diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp
index bfa107318d..f3c2e1d835 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp
@@ -1851,6 +1851,13 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::TerminalControl::implementation
     // - N/A
     winrt::fire_and_forget TermControl::_TerminalCursorPositionChanged()
     {
+        bool expectedFalse{ false };
+        if (!_coroutineDispatchStateUpdateInProgress.compare_exchange_weak(expectedFalse, true))
+        {
+            // somebody's already in here.
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (_closing.load())
         {
             return;
@@ -1858,6 +1865,15 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::TerminalControl::implementation
 
         auto weakThis{ get_weak() };
 
+        // Muffle 2: Muffle Harder
+        // If we're the lucky coroutine who gets through, we'll still wait 100ms to clog
+        // the atomic above so we don't service the cursor update too fast. If we get through
+        // and finish processing the update quickly but similar requests are still beating
+        // down the door above in the atomic, we may still update the cursor way more than
+        // is visible to anyone's eye, which is a waste of effort.
+        static constexpr auto CursorUpdateQuiesceTime{ std::chrono::milliseconds(100) };
+        co_await winrt::resume_after(CursorUpdateQuiesceTime);
+
         co_await winrt::resume_foreground(Dispatcher());
 
         if (auto control{ weakThis.get() })
@@ -1866,6 +1882,7 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::TerminalControl::implementation
             {
                 TSFInputControl().TryRedrawCanvas();
             }
+            _coroutineDispatchStateUpdateInProgress.store(false);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.h b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.h
index cb28cd78ab..d308296555 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.h
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.h
@@ -231,6 +231,12 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::TerminalControl::implementation
         void _CompositionCompleted(winrt::hstring text);
         void _CurrentCursorPositionHandler(const IInspectable& sender, const CursorPositionEventArgs& eventArgs);
         void _FontInfoHandler(const IInspectable& sender, const FontInfoEventArgs& eventArgs);
+
+        // this atomic is to be used as a guard against dispatching billions of coroutines for
+        // routine state changes that might happen millions of times a second.
+        // Unbounded main dispatcher use leads to massive memory leaks and intense slowdowns
+        // on the UI thread.
+        std::atomic<bool> _coroutineDispatchStateUpdateInProgress{ false };
     };
 }