diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadInlineChat.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadInlineChat.ts
index 2bb8ed5e5fe..8cefa7a83a7 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadInlineChat.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadInlineChat.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export class MainThreadInlineChat implements MainThreadInlineChatShape {
 	}
 
 	async $handleProgressChunk(requestId: string, chunk: { message?: string | undefined; edits?: TextEdit[] | undefined }): Promise<void> {
-		this._progresses.get(requestId)?.report(chunk);
+		await Promise.resolve(this._progresses.get(requestId)?.report(chunk));
 	}
 
 	async $unregisterInteractiveEditorProvider(handle: number): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostInlineChat.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostInlineChat.ts
index c1683d51fe8..7e341e06a5f 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostInlineChat.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostInlineChat.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export class ExtHostInteractiveEditor implements ExtHostInlineChatShape {
 
 		let done = false;
 		const progress: vscode.Progress<{ message?: string; edits?: vscode.TextEdit[] }> = {
-			report: value => {
+			report: async value => {
 				if (!request.live) {
 					throw new Error('Progress reporting is only supported for live sessions');
 				}
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export class ExtHostInteractiveEditor implements ExtHostInlineChatShape {
 				if (!value.message && !value.edits) {
 					return;
 				}
-				this._proxy.$handleProgressChunk(request.requestId, {
+				await this._proxy.$handleProgressChunk(request.requestId, {
 					message: value.message,
 					edits: value.edits?.map(typeConvert.TextEdit.from)
 				});