diff --git a/projects/gateway2/status/status_syncer.go b/projects/gateway2/status/status_syncer.go
index d2e7b3509ec..167bff859a7 100644
--- a/projects/gateway2/status/status_syncer.go
+++ b/projects/gateway2/status/status_syncer.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/solo-io/go-utils/contextutils"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/utils/lru"
 
 	"github.com/solo-io/gloo/projects/gateway2/proxy_syncer"
 	gwplugins "github.com/solo-io/gloo/projects/gateway2/translator/plugins"
@@ -39,22 +40,22 @@ type GatewayStatusSyncer interface {
 type statusSyncerFactory struct {
 	// maps a proxy sync action to the plugin registry that produced it
 	// sync iteration -> plugin registry
-	registryPerSync map[int]*registry.PluginRegistry
+	registryPerSyncCache *lru.Cache // map[int]*registry.PluginRegistry
 	// maps a proxy to the sync iteration that produced it
 	// only the latest sync iteration is stored and used to apply status plugins
 	resyncsPerProxy map[types.NamespacedName]int
 	// proxies left to sync
-	resyncsPerIteration map[int][]types.NamespacedName
-
-	lock *sync.Mutex
+	resyncsPerIterationCache *lru.Cache // map[int][]types.NamespacedName
+	lock                     *sync.Mutex
 }
 
 func NewStatusSyncerFactory() GatewayStatusSyncer {
 	return &statusSyncerFactory{
-		registryPerSync:     make(map[int]*registry.PluginRegistry),
-		resyncsPerProxy:     make(map[types.NamespacedName]int),
-		resyncsPerIteration: make(map[int][]types.NamespacedName),
-		lock:                &sync.Mutex{},
+		// Set a max value of 3 for n-2 iterations. Ideally we should only care about n-1 but playing it safe
+		registryPerSyncCache:     lru.New(3),
+		resyncsPerIterationCache: lru.New(3),
+		resyncsPerProxy:          make(map[types.NamespacedName]int),
+		lock:                     &sync.Mutex{},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ func (f *statusSyncerFactory) QueueStatusForProxies(
 
 	contextutils.LoggerFrom(ctx).Debugf("queueing %v proxies for sync %d", len(proxiesToQueue), totalSyncCount)
 
+	resyncsPerIteration := make([]types.NamespacedName, len(proxiesToQueue))
 	// queue each proxy for a given sync iteration
 	for _, proxy := range proxiesToQueue {
 		proxyKey := getProxyNameNamespace(proxy)
@@ -77,14 +79,12 @@ func (f *statusSyncerFactory) QueueStatusForProxies(
 		f.resyncsPerProxy[proxyKey] = totalSyncCount
 
 		// keep track of proxies to check all proxies are handled in debugger
-		f.resyncsPerIteration[totalSyncCount] = append(f.resyncsPerIteration[totalSyncCount], proxyKey)
+		resyncsPerIteration = append(resyncsPerIteration, proxyKey)
 	}
+	f.resyncsPerIterationCache.Add(totalSyncCount, resyncsPerIteration)
 
 	// the plugin registry that produced the proxies is the same for all proxies in a given sync
-	f.registryPerSync[totalSyncCount] = pluginRegistry
-
-	delete(f.resyncsPerIteration, totalSyncCount-2)
-	delete(f.registryPerSync, totalSyncCount-2)
+	f.registryPerSyncCache.Add(totalSyncCount, pluginRegistry)
 }
 
 // HandleProxyReports is a callback that applies status plugins to the proxies that have been queued
@@ -113,25 +113,24 @@ func (f *statusSyncerFactory) HandleProxyReports(ctx context.Context, proxiesWit
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if len(f.resyncsPerIteration[proxySyncCount]) == 0 {
-			// remove the key so the map does not indefinitely grow
-			delete(f.resyncsPerIteration, proxySyncCount)
-			// re-sync already happened, nothing to do
+		// If the proxy does not exist in the cache, or the cache is empty, the re-sync already happened, nothing to do
+		resyncsPerIterationIface, ok := f.resyncsPerIterationCache.Get(proxySyncCount)
+		if !ok {
 			continue
-		} else {
-			updatedList := make([]types.NamespacedName, 0)
-			for _, proxyNameNs := range f.resyncsPerIteration[proxySyncCount] {
-				if proxyNameNs != proxyKey {
-					updatedList = append(updatedList, proxyNameNs)
-				}
-			}
-			f.resyncsPerIteration[proxySyncCount] = updatedList
+		}
+		resyncsPerIteration := resyncsPerIterationIface.([]types.NamespacedName)
+		if len(resyncsPerIteration) == 0 {
+			f.resyncsPerIterationCache.Remove(proxySyncCount)
+			continue
+		}
 
-			if len(f.resyncsPerIteration[proxySyncCount]) == 0 {
-				// remove the key so the map does not indefinitely grow
-				delete(f.resyncsPerIteration, proxySyncCount)
+		updatedList := make([]types.NamespacedName, 0)
+		for _, proxyNameNs := range resyncsPerIteration {
+			if proxyNameNs != proxyKey {
+				updatedList = append(updatedList, proxyNameNs)
 			}
 		}
+		f.resyncsPerIterationCache.Add(proxySyncCount, updatedList)
 
 		proxiesToReport[proxySyncCount] = append(proxiesToReport[proxySyncCount], proxyWithReport)
 		// remove the proxy from the queue
@@ -139,13 +138,15 @@ func (f *statusSyncerFactory) HandleProxyReports(ctx context.Context, proxiesWit
 	}
 
 	for syncCount, proxies := range proxiesToReport {
-		if plugins, ok := f.registryPerSync[syncCount]; ok {
-			newStatusSyncer(plugins).applyStatusPlugins(ctx, proxies)
+		if plugins, ok := f.registryPerSyncCache.Get(syncCount); ok {
+			newStatusSyncer(plugins.(*registry.PluginRegistry)).applyStatusPlugins(ctx, proxies)
 		}
 
 		// If there are no more proxies for the sync iteration, delete the sync count
-		if len(f.resyncsPerIteration[syncCount]) == 0 {
-			delete(f.registryPerSync, syncCount)
+		resyncsPerIterationIface, _ := f.resyncsPerIterationCache.Get(syncCount)
+		resyncsPerIteration := resyncsPerIterationIface.([]types.NamespacedName)
+		if len(resyncsPerIteration) == 0 {
+			f.registryPerSyncCache.Remove(syncCount)
 		}
 	}
 }