diff --git a/components/email/__tests__/plugin-search-results.test.tsx b/components/email/__tests__/plugin-search-results.test.tsx
index b7f80893d..6876ab19a 100644
--- a/components/email/__tests__/plugin-search-results.test.tsx
+++ b/components/email/__tests__/plugin-search-results.test.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ import type { Email } from '@/lib/jmap/types';
 import { useAuthStore } from '@/stores/auth-store';
 import { useEmailStore } from '@/stores/email-store';
 import { usePluginStore } from '@/stores/plugin-store';
-import { PluginSearchResults } from '../plugin-search-results';
+import { PENDING_GRACE_MS, PluginSearchResults } from '../plugin-search-results';
+
+vi.mock('next-intl', () => ({
+  useTranslations: () => (key: string) => (key === 'more_results_searching' ? 'Searching for more results…' : key),
+}));
 
 // The block above a search's message list with the entries plugins returned
 // from onProvideSearchResults; a click goes back to the plugin as onAction,
@@ -31,7 +35,7 @@ const withEmail = (key: string, email: { id: string; accountId?: string }): Prov
 beforeEach(() => {
   setActionDispatcher(dispatch);
   usePluginStore.setState({ plugins: [{ id: 'chat', name: 'Team chat' }] } as never);
-  useEmailStore.setState({ searchFilters: { ...DEFAULT_SEARCH_FILTERS }, selectedEmail: null });
+  useEmailStore.setState({ searchFilters: { ...DEFAULT_SEARCH_FILTERS }, selectedEmail: null, externalSearchPending: [] });
   useAuthStore.setState({
     activeAccountId: 'login-1',
     getAllConnectedClients: () => new Map([['login-2', client('acc-2')], ['login-1', client('acc-1', ['group-1'])]]),
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
 });
 
 afterEach(() => {
+  vi.useRealTimers();
   setActionDispatcher(null);
   dispatch.mockClear();
 });
@@ -145,4 +150,63 @@ describe('PluginSearchResults', () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText('Title a')).toBeNull();
     expect(heading).toHaveAttribute('aria-expanded', 'false');
   });
+
+  it('says nothing about a plugin that answers within the grace', () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    useEmailStore.setState({ searchQuery: 'resolution', externalSearchResults: [], externalSearchPending: ['crm'] });
+    const { container } = render(<PluginSearchResults surface="search-results" />);
+
+    act(() => vi.advanceTimersByTime(PENDING_GRACE_MS - 1));
+    act(() => useEmailStore.setState({ externalSearchPending: [] }));
+    act(() => vi.advanceTimersByTime(PENDING_GRACE_MS));
+
+    expect(container).toBeEmptyDOMElement();
+  });
+
+  it('holds the block\'s place with placeholder rows while a plugin takes longer, then fills it', () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    useEmailStore.setState({ searchQuery: 'resolution', externalSearchResults: [], externalSearchPending: ['crm'] });
+    const { container } = render(<PluginSearchResults surface="search-results" />);
+    expect(container).toBeEmptyDOMElement();
+
+    act(() => vi.advanceTimersByTime(PENDING_GRACE_MS));
+    const waiting = screen.getByRole('region', { name: 'Searching for more results…' });
+    expect(waiting).toHaveAttribute('aria-busy', 'true');
+    const block = container.querySelector('[data-plugin-surface]');
+    expect(block).toHaveClass('h-48');
+
+    act(() => useEmailStore.setState({ externalSearchResults: [result('crm', 'a', 'CRM')], externalSearchPending: [] }));
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('region', { name: 'Searching for more results…' })).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('region', { name: 'CRM' })).toHaveTextContent('Title a');
+    // The same height as while it waited: the list below does not move again.
+    expect(container.querySelector('[data-plugin-surface]')).toHaveClass('h-48');
+  });
+
+  it('shows the entries of a plugin that answered beside the one still searching', () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    useEmailStore.setState({
+      searchQuery: 'resolution',
+      externalSearchResults: [result('chat', 'b')],
+      externalSearchPending: ['crm'],
+    });
+    render(<PluginSearchResults surface="search-results" />);
+    act(() => vi.advanceTimersByTime(PENDING_GRACE_MS));
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('region', { name: 'Team chat' })).toHaveTextContent('Title b');
+    expect(screen.getByRole('region', { name: 'Searching for more results…' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('takes the place again at the next search', () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    useEmailStore.setState({ searchQuery: 'one', externalSearchResults: [], externalSearchPending: ['crm'] });
+    const { container } = render(<PluginSearchResults surface="search-results" />);
+    act(() => vi.advanceTimersByTime(PENDING_GRACE_MS));
+    act(() => useEmailStore.setState({ externalSearchResults: [result('crm', 'a', 'CRM')], externalSearchPending: [] }));
+
+    // A search the plugin answers at once: the block as without waiting.
+    act(() => useEmailStore.setState({ searchQuery: 'two', externalSearchResults: [], externalSearchPending: ['crm'] }));
+    act(() => useEmailStore.setState({ externalSearchResults: [result('crm', 'c', 'CRM')], externalSearchPending: [] }));
+
+    expect(container.querySelector('[data-plugin-surface]')).not.toHaveClass('h-48');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/components/email/plugin-search-results.tsx b/components/email/plugin-search-results.tsx
index 9f71b1505..a8d9d6414 100644
--- a/components/email/plugin-search-results.tsx
+++ b/components/email/plugin-search-results.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { useId, useMemo, useState } from "react";
-import { ChevronDown, ChevronRight } from "@/components/icons";
+import { useEffect, useId, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { useTranslations } from "next-intl";
+import { ChevronDown, ChevronRight, Loader2 } from "@/components/icons";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 import { isFilterEmpty } from "@/lib/jmap/search-utils";
 import { runPluginAction } from "@/lib/plugin-sandbox/actions";
@@ -75,6 +76,27 @@ function isOpen(email: SearchResultEmail | undefined, open: Email | null): boole
   return (open.sourceAccountId ?? own) === (email.accountId ?? own);
 }
 
