diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index 7dc3001e6..517cad511 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ import {
     isValidUrl,
     ensureImageFormatSupported,
     flashHighlight,
+    debounce_timeout,
 } from './scripts/utils.js';
 
 import { ModuleWorkerWrapper, doDailyExtensionUpdatesCheck, extension_settings, getContext, loadExtensionSettings, renderExtensionTemplate, renderExtensionTemplateAsync, runGenerationInterceptors, saveMetadataDebounced, writeExtensionField } from './scripts/extensions.js';
@@ -541,7 +542,8 @@ let fav_ch_checked = false;
 let scrollLock = false;
 export let abortStatusCheck = new AbortController();
 
-const durationSaveEdit = 1000;
+/** @type {number} The debounce timeout used for chat/settings save. debounce_timeout.long: 1.000 ms */
+const durationSaveEdit = debounce_timeout.relaxed;
 const saveSettingsDebounced = debounce(() => saveSettings(), durationSaveEdit);
 export const saveCharacterDebounced = debounce(() => $('#create_button').trigger('click'), durationSaveEdit);
 
@@ -551,7 +553,7 @@ export const saveCharacterDebounced = debounce(() => $('#create_button').trigger
  *
  * The printing will also always reprint all filter options of the global list, to keep them up to date.
  */
-const printCharactersDebounced = debounce(() => { printCharacters(false); }, 100);
+const printCharactersDebounced = debounce(() => { printCharacters(false); }, debounce_timeout.quick);
 
 /**
  * @enum {string} System message types
@@ -849,7 +851,7 @@ export let active_character = '';
 export let active_group = '';
 
 export const entitiesFilter = new FilterHelper(printCharactersDebounced);
-export const personasFilter = new FilterHelper(debounce(getUserAvatars, 100));
+export const personasFilter = new FilterHelper(debounce(getUserAvatars, debounce_timeout.quick));
 
 export function getRequestHeaders() {
     return {
@@ -6712,7 +6714,7 @@ export async function displayPastChats() {
 
     const debouncedDisplay = debounce((searchQuery) => {
         displayChats(searchQuery);
-    }, 300);
+    });
 
     // Define the search input listener
     $('#select_chat_search').on('input', function () {
diff --git a/public/scripts/PromptManager.js b/public/scripts/PromptManager.js
index 91f873c81..152a45177 100644
--- a/public/scripts/PromptManager.js
+++ b/public/scripts/PromptManager.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { callPopup, event_types, eventSource, is_send_press, main_api, substitut
 import { is_group_generating } from './group-chats.js';
 import { Message, TokenHandler } from './openai.js';
 import { power_user } from './power-user.js';
-import { debounce, waitUntilCondition, escapeHtml } from './utils.js';
+import { debounce, waitUntilCondition, escapeHtml, debounce_timeout } from './utils.js';
 
 function debouncePromise(func, delay) {
     let timeoutId;
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ class PromptManager {
         this.handleCharacterReset = () => { };
 
         /** Debounced version of render */
-        this.renderDebounced = debounce(this.render.bind(this), 1000);
+        this.renderDebounced = debounce(this.render.bind(this), debounce_timeout.relaxed);
     }
 
 
diff --git a/public/scripts/RossAscends-mods.js b/public/scripts/RossAscends-mods.js
index 7c12d5763..90b7b4fc9 100644
--- a/public/scripts/RossAscends-mods.js
+++ b/public/scripts/RossAscends-mods.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import {
     SECRET_KEYS,
     secret_state,
 } from './secrets.js';
-import { debounce, getStringHash, isValidUrl } from './utils.js';
+import { debounce, debounce_timeout, getStringHash, isValidUrl } from './utils.js';
 import { chat_completion_sources, oai_settings } from './openai.js';
 import { getTokenCountAsync } from './tokenizers.js';
 import { textgen_types, textgenerationwebui_settings as textgen_settings, getTextGenServer } from './textgen-settings.js';
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ var retry_delay = 500;
 let counterNonce = Date.now();
 
