diff --git a/src/components/Search/SearchAutocompleteInput.tsx b/src/components/Search/SearchAutocompleteInput.tsx
index 17fbea76e3f8..9ea1aeeeec43 100644
--- a/src/components/Search/SearchAutocompleteInput.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Search/SearchAutocompleteInput.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable rulesdir/no-acc-spread-in-reduce */
+import debounce from 'lodash/debounce';
 import type {ForwardedRef, ReactNode, RefObject} from 'react';
-import React, {forwardRef, useCallback, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo} from 'react';
+import React, {forwardRef, useCallback, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useState} from 'react';
 import type {StyleProp, TextInputProps, ViewStyle} from 'react-native';
 import {View} from 'react-native';
 import {useOnyx} from 'react-native-onyx';
@@ -131,6 +132,34 @@ function SearchAutocompleteInput(
         return focusedSharedValue.get() ? wrapperFocusedStyle : wrapperStyle ?? {};
     });
 
+    const [internalValue, setInternalValue] = useState(value);
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        setInternalValue(value);
+    }, [value]);
+
+    const debouncedSearchQueryChange = useMemo(
+        () =>
+            debounce((searchTerm: string) => {
+                onSearchQueryChange(searchTerm);
+            }, 300) as ReturnType<typeof debounce>,
+        [onSearchQueryChange],
+    );
+
+    const handleSearchQueryChange = useCallback(
+        (searchTerm: string) => {
+            setInternalValue(searchTerm);
+            debouncedSearchQueryChange(searchTerm);
+        },
+        [debouncedSearchQueryChange],
+    );
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        return () => {
+            debouncedSearchQueryChange.cancel();
+        };
+    }, [debouncedSearchQueryChange]);
+
     useEffect(() => {
         runOnLiveMarkdownRuntime(() => {
             'worklet';
@@ -190,8 +219,8 @@ function SearchAutocompleteInput(
                 >
                     <TextInput
                         testID="search-autocomplete-text-input"
-                        value={value}
-                        onChangeText={onSearchQueryChange}
+                        value={internalValue}
+                        onChangeText={handleSearchQueryChange}
                         autoFocus={autoFocus}
                         caretHidden={caretHidden}
                         loadingSpinnerStyle={[styles.mt0, styles.mr2]}
diff --git a/src/components/Search/SearchRouter/SearchRouter.tsx b/src/components/Search/SearchRouter/SearchRouter.tsx
index 854a818c8135..8de3fc1f8756 100644
--- a/src/components/Search/SearchRouter/SearchRouter.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Search/SearchRouter/SearchRouter.tsx
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ function SearchRouter({onRouterClose, shouldHideInputCaret, isSearchRouterDispla
         if (!textInputRef.current || !shouldScrollRef.current) {
             return;
         }
-
         scrollToRight(textInputRef.current);
         shouldScrollRef.current = false;
     }, [textInputValue]);
@@ -192,9 +191,9 @@ function SearchRouter({onRouterClose, shouldHideInputCaret, isSearchRouterDispla
             if (autoScrollToRight) {
                 shouldScrollRef.current = true;
             }
+            setTextInputValue(userQuery);
             const singleLineUserQuery = StringUtils.lineBreaksToSpaces(userQuery, true);
             const updatedUserQuery = getAutocompleteQueryWithComma(textInputValue, singleLineUserQuery);
-            setTextInputValue(updatedUserQuery);
             setAutocompleteQueryValue(updatedUserQuery);
 
             const updatedSubstitutionsMap = getUpdatedSubstitutionsMap(singleLineUserQuery, autocompleteSubstitutions);
@@ -208,7 +207,7 @@ function SearchRouter({onRouterClose, shouldHideInputCaret, isSearchRouterDispla
                 listRef.current?.updateAndScrollToFocusedIndex(-1);
             }
         },
-        [autocompleteSubstitutions, setTextInputValue, textInputValue],
+        [autocompleteSubstitutions, textInputValue, setTextInputValue],
     );
 
     const submitSearch = useCallback(
@@ -234,7 +233,10 @@ function SearchRouter({onRouterClose, shouldHideInputCaret, isSearchRouterDispla
         (text: string) => {
             setTextInputValue(text);
             shouldScrollRef.current = true;
-            setSelection({start: text.length, end: text.length});
+
+            InteractionManager.runAfterInteractions(() => {
+                setSelection({start: text.length, end: text.length});
+            });
         },
         [setSelection, setTextInputValue],
     );
@@ -259,8 +261,8 @@ function SearchRouter({onRouterClose, shouldHideInputCaret, isSearchRouterDispla
                 if (item.searchItemType === CONST.SEARCH.SEARCH_ROUTER_ITEM_TYPE.CONTEXTUAL_SUGGESTION) {
                     const searchQuery = getContextualSearchQuery(item);
                     const newSearchQuery = `${searchQuery}\u00A0`;
+                    setTextAndUpdateSelection(newSearchQuery);
                     onSearchQueryChange(newSearchQuery, true);
-                    setSelection({start: newSearchQuery.length, end: newSearchQuery.length});
 
                     const autocompleteKey = getContextualSearchAutocompleteKey(item);
                     if (autocompleteKey && item.autocompleteID) {
@@ -272,8 +274,8 @@ function SearchRouter({onRouterClose, shouldHideInputCaret, isSearchRouterDispla
                 } else if (item.searchItemType === CONST.SEARCH.SEARCH_ROUTER_ITEM_TYPE.AUTOCOMPLETE_SUGGESTION && textInputValue) {
                     const trimmedUserSearchQuery = getQueryWithoutAutocompletedPart(textInputValue);
                     const newSearchQuery = `${trimmedUserSearchQuery}${sanitizeSearchValue(item.searchQuery)}\u00A0`;
+                    setTextAndUpdateSelection(newSearchQuery);
                     onSearchQueryChange(newSearchQuery, true);
-                    setSelection({start: newSearchQuery.length, end: newSearchQuery.length});
 
                     if (item.mapKey && item.autocompleteID) {
                         const substitutions = {...autocompleteSubstitutions, [item.mapKey]: item.autocompleteID};
@@ -296,7 +298,7 @@ function SearchRouter({onRouterClose, shouldHideInputCaret, isSearchRouterDispla
                 });
             }
         },
-        [autocompleteSubstitutions, onRouterClose, onSearchQueryChange, submitSearch, textInputValue],
+        [autocompleteSubstitutions, onRouterClose, onSearchQueryChange, submitSearch, textInputValue, setTextAndUpdateSelection],
     );
 
     const updateAutocompleteSubstitutions = useCallback(