diff --git a/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-date-page/browse-by-date-page.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-date-page/browse-by-date-page.component.spec.ts
index a507e8e585..a1951a6d5a 100644
--- a/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-date-page/browse-by-date-page.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-date-page/browse-by-date-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { DSpaceObjectDataService } from '../../core/data/dspace-object-data.serv
 import { MockRouter } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-router';
 import { ChangeDetectorRef, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs/internal/observable/of';
-import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { ActivatedRouteStub } from '../../shared/testing/active-router-stub';
 import { Community } from '../../core/shared/community.model';
 import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
diff --git a/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-date-page/browse-by-date-page.component.ts b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-date-page/browse-by-date-page.component.ts
index 98d0cc9cd1..34f9ff200e 100644
--- a/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-date-page/browse-by-date-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-date-page/browse-by-date-page.component.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ export class BrowseByDatePageComponent extends BrowseByMetadataPageComponent {
           const date = firstItemRD.payload.firstMetadataValue(metadataField);
           if (hasValue(date)) {
             const dateObj = new Date(date);
-            lowerLimit = dateObj.getFullYear();
+            // TODO: it appears that getFullYear (based on local time) is sometimes unreliable. Switching to UTC.
+            lowerLimit = dateObj.getUTCFullYear();
           }
         }
         const options = [];
diff --git a/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component.spec.ts
index 27daa30a0f..653f4a4844 100644
--- a/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import { SortDirection, SortOptions } from '../core/cache/models/sort-options.mo
 import { CommunityDataService } from '../core/data/community-data.service';
 import { HostWindowService } from '../shared/host-window.service';
 import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
-import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
 import { MyDSpacePageComponent, SEARCH_CONFIG_SERVICE } from './my-dspace-page.component';
 import { RouteService } from '../core/services/route.service';
 import { routeServiceStub } from '../shared/testing/route-service-stub';
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@ describe('MyDSpacePageComponent', () => {
   const mockResults = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(['test', 'data']);
   const searchServiceStub = jasmine.createSpyObj('SearchService', {
     search: mockResults,
+    getEndpoint: observableOf('discover/search/objects'),
     getSearchLink: '/mydspace',
     getScopes: observableOf(['test-scope']),
     setServiceOptions: {}
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ describe('MyDSpacePageComponent', () => {
       scope: scopeParam
     })
   };
+
   const sidebarService = {
     isCollapsed: observableOf(true),
     collapse: () => this.isCollapsed = observableOf(true),
diff --git a/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component.ts b/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component.ts
index 3600a10d22..ced237f682 100644
--- a/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component.ts
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ export class MyDSpacePageComponent implements OnInit {
   ngOnInit(): void {
     this.configurationList$ = this.searchConfigService.getAvailableConfigurationOptions();
     this.searchOptions$ = this.searchConfigService.paginatedSearchOptions;
-
     this.sub = this.searchOptions$.pipe(
       tap(() => this.resultsRD$.next(null)),
       switchMap((options: PaginatedSearchOptions) => this.service.search(options).pipe(getSucceededRemoteData())))
       .subscribe((results) => {
         this.resultsRD$.next(results);
       });
+
     this.scopeListRD$ = this.searchConfigService.getCurrentScope('').pipe(
       switchMap((scopeId) => this.service.getScopes(scopeId))
     );
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
index 22a1aba637..d013d9cc64 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
@@ -97,14 +97,8 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Method to retrieve a paginated list of search results from the server
-   * @param {PaginatedSearchOptions} searchOptions The configuration necessary to perform this search
-   * @param responseMsToLive The amount of milliseconds for the response to live in cache
-   * @returns {Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<SearchResult<DSpaceObject>>>>} Emits a paginated list with all search results found
-   */
-  search(searchOptions?: PaginatedSearchOptions, responseMsToLive?: number): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<SearchResult<DSpaceObject>>>> {
-    const hrefObs = this.halService.getEndpoint(this.searchLinkPath).pipe(
+  getEndpoint(searchOptions?: PaginatedSearchOptions): Observable<string> {
+    return this.halService.getEndpoint(this.searchLinkPath).pipe(
       map((url: string) => {
         if (hasValue(searchOptions)) {
           return (searchOptions as PaginatedSearchOptions).toRestUrl(url);
@@ -113,6 +107,17 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
         }
       })
     );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method to retrieve a paginated list of search results from the server
+   * @param {PaginatedSearchOptions} searchOptions The configuration necessary to perform this search
+   * @param responseMsToLive The amount of milliseconds for the response to live in cache
+   * @returns {Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<SearchResult<DSpaceObject>>>>} Emits a paginated list with all search results found
+   */
+  search(searchOptions?: PaginatedSearchOptions, responseMsToLive?: number): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<SearchResult<DSpaceObject>>>> {
+
+    const hrefObs = this.getEndpoint(searchOptions);
 
     const requestObs = hrefObs.pipe(
       map((url: string) => {
diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/auth-request.service.ts b/src/app/core/auth/auth-request.service.ts
index cbabe5c3fd..8773b1a9fb 100644
--- a/src/app/core/auth/auth-request.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/auth-request.service.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ export class AuthRequestService {
       map((endpointURL) => this.getEndpointByMethod(endpointURL, method)),
       distinctUntilChanged(),
       map((endpointURL: string) => new AuthPostRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL, body, options)),
-      tap((request: PostRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request, true)),
+      map ((request: PostRequest) => {
+        request.responseMsToLive = 10 * 1000;
+        return request;
+      }),
+      tap((request: PostRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request)),
       mergeMap((request: PostRequest) => this.fetchRequest(request)),
       distinctUntilChanged());
   }
@@ -55,7 +59,11 @@ export class AuthRequestService {
       map((endpointURL) => this.getEndpointByMethod(endpointURL, method)),
       distinctUntilChanged(),
       map((endpointURL: string) => new AuthGetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL, options)),
-      tap((request: GetRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request, true)),
+      map ((request: GetRequest) => {
+        request.responseMsToLive = 10 * 1000;
+        return request;
+      }),
+      tap((request: GetRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request)),
       mergeMap((request: GetRequest) => this.fetchRequest(request)),
       distinctUntilChanged());
   }
diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/auth-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/auth/auth-response-parsing.service.ts
index a5a160531c..8137734c49 100644
--- a/src/app/core/auth/auth-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/auth-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export class AuthResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService imple
 
   parse(request: RestRequest, data: DSpaceRESTV2Response): RestResponse {
     if (isNotEmpty(data.payload) && isNotEmpty(data.payload._links) && (data.statusCode === 200)) {
-      const response = this.process<NormalizedObject<AuthStatus>>(data.payload, request.uuid);
+      const response = this.process<NormalizedObject<AuthStatus>>(data.payload, request);
       return new AuthStatusResponse(response, data.statusCode, data.statusText);
     } else {
       return new AuthStatusResponse(data.payload as NormalizedAuthStatus, data.statusCode, data.statusText);
diff --git a/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.spec.ts
index 725b371c14..55ff7a090e 100644
--- a/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.spec.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
       scheduler.schedule(() => service.getBrowseDefinitions().subscribe());
       scheduler.flush();
 