+/** ms a plugin may take before the block holds its place for the entries to come. */
+export const PENDING_GRACE_MS = 300;
+
+/**
+ * Whether the block holds its place for this search: a plugin asked had not
+ * answered after PENDING_GRACE_MS. Kept once the answers came, until the next
+ * search asks again, so the block keeps its height and the list below does
+ * not move a second time. A plugin that answers at once (one that does not
+ * search for this query) shows nothing.
+ */
+function useHeldPlace(pending: boolean): boolean {
+  const [held, setHeld] = useState(false);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!pending) return;
+    setHeld(false);
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => setHeld(true), PENDING_GRACE_MS);
+    return () => clearTimeout(timer);
+  }, [pending]);
+  return held;
+}
+
 interface PluginSearchResultsProps {
   /** Entries plugins return from onProvideSearchResults; a click is the plugin's onAction. */
   surface: "search-results";
@@ -85,15 +107,21 @@ interface PluginSearchResultsProps {
 /**
  * Results from elsewhere for the search that is running (CRM hits, chat
  * messages, ...), above its message list. Renders nothing outside a search or
- * without entries. A click on an entry naming a message the user reaches opens
- * it; any other goes back to the plugin that gave the entry.
+ * without entries. While a plugin takes longer than PENDING_GRACE_MS the block
+ * shows at a fixed height with placeholder rows, which its entries then fill,
+ * so the list moves once, with its own results, not when a slow plugin
+ * answers. A click on an entry naming a message the user reaches opens it; any
+ * other goes back to the plugin that gave the entry.
  */
 export function PluginSearchResults({ surface, onOpenEmail }: PluginSearchResultsProps) {
   const results = useEmailStore((s) => s.externalSearchResults);
   const openEmail = useEmailStore((s) => s.selectedEmail);
   const query = useEmailStore((s) => s.searchQuery);
   const searching = useEmailStore((s) => !!s.searchQuery.trim() || !isFilterEmpty(s.searchFilters));
+  const pending = useEmailStore((s) => s.externalSearchPending.length > 0);
   const plugins = usePluginStore((s) => s.plugins);
+  const held = useHeldPlace(pending);
+  const t = useTranslations('email_list');
   const idPrefix = useId();
   const [collapsed, setCollapsed] = useState<Set<string>>(() => new Set());
 
@@ -102,7 +130,8 @@ export function PluginSearchResults({ surface, onOpenEmail }: PluginSearchResult
     [results, plugins],
   );
 
-  if (!searching || groups.length === 0) return null;
+  const waiting = pending && held;
+  if (!searching || (groups.length === 0 && !waiting)) return null;
 
   const click = (r: ProvidedSearchResult) => {
     const reachable = r.email && onOpenEmail ? reachableEmail(r.email) : null;
@@ -119,7 +148,10 @@ export function PluginSearchResults({ surface, onOpenEmail }: PluginSearchResult
     });
 
