diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/auth-request.service.ts b/src/app/core/auth/auth-request.service.ts
index 0752149eae..284f588040 100644
--- a/src/app/core/auth/auth-request.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/auth-request.service.ts
@@ -24,9 +24,12 @@ export class AuthRequestService {
 
   protected fetchRequest(request: RestRequest): Observable<any> {
     return this.requestService.getByHref(request.href).pipe(
+      tap((t) => console.log(t)),
+
       getResponseFromEntry(),
       // TODO to review when https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/217 will be fixed
       // tap(() => this.responseCache.remove(request.href)),
+      tap((t) => console.log(t)),
       mergeMap((response) => {
         if (response.isSuccessful && isNotEmpty(response)) {
           return observableOf((response as AuthStatusResponse).response);
diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts b/src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts
index 229c44bcfa..4c520e8f30 100644
--- a/src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ export class AuthService {
     options.headers = headers;
     return this.authRequestService.postToEndpoint('login', body, options).pipe(
       map((status: AuthStatus) => {
+        console.log('yey response');
         if (status.authenticated) {
           return status;
         } else {
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service.ts b/src/app/core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service.ts
index ad5707bbf6..3877c19ff9 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,15 @@ import {
   race as observableRace
 } from 'rxjs';
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { distinctUntilChanged, first, flatMap, map, startWith, switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import {
+  distinctUntilChanged,
+  first,
+  flatMap,
+  map,
+  startWith,
+  switchMap,
+  takeUntil, tap
+} from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { hasValue, hasValueOperator, isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../data/paginated-list';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../data/remote-data';
@@ -32,8 +40,6 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
   }
 
   buildSingle<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>(href$: string | Observable<string>): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain>> {
-    console.log('call buildSingle', href$);
-
     if (typeof href$ === 'string') {
       href$ = observableOf(href$);
     }
@@ -45,7 +51,9 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
     const requestEntry$ = observableRace(
       href$.pipe(getRequestFromSelflink(this.requestService)),
       requestHref$.pipe(getRequestFromSelflink(this.requestService)),
-    ).pipe(first());
+    ).pipe(
+     first()
+    );
 
     // always use self link if that is cached, only if it isn't, get it via the response.
     const payload$ =
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
index 95a0015125..63c11dd8cb 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-import { distinctUntilChanged, filter, map, mergeMap, share, take, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import {
+  distinctUntilChanged,
+  filter,
+  first,
+  map,
+  mergeMap,
+  share,
+  take,
+  tap
+} from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { merge as observableMerge, Observable, throwError as observableThrowError } from 'rxjs';
 import { hasValue, isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { NormalizedCommunity } from '../cache/models/normalized-community.model';
@@ -59,7 +68,8 @@ export abstract class ComColDataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TD
       // );
       const responses = scopeCommunityHrefObs.pipe(
         mergeMap((href: string) => this.requestService.getByHref(href)),
-        getResponseFromEntry());
+        getResponseFromEntry()
+      );
       const errorResponses = responses.pipe(
         filter((response) => !response.isSuccessful),
         mergeMap(() => observableThrowError(new Error(`The Community with scope ${options.scopeID} couldn't be retrieved`)))
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
index 4a993e4ac6..6a7916854b 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>
     if (isNotEmpty(args)) {
       return result.pipe(map((href: string) => new URLCombiner(href, `?${args.join('&')}`).toString()));
     } else {
-      result.subscribe((t) => console.log(t));
-
       return result;
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.effects.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.effects.ts
index bda91283bf..537a0b69b6 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.effects.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.effects.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Inject, Injectable, Injector } from '@angular/core';
 import { Actions, Effect, ofType } from '@ngrx/effects';
 
 import { GLOBAL_CONFIG, GlobalConfig } from '../../../config';
-import { isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
 
 import { DSpaceRESTv2Service } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service';
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { RequestEntry } from './request.reducer';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 import { DSpaceRESTv2Serializer } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.serializer';
 import { NormalizedObjectFactory } from '../cache/models/normalized-object-factory';
-import { catchError, flatMap, map, take, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { catchError, filter, flatMap, map, take, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { ErrorResponse, RestResponse } from '../cache/response.models';
 import { StoreActionTypes } from '../../store.actions';
 