-      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected, undefined);
+      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected);
     });
 
     it('should call RemoteDataBuildService to create the RemoteData Observable', () => {
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
         scheduler.schedule(() => service.getBrowseEntriesFor(new BrowseEntrySearchOptions(browseDefinitions[1].id)).subscribe());
         scheduler.flush();
 
-        expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected, undefined);
+        expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected);
       });
 
       it('should call RemoteDataBuildService to create the RemoteData Observable', () => {
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
         scheduler.schedule(() => service.getBrowseItemsFor(mockAuthorName, new BrowseEntrySearchOptions(browseDefinitions[1].id)).subscribe());
         scheduler.flush();
 
-        expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected, undefined);
+        expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected);
       });
 
       it('should call RemoteDataBuildService to create the RemoteData Observable', () => {
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
         scheduler.schedule(() => service.getFirstItemFor(browseDefinitions[1].id).subscribe());
         scheduler.flush();
 
-        expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected, undefined);
+        expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected);
       });
 
       it('should call RemoteDataBuildService to create the RemoteData Observable', () => {
diff --git a/src/app/core/config/config-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/config/config-response-parsing.service.ts
index 08fe581406..d1f49710d3 100644
--- a/src/app/core/config/config-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/config/config-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class ConfigResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService imp
 
   parse(request: RestRequest, data: DSpaceRESTV2Response): RestResponse {
     if (isNotEmpty(data.payload) && isNotEmpty(data.payload._links) && (data.statusCode === 201 || data.statusCode === 200)) {
-      const configDefinition = this.process<ConfigObject>(data.payload, request.uuid);
+      const configDefinition = this.process<ConfigObject>(data.payload, request);
       return new ConfigSuccessResponse(configDefinition, data.statusCode, data.statusText, this.processPageInfo(data.payload));
     } else {
       return new ErrorResponse(
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/base-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/base-response-parsing.service.ts
index 0ed5dc363c..ea2d71faa7 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/base-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/base-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { PaginatedList } from './paginated-list';
 import { isRestDataObject, isRestPaginatedList } from '../cache/builders/normalized-object-build.service';
 import { ResourceType } from '../shared/resource-type';
 import { getMapsToType } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { RestRequest } from './request.models';
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 
 export abstract class BaseResponseParsingService {
@@ -16,14 +17,14 @@ export abstract class BaseResponseParsingService {
   protected abstract objectCache: ObjectCacheService;
   protected abstract toCache: boolean;
 
-  protected process<ObjectDomain>(data: any, requestUUID: string): any {
+  protected process<ObjectDomain>(data: any, request: RestRequest): any {
     if (isNotEmpty(data)) {
       if (hasNoValue(data) || (typeof data !== 'object')) {
         return data;
       } else if (isRestPaginatedList(data)) {
-        return this.processPaginatedList(data, requestUUID);
+        return this.processPaginatedList(data, request);
       } else if (Array.isArray(data)) {
-        return this.processArray(data, requestUUID);
+        return this.processArray(data, request);
       } else if (isRestDataObject(data)) {
         const object = this.deserialize(data);
         if (isNotEmpty(data._embedded)) {
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export abstract class BaseResponseParsingService {
             .keys(data._embedded)
             .filter((property) => data._embedded.hasOwnProperty(property))
             .forEach((property) => {
-              const parsedObj = this.process<ObjectDomain>(data._embedded[property], requestUUID);
+              const parsedObj = this.process<ObjectDomain>(data._embedded[property], request);
               if (isNotEmpty(parsedObj)) {
                 if (isRestPaginatedList(data._embedded[property])) {
                   object[property] = parsedObj;
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ export abstract class BaseResponseParsingService {
             });
         }
 
-        this.cache(object, requestUUID);
+        this.cache(object, request);
         return object;
       }
       const result = {};
@@ -53,14 +54,14 @@ export abstract class BaseResponseParsingService {
         .filter((property) => data.hasOwnProperty(property))
         .filter((property) => hasValue(data[property]))
         .forEach((property) => {
-          result[property] = this.process(data[property], requestUUID);
+          result[property] = this.process(data[property], request);
         });
       return result;
 
     }
   }
 
-  protected processPaginatedList<ObjectDomain>(data: any, requestUUID: string): PaginatedList<ObjectDomain> {
+  protected processPaginatedList<ObjectDomain>(data: any, request: RestRequest): PaginatedList<ObjectDomain> {
     const pageInfo: PageInfo = this.processPageInfo(data);
     let list = data._embedded;
 
@@ -70,14 +71,14 @@ export abstract class BaseResponseParsingService {
     } else if (!Array.isArray(list)) {
       list = this.flattenSingleKeyObject(list);
     }
-    const page: ObjectDomain[] = this.processArray(list, requestUUID);
+    const page: ObjectDomain[] = this.processArray(list, request);
     return new PaginatedList<ObjectDomain>(pageInfo, page, );
   }
 
-  protected processArray<ObjectDomain>(data: any, requestUUID: string): ObjectDomain[] {
+  protected processArray<ObjectDomain>(data: any, request: RestRequest): ObjectDomain[] {
     let array: ObjectDomain[] = [];
     data.forEach((datum) => {
-        array = [...array, this.process(datum, requestUUID)];
+        array = [...array, this.process(datum, request)];
       }
     );
     return array;
@@ -104,17 +105,17 @@ export abstract class BaseResponseParsingService {
     }
   }
 
-  protected cache<ObjectDomain>(obj, requestUUID) {
+  protected cache<ObjectDomain>(obj, request: RestRequest) {
     if (this.toCache) {
-      this.addToObjectCache(obj, requestUUID);
+      this.addToObjectCache(obj, request);
     }
   }
 