 const observerConfig = { childList: true, subtree: true };
-const countTokensDebounced = debounce(RA_CountCharTokens, 1000);
+const countTokensDebounced = debounce(RA_CountCharTokens, debounce_timeout.relaxed);
 
 const observer = new MutationObserver(function (mutations) {
     mutations.forEach(function (mutation) {
diff --git a/public/scripts/authors-note.js b/public/scripts/authors-note.js
index fbc249aa2..9e23317b4 100644
--- a/public/scripts/authors-note.js
+++ b/public/scripts/authors-note.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { selected_group } from './group-chats.js';
 import { extension_settings, getContext, saveMetadataDebounced } from './extensions.js';
 import { registerSlashCommand } from './slash-commands.js';
-import { getCharaFilename, debounce, delay } from './utils.js';
+import { getCharaFilename, debounce, delay, debounce_timeout } from './utils.js';
 import { getTokenCountAsync } from './tokenizers.js';
 export { MODULE_NAME as NOTE_MODULE_NAME };
 
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ function updateSettings() {
     setFloatingPrompt();
 }
 
-const setMainPromptTokenCounterDebounced = debounce(async (value) => $('#extension_floating_prompt_token_counter').text(await getTokenCountAsync(value)), 1000);
-const setCharaPromptTokenCounterDebounced = debounce(async (value) => $('#extension_floating_chara_token_counter').text(await getTokenCountAsync(value)), 1000);
-const setDefaultPromptTokenCounterDebounced = debounce(async (value) => $('#extension_floating_default_token_counter').text(await getTokenCountAsync(value)), 1000);
+const setMainPromptTokenCounterDebounced = debounce(async (value) => $('#extension_floating_prompt_token_counter').text(await getTokenCountAsync(value)), debounce_timeout.relaxed);
+const setCharaPromptTokenCounterDebounced = debounce(async (value) => $('#extension_floating_chara_token_counter').text(await getTokenCountAsync(value)), debounce_timeout.relaxed);
+const setDefaultPromptTokenCounterDebounced = debounce(async (value) => $('#extension_floating_default_token_counter').text(await getTokenCountAsync(value)), debounce_timeout.relaxed);
 
 async function onExtensionFloatingPromptInput() {
     chat_metadata[metadata_keys.prompt] = $(this).val();
diff --git a/public/scripts/extensions/expressions/index.js b/public/scripts/extensions/expressions/index.js
index 1ebc24010..ef179088f 100644
--- a/public/scripts/extensions/expressions/index.js
+++ b/public/scripts/extensions/expressions/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { dragElement, isMobile } from '../../RossAscends-mods.js';
 import { getContext, getApiUrl, modules, extension_settings, ModuleWorkerWrapper, doExtrasFetch, renderExtensionTemplateAsync } from '../../extensions.js';
 import { loadMovingUIState, power_user } from '../../power-user.js';
 import { registerSlashCommand } from '../../slash-commands.js';
-import { onlyUnique, debounce, getCharaFilename, trimToEndSentence, trimToStartSentence } from '../../utils.js';
+import { onlyUnique, debounce, getCharaFilename, trimToEndSentence, trimToStartSentence, debounce_timeout } from '../../utils.js';
 import { hideMutedSprites } from '../../group-chats.js';
 import { isJsonSchemaSupported } from '../../textgen-settings.js';
 export { MODULE_NAME };
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ async function forceUpdateVisualNovelMode() {
     }
 }
 
