diff --git a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/live-data-provider/LiveDataThread.tsx b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/live-data-provider/LiveDataThread.tsx
index 73534ba1ea17f..fff1cc3d1cf47 100644
--- a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/live-data-provider/LiveDataThread.tsx
+++ b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/live-data-provider/LiveDataThread.tsx
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export class LiveDataThread<T> {
     this.startFetchLoop();
   }
 
+  private _scheduledStopFetchLoop = false;
   public unsubscribe(key: string) {
     if (!this.listenersCount[key]) {
       return;
@@ -53,8 +54,15 @@ export class LiveDataThread<T> {
     if (this.listenersCount[key] === 0) {
       delete this.listenersCount[key];
     }
-    if (this.getObservedKeys().length === 0) {
-      this.stopFetchLoop();
+
+    if (!this._scheduledStopFetchLoop) {
+      this._scheduledStopFetchLoop = true;
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        if (this.getObservedKeys().length === 0) {
+          this.stopFetchLoop();
+        }
+        this._scheduledStopFetchLoop = false;
+      }, 100);
     }
   }
 
@@ -62,13 +70,21 @@ export class LiveDataThread<T> {
     return Object.keys(this.listenersCount);
   }
 
+  private _scheduledStartFetchLoop = false;
   public startFetchLoop() {
-    if (this.activeFetches !== this.parallelFetches) {
-      requestAnimationFrame(this._batchedQueryKeys);
-    }
-    if (this.intervals.length !== this.parallelFetches) {
-      this.intervals.push(setInterval(this._batchedQueryKeys, 5000));
+    if (this._scheduledStartFetchLoop) {
+      return;
     }
+    this._scheduledStartFetchLoop = true;
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      if (this.activeFetches !== this.parallelFetches) {
+        requestAnimationFrame(this._batchedQueryKeys);
+      }
+      if (this.intervals.length !== this.parallelFetches) {
+        this.intervals.push(setInterval(this._batchedQueryKeys, 5000));
+      }
+      this._scheduledStartFetchLoop = false;
+    }, 50);
   }
 
   public stopFetchLoop() {