-  protected addToObjectCache(co: CacheableObject, requestUUID: string): void {
+  protected addToObjectCache(co: CacheableObject, request: RestRequest): void {
     if (hasNoValue(co) || hasNoValue(co.self)) {
       throw new Error('The server returned an invalid object');
     }
-    this.objectCache.add(co, this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive.default, requestUUID);
+    this.objectCache.add(co, hasValue(request.responseMsToLive) ? request.responseMsToLive : this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive.default, request.uuid);
   }
 
   processPageInfo(payload: any): PageInfo {
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/bitstream-format-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/bitstream-format-data.service.ts
index a5638183c0..bdf9b16acf 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/bitstream-format-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/bitstream-format-data.service.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ const selectedBitstreamFormatSelector = createSelector(bitstreamFormatsStateSele
 export class BitstreamFormatDataService extends DataService<BitstreamFormat> {
 
   protected linkPath = 'bitstreamformats';
-  protected forceBypassCache = false;
 
   constructor(
     protected requestService: RequestService,
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.spec.ts
index 5cb7fed5e4..a3e1a916e3 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.spec.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe('CollectionDataService', () => {
     });
 
     it('should configure a GET request', () => {
-      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.any(GetRequest), undefined);
+      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.any(GetRequest));
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.ts
index e49267d1f2..7ec31d8970 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import { SearchParam } from '../cache/models/search-param.model';
 @Injectable()
 export class CollectionDataService extends ComColDataService<Collection> {
   protected linkPath = 'collections';
-  protected forceBypassCache = false;
 
   constructor(
     protected requestService: RequestService,
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.spec.ts
index b5232b0bff..5cc474dff9 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.spec.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ class NormalizedTestObject extends NormalizedObject<Item> {
 }
 
 class TestService extends ComColDataService<any> {
-  protected forceBypassCache = false;
 
   constructor(
     protected requestService: RequestService,
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/community-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/community-data.service.ts
index 8db4d762eb..cc55fe6869 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/community-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/community-data.service.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ export class CommunityDataService extends ComColDataService<Community> {
   protected linkPath = 'communities';
   protected topLinkPath = 'communities/search/top';
   protected cds = this;
-  protected forceBypassCache = false;
 
   constructor(
     protected requestService: RequestService,
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/data.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/data.service.spec.ts
index dede6f8ae2..ab3cf0ac16 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/data.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/data.service.spec.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class NormalizedTestObject extends NormalizedObject<Item> {
 }
 
 class TestService extends DataService<any> {
-  protected forceBypassCache = false;
 
   constructor(
     protected requestService: RequestService,
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
index ad0db51980..34215f1a2f 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
@@ -45,11 +45,14 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
   protected abstract store: Store<CoreState>;
   protected abstract linkPath: string;
   protected abstract halService: HALEndpointService;
-  protected abstract forceBypassCache = false;
   protected abstract objectCache: ObjectCacheService;
   protected abstract notificationsService: NotificationsService;
   protected abstract http: HttpClient;
   protected abstract comparator: ChangeAnalyzer<T>;
+  /**
+   * Allows subclasses to reset the response cache time.
+   */
+  protected responseMsToLive: number;
 
   public abstract getBrowseEndpoint(options: FindAllOptions, linkPath?: string): Observable<string>
 
@@ -131,7 +134,10 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
       first((href: string) => hasValue(href)))
       .subscribe((href: string) => {
         const request = new FindAllRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, options);
-        this.requestService.configure(request, this.forceBypassCache);
+        if (hasValue(this.responseMsToLive)) {
+          request.responseMsToLive = this.responseMsToLive;
+        }
+        this.requestService.configure(request);
       });
 
     return this.rdbService.buildList<T>(hrefObs) as Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<T>>>;
@@ -154,14 +160,21 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
       find((href: string) => hasValue(href)))
       .subscribe((href: string) => {
         const request = new FindByIDRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, id);
-        this.requestService.configure(request, this.forceBypassCache);
+        if (hasValue(this.responseMsToLive)) {
+          request.responseMsToLive = this.responseMsToLive;
+        }
+        this.requestService.configure(request);
       });
 
     return this.rdbService.buildSingle<T>(hrefObs);
   }
 
   findByHref(href: string, options?: HttpOptions): Observable<RemoteData<T>> {
-    this.requestService.configure(new GetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, null, options), this.forceBypassCache);
+    const request = new GetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, null, options);
+    if (hasValue(this.responseMsToLive)) {
+      request.responseMsToLive = this.responseMsToLive;
+    }
+    this.requestService.configure(request);
     return this.rdbService.buildSingle<T>(href);
   }
 
@@ -192,7 +205,8 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
       first((href: string) => hasValue(href)))
       .subscribe((href: string) => {
         const request = new FindAllRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, options);
-        this.requestService.configure(request, true);
+        request.responseMsToLive = 10 * 1000;
+        this.requestService.configure(request);
       });
 
     return this.rdbService.buildList<T>(hrefObs) as Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<T>>>;
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/dso-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/dso-response-parsing.service.ts
index d6c3b2caa6..d2c21825cc 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/dso-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/dso-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class DSOResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService implem
     if (hasValue(data.payload) && hasValue(data.payload.page) && data.payload.page.totalElements === 0) {
       processRequestDTO = { page: [] };
     } else {
-      processRequestDTO = this.process<NormalizedObject<DSpaceObject>>(data.payload, request.uuid);
+      processRequestDTO = this.process<NormalizedObject<DSpaceObject>>(data.payload, request);
     }
     let objectList = processRequestDTO;
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.spec.ts
index a0bba214ae..7047db6065 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.spec.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ describe('DSpaceObjectDataService', () => {
       scheduler.schedule(() => service.findById(testObject.uuid));
       scheduler.flush();
 
-      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(new FindByIDRequest(requestUUID, requestURL, testObject.uuid), false);
+      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(new FindByIDRequest(requestUUID, requestURL, testObject.uuid));
     });
 
     it('should return a RemoteData<DSpaceObject> for the object with the given ID', () => {
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.ts
index 4f0653f416..bb02afbcd1 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import { DSOChangeAnalyzer } from './dso-change-analyzer.service';
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 class DataServiceImpl extends DataService<DSpaceObject> {
   protected linkPath = 'dso';
-  protected forceBypassCache = false;
 
   constructor(
     protected requestService: RequestService,
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts
index de05dad0c1..e616cb8020 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ import { PaginatedList } from './paginated-list';
 @Injectable()
 export class ItemDataService extends DataService<Item> {
   protected linkPath = 'items';
-  protected forceBypassCache = false;
 
   constructor(
     protected requestService: RequestService,
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/metadata-schema-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/metadata-schema-data.service.ts
index 4baca6e8ed..b15dd6865f 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/metadata-schema-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/metadata-schema-data.service.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import { MetadataSchema } from '../metadata/metadata-schema.model';
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 class DataServiceImpl extends DataService<MetadataSchema> {
   protected linkPath = 'metadataschemas';
-  protected forceBypassCache = false;
 
   constructor(
     protected requestService: RequestService,
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/relationship.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/relationship.service.spec.ts
index 1563d6ad63..4091759386 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/relationship.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/relationship.service.spec.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ describe('RelationshipService', () => {
 
     it('should send a DeleteRequest', () => {
       const expected = new DeleteRequest(requestService.generateRequestId(), relationshipsEndpointURL + '/' + relationship1.uuid);
-      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected, undefined);
+      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected);
     });
 
