diff --git a/src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts b/src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts
index 8f7328e..8535431 100644
--- a/src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts
+++ b/src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts
@@ -1847,7 +1847,7 @@ export class ClineProvider implements vscode.WebviewViewProvider {
 			fuzzyMatchThreshold: fuzzyMatchThreshold ?? 1.0,
 			mcpEnabled: mcpEnabled ?? true,
 			alwaysApproveResubmit: alwaysApproveResubmit ?? false,
-			requestDelaySeconds: requestDelaySeconds ?? 5,
+			requestDelaySeconds: requestDelaySeconds ?? 10,
 			currentApiConfigName: currentApiConfigName ?? "default",
 			listApiConfigMeta: listApiConfigMeta ?? [],
 			mode: mode ?? defaultModeSlug,
@@ -2152,7 +2152,7 @@ export class ClineProvider implements vscode.WebviewViewProvider {
 				})(),
 			mcpEnabled: mcpEnabled ?? true,
 			alwaysApproveResubmit: alwaysApproveResubmit ?? false,
-			requestDelaySeconds: requestDelaySeconds ?? 5,
+			requestDelaySeconds: Math.max(5, requestDelaySeconds ?? 10),
 			currentApiConfigName: currentApiConfigName ?? "default",
 			listApiConfigMeta: listApiConfigMeta ?? [],
 			modeApiConfigs: modeApiConfigs ?? ({} as Record<Mode, string>),
diff --git a/webview-ui/src/components/settings/SettingsView.tsx b/webview-ui/src/components/settings/SettingsView.tsx
index e2af538..42e3b5b 100644
--- a/webview-ui/src/components/settings/SettingsView.tsx
+++ b/webview-ui/src/components/settings/SettingsView.tsx
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ const SettingsView = ({ onDone }: SettingsViewProps) => {
 								<div style={{ display: "flex", alignItems: "center", gap: "10px" }}>
 									<input
 										type="range"
-										min="0"
+										min="5"
 										max="100"
 										step="1"
 										value={requestDelaySeconds}