diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/TagInput.svelte.spec.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/TagInput.svelte.spec.ts
index 73f51d45..a0c37b6d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/TagInput.svelte.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/TagInput.svelte.spec.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { cleanup, render } from 'vitest-browser-svelte';
 import { page, userEvent } from 'vitest/browser';
 import TagInput, { type Tag } from './TagInput.svelte';
 
-const waitForDebounce = () => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 350));
+const waitForFetch = () => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50));
 const tick = () => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 0));
 
 function mockFetchWithTagObjects(tags: Tag[]) {
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ describe('TagInput – autocomplete', () => {
 		render(TagInput, { tags: [], allowCreation: true });
 		const input = page.getByRole('textbox');
 		await input.fill('Fa');
-		await waitForDebounce();
+		await waitForFetch();
 		await expect.element(page.getByRole('option', { name: 'Familie' })).toBeInTheDocument();
 		await expect.element(page.getByRole('option', { name: 'Freunde' })).toBeInTheDocument();
 		await page.screenshot({ path: 'test-results/screenshots/tag-input-suggestions.png' });
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ describe('TagInput – autocomplete', () => {
 		render(TagInput, { tags: [], allowCreation: true });
 		const input = page.getByRole('textbox');
 		await input.fill('F');
-		await waitForDebounce();
+		await waitForFetch();
 		expect(fetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 	});
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ describe('TagInput – autocomplete', () => {
 		render(TagInput, { tags: [{ name: 'Familie' }], allowCreation: true });
 		const input = page.getByRole('textbox');
 		await input.fill('Fr');
-		await waitForDebounce();
+		await waitForFetch();
 		await expect.element(page.getByRole('option', { name: 'Familie' })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
 		await expect.element(page.getByRole('option', { name: 'Freunde' })).toBeInTheDocument();
 	});
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ describe('TagInput – autocomplete', () => {
 		render(TagInput, { tags: [], allowCreation: true });
 		const input = page.getByRole('textbox');
 		await input.fill('Fa');
-		await waitForDebounce();
+		await waitForFetch();
 		document.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[role="option"]')!.click();
 		await tick();
 		await expect.element(page.getByText('Familie')).toBeInTheDocument();
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ describe('TagInput – autocomplete', () => {
 		render(TagInput, { tags: [], allowCreation: true });
 		const input = page.getByRole('textbox');
 		await input.fill('__');
-		await waitForDebounce();
+		await waitForFetch();
 		await userEvent.keyboard('{ArrowDown}'); // index 0 → Aachen
 		await userEvent.keyboard('{ArrowDown}'); // index 1 → Berlin
 		await userEvent.keyboard('{Enter}');
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ describe('TagInput – autocomplete', () => {
 		render(TagInput, { tags: [], allowCreation: true });
 		const input = page.getByRole('textbox');
 		await input.fill('Fa');
-		await waitForDebounce();
+		await waitForFetch();
 		await expect.element(page.getByRole('option', { name: 'Familie' })).toBeInTheDocument();
 		document.body.click();
 		await tick();
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ describe('TagInput – autocomplete', () => {
 		render(TagInput, { tags: [], allowCreation: true });
 		const input = page.getByRole('textbox');
 		await input.fill('El');
-		await waitForDebounce();
+		await waitForFetch();
 		const options = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('[role="option"]'));
 		const texts = options.map((el) => el.textContent?.replace(/›/g, '').trim() ?? '');
 		expect(texts.indexOf('Eltern')).toBeLessThan(texts.indexOf('Kind'));
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ describe('TagInput – autocomplete', () => {
 		render(TagInput, { tags: [], allowCreation: true });
 		const input = page.getByRole('textbox');
 		await input.fill('Fa');
-		await waitForDebounce();
+		await waitForFetch();
 		await expect.element(page.getByRole('listbox')).toBeInTheDocument();
 	});
 });
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ describe('TagInput – tree-aware ordering', () => {
 		render(TagInput, { tags: [], allowCreation: true });
 		const input = page.getByRole('textbox');
 		await input.fill('Brief');
-		await waitForDebounce();
+		await waitForFetch();
 		const options = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('[role="option"]'));
 		const texts = options.map((el) => el.textContent?.replace(/›/g, '').trim() ?? '');
 		expect(texts).toContain('Briefe');
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ describe('TagInput – tree-aware ordering', () => {
 		render(TagInput, { tags: [], allowCreation: true });
 		const input = page.getByRole('textbox');
 		await input.fill('Hochzeit');
-		await waitForDebounce();
+		await waitForFetch();
 		const options = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('[role="option"]'));
 		const texts = options.map((el) => el.textContent?.replace(/›/g, '').trim() ?? '');
 		expect(texts.indexOf('Briefe')).toBeLessThan(texts.indexOf('Hochzeit'));
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ describe('TagInput – tree-aware ordering', () => {
 		render(TagInput, { tags: [], allowCreation: true });
 		const input = page.getByRole('textbox');
 		await input.fill('Hochzeit');
-		await waitForDebounce();
+		await waitForFetch();
 		await userEvent.keyboard('{ArrowDown}'); // first item: Briefe (context ancestor)
 		await userEvent.keyboard('{Enter}');
 		// successful add clears the input; if .tag unwrap is missing, addTag returns early
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ describe('TagInput – tree-aware ordering', () => {
 		render(TagInput, { tags: [{ id: 'p1', name: 'Briefe' }], allowCreation: true });
 		const input = page.getByRole('textbox');
 		await input.fill('Fa');
-		await waitForDebounce();
+		await waitForFetch();
 		await expect.element(page.getByRole('option', { name: 'Familienbriefe' })).toBeInTheDocument();
 		// the already-selected parent must not appear as a suggestion
 		const optionNames = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('[role="option"]')).map(
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ describe('TagInput – onTextInput callback', () => {
 		render(TagInput, { tags: [], allowCreation: false, onTextInput });
 		const input = page.getByRole('textbox');
 		await input.fill('Ka');
-		await waitForDebounce();
+		await waitForFetch();
 		const option = page.getByRole('option', { name: 'Kaufvertrag' });
 		await option.click();
 		await expect.poll(() => onTextInput.mock.calls.at(-1)).toEqual(['']);