diff --git a/Sources/ContentView.swift b/Sources/ContentView.swift
index 8145ea58..5f349123 100644
--- a/Sources/ContentView.swift
+++ b/Sources/ContentView.swift
@@ -4539,7 +4539,6 @@ struct ContentView: View {
         }
 
         return currentMatchingQuery == resolvedMatchingQuery
-            || currentMatchingQuery.hasPrefix(resolvedMatchingQuery)
     }
 
     private func scheduleCommandPaletteResultsRefresh(
diff --git a/cmuxTests/CommandPaletteSearchEngineTests.swift b/cmuxTests/CommandPaletteSearchEngineTests.swift
index 128ecc01..eac9916e 100644
--- a/cmuxTests/CommandPaletteSearchEngineTests.swift
+++ b/cmuxTests/CommandPaletteSearchEngineTests.swift
@@ -499,6 +499,20 @@ final class CommandPaletteSearchEngineTests: XCTestCase {
         )
     }
 
+    func testPendingEmptyStateIsPreservedForSameResolvedNoMatchQuery() {
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            ContentView.commandPaletteShouldPreserveEmptyStateWhileSearchPending(
+                isSearchPending: true,
+                visibleResultsScopeMatches: true,
+                resolvedSearchScopeMatches: true,
+                resolvedSearchFingerprintMatches: true,
+                resolvedResultsAreEmpty: true,
+                currentMatchingQuery: "zzzzzzzz",
+                resolvedMatchingQuery: "zzzzzzzz"
+            )
+        )
+    }
+
     func testPendingEmptyStateIsNotPreservedWhenQueryDoesNotRefineResolvedNoMatch() {
         XCTAssertFalse(
             ContentView.commandPaletteShouldPreserveEmptyStateWhileSearchPending(