1. start a NEW GUI Emacs with `emacs -q' and go to the *Scratch* buffer 2. M-x emacs-lisp-mode RET The cursor stays in the minibuffer (see the screenshot; long enough for me to take a screenshot) for a few seconds before the message "You can run the command ¡®emacs-lisp-mode¡¯ with M-x e-li-mo RET". If you repeat `M-x emacs-lisp-mode RET' the delay is gone but it will come back at some point. This bug makes M-x very sluggish and annoying to use. I have experienced it since switching to 25.0.x but didn't find a simple way to reproduce it until just now. It surfaced because of this commit: d94bc77ec77dea298063f182cc8a6548b6ccce81 is the first bad commit commit d94bc77ec77dea298063f182cc8a6548b6ccce81 Author: Stefan Monnier Date: Mon Nov 3 17:27:26 2014 -0500 * lisp/simple.el (execute-extended-command--last-typed): New var. (read-extended-command): Set it. Don't complete obsolete commands. (execute-extended-command--shorter-1) (execute-extended-command--shorter): New functions. (execute-extended-command): Use them to suggest shorter names. (indicate-copied-region, deactivate-mark): Use region-active-p. :040000 040000 de3e26b5d09fab83741601a4e7207ff0d12aea00 a1a28e7b2b13fe63d4f9442dd54a321f287548fc M etc :040000 040000 6db42693d65c3b986164cab0545862e24303d346 00945565cec8df9a4cf92806e3485b67c1143f8e M lisp