diff --git a/app/javascript/components/ComboMultipleDropdownList.jsx b/app/javascript/components/ComboMultipleDropdownList.jsx
index 1d6ebf01b..93f5d4d22 100644
--- a/app/javascript/components/ComboMultipleDropdownList.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/components/ComboMultipleDropdownList.jsx
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import { fire } from '@utils';
 import { XIcon } from '@heroicons/react/outline';
 import isHotkey from 'is-hotkey';
 
+import { useDeferredSubmit } from './shared/hooks';
+
 const Context = createContext();
 
 function ComboMultipleDropdownList({
@@ -78,39 +80,12 @@ function ComboMultipleDropdownList({
     () => document.querySelector(`input[data-uuid="${hiddenFieldId}"]`),
     [hiddenFieldId]
   );
+  const awaitFormSubmit = useDeferredSubmit(hiddenField);
 
   const handleChange = (event) => {
     setTerm(event.target.value);
   };
 
-  const onKeyDown = (event) => {
-    if (
-      isHotkey('enter', event) ||
-      isHotkey(' ', event) ||
-      isHotkey(',', event) ||
-      isHotkey(';', event)
-    ) {
-      if (
-        term &&
-        [...extraOptions, ...options].map(([label]) => label).includes(term)
-      ) {
-        event.preventDefault();
-        return onSelect(term);
-      }
-    }
-  };
-
-  const onBlur = (event) => {
-    if (
-      acceptNewValues &&
-      term &&
-      [...extraOptions, ...options].map(([label]) => label).includes(term)
-    ) {
-      event.preventDefault();
-      return onSelect(term);
-    }
-  };
-
   const saveSelection = (fn) => {
     setSelections((selections) => {
       selections = fn(selections);
@@ -138,6 +113,7 @@ function ComboMultipleDropdownList({
       saveSelection((selections) => [...selections, selectedValue]);
     }
     setTerm('');
+    awaitFormSubmit.done();
   };
 
   const onRemove = (label) => {
@@ -153,6 +129,34 @@ function ComboMultipleDropdownList({
     inputRef.current.focus();
   };
 
+  const onKeyDown = (event) => {
+    if (
+      isHotkey('enter', event) ||
+      isHotkey(' ', event) ||
+      isHotkey(',', event) ||
+      isHotkey(';', event)
+    ) {
+      if (
+        term &&
+        [...extraOptions, ...options].map(([label]) => label).includes(term)
+      ) {
+        event.preventDefault();
+        onSelect(term);
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  const onBlur = () => {
+    if (
+      term &&
+      [...extraOptions, ...options].map(([label]) => label).includes(term)
+    ) {
+      awaitFormSubmit(() => {
+        onSelect(term);
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
   return (
     <Combobox openOnFocus={true} onSelect={onSelect} aria-label={label}>
       <ComboboxTokenLabel onRemove={onRemove}>
diff --git a/app/javascript/components/ComboSearch.jsx b/app/javascript/components/ComboSearch.jsx
index 9564e0f17..843fe8f19 100644
--- a/app/javascript/components/ComboSearch.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/components/ComboSearch.jsx
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import {
 import '@reach/combobox/styles.css';
 import { fire } from '@utils';
 
+import { useDeferredSubmit } from './shared/hooks';
+
 function defaultTransformResults(_, results) {
   return results;
 }
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ function ComboSearch({
       onChange(value, result);
     }
   }, []);
+  const awaitFormSubmit = useDeferredSubmit(hiddenValueField);
 
   const handleOnChange = useCallback(
     ({ target: { value } }) => {
@@ -88,6 +91,8 @@ function ComboSearch({
   const handleOnSelect = useCallback((value) => {
     setExternalValueAndId(value);
     setValue(value);
+    setSearchTerm('');
+    awaitFormSubmit.done();
   }, []);
 
   const { isSuccess, data } = useQuery([scope, debouncedSearchTerm], {
@@ -97,12 +102,22 @@ function ComboSearch({
   });
   const results = isSuccess ? transformResults(debouncedSearchTerm, data) : [];
 
+  const onBlur = useCallback(() => {
+    if (!allowInputValues && isSuccess && results[0]) {
+      const [, value] = transformResult(results[0]);
+      awaitFormSubmit(() => {
+        handleOnSelect(value);
+      });
+    }
+  }, [data]);
+
   return (
     <Combobox aria-label={label} onSelect={handleOnSelect}>
       <ComboboxInput
         className={className}
         placeholder={placeholder}
         onChange={handleOnChange}
+        onBlur={onBlur}
         value={value}
         required={required}
       />
diff --git a/app/javascript/components/shared/hooks.js b/app/javascript/components/shared/hooks.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0111550cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/components/shared/hooks.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { useRef, useCallback } from 'react';
+
+export function useDeferredSubmit(input) {
+  const calledRef = useRef(false);
+  const awaitFormSubmit = useCallback(
+    (callback) => {
+      const form = input.form;
+      if (!form) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const interceptFormSubmit = (event) => {
+        event.preventDefault();
+        runCallback();
+        form.submit();
+      };
+      calledRef.current = false;
+      form.addEventListener('submit', interceptFormSubmit);
+      const runCallback = () => {
+        form.removeEventListener('submit', interceptFormSubmit);
+        clearTimeout(timer);
+        if (!calledRef.current) {
+          callback();
+        }
+      };
+      const timer = setTimeout(runCallback, 400);
+    },
+    [input]
+  );
+  awaitFormSubmit.done = () => {
+    calledRef.current = true;
+  };
+  return awaitFormSubmit;
+}