diff --git a/platform/recentFiles/backend/src/com/intellij/platform/recentFiles/backend/RecentFileEventsPerProjectHolder.kt b/platform/recentFiles/backend/src/com/intellij/platform/recentFiles/backend/RecentFileEventsPerProjectHolder.kt
index be71a02ed747..463b2c51c962 100644
--- a/platform/recentFiles/backend/src/com/intellij/platform/recentFiles/backend/RecentFileEventsPerProjectHolder.kt
+++ b/platform/recentFiles/backend/src/com/intellij/platform/recentFiles/backend/RecentFileEventsPerProjectHolder.kt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.*
 @Service(Service.Level.PROJECT)
 internal class RecentFileEventsPerProjectHolder {
   private val recentFiles = MutableSharedFlow<RecentFilesEvent>(
-    extraBufferCapacity = SWITCHER_ELEMENTS_LIMIT,
+    extraBufferCapacity = 100,
     onBufferOverflow = BufferOverflow.DROP_OLDEST
   )
 
diff --git a/platform/recentFiles/backend/src/com/intellij/platform/recentFiles/backend/recentFilesCollector.kt b/platform/recentFiles/backend/src/com/intellij/platform/recentFiles/backend/recentFilesCollector.kt
index 9de26fed32a3..ad6582ebeac4 100644
--- a/platform/recentFiles/backend/src/com/intellij/platform/recentFiles/backend/recentFilesCollector.kt
+++ b/platform/recentFiles/backend/src/com/intellij/platform/recentFiles/backend/recentFilesCollector.kt
@@ -143,4 +143,4 @@ private fun createRecentFileViewModel(virtualFile: VirtualFile, project: Project
   )
 }
 
-internal const val SWITCHER_ELEMENTS_LIMIT: Int = 30
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+private const val SWITCHER_ELEMENTS_LIMIT: Int = 30
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