diff --git a/learning/tour-of-beam/frontend/lib/components/profile/user_menu.dart b/learning/tour-of-beam/frontend/lib/components/profile/user_menu.dart
index 4e5aa574b3488..e85232766d498 100644
--- a/learning/tour-of-beam/frontend/lib/components/profile/user_menu.dart
+++ b/learning/tour-of-beam/frontend/lib/components/profile/user_menu.dart
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ class _Buttons extends StatelessWidget {
                 text: 'dialogs.deleteAccountWarning'.tr(),
                 continueLabel: 'ui.deleteMyAccount'.tr(),
                 title: 'ui.deleteTobAccount'.tr(),
-                onContinue: () {
-                  authNotifier.deleteAccount().then(
-                    (_) {
-                      Navigator.pop(context);
-                    },
+                onContinue: () async {
+                  Navigator.pop(context);
+                  await BeamOverlays.showProgressOverlay(
+                    context,
+                    authNotifier.deleteAccount,
                   );
                 },
               ),
diff --git a/playground/frontend/playground_components/lib/playground_components.dart b/playground/frontend/playground_components/lib/playground_components.dart
index 524cb03b7c89d..3d14b1821e902 100644
--- a/playground/frontend/playground_components/lib/playground_components.dart
+++ b/playground/frontend/playground_components/lib/playground_components.dart
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ export 'src/widgets/output/output_area.dart';
 export 'src/widgets/output/output_tab.dart';
 export 'src/widgets/output/output_tabs.dart';
 export 'src/widgets/overlay/body.dart';
-export 'src/widgets/overlay/dismissible.dart';
 export 'src/widgets/overlay/opener.dart';
+export 'src/widgets/overlay/overlays.dart';
+export 'src/widgets/overlay/widget.dart';
 export 'src/widgets/reset_button.dart';
 export 'src/widgets/run_or_cancel_button.dart';
 export 'src/widgets/shortcut_tooltip.dart';
diff --git a/playground/frontend/playground_components/lib/src/widgets/overlay/opener.dart b/playground/frontend/playground_components/lib/src/widgets/overlay/opener.dart
index cb4e107f5f02a..48edf2ef664bd 100644
--- a/playground/frontend/playground_components/lib/src/widgets/overlay/opener.dart
+++ b/playground/frontend/playground_components/lib/src/widgets/overlay/opener.dart
@@ -19,17 +19,19 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 
 import '../../controllers/public_notifier.dart';
-import 'dismissible.dart';
+import 'widget.dart';
 
 void openOverlay({
   required BuildContext context,
   required PublicNotifier closeNotifier,
   required Positioned positioned,
+  bool isDismissible = true,
 }) {
   final overlay = OverlayEntry(
     builder: (context) {
-      return DismissibleOverlay(
+      return BeamOverlay(
         close: closeNotifier.notifyPublic,
+        isDismissible: isDismissible,
         child: positioned,
       );
     },
diff --git a/playground/frontend/playground_components/lib/src/widgets/overlay/overlays.dart b/playground/frontend/playground_components/lib/src/widgets/overlay/overlays.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f2780128176a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playground/frontend/playground_components/lib/src/widgets/overlay/overlays.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+
+import '../../../playground_components.dart';
+
+class BeamOverlays {
+  // TODO(nausharipov) review: add label?
+  // TODO(nausharipov) review: add grey-ish background?
+  static Future<void> showProgressOverlay(
+    BuildContext context,
+    Future Function() future,
+  ) async {
+    final closeNotifier = PublicNotifier();
+    openOverlay(
+      context: context,
+      closeNotifier: closeNotifier,
+      isDismissible: false,
+      positioned: const Positioned.fill(
+        child: Align(
+          child: CircularProgressIndicator(),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+    await future();
+    closeNotifier.notifyPublic();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/playground/frontend/playground_components/lib/src/widgets/overlay/dismissible.dart b/playground/frontend/playground_components/lib/src/widgets/overlay/widget.dart
similarity index 80%
rename from playground/frontend/playground_components/lib/src/widgets/overlay/dismissible.dart
rename to playground/frontend/playground_components/lib/src/widgets/overlay/widget.dart
index e32e55c56a716..12e5405ae0c5f 100644
--- a/playground/frontend/playground_components/lib/src/widgets/overlay/dismissible.dart
+++ b/playground/frontend/playground_components/lib/src/widgets/overlay/widget.dart
@@ -18,24 +18,27 @@
 
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 
-class DismissibleOverlay extends StatelessWidget {
+class BeamOverlay extends StatelessWidget {
   final VoidCallback close;
   final Positioned child;
+  final bool isDismissible;
 
-  const DismissibleOverlay({
+  const BeamOverlay({
     required this.close,
     required this.child,
+    required this.isDismissible,
   });
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     return Stack(
       children: [
-        Positioned.fill(
-          child: GestureDetector(
-            onTap: close,
+        if (isDismissible)
+          Positioned.fill(
+            child: GestureDetector(
+              onTap: close,
+            ),
           ),
-        ),
         child,
       ],
     );