     it('should clear the related items their cache', () => {
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts
index 43ab9e58e7..d7dfa16024 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import { MappedCollectionsReponseParsingService } from './mapped-collections-rep
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 
 export abstract class RestRequest {
-  public responseMsToLive = 0;
+  public responseMsToLive = 10 * 1000;
+  public forceBypassCache = false;
   constructor(
     public uuid: string,
     public href: string,
@@ -293,6 +294,7 @@ export class UpdateMetadataFieldRequest extends PutRequest {
  * Class representing a submission HTTP GET request object
  */
 export class SubmissionRequest extends GetRequest {
+  forceBypassCache = true;
   constructor(uuid: string, href: string) {
     super(uuid, href);
   }
@@ -404,7 +406,7 @@ export class TaskDeleteRequest extends DeleteRequest {
 }
 
 export class MyDSpaceRequest extends GetRequest {
-  public responseMsToLive = 0;
+  public responseMsToLive = 10 * 1000;
 }
 
 export class RequestError extends Error {
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
index 0980d48537..bd65163892 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
 } from '../index/index.selectors';
 import { UUIDService } from '../shared/uuid.service';
 import { RequestConfigureAction, RequestExecuteAction, RequestRemoveAction } from './request.actions';
-import { GetRequest, RestRequest } from './request.models';
+import { GetRequest, RestRequest, SubmissionRequest } from './request.models';
 import { RequestEntry, RequestState } from './request.reducer';
 import { CommitSSBAction } from '../cache/server-sync-buffer.actions';
 import { RestRequestMethod } from './rest-request-method';
@@ -145,14 +145,10 @@ export class RequestService {
    * Configure a certain request
    * Used to make sure a request is in the cache
    * @param {RestRequest} request The request to send out
-   * @param {boolean} forceBypassCache When true, a new request is always dispatched
    */
-  configure<T extends CacheableObject>(request: RestRequest, forceBypassCache: boolean = false): void {
+  configure<T extends CacheableObject>(request: RestRequest): void {
     const isGetRequest = request.method === RestRequestMethod.GET;
-    if (forceBypassCache) {
-      this.clearRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore(request);
-    }
-    if (!isGetRequest || (forceBypassCache && !this.isPending(request)) || !this.isCachedOrPending(request)) {
+    if (!isGetRequest || request.forceBypassCache || !this.isCachedOrPending(request)) {
       this.dispatchRequest(request);
       if (isGetRequest) {
         this.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore(request);
@@ -226,7 +222,6 @@ export class RequestService {
     const inReqCache = this.hasByHref(request.href);
     const inObjCache = this.objectCache.hasBySelfLink(request.href);
     const isCached = inReqCache || inObjCache;
-
     const isPending = this.isPending(request);
     return isCached || isPending;
   }
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/resource-policy.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/resource-policy.service.spec.ts
index 35d28684a7..1a02171be3 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/resource-policy.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/resource-policy.service.spec.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ describe('ResourcePolicyService', () => {
       scheduler.schedule(() => service.findByHref(requestURL));
       scheduler.flush();
 
-      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(new GetRequest(requestUUID, requestURL, null), false);
+      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(new GetRequest(requestUUID, requestURL, null));
     });
 
     it('should return a RemoteData<ResourcePolicy> for the object with the given URL', () => {
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/resource-policy.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/resource-policy.service.ts
index 1a6a1afedc..1574111232 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/resource-policy.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/resource-policy.service.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import { HttpOptions } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service';
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 class DataServiceImpl extends DataService<ResourcePolicy> {
   protected linkPath = 'resourcepolicies';
-  protected forceBypassCache = false;
 
   constructor(
     protected requestService: RequestService,
diff --git a/src/app/core/eperson/eperson-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/eperson/eperson-response-parsing.service.ts
index 481f37d1fa..76222323ae 100644
--- a/src/app/core/eperson/eperson-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/eperson/eperson-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class EpersonResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService im
 
   parse(request: RestRequest, data: DSpaceRESTV2Response): RestResponse {
     if (isNotEmpty(data.payload) && isNotEmpty(data.payload._links)) {
-      const epersonDefinition = this.process<DSpaceObject>(data.payload, request.href);
+      const epersonDefinition = this.process<DSpaceObject>(data.payload, request);
       return new EpersonSuccessResponse(epersonDefinition[Object.keys(epersonDefinition)[0]], data.statusCode, data.statusText, this.processPageInfo(data.payload));
     } else {
       return new ErrorResponse(
diff --git a/src/app/core/eperson/group-eperson.service.ts b/src/app/core/eperson/group-eperson.service.ts
index 07a1bb6aba..2014e6120a 100644
--- a/src/app/core/eperson/group-eperson.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/eperson/group-eperson.service.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import { DSOChangeAnalyzer } from '../data/dso-change-analyzer.service';
 export class GroupEpersonService extends EpersonService<Group> {
   protected linkPath = 'groups';
   protected browseEndpoint = '';
-  protected forceBypassCache = false;
 
   constructor(
     protected comparator: DSOChangeAnalyzer<Group>,
diff --git a/src/app/core/integration/integration-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/integration/integration-response-parsing.service.ts
index 8cc0f8d252..0609cd804e 100644
--- a/src/app/core/integration/integration-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/integration/integration-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export class IntegrationResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingServic
 
   parse(request: RestRequest, data: DSpaceRESTV2Response): RestResponse {
     if (isNotEmpty(data.payload) && isNotEmpty(data.payload._links)) {
-      const dataDefinition = this.process<IntegrationModel>(data.payload, request.uuid);
+      const dataDefinition = this.process<IntegrationModel>(data.payload, request);
       return new IntegrationSuccessResponse(this.processResponse(dataDefinition), data.statusCode, data.statusText, this.processPageInfo(data.payload));
     } else {
       return new ErrorResponse(
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/operators.spec.ts b/src/app/core/shared/operators.spec.ts
index 548a3f1339..ec069772f8 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/operators.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/operators.spec.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ describe('Core Module - RxJS Operators', () => {
       scheduler.schedule(() => source.pipe(configureRequest(requestService)).subscribe());
       scheduler.flush();
 
-      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testRequest, undefined);
+      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testRequest);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/operators.ts b/src/app/core/shared/operators.ts
index d46c688e68..b4c7c8f1a9 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/operators.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/operators.ts
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ export const getResourceLinksFromResponse = () =>
       map((response: DSOSuccessResponse) => response.resourceSelfLinks),
     );
 