   return (
-    <div data-plugin-surface={surface} className="max-h-[40%] flex-shrink-0 overflow-y-auto border-b border-border bg-muted/30">
+    <div
+      data-plugin-surface={surface}
+      className={cn("max-h-[40%] flex-shrink-0 overflow-y-auto border-b border-border bg-muted/30", held && "h-48")}
+    >
       {groups.map((group, index) => {
         const open = !collapsed.has(group.id);
         const listId = `${idPrefix}-${index}`;
@@ -163,6 +195,20 @@ export function PluginSearchResults({ surface, onOpenEmail }: PluginSearchResult
           </section>
         );
       })}
+      {waiting && (
+        <section aria-label={t('more_results_searching')} aria-busy="true">
+          <div className="flex items-center gap-1.5 px-3 py-1.5 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+            <Loader2 className="h-3.5 w-3.5 animate-spin" />
+            <span className="truncate">{t('more_results_searching')}</span>
+          </div>
+          {[0, 1, 2].map((row) => (
+            <div key={row} className="flex flex-col gap-1.5 px-3 py-2" aria-hidden="true">
+              <div className="h-3 w-3/5 animate-pulse rounded bg-muted" />
+              <div className="h-2.5 w-4/5 animate-pulse rounded bg-muted" />
+            </div>
+          ))}
+        </section>
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/lib/__tests__/plugin-search-results.test.ts b/lib/__tests__/plugin-search-results.test.ts
index 1b92e9c62..1fa5bda1e 100644
--- a/lib/__tests__/plugin-search-results.test.ts
+++ b/lib/__tests__/plugin-search-results.test.ts
@@ -55,12 +55,21 @@ describe('checkSearchResults', () => {
   });
 });
 
+/** Asks the plugins, collecting each answer in the order it came. */
+function ask(query = 'q') {
+  const answers: { pluginId: string; keys: string[] }[] = [];
+  const asked = provideSearchResults(query, {}, (pluginId, results) => {
+    answers.push({ pluginId, keys: results.map((r) => r.key) });
+  });
+  return { asked, answers };
+}
+
 describe('provideSearchResults', () => {
-  it('asks no one without handlers', async () => {
-    expect(await provideSearchResults('q', {})).toEqual([]);
+  it('asks no one without handlers', () => {
+    expect(ask().asked).toEqual([]);
   });
 
-  it('asks the plugins at once, each with an empty list', async () => {
+  it('asks the plugins at once, each with an empty list, and hands over each answer as it comes', async () => {
     const order: string[] = [];
     emailHooks.onProvideSearchResults.register('slow', async (initial: unknown[]) => {
       order.push(`slow ${initial.length}`);
@@ -72,27 +81,43 @@ describe('provideSearchResults', () => {
       return [{ key: 'f', title: 'F' }];
     });
 
-    const results = await provideSearchResults('q', {});
+    const { asked, answers } = ask();
 
+    expect(asked).toEqual(['slow', 'fast']);
     expect(order).toEqual(['slow 0', 'fast 0']);
-    expect(results.map((r) => `${r.pluginId}:${r.key}`)).toEqual(['slow:s', 'fast:f']);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(answers).toHaveLength(2));
+    expect(answers).toEqual([{ pluginId: 'fast', keys: ['f'] }, { pluginId: 'slow', keys: ['s'] }]);
   });
 
-  it('leaves out a plugin that throws', async () => {
+  it('checks each answer', async () => {
+    emailHooks.onProvideSearchResults.register('p', () => [{ key: 'a', title: 'A' }, { key: 'a', title: 'twice' }, 'text']);
+
+    const { answers } = ask();
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(answers).toEqual([{ pluginId: 'p', keys: ['a'] }]));
+  });
+
+  it('answers nothing for a plugin that throws', async () => {
     emailHooks.onProvideSearchResults.register('broken', () => { throw new Error('down'); });
     emailHooks.onProvideSearchResults.register('ok', () => [{ key: 'a', title: 'A' }]);
 
-    expect((await provideSearchResults('q', {})).map((r) => r.pluginId)).toEqual(['ok']);
+    const { answers } = ask();
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(answers).toHaveLength(2));
+    expect(answers).toContainEqual({ pluginId: 'broken', keys: [] });
+    expect(answers).toContainEqual({ pluginId: 'ok', keys: ['a'] });
   });
 
-  it('leaves out a plugin that runs out of time', async () => {
+  it('answers nothing for a plugin that runs out of time, the others long before', async () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers();
     emailHooks.onProvideSearchResults.register('hung', () => new Promise(() => {}));
     emailHooks.onProvideSearchResults.register('ok', () => [{ key: 'a', title: 'A' }]);
 
-    const pending = provideSearchResults('q', {});
-    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(10_000);
+    const { answers } = ask();
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0);
+    expect(answers).toEqual([{ pluginId: 'ok', keys: ['a'] }]);
 
