diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/auth-request.service.ts b/src/app/core/auth/auth-request.service.ts
index e717de9df955c7d0ece7853d360c5973671bac10..8773b1a9fb59c57bb8282aec870304bb6aa15150 100644
--- a/src/app/core/auth/auth-request.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/auth-request.service.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export class AuthRequestService {
       distinctUntilChanged(),
       map((endpointURL: string) => new AuthPostRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL, body, options)),
       map ((request: PostRequest) => {
-        request.responseMsToLive = 0;
+        request.responseMsToLive = 10 * 1000;
         return request;
       }),
       tap((request: PostRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request)),
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export class AuthRequestService {
       distinctUntilChanged(),
       map((endpointURL: string) => new AuthGetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL, options)),
       map ((request: GetRequest) => {
-        request.responseMsToLive = 0;
+        request.responseMsToLive = 10 * 1000;
         return request;
       }),
       tap((request: GetRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request)),
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
index 8362358d61bdd2c8eec3b5393eb9e1859b448ae8..34215f1a2fcfc1e3fde0e90e67c04ab4e2ed08ab 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
       first((href: string) => hasValue(href)))
       .subscribe((href: string) => {
         const request = new FindAllRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, options);
-        request.responseMsToLive = 0;
+        request.responseMsToLive = 10 * 1000;
         this.requestService.configure(request);
       });
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts
index 43ab9e58e776fd7070ab6b0dd605baa9862950ca..766ad75cde3fde2a915fb92fe6df9f830976a4a6 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { MappedCollectionsReponseParsingService } from './mapped-collections-rep
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 
 export abstract class RestRequest {
-  public responseMsToLive = 0;
+  public responseMsToLive = 10 * 1000;
   constructor(
     public uuid: string,
     public href: string,
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ 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/submission/submission-rest.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.spec.ts
index 8e47bbd994348a5a8342a56a8cc5f0859e436543..e6cf3cb6b03031ffb70412916c2d3d82f853c464 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.spec.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ describe('SubmissionRestService test suite', () => {
     it('should configure a new SubmissionRequest', () => {
       const expected = new SubmissionRequest(requestService.generateRequestId(), resourceHref);
       // set cache time to zero
-      expected.responseMsToLive = 0;
+      expected.responseMsToLive = 10 * 1000;
       scheduler.schedule(() => service.getDataById(resourceEndpoint, resourceScope).subscribe());
       scheduler.flush();
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.ts b/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.ts
index 58aa5073149d8fc545166dd5626026838de8fd29..42bdfbc22d0675951e7099ef453f1fa14dfd2cc2 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export class SubmissionRestService {
       distinctUntilChanged(),
       map((endpointURL: string) => new SubmissionRequest(requestId, endpointURL)),
       map ((request: RestRequest) => {
-        request.responseMsToLive = 0;
+        request.responseMsToLive = 10 * 1000;
         return request;
       }),
       tap((request: RestRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request)),
diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/workflowitem-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/submission/workflowitem-data.service.ts
index 218de9c81a03e65870262aa6239e9e1d21e4703e..43c4aecafefa108f08b6e7d241a759ef35f9384c 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 responseMsToLive = 0;
+  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 70e07edd5e24b8ad484b3bdd62aee01e273ac3ca..4d388ec5138cc2fdf7e0d5f5d0ddcccd2afb6552 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 responseMsToLive = 0;
+  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 6341c2713a20821bb5a8b131600ea7d65e5058ec..cc6a9d2d20f1441116ef9c7f8ee4515a7b8b92b3 100644
--- a/src/app/core/tasks/claimed-task-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/tasks/claimed-task-data.service.ts
@@ -21,20 +21,7 @@ import { ProcessTaskResponse } from './models/process-task-response';
  */
 @Injectable()
 export class ClaimedTaskDataService extends TasksService<ClaimedTask> {
-
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-  protected responseMsToLive = 0;
-=======
-  protected resetMsToLive = true;
->>>>>>> Setting cache period to zero for all instances where forceBypassCache was previously true.
-=======
-  protected resetMsToLive = 0;
->>>>>>> Sets responseMsToLive to zero in some dataService methods and adds ability to reset the responseMsToLive value in subclasses.
-=======
-  protected responseMsToLive = 0;
->>>>>>> Renamed cache property and replaced conditional with hasValue.
+  protected responseMsToLive = 10 * 1000;
 
   /**
    * The endpoint link name
diff --git a/src/app/core/tasks/pool-task-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/tasks/pool-task-data.service.ts
index f763abb1cc39a54c0b7943ee9fb911cd54ff61b5..379f2289ad9d67a0bd3dd085c5391d7131724bac 100644
--- a/src/app/core/tasks/pool-task-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/tasks/pool-task-data.service.ts
@@ -26,25 +26,8 @@ export class PoolTaskDataService extends TasksService<PoolTask> {
    * The endpoint link name
    */
   protected linkPath = 'pooltasks';
+  protected responseMsToLive = 10 * 1000;
 
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-  protected responseMsToLive = 0;
-
-=======
->>>>>>> Refactored to remove forceBypassCache param from requestService and from data service classes.
-=======
-  protected resetMsToLive = true;
-=======
-  protected resetMsToLive = 0;
->>>>>>> Sets responseMsToLive to zero in some dataService methods and adds ability to reset the responseMsToLive value in subclasses.
-=======
-  protected responseMsToLive = 0;
->>>>>>> Renamed cache property and replaced conditional with hasValue.
-
->>>>>>> Setting cache period to zero for all instances where forceBypassCache was previously true.
   /**
    * Initialize instance variables
    *