diff --git a/proxy_agent_shared/src/windows_events/evt_writer.rs b/proxy_agent_shared/src/windows_events/evt_writer.rs
index 87b3fe9b..97e632fa 100644
--- a/proxy_agent_shared/src/windows_events/evt_writer.rs
+++ b/proxy_agent_shared/src/windows_events/evt_writer.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 
 use crate::error::Error;
 use crate::logger::LoggerLevel;
+use crate::misc_helpers;
 use crate::result::Result;
 use windows_sys::core::PWSTR;
-use windows_sys::Win32::Foundation::HANDLE;
 use windows_sys::Win32::System::EventLog::{
     DeregisterEventSource, RegisterEventSourceW, ReportEventW,
 }; // advapi32.dll
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ use windows_sys::Win32::System::EventLog::{
     EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE, EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE, EVENTLOG_WARNING_TYPE, REPORT_EVENT_TYPE,
 };
 
+const EVENT_QUEUE_CAPACITY: usize = 1024;
+const MAX_EVENT_MESSAGE_LENGTH: usize = 32 * 1024;
+
+struct EventLogMessage {
+    log_level: LoggerLevel,
+    event_id: u32,
+    message: String,
+}
+
 /// Converts a `LoggerLevel` to a `REPORT_EVENT_TYPE`.
 /// This function maps the logging levels to the corresponding Windows Event Log types.
 fn to_event_level(level: LoggerLevel) -> REPORT_EVENT_TYPE {
@@ -33,7 +42,8 @@ fn to_event_level(level: LoggerLevel) -> REPORT_EVENT_TYPE {
 /// It registers an event source and provides a method to write logs.
 /// It also ensures that the event source is deregistered when the struct is dropped.
 pub struct WindowsEventWriter {
-    event_source: HANDLE,
+    sender: Option<std::sync::mpsc::SyncSender<EventLogMessage>>,
+    worker: Option<std::thread::JoinHandle<()>>,
 }
 
 impl WindowsEventWriter {
@@ -48,17 +58,32 @@ impl WindowsEventWriter {
         );
         crate::windows::set_reg_string(&key_name, "EventMessageFile", value)?;
 
-        let source_name_wide = super::to_wide(source_name);
-        let event_source =
-            unsafe { RegisterEventSourceW(std::ptr::null(), source_name_wide.as_ptr()) };
-        if event_source == 0 {
-            return Err(Error::WindowsApi(
-                "RegisterEventSourceW".to_string(),
-                std::io::Error::last_os_error(),
-            ));
+        let (sender, receiver) = std::sync::mpsc::sync_channel(EVENT_QUEUE_CAPACITY);
+        let (startup_sender, startup_receiver) = std::sync::mpsc::sync_channel(0);
+        let source_name = source_name.to_string();
+        let worker = std::thread::Builder::new()
+            .name("windows-event-writer".to_string())
+            .spawn(move || run_event_writer(source_name, receiver, startup_sender))?;
+
+        match startup_receiver.recv() {
+            Ok(Ok(())) => {}
+            Ok(Err(error)) => {
+                _ = worker.join();
+                return Err(Error::WindowsApi("RegisterEventSourceW".to_string(), error));
+            }
+            Err(error) => {
+                _ = worker.join();
+                return Err(Error::Io(std::io::Error::new(
+                    std::io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe,
+                    format!("Windows event writer failed to start: {error}"),
+                )));
+            }
         }
 
-        Ok(WindowsEventWriter { event_source })
+        Ok(WindowsEventWriter {
+            sender: Some(sender),
+            worker: Some(worker),
+        })
     }
 
     pub fn write(&self, log_level: LoggerLevel, message: String) {
@@ -66,15 +91,65 @@ impl WindowsEventWriter {
     }
 
     pub fn write_with_event_id(&self, log_level: LoggerLevel, event_id: u32, message: String) {
+        let mut message = message;
+        misc_helpers::truncate_to_char_boundary(&mut message, MAX_EVENT_MESSAGE_LENGTH);
+
+        if let Some(sender) = &self.sender {
+            // Never block a request or runtime thread on redaction, event-log I/O, or queue space.
+            if let Err(error) = sender.try_send(EventLogMessage {
+                log_level,
+                event_id,
+                message,
+            }) {
+                eprintln!("Failed to enqueue Windows event log message: {error}");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for WindowsEventWriter {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // Closing the channel lets the backend drain queued events before releasing the source.
+        self.sender.take();
+        if let Some(worker) = self.worker.take() {
+            _ = worker.join();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Runs the event writer in a background thread,
+/// processing messages from the receiver and writing them to the Windows Event Log.
+fn run_event_writer(
+    source_name: String,
+    receiver: std::sync::mpsc::Receiver<EventLogMessage>,
+    startup_sender: std::sync::mpsc::SyncSender<std::io::Result<()>>,
+) {
+    // Register the event source with the Windows Event Log API.
+    let source_name_wide = super::to_wide(&source_name);
+    let event_source = unsafe { RegisterEventSourceW(std::ptr::null(), source_name_wide.as_ptr()) };
+    if event_source == 0 {
+        _ = startup_sender.send(Err(std::io::Error::last_os_error()));
+        return;
+    }
+    // Notify the main thread that the event writer has started successfully.
+    if startup_sender.send(Ok(())).is_err() {
+        unsafe { DeregisterEventSource(event_source) };
+        return;
+    }
+
+    for event in receiver {
+        // This single backend worker keeps regex cache concurrency at one and keeps both redaction
+        // and the blocking Windows API call off request/runtime threads.
+        let message = crate::secrets_redactor::redact_secrets_string(event.message);
         let wide_message = super::to_wide(&message);
         let wide_message_ptrs: [PWSTR; 1] = [wide_message.as_ptr() as PWSTR];
 
         unsafe {
             ReportEventW(
-                self.event_source,
-                to_event_level(log_level),
+                event_source,
+                to_event_level(event.log_level),
                 0,
-                event_id,
+                event.event_id,
                 std::ptr::null_mut(),
                 1,
                 0,
@@ -83,14 +158,8 @@ impl WindowsEventWriter {
             );
         }
     }
-}
 
-impl Drop for WindowsEventWriter {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        unsafe {
-            DeregisterEventSource(self.event_source);
-        }
-    }
+    unsafe { DeregisterEventSource(event_source) };
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]