-const updateVisualNovelModeDebounced = debounce(forceUpdateVisualNovelMode, 100);
+const updateVisualNovelModeDebounced = debounce(forceUpdateVisualNovelMode, debounce_timeout.quick);
 
 async function updateVisualNovelMode(name, expression) {
     const container = $('#visual-novel-wrapper');
diff --git a/public/scripts/extensions/memory/index.js b/public/scripts/extensions/memory/index.js
index cb6bf95d5..87af1f904 100644
--- a/public/scripts/extensions/memory/index.js
+++ b/public/scripts/extensions/memory/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getStringHash, debounce, waitUntilCondition, extractAllWords } from '../../utils.js';
+import { getStringHash, debounce, waitUntilCondition, extractAllWords, debounce_timeout } from '../../utils.js';
 import { getContext, getApiUrl, extension_settings, doExtrasFetch, modules, renderExtensionTemplateAsync } from '../../extensions.js';
 import {
     activateSendButtons,
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const formatMemoryValue = function (value) {
     }
 };
 
-const saveChatDebounced = debounce(() => getContext().saveChat(), 2000);
+const saveChatDebounced = debounce(() => getContext().saveChat(), debounce_timeout.relaxed);
 
 const summary_sources = {
     'extras': 'extras',
diff --git a/public/scripts/extensions/token-counter/index.js b/public/scripts/extensions/token-counter/index.js
index d9231dac1..1b8f32c61 100644
--- a/public/scripts/extensions/token-counter/index.js
+++ b/public/scripts/extensions/token-counter/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { callPopup, main_api } from '../../../script.js';
 import { getContext } from '../../extensions.js';
 import { registerSlashCommand } from '../../slash-commands.js';
 import { getFriendlyTokenizerName, getTextTokens, getTokenCountAsync, tokenizers } from '../../tokenizers.js';
-import { resetScrollHeight, debounce } from '../../utils.js';
+import { resetScrollHeight, debounce, debounce_timeout } from '../../utils.js';
 
 function rgb2hex(rgb) {
     rgb = rgb.match(/^rgba?[\s+]?\([\s+]?(\d+)[\s+]?,[\s+]?(\d+)[\s+]?,[\s+]?(\d+)[\s+]?/i);
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ async function doTokenCounter() {
 
         resetScrollHeight($('#token_counter_textarea'));
         resetScrollHeight($('#token_counter_ids'));
-    }, 1000);
+    }, debounce_timeout.relaxed);
     dialog.find('#token_counter_textarea').on('input', () => countDebounced());
 
     $('#dialogue_popup').addClass('wide_dialogue_popup');
diff --git a/public/scripts/extensions/vectors/index.js b/public/scripts/extensions/vectors/index.js
index ca2ddbdeb..6279b83ab 100644
--- a/public/scripts/extensions/vectors/index.js
+++ b/public/scripts/extensions/vectors/index.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
 import { collapseNewlines } from '../../power-user.js';
 import { SECRET_KEYS, secret_state, writeSecret } from '../../secrets.js';
 import { getDataBankAttachments, getFileAttachment } from '../../chats.js';
-import { debounce, getStringHash as calculateHash, waitUntilCondition, onlyUnique, splitRecursive } from '../../utils.js';
+import { debounce, getStringHash as calculateHash, waitUntilCondition, onlyUnique, splitRecursive, debounce_timeout } from '../../utils.js';
 import { getSortedEntries } from '../../world-info.js';
 
 const MODULE_NAME = 'vectors';
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ function getPromptText(queriedMessages) {
 
 window['vectors_rearrangeChat'] = rearrangeChat;
 
-const onChatEvent = debounce(async () => await moduleWorker.update(), 500);
+const onChatEvent = debounce(async () => await moduleWorker.update());
 
 /**
  * Gets the text to query from the chat
diff --git a/public/scripts/group-chats.js b/public/scripts/group-chats.js
index 2396116d8..3556e04fe 100644
--- a/public/scripts/group-chats.js
+++ b/public/scripts/group-chats.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
     getBase64Async,
     resetScrollHeight,
     initScrollHeight,
+    debounce_timeout,
 } from './utils.js';
 import { RA_CountCharTokens, humanizedDateTime, dragElement, favsToHotswap, getMessageTimeStamp } from './RossAscends-mods.js';
 import { power_user, loadMovingUIState, sortEntitiesList } from './power-user.js';
@@ -118,9 +119,9 @@ export const group_generation_mode = {
 
 const DEFAULT_AUTO_MODE_DELAY = 5;
 
