diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/ui/TaplTestsLauncher3.java b/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/ui/TaplTestsLauncher3.java
index 978e84c..50e0990 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/ui/TaplTestsLauncher3.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/ui/TaplTestsLauncher3.java
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@
     @IwTest(focusArea="launcher")
     @Test
     @PortraitLandscape
+    @ScreenRecord // b/256898879
     public void testDragAppIcon() throws Throwable {
         // 1. Open all apps and wait for load complete.
         // 2. Drag icon to homescreen.
diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AllApps.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AllApps.java
index 6bbdf48..b0cf20f 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AllApps.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AllApps.java
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 package com.android.launcher3.tapl;
 
+import static com.android.launcher3.tapl.LauncherInstrumentation.DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL;
+import static com.android.launcher3.tapl.LauncherInstrumentation.WAIT_TIME_MS;
+
 import android.graphics.Point;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.os.Bundle;
@@ -37,6 +40,9 @@
  * Operations on AllApps opened from Home. Also a parent for All Apps opened from Overview.
  */
 public abstract class AllApps extends LauncherInstrumentation.VisibleContainer {
+    // Defer updates flag used to defer all apps updates by a test's request.
+    private static final int DEFER_UPDATES_TEST = 1 << 1;
+
     private static final int MAX_SCROLL_ATTEMPTS = 40;
 
     private final int mHeight;
@@ -292,12 +298,16 @@
      */
     public void unfreeze() {
         mLauncher.getTestInfo(TestProtocol.REQUEST_UNFREEZE_APP_LIST);
-        verifyNotFrozen("All apps freeze flags upon unfreezing");
     }
 
     private void verifyNotFrozen(String message) {
+        mLauncher.assertEquals(message, 0, getFreezeFlags() & DEFER_UPDATES_TEST);
+        mLauncher.assertTrue(message, mLauncher.waitAndGet(() -> getFreezeFlags() == 0,
+                WAIT_TIME_MS, DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL));
+    }
+
+    private int getFreezeFlags() {
         final Bundle testInfo = mLauncher.getTestInfo(TestProtocol.REQUEST_APP_LIST_FREEZE_FLAGS);
-        if (testInfo == null) return;
-        mLauncher.assertEquals(message, 0, testInfo.getInt(TestProtocol.TEST_INFO_RESPONSE_FIELD));
+        return testInfo == null ? 0 : testInfo.getInt(TestProtocol.TEST_INFO_RESPONSE_FIELD);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
index 1c5c5fa..fe060a1 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+import java.util.function.BooleanSupplier;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@
     static final String TASKBAR_RES_ID = "taskbar_view";
     private static final String SPLIT_PLACEHOLDER_RES_ID = "split_placeholder";
     public static final int WAIT_TIME_MS = 30000;
+    static final long DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL = 1000;
     private static final String SYSTEMUI_PACKAGE = "com.android.systemui";
     private static final String ANDROID_PACKAGE = "android";
 
@@ -1991,4 +1993,21 @@
             mCallbackAtRunPoint.accept(runPoint);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Waits until a particular condition is true. Based on WaitMixin.
+     */
+    boolean waitAndGet(BooleanSupplier condition, long timeout, long interval) {
+        long startTime = SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
+
+        boolean result = condition.getAsBoolean();
+        for (long elapsedTime = 0; !result; elapsedTime = SystemClock.uptimeMillis() - startTime) {
+            if (elapsedTime >= timeout) {
+                break;
+            }
+            SystemClock.sleep(interval);
+            result = condition.getAsBoolean();
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
 }