-export const configureRequest = (requestService: RequestService, forceBypassCache?: boolean) =>
+export const configureRequest = (requestService: RequestService) =>
   (source: Observable<RestRequest>): Observable<RestRequest> =>
-    source.pipe(tap((request: RestRequest) => requestService.configure(request, forceBypassCache)));
+    source.pipe(tap((request: RestRequest) => requestService.configure(request)));
 
 export const getRemoteDataPayload = () =>
   <T>(source: Observable<RemoteData<T>>): Observable<T> =>
diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts
index de7d683d91..da3b578fcd 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export class SubmissionResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService
     if (isNotEmpty(data.payload)
       && isNotEmpty(data.payload._links)
       && this.isSuccessStatus(data.statusCode)) {
-      const dataDefinition = this.processResponse<SubmissionObject | ConfigObject>(data.payload, request.href);
+      const dataDefinition = this.processResponse<SubmissionObject | ConfigObject>(data.payload, request);
       return new SubmissionSuccessResponse(dataDefinition, data.statusCode, data.statusText, this.processPageInfo(data.payload));
     } else if (isEmpty(data.payload) && this.isSuccessStatus(data.statusCode)) {
       return new SubmissionSuccessResponse(null, data.statusCode, data.statusText);
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ export class SubmissionResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService
    * Parses response and normalize it
    *
    * @param {DSpaceRESTV2Response} data
-   * @param {string} requestHref
+   * @param {RestRequest} request
    * @returns {any[]}
    */
-  protected processResponse<ObjectDomain>(data: any, requestHref: string): any[] {
-    const dataDefinition = this.process<ObjectDomain>(data, requestHref);
+  protected processResponse<ObjectDomain>(data: any, request: RestRequest): any[] {
+    const dataDefinition = this.process<ObjectDomain>(data, request);
     const normalizedDefinition = Array.of();
     const processedList = Array.isArray(dataDefinition) ? dataDefinition : Array.of(dataDefinition);
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.spec.ts
index 6e748c5575..30fe9f9163 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.spec.ts
@@ -59,10 +59,13 @@ describe('SubmissionRestService test suite', () => {
   describe('getDataById', () => {
     it('should configure a new SubmissionRequest', () => {
       const expected = new SubmissionRequest(requestService.generateRequestId(), resourceHref);
+      // set cache time to zero
+      expected.responseMsToLive = 0;
+      expected.forceBypassCache = true;
       scheduler.schedule(() => service.getDataById(resourceEndpoint, resourceScope).subscribe());
       scheduler.flush();
 
-      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected, true);
+      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.ts b/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.ts
index e2b8bb01c8..58aa507314 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { distinctUntilChanged, filter, flatMap, map, mergeMap, tap } from 'rxjs/
 import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import {
-  DeleteRequest,
+  DeleteRequest, GetRequest,
   PostRequest,
   RestRequest,
   SubmissionDeleteRequest,
@@ -109,7 +109,11 @@ export class SubmissionRestService {
       filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href)),
       distinctUntilChanged(),
       map((endpointURL: string) => new SubmissionRequest(requestId, endpointURL)),
-      tap((request: RestRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request, true)),
+      map ((request: RestRequest) => {
+        request.responseMsToLive = 0;
+        return request;
+      }),
+      tap((request: RestRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request)),
       flatMap(() => this.fetchRequest(requestId)),
       distinctUntilChanged());
   }
diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/workflowitem-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/submission/workflowitem-data.service.ts
index fd769745da..43c4aecafe 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 forceBypassCache = true;
+  protected responseMsToLive = 10 * 1000;
 
   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 de671d57c7..4d388ec513 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 forceBypassCache = true;
+  protected responseMsToLive = 10 * 1000;
 
   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 dda42e1c67..76e5e769d7 100644
--- a/src/app/core/tasks/claimed-task-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/tasks/claimed-task-data.service.ts
@@ -22,16 +22,13 @@ import { ProcessTaskResponse } from './models/process-task-response';
 @Injectable()
 export class ClaimedTaskDataService extends TasksService<ClaimedTask> {
 
+  protected responseMsToLive = 10 * 1000;
+
   /**
    * The endpoint link name
    */
   protected linkPath = 'claimedtasks';
 
-  /**
-   * When true, a new request is always dispatched
-   */
-  protected forceBypassCache = true;
-
   /**
    * Initialize instance variables
    *
diff --git a/src/app/core/tasks/pool-task-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/tasks/pool-task-data.service.ts
index 1a93450d4d..0e7704336d 100644
--- a/src/app/core/tasks/pool-task-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/tasks/pool-task-data.service.ts
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@ export class PoolTaskDataService extends TasksService<PoolTask> {
    */
   protected linkPath = 'pooltasks';
 
-  /**
-   * When true, a new request is always dispatched
-   */
-  protected forceBypassCache = true;
+  protected responseMsToLive = 10 * 1000;
 
   /**
    * Initialize instance variables
diff --git a/src/app/core/tasks/tasks.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/tasks/tasks.service.spec.ts
index 753ce2ddd5..3ca9b8ea8f 100644
--- a/src/app/core/tasks/tasks.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/tasks/tasks.service.spec.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ class TestTask extends TaskObject {
 
 class TestService extends TasksService<TestTask> {
   protected linkPath = LINK_NAME;
-  protected forceBypassCache = true;
 
   constructor(
     protected requestService: RequestService,
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-search-service.ts b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-search-service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20da2049d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-search-service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { SearchService } from '../../+search-page/search-service/search.service';
+
+export function getMockSearchService(): SearchService {
+  return jasmine.createSpyObj('searchService', {
+    search: '',
+    getEndpoint: observableOf('discover/search/objects'),
+    getSearchLink: '/mydspace',
+    getScopes: observableOf(['test-scope']),
+    setServiceOptions: {}
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/claimed-task-actions.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/claimed-task-actions.component.spec.ts
index 5084b3e9fe..5f62d733f4 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/claimed-task-actions.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/claimed-task-actions.component.spec.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ import { ClaimedTask } from '../../../core/tasks/models/claimed-task-object.mode
 import { WorkflowItem } from '../../../core/submission/models/workflowitem.model';
 import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject } from '../../testing/utils';
 import { CoreModule } from '../../../core/core.module';
+import { getMockSearchService } from '../../mocks/mock-search-service';
+import { getMockRequestService } from '../../mocks/mock-request.service';
+import { SearchService } from '../../../+search-page/search-service/search.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../../../core/data/request.service';
 
 let component: ClaimedTaskActionsComponent;
 let fixture: ComponentFixture<ClaimedTaskActionsComponent>;
@@ -32,6 +36,10 @@ const mockDataService = jasmine.createSpyObj('ClaimedTaskDataService', {
   returnToPoolTask: jasmine.createSpy('returnToPoolTask'),
 });
 
