diff --git a/crates/command_palette/src/command_palette.rs b/crates/command_palette/src/command_palette.rs
index a6fc0193a4b18407c2f4473a0fbea471d91eb9a9..d13360a7c5403d997cfb2363f33cfe3b257dcef1 100644
--- a/crates/command_palette/src/command_palette.rs
+++ b/crates/command_palette/src/command_palette.rs
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ impl PickerDelegate for CommandPaletteDelegate {
                         .delegate
                         .matches_updated(query, commands, matches, intercept_result, cx)
                 })
-                .log_err();
+                .ok();
         })
     }
 
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ impl PickerDelegate for CommandPaletteDelegate {
     fn dismissed(&mut self, _window: &mut Window, cx: &mut Context<Picker<Self>>) {
         self.command_palette
             .update(cx, |_, cx| cx.emit(DismissEvent))
-            .log_err();
+            .ok();
     }
 
     fn confirm(&mut self, secondary: bool, window: &mut Window, cx: &mut Context<Picker<Self>>) {
diff --git a/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs b/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
index cde04d987a015982006d283c17ee82ed9b7a7cb2..b62f6b5eb60eafb7177f7883b825a208e7c81d62 100644
--- a/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
+++ b/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ mod persistence;
 pub mod searchable;
 mod security_modal;
 pub mod shared_screen;
+use db::smol::future::yield_now;
 pub use shared_screen::SharedScreen;
 mod status_bar;
 pub mod tasks;
@@ -2820,13 +2821,15 @@ impl Workspace {
                     .spawn(cx, async move |cx| {
                         // limit to 100 keystrokes to avoid infinite recursion.
                         for _ in 0..100 {
-                            let mut state = keystrokes.borrow_mut();
-                            let Some(keystroke) = state.queue.pop_front() else {
-                                state.dispatched.clear();
-                                state.task.take();
-                                return;
+                            let keystroke = {
+                                let mut state = keystrokes.borrow_mut();
+                                let Some(keystroke) = state.queue.pop_front() else {
+                                    state.dispatched.clear();
+                                    state.task.take();
+                                    return;
+                                };
+                                keystroke
                             };
-                            drop(state);
                             cx.update(|window, cx| {
                                 let focused = window.focused(cx);
                                 window.dispatch_keystroke(keystroke.clone(), cx);
@@ -2841,6 +2844,10 @@ impl Workspace {
                                 }
                             })
                             .ok();
+
+                            // Yield between synthetic keystrokes so deferred focus and
+                            // other effects can settle before dispatching the next key.
+                            yield_now().await;
                         }
 
                         *keystrokes.borrow_mut() = Default::default();