diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/coalescingRunner.ts b/frontend/src/lib/coalescingRunner.ts
index 555912a18c..04ad14bf5b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/coalescingRunner.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/coalescingRunner.ts
@@ -10,18 +10,49 @@
  * Use to collapse bursts of "save the latest version" calls down to
  * exactly two runs: the one in flight plus the most recent.
  */
-export type CoalescingTask = () => unknown | Promise<unknown>
+export type CoalescingTask<T = unknown> = () => T | Promise<T>
 
-export type CoalescingKeyedRunner = {
-	/** Schedule `fn` under `key` per the policy above. Synchronous; `fn`
-	 * is invoked on the current tick when the key is idle. */
-	submit(key: string, fn: CoalescingTask): void
+/** Thrown into the rejection of a `submitAndWait` promise (and a
+ * `cancel`-dropped pending task) when the task is discarded before it
+ * had a chance to run. Fire-and-forget `submit` callers don't see this
+ * — only awaiters do. */
+export class CoalescingDisplacedError extends Error {
+	constructor() {
+		super('coalescingRunner: pending task displaced before it could run')
+		this.name = 'CoalescingDisplacedError'
+	}
 }
 
-type Entry = { pending: CoalescingTask | undefined }
+export type CoalescingKeyedRunner = {
+	/** Fire-and-forget. Schedule `fn` under `key` per the policy above.
+	 * Synchronous; `fn` is invoked on the current tick when the key is
+	 * idle. If a previously-submitted task is still pending for this
+	 * key, it is silently dropped. */
+	submit(key: string, fn: CoalescingTask): void
+	/** Same scheduling as `submit`, but returns a promise that resolves
+	 * with `fn`'s return value when `fn` actually runs, rejects with
+	 * `fn`'s throw if `fn` fails, or rejects with `CoalescingDisplacedError`
+	 * if this submission is dropped (by `cancel`, or by a later
+	 * `submit` / `submitAndWait` for the same key) before it runs. */
+	submitAndWait<T>(key: string, fn: CoalescingTask<T>): Promise<T>
+	/** Drop the pending (queued) task for `key` without running it.
+	 * Returns true if there was something to cancel. Does NOT affect
+	 * any task currently in flight — there's no way to abort it. If
+	 * the dropped task was submitted via `submitAndWait`, its promise
+	 * rejects with `CoalescingDisplacedError`. */
+	cancel(key: string): boolean
+}
+
+type PendingTask = {
+	fn: CoalescingTask
+	resolve?: (value: unknown) => void
+	reject?: (reason: unknown) => void
+}
+
+type Entry = { pending: PendingTask | undefined }
 
 /**
- * 	
+ *
  * @example
  * const runner = createCoalescingKeyedRunner()
  * // f, g, h are async functions
@@ -34,15 +65,20 @@ type Entry = { pending: CoalescingTask | undefined }
 export function createCoalescingKeyedRunner(): CoalescingKeyedRunner {
 	const state = new Map<string, Entry>()
 
-	async function chain(key: string, first: CoalescingTask): Promise<void> {
-		let current: CoalescingTask | undefined = first
+	async function chain(key: string, first: PendingTask): Promise<void> {
+		let current: PendingTask | undefined = first
 		while (current) {
 			try {
-				await current()
+				const result = await current.fn()
+				current.resolve?.(result)
 			} catch (e) {
 				// Don't kill the chain on a task failure — bursty callers
-				// rely on later submissions still running.
-				console.error('coalescingRunner: task failed', e)
+				// rely on later submissions still running. submitAndWait
+				// callers see the error via their promise; fire-and-forget
+				// submit callers get a console.error so the failure isn't
+				// silently swallowed.
+				if (current.reject) current.reject(e)
+				else console.error('coalescingRunner: task failed', e)
 			}
 			const entry = state.get(key)!
 			current = entry.pending
@@ -51,16 +87,42 @@ export function createCoalescingKeyedRunner(): CoalescingKeyedRunner {
 		state.delete(key)
 	}
 
-	function submit(key: string, fn: CoalescingTask): void {
+	/** Set `task` as the pending entry for `key`, displacing whatever
+	 * was there (and rejecting its promise if it had one). If the key
+	 * is idle, set up the entry and start the chain. */
+	function setOrDisplace(key: string, task: PendingTask): void {
 		const entry = state.get(key)
 		if (entry) {
-			// Drop whatever was queued — only the latest submission matters.
-			entry.pending = fn
+			entry.pending?.reject?.(new CoalescingDisplacedError())
+			entry.pending = task
 			return
 		}
 		state.set(key, { pending: undefined })
-		void chain(key, fn)
+		void chain(key, task)
 	}
 
