diff --git a/frontend/components/Editor.js b/frontend/components/Editor.js
index a6e56ae78f..d9376cbd71 100644
--- a/frontend/components/Editor.js
+++ b/frontend/components/Editor.js
@@ -651,15 +651,36 @@ patch: ${JSON.stringify(
                 const message = update.message
                 switch (update.type) {
                     case "notebook_diff":
+                        let apply_promise = Promise.resolve()
                         if (message?.response?.from_reset) {
                             console.log("Trying to reset state after failure")
-                            apply_notebook_patches(message.patches, initial_notebook()).catch((e) => {
+                            apply_promise = apply_notebook_patches(message.patches, initial_notebook()).catch((e) => {
                                 alert("Oopsie!! please refresh your browser and everything will be alright!")
                                 throw e
                             })
                         } else if (message.patches.length !== 0) {
-                            apply_notebook_patches(message.patches)
+                            apply_promise = apply_notebook_patches(message.patches)
                         }
+
+                        const set_waiting = () => {
+                            let from_update = message?.response?.update_went_well != null
+                            let is_just_acknowledgement = from_update && message.patches.length === 0
+                            // console.log("Received patches!", message.patches, message.response, is_just_acknowledgement)
+
+                            if (!is_just_acknowledgement) {
+                                this.waiting_for_bond_to_trigger_execution = false
+                            }
+                        }
+                        apply_promise
+                            .then(set_waiting)
+                            .catch((e) => {
+                                set_waiting()
+                                throw e
+                            })
+                            .then(() => {
+                                this.send_queued_bond_changes()
+                            })
+
                         break
                     default:
                         console.error("Received unknown update type!", update)
@@ -788,6 +809,8 @@ patch: ${JSON.stringify(
                 })
             }
         }
+        /** Whether we just set a bond value which will trigger a cell to run, but we are still waiting for the server to process the bond value (and run the cell). See https://github.com/fonsp/Pluto.jl/issues/1891 for more info. */
+        this.waiting_for_bond_to_trigger_execution = false
         /** Number of local updates that have not yet been applied to the server's state. */
         this.pending_local_updates = 0
         this.js_init_set = new SetWithEmptyCallback(() => {
@@ -797,6 +820,7 @@ patch: ${JSON.stringify(
         /** Is the notebook ready to execute code right now? (i.e. are no cells queued or running?) */
         this.notebook_is_idle = () => {
             return !(
+                this.waiting_for_bond_to_trigger_execution ||
                 this.pending_local_updates > 0 ||
                 // a cell is running:
                 Object.values(this.state.notebook.cell_results).some((cell) => cell.running || cell.queued) ||
@@ -808,6 +832,15 @@ patch: ${JSON.stringify(
         this.is_process_ready = () =>
             this.state.notebook.process_status === ProcessStatus.starting || this.state.notebook.process_status === ProcessStatus.ready
 
+        let bond_will_trigger_evaluation = (/** @type {string|PropertyKey} */ sym) =>
+            Object.entries(this.state.notebook.cell_dependencies).some(([cell_id, deps]) => {
+                // if the other cell depends on the variable `sym`...
+                if (deps.upstream_cells_map.hasOwnProperty(sym)) {
+                    // and the cell is not disabled
+                    return !(this.state.notebook.cell_inputs[cell_id]?.running_disabled ?? true)
+                }
+            })
+
         let last_update_notebook_task = Promise.resolve()
         /** @param {(notebook: NotebookData) => void} mutate_fn */
         let update_notebook = (mutate_fn) => {
@@ -821,13 +854,13 @@ patch: ${JSON.stringify(
                     mutate_fn(notebook)
                 })
 