+const searchService = getMockSearchService();
+
+const requestServce = getMockRequestService();
+
 const item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
   bitstreams: observableOf({}),
   metadata: {
@@ -83,6 +91,8 @@ describe('ClaimedTaskActionsComponent', () => {
         { provide: NotificationsService, useValue: new NotificationsServiceStub() },
         { provide: Router, useValue: new RouterStub() },
         { provide: ClaimedTaskDataService, useValue: mockDataService },
+        { provide: SearchService, useValue: searchService },
+        { provide: RequestService, useValue: requestServce }
       ],
       schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
     }).overrideComponent(ClaimedTaskActionsComponent, {
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/claimed-task-actions.component.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/claimed-task-actions.component.ts
index 554becdb27..6355b4eca1 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/claimed-task-actions.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/claimed-task-actions.component.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import { WorkflowItem } from '../../../core/submission/models/workflowitem.model
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { MyDSpaceActionsComponent } from '../mydspace-actions';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../notifications/notifications.service';
+import { SearchService } from '../../../+search-page/search-service/search.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../../../core/data/request.service';
 
 /**
  * This component represents actions related to ClaimedTask object.
@@ -56,12 +58,16 @@ export class ClaimedTaskActionsComponent extends MyDSpaceActionsComponent<Claime
    * @param {Router} router
    * @param {NotificationsService} notificationsService
    * @param {TranslateService} translate
+   * @param {SearchService} searchService
+   * @param {RequestService} requestService
    */
   constructor(protected injector: Injector,
               protected router: Router,
               protected notificationsService: NotificationsService,
-              protected translate: TranslateService) {
-    super(ClaimedTask.type, injector, router, notificationsService, translate);
+              protected translate: TranslateService,
+              protected searchService: SearchService,
+              protected requestService: RequestService) {
+    super(ClaimedTask.type, injector, router, notificationsService, translate, searchService, requestService);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/item/item-actions.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/item/item-actions.component.spec.ts
index 72be122c8f..66d8cf68f6 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/item/item-actions.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/item/item-actions.component.spec.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ import { ItemActionsComponent } from './item-actions.component';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../notifications/notifications.service';
 import { NotificationsServiceStub } from '../../testing/notifications-service-stub';
+import { SearchService } from '../../../+search-page/search-service/search.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../../../core/data/request.service';
+import { getMockSearchService } from '../../mocks/mock-search-service';
+import { getMockRequestService } from '../../mocks/mock-request.service';
 
 let component: ItemActionsComponent;
 let fixture: ComponentFixture<ItemActionsComponent>;
@@ -50,6 +54,10 @@ mockObject = Object.assign(new Item(), {
   }
 });
 
+const searchService = getMockSearchService()
+
+const requestServce = getMockRequestService();
+
 describe('ItemActionsComponent', () => {
   beforeEach(async(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
@@ -67,6 +75,8 @@ describe('ItemActionsComponent', () => {
         { provide: Router, useValue: new RouterStub() },
         { provide: ItemDataService, useValue: mockDataService },
         { provide: NotificationsService, useValue: new NotificationsServiceStub() },
+        { provide: SearchService, useValue: searchService },
+        { provide: RequestService, useValue: requestServce }
       ],
       schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
     }).overrideComponent(ItemActionsComponent, {
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/item/item-actions.component.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/item/item-actions.component.ts
index eeb6e49ad9..7f6307c5ec 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/item/item-actions.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/item/item-actions.component.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import { MyDSpaceActionsComponent } from '../mydspace-actions';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../notifications/notifications.service';
+import { SearchService } from '../../../+search-page/search-service/search.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../../../core/data/request.service';
 
 /**
  * This component represents mydspace actions related to Item object.
@@ -31,12 +33,16 @@ export class ItemActionsComponent extends MyDSpaceActionsComponent<Item, ItemDat
    * @param {Router} router
    * @param {NotificationsService} notificationsService
    * @param {TranslateService} translate
+   * @param {SearchService} searchService
+   * @param {RequestService} requestService
    */
   constructor(protected injector: Injector,
               protected router: Router,
               protected notificationsService: NotificationsService,
-              protected translate: TranslateService) {
-    super(Item.type, injector, router, notificationsService, translate);
+              protected translate: TranslateService,
+              protected searchService: SearchService,
+              protected requestService: RequestService) {
+    super(Item.type, injector, router, notificationsService, translate, searchService, requestService);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/mydspace-actions.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/mydspace-actions.ts
index 8e465644c3..88d09c60a8 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/mydspace-actions.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/mydspace-actions.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { Injector, Input } from '@angular/core';
 
-import { find } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { find, take, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 import { MydspaceActionsServiceFactory } from './mydspace-actions-service.factory';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import { ResourceType } from '../../core/shared/resource-type';
 import { NotificationOptions } from '../notifications/models/notification-options.model';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../notifications/notifications.service';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { SearchService } from '../../+search-page/search-service/search.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../../core/data/request.service';
+import { Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 
 /**
  * Abstract class for all different representations of mydspace actions
@@ -27,6 +30,8 @@ export abstract class MyDSpaceActionsComponent<T extends DSpaceObject, TService
    */
   protected objectDataService: TService;
 
+  protected subscription: Subscription;
+
   /**
    * Initialize instance variables
    *
@@ -35,13 +40,17 @@ export abstract class MyDSpaceActionsComponent<T extends DSpaceObject, TService
    * @param {Router} router
    * @param {NotificationsService} notificationsService
    * @param {TranslateService} translate
+   * @param {SearchService} searchService
+   * @param {RequestService} requestService
    */
   constructor(
     protected objectType: ResourceType,
     protected injector: Injector,
     protected router: Router,
     protected notificationsService: NotificationsService,
-    protected translate: TranslateService) {
+    protected translate: TranslateService,
+    protected searchService: SearchService,
+    protected requestService: RequestService) {
     const factory = new MydspaceActionsServiceFactory<T, TService>();
     this.objectDataService = injector.get(factory.getConstructor(objectType));
   }
@@ -57,13 +66,18 @@ export abstract class MyDSpaceActionsComponent<T extends DSpaceObject, TService
    * Refresh current page
    */
   reload(): void {
+    this.router.navigated = false;
+    const url = decodeURIComponent(this.router.url);
     // override the route reuse strategy
     this.router.routeReuseStrategy.shouldReuseRoute = () => {
       return false;
     };
-    this.router.navigated = false;
-    const url = decodeURIComponent(this.router.url);
-    this.router.navigateByUrl(url);
+    // This assures that the search cache is empty before reloading mydspace.
+    // See https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/pull/468
+    this.searchService.getEndpoint().pipe(
+      take(1),
+      tap((cachedHref) => this.requestService.removeByHrefSubstring(cachedHref))
+    ).subscribe(() => this.router.navigateByUrl(url));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/pool-task/pool-task-actions.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/pool-task/pool-task-actions.component.spec.ts
index c06cec3422..55dcb7f8c2 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/pool-task/pool-task-actions.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/pool-task/pool-task-actions.component.spec.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ import { PoolTaskActionsComponent } from './pool-task-actions.component';
 import { PoolTask } from '../../../core/tasks/models/pool-task-object.model';
 import { WorkflowItem } from '../../../core/submission/models/workflowitem.model';
 import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject } from '../../testing/utils';
+import { getMockRequestService } from '../../mocks/mock-request.service';
+import { SearchService } from '../../../+search-page/search-service/search.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../../../core/data/request.service';
+import { getMockSearchService } from '../../mocks/mock-search-service';
 
 let component: PoolTaskActionsComponent;
 let fixture: ComponentFixture<PoolTaskActionsComponent>;
@@ -29,6 +33,10 @@ const mockDataService = jasmine.createSpyObj('PoolTaskDataService', {
   claimTask: jasmine.createSpy('claimTask')
 });
 
