diff --git a/lib/shared/search-utils.js b/lib/shared/search-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/search-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/search-utils.js
@@ -363,7 +363,10 @@
   const [potentialMembers, setPotentialMembers] = React.useState<
     UserListItem[],
   >([]);
+  const requestIdRef = React.useRef(0);
   React.useEffect(() => {
+    requestIdRef.current = requestIdRef.current + 1;
+    const currentRequestId = requestIdRef.current;
     void (async () => {
       const usersIDs = sortedMembers.map(user => user.id);
       const [thickThreadUsers, farcasterUsers] = await Promise.all([
@@ -391,6 +394,9 @@
           };
         })
         .filter(Boolean);
+      if (currentRequestId !== requestIdRef.current) {
+        return;
+      }
       setPotentialMembers(usersWithProtocol);
     })();
   }, [
@@ -521,12 +527,15 @@
   const findFarcasterDCUsers = useGetFarcasterDirectCastUsers();
 
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
+  const requestIdRef = React.useRef(0);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (forwardLookupSearchText.length === 0) {
       setSearchResults([]);
       return;
     }
+    requestIdRef.current = requestIdRef.current + 1;
+    const currentRequestId = requestIdRef.current;
     const searchUsersPromise = (async () => {
       const foundInfos: Array<GlobalAccountUserInfo> = [];
 
@@ -575,12 +584,18 @@
 
       await Promise.all([identityPromise, farcasterPromise]);
 
+      if (currentRequestId !== requestIdRef.current) {
+        return;
+      }
       if (foundInfos.length > 0 || skipCommUsers) {
         setSearchResultsFromServer(foundInfos);
         return;
       }
       const { userInfos: keyserverSearchResult } =
         await callLegacyAshoatKeyserverSearchUsers(forwardLookupSearchText);
+      if (currentRequestId !== requestIdRef.current) {
+        return;
+      }
       setSearchResultsFromServer(keyserverSearchResult);
     })();
     void dispatchActionPromise(searchUsersActionTypes, searchUsersPromise);