diff --git a/extensions/copilot/src/extension/inlineEdits/node/nextEditProvider.ts b/extensions/copilot/src/extension/inlineEdits/node/nextEditProvider.ts
index 3d600c5b2ee3..8188316c3669 100644
--- a/extensions/copilot/src/extension/inlineEdits/node/nextEditProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/copilot/src/extension/inlineEdits/node/nextEditProvider.ts
@@ -301,21 +301,7 @@ export class NextEditProvider extends Disposable implements INextEditProvider<Ne
 
 		telemetryBuilder.setHasNextEdit(true);
 
-		const cacheDelay = this._configService.getExperimentBasedConfig(ConfigKey.Internal.InlineEditsCacheDelay, this._expService);
-		const rebasedCacheDelay = this._configService.getExperimentBasedConfig(ConfigKey.Internal.InlineEditsRebasedCacheDelay, this._expService);
-		const subsequentCacheDelay = this._configService.getExperimentBasedConfig(ConfigKey.Internal.InlineEditsSubsequentCacheDelay, this._expService);
-
-		let minimumResponseDelay = cacheDelay;
-		if (isRebasedCachedEdit && rebasedCacheDelay !== undefined) {
-			minimumResponseDelay = rebasedCacheDelay;
-		} else if (isSubsequentCachedEdit && subsequentCacheDelay !== undefined) {
-			minimumResponseDelay = subsequentCacheDelay;
-		}
-
-		tracer.trace(`minimum response delay: expecting ${minimumResponseDelay}ms delay. isRebasedCachedEdit: ${isRebasedCachedEdit} (rebasedCacheDelay: ${rebasedCacheDelay}), isSubsequentCachedEdit: ${isSubsequentCachedEdit} (subsequentCacheDelay: ${subsequentCacheDelay})`);
-
-		const fetchLatency = Date.now() - triggerTime;
-		const delay = Math.max(0, minimumResponseDelay - fetchLatency);
+		const delay = this.computeMinimumResponseDelay({ triggerTime, isRebasedCachedEdit, isSubsequentCachedEdit }, tracer);
 		if (delay > 0) {
 			await timeout(delay);
 			if (cancellationToken.isCancellationRequested) {
@@ -709,6 +695,29 @@ export class NextEditProvider extends Disposable implements INextEditProvider<Ne
 		return disposables;
 	}
 
+	private computeMinimumResponseDelay({ triggerTime, isRebasedCachedEdit, isSubsequentCachedEdit }: { triggerTime: number; isRebasedCachedEdit: boolean; isSubsequentCachedEdit: boolean }, tracer: ITracer): number {
+
+		const cacheDelay = this._configService.getExperimentBasedConfig(ConfigKey.Internal.InlineEditsCacheDelay, this._expService);
+		const rebasedCacheDelay = this._configService.getExperimentBasedConfig(ConfigKey.Internal.InlineEditsRebasedCacheDelay, this._expService);
+		const subsequentCacheDelay = this._configService.getExperimentBasedConfig(ConfigKey.Internal.InlineEditsSubsequentCacheDelay, this._expService);
+
+		let minimumResponseDelay = cacheDelay;
+		if (isRebasedCachedEdit && rebasedCacheDelay !== undefined) {
+			minimumResponseDelay = rebasedCacheDelay;
+		} else if (isSubsequentCachedEdit && subsequentCacheDelay !== undefined) {
+			minimumResponseDelay = subsequentCacheDelay;
+		}
+
+		const nextEditProviderCallLatency = Date.now() - triggerTime;
+
+		// if the provider call took longer than the minimum delay, we don't need to delay further
+		const delay = Math.max(0, minimumResponseDelay - nextEditProviderCallLatency);
+
+		tracer.trace(`[minimumDelay] expected delay: ${minimumResponseDelay}ms, effective delay: ${delay}. isRebasedCachedEdit: ${isRebasedCachedEdit} (rebasedCacheDelay: ${rebasedCacheDelay}), isSubsequentCachedEdit: ${isSubsequentCachedEdit} (subsequentCacheDelay: ${subsequentCacheDelay})`);
+
+		return delay;
+	}
+
 	public handleShown(suggestion: NextEditResult) {
 		this._lastShownTime = Date.now();
 	}