diff --git a/src/components/JournalList.svelte b/src/components/JournalList.svelte
index fb752ca..49a7727 100644
--- a/src/components/JournalList.svelte
+++ b/src/components/JournalList.svelte
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@
   let searchError = $state<string | null>(null);
   let searchAbort: AbortController | null = null;
 
-  const SEARCH_DEBOUNCE_MS = 200;
+  // Long enough that a moderate typist (~200ms inter-keystroke
+  // intervals) doesn't fire one Venice embed per keystroke; short
+  // enough that a deliberate query feels responsive. Matches the
+  // other drawer searches.
+  const SEARCH_DEBOUNCE_MS = 400;
   // Match the journal_search tool's max so the sidebar surfaces every
   // day the assistant could reach. Aggregated by date downstream so
   // the actual row count in the drawer is the unique-date count.
diff --git a/src/components/MemoryList.svelte b/src/components/MemoryList.svelte
index 3c71905..420c8f9 100644
--- a/src/components/MemoryList.svelte
+++ b/src/components/MemoryList.svelte
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@
   }
   const { onSelect }: Props = $props();
 
-  // Same window the old in-modal search used. Long enough that the
-  // semantic-search request fires once at the end of a typing burst,
-  // short enough that intent-to-result still feels responsive.
-  const SEARCH_DEBOUNCE_MS = 200;
+  // Long enough that a moderate typist (~200ms inter-keystroke
+  // intervals) doesn't fire one Venice embed per keystroke; short
+  // enough that a deliberate query feels responsive. Matches the
+  // other drawer searches.
+  const SEARCH_DEBOUNCE_MS = 400;
 
   let debounceTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
 
diff --git a/src/components/RecipeList.svelte b/src/components/RecipeList.svelte
index 4717f2a..b4a4426 100644
--- a/src/components/RecipeList.svelte
+++ b/src/components/RecipeList.svelte
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@
   let searchError = $state<string | null>(null);
   let searchAbort: AbortController | null = null;
 
-  const SEARCH_DEBOUNCE_MS = 200;
+  // Long enough that a moderate typist (~200ms inter-keystroke
+  // intervals) doesn't fire one Venice embed per keystroke; short
+  // enough that a deliberate query feels responsive. Matches the
+  // other drawer searches.
+  const SEARCH_DEBOUNCE_MS = 400;
   const RECIPE_SEARCH_LIMIT = 50;
 
   $effect(() => {
diff --git a/src/components/WikiList.svelte b/src/components/WikiList.svelte
index b619c2f..00bf7a3 100644
--- a/src/components/WikiList.svelte
+++ b/src/components/WikiList.svelte
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@
   }
   const { onSelect }: Props = $props();
 
-  const SEARCH_DEBOUNCE_MS = 200;
+  // Long enough that a moderate typist (~200ms inter-keystroke
+  // intervals) doesn't fire one Venice embed per keystroke; short
+  // enough that a deliberate query feels responsive. Matches the
+  // other drawer searches.
+  const SEARCH_DEBOUNCE_MS = 400;
 
   let debounceTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
 
diff --git a/src/screens/Chat.svelte b/src/screens/Chat.svelte
index edd668a..7103fe9 100644
--- a/src/screens/Chat.svelte
+++ b/src/screens/Chat.svelte
@@ -3835,7 +3835,11 @@
   /** AbortController for the in-flight Venice embed call — newer queries cancel older ones. */
   let searchAbort: AbortController | null = null;
 
-  const SEARCH_DEBOUNCE_MS = 200;
+  // Long enough that a moderate typist (~200ms inter-keystroke
+  // intervals) doesn't fire one Venice embed per keystroke; short
+  // enough that a deliberate query feels responsive. Matches the
+  // other drawer searches.
+  const SEARCH_DEBOUNCE_MS = 400;
 
   $effect(() => {
     // Reactively read searchQuery — if it changes, the cleanup below
diff --git a/src/screens/Memories.svelte b/src/screens/Memories.svelte
index ee32dee..820beba 100644
--- a/src/screens/Memories.svelte
+++ b/src/screens/Memories.svelte
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   // Debounce keystrokes inside the relation-picker so rapid typing
   // doesn't fire one embedding request per character. Same window the
   // store uses for its main search.
-  const SEARCH_DEBOUNCE_MS = 200;
+  const SEARCH_DEBOUNCE_MS = 400;
 
   // The single memory currently displayed. Selection lives on
   // `route.memory` so it survives a refresh / back / forward and can