diff --git a/core/persistence-jpa/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/persistence/jpa/entity/JPAJobStatus.java b/core/persistence-jpa/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/persistence/jpa/entity/JPAJobStatus.java
index 5cda0127f92..dd1ac84622f 100644
--- a/core/persistence-jpa/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/persistence/jpa/entity/JPAJobStatus.java
+++ b/core/persistence-jpa/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/persistence/jpa/entity/JPAJobStatus.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import javax.persistence.Entity;
 import javax.persistence.Table;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.syncope.core.persistence.api.entity.JobStatus;
 
 @Entity
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ public class JPAJobStatus extends AbstractProvidedKeyEntity implements JobStatus
 
     public static final String TABLE = "JobStatus";
 
+    private static final int STATUS_MAX_LENGTH = 255;
+
     private String jobStatus;
 
     @Override
@@ -39,6 +42,6 @@ public String getStatus() {
 
     @Override
     public void setStatus(final String status) {
-        jobStatus = status;
+        jobStatus = StringUtils.abbreviate(status, STATUS_MAX_LENGTH);
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/provisioning-java/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/provisioning/java/pushpull/InboundMatcher.java b/core/provisioning-java/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/provisioning/java/pushpull/InboundMatcher.java
index ffbe18d5c68..f73649b02e1 100644
--- a/core/provisioning-java/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/provisioning/java/pushpull/InboundMatcher.java
+++ b/core/provisioning-java/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/provisioning/java/pushpull/InboundMatcher.java
@@ -151,24 +151,28 @@ public Optional<PullMatch> match(
 
         List<ConnectorObject> found = new ArrayList<>();
 
-        Name nameAttr = new Name(nameValue);
-        connector.search(
-                new ObjectClass(provision.get().getObjectClass()),
-                provision.get().isIgnoreCaseMatch()
-                ? FilterBuilder.equalsIgnoreCase(nameAttr)
-                : FilterBuilder.equalTo(nameAttr),
-                new SearchResultsHandler() {
-
-            @Override
-            public void handleResult(final SearchResult result) {
-                // nothing to do
-            }
+        try {
+            Name nameAttr = new Name(nameValue);
+            connector.search(
+                    new ObjectClass(provision.get().getObjectClass()),
+                    provision.get().isIgnoreCaseMatch()
+                    ? FilterBuilder.equalsIgnoreCase(nameAttr)
+                    : FilterBuilder.equalTo(nameAttr),
+                    new SearchResultsHandler() {
+
+                @Override
+                public void handleResult(final SearchResult result) {
+                    // nothing to do
+                }
 
-            @Override
-            public boolean handle(final ConnectorObject connectorObject) {
-                return found.add(connectorObject);
-            }
-        }, MappingUtils.buildOperationOptions(mapItems));
+                @Override
+                public boolean handle(final ConnectorObject connectorObject) {
+                    return found.add(connectorObject);
+                }
+            }, MappingUtils.buildOperationOptions(mapItems));
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            LOG.warn("While searching for {} ...", nameValue, t);
+        }
 
         Optional<PullMatch> result = Optional.empty();