+const searchService = getMockSearchService();
+
+const requestServce = getMockRequestService();
+
 const item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
   bitstreams: observableOf({}),
   metadata: {
@@ -80,6 +88,8 @@ describe('PoolTaskActionsComponent', () => {
         { provide: NotificationsService, useValue: new NotificationsServiceStub() },
         { provide: Router, useValue: new RouterStub() },
         { provide: PoolTaskDataService, useValue: mockDataService },
+        { provide: SearchService, useValue: searchService },
+        { provide: RequestService, useValue: requestServce }
       ],
       schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
     }).overrideComponent(PoolTaskActionsComponent, {
@@ -167,4 +177,14 @@ describe('PoolTaskActionsComponent', () => {
     });
   }));
 
+  it('should clear the object cache by href', async(() => {
+    component.reload();
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    fixture.whenStable().then(() => {
+      expect(searchService.getEndpoint).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(requestServce.removeByHrefSubstring).toHaveBeenCalledWith('discover/search/objects');
+    });
+  }));
+
 });
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/pool-task/pool-task-actions.component.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/pool-task/pool-task-actions.component.ts
index 2124c0d9b6..b284be6f0b 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/pool-task/pool-task-actions.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/pool-task/pool-task-actions.component.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import { PoolTaskDataService } from '../../../core/tasks/pool-task-data.service'
 import { isNotUndefined } from '../../empty.util';
 import { MyDSpaceActionsComponent } from '../mydspace-actions';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../notifications/notifications.service';
+import { SearchService } from '../../../+search-page/search-service/search.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../../../core/data/request.service';
 
 /**
  * This component represents mydspace actions related to PoolTask object.
@@ -47,12 +49,16 @@ export class PoolTaskActionsComponent extends MyDSpaceActionsComponent<PoolTask,
    * @param {Router} router
    * @param {NotificationsService} notificationsService
    * @param {TranslateService} translate
+   * @param {SearchService} searchService
+   * @param {RequestService} requestService
    */
   constructor(protected injector: Injector,
               protected router: Router,
               protected notificationsService: NotificationsService,
-              protected translate: TranslateService) {
-    super(PoolTask.type, injector, router, notificationsService, translate);
+              protected translate: TranslateService,
+              protected searchService: SearchService,
+              protected requestService: RequestService) {
+    super(PoolTask.type, injector, router, notificationsService, translate, searchService, requestService);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workflowitem/workflowitem-actions.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workflowitem/workflowitem-actions.component.spec.ts
index e2f0e49104..2103750041 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workflowitem/workflowitem-actions.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workflowitem/workflowitem-actions.component.spec.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ import { WorkflowItemDataService } from '../../../core/submission/workflowitem-d
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../notifications/notifications.service';
 import { NotificationsServiceStub } from '../../testing/notifications-service-stub';
 import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject } from '../../testing/utils';
+import { getMockRequestService } from '../../mocks/mock-request.service';
+import { SearchService } from '../../../+search-page/search-service/search.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../../../core/data/request.service';
+import { getMockSearchService } from '../../mocks/mock-search-service';
 
 let component: WorkflowitemActionsComponent;
 let fixture: ComponentFixture<WorkflowitemActionsComponent>;
@@ -23,6 +27,10 @@ let mockObject: WorkflowItem;
 
 const mockDataService = {};
 
+const searchService = getMockSearchService();
+
+const requestServce = getMockRequestService();
+
 const item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
   bitstreams: observableOf({}),
   metadata: {
@@ -72,6 +80,8 @@ describe('WorkflowitemActionsComponent', () => {
         { provide: Router, useValue: new RouterStub() },
         { provide: WorkflowItemDataService, useValue: mockDataService },
         { provide: NotificationsService, useValue: new NotificationsServiceStub() },
+        { provide: SearchService, useValue: searchService },
+        { provide: RequestService, useValue: requestServce }
       ],
       schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
     }).overrideComponent(WorkflowitemActionsComponent, {
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workflowitem/workflowitem-actions.component.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workflowitem/workflowitem-actions.component.ts
index 453d875150..45e777cef8 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workflowitem/workflowitem-actions.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workflowitem/workflowitem-actions.component.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import { MyDSpaceActionsComponent } from '../mydspace-actions';
 import { WorkflowItem } from '../../../core/submission/models/workflowitem.model';
 import { WorkflowItemDataService } from '../../../core/submission/workflowitem-data.service';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../notifications/notifications.service';
+import { SearchService } from '../../../+search-page/search-service/search.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../../../core/data/request.service';
 
 /**
  * This component represents actions related to WorkflowItem object.
@@ -30,12 +32,16 @@ export class WorkflowitemActionsComponent extends MyDSpaceActionsComponent<Workf
    * @param {Router} router
    * @param {NotificationsService} notificationsService
    * @param {TranslateService} translate
+   * @param {SearchService} searchService
+   * @param {RequestService} requestService
    */
   constructor(protected injector: Injector,
               protected router: Router,
               protected notificationsService: NotificationsService,
-              protected translate: TranslateService) {
-    super(WorkflowItem.type, injector, router, notificationsService, translate);
+              protected translate: TranslateService,
+              protected searchService: SearchService,
+              protected requestService: RequestService) {
+    super(WorkflowItem.type, injector, router, notificationsService, translate, searchService, requestService);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -46,5 +52,4 @@ export class WorkflowitemActionsComponent extends MyDSpaceActionsComponent<Workf
   initObjects(object: WorkflowItem) {
     this.object = object;
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.spec.ts
index 507a466858..f4de6eed47 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.spec.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ import { WorkspaceItem } from '../../../core/submission/models/workspaceitem.mod
 import { WorkspaceitemActionsComponent } from './workspaceitem-actions.component';
 import { WorkspaceitemDataService } from '../../../core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service';
 import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject } from '../../testing/utils';
+import { RequestService } from '../../../core/data/request.service';
+import { getMockRequestService } from '../../mocks/mock-request.service';
+import { SearchService } from '../../../+search-page/search-service/search.service';
+import { getMockSearchService } from '../../mocks/mock-search-service';
 
 let component: WorkspaceitemActionsComponent;
 let fixture: ComponentFixture<WorkspaceitemActionsComponent>;
@@ -28,6 +32,10 @@ const mockDataService = jasmine.createSpyObj('WorkspaceitemDataService', {
   delete: jasmine.createSpy('delete')
 });
 
