diff --git a/.changeset/tender-turtles-smash.md b/.changeset/tender-turtles-smash.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..645ed688db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tender-turtles-smash.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/core': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-api-docs': patch
+---
+
+add debounce time attribute for apis-docs for search, giving more time to the users when they are typing.
diff --git a/.github/styles/vocab.txt b/.github/styles/vocab.txt
index b0bcf9c9f7..8c385e1bbb 100644
--- a/.github/styles/vocab.txt
+++ b/.github/styles/vocab.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Cloudformation
 Codecov
 Codehilite
 Config
+Debounce
 Discoverability
 Dockerfile
 Dockerize
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ cookiecutter
 css
 dataflow
 deadnaming
+debounce
 declaratively
 destructured
 dev
diff --git a/packages/core/src/hooks/useQueryParamState.ts b/packages/core/src/hooks/useQueryParamState.ts
index dc2279cb53..da303234f5 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/hooks/useQueryParamState.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/hooks/useQueryParamState.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ type SetQueryParams<T> = (params: T) => void;
 
 export function useQueryParamState<T>(
   stateName: string,
+  debounceTime: number = 100,
 ): [T | undefined, SetQueryParams<T>] {
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const location = useLocation();
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ export function useQueryParamState<T>(
         navigate({ ...location, search: `?${queryString}` }, { replace: true });
       }
     },
-    100,
+    debounceTime,
     [queryParamState],
   );
 
diff --git a/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApiExplorerTable/ApiExplorerTable.tsx b/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApiExplorerTable/ApiExplorerTable.tsx
index 5b9808e26d..39c2caaf1b 100644
--- a/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApiExplorerTable/ApiExplorerTable.tsx
+++ b/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApiExplorerTable/ApiExplorerTable.tsx
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ export const ApiExplorerTable = ({
 }: ExplorerTableProps) => {
   const [queryParamState, setQueryParamState] = useQueryParamState<TableState>(
     'apiTable',
+    500,
   );
 
   if (error) {