diff --git a/crates/editor/src/multi_buffer.rs b/crates/editor/src/multi_buffer.rs
index d7c1526cd486fd908da1d1c28d393bd8916edae4..4ee9526a6797a2d84bfe5776a72a940b9f71466e 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/multi_buffer.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/multi_buffer.rs
@@ -3304,7 +3304,10 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_remote_multibuffer(cx: &mut MutableAppContext) {
         let host_buffer = cx.add_model(|cx| Buffer::new(0, "a", cx));
         let guest_buffer = cx.add_model(|cx| {
-            let (state, ops) = host_buffer.read(cx).to_proto();
+            let state = host_buffer.read(cx).to_proto();
+            let ops = cx
+                .background()
+                .block(host_buffer.read(cx).serialize_ops(cx));
             let mut buffer = Buffer::from_proto(1, state, None).unwrap();
             buffer
                 .apply_ops(
diff --git a/crates/language/src/buffer.rs b/crates/language/src/buffer.rs
index 99efcc55b0ac609982630fce314892403dfd2b72..1deb7f15c9df068f584b8004281d92243a7c13dd 100644
--- a/crates/language/src/buffer.rs
+++ b/crates/language/src/buffer.rs
@@ -371,40 +371,46 @@ impl Buffer {
         Ok(this)
     }
 
-    pub fn to_proto(&self) -> (proto::BufferState, Vec<proto::Operation>) {
-        let mut operations = self
-            .text
-            .history()
-            .map(|op| proto::serialize_operation(&Operation::Buffer(op.clone())))
-            .chain(self.deferred_ops.iter().map(proto::serialize_operation))
-            .chain(self.remote_selections.iter().map(|(_, set)| {
-                proto::serialize_operation(&Operation::UpdateSelections {
-                    selections: set.selections.clone(),
-                    lamport_timestamp: set.lamport_timestamp,
-                    line_mode: set.line_mode,
-                })
-            }))
-            .chain(Some(proto::serialize_operation(
-                &Operation::UpdateDiagnostics {
-                    diagnostics: self.diagnostics.iter().cloned().collect(),
-                    lamport_timestamp: self.diagnostics_timestamp,
-                },
-            )))
-            .chain(Some(proto::serialize_operation(
-                &Operation::UpdateCompletionTriggers {
-                    triggers: self.completion_triggers.clone(),
-                    lamport_timestamp: self.completion_triggers_timestamp,
-                },
-            )))
-            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-        operations.sort_unstable_by_key(proto::lamport_timestamp_for_operation);
-        let state = proto::BufferState {
+    pub fn to_proto(&self) -> proto::BufferState {
+        proto::BufferState {
             id: self.remote_id(),
             file: self.file.as_ref().map(|f| f.to_proto()),
             base_text: self.base_text().to_string(),
             line_ending: proto::serialize_line_ending(self.line_ending()) as i32,
-        };
-        (state, operations)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn serialize_ops(&self, cx: &AppContext) -> Task<Vec<proto::Operation>> {
+        let mut operations = Vec::new();
+        operations.extend(self.deferred_ops.iter().map(proto::serialize_operation));
+        operations.extend(self.remote_selections.iter().map(|(_, set)| {
+            proto::serialize_operation(&Operation::UpdateSelections {
+                selections: set.selections.clone(),
+                lamport_timestamp: set.lamport_timestamp,
+                line_mode: set.line_mode,
+            })
+        }));
+        operations.push(proto::serialize_operation(&Operation::UpdateDiagnostics {
+            diagnostics: self.diagnostics.iter().cloned().collect(),
+            lamport_timestamp: self.diagnostics_timestamp,
+        }));
+        operations.push(proto::serialize_operation(
+            &Operation::UpdateCompletionTriggers {
+                triggers: self.completion_triggers.clone(),
+                lamport_timestamp: self.completion_triggers_timestamp,
+            },
+        ));
+
+        let text_operations = self.text.operations().clone();
+        cx.background().spawn(async move {
+            operations.extend(
+                text_operations
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|(_, op)| proto::serialize_operation(&Operation::Buffer(op.clone()))),
+            );
+            operations.sort_unstable_by_key(proto::lamport_timestamp_for_operation);
+            operations
+        })
     }
 
     pub fn with_language(mut self, language: Arc<Language>, cx: &mut ModelContext<Self>) -> Self {
diff --git a/crates/language/src/tests.rs b/crates/language/src/tests.rs
index e6686d17610370c47c90a0bcb06671a6ffa025b7..9c3d1a4509fdf44d4620b74b7d8bb3fe3f37f48c 100644
--- a/crates/language/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/language/src/tests.rs
@@ -1048,7 +1048,8 @@ fn test_serialization(cx: &mut gpui::MutableAppContext) {
     });
     assert_eq!(buffer1.read(cx).text(), "abcDF");
 
