diff --git a/webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatView.tsx b/webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatView.tsx
index e651287f8e..5e39978e1c 100644
--- a/webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatView.tsx
+++ b/webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatView.tsx
@@ -508,7 +508,10 @@ const ChatView = ({ isHidden, showAnnouncement, hideAnnouncement, showHistoryVie
 		const lastMessage = messages.at(-1)
 		if (lastMessage && lastMessage.say === "api_req_retried") {
 			// unique case where the api_req_started row will shrink in size when scrollview at bottom, causing didScrollUp to get set to true and followoutput to break. To mitigate this when an api request is retried, it's safe to assume they're already scrolled to the bottom
-			scrollToBottomAuto()
+			const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+				scrollToBottomAuto()
+			}, 0)
+			return () => clearTimeout(timer)
 		}
 	}, [messages, scrollToBottomAuto])