-    expect((await pending).map((r) => r.pluginId)).toEqual(['ok']);
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(10_000);
+    expect(answers).toEqual([{ pluginId: 'ok', keys: ['a'] }, { pluginId: 'hung', keys: [] }]);
   });
 });
diff --git a/lib/plugin-hooks.ts b/lib/plugin-hooks.ts
index 5d16dbf46..6b83e5fa5 100644
--- a/lib/plugin-hooks.ts
+++ b/lib/plugin-hooks.ts
@@ -306,21 +306,25 @@ export class HookBus<T extends (...args: any[]) => any> {
   /**
    * Ask every handler at once, each with the same initial value, and keep
    * each answer with the plugin that gave it, for hooks whose results the
-   * host shows per plugin (onProvideSearchResults). A handler that throws or
-   * runs out of time gives nothing.
+   * host shows per plugin (onProvideSearchResults): the plugins asked, in
+   * their order, each with its answer to come, so the host can show one as
+   * soon as it comes and knows who it still waits for. A handler that throws
+   * or runs out of time answers null.
    */
-  async collect<V>(initial: V, ...rest: unknown[]): Promise<{ pluginId: string; value: unknown }[]> {
+  collect<V>(initial: V, ...rest: unknown[]): { pluginId: string; answer: Promise<{ value: unknown } | null> }[] {
     const asked = this.handlers.filter(({ pluginId }) => !pluginErrorTracker.isDisabled(pluginId));
-    const answers = await Promise.all(asked.map(async ({ pluginId, handler }) => {
-      try {
-        const value: unknown = await withTimeout(pluginId, handler(initial, ...rest), this.timeoutMs);
-        return { pluginId, value };
-      } catch (err) {
-        pluginErrorTracker.record(pluginId, err);
-        return null;
-      }
+    return asked.map(({ pluginId, handler }) => ({
+      pluginId,
+      answer: (async () => {
+        try {
+          const value: unknown = await withTimeout(pluginId, handler(initial, ...rest), this.timeoutMs);
+          return { value };
+        } catch (err) {
+          pluginErrorTracker.record(pluginId, err);
+          return null;
+        }
+      })(),
     }));
-    return answers.filter((a): a is { pluginId: string; value: unknown } => a !== null);
   }
 
   /** Fire handlers as transforms - each receives the output of the previous */
diff --git a/lib/plugin-search-results.ts b/lib/plugin-search-results.ts
index 91b5f2120..01d15ff36 100644
--- a/lib/plugin-search-results.ts
+++ b/lib/plugin-search-results.ts
@@ -71,9 +71,21 @@ export function checkSearchResults(pluginId: string, value: unknown): ProvidedSe
   return out;
 }
 
