diff --git a/web/src/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/src/main/predict-helpers.ts b/web/src/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/src/main/predict-helpers.ts
index 9739adba856..2f480e7535c 100644
--- a/web/src/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/src/main/predict-helpers.ts
+++ b/web/src/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/src/main/predict-helpers.ts
@@ -965,9 +965,11 @@ export function predictionAutoSelect(suggestionDistribution: CorrectionPredictio
 
   const keepOption = suggestionDistribution[0].prediction.sample as Outcome<Keep>;
   if(keepOption.tag == 'keep' && keepOption.matchesModel) {
-    // Auto-select it for auto-acceptance; we don't correct away from perfectly-valid
-    // lexical entries, even if they are comparatively low-frequency.
-    keepOption.autoAccept = true;
+    // Do not auto-select 'keep' suggestions'; there's no need to apply them.
+    //
+    // Do, however, block auto-selection of any other suggestions if we would
+    // have auto-selected the 'keep'; even if it is comparatively unlikely /
+    // low-frequency, we 'keep' the current context.
     return;
   } else if(suggestionDistribution.length == 1) {
     return;
diff --git a/web/src/engine/src/interfaces/prediction/predictionContext.ts b/web/src/engine/src/interfaces/prediction/predictionContext.ts
index 97182a9bf16..b374f504fba 100644
--- a/web/src/engine/src/interfaces/prediction/predictionContext.ts
+++ b/web/src/engine/src/interfaces/prediction/predictionContext.ts
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ export class PredictionContext extends EventEmitter<PredictionContextEventMap> {
         this._revertSuggestion = s as Reversion;
       }
 
-      if (this.langProcessor.mayAutoCorrect && s.autoAccept && !this.selected) {
+      if (this.langProcessor.mayAutoCorrect && s.autoAccept && !this.selected && s.tag != 'keep') {
         this.selected = s;
       }
     }