diff --git a/apps/presentation/dashboard/src/features/personal-workspace/goal-research-history.tsx b/apps/presentation/dashboard/src/features/personal-workspace/goal-research-history.tsx
index 2ecb9d2dbb..2d3b086e76 100644
--- a/apps/presentation/dashboard/src/features/personal-workspace/goal-research-history.tsx
+++ b/apps/presentation/dashboard/src/features/personal-workspace/goal-research-history.tsx
@@ -544,10 +544,14 @@ export function GoalResearchHistory({goalId, originalGoalId = goalId, preferHist
       </div>
       <div className={`research-history-controls${readingSelection ? " is-reading" : ""}`}>
         {!emptySourceHistory ? <button type="button" className="research-history-search" aria-label={zh ? "搜索研究记录" : "Search research records"} disabled={!value?.events.length} onClick={() => {
+          const disclosure = records.current;
+          const focused = document.activeElement;
           setRecordsOpen(true);
           window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
-            records.current?.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>("input")?.focus({preventScroll: true});
-            records.current?.scrollIntoView({block: "start"});
+            // A user can move on to a record before the input's first frame.
+            if (!disclosure?.isConnected || document.activeElement !== focused) return;
+            disclosure.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>("input")?.focus({preventScroll: true});
+            disclosure.scrollIntoView({block: "start"});
           });
         }}><Search size={15} aria-hidden/></button> : null}
         {!readingSelection && !emptySourceHistory ? <div className="research-lens" role="group" aria-label={zh ? "视图" : "View"}>{(["timeline", "graph"] as const).map(item => <button key={item} type="button" aria-pressed={lens === item} onClick={() => chooseLens(item)}>{item === "timeline" ? (zh ? "时间线" : "Timeline") : (zh ? "关系图" : "Graph")}</button>)}</div> : null}
diff --git a/examples/personal-workspace-browser/research-record-search.mjs b/examples/personal-workspace-browser/research-record-search.mjs
index 30a2492b79..dc3c221db7 100644
--- a/examples/personal-workspace-browser/research-record-search.mjs
+++ b/examples/personal-workspace-browser/research-record-search.mjs
@@ -305,7 +305,21 @@ Path(sys.argv[2]).write_text(json.dumps({'goal_id':other,'display_name':'Other s
       assert.equal(await phases.count(), 3);
       assert.equal(await phases.nth(2).getAttribute("aria-pressed"), "true", "Recovery applies the original period bookmark");
       await page.goto(url.replace("synthetic-record-search", "synthetic-other-research"));
-      await history.getByRole("button", {name: "Search research records", exact: true}).click();
+      const openOtherSearch = history.getByRole("button", {name: "Search research records", exact: true});
+      await openOtherSearch.evaluate(button => {
+        // Hold the frame from this one search activation until the reader moves focus.
+        button.addEventListener("click", () => {
+          const schedule = window.requestAnimationFrame;
+          const frames = [];
+          window.__loopxHeldSearchFrames = frames;
+          window.requestAnimationFrame = callback => {
+            frames.push(callback);
+            return -frames.length;
+          };
+          setTimeout(() => {window.requestAnimationFrame = schedule;}, 0);
+        }, {once: true});
+      });
+      await openOtherSearch.click();
       await results.getByRole("status", {name: "4 matches in 4 loaded records · 3 entries", exact: true}).waitFor();
       assert.equal(await search.inputValue(), "", "Another Goal starts with its own search scope");
       assert.doesNotMatch(await results.innerText(), /amber|Earlier negative/);
@@ -313,7 +327,15 @@ Path(sys.argv[2]).write_text(json.dumps({'goal_id':other,'display_name':'Other s
       const groupSummary = grouped.locator(":scope > summary");
       assert.match(await groupSummary.innerText(), /Refuted.*Resolved.*2 records/);
       assert.equal(await results.locator(".research-record-entry").count(), 3, "Identical titles and times leave independent attempts and absent links separate");
-      await groupSummary.press("Enter");
+      await groupSummary.focus();
+      await page.evaluate(() => {
+        const frames = window.__loopxHeldSearchFrames ?? [];
+        delete window.__loopxHeldSearchFrames;
+        frames.forEach(callback => callback(performance.now()));
+      });
+      assert(await groupSummary.evaluate(element => element === document.activeElement),
+        "Delayed search autofocus leaves the already focused record in control");
+      await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
       const groupHistory = grouped.locator(".research-record-group-history");
       await groupHistory.waitFor();
       assert.match(await grouped.innerText(), /The alternative missed the target\./);