diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+preferences/add-helm-repo-dialog.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+preferences/add-helm-repo-dialog.tsx
index bb34c1a1eb..731eabaa5a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+preferences/add-helm-repo-dialog.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+preferences/add-helm-repo-dialog.tsx
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export class AddHelmRepoDialog extends React.Component<Props> {
       <div className="flex gaps align-center">
         <Input
           placeholder={placeholder}
-          validators = {isPath}
+          asyncValidators={isPath}
           className="box grow"
           value={this.getFilePath(fileType)}
           onChange={v => this.setFilepath(fileType, v)}
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+preferences/kubectl-binaries.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+preferences/kubectl-binaries.tsx
index f9c3bfdacb..591ee4f1cc 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+preferences/kubectl-binaries.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+preferences/kubectl-binaries.tsx
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export const KubectlBinaries = observer(() => {
           theme="round-black"
           value={userStore.downloadBinariesPath}
           placeholder={getDefaultKubectlPath()}
-          validators={pathValidator}
+          asyncValidators={pathValidator}
           onChange={setDownloadPath}
           onBlur={save}
           disabled={!userStore.downloadKubectlBinaries}
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export const KubectlBinaries = observer(() => {
           theme="round-black"
           placeholder={bundledKubectlPath()}
           value={binariesPath}
-          validators={pathValidator}
+          asyncValidators={pathValidator}
           onChange={setBinariesPath}
           onBlur={save}
           disabled={userStore.downloadKubectlBinaries}
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/components/cluster-accessible-namespaces.tsx b/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/components/cluster-accessible-namespaces.tsx
index 63a13ab20d..f2dc829a08 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/components/cluster-accessible-namespaces.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/components/cluster-accessible-namespaces.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export class ClusterAccessibleNamespaces extends React.Component<Props> {
         <SubTitle title="Accessible Namespaces" id="accessible-namespaces" />
         <EditableList
           placeholder="Add new namespace..."
-          validator={namespaceValue}
+          validators={namespaceValue}
           add={(newNamespace) => {
             this.namespaces.add(newNamespace);
             this.props.cluster.accessibleNamespaces = Array.from(this.namespaces);
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class ClusterAccessibleNamespaces extends React.Component<Props> {
           }}
         />
         <small className="hint">
-        This setting is useful for manually specifying which namespaces you have access to. This is useful when you do not have permissions to list namespaces.
+          This setting is useful for manually specifying which namespaces you have access to. This is useful when you do not have permissions to list namespaces.
         </small>
       </>
     );
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/editable-list/editable-list.tsx b/src/renderer/components/editable-list/editable-list.tsx
index 5e062bedb0..3703842ddc 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/editable-list/editable-list.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/editable-list/editable-list.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import "./editable-list.scss";
 
 import React from "react";
 import { Icon } from "../icon";
-import { Input, InputValidator } from "../input";
+import { Input, InputValidator, AsyncInputValidator } from "../input";
 import { observable } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { autobind } from "../../utils";
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ export interface Props<T> {
   add: (newItem: string) => void,
   remove: (info: { oldItem: T, index: number }) => void,
   placeholder?: string,
-  validator?: InputValidator,
+  validators?: InputValidator | InputValidator[],
+  asyncValidators?: AsyncInputValidator | AsyncInputValidator[];
 
   // An optional prop used to convert T to a displayable string
   // defaults to `String`
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ export class EditableList<T> extends React.Component<Props<T>> {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { items, remove, renderItem, placeholder, validator } = this.props;
+    const { items, remove, renderItem, placeholder, validators, asyncValidators } = this.props;
 
     return (
       <div className="EditableList">
@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ export class EditableList<T> extends React.Component<Props<T>> {
           <Input
             theme="round-black"
             value={this.currentNewItem}
-            validators={validator}
+            validators={validators}
+            asyncValidators={asyncValidators}
             onSubmit={this.onSubmit}
             placeholder={placeholder}
             onChange={val => this.currentNewItem = val}
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/input/input.scss b/src/renderer/components/input/input.scss
index 6b6169d03a..4f3b04804c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/input/input.scss
+++ b/src/renderer/components/input/input.scss
@@ -23,6 +23,20 @@
     }
   }
 