-/** Ask every plugin for results to a search; each answer checked, in the plugins' order. */
-export async function provideSearchResults(query: string, filters: unknown): Promise<ProvidedSearchResult[]> {
+/**
+ * Ask every plugin for results to a search. Returns the plugins asked, in
+ * their order; each answer goes to `onAnswer` as it comes, checked (empty for
+ * a plugin that throws or runs out of time), so a slow plugin keeps no other
+ * waiting.
+ */
+export function provideSearchResults(
+  query: string,
+  filters: unknown,
+  onAnswer: (pluginId: string, results: ProvidedSearchResult[]) => void,
+): string[] {
   if (emailHooks.onProvideSearchResults.size === 0) return [];
-  const answers = await emailHooks.onProvideSearchResults.collect([] as ExternalSearchResult[], { query, filters });
-  return answers.flatMap(({ pluginId, value }) => checkSearchResults(pluginId, value));
+  const asked = emailHooks.onProvideSearchResults.collect([] as ExternalSearchResult[], { query, filters });
+  for (const { pluginId, answer } of asked) {
+    void answer.then((given) => onAnswer(pluginId, given ? checkSearchResults(pluginId, given.value) : []));
+  }
+  return asked.map(({ pluginId }) => pluginId);
 }
diff --git a/locales/ar/common.json b/locales/ar/common.json
index 53d1387de..cc7693fbe 100644
--- a/locales/ar/common.json
+++ b/locales/ar/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "صندوق البريد هذا فارغ",
     "no_search_results": "لم يتم العثور على نتائج",
     "no_search_results_description": "حاول تعديل البحث أو عوامل التصفية",
+    "more_results_searching": "جارٍ البحث عن نتائج أخرى…",
     "loading": "جارٍ تحميل الرسائل...",
     "unread": "غير مقروءة",
     "to_me": "إليّ",
diff --git a/locales/ca/common.json b/locales/ca/common.json
index f6518c120..cf555e325 100644
--- a/locales/ca/common.json
+++ b/locales/ca/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "Aquesta bústia és buida",
     "no_search_results": "No s'ha trobat cap resultat",
     "no_search_results_description": "Proveu d'ajustar la cerca o els filtres",
+    "more_results_searching": "S'estan cercant més resultats…",
     "loading": "Carregant els correus...",
     "unread": "no llegit",
     "to_me": "Per a mi",
diff --git a/locales/cs/common.json b/locales/cs/common.json
index a52d94e20..f06d96efb 100644
--- a/locales/cs/common.json
+++ b/locales/cs/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "Tato schránka je prázdná",
     "no_search_results": "Nenalezeny žádné výsledky",
     "no_search_results_description": "Zkuste změnit hledání nebo filtry",
+    "more_results_searching": "Hledají se další výsledky…",
     "loading": "Načítání zpráv...",
     "unread": "nepřečtené",
     "to_me": "Pro mě",
diff --git a/locales/da/common.json b/locales/da/common.json
index 3e04e5ef2..80ac5bfee 100644
--- a/locales/da/common.json
+++ b/locales/da/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "Denne postkasse er tom",
     "no_search_results": "Ingen resultater fundet",
     "no_search_results_description": "Prøv at justere din søgning eller filtre",
+    "more_results_searching": "Søger efter flere resultater…",
     "loading": "Indlæser e-mails...",
     "unread": "ulæst",
     "to_me": "Til mig",
diff --git a/locales/de/common.json b/locales/de/common.json
index 87f90a0e2..cc0b61079 100644
--- a/locales/de/common.json
+++ b/locales/de/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "Dieses Postfach ist leer",
     "no_search_results": "Keine Ergebnisse gefunden",
     "no_search_results_description": "Passen Sie Ihre Suche oder Filter an",
+    "more_results_searching": "Weitere Treffer werden gesucht…",
     "loading": "E-Mails werden geladen...",
     "unread": "ungelesen",
     "to_me": "An mich",
diff --git a/locales/en/common.json b/locales/en/common.json
index e370559a0..108046bde 100644
--- a/locales/en/common.json
+++ b/locales/en/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "This mailbox is empty",
     "no_search_results": "No results found",
     "no_search_results_description": "Try adjusting your search or filters",
+    "more_results_searching": "Searching for more results…",
     "loading": "Loading emails...",
     "unread": "unread",
     "to_me": "To me",
diff --git a/locales/es/common.json b/locales/es/common.json
index 45d4255d7..96f9382dc 100644
--- a/locales/es/common.json
+++ b/locales/es/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "Este buzón está vacío",
     "no_search_results": "No se encontraron resultados",
     "no_search_results_description": "Intente ajustar su búsqueda o filtros",
+    "more_results_searching": "Buscando más resultados…",
     "loading": "Cargando correos...",
     "unread": "no leído",
     "to_me": "Para mí",
diff --git a/locales/et/common.json b/locales/et/common.json
index 409dc7914..cd2f35480 100644
--- a/locales/et/common.json
+++ b/locales/et/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "See postkast on tühi",
     "no_search_results": "Tulemusi ei leitud",
     "no_search_results_description": "Proovi otsingut või filtreid muuta",
+    "more_results_searching": "Otsitakse veel tulemusi…",
     "loading": "Kirjade laadimine...",
     "unread": "lugemata",
     "to_me": "Minule",
diff --git a/locales/fa/common.json b/locales/fa/common.json
index c67b0be54..412bdb3a9 100644
--- a/locales/fa/common.json
+++ b/locales/fa/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "این صندوق پستی خالی است",
     "no_search_results": "نتیجه‌ای یافت نشد",
     "no_search_results_description": "جستجو یا فیلترهای خود را تنظیم کنید",
+    "more_results_searching": "در حال جستجوی نتایج بیشتر…",
     "loading": "در حال بارگذاری ایمیل‌ها...",
     "unread": "خوانده نشده",
     "to_me": "به من",
diff --git a/locales/fr/common.json b/locales/fr/common.json
index 05d4a448c..a46fa3309 100644
--- a/locales/fr/common.json
+++ b/locales/fr/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "Cette boîte est vide",
     "no_search_results": "Aucun résultat trouvé",
     "no_search_results_description": "Essayez de modifier votre recherche ou vos filtres",
+    "more_results_searching": "Recherche d'autres résultats…",
     "loading": "Chargement des emails...",
     "unread": "non lu",
     "to_me": "À moi",
diff --git a/locales/he/common.json b/locales/he/common.json
