diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/regression/file-browser-sidebar-tab-switch.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/regression/file-browser-sidebar-tab-switch.spec.ts
index 136232c21..29eb680c2 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/regression/file-browser-sidebar-tab-switch.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/regression/file-browser-sidebar-tab-switch.spec.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,39 @@ test("keeps the file-browser sidebar mounted when switching file tabs", async ({
   await expect.poll(() => viewport.evaluate((element) => element.scrollTop)).toBe(scrolled)
 })
 
+test("keeps previous file search results visible while the next search loads", async ({ page }) => {
+  const searchPending = Promise.withResolvers<void>()
+  await setup(page, async ({ query }) => {
+    if (query === "file-0") return ["file-00.ts"]
+    if (query === "file-7") {
+      await searchPending.promise
+      return ["file-79.ts"]
+    }
+    return []
+  })
+
+  await page.goto(`/server/${base64Encode(server)}/session/${sessionID}`)
+  await expectSessionTitle(page, title)
+
+  const panel = page.locator("#review-panel")
+  await panel.getByRole("button", { name: "Open file" }).click()
+  const filter = panel.getByRole("combobox", { name: "Filter files" })
+  await filter.fill("file-0")
+  await expect(panel.getByRole("option", { name: "file-00.ts" })).toBeVisible()
+
+  const nextSearch = page.waitForRequest((request) => {
+    const url = new URL(request.url())
+    return url.pathname === "/find/file" && url.searchParams.get("query") === "file-7"
+  })
+  await filter.fill("file-7")
+  await nextSearch
+  await expect(panel.getByRole("option", { name: "file-00.ts" })).toBeVisible()
+
+  searchPending.resolve()
+  await expect(panel.getByRole("option", { name: "file-79.ts" })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(panel.getByRole("option", { name: "file-00.ts" })).toBeHidden()
+})
+
 type Probed = HTMLElement & { __e2eProbe?: string }
 
 async function writeProbe(page: Page) {
@@ -74,7 +107,10 @@ async function readProbe(page: Page) {
     .evaluate((el) => (el as Probed).__e2eProbe)
 }
 
-async function setup(page: Page) {
+async function setup(
+  page: Page,
+  findFiles?: (input: { query: string; dirs?: string; limit?: number }) => unknown | Promise<unknown>,
+) {
   await mockOpenCodeServer(page, {
     directory,
     project: {
@@ -119,6 +155,7 @@ async function setup(page: Page) {
       }))
     },
     fileContent: (path) => ({ type: "text", content: `contents:${path}` }),
+    findFiles,
     pageMessages: () => ({ items: [] }),
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/utils/mock-server.ts b/packages/app/e2e/utils/mock-server.ts
index 76987421b..a581eda8c 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/utils/mock-server.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/utils/mock-server.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export interface MockServerConfig {
   questions?: unknown[] | (() => unknown[])
   fileList?: (path: string) => unknown | Promise<unknown>
   fileContent?: (path: string) => unknown | Promise<unknown>
-  findFiles?: (input: { query: string; dirs?: string; limit?: number }) => unknown
+  findFiles?: (input: { query: string; dirs?: string; limit?: number }) => unknown | Promise<unknown>
   sessionStatus?: Record<string, unknown> | (() => Record<string, unknown>)
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/session/v2/session-file-browser-tab.tsx b/packages/app/src/pages/session/v2/session-file-browser-tab.tsx
index 639429e80..c9e0d3816 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/session/v2/session-file-browser-tab.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/session/v2/session-file-browser-tab.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { createMemo, createSignal, createUniqueId, Show } from "solid-js"
-import { createQuery } from "@tanstack/solid-query"
+import { createQuery, keepPreviousData } from "@tanstack/solid-query"
 import { Icon } from "@opencode-ai/ui/icon"
 import { SessionFilePanelV2, SessionFilePanelV2Empty } from "@opencode-ai/session-ui/v2/session-file-panel-v2"
 import { SessionReviewV2Sidebar } from "@opencode-ai/session-ui/v2/session-review-v2"
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export function SessionFileBrowserTab(props: {
       queryKey: ["session-open-file", workspaceKey(), value] as const,
       enabled: value.length > 0,
       queryFn: ({ signal }) => file.searchFiles(value, { limit: 200, signal }),
+      placeholderData: keepPreviousData,
     }
   })
   const files = createMemo(() => {