diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index b313ba6..29b7001 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -63,11 +63,13 @@
     "@types/uuid": "8.3.1",
     "commander": "^8.3.0",
     "fast-json-patch": "^3.1.0",
+    "lodash": "4.17.21",
     "vscode-jsonrpc": "8.2.0",
     "winston": "^3.3.3",
     "ws": "^8.12.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/lodash": "4.14.191",
     "@types/ws": "^8.5.4"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/common/features/model/model-submission-handler.ts b/packages/server/src/common/features/model/model-submission-handler.ts
index f491db2..78b11c1 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/common/features/model/model-submission-handler.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/common/features/model/model-submission-handler.ts
@@ -24,10 +24,13 @@ import {
     SetDirtyStateAction,
     SetMarkersAction,
     SetModelAction,
+    StatusAction,
     UpdateModelAction
 } from '@eclipse-glsp/protocol';
+import { DebouncedFunc, debounce } from 'lodash';
 
 import { inject, injectable, optional } from 'inversify';
+import { ActionDispatcher } from '../../actions/action-dispatcher';
 import { CommandStack } from '../../command/command-stack';
 import { DiagramConfiguration, ServerLayoutKind } from '../../diagram/diagram-configuration';
 import { LayoutEngine } from '../layout/layout-engine';
@@ -70,8 +73,14 @@ export class ModelSubmissionHandler {
     @optional()
     protected validator?: ModelValidator;
 
+    @inject(ActionDispatcher)
+    protected actionDispatcher: ActionDispatcher;
+
     protected requestModelAction?: RequestModelAction;
 
+    liveValidationDelay = 100;
+    protected debouncedLiveValidation?: DebouncedFunc<(validator: ModelValidator) => void>;
+
     /**
      * Returns a list of actions to submit the initial revision of the client-side model, based on the injected
      * {@link ModelState}. Typically this method is invoked by the {@link RequestModelActionHandler} when the diagram
@@ -149,12 +158,33 @@ export class ModelSubmissionHandler {
             result.push(SetDirtyStateAction.create(this.commandStack.isDirty, { reason }));
         }
         if (this.validator) {
-            const markers = await this.validator.validate([this.modelState.root], MarkersReason.LIVE);
-            result.push(SetMarkersAction.create(markers, { reason: MarkersReason.LIVE }));
+            const validationActions = await this.validateModel(this.validator);
+            result.push(...validationActions);
         }
         return result;
     }
 
+    protected validateModel(validator: ModelValidator): MaybePromise<Action[]> {
+        this.scheduleLiveValidation(validator);
+        // we are using async, debounced live validation so there are no actions to return for the model submission
+        return [];
+    }
+
+    protected scheduleLiveValidation(validator: ModelValidator): void {
+        this.debouncedLiveValidation?.cancel();
+        this.debouncedLiveValidation = debounce(validator => this.performLiveValidation(validator), this.liveValidationDelay);
+        this.debouncedLiveValidation(validator);
+    }
+
+    protected async performLiveValidation(validator: ModelValidator): Promise<void> {
+        this.actionDispatcher.dispatch(StatusAction.create('Validate Model...'));
+        const markers = await validator.validate([this.modelState.root], MarkersReason.LIVE);
+        return this.actionDispatcher.dispatchAll(
+            SetMarkersAction.create(markers, { reason: MarkersReason.LIVE }),
+            StatusAction.create('', { severity: 'NONE' })
+        );
+    }
+
     protected createSetModeAction(newRoot: GModelRootSchema): SetModelAction {
         const responseId = this.requestModelAction?.requestId ?? '';
         const response = SetModelAction.create(newRoot, { responseId });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ad5b271..157d490 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1034,6 +1034,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/json5/-/json5-0.0.29.tgz#ee28707ae94e11d2b827bcbe5270bcea7f3e71ee"
   integrity sha512-dRLjCWHYg4oaA77cxO64oO+7JwCwnIzkZPdrrC71jQmQtlhM556pwKo5bUzqvZndkVbeFLIIi+9TC40JNF5hNQ==
 
+"@types/lodash@4.14.191":
+  version "4.14.191"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/lodash/-/lodash-4.14.191.tgz#09511e7f7cba275acd8b419ddac8da9a6a79e2fa"
+  integrity sha512-BdZ5BCCvho3EIXw6wUCXHe7rS53AIDPLE+JzwgT+OsJk53oBfbSmZZ7CX4VaRoN78N+TJpFi9QPlfIVNmJYWxQ==
+
 "@types/minimatch@^3.0.3":
   version "3.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.5.tgz#1001cc5e6a3704b83c236027e77f2f58ea010f40"
@@ -4739,7 +4744,7 @@ lodash.merge@^4.6.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.merge/-/lodash.merge-4.6.2.tgz#558aa53b43b661e1925a0afdfa36a9a1085fe57a"
   integrity sha512-0KpjqXRVvrYyCsX1swR/XTK0va6VQkQM6MNo7PqW77ByjAhoARA8EfrP1N4+KlKj8YS0ZUCtRT/YUuhyYDujIQ==
 
-lodash@^4.17.21:
+lodash@4.17.21, lodash@^4.17.21:
   version "4.17.21"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.21.tgz#679591c564c3bffaae8454cf0b3df370c3d6911c"
   integrity sha512-v2kDEe57lecTulaDIuNTPy3Ry4gLGJ6Z1O3vE1krgXZNrsQ+LFTGHVxVjcXPs17LhbZVGedAJv8XZ1tvj5FvSg==