index 639fb6c7a..814966400 100644
--- a/locales/he/common.json
+++ b/locales/he/common.json
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "תיבת הדואר הזו ריקה",
     "no_search_results": "לא נמצאו תוצאות",
     "no_search_results_description": "נסה להתאים את החיפוש או המסננים שלך",
+    "more_results_searching": "מחפש תוצאות נוספות…",
     "loading": "טוען אימיילים...",
     "unread": "לא נקרא",
     "to_me": "לִי",
diff --git a/locales/hu/common.json b/locales/hu/common.json
index d73d1024c..4d4dd1505 100644
--- a/locales/hu/common.json
+++ b/locales/hu/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "Ez a postafiók üres",
     "no_search_results": "Nincs találat",
     "no_search_results_description": "Próbáld módosítani a keresést vagy a szűrőket",
+    "more_results_searching": "További találatok keresése…",
     "loading": "E-mailek betöltése...",
     "unread": "olvasatlan",
     "to_me": "Nekem",
diff --git a/locales/it/common.json b/locales/it/common.json
index d233c37f2..3e8481c22 100644
--- a/locales/it/common.json
+++ b/locales/it/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "Questa casella è vuota",
     "no_search_results": "Nessun risultato trovato",
     "no_search_results_description": "Prova a modificare la ricerca o i filtri",
+    "more_results_searching": "Ricerca di altri risultati…",
     "loading": "Caricamento messaggi...",
     "unread": "non letto",
     "to_me": "A me",
diff --git a/locales/ja/common.json b/locales/ja/common.json
index 14443e59d..0b0772285 100644
--- a/locales/ja/common.json
+++ b/locales/ja/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "このメールボックスは空です",
     "no_search_results": "結果が見つかりません",
     "no_search_results_description": "検索やフィルターを調整してください",
+    "more_results_searching": "ほかの結果を検索しています…",
     "loading": "メールを読み込み中...",
     "unread": "未読",
     "to_me": "宛先: 自分",
diff --git a/locales/ko/common.json b/locales/ko/common.json
index 96e51cd9f..d785a92d2 100644
--- a/locales/ko/common.json
+++ b/locales/ko/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "편지함이 비어있어요",
     "no_search_results": "검색 결과가 없어요",
     "no_search_results_description": "검색어나 필터를 변경해 보세요",
+    "more_results_searching": "추가 결과를 검색하는 중…",
     "loading": "메일을 불러오는 중...",
     "unread": "읽지 않음",
     "to_me": "나에게",
diff --git a/locales/lv/common.json b/locales/lv/common.json
index ea3047e14..eae3fe3e0 100644
--- a/locales/lv/common.json
+++ b/locales/lv/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "Mape ir tukša",
     "no_search_results": "Nekas netika atrasts",
     "no_search_results_description": "Mēģiniet mainīt meklēšanas vaicājumu vai filtrus",
+    "more_results_searching": "Meklē vēl rezultātus…",
     "loading": "Ielādē vēstules...",
     "unread": "nelasītas",
     "to_me": "Man",
diff --git a/locales/mn/common.json b/locales/mn/common.json
index e6ea18a15..9873f45b9 100644
--- a/locales/mn/common.json
+++ b/locales/mn/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "Энэ шуудангийн хайрцаг хоосон",
     "no_search_results": "Илэрц олдсонгүй",
     "no_search_results_description": "Хайлт эсвэл шүүлтүүрээ тохируулаад үзээрэй",
+    "more_results_searching": "Нэмэлт үр дүн хайж байна…",
     "loading": "Имэйл ачаалж байна...",
     "unread": "уншаагүй",
     "to_me": "Надад",
diff --git a/locales/nb/common.json b/locales/nb/common.json
index 6794e637c..02a358448 100644
--- a/locales/nb/common.json
+++ b/locales/nb/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "Denne postkassen er tom",
     "no_search_results": "Ingen resultater funnet",
     "no_search_results_description": "Prøv å justere søket eller filtrene",
+    "more_results_searching": "Søker etter flere resultater…",
     "loading": "Laster inn e-poster...",
     "unread": "ulest",
     "to_me": "Til meg",
diff --git a/locales/nl/common.json b/locales/nl/common.json
index 21f2232f5..e9e39b86a 100644
--- a/locales/nl/common.json
+++ b/locales/nl/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "Deze mailbox is leeg",
     "no_search_results": "Geen resultaten gevonden",
     "no_search_results_description": "Pas je zoekopdracht of filters aan",
+    "more_results_searching": "Meer resultaten zoeken…",
     "loading": "E-mails laden...",
     "unread": "ongelezen",
     "to_me": "Aan mij",
diff --git a/locales/pl/common.json b/locales/pl/common.json
index b0aae170a..bd20acb0b 100644
--- a/locales/pl/common.json
+++ b/locales/pl/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "Ta skrzynka jest pusta",
     "no_search_results": "Nie znaleziono wyników",
     "no_search_results_description": "Spróbuj zmienić wyszukiwanie lub filtry",
+    "more_results_searching": "Wyszukiwanie kolejnych wyników…",
     "loading": "Ładowanie wiadomości...",
     "unread": "nieprzeczytane",
     "to_me": "Do mnie",
diff --git a/locales/pt/common.json b/locales/pt/common.json
index 3603dd30d..6b8b3bf46 100644
--- a/locales/pt/common.json
+++ b/locales/pt/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "Esta caixa de correio está vazia",
     "no_search_results": "Nenhum resultado encontrado",
     "no_search_results_description": "Tente ajustar sua pesquisa ou filtros",
+    "more_results_searching": "A procurar mais resultados…",
     "loading": "Carregando e-mails...",
     "unread": "não lido",
     "to_me": "Para mim",
diff --git a/locales/ro/common.json b/locales/ro/common.json
index 6f8502c27..1948972bf 100644
--- a/locales/ro/common.json
+++ b/locales/ro/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "Această căsuță poștală este goală",
     "no_search_results": "Nu s-au găsit rezultate",
     "no_search_results_description": "Încercați să modificați criteriile de căutare sau filtrele",
+    "more_results_searching": "Se caută mai multe rezultate…",
     "loading": "Se încarcă e-mailurile...",
     "unread": "necitit",
     "to_me": "Pentru mine",
diff --git a/locales/ru/common.json b/locales/ru/common.json
index b88e0e8f0..8e95280a5 100644
--- a/locales/ru/common.json
+++ b/locales/ru/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "Папка пуста",
     "no_search_results": "Результатов не найдено",
     "no_search_results_description": "Попробуйте изменить поисковый запрос или фильтры",
+    "more_results_searching": "Ищем другие результаты…",
     "loading": "Загрузка писем...",
