diff --git a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
index 8362358d61bdd2c8eec3b5393eb9e1859b448ae8..9c6eda0793eae775970f9e73cd1646cb2684a613 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
   /**
    * Allows subclasses to reset the response cache time.
    */
+<<<<<<< HEAD
   protected responseMsToLive: number;
+=======
+  protected resetMsToLive: number;
+>>>>>>> Sets responseMsToLive to zero in some dataService methods and adds ability to reset the responseMsToLive value in subclasses.
 
   public abstract getBrowseEndpoint(options: FindAllOptions, linkPath?: string): Observable<string>
 
@@ -134,8 +138,13 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
       first((href: string) => hasValue(href)))
       .subscribe((href: string) => {
         const request = new FindAllRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, options);
+<<<<<<< HEAD
         if (hasValue(this.responseMsToLive)) {
           request.responseMsToLive = this.responseMsToLive;
+=======
+        if (this.resetMsToLive) {
+          request.responseMsToLive = this.resetMsToLive;
+>>>>>>> Sets responseMsToLive to zero in some dataService methods and adds ability to reset the responseMsToLive value in subclasses.
         }
         this.requestService.configure(request);
       });
@@ -160,8 +169,13 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
       find((href: string) => hasValue(href)))
       .subscribe((href: string) => {
         const request = new FindByIDRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, id);
+<<<<<<< HEAD
         if (hasValue(this.responseMsToLive)) {
           request.responseMsToLive = this.responseMsToLive;
+=======
+        if (this.resetMsToLive) {
+          request.responseMsToLive = this.resetMsToLive;
+>>>>>>> Sets responseMsToLive to zero in some dataService methods and adds ability to reset the responseMsToLive value in subclasses.
         }
         this.requestService.configure(request);
       });
@@ -171,8 +185,13 @@ export abstract class DataService<T extends CacheableObject> {
 
   findByHref(href: string, options?: HttpOptions): Observable<RemoteData<T>> {
     const request = new GetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, null, options);
+<<<<<<< HEAD
     if (hasValue(this.responseMsToLive)) {
       request.responseMsToLive = this.responseMsToLive;
+=======
+    if (this.resetMsToLive) {
+      request.responseMsToLive = this.resetMsToLive;
+>>>>>>> Sets responseMsToLive to zero in some dataService methods and adds ability to reset the responseMsToLive value in subclasses.
     }
     this.requestService.configure(request);
     return this.rdbService.buildSingle<T>(href);
diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/workflowitem-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/submission/workflowitem-data.service.ts
index 4e65b5c58ce1cc6494129a654bb4678676cf7995..218de9c81a03e65870262aa6239e9e1d21e4703e 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/workflowitem-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/workflowitem-data.service.ts
@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@ import { DSOChangeAnalyzer } from '../data/dso-change-analyzer.service';
 @Injectable()
 export class WorkflowItemDataService extends DataService<WorkflowItem> {
   protected linkPath = 'workflowitems';
-<<<<<<< HEAD
   protected responseMsToLive = 0;
-=======
-  protected resetMsToLive = true;
->>>>>>> Setting cache period to zero for all instances where forceBypassCache was previously true.
 
   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 4bf44e87646fbcd96cc1bf8ad542d3ab6372781e..70e07edd5e24b8ad484b3bdd62aee01e273ac3ca 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service.ts
@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@ import { WorkspaceItem } from './models/workspaceitem.model';
 @Injectable()
 export class WorkspaceitemDataService extends DataService<WorkspaceItem> {
   protected linkPath = 'workspaceitems';
-<<<<<<< HEAD
   protected responseMsToLive = 0;
-=======
-  protected resetMsToLive = true;
->>>>>>> Setting cache period to zero for all instances where forceBypassCache was previously true.
 
   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 5af62318d386ad3823fcacd9712c1b54bbfa3815..31d6448a1aad846688a9bd1ab3c6722b4c3509da 100644
--- a/src/app/core/tasks/claimed-task-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/tasks/claimed-task-data.service.ts
@@ -22,11 +22,15 @@ import { ProcessTaskResponse } from './models/process-task-response';
 @Injectable()
 export class ClaimedTaskDataService extends TasksService<ClaimedTask> {
 
+<<<<<<< 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.
 
   /**
    * 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 6ceb3915deb65fc28e36531fb63aa20edbc89062..77fff0261891b82abbd45529e54dbea2d1b2523a 100644
--- a/src/app/core/tasks/pool-task-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/tasks/pool-task-data.service.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export class PoolTaskDataService extends TasksService<PoolTask> {
    */
   protected linkPath = 'pooltasks';
 
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 <<<<<<< HEAD
 <<<<<<< HEAD
   protected responseMsToLive = 0;
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ export class PoolTaskDataService extends TasksService<PoolTask> {
 >>>>>>> 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.
 
 >>>>>>> Setting cache period to zero for all instances where forceBypassCache was previously true.
   /**