diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 38d73288a2..bcb5c8012a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3215,6 +3215,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-lock",
  "cloud_api_types",
  "futures 0.3.32",
+ "futures-lite 1.13.0",
  "gpui",
  "gpui_tokio",
  "http_client",
diff --git a/crates/cloud_api_client/Cargo.toml b/crates/cloud_api_client/Cargo.toml
index 632cb9d5f3..4f8322063b 100644
--- a/crates/cloud_api_client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cloud_api_client/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ path = "src/cloud_api_client.rs"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow.workspace = true
 cloud_api_types.workspace = true
+futures-lite.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
 gpui.workspace = true
 http_client.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/cloud_api_client/src/websocket/native.rs b/crates/cloud_api_client/src/websocket/native.rs
index dd6a2396da..e2d4b68aca 100644
--- a/crates/cloud_api_client/src/websocket/native.rs
+++ b/crates/cloud_api_client/src/websocket/native.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use cloud_api_types::websocket_protocol::{PROTOCOL_VERSION, PROTOCOL_VERSION_HEA
 use futures::channel::mpsc::unbounded;
 use futures::stream::{SplitSink, SplitStream};
 use futures::{FutureExt as _, SinkExt as _, StreamExt as _, TryStreamExt as _};
+use futures_lite::future::yield_now;
 use gpui::{App, AppContext, Task};
 use http_client::http::request;
 use yawc::frame::Frame;
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ impl Connection {
                         }
                     }
                 }
+
+                yield_now().await;
             }
         });