+  &.waiting {
+    pointer-events: none;
+    &:after {
+      content: "";
+      position: absolute;
+      left: 0;
+      top: 0;
+      width: 0;
+      height: 100%;
+      background: transparentize(white, .85);
+      animation: waiting 1.5s infinite linear;
+    }
+  }
+
   label {
     --flex-gap: #{$padding / 1.5};
 
@@ -123,3 +137,18 @@
   --border: none;
   --color: white;
 }
+
+@keyframes waiting {
+  0% {
+    left: 0;
+    width: 0;
+  }
+  50% {
+    left: 25%;
+    width: 75%;
+  }
+  75% {
+    left: 100%;
+    width: 0;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/input/input.tsx b/src/renderer/components/input/input.tsx
index a9382c1c0f..582c08b261 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/input/input.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/input/input.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { autobind, cssNames, getRandId } from "../../utils";
 import { Icon } from "../icon";
 import { Tooltip, TooltipProps } from "../tooltip";
 import * as Validators from "./input_validators";
-import { InputValidator } from "./input_validators";
+import { AsyncInputValidator, InputValidator, ValidatorMessage } from "./input_validators";
 import isString from "lodash/isString";
 import { action, computed, observable } from "mobx";
 import { debounce } from "lodash";
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 
 const { conditionalValidators, ...InputValidators } = Validators;
 
-export { InputValidators, InputValidator };
+export { InputValidators, InputValidator, AsyncInputValidator };
 
 type InputElement = HTMLInputElement | HTMLTextAreaElement;
 type InputElementProps = InputHTMLAttributes<InputElement> & TextareaHTMLAttributes<InputElement> & DOMAttributes<InputElement>;
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export type InputProps<T = string> = Omit<InputElementProps, "onChange" | "onSub
   iconRight?: string | React.ReactNode;
   contentRight?: string | React.ReactNode; // Any component of string goes after iconRight
   validators?: InputValidator | InputValidator[];
+  asyncValidators?: AsyncInputValidator | AsyncInputValidator[];
   onChange?(value: T, evt: React.ChangeEvent<InputElement>): void;
   onSubmit?(value: T): void;
 };
@@ -48,24 +49,31 @@ export class Input extends React.Component<InputProps> {
 
   public inputRef = React.createRef<InputElement>();
   public validators: InputValidator[] = [];
+  public asyncValidators: AsyncInputValidator[] = [];
 
   @observable errors: React.ReactNode[] = [];
   @observable dirty = Boolean(this.props.showErrorInitially);
   @observable focused = false;
+  @observable asyncValidating = false;
+  @observable isSubmitting = false;
 
   @computed get isValid() {
     return this.errors.length === 0;
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
+    const { validators, asyncValidators, showErrorInitially } = this.props;
+
     this.validators = conditionalValidators
       // add conditional validators if matches input props
       .filter(validator => validator.condition(this.props))
       // add custom validators
-      .concat(this.props.validators);
+      .concat(validators);
 
-    if (this.props.showErrorInitially) {
-      this.runValidatorsRaw();
+    this.asyncValidators = [asyncValidators].flat();
+
+    if (showErrorInitially) {
+      this.runValidatorsRaw(this.getValue());
     }
 
     this.autoFitHeight();
@@ -118,10 +126,44 @@ export class Input extends React.Component<InputProps> {
     textArea.style.height = `${height}px`;
   }
 
+  private resolveValidatorMessage(message: ValidatorMessage, value: string): React.ReactNode {
+    return typeof message === "function"
+      ? message(value, this.props)
+      : message;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This function should only be run before submitting.
+   */
+  async runAsyncValidators(value: string): Promise<React.ReactNode[]> {
+    if (this.asyncValidators.length === 0) {
+      return [];
+    }
+
+    try {
+      this.asyncValidating = true;
+
+      return (await Promise.all(
+        this.asyncValidators.map(validator => (
+          validator.validate(value, this.props)
+            .then(isValid => {
+              if (!isValid) {
+                return [this.resolveValidatorMessage(validator.message, value)];
+              }
+
+              return [];
+            })
+            .catch(error => Promise.resolve<React.ReactNode[]>([error, this.resolveValidatorMessage(validator.message, value)]))
+        )),
+      )).flat();
+    } finally {
+      this.asyncValidating = false;
+    }
+  }
+
   @action
-  runValidatorsRaw() {
+  runValidatorsRaw(value: string) {
     this.errors = [];
-    const value = this.getValue();
 
