diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/package.json b/packages/grpc-js/package.json
index 9705383ea..4acf948df 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/package.json
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@grpc/grpc-js",
-  "version": "1.4.1",
+  "version": "1.4.2",
   "description": "gRPC Library for Node - pure JS implementation",
   "homepage": "https://grpc.io/",
   "repository": "https://github.com/grpc/grpc-node/tree/master/packages/grpc-js",
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/channelz.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/channelz.ts
index 7efe54780..a1c85eb47 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/src/channelz.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/channelz.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ interface TraceEvent {
   childSubchannel?: SubchannelRef;
 }
 
+/**
+ * The loose upper bound on the number of events that should be retained in a
+ * trace. This may be exceeded by up to a factor of 2. Arbitrarily chosen as a
+ * number that should be large enough to contain the recent relevant
+ * information, but small enough to not use excessive memory.
+ */
+const TARGET_RETAINED_TRACES = 32;
+
 export class ChannelzTrace {
   events: TraceEvent[] = [];
   creationTimestamp: Date;
@@ -131,6 +139,10 @@ export class ChannelzTrace {
       childChannel: child?.kind === 'channel' ? child : undefined,
       childSubchannel: child?.kind === 'subchannel' ? child : undefined
     });
+    // Whenever the trace array gets too large, discard the first half
+    if (this.events.length >= TARGET_RETAINED_TRACES * 2) {
+      this.events = this.events.slice(TARGET_RETAINED_TRACES);
+    }
     this.eventsLogged += 1;
   }
 
@@ -380,20 +392,6 @@ export function unregisterChannelzRef(ref: ChannelRef | SubchannelRef | ServerRe
   }
 }
 
-export interface ChannelzClientView {
-  updateState(connectivityState: ConnectivityState): void;
-  addTrace(severity: TraceSeverity, description: string, child?: ChannelRef | SubchannelRef): void;
-  addCallStarted(): void;
-  addCallSucceeded(): void;
-  addCallFailed(): void;
-  addChild(child: ChannelRef | SubchannelRef): void;
-  removeChild(child: ChannelRef | SubchannelRef): void;
-}
-
-export interface ChannelzSubchannelView extends ChannelzClientView {
-  getRef(): SubchannelRef;
-}
-
 /**
  * Converts an IPv4 or IPv6 address from string representation to binary
  * representation