diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3d03fd2fb..703947535 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 * Project history diff views: add revert changes button to markdown editor
 * Send update_text events with text diff when updating text fields via API instead of overwriting the whole text
 * Fix MDE preview layout break on zoom out
+* Throttle MDE update events to prevent browser from hanging
 * Fix elastic APM tracing middleware always enabled
 
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/EditToolbar.vue b/frontend/src/components/EditToolbar.vue
index 5a7dd7444..45fea02ea 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/EditToolbar.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/EditToolbar.vue
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ const savingInProgress = ref(false);
 const deletingInProgress = ref(false);
 const actionInProgress = computed(() => savingInProgress.value || deletingInProgress.value);
 
-const previousData = ref<T | null>(null);
+const previousData = shallowRef<T | null>(null);
 const isDestroying = ref(false);
 const lockingInProgress = ref(false);
 const lockInfo = ref<LockInfo | null>(null);
diff --git a/frontend/src/composables/markdown.ts b/frontend/src/composables/markdown.ts
index 2b8ff7e74..75b6be865 100644
--- a/frontend/src/composables/markdown.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/composables/markdown.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { v4 as uuid4 } from 'uuid';
 import type { PropType } from "vue";
+import throttle from "lodash/throttle";
 import {
   createEditorExtensionToggler,
   EditorState, EditorView, ViewUpdate,
@@ -181,6 +182,57 @@ export function useMarkdownEditorBase(options: {
   const editorActions = ref<{[key: string]: (enabled: boolean) => void}>({});
   const eventBusBeforeApplyRemoteTextChanges = useEventBus('collab:beforeApplyRemoteTextChanges');
 
+  const pendingViewUpdateEvents = shallowRef<ViewUpdate[]>([]);
+  const sendUpdateEventsThrottled = throttle(() => {
+    // Throttle and batch update events to prevent the UI from hanging.
+    // Updating reactive data in stores is costly and slow.
+
+    const pendingUpdates = [...pendingViewUpdateEvents.value];
+    pendingViewUpdateEvents.value = [];
+    if (pendingUpdates.length === 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    let newModelValue = valueNotNull.value;
+    let newSelection = null;
+    const newTextUpdates = [];
+    for (const viewUpdate of pendingUpdates) {
+      for (const tr of viewUpdate.transactions) {
+        if (tr.docChanged && !tr.annotation(Transaction.remote)) {
+          newTextUpdates.push({ changes: tr.changes, selection: tr.selection });
+        }
+      }
+      if (viewUpdate.docChanged) {
+        newModelValue = viewUpdate.state.doc.toString();
+      }
+
+      if (viewUpdate.selectionSet || viewUpdate.focusChanged) {
+        newSelection = { changed: true, selection: viewUpdate.state.selection };
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (options.props.value.collab && newTextUpdates.length > 0) {
+      options.emit('collab', {
+        type: CollabEventType.UPDATE_TEXT,
+        path: options.props.value.collab.path,
+        updates: newTextUpdates,
+      });
+    }
+    if (newModelValue !== valueNotNull.value) {
+      options.emit('update:modelValue', newModelValue);
+    }
+    if (options.props.value.collab && newSelection?.changed) {
+      // Collab awareness updates
+      const hasFocus = options.editorView.value?.hasFocus || false;
+      options.emit('collab', {
+        type: CollabEventType.AWARENESS,
+        path: options.props.value.collab.path,
+        focus: hasFocus,
+        selection: newSelection.selection,
+      });
+    }
+  }, 500, { leading: true })
+
   function createEditorStateConfig() {
     return {
       doc: valueNotNull.value,
@@ -194,36 +246,12 @@ export function useMarkdownEditorBase(options: {
           focus: (event: FocusEvent) => options.emit('focus', event),
         }),
         EditorView.updateListener.of((viewUpdate: ViewUpdate) => {
-          editorState.value = viewUpdate.state;
           // https://discuss.codemirror.net/t/codemirror-6-proper-way-to-listen-for-changes/2395/11
-          if (viewUpdate.docChanged && viewUpdate.state.doc.toString() !== valueNotNull.value) {
-            // Collab updates
-            if (options.props.value.collab) {
-              for (const tr of viewUpdate.transactions) {
-                if (tr.docChanged && !tr.annotation(Transaction.remote)) {
-                  options.emit('collab', {
-                    type: CollabEventType.UPDATE_TEXT,
-                    path: options.props.value.collab.path,
-                    updates: [{ changes: tr.changes, selection: tr.selection }],
-                  });
-                }
-              }
-            }
-
-            // Model-value updates
-            options.emit('update:modelValue', viewUpdate.state.doc.toString());
-          } 
+          editorState.value = viewUpdate.state;
           
-          if (options.props.value.collab && (viewUpdate.selectionSet || viewUpdate.focusChanged)) {
-            // Collab awareness updates
-            const hasFocus = options.editorView.value?.hasFocus || false;
-            options.emit('collab', {
-              type: CollabEventType.AWARENESS,
-              path: options.props.value.collab.path,
-              focus: hasFocus,
-              selection: viewUpdate.state.selection,
-            });
-          }
+          // Throttle update events
+          pendingViewUpdateEvents.value.push(viewUpdate);
+          sendUpdateEventsThrottled();
         }),
         remoteSelection(),
       ]
@@ -279,6 +307,7 @@ export function useMarkdownEditorBase(options: {
       editorActions.value.darkTheme(theme.current.value.dark);
     } else if (!newValue) {
       eventBusBeforeApplyRemoteTextChanges.off(onBeforeApplyRemoteTextChange);
+      sendUpdateEventsThrottled.flush();
     }
   }, { immediate: true });
   onBeforeUnmount(() => {
@@ -334,7 +363,7 @@ export function useMarkdownEditorBase(options: {
         setRemoteClients.of(remoteClients)
       ]
     })
-  }, { deep: true });
+  });
 
   function focus() {
     if (options.editorView.value) {
diff --git a/packages/markdown/editor/spellcheck.ts b/packages/markdown/editor/spellcheck.ts
index d498405e7..3d15dda23 100644
--- a/packages/markdown/editor/spellcheck.ts
+++ b/packages/markdown/editor/spellcheck.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export function spellcheck({ performSpellcheckRequest, performSpellcheckAddWordR
         }] : []),
       };
     });
-  }, {delay: 750});
+  }, {delay: 1000});
 }