     // run validators
     for (const validator of this.validators) {
@@ -139,7 +181,7 @@ export class Input extends React.Component<InputProps> {
     this.inputRef.current.setCustomValidity(this.errors.length ? this.errors[0].toString() : "");
   }
 
-  runValidators = debounce(() => this.runValidatorsRaw(), 500, {
+  runValidators = debounce(() => this.runValidatorsRaw(this.getValue()), 500, {
     trailing: true,
     leading: false,
   });
@@ -188,11 +230,25 @@ export class Input extends React.Component<InputProps> {
     const modified = evt.shiftKey || evt.metaKey || evt.altKey || evt.ctrlKey;
 
     if (!modified && evt.key === "Enter") {
-      this.runValidatorsRaw();
+      const value = this.getValue();
 
-      if (this.isValid) {
-        this.props.onSubmit?.(this.getValue());
+      this.isSubmitting = true;
+      this.runValidatorsRaw(value);
+
+      if (!this.isValid) {
+        return this.isSubmitting = false;
       }
+
+      this.runAsyncValidators(value)
+        .then(errors => {
+          this.errors.push(...errors);
+
+          if (this.isValid) {
+            this.props.onSubmit?.(value);
+          }
+
+          this.isSubmitting = false;
+        });
     }
   }
 
@@ -210,7 +266,7 @@ export class Input extends React.Component<InputProps> {
     const {
       multiLine, validators, theme, maxRows, children, showErrorsAsTooltip,
       maxLength, rows, disabled, autoSelectOnFocus, iconLeft, iconRight, contentRight, id,
-      onChange, onSubmit, showErrorInitially, ...inputPropsRaw
+      onChange, onSubmit, asyncValidators, showErrorInitially, ...inputPropsRaw
     } = this.props;
     const className = cssNames("Input", this.props.className, {
       [`theme ${theme}`]: theme,
@@ -218,6 +274,7 @@ export class Input extends React.Component<InputProps> {
       disabled,
       invalid: !this.isValid,
       dirty: this.dirty,
+      waiting: this.asyncValidating,
     });
     const inputProps: InputElementProps = {
       ...inputPropsRaw,
@@ -227,7 +284,7 @@ export class Input extends React.Component<InputProps> {
       onChange: this.onChange,
       onKeyDown: this.onKeyDown,
       spellCheck: "false",
-      disabled,
+      disabled: disabled || this.isSubmitting,
     };
     const showErrors = this.errors.length > 0;
     const errorsInfo = (
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/input/input_validators.ts b/src/renderer/components/input/input_validators.ts
index 573fe8d885..f40607aee7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/input/input_validators.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/input/input_validators.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,20 @@ import type { InputProps } from "./input";
 import { ReactNode } from "react";
 import fse from "fs-extra";
 
+export type ValidatorMessage = ReactNode | ((value: string, props?: InputProps) => ReactNode | string);
+
 export interface InputValidator {
   condition?(props: InputProps): boolean; // auto-bind condition depending on input props
-  message: ReactNode | ((value: string, props?: InputProps) => ReactNode | string);
+  message: ValidatorMessage;
   validate(value: string, props?: InputProps): boolean;
 }
 
+export interface AsyncInputValidator {
+  condition?(props: InputProps): boolean; // auto-bind condition depending on input props
+  message: ValidatorMessage;
+  validate(value: string, props?: InputProps): Promise<boolean>;
+}
+
 export const isRequired: InputValidator = {
   condition: ({ required }) => required,
   message: "This field is required",
@@ -54,10 +62,18 @@ export const isExtensionNameInstall: InputValidator = {
   validate: value => value.match(isExtensionNameInstallRegex) !== null,
 };
 
-export const isPath: InputValidator = {
+export const isPath: AsyncInputValidator = {
   condition: ({ type }) => type === "text",
   message: "This field must be a path to an existing file.",
-  validate: value => value && fse.pathExistsSync(value),
+  validate: async value => {
+    try {
+      await fse.stat(value);
+
+      return true;
+    } catch (err) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  },
 };
 
 export const minLength: InputValidator = {