-export const groupCandidatesFilter = new FilterHelper(debounce(printGroupCandidates, 100));
+export const groupCandidatesFilter = new FilterHelper(debounce(printGroupCandidates, debounce_timeout.quick));
 let autoModeWorker = null;
-const saveGroupDebounced = debounce(async (group, reload) => await _save(group, reload), 500);
+const saveGroupDebounced = debounce(async (group, reload) => await _save(group, reload), debounce_timeout.relaxed);
 
 function setAutoModeWorker() {
     clearInterval(autoModeWorker);
diff --git a/public/scripts/logprobs.js b/public/scripts/logprobs.js
index 3b811a3cb..90050b4d1 100644
--- a/public/scripts/logprobs.js
+++ b/public/scripts/logprobs.js
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ function convertTokenIdLogprobsToText(input) {
 }
 
 export function initLogprobs() {
-    const debouncedRender = debounce(renderAlternativeTokensView, 500);
+    const debouncedRender = debounce(renderAlternativeTokensView);
     $('#logprobsViewerClose').click(onToggleLogprobsPanel);
     $('#option_toggle_logprobs').click(onToggleLogprobsPanel);
     eventSource.on(event_types.CHAT_CHANGED, debouncedRender);
diff --git a/public/scripts/personas.js b/public/scripts/personas.js
index aa2aadb3b..b1673c846 100644
--- a/public/scripts/personas.js
+++ b/public/scripts/personas.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
 } from '../script.js';
 import { persona_description_positions, power_user } from './power-user.js';
 import { getTokenCountAsync } from './tokenizers.js';
-import { debounce, delay, download, parseJsonFile } from './utils.js';
+import { debounce, debounce_timeout, delay, download, parseJsonFile } from './utils.js';
 
 const GRID_STORAGE_KEY = 'Personas_GridView';
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ const countPersonaDescriptionTokens = debounce(async () => {
     const description = String($('#persona_description').val());
     const count = await getTokenCountAsync(description);
     $('#persona_description_token_count').text(String(count));
-}, 1000);
+}, debounce_timeout.relaxed);
 
 export function setPersonaDescription() {
     if (power_user.persona_description_position === persona_description_positions.AFTER_CHAR) {
diff --git a/public/scripts/power-user.js b/public/scripts/power-user.js
index 7056638c9..e190c9866 100644
--- a/public/scripts/power-user.js
+++ b/public/scripts/power-user.js
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ const contextControls = [
 let browser_has_focus = true;
 const debug_functions = [];
 
-const setHotswapsDebounced = debounce(favsToHotswap, 500);
+const setHotswapsDebounced = debounce(favsToHotswap);
 
 export function switchSimpleMode() {
     $('[data-newbie-hidden]').each(function () {
diff --git a/public/scripts/utils.js b/public/scripts/utils.js
index fa4fb0e46..53d236ccc 100644
--- a/public/scripts/utils.js
+++ b/public/scripts/utils.js
@@ -18,6 +18,21 @@ export const navigation_option = {
     previous: -1000,
 };
 
