diff --git a/packages/content-management/table_list_view_table/src/table_list_view.test.tsx b/packages/content-management/table_list_view_table/src/table_list_view.test.tsx
index f03ab50c5234b..518eaa51cd1f8 100644
--- a/packages/content-management/table_list_view_table/src/table_list_view.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/content-management/table_list_view_table/src/table_list_view.test.tsx
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ describe('TableList', () => {
   it('reports the page data test subject', async () => {
     const setPageDataTestSubject = jest.fn();
 
-    act(() => {
+    await act(async () => {
       setup({ setPageDataTestSubject });
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/content-management/table_list_view_table/src/table_list_view_table.tsx b/packages/content-management/table_list_view_table/src/table_list_view_table.tsx
index a0d544de5687e..2a564b0004d5c 100644
--- a/packages/content-management/table_list_view_table/src/table_list_view_table.tsx
+++ b/packages/content-management/table_list_view_table/src/table_list_view_table.tsx
@@ -293,6 +293,15 @@ function TableListViewTableComp<T extends UserContentCommonSchema>({
 
   const isMounted = useRef(false);
   const fetchIdx = useRef(0);
+  /**
+   * The "onTableSearchChange()" handler has an async behavior. We want to be able to discard
+   * previsous search changes and only handle the last one. For that we keep a counter of the changes.
+   */
+  const tableSearchChangeIdx = useRef(0);
+  /**
+   * We want to build the initial query
+   */
+  const initialQueryInitialized = useRef(false);
 
   const {
     canEditAdvancedSettings,
@@ -333,10 +342,7 @@ function TableListViewTableComp<T extends UserContentCommonSchema>({
       showDeleteModal: false,
       hasUpdatedAtMetadata: false,
       selectedIds: [],
-      searchQuery:
-        initialQuery !== undefined
-          ? { text: initialQuery, query: new Query(Ast.create([]), undefined, initialQuery) }
-          : { text: '', query: new Query(Ast.create([]), undefined, '') },
+      searchQuery: { text: '', query: new Query(Ast.create([]), undefined, '') },
       pagination: {
         pageIndex: 0,
         totalItemCount: 0,
@@ -348,7 +354,7 @@ function TableListViewTableComp<T extends UserContentCommonSchema>({
         direction: 'asc',
       },
     }),
-    [initialPageSize, initialQuery]
+    [initialPageSize]
   );
 
   const [state, dispatch] = useReducer(reducer, initialState);
@@ -618,12 +624,67 @@ function TableListViewTableComp<T extends UserContentCommonSchema>({
   // ------------
   // Callbacks
   // ------------
+  const buildQueryFromText = useCallback(
+    async (text: string) => {
+      let ast = Ast.create([]);
+      let termMatch = text;
+
+      if (searchQueryParser) {
+        // Parse possible tags in the search text
+        const {
+          references,
+          referencesToExclude,
+          searchQuery: searchTerm,
+        } = await searchQueryParser(text);
+
+        termMatch = searchTerm;
+
+        if (references?.length || referencesToExclude?.length) {
+          const allTags = getTagList();
+
+          if (references?.length) {
+            references.forEach(({ id: refId }) => {
+              const tag = allTags.find(({ id }) => id === refId);
+              if (tag) {
+                ast = ast.addOrFieldValue('tag', tag.name, true, 'eq');
+              }
+            });
+          }
+
+          if (referencesToExclude?.length) {
+            referencesToExclude.forEach(({ id: refId }) => {
+              const tag = allTags.find(({ id }) => id === refId);
+              if (tag) {
+                ast = ast.addOrFieldValue('tag', tag.name, false, 'eq');
+              }
+            });
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (termMatch.trim() !== '') {
+        ast = ast.addClause({ type: 'term', value: termMatch, match: 'must' });
+      }
+
+      return new Query(ast, undefined, text);
+    },
+    [getTagList, searchQueryParser]
+  );
+
   const onTableSearchChange = useCallback(
     (arg: { query: Query | null; queryText: string }) => {
-      const query = arg.query ?? new Query(Ast.create([]), undefined, arg.queryText);
-      updateQuery(query);
+      if (arg.query) {
+        updateQuery(arg.query);
+      } else {
+        const idx = tableSearchChangeIdx.current + 1;
+        buildQueryFromText(arg.queryText).then((query) => {
+          if (idx === tableSearchChangeIdx.current) {
+            updateQuery(query);
+          }
+        });
+      }
     },
-    [updateQuery]
+    [updateQuery, buildQueryFromText]
   );
 
   const updateTableSortAndPagination = useCallback(
@@ -809,47 +870,7 @@ function TableListViewTableComp<T extends UserContentCommonSchema>({
 