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ export class RequestEffects {
         take(1)
       );
     }),
+    filter((entry: RequestEntry) => hasValue(entry)),
     map((entry: RequestEntry) => entry.request),
+    tap((entry: RequestEntry) => console.log(entry)),
     flatMap((request: RestRequest) => {
       let body;
       if (isNotEmpty(request.body)) {
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.reducer.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.reducer.ts
index a680de2d6b..e6a9097dce 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.reducer.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.reducer.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ function configureRequest(state: RequestState, action: RequestConfigureAction):
       completed: false,
     }
   });
+  console.log(Object.assign({}, state, {
+    [action.payload.uuid]: {
+      request: action.payload,
+      requestPending: true,
+      responsePending: false,
+      completed: false,
+    }
+  }););
 }
 
 function executeRequest(state: RequestState, action: RequestExecuteAction): RequestState {
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.service.spec.ts
index 5232d7efab..debddb748c 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.service.spec.ts
@@ -170,11 +170,11 @@ describe('RequestService', () => {
 
       it('should return an Observable of undefined', () => {
         const result = service.getByUUID(testUUID);
-        const expected = cold('b', {
-          b: undefined
-        });
+        // const expected = cold('b', {
+        //   b: undefined
+        // });
 
-        expect(result).toBeObservable(expected);
+        scheduler.expectObservable(result).toBe('b', {b: undefined});
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
index 564b19de75..4b7a7c9b49 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ import {
   take,
   tap
 } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { race as observableRace } from 'rxjs';
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { MemoizedSelector, select, Store } from '@ngrx/store';
-import { hasNoValue, hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { hasNoValue, hasValue, isNotUndefined } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { CacheableObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
 import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
 import { DSOSuccessResponse, RestResponse } from '../cache/response.models';
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import { RequestEntry } from './request.reducer';
 import { CommitSSBAction } from '../cache/server-sync-buffer.actions';
 import { RestRequestMethod } from './rest-request-method';
 import { getResponseFromEntry } from '../shared/operators';
+import { AddToIndexAction } from '../index/index.actions';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class RequestService {
@@ -48,6 +50,10 @@ export class RequestService {
     return pathSelector<CoreState, string>(coreSelector, 'index', IndexName.REQUEST, href);
   }
 
+  private originalUUIDFromUUIDSelector(uuid: string): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, string> {
+    return pathSelector<CoreState, string>(coreSelector, 'index', IndexName.UUID_MAPPING, uuid);
+  }
+
   generateRequestId(): string {
     return `client/${this.uuidService.generate()}`;
   }
@@ -70,7 +76,15 @@ export class RequestService {
   }
 
   getByUUID(uuid: string): Observable<RequestEntry> {
-    return this.store.pipe(select(this.entryFromUUIDSelector(uuid)));
+     return observableRace(
+      this.store.pipe(select(this.entryFromUUIDSelector(uuid))),
+      this.store.pipe(
+        select(this.originalUUIDFromUUIDSelector(uuid)),
+        switchMap((originalUUID) => {
+            return this.store.pipe(select(this.entryFromUUIDSelector(originalUUID)))
+          },
+        ))
+    );
   }
 
   getByHref(href: string): Observable<RequestEntry> {
@@ -88,32 +102,42 @@ export class RequestService {
       if (isGetRequest && !forceBypassCache) {
         this.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore(request);
       }
+    } else {
+      this.getByHref(request.href).pipe(
+        filter((entry) => hasValue(entry)),
+        take(1)
+      ).subscribe((entry) => {
+          return this.store.dispatch(new AddToIndexAction(IndexName.UUID_MAPPING, request.uuid, entry.request.uuid))
+        }
+      )
     }
   }
 
   private isCachedOrPending(request: GetRequest) {
     let isCached = this.objectCache.hasBySelfLink(request.href);
-    const responses: Observable<RestResponse> = this.isReusable(request.uuid).pipe(
-      filter((reusable: boolean) => !isCached && reusable),
-      switchMap(() => {
-          return this.getByHref(request.href).pipe(
-            getResponseFromEntry(),
-            take(1)
-          );
-        }
-      ));
+    if (isCached) {
+      const responses: Observable<RestResponse> = this.isReusable(request.uuid).pipe(
+        filter((reusable: boolean) => reusable),
+        switchMap(() => {
+            return this.getByHref(request.href).pipe(
+              getResponseFromEntry(),
+              take(1)
+            );
+          }
+        ));
 