+/**
+ * Common debounce timeout values to use with `debounce` calls.
+ * @enum {number}
+ */
+export const debounce_timeout = {
+    /** [100 ms] For ultra-fast responses, typically for keypresses or executions that might happen multiple times in a loop or recursion. */
+    quick: 100,
+    /** [300 ms] Default time for general use, good balance between responsiveness and performance. */
+    standard: 300,
+    /** [1.000 ms] For situations where the function triggers more intensive tasks. */
+    relaxed: 1000,
+    /** [5 sec] For delayed tasks, like auto-saving or completing batch operations that need a significant pause. */
+    extended: 5000,
+}
+
 export function escapeHtml(str) {
     return String(str).replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;').replace(/"/g, '&quot;');
 }
@@ -256,10 +271,10 @@ export function getStringHash(str, seed = 0) {
 /**
  * Creates a debounced function that delays invoking func until after wait milliseconds have elapsed since the last time the debounced function was invoked.
  * @param {function} func The function to debounce.
- * @param {number} [timeout=300] The timeout in milliseconds.
+ * @param {debounce_timeout|number} [timeout=debounce_timeout.default] The timeout based on the common enum values, or in milliseconds.
  * @returns {function} The debounced function.
  */
-export function debounce(func, timeout = 300) {
+export function debounce(func, timeout = debounce_timeout.standard) {
     let timer;
     return (...args) => {
         clearTimeout(timer);
diff --git a/public/scripts/world-info.js b/public/scripts/world-info.js
index 52c0e8455..6590c895f 100644
--- a/public/scripts/world-info.js
+++ b/public/scripts/world-info.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { saveSettings, callPopup, substituteParams, getRequestHeaders, chat_metadata, this_chid, characters, saveCharacterDebounced, menu_type, eventSource, event_types, getExtensionPromptByName, saveMetadata, getCurrentChatId, extension_prompt_roles } from '../script.js';
-import { download, debounce, initScrollHeight, resetScrollHeight, parseJsonFile, extractDataFromPng, getFileBuffer, getCharaFilename, getSortableDelay, escapeRegex, PAGINATION_TEMPLATE, navigation_option, waitUntilCondition, isTrueBoolean, setValueByPath, flashHighlight } from './utils.js';
+import { download, debounce, initScrollHeight, resetScrollHeight, parseJsonFile, extractDataFromPng, getFileBuffer, getCharaFilename, getSortableDelay, escapeRegex, PAGINATION_TEMPLATE, navigation_option, waitUntilCondition, isTrueBoolean, setValueByPath, flashHighlight, debounce_timeout } from './utils.js';
 import { extension_settings, getContext } from './extensions.js';
 import { NOTE_MODULE_NAME, metadata_keys, shouldWIAddPrompt } from './authors-note.js';
 import { registerSlashCommand } from './slash-commands.js';
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ let world_info_case_sensitive = false;
 let world_info_match_whole_words = false;
 let world_info_character_strategy = world_info_insertion_strategy.character_first;
 let world_info_budget_cap = 0;
-const saveWorldDebounced = debounce(async (name, data) => await _save(name, data), 1000);
+const saveWorldDebounced = debounce(async (name, data) => await _save(name, data), debounce_timeout.relaxed);
 const saveSettingsDebounced = debounce(() => {
     Object.assign(world_info, { globalSelect: selected_world_info });
     saveSettings();
-}, 1000);
+}, debounce_timeout.relaxed);
 const sortFn = (a, b) => b.order - a.order;
 let updateEditor = (navigation) => { console.debug('Triggered WI navigation', navigation); };
 
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ function getWorldEntry(name, data, entry) {
     const countTokensDebounced = debounce(async function (counter, value) {
         const numberOfTokens = await getTokenCountAsync(value);
         $(counter).text(numberOfTokens);
-    }, 1000);
+    }, debounce_timeout.relaxed);
 
     const contentInput = template.find('textarea[name="content"]');
     contentInput.data('uid', entry.uid);
@@ -3040,7 +3040,7 @@ jQuery(() => {
 
     const debouncedWISearch = debounce((searchQuery) => {
         worldInfoFilter.setFilterData(FILTER_TYPES.WORLD_INFO_SEARCH, searchQuery);
-    }, 300);
+    });
     $('#world_info_search').on('input', function () {
         const searchQuery = $(this).val();
         debouncedWISearch(searchQuery);