diff --git a/apps/svelte.dev/src/routes/(authed)/playground/[id]/+page.svelte b/apps/svelte.dev/src/routes/(authed)/playground/[id]/+page.svelte
index bd9e6d6861..793d26576e 100644
--- a/apps/svelte.dev/src/routes/(authed)/playground/[id]/+page.svelte
+++ b/apps/svelte.dev/src/routes/(authed)/playground/[id]/+page.svelte
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@
 	async function change_hash(hash?: string) {
 		let url = `${location.pathname}${location.search}`;
 		if (hash) {
-			url += `#${await compress_and_encode_text(hash)}`;
+			const compressed = `#${await compress_and_encode_text(hash)}`;
+			if (compressed === location.hash) return;
+			url += compressed;
 		}
 
 		clearTimeout(setting_hash);
@@ -110,6 +112,8 @@
 		}, 500);
 	}
 
+	let idle_timeout: any;
+
 	function onchange() {
 		const was_modified = modified;
 		modified = true;
@@ -124,6 +128,13 @@
 		) {
 			name = `${name} (edited)`;
 		}
+
+		// Only change after 5 seconds of inactivity to not pollute browser history
+		clearTimeout(idle_timeout);
+		idle_timeout = setTimeout(() => {
+			const json = JSON.stringify({ files: repl.toJSON().files });
+			change_hash(json);
+		}, 5000);
 	}
 
 	const svelteUrl =
@@ -166,7 +177,7 @@
 		<div
 			style="display: contents"
 			onfocusout={() => {
-				// Only change hash on editor blur to not pollute everyone's browser history
+				// Only change hash on editor blur to not pollute browser history
 				if (modified) {
 					const json = JSON.stringify({ files: repl.toJSON().files });
 					change_hash(json);