diff --git a/awx/main/middleware.py b/awx/main/middleware.py
index 1005e9982f..f97b5bfc0f 100644
--- a/awx/main/middleware.py
+++ b/awx/main/middleware.py
@@ -126,8 +126,9 @@ class SessionTimeoutMiddleware(object):
     """
 
     def process_response(self, request, response):
+        should_skip = 'HTTP_X_WS_SESSION_QUIET' in request.META
         req_session = getattr(request, 'session', None)
-        if req_session and not req_session.is_empty():
+        if req_session and not req_session.is_empty() and should_skip is False:
             expiry = int(settings.SESSION_COOKIE_AGE)
             request.session.set_expiry(expiry)
             response['Session-Timeout'] = expiry
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/features/jobs/jobsList.controller.js b/awx/ui/client/features/jobs/jobsList.controller.js
index 1a1943c6c4..a398a03818 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/features/jobs/jobsList.controller.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/features/jobs/jobsList.controller.js
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ function ListJobsController (
     };
 
     function refreshJobs () {
-        qs.search(SearchBasePath, $state.params.job_search)
+        qs.search(SearchBasePath, $state.params.job_search, { 'X-WS-Session-Quiet': true })
             .then(({ data }) => {
                 vm.jobs = data.results;
                 vm.job_dataset = data;
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/features/templates/templatesList.controller.js b/awx/ui/client/features/templates/templatesList.controller.js
index 7bf634b1db..d1a88dcda6 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/features/templates/templatesList.controller.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/features/templates/templatesList.controller.js
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ function ListTemplatesController(
     function refreshTemplates() {
         Wait('start');
         let path = GetBasePath('unified_job_templates');
-        qs.search(path, $state.params.template_search)
+        qs.search(path, $state.params.template_search, { 'X-WS-Session-Quiet': true })
             .then(function(searchResponse) {
                 vm.dataset = searchResponse.data;
                 vm.templates = vm.dataset.results;
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/lib/models/Base.js b/awx/ui/client/lib/models/Base.js
index a7cc321806..1eaa60de87 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/lib/models/Base.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/lib/models/Base.js
@@ -62,10 +62,11 @@ function requestWithCache (config) {
  * @yields {boolean} - Indicating a match has been found. If so, the results
  * are set on the model.
  */
-function search (params = {}, config = {}) {
+function search (params = {}, config = {}, headers = {}) {
     const req = {
         method: 'GET',
-        url: this.path
+        url: this.path,
+        headers
     };
 
     if (typeof params === 'string') {
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/home/dashboard/graphs/job-status/job-status-graph.service.js b/awx/ui/client/src/home/dashboard/graphs/job-status/job-status-graph.service.js
index 0e6a3b4dda..c040e1f71b 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/home/dashboard/graphs/job-status/job-status-graph.service.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/home/dashboard/graphs/job-status/job-status-graph.service.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ function JobStatusGraphData(Rest, getBasePath, processErrors, $rootScope, $q) {
             return;
         }
         url = dash_path + 'graphs/jobs/?period='+period+'&job_type='+jobType;
+        Rest.setHeader({'X-WS-Session-Quiet': true});
         Rest.setUrl(url);
         var result = Rest.get()
         .catch(function(response) {
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/home/home.controller.js b/awx/ui/client/src/home/home.controller.js
index 17b6d4e314..80fdb3b0a1 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/home/home.controller.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/home/home.controller.js
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ export default ['$scope', '$rootScope','Wait',
                 ProcessErrors($scope, data, status, null, { hdr: 'Error!', msg: 'Failed to get dashboard: ' + status });
             });
             Rest.setUrl(GetBasePath("unified_jobs") + "?order_by=-finished&page_size=5&finished__isnull=false&type=workflow_job,job");
+            Rest.setHeader({'X-WS-Session-Quiet': true});
             Rest.get()
             .then(({data}) => {
                 data = data.results;
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ export default ['$scope', '$rootScope','Wait',
             });
 
             Rest.setUrl(GetBasePath("unified_jobs") + "?order_by=-finished&page_size=5&finished__isnull=false&type=workflow_job,job");
+            Rest.setHeader({'X-WS-Session-Quiet': true});
             Rest.get()
             .then(({data}) => {
                 $scope.dashboardJobsListData = data.results;