
 }
+
+// EvictStalePatterns removes all patterns that haven't been matched within the given TTL.
+// Returns the evicted patterns so callers can send PatternDelete messages.
+func (cm *ClusterManager) EvictStalePatterns(ttl time.Duration) []*Pattern {
+	cutoff := time.Now().Add(-ttl)
+
+	// Collect stale patterns under read lock
+	cm.mu.RLock()
+	var stale []*Pattern
+	for _, clusters := range cm.hashBuckets {
+		for _, cluster := range clusters {
+			for _, pattern := range cluster.Patterns {
+				if pattern.LastAccessAt.Before(cutoff) {
+					stale = append(stale, pattern)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	cm.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	// Remove each stale pattern (removePattern takes its own write lock)
+	for _, pattern := range stale {
+		cm.removePattern(pattern)
+	}
+	return stale
+}
diff --git a/pkg/logs/patterns/tags/tag_manager.go b/pkg/logs/patterns/tags/tag_manager.go
index df3e852faea4..66d4b3d9b831 100644
--- a/pkg/logs/patterns/tags/tag_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/logs/patterns/tags/tag_manager.go
@@ -153,6 +153,26 @@ func (tm *TagManager) Get(tag string) (uint64, bool) {
 	return tm.GetStringID(tag)
 }
 
+// EvictStaleEntries removes all entries that haven't been accessed within the given TTL.
+// Returns the IDs of evicted entries so callers can send DictEntryDelete messages.
+func (tm *TagManager) EvictStaleEntries(ttl time.Duration) []uint64 {
+	cutoff := time.Now().Add(-ttl)
+
+	tm.mu.Lock()
+	defer tm.mu.Unlock()
+
+	var evictedIDs []uint64
+	for str, entry := range tm.stringToEntry {
+		if entry.lastAccessAt.Before(cutoff) {
+			evictedIDs = append(evictedIDs, entry.id)
+			tm.cachedMemoryBytes.Add(-entry.EstimatedBytes())
+			delete(tm.stringToEntry, str)
+			delete(tm.idToEntry, entry.id)
+		}
+	}
+	return evictedIDs
+}
+
 // Count returns the number of strings in the dictionary
 func (tm *TagManager) Count() int {
 	tm.mu.RLock()
diff --git a/pkg/logs/sender/grpc/mock_state.go b/pkg/logs/sender/grpc/mock_state.go
index 2cbd349c03f4..bc320a64af93 100644
--- a/pkg/logs/sender/grpc/mock_state.go
+++ b/pkg/logs/sender/grpc/mock_state.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const nanoToMillis = 1000000
+const staleTTL = 14 * time.Minute
+const staleSweepInterval = 30 * time.Second
 
 // batchEntry is a per-message sidecar used during batch tokenization.
 // It keeps msg, preprocessed content, and JSON context fields aligned so that
@@ -72,7 +74,8 @@ type MessageTranslator struct {
 	tokenizer     token.Tokenizer
 	jsonLogsAsRaw bool // when true, JSON logs bypass stateful encoding and are sent as RawLog
 
-	pipelineName string
+	pipelineName   string
+	lastStaleSweep time.Time
 
 	// tagCache caches the last computed tag set to avoid recomputation across messages
 	// with identical metadata (common in single-source pipelines).
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ func NewMessageTranslator(pipelineName string, tokenizer token.Tokenizer) *Messa
 		tokenizer:              tokenizer,
 		jsonLogsAsRaw:          pkgconfigsetup.Datadog().GetBool("logs_config.patterns.json_as_raw"),
 		pipelineName:           pipelineName,
+		lastStaleSweep:         time.Now(),
 	}
 	tlmPipelineStateSize.Set(0, pipelineName)
 	return mt
@@ -326,6 +330,19 @@ func (mt *MessageTranslator) processPreTokenized(msg *message.Message, tokenList
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Periodic TTL sweep: remove entries not accessed in the last 5 minutes.
+	// This prevents stale entries from accumulating in state and inflating snapshot replays.
+	if time.Since(mt.lastStaleSweep) >= staleSweepInterval {
+		mt.lastStaleSweep = time.Now()
+
+		for _, evictedPattern := range mt.clusterManager.EvictStalePatterns(staleTTL) {
+			mt.sendPatternDelete(evictedPattern.PatternID, msg, outputChan)
+		}
+		for _, evictedID := range mt.tagManager.EvictStaleEntries(staleTTL) {
+			mt.sendDictEntryDelete(outputChan, msg, evictedID)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Send PatternDefine for new or updated patterns
 	if patternDatum != nil {
 		mt.sendPatternDefine(patternDatum, msg, outputChan, &patternDefineSent, &patternDefineParamCount)