diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/text_editing/text_editing.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/text_editing/text_editing.dart
index 1f7918577f932..0b69a49b0444a 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/text_editing/text_editing.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/text_editing/text_editing.dart
@@ -1389,6 +1389,17 @@ class IOSTextEditingStrategy extends GloballyPositionedTextEditingStrategy {
   Timer? _positionInputElementTimer;
   static const Duration _delayBeforePlacement = Duration(milliseconds: 100);
 
+  /// This interval between the blur subscription and callback is considered to
+  /// be fast.
+  ///
+  /// This is only used for iOS. The blur callback may trigger as soon as the
+  /// creation of the subscription. Occasionally in this case, the virtual
+  /// keyboard will quickly show and hide again.
+  ///
+  /// Less than this interval allows the virtual keyboard to keep showing up
+  /// instead of hiding rapidly.
+  static const Duration _blurFastCallbackInterval = Duration(milliseconds: 200);
+
   /// Whether or not the input element can be positioned at this point in time.
   ///
   /// This is currently only used in iOS. It's set to false before focusing the
@@ -1453,6 +1464,9 @@ class IOSTextEditingStrategy extends GloballyPositionedTextEditingStrategy {
 
     _addTapListener();
 
+    // Record start time of blur subscription.
+    final Stopwatch blurWatch = Stopwatch()..start();
+
     // On iOS, blur is trigerred in the following cases:
     //
     // 1. The browser app is sent to the background (or the tab is changed). In
@@ -1464,8 +1478,14 @@ class IOSTextEditingStrategy extends GloballyPositionedTextEditingStrategy {
     //    programmatically, so we end up refocusing the input field. This is
     //    okay because the virtual keyboard will hide, and as soon as the user
     //    taps the text field again, the virtual keyboard will come up.
+    // 4. Safari sometimes sends a blur event immediately after activating the
+    //    input field. In this case, we want to keep the focus on the input field.
+    //    In order to detect this, we measure how much time has passed since the
+    //    input field was activated. If the time is too short, we re-focus the
+    //    input element.
     subscriptions.add(activeDomElement.onBlur.listen((_) {
-      if (windowHasFocus) {
+      final bool isFastCallback = blurWatch.elapsed < _blurFastCallbackInterval;
+      if (windowHasFocus && isFastCallback) {
         activeDomElement.focus();
       } else {
         owner.sendTextConnectionClosedToFrameworkIfAny();
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/test/text_editing_test.dart b/lib/web_ui/test/text_editing_test.dart
index 486b3e87c57fc..6552d01dc1268 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/test/text_editing_test.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/test/text_editing_test.dart
@@ -675,6 +675,55 @@ void testMain() {
         // TODO(mdebbar): https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/50769
         skip: browserEngine == BrowserEngine.edge);
 
+    test('focus and disconnection with delaying blur in iOS', () async {
+      final MethodCall setClient = MethodCall(
+          'TextInput.setClient', <dynamic>[123, flutterSinglelineConfig]);
+      sendFrameworkMessage(codec.encodeMethodCall(setClient));
+
+      const MethodCall setEditingState =
+      MethodCall('TextInput.setEditingState', <String, dynamic>{
+        'text': 'abcd',
+        'selectionBase': 2,
+        'selectionExtent': 3,
+      });
+      sendFrameworkMessage(codec.encodeMethodCall(setEditingState));
+
+      // Editing shouldn't have started yet.
+      expect(defaultTextEditingRoot.activeElement, null);
+
+      const MethodCall show = MethodCall('TextInput.show');
+      sendFrameworkMessage(codec.encodeMethodCall(show));
+
+      // The "setSizeAndTransform" message has to be here before we call
+      // checkInputEditingState, since on some platforms (e.g. Desktop Safari)
+      // we don't put the input element into the DOM until we get its correct
+      // dimensions from the framework.
+      final MethodCall setSizeAndTransform =
+      configureSetSizeAndTransformMethodCall(150, 50,
+          Matrix4.translationValues(10.0, 20.0, 30.0).storage.toList());
+      sendFrameworkMessage(codec.encodeMethodCall(setSizeAndTransform));
+
+      checkInputEditingState(
+          textEditing!.strategy.domElement, 'abcd', 2, 3);
+      expect(textEditing!.isEditing, isTrue);
+
+      // Delay for not to be a fast callback with blur.
+      await Future<void>.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: 200));
+      // DOM element is blurred.
+      textEditing!.strategy.domElement!.blur();
+
+      expect(spy.messages, hasLength(1));
+      expect(spy.messages[0].channel, 'flutter/textinput');
+      expect(
+          spy.messages[0].methodName, 'TextInputClient.onConnectionClosed');
+      await Future<void>.delayed(Duration.zero);
+      // DOM element loses the focus.
+      expect(defaultTextEditingRoot.activeElement, null);
+    },
+        // Test on ios-safari only.
+        skip: browserEngine != BrowserEngine.webkit ||
+            operatingSystem != OperatingSystem.iOs);
+
     test('finishAutofillContext closes connection no autofill element',
         () async {
       final MethodCall setClient = MethodCall(