     "unread": "непрочитанные",
     "to_me": "Мне",
diff --git a/locales/sk/common.json b/locales/sk/common.json
index 7c2579d36..ddcb7969b 100644
--- a/locales/sk/common.json
+++ b/locales/sk/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "Táto schránka je prázdna",
     "no_search_results": "Neboli nájdené žiadne výsledky",
     "no_search_results_description": "Skúste zmeniť hľadanie alebo filtre",
+    "more_results_searching": "Hľadajú sa ďalšie výsledky…",
     "loading": "Načítavanie e-mailov...",
     "unread": "neprečítané",
     "to_me": "Pre mňa",
diff --git a/locales/th/common.json b/locales/th/common.json
index e8ce9fe3b..543139f70 100644
--- a/locales/th/common.json
+++ b/locales/th/common.json
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "กล่องจดหมายนี้ว่างเปล่า",
     "no_search_results": "ไม่พบผลการค้นหา",
     "no_search_results_description": "ลองปรับเปลี่ยนคำค้นหาหรือตัวกรองของคุณ",
+    "more_results_searching": "กำลังค้นหาผลลัพธ์เพิ่มเติม…",
     "loading": "กำลังโหลดอีเมล...",
     "unread": "ยังไม่อ่าน",
     "to_me": "ถึงฉัน",
diff --git a/locales/tr/common.json b/locales/tr/common.json
index 848d215f2..7c774ad6a 100644
--- a/locales/tr/common.json
+++ b/locales/tr/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "Bu posta kutusu boş",
     "no_search_results": "Sonuç bulunamadı",
     "no_search_results_description": "Arama teriminizi veya filtrelerinizi değiştirmeyi deneyin",
+    "more_results_searching": "Başka sonuçlar aranıyor…",
     "loading": "E-postalar yükleniyor...",
     "unread": "okunmamış",
     "to_me": "Bana",
diff --git a/locales/uk/common.json b/locales/uk/common.json
index f6acc947b..356060a52 100644
--- a/locales/uk/common.json
+++ b/locales/uk/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "Ця поштова скринька порожня",
     "no_search_results": "Результатів не знайдено",
     "no_search_results_description": "Спробуйте налаштувати пошук або фільтри",
+    "more_results_searching": "Шукаємо інші результати…",
     "loading": "Завантаження електронних листів...",
     "unread": "непрочитаний",
     "to_me": "мені",
diff --git a/locales/zh-TW/common.json b/locales/zh-TW/common.json
index f3aa1b8b8..6737b2737 100644
--- a/locales/zh-TW/common.json
+++ b/locales/zh-TW/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "此信件匣中沒有郵件",
     "no_search_results": "找不到結果",
     "no_search_results_description": "請調整搜尋條件或篩選器",
+    "more_results_searching": "正在搜尋更多結果…",
     "loading": "正在載入郵件…",
     "unread": "未讀",
     "to_me": "寄給我",
diff --git a/locales/zh/common.json b/locales/zh/common.json
index 3e0ae974b..417cae6b4 100644
--- a/locales/zh/common.json
+++ b/locales/zh/common.json
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     "no_emails_description": "此邮箱为空",
     "no_search_results": "未找到结果",
     "no_search_results_description": "请调整搜索条件或筛选器",
+    "more_results_searching": "正在搜索更多结果…",
     "loading": "正在加载邮件...",
     "unread": "未读",
     "to_me": "发给我",
diff --git a/stores/__tests__/email-store-plugin-search-results.test.ts b/stores/__tests__/email-store-plugin-search-results.test.ts
index 1ad4ab937..c914d1109 100644
--- a/stores/__tests__/email-store-plugin-search-results.test.ts
+++ b/stores/__tests__/email-store-plugin-search-results.test.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
     searchFilters: { ...DEFAULT_SEARCH_FILTERS },
     searchAbortController: null,
     externalSearchResults: [],
+    externalSearchPending: [],
     emails: [],
   });
 });
@@ -123,4 +124,40 @@ describe('onProvideSearchResults', () => {
     await vi.waitFor(() => expect(useEmailStore.getState().externalSearchResults).toHaveLength(1));
     expect(useEmailStore.getState().externalSearchResults[0].pluginId).toBe('crm');
   });
+
+  it('keeps the plugins it still waits for as pending, and shows each one\'s entries as soon as it answers', async () => {
+    const slow = deferred<ExternalSearchResult[]>();
+    const fast = deferred<ExternalSearchResult[]>();
+    emailHooks.onProvideSearchResults.register('slow', () => slow.promise);
+    emailHooks.onProvideSearchResults.register('fast', () => fast.promise);
+
+    await useEmailStore.getState().searchEmails(client, 'resolution');
+    expect(useEmailStore.getState().externalSearchPending).toEqual(['slow', 'fast']);
+
+    fast.resolve([entry('f')]);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(useEmailStore.getState().externalSearchPending).toEqual(['slow']));
+    expect(useEmailStore.getState().externalSearchResults.map((r) => r.key)).toEqual(['f']);
+
+    slow.resolve([entry('s')]);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(useEmailStore.getState().externalSearchPending).toEqual([]));
+    // In the plugins' order, not the answers'.
+    expect(useEmailStore.getState().externalSearchResults.map((r) => r.key)).toEqual(['s', 'f']);
+  });
+
+  it('waits for no one without plugins', async () => {
+    await useEmailStore.getState().searchEmails(client, 'resolution');
+
+    expect(useEmailStore.getState().externalSearchPending).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('waits no more for the plugins of a search that was replaced', async () => {
+    emailHooks.onProvideSearchResults.register('crm', (_results: ExternalSearchResult[], { query }: { query: string }) =>
+      (query === 'one' ? new Promise(() => {}) : [entry('two')]));
+
+    await useEmailStore.getState().searchEmails(client, 'one');
+    await useEmailStore.getState().searchEmails(client, 'two');
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(useEmailStore.getState().externalSearchResults).toHaveLength(1));
+    expect(useEmailStore.getState().externalSearchPending).toEqual([]);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/stores/email-store.ts b/stores/email-store.ts
index 384df23f6..014731285 100644
--- a/stores/email-store.ts
+++ b/stores/email-store.ts
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@ interface EmailStore {
   searchAbortController: AbortController | null;
   /** Plugins' results from elsewhere for the search running (onProvideSearchResults), drawn above its list. */
   externalSearchResults: ProvidedSearchResult[];
+  /** The plugins asked for the search running that have not answered yet, so the block can say more is coming. */
+  externalSearchPending: string[];
 