     // Update our Query instance based on the URL "s" text
     const updateQueryFromURL = async (text: string = '') => {
-      let ast = Ast.create([]);
-      let termMatch = text;
-
-      if (searchQueryParser) {
-        // Parse possible tags in the search text
-        const {
-          references,
-          referencesToExclude,
-          searchQuery: searchTerm,
-        } = await searchQueryParser(text);
-
-        termMatch = searchTerm;
-
-        if (references?.length || referencesToExclude?.length) {
-          const allTags = getTagList();
-
-          if (references?.length) {
-            references.forEach(({ id: refId }) => {
-              const tag = allTags.find(({ id }) => id === refId);
-              if (tag) {
-                ast = ast.addOrFieldValue('tag', tag.name, true, 'eq');
-              }
-            });
-          }
-
-          if (referencesToExclude?.length) {
-            referencesToExclude.forEach(({ id: refId }) => {
-              const tag = allTags.find(({ id }) => id === refId);
-              if (tag) {
-                ast = ast.addOrFieldValue('tag', tag.name, false, 'eq');
-              }
-            });
-          }
-        }
-      }
-
-      if (termMatch.trim() !== '') {
-        ast = ast.addClause({ type: 'term', value: termMatch, match: 'must' });
-      }
-
-      const updatedQuery = new Query(ast, undefined, text);
+      const updatedQuery = await buildQueryFromText(text);
 
       dispatch({
         type: 'onSearchQueryChange',
@@ -879,7 +900,7 @@ function TableListViewTableComp<T extends UserContentCommonSchema>({
 
     updateQueryFromURL(urlState.s);
     updateSortFromURL(urlState.sort);
-  }, [urlState, searchQueryParser, getTagList, urlStateEnabled]);
+  }, [urlState, buildQueryFromText, urlStateEnabled]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     isMounted.current = true;
@@ -889,6 +910,13 @@ function TableListViewTableComp<T extends UserContentCommonSchema>({
     };
   }, []);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (initialQuery && !initialQueryInitialized.current) {
+      initialQueryInitialized.current = true;
+      buildQueryFromText(initialQuery).then(updateQuery);
+    }
+  }, [initialQuery, buildQueryFromText, updateQuery]);
+
   const PageTemplate = useMemo<typeof KibanaPageTemplate>(() => {
     return withoutPageTemplateWrapper
       ? ((({
diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_listing/dashboard_listing.tsx b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_listing/dashboard_listing.tsx
index 57716ee8b525e..e39d323374fbc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_listing/dashboard_listing.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_listing/dashboard_listing.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import { FormattedRelative, I18nProvider } from '@kbn/i18n-react';
-import React, { PropsWithChildren, useCallback, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { PropsWithChildren, useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 
 import {
   type TableListViewKibanaDependencies,
@@ -206,6 +206,14 @@ export const DashboardListing = ({
 
   const { getEntityName, getTableListTitle, getEntityNamePlural } = dashboardListingTableStrings;
 
+  const savedObjectsTaggingFakePlugin = useMemo(() => {
+    return savedObjectsTagging.hasApi // TODO: clean up this logic once https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/140433 is resolved
+      ? ({
+          ui: savedObjectsTagging,
+        } as TableListViewKibanaDependencies['savedObjectsTagging'])
+      : undefined;
+  }, [savedObjectsTagging]);
+
   return (
     <I18nProvider>
       <TableListViewKibanaProvider
@@ -217,11 +225,7 @@ export const DashboardListing = ({
             http,
           },
           toMountPoint,
-          savedObjectsTagging: savedObjectsTagging.hasApi // TODO: clean up this logic once https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/140433 is resolved
-            ? ({
-                ui: savedObjectsTagging,
-              } as TableListViewKibanaDependencies['savedObjectsTagging'])
-            : undefined,
+          savedObjectsTagging: savedObjectsTaggingFakePlugin,
           FormattedRelative,
         }}
       >