diff --git a/catalog/app/components/Preview/loaders/Html/Html.tsx b/catalog/app/components/Preview/loaders/Html/Html.tsx
index cb7dc88174a..74eb486e4aa 100644
--- a/catalog/app/components/Preview/loaders/Html/Html.tsx
+++ b/catalog/app/components/Preview/loaders/Html/Html.tsx
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ export const detect = utils.extIn(['.htm', '.html'])
 
 export const FILE_TYPE = FileType.Html
 
-const SESSION_TTL = 60 * 3
-const REFRESH_INTERVAL = SESSION_TTL * 0.2 * 1000
+const SESSION_TTL = 60 * 3 // 3 minutes
+const REFRESH_INTERVAL = 60 * 1000 // 1 minute
 
 type SessionId = Model.GQLTypes.BrowsingSession['id']
 type CreateData = GQL.DataForDoc<typeof CREATE_BROWSING_SESSION>['browsingSessionCreate']
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ function useSession(handle: FileHandle) {
     async function initSession() {
       setResult(AsyncResult.Pending())
       try {
-        await ensureCookie()
         const session = await createSession(scope, SESSION_TTL)
+        await ensureCookie(SESSION_TTL, REFRESH_INTERVAL)
         if (ignore) return
         sessionId = session.id
         setResult(AsyncResult.Ok(sessionId))
@@ -181,9 +181,14 @@ function useSession(handle: FileHandle) {
         handleError(e)
       }
 
-      timer = setInterval(() => {
+      timer = setInterval(async () => {
         if (!sessionId) return
-        refreshSession(sessionId, SESSION_TTL).catch(handleError)
+        try {
+          await refreshSession(sessionId, SESSION_TTL)
+          await ensureCookie(SESSION_TTL, REFRESH_INTERVAL)
+        } catch (e) {
+          handleError(e)
+        }
       }, REFRESH_INTERVAL)
     }
 
diff --git a/catalog/app/utils/PFSCookieManager.tsx b/catalog/app/utils/PFSCookieManager.tsx
index 971cb6527a6..1d0754b822e 100644
--- a/catalog/app/utils/PFSCookieManager.tsx
+++ b/catalog/app/utils/PFSCookieManager.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
+import * as dateFns from 'date-fns'
 import invariant from 'invariant'
 import * as React from 'react'
 import * as redux from 'react-redux'
 import { createSelector } from 'reselect'
-import * as Sentry from '@sentry/react'
 
 import cfg from 'constants/config'
 import { tokens as tokensSelector } from 'containers/Auth/selectors'
 import { useApi } from 'utils/APIConnector'
 import usePrevious from 'utils/usePrevious'
 
-type Ensure = () => Promise<void>
+type Ensure = (ttl: number, histeresis: number) => Promise<void>
 
 const Ctx = React.createContext<Ensure | null>(null)
 
@@ -18,37 +18,77 @@ const selectToken = createSelector(
   (tokens) => tokens?.token as string | undefined,
 )
 
+interface State {
+  token: string | undefined
+  expires: Date
+  promise: Promise<void>
+}
+
+function needsRefresh(
+  state: State | undefined,
+  params: {
+    token: string | undefined
+    expires: Date
+    histeresis: number
+  },
+): boolean {
+  if (!state) return true
+  if (state.token !== params.token) return true
+  if (state.expires.getTime() + params.histeresis < params.expires.getTime()) return true
+  return false
+}
+
 export function PFSCookieManager({ children }: React.PropsWithChildren<{}>) {
-  const promiseRef = React.useRef<Promise<void>>()
+  const stateRef = React.useRef<State>()
 
   const req = useApi()
 
+  const setPFSCookie = React.useCallback(
+    (token: string | undefined, ttl: number): Promise<void> =>
+      token
+        ? req({
+            auth: { tokens: { token }, handleInvalidToken: false },
+            url: `${cfg.s3Proxy}/browse/set_browse_cookie`,
+            method: 'POST',
+            credentials: 'include',
+            data: { ttl },
+          }).catch((e: any) => {
+            throw new Error(`Could not set PFS cookie: ${e.message}`)
+          })
+        : Promise.resolve(),
+
+    [req],
+  )
+
   const token = redux.useSelector(selectToken)
 
-  const setBrowseCookie = React.useCallback(async () => {
-    if (!token) throw new Error('Unable to set PFS cookie: not authenticated')
-
-    try {
-      await req({
-        auth: { tokens: { token }, handleInvalidToken: false },
-        url: `${cfg.s3Proxy}/browse/set_browse_cookie`,
-        method: 'POST',
-        credentials: 'include',
-      })
-    } catch (e: any) {
-      Sentry.captureException(e)
-      throw new Error(`Could not set PFS cookie: ${e.message}`)
-    }
-  }, [req, token])
-
-  const ensure = React.useCallback(() => {
-    if (!promiseRef.current) promiseRef.current = setBrowseCookie()
-    return promiseRef.current
-  }, [promiseRef, setBrowseCookie])
+  const ensure = React.useCallback<Ensure>(
+    async (ttl: number, histeresis: number) => {
+      const expires = dateFns.addSeconds(new Date(), ttl)
+      if (needsRefresh(stateRef.current, { token, expires, histeresis })) {
+        const promise = setPFSCookie(token, ttl)
+        stateRef.current = { token, expires, promise }
+      }
+      while (true) {
+        // if a new request has been issued while waiting for the response,
+        // wait for it to complete
+        let promise = stateRef.current?.promise
+        if (promise) await promise
+        if (promise === stateRef.current?.promise) return
+      }
+    },
+    [token, stateRef, setPFSCookie],
+  )
 
   // refresh on token change
   usePrevious(token, (prev) => {
-    if (token !== prev && promiseRef.current) promiseRef.current = setBrowseCookie()
+    if (token === prev) return
+    if (!stateRef.current) return
+    const now = new Date()
+    const ttlLeft = Math.ceil((stateRef.current.expires.getTime() - now.getTime()) / 1000)
+    if (ttlLeft <= 0) return
+    stateRef.current.token = token
+    stateRef.current.promise = setPFSCookie(token, ttlLeft)
   })
 
   return <Ctx.Provider value={ensure}>{children}</Ctx.Provider>