-    let (state, ops) = buffer1.read(cx).to_proto();
+    let state = buffer1.read(cx).to_proto();
+    let ops = cx.background().block(buffer1.read(cx).serialize_ops(cx));
     let buffer2 = cx.add_model(|cx| {
         let mut buffer = Buffer::from_proto(1, state, None).unwrap();
         buffer
@@ -1086,7 +1087,10 @@ fn test_random_collaboration(cx: &mut MutableAppContext, mut rng: StdRng) {
 
     for i in 0..rng.gen_range(min_peers..=max_peers) {
         let buffer = cx.add_model(|cx| {
-            let (state, ops) = base_buffer.read(cx).to_proto();
+            let state = base_buffer.read(cx).to_proto();
+            let ops = cx
+                .background()
+                .block(base_buffer.read(cx).serialize_ops(cx));
             let mut buffer = Buffer::from_proto(i as ReplicaId, state, None).unwrap();
             buffer
                 .apply_ops(
@@ -1181,7 +1185,8 @@ fn test_random_collaboration(cx: &mut MutableAppContext, mut rng: StdRng) {
                 mutation_count -= 1;
             }
             50..=59 if replica_ids.len() < max_peers => {
-                let (old_buffer_state, old_buffer_ops) = buffer.read(cx).to_proto();
+                let old_buffer_state = buffer.read(cx).to_proto();
+                let old_buffer_ops = cx.background().block(buffer.read(cx).serialize_ops(cx));
                 let new_replica_id = (0..=replica_ids.len() as ReplicaId)
                     .filter(|replica_id| *replica_id != buffer.read(cx).replica_id())
                     .choose(&mut rng)
diff --git a/crates/project/src/project.rs b/crates/project/src/project.rs
index 89cbb868a088a72bf3262090429308acd2181a4c..eb68b1a43fc0f30e7a83b638af59ce4f0fa638c1 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/project.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/project.rs
@@ -5693,11 +5693,15 @@ impl Project {
         if let Some(project_id) = self.remote_id() {
             let shared_buffers = self.shared_buffers.entry(peer_id).or_default();
             if shared_buffers.insert(buffer_id) {
-                let (state, mut operations) = buffer.read(cx).to_proto();
+                let buffer = buffer.read(cx);
+                let state = buffer.to_proto();
+                let operations = buffer.serialize_ops(cx);
                 let client = self.client.clone();
                 cx.background()
                     .spawn(
                         async move {
+                            let mut operations = operations.await;
+
                             client.send(proto::CreateBufferForPeer {
                                 project_id,
                                 peer_id: peer_id.0,
diff --git a/crates/text/src/text.rs b/crates/text/src/text.rs
index 1f2e4e7c7a95321a28e2a0e46885b90923869b87..64b18ef81385b722b8aef2cb48f9e4fb402ce916 100644
--- a/crates/text/src/text.rs
+++ b/crates/text/src/text.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 pub use subscription::*;
 pub use sum_tree::Bias;
-use sum_tree::{FilterCursor, SumTree};
+use sum_tree::{FilterCursor, SumTree, TreeMap};
 
 lazy_static! {
     static ref CARRIAGE_RETURNS_REGEX: Regex = Regex::new("\r\n|\r").unwrap();
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ impl HistoryEntry {
 struct History {
     // TODO: Turn this into a String or Rope, maybe.
     base_text: Arc<str>,
-    operations: HashMap<clock::Local, Operation>,
+    operations: TreeMap<clock::Local, Operation>,
     insertion_slices: HashMap<clock::Local, Vec<InsertionSlice>>,
     undo_stack: Vec<HistoryEntry>,
     redo_stack: Vec<HistoryEntry>,
@@ -1213,8 +1213,8 @@ impl Buffer {
         &self.history.base_text
     }
 
-    pub fn history(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &Operation> {
-        self.history.operations.values()
+    pub fn operations(&self) -> &TreeMap<clock::Local, Operation> {
+        &self.history.operations
     }
 
     pub fn undo_history(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = (&clock::Local, &[(clock::Local, u32)])> {