-	return { submit }
+	function submit(key: string, fn: CoalescingTask): void {
+		setOrDisplace(key, { fn })
+	}
+
+	function submitAndWait<T>(key: string, fn: CoalescingTask<T>): Promise<T> {
+		return new Promise<T>((resolve, reject) => {
+			setOrDisplace(key, {
+				fn: fn as CoalescingTask,
+				resolve: resolve as (v: unknown) => void,
+				reject
+			})
+		})
+	}
+
+	function cancel(key: string): boolean {
+		const entry = state.get(key)
+		if (!entry?.pending) return false
+		const dropped = entry.pending
+		entry.pending = undefined
+		dropped.reject?.(new CoalescingDisplacedError())
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return { submit, submitAndWait, cancel }
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/common/table/AppRow.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/common/table/AppRow.svelte
index a3b00292f7..cf4915753e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/common/table/AppRow.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/common/table/AppRow.svelte
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@
 				workspace: $workspaceStore ?? '',
 				itemKind: app.raw_app ? 'raw_app' : 'app',
 				path,
-				value: null
+				value: null,
+				immediate: true
 			})
 		} else {
 			await AppService.deleteApp({ workspace: $workspaceStore ?? '', path })
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/common/table/FlowRow.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/common/table/FlowRow.svelte
index e83ed43985..48b05e2556 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/common/table/FlowRow.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/common/table/FlowRow.svelte
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@
 					workspace: $workspaceStore!,
 					itemKind: 'flow',
 					path,
-					value: null
+					value: null,
+					immediate: true
 				})
 			} else {
 				await FlowService.deleteFlowByPath({ workspace: $workspaceStore!, path })
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/common/table/ScriptRow.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/common/table/ScriptRow.svelte
index 9eb295a621..28f8878bc3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/common/table/ScriptRow.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/common/table/ScriptRow.svelte
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@
 				workspace: $workspaceStore!,
 				itemKind: 'script',
 				path,
-				value: null
+				value: null,
+				immediate: true
 			})
 		} else {
 			await ScriptService.deleteScriptByPath({ workspace: $workspaceStore!, path })
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/debouncerByKey.ts b/frontend/src/lib/debouncerByKey.ts
index f1b457ce3c..8d6f1272e1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/debouncerByKey.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/debouncerByKey.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ export type DebouncerByKey = {
 	/** Replace any pending task under `key` with `fn`, set/extend the
 	 * timer to `min(now + debounceMs, chainStart + maxDebounceMs)`. */
 	schedule(key: string, fn: DebouncedTask): void
+	/** Clear the timer and drop the pending task for `key` without
+	 * running it. Returns true if there was something to cancel. Use
+	 * to hand control of a key over to an imperative path (e.g. an
+	 * immediate save that supersedes the queued autosave). */
+	cancel(key: string): boolean
 }
 
 type Entry = {
@@ -66,5 +71,13 @@ export function createDebouncerByKey(opts: {
 		entries.set(key, { timer, task: fn, chainStart })
 	}
 
-	return { schedule }
+	function cancel(key: string): boolean {
+		const existing = entries.get(key)
+		if (!existing) return false
+		clearTimeout(existing.timer)
+		entries.delete(key)
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return { schedule, cancel }
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/userDraftDbSyncer.svelte.ts b/frontend/src/lib/userDraftDbSyncer.svelte.ts
index fc62192f16..5aae733911 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/userDraftDbSyncer.svelte.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/userDraftDbSyncer.svelte.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,15 @@ export type UserDraftDbSyncerSaveOpts = {
 	/** `null` signals a delete — the server removes the row under the same
 	 *  conflict rules as an upsert. */
 	value: unknown | null
+	/** Bypass the autosave debouncer for THIS save. Cancels any pending
+	 * debouncer task for the same key (the queued autosave would
+	 * otherwise overwrite what we're about to send), routes through the
+	 * coalescing runner so ordering against any in-flight POST is
+	 * preserved, and the returned promise resolves only after the POST
+	 * actually lands. Use for `await save(...); then-read-the-server`
+	 * flows (table-row delete, etc.) where a fire-and-forget save would
+	 * race the next read. */
+	immediate?: boolean
 }
 
 export type UserDraftLastSyncQuery = {
@@ -157,6 +166,18 @@ export const UserDraftDbSyncer = {
 
 	async save(opts: UserDraftDbSyncerSaveOpts): Promise<void> {
 		const key = draftKey(opts.workspace, opts.itemKind, opts.path)
+		if (opts.immediate) {
+			// Drop the queued autosave (if any) — letting it fire after
+			// our POST would re-save the pre-delete value. The runner's
+			// own cancel is implicit in `submitAndWait`, which displaces
+			// any pending runner task with ours, but call it explicitly
+			// so a `submit` -> `cancel` -> `submitAndWait` sequence is
+			// observable in the runner's internal state for debugging.
+			debouncer.cancel(key)
+			runner.cancel(key)
+			await runner.submitAndWait(key, () => postSave(opts))
+			return
+		}
 		debouncer.schedule(key, () => {
 			runner.submit(key, () => postSave(opts))
 		})