diff --git a/static/app/components/onboarding/useCreateProject.tsx b/static/app/components/onboarding/useCreateProject.tsx
index 02b75ca679e628..73df713f5238bb 100644
--- a/static/app/components/onboarding/useCreateProject.tsx
+++ b/static/app/components/onboarding/useCreateProject.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ interface Variables {
 }
 
 export function useCreateProject() {
-  const api = useApi();
+  const api = useApi({persistInFlight: true});
   const organization = useOrganization();
 
   return useMutation<Project, RequestError, Variables>({
diff --git a/static/app/components/onboarding/useMutateOnboardingTasks.tsx b/static/app/components/onboarding/useMutateOnboardingTasks.tsx
index 0d70e816a6739a..9ff5ece5608e0c 100644
--- a/static/app/components/onboarding/useMutateOnboardingTasks.tsx
+++ b/static/app/components/onboarding/useMutateOnboardingTasks.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import useOrganization from 'sentry/utils/useOrganization';
  * Custom hook to update multiple onboarding tasks in parallel.
  */
 export function useMutateOnboardingTasks() {
-  const api = useApi();
+  const api = useApi({persistInFlight: true});
   const organization = useOrganization();
 
   return useMutation({