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@ellatrix, I would appreciate your feedback regarding this "naive" solution.

Another approach would be to explicitly return the focus, but what do you think?

diff --git a/packages/components/src/autocomplete/index.tsx b/packages/components/src/autocomplete/index.tsx
index d13d1d9b6a..ebd3d92755 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/autocomplete/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/autocomplete/index.tsx
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ export function useAutocomplete( {
                // Reset autocomplete state after insertion rather than before
                // so insertion events don't cause the completion menu to redisplay.
                reset();
+
+               if ( contentRef.current ) {
+                       contentRef.current.focus();
+               }
        }
 
        function reset() {

Good call, @t-hamano! I like this explicit solution more.

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• [Flaky Test] Redirection after template creation #60678 in /test/e2e/specs/site-editor/site-editor-url-navigation.spec.js

Restoring focus is the correct solution for restoring the selection 👍