-    const errorResponses = responses.pipe(filter((response) => !response.isSuccessful), map(() => true)); // TODO add a configurable number of retries in case of an error.
-    const dsoSuccessResponses = responses.pipe(
-      filter((response) => response.isSuccessful && hasValue((response as DSOSuccessResponse).resourceSelfLinks)),
-      map((response: DSOSuccessResponse) => response.resourceSelfLinks),
-      map((resourceSelfLinks: string[]) => resourceSelfLinks
-        .every((selfLink) => this.objectCache.hasBySelfLink(selfLink))
-      ));
+      const errorResponses = responses.pipe(filter((response) => !response.isSuccessful), map(() => true)); // TODO add a configurable number of retries in case of an error.
+      const dsoSuccessResponses = responses.pipe(
+        filter((response) => response.isSuccessful && hasValue((response as DSOSuccessResponse).resourceSelfLinks)),
+        map((response: DSOSuccessResponse) => response.resourceSelfLinks),
+        map((resourceSelfLinks: string[]) => resourceSelfLinks
+          .every((selfLink) => this.objectCache.hasBySelfLink(selfLink))
+        ));
 
-    const otherSuccessResponses = responses.pipe(filter((response) => response.isSuccessful && !hasValue((response as DSOSuccessResponse).resourceSelfLinks)), map(() => true));
+      const otherSuccessResponses = responses.pipe(filter((response) => response.isSuccessful && !hasValue((response as DSOSuccessResponse).resourceSelfLinks)), map(() => true));
 
-    observableMerge(errorResponses, otherSuccessResponses, dsoSuccessResponses).subscribe((c) => isCached = c);
+      observableMerge(errorResponses, otherSuccessResponses, dsoSuccessResponses).subscribe((c) => isCached = c);
+    }
     const isPending = this.isPending(request);
     return isCached || isPending;
   }
diff --git a/src/app/core/index/index.reducer.spec.ts b/src/app/core/index/index.reducer.spec.ts
index a1cf92aeb3..ffc2c9fadc 100644
--- a/src/app/core/index/index.reducer.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/index/index.reducer.spec.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ describe('requestReducer', () => {
   const testState: IndexState = {
     [IndexName.OBJECT]: {
       [key1]: val1
+    },[IndexName.REQUEST]: {
+      [key1]: val1
+    },[IndexName.UUID_MAPPING]: {
+      [key1]: val1
     }
   };
   deepFreeze(testState);
diff --git a/src/app/core/index/index.reducer.ts b/src/app/core/index/index.reducer.ts
index 869dee9e51..c179182509 100644
--- a/src/app/core/index/index.reducer.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/index/index.reducer.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,12 @@ import {
 
 export enum IndexName {
   OBJECT = 'object/uuid-to-self-link',
-  REQUEST = 'get-request/href-to-uuid'
+  REQUEST = 'get-request/href-to-uuid',
+  UUID_MAPPING = 'get-request/configured-to-cache-uuid'
 }
 
-export interface IndexState {
-  // TODO this should be `[name in IndexName]: {` but that's currently broken,
-  // see https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/13042
-  [name: string]: {
+export type IndexState = {
+  [name in IndexName]: {
     [key: string]: string
   }
 }
@@ -43,9 +42,10 @@ function addToIndex(state: IndexState, action: AddToIndexAction): IndexState {
   const newSubState = Object.assign({}, subState, {
     [action.payload.key]: action.payload.value
   });
-  return Object.assign({}, state, {
+  const obs = Object.assign({}, state, {
     [action.payload.name]: newSubState
-  })
+  });
+  return obs;
 }
 
 function removeFromIndexByValue(state: IndexState, action: RemoveFromIndexByValueAction): IndexState {
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.ts b/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.ts
index 3a5da84e13..a0bf7aabd5 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Observable, of as observableOf, combineLatest as observableCombineLatest } from 'rxjs';
 import {
-  distinctUntilChanged,
+  distinctUntilChanged, first,
   map,
   mergeMap,
   startWith,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class HALEndpointService {
     return this.requestService.getByHref(request.href).pipe(
       getResponseFromEntry(),
       map((response: EndpointMapSuccessResponse) => response.endpointMap),
-      distinctUntilChanged());
+      );
   }
 
   public getEndpoint(linkPath: string): Observable<string> {