diff --git a/Sources/ContentView.swift b/Sources/ContentView.swift
index 1e5e0946..f966d851 100644
--- a/Sources/ContentView.swift
+++ b/Sources/ContentView.swift
@@ -3208,12 +3208,22 @@ struct ContentView: View {
             updateCommandPaletteScrollTarget(resultCount: commandPaletteVisibleResults.count, animated: false)
             resetCommandPaletteSearchFocus()
         }
-        .onChange(of: commandPaletteQuery) { _ in
+        .onChange(of: commandPaletteQuery) { oldValue, newValue in
             commandPaletteSelectedResultIndex = 0
             commandPaletteSelectionAnchorCommandID = nil
             commandPaletteHoveredResultIndex = nil
             commandPaletteScrollTargetIndex = nil
             commandPaletteScrollTargetAnchor = nil
+            if Self.commandPaletteShouldResetVisibleResultsForQueryTransition(
+                oldQuery: oldValue,
+                newQuery: newValue,
+                hasVisibleResults: commandPaletteVisibleResultsScope != nil
+            ) {
+                cachedCommandPaletteResults = []
+                commandPaletteVisibleResults = []
+                commandPaletteVisibleResultsScope = nil
+                commandPaletteVisibleResultsFingerprint = nil
+            }
             scheduleCommandPaletteResultsRefresh()
             updateCommandPaletteScrollTarget(resultCount: commandPaletteVisibleResults.count, animated: false)
             syncCommandPaletteDebugStateForObservedWindow()
@@ -3346,14 +3356,26 @@ struct ContentView: View {
     }
 
     private var commandPaletteListScope: CommandPaletteListScope {
-        if commandPaletteQuery.hasPrefix(Self.commandPaletteCommandsPrefix) {
+        Self.commandPaletteListScope(for: commandPaletteQuery)
+    }
+
+    private var commandPaletteCurrentSearchFingerprint: Int {
+        commandPaletteEntriesFingerprint(for: commandPaletteListScope)
+    }
+
+    private static func commandPaletteListScope(for query: String) -> CommandPaletteListScope {
+        if query.hasPrefix(Self.commandPaletteCommandsPrefix) {
             return .commands
         }
         return .switcher
     }
 
-    private var commandPaletteCurrentSearchFingerprint: Int {
-        commandPaletteEntriesFingerprint(for: commandPaletteListScope)
+    static func commandPaletteShouldResetVisibleResultsForQueryTransition(
+        oldQuery: String,
+        newQuery: String,
+        hasVisibleResults: Bool
+    ) -> Bool {
+        hasVisibleResults && commandPaletteListScope(for: oldQuery) != commandPaletteListScope(for: newQuery)
     }
 
     private var commandPaletteSwitcherIncludesSurfaceEntries: Bool {