+const searchService = getMockSearchService();
+
+const requestServce = getMockRequestService();
+
 const item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
   bitstreams: observableOf({}),
   metadata: {
@@ -62,6 +70,7 @@ mockObject = Object.assign(new WorkspaceItem(), { item: observableOf(rd), id: '1
 
 describe('WorkspaceitemActionsComponent', () => {
   beforeEach(async(() => {
+
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [
         NgbModule.forRoot(),
@@ -78,6 +87,8 @@ describe('WorkspaceitemActionsComponent', () => {
         { provide: NotificationsService, useValue: new NotificationsServiceStub() },
         { provide: Router, useValue: new RouterStub() },
         { provide: WorkspaceitemDataService, useValue: mockDataService },
+        { provide: SearchService, useValue: searchService },
+        { provide: RequestService, useValue: requestServce },
         NgbModal
       ],
       schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
@@ -161,4 +172,14 @@ describe('WorkspaceitemActionsComponent', () => {
       expect(notificationsServiceStub.error).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
   }));
+
+  it('should clear the object cache by href', async(() => {
+    component.reload();
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    fixture.whenStable().then(() => {
+      expect(searchService.getEndpoint).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(requestServce.removeByHrefSubstring).toHaveBeenCalledWith('discover/search/objects');
+    });
+  }));
 });
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.ts
index ca0b416b60..0a5e18ff3d 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, Injector, Input } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, Injector, Input, OnDestroy } from '@angular/core';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 
 import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import { WorkspaceItem } from '../../../core/submission/models/workspaceitem.mod
 import { MyDSpaceActionsComponent } from '../mydspace-actions';
 import { WorkspaceitemDataService } from '../../../core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../notifications/notifications.service';
+import { SearchService } from '../../../+search-page/search-service/search.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../../../core/data/request.service';
 
 /**
  * This component represents actions related to WorkspaceItem object.
@@ -39,13 +41,17 @@ export class WorkspaceitemActionsComponent extends MyDSpaceActionsComponent<Work
    * @param {NgbModal} modalService
    * @param {NotificationsService} notificationsService
    * @param {TranslateService} translate
+   * @param {SearchService} searchService
+   * @param {RequestService} requestService
    */
   constructor(protected injector: Injector,
               protected router: Router,
               protected modalService: NgbModal,
               protected notificationsService: NotificationsService,
-              protected translate: TranslateService) {
-    super(WorkspaceItem.type, injector, router, notificationsService, translate);
+              protected translate: TranslateService,
+              protected searchService: SearchService,
+              protected requestService: RequestService) {
+    super(WorkspaceItem.type, injector, router, notificationsService, translate, searchService, requestService);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/submission/submission.service.spec.ts b/src/app/submission/submission.service.spec.ts
index 5cb6efd8b7..d67fb3679a 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/submission.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/submission.service.spec.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ import {
   createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject,
   createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$
 } from '../shared/testing/utils';
+import { getMockSearchService } from '../shared/mocks/mock-search-service';
+import { getMockRequestService } from '../shared/mocks/mock-request.service';
+import { SearchService } from '../+search-page/search-service/search.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../core/data/request.service';
 
 describe('SubmissionService test suite', () => {
   const config = MOCK_SUBMISSION_CONFIG;
@@ -349,7 +353,12 @@ describe('SubmissionService test suite', () => {
   let scheduler: TestScheduler;
   let service: SubmissionService;
 
+  const searchService = getMockSearchService();
+
+  const requestServce = getMockRequestService();
+
   beforeEach(async(() => {
+
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [
         StoreModule.forRoot({ submissionReducers } as any),
@@ -365,6 +374,8 @@ describe('SubmissionService test suite', () => {
         { provide: Router, useValue: router },
         { provide: SubmissionRestService, useValue: restService },
         { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: new MockActivatedRoute() },
+        { provide: SearchService, useValue: searchService },
+        { provide: RequestService, useValue: requestServce },
         NotificationsService,
         RouteService,
         SubmissionService,
diff --git a/src/app/submission/submission.service.ts b/src/app/submission/submission.service.ts
index 7605f1c73a..c9be658b31 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/submission.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/submission.service.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@ import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 
 import { Observable, of as observableOf, Subscription, timer as observableTimer } from 'rxjs';
 import {
-  catchError,
+  catchError, concatMap,
   distinctUntilChanged,
   filter,
   find,
-  first,
   map,
-  startWith
+  startWith, take, tap
 } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
@@ -56,6 +55,8 @@ import {
   createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject,
   createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$
 } from '../shared/testing/utils';
+import { SearchService } from '../+search-page/search-service/search.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../core/data/request.service';
 
 /**
  * A service that provides methods used in submission process.
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ export class SubmissionService {
    * @param {RouteService} routeService
    * @param {Store<SubmissionState>} store
    * @param {TranslateService} translate
+   * @param {SearchService} searchService
+   * @param {RequestService} requestService
    */
   constructor(@Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig,
               protected notificationsService: NotificationsService,
@@ -89,7 +92,9 @@ export class SubmissionService {
               protected router: Router,
               protected routeService: RouteService,
               protected store: Store<SubmissionState>,
-              protected translate: TranslateService) {
+              protected translate: TranslateService,
+              protected searchService: SearchService,
+              protected requestService: RequestService) {
   }
 
   /**
@@ -460,16 +465,23 @@ export class SubmissionService {
    * Redirect to MyDspace page
    */
   redirectToMyDSpace() {
-    this.routeService.getPreviousUrl().pipe(
-      first()
-    ).subscribe((previousUrl: string) => {
-      if (isEmpty(previousUrl) || !previousUrl.startsWith('/mydspace')) {
-        this.router.navigate(['/mydspace']);
-      } else {
-        this.router.navigateByUrl(previousUrl);
-      }
-    });
-
+    // This assures that the cache is empty before redirecting to mydspace.
+    // See https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/pull/468
+    this.searchService.getEndpoint().pipe(
+      take(1),
+      tap((url) => this.requestService.removeByHrefSubstring(url)),
+      // Now, do redirect.
+      concatMap(
+        () => this.routeService.getPreviousUrl().pipe(
+          take(1),
+          tap((previousUrl) => {
+            if (isEmpty(previousUrl) || !previousUrl.startsWith('/mydspace')) {
+              this.router.navigate(['/mydspace']);
+            } else {
+              this.router.navigateByUrl(previousUrl);
+            }
+        })))
+    ).subscribe();
   }
 
   /**