-                // If "notebook is not idle" I seperate and store the bonds updates,
+                // If "notebook is not idle" we seperate and store the bonds updates,
                 // to send when the notebook is idle. This delays the updating of the bond for performance,
                 // but when the server can discard bond updates itself (now it executes them one by one, even if there is a newer update ready)
                 // this will no longer be necessary
-                // console.log(`this.notebook_is_idle():`, this.notebook_is_idle())
-                if (!this.notebook_is_idle()) {
-                    let changes_involving_bonds = changes.filter((x) => x.path[0] === "bonds")
+                let is_idle = this.notebook_is_idle()
+                let changes_involving_bonds = changes.filter((x) => x.path[0] === "bonds")
+                if (!is_idle) {
                     this.bonds_changes_to_apply_when_done = [...this.bonds_changes_to_apply_when_done, ...changes_involving_bonds]
                     changes = changes.filter((x) => x.path[0] !== "bonds")
                 }
@@ -838,18 +871,24 @@ patch: ${JSON.stringify(
                         console.log(`Changes to send to server from "${previous_function_name}":`, changes)
                     } catch (error) {}
                 }
-                if (changes.length === 0) {
-                    return
-                }
-
                 for (let change of changes) {
                     if (change.path.some((x) => typeof x === "number")) {
                         throw new Error("This sounds like it is editing an array...")
                     }
                 }
+
+                if (changes.length === 0) {
+                    return
+                }
+                if (is_idle) {
+                    this.waiting_for_bond_to_trigger_execution ||= changes_involving_bonds.some(
+                        (x) => x.path.length >= 1 && bond_will_trigger_evaluation(x.path[1])
+                    )
+                }
                 this.pending_local_updates++
                 this.on_patches_hook(changes)
                 try {
+                    // console.log("Sending changes to server:", changes)
                     await Promise.all([
                         this.client.send("update_notebook", { updates: changes }, { notebook_id: this.state.notebook.notebook_id }, false).then((response) => {
                             if (response.message?.response?.update_went_well === "👎") {
diff --git a/src/evaluation/RunBonds.jl b/src/evaluation/RunBonds.jl
index 9e6aad6790..293dbac18a 100644
--- a/src/evaluation/RunBonds.jl
+++ b/src/evaluation/RunBonds.jl
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-function set_bond_values_reactive(; session::ServerSession, notebook::Notebook, bound_sym_names::AbstractVector{Symbol}, is_first_values::AbstractVector{Bool}=[true for x in bound_sym_names], kwargs...)::Union{Task,TopologicalOrder}
+function set_bond_values_reactive(; 
+    session::ServerSession, notebook::Notebook, 
+    bound_sym_names::AbstractVector{Symbol}, 
+    is_first_values::AbstractVector{Bool}=[true for x in bound_sym_names], 
+    initiator=nothing,
+    kwargs...
+)::Union{Task,TopologicalOrder}
     # filter out the bonds that don't need to be set
     to_set = filter(zip(bound_sym_names, is_first_values) |> collect) do (bound_sym, is_first_value)
         new_value = notebook.bonds[bound_sym].value
@@ -25,6 +31,7 @@ function set_bond_values_reactive(; session::ServerSession, notebook::Notebook,
     end .|> first
 
     if isempty(to_set) || !will_run_code(notebook)
+        send_notebook_changes!(ClientRequest(; session, notebook, initiator))
         return TopologicalOrder(notebook.topology, Cell[], Dict{Cell, ReactivityError}())
     end
 
diff --git a/src/webserver/Dynamic.jl b/src/webserver/Dynamic.jl
index a351100b27..fc2aa2786c 100644
--- a/src/webserver/Dynamic.jl
+++ b/src/webserver/Dynamic.jl
@@ -327,10 +327,11 @@ responses[:update_notebook] = function response_update_notebook(🙋::ClientRequ
                 bound_sym_names=bound_sym_names,
                 is_first_values=is_first_values,
                 run_async=true,
+                initiator=🙋.initiator,
             )
         end
     
-        send_notebook_changes!(🙋; commentary=Dict(:update_went_well => :👍))    
+        send_notebook_changes!(🙋; commentary=Dict(:update_went_well => :👍))
     catch ex
         @error "Update notebook failed"  🙋.body["updates"] exception=(ex, stacktrace(catch_backtrace()))
         response = Dict(