src/components/countdown.tsx

@@ -53,12 +53,14 @@ export function Countdown({ date, label, color }: CountdownProps) {
   return (
     <Group gap="xs">
       {label && <Text size='sm' fw={500}>{label}:</Text>}
+      {/* Server and client render different seconds; the first client tick corrects it. */}
       <Text
         size='sm'
         fw={600}
         c={isFinalStretch ? 'red' : color}
         ff="monospace"
         className={classes.time}
+        suppressHydrationWarning
       >
         {prefix}
         <span
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ export function Countdown({ date, label, color }: CountdownProps) {
           className={`${classes.seconds} ${
             isFinalStretch ? classes.finalTick : classes.tick
           }`}
+          suppressHydrationWarning
         >
           {pad(timeLeft.seconds)}
         </span>

src/hooks/use-server-events.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ const INVALIDATE_JITTER_MS = 1500;
 const invalidateTimers = new Map<string, ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>>();
 
 const WATCHDOG_MS = 45_000;
+const REFRESH_ATTEMPT_COOLDOWN_MS = 60_000;
+let lastRefreshAttemptAt = 0;
 
 function debouncedInvalidate(
   queryClient: ReturnType<typeof useQueryClient>,
@@ -163,13 +165,18 @@ export function useServerEvents() {
         // an expired session rather than a network blip. Try to refresh; if the
         // session is genuinely gone, stop retrying so we don't hammer the
         // endpoint forever — a real re-login (or a wake event) will reconnect.
+        // Cooldown: a flaky stream (proxy idle timeouts) must not turn every
+        // reconnect into a refresh call.
         let sessionValid = true;
+        if (Date.now() - lastRefreshAttemptAt > REFRESH_ATTEMPT_COOLDOWN_MS) {
+          lastRefreshAttemptAt = Date.now();
           try {
             const { attemptRefreshingSession } = await import('supertokens-web-js/recipe/session');
             sessionValid = await attemptRefreshingSession();
           } catch {
             // Refresh call itself failed (likely offline) — treat as transient.
           }
+        }
 
         if (disposed) return;