diff --git a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
index ae7fccc91b..dcba9f1643 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
   protected abstract notificationsService: NotificationsService;
   protected abstract http: HttpClient;
   protected abstract comparator: ChangeAnalyzer<T>;
-  protected resetMsToLive = false;
+  /**
+   * Allows subclasses to reset the response cache time.
+   */
+  protected resetMsToLive: number;
 
   public abstract getBrowseEndpoint(options: FindAllOptions, linkPath?: string): Observable<string>
 
@@ -132,7 +135,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
       .subscribe((href: string) => {
         const request = new FindAllRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, options);
         if (this.resetMsToLive) {
-          request.responseMsToLive = 0;
+          request.responseMsToLive = this.resetMsToLive;
         }
         this.requestService.configure(request);
       });
@@ -158,7 +161,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
       .subscribe((href: string) => {
         const request = new FindByIDRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, id);
         if (this.resetMsToLive) {
-          request.responseMsToLive = 0;
+          request.responseMsToLive = this.resetMsToLive;
         }
         this.requestService.configure(request);
       });
@@ -169,7 +172,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
   findByHref(href: string, options?: HttpOptions): Observable<RemoteData<T>> {
     const request = new GetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, null, options);
     if (this.resetMsToLive) {
-      request.responseMsToLive = 0;
+      request.responseMsToLive = this.resetMsToLive;
     }
     this.requestService.configure(request);
     return this.rdbService.buildSingle<T>(href);
diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/workflowitem-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/submission/workflowitem-data.service.ts
index dca10d2b30..b641531892 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/workflowitem-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/workflowitem-data.service.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { DSOChangeAnalyzer } from '../data/dso-change-analyzer.service';
 @Injectable()
 export class WorkflowItemDataService extends DataService<WorkflowItem> {
   protected linkPath = 'workflowitems';
-  protected resetMsToLive = true;
+  protected resetMsToLive = 0;
 
   constructor(
     protected comparator: DSOChangeAnalyzer<WorkflowItem>,
diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service.ts
index c2b6ab5816..b49cb065bd 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { WorkspaceItem } from './models/workspaceitem.model';
 @Injectable()
 export class WorkspaceitemDataService extends DataService<WorkspaceItem> {
   protected linkPath = 'workspaceitems';
-  protected resetMsToLive = true;
+  protected resetMsToLive = 0;
 
   constructor(
     protected comparator: DSOChangeAnalyzer<WorkspaceItem>,
diff --git a/src/app/core/tasks/claimed-task-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/tasks/claimed-task-data.service.ts
index aa85b3e8b5..546c4343b6 100644
--- a/src/app/core/tasks/claimed-task-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/tasks/claimed-task-data.service.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { ProcessTaskResponse } from './models/process-task-response';
 @Injectable()
 export class ClaimedTaskDataService extends TasksService<ClaimedTask> {
 
-  protected resetMsToLive = true;
+  protected resetMsToLive = 0;
 
   /**
    * The endpoint link name
diff --git a/src/app/core/tasks/pool-task-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/tasks/pool-task-data.service.ts
index 8a12af0b68..ee3568e585 100644
--- a/src/app/core/tasks/pool-task-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/tasks/pool-task-data.service.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export class PoolTaskDataService extends TasksService<PoolTask> {
    */
   protected linkPath = 'pooltasks';
 
-  protected resetMsToLive = true;
+  protected resetMsToLive = 0;
 
   /**
    * Initialize instance variables