diff --git a/api/cache.go b/api/cache.go
index a9204c9ea..311f89ed3 100644
--- a/api/cache.go
+++ b/api/cache.go
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ type TempCache struct {
 	ctx     context.Context
 	items   map[string]models.ConfigItem
 	aliases map[string]string
-
-	changes map[string]struct{}
 }
 
 func (t TempCache) FindExternal(ext v1.ExternalID) (*models.ConfigItem, error) {
@@ -78,38 +76,6 @@ func (t TempCache) Insert(item models.ConfigItem) {
 	t.items[strings.ToLower(item.ID)] = item
 }
 
-func (t TempCache) IsChangePersisted(configID, externalChangeID string) (bool, error) {
-	if configID == "" || externalChangeID == "" {
-		return false, nil
-	}
-
-	configID = strings.ToLower(configID)
-	externalChangeID = strings.ToLower(externalChangeID)
-
-	if t.changes == nil {
-		t.changes = make(map[string]struct{})
-	}
-
-	if _, ok := t.changes[configID+externalChangeID]; ok {
-		return true, nil
-	}
-
-	var result models.ConfigChange
-	if err := t.ctx.DB().Select("id").Where("config_id = ?", configID).
-		Where("external_change_id = ?", externalChangeID).
-		Limit(1).
-		Find(&result).Error; err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	if result.ID != "" {
-		t.changes[configID+externalChangeID] = struct{}{}
-		return true, nil
-	}
-
-	return false, nil
-}
-
 func (t TempCache) Get(id string) (*models.ConfigItem, error) {
 	id = strings.ToLower(id)
 	if id == "" {
diff --git a/db/changes.go b/db/changes.go
index d097d9d2f..c4a954cf2 100644
--- a/db/changes.go
+++ b/db/changes.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	sw "github.com/RussellLuo/slidingwindow"
+	"github.com/patrickmn/go-cache"
+	"github.com/samber/lo"
 
 	"github.com/flanksource/commons/collections"
 	"github.com/flanksource/config-db/api"
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ const (
 	ChangeTypeTooManyChanges = "TooManyChanges"
 )
 
+var configChangesCache = cache.New(time.Hour*24, time.Hour*24)
+
 func GetWorkflowRunCount(ctx api.ScrapeContext, workflowID string) (int64, error) {
 	var count int64
 	err := ctx.DB().Table("config_changes").
@@ -122,6 +126,7 @@ func syncCurrentlyRateLimitedConfigs(ctx api.ScrapeContext, window time.Duration
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	defer rows.Close()
 
 	output := make(map[string]struct{})
 	for rows.Next() {
@@ -156,6 +161,7 @@ func syncWindow(ctx api.ScrapeContext, max int, window time.Duration) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	defer rows.Close()
 
 	for rows.Next() {
 		var configID string
@@ -179,3 +185,54 @@ func syncWindow(ctx api.ScrapeContext, max int, window time.Duration) error {
 
 	return rows.Err()
 }
+
+// filterOutPersistedChanges returns only those changes that weren't seen in the db.
+func filterOutPersistedChanges(ctx api.ScrapeContext, changes []*models.ConfigChange) ([]*models.ConfigChange, error) {
+	// use cache to filter out ones that we've already seen before
+	changes = lo.Filter(changes, func(c *models.ConfigChange, _ int) bool {
+		_, found := configChangesCache.Get(c.ConfigID + c.ExternalChangeId)
+		if found {
+			_ = found
+		}
+		return !found
+	})
+
+	if len(changes) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	query := `SELECT config_id, external_change_id
+  FROM config_changes
+  WHERE (config_id, external_change_id) IN ?`
+	args := lo.Map(changes, func(c *models.ConfigChange, _ int) []string {
+		return []string{c.ConfigID, c.ExternalChangeId}
+	})
+
+	rows, err := ctx.DB().Raw(query, args).Rows()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+
+	existing := make(map[string]struct{})
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var configID, externalChangeID string
+		if err := rows.Scan(&configID, &externalChangeID); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		configChangesCache.SetDefault(configID+externalChangeID, struct{}{})
+		existing[configID+externalChangeID] = struct{}{}
+	}
+
+	newOnes := lo.Filter(changes, func(c *models.ConfigChange, _ int) bool {
+		_, found := existing[c.ConfigID+c.ExternalChangeId]
+		return !found
+	})
+
+	if len(newOnes) > 0 {
+		_ = query
+	}
+
+	return newOnes, nil
+}
diff --git a/db/update.go b/db/update.go
index 5af25d87e..b8b8cbce9 100644
--- a/db/update.go
+++ b/db/update.go
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ func shouldExcludeChange(result *v1.ScrapeResult, changeResult v1.ChangeResult)
 
 func extractChanges(ctx api.ScrapeContext, result *v1.ScrapeResult, ci *models.ConfigItem) ([]*models.ConfigChange, []*models.ConfigChange, error) {
 	var (
-		newOnes = []*models.ConfigChange{}
-		updates = []*models.ConfigChange{}
+		toInsert = []*models.ConfigChange{}
+		toUpdate = []*models.ConfigChange{}
 	)
 
 	changes.ProcessRules(result, result.BaseScraper.Transform.Change.Mapping...)
@@ -274,17 +274,19 @@ func extractChanges(ctx api.ScrapeContext, result *v1.ScrapeResult, ci *models.C
 		}
 
 		if changeResult.UpdateExisting {
-			updates = append(updates, change)
+			toUpdate = append(toUpdate, change)
 		} else {
-			if ok, err := ctx.TempCache().IsChangePersisted(change.ConfigID, change.ExternalChangeId); err != nil {
-				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to check if change is persisted: %w", err)
-			} else if !ok {
-				newOnes = append(newOnes, change)
-			}
+			toInsert = append(toInsert, change)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return newOnes, updates, nil
+	// Remove the changes that have already been inserted.
+	newOnes, err := filterOutPersistedChanges(ctx, toInsert)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	return newOnes, toUpdate, nil
 }
 
 func upsertAnalysis(ctx api.ScrapeContext, result *v1.ScrapeResult) error {