   // Unified mailbox state
   // Bumped by any action that changes which mailbox/keyword/unified view is
@@ -3230,6 +3232,8 @@ async function pluginSearchResultIds(query: string, filters: unknown, emails: Em
  * Plugins' results for the search that is running (onProvideSearchResults).
  * Asked beside the search, not before its list is shown: a slow plugin never
  * delays the messages, and the answer to a search that was replaced is dropped.
+ * Each plugin's entries show as soon as it answers, in the plugins' order; the
+ * ones still asked are kept as pending.
  */
 let providedSearchRun: object | null = null;
 
@@ -3240,15 +3244,24 @@ function startProvidedSearchResults(
 ): void {
   const run = {};
   providedSearchRun = run;
+  const answers = new Map<string, ProvidedSearchResult[]>();
+  let asked: string[] = [];
   // Written only when it changes: a search without plugin results renders as before.
-  const show = (results: ProvidedSearchResult[]) => {
-    if (results.length > 0 || store.get().externalSearchResults.length > 0) store.set({ externalSearchResults: results });
+  const show = () => {
+    const results = asked.flatMap((id) => answers.get(id) ?? []);
+    const pending = asked.filter((id) => !answers.has(id));
+    const shown = store.get();
+    if (results.length > 0 || pending.length > 0 || shown.externalSearchResults.length > 0 || shown.externalSearchPending.length > 0) {
+      store.set({ externalSearchResults: results, externalSearchPending: pending });
+    }
   };
-  show([]);
-  if (emailHooks.onProvideSearchResults.size === 0) return;
-  void provideSearchResults(query, filters).then((results) => {
-    if (providedSearchRun === run) show(results);
+  show();
+  asked = provideSearchResults(query, filters, (pluginId, results) => {
+    if (providedSearchRun !== run) return;
+    answers.set(pluginId, results);
+    show();
   });
+  show();
 }
 
 export const useEmailStore = create<EmailStore>((set, get) => ({
@@ -3300,6 +3313,7 @@ export const useEmailStore = create<EmailStore>((set, get) => ({
   isAdvancedSearchOpen: false,
   searchAbortController: null,
   externalSearchResults: [],
+  externalSearchPending: [],
 
   // Unified mailbox state
   viewToken: 0,