diff --git a/src/js/components/BentoAppRouter.tsx b/src/js/components/BentoAppRouter.tsx
index e99b2512..ee47c33d 100644
--- a/src/js/components/BentoAppRouter.tsx
+++ b/src/js/components/BentoAppRouter.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { getProjects, markScopeSet, selectScope } from '@/features/metadata/meta
 import Loader from '@/components/Loader';
 import DefaultLayout from '@/components/Util/DefaultLayout';
 import { BEACON_NETWORK_ENABLED } from '@/config';
+import { RequestStatus } from '@/types/requests';
 import { BentoRoute } from '@/types/routes';
 import { scopeEqual, validProjectDataset } from '@/utils/router';
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ const BentoAppRouter = () => {
 
   const { isAutoAuthenticating } = useAutoAuthenticate();
   const isAuthenticated = useIsAuthenticated();
-  const { selectedScope, isFetching: isFetchingProjects } = useMetadata();
+  const { selectedScope, projectsStatus } = useMetadata();
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!selectedScope.scopeSet) return;
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ const BentoAppRouter = () => {
     }
   }, [dispatch, isAuthenticated]);
 
-  if (isAutoAuthenticating || isFetchingProjects) {
+  if (isAutoAuthenticating || projectsStatus === RequestStatus.Pending) {
     return <Loader />;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/js/components/Provenance/ProvenanceTab.tsx b/src/js/components/Provenance/ProvenanceTab.tsx
index 61b26a47..4c8d2b47 100644
--- a/src/js/components/Provenance/ProvenanceTab.tsx
+++ b/src/js/components/Provenance/ProvenanceTab.tsx
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ import { Row } from 'antd';
 
 import { useMetadata } from '@/features/metadata/hooks';
 import type { Dataset } from '@/types/metadata';
+import { RequestStatus } from '@/types/requests';
 
 import DatasetProvenance from './DatasetProvenance';
 
 const ProvenanceTab = () => {
   const {
     projects,
-    isFetching: loading,
+    projectsStatus,
     selectedScope: { scope },
   } = useMetadata();
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ const ProvenanceTab = () => {
   return (
     <Row justify="center">
       {datasets.map((dataset, i) => (
-        <DatasetProvenance key={i} dataset={dataset} loading={loading} />
+        <DatasetProvenance key={i} dataset={dataset} loading={projectsStatus === RequestStatus.Pending} />
       ))}
     </Row>
   );
diff --git a/src/js/features/metadata/metadata.store.ts b/src/js/features/metadata/metadata.store.ts
index 18ea72a0..b7824a37 100644
--- a/src/js/features/metadata/metadata.store.ts
+++ b/src/js/features/metadata/metadata.store.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { PayloadAction } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import { createAsyncThunk, createSlice } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import axios from 'axios';
 import type { PaginatedResponse, Project } from '@/types/metadata';
+import { RequestStatus } from '@/types/requests';
 import type { RootState } from '@/store';
 import { printAPIError } from '@/utils/error.util';
 import { validProjectDataset } from '@/utils/router';
@@ -18,13 +19,13 @@ export type DiscoveryScopeSelection = {
 
 export interface MetadataState {
   projects: Project[];
-  isFetching: boolean;
+  projectsStatus: RequestStatus;
   selectedScope: DiscoveryScopeSelection;
 }
 
 const initialState: MetadataState = {
   projects: [],
-  isFetching: false,
+  projectsStatus: RequestStatus.Idle,
   selectedScope: {
     scope: { project: undefined, dataset: undefined },
     // Whether scope has been set from URL/action yet. If it hasn't, we need to wait before fetching scoped data.
@@ -48,7 +49,11 @@ export const getProjects = createAsyncThunk<
   },
   {
     condition(_, { getState }) {
-      return !getState().metadata.isFetching;
+      // Only need to fetch projects once - if the projects are being/have already been fetched, don't re-execute.
+      const { projectsStatus } = getState().metadata;
+      const cond = projectsStatus === RequestStatus.Idle;
+      if (!cond) console.debug(`getProjects() was attempted, but a prior attempt gave status: ${projectsStatus}`);
+      return cond;
     },
   }
 );
@@ -69,14 +74,14 @@ const metadata = createSlice({
   },
   extraReducers(builder) {
     builder.addCase(getProjects.pending, (state) => {
-      state.isFetching = true;
+      state.projectsStatus = RequestStatus.Pending;
     });
     builder.addCase(getProjects.fulfilled, (state, { payload }) => {
       state.projects = payload?.results ?? [];
-      state.isFetching = false;
+      state.projectsStatus = RequestStatus.Fulfilled;
     });
     builder.addCase(getProjects.rejected, (state) => {
-      state.isFetching = false;
+      state.projectsStatus = RequestStatus.Rejected;
     });
   },
 });