diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fd7cdd1..293a4e6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1.4.12: July ??, 2008:
+1.4.12: July 7, 2008:
  * Fixed a bug in which tab/shift-tab for indending/outdenting nested lists
    no longer worked. Also made it work in IE as well (which it never has).
  * controller.Root.guide() now accepts an optional note_id parameter.
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
    to a race condition between the link info pulldown's onblur/onchange
    handler and the suggestion onclick handler, both of which tried to update
    the link, title, and summary at about the same time.
+ * Possibly fixed a bug in which the displayed suggestions sometimes did not
+   reflect the most recent characters typed.
 
 1.4.11: June 29, 2008:
  * Fixed bug in which bolding of suggest-as-you-type search text was case
diff --git a/static/js/Wiki.js b/static/js/Wiki.js
index 6bb1b68..b36a806 100644
--- a/static/js/Wiki.js
+++ b/static/js/Wiki.js
@@ -3450,6 +3450,7 @@ function Suggest_pulldown( wiki, notebook_id, invoker, anchor, relative_to, sear
   anchor.pulldown = this;
   this.anchor = anchor;
   this.previous_search_text = "";
+  this.sequence_number = 0;
 
   Pulldown.call( this, wiki, notebook_id, "suggest_pulldown", anchor, relative_to );
 
@@ -3479,12 +3480,21 @@ Suggest_pulldown.prototype.update_suggestions = function ( search_text ) {
 
   var self = this;
   this.previous_search_text = search_text;
+  this.sequence_number += 1;
+  var sequence_number = this.sequence_number;
 
   this.invoker.invoke( "/notebooks/search_titles", "GET", {
       "notebook_id": this.notebook_id,
       "search_text": search_text
     },
-    function( result ) { self.display_suggestions( result, search_text ); }
+    function( result ) {
+      // if the sequence number is not what we expect, then this must not be most recent suggests
+      // update, so bail without displaying the result
+      if ( self.sequence_number != sequence_number )
+        return;
+
+      self.display_suggestions( result, search_text );
+    }
   );
 }