diff --git a/src/web/hooks/__tests__/useTiming.jsx b/src/web/hooks/__tests__/useTiming.jsx
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+/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import {useState} from 'react';
+
+import {describe, test, expect, testing} from '@gsa/testing';
+
+import {act, fireEvent, render, screen} from 'web/utils/testing';
+
+import useTiming from '../useTiming';
+
+const TestComponent = () => {
+  const [value, setValue] = useState(0);
+  const updateValue = () => setValue(1);
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+  const [startTimer, clearTimer, isRunning] = useTiming(updateValue, 900);
+  return (
+    <>
+      <button onClick={startTimer} data-testid="startTimer"></button>
+      <span data-testid="value">{value}</span>
+      <span data-testid="isRunning">{'' + isRunning}</span>
+    </>
+  );
+};
+
+const runTimers = async () => {
+  await act(async () => {
+    await testing.runAllTimersAsync();
+  });
+};
+
+describe('useTiming', () => {
+  test('should start a timer', async () => {
+    testing.useFakeTimers();
+
+    render(<TestComponent />);
+
+    const value = screen.getByTestId('value');
+    const isRunning = screen.getByTestId('isRunning');
+
+    expect(value).toHaveTextContent('0');
+    expect(isRunning).toHaveTextContent('false');
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('startTimer'));
+
+    expect(value).toHaveTextContent('0');
+    expect(isRunning).toHaveTextContent('true');
+
+    await runTimers();
+
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('value')).toHaveTextContent('1');
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('isRunning')).toHaveTextContent('false');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/web/hooks/useTiming.js b/src/web/hooks/useTiming.js
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+/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import {useEffect, useCallback, useState} from 'react';
+
+import logger from 'gmp/log';
+
+import {hasValue, isFunction, isDefined} from 'gmp/utils/identity';
+
+import useInstanceVariable from './useInstanceVariable';
+
+const log = logger.getLogger('web.hooks.useTiming');
+
+/**
+ * Hook to start a timer that calls a function after a given timeout
+ *
+ * @param {Function} doFunc The function to call
+ * @param {Number|Function} timeout The timeout in milliseconds or a function that returns the timeout
+ * @returns Array of startTimer function, clearTimer function and boolean isRunning
+ */
+const useTiming = (doFunc, timeout) => {
+  const timer = useInstanceVariable({});
+  const [timerId, setTimerId] = useState(); // store timerId in state too to trigger re-render if it changes
+  const isRunning = !!timerId;
+  timer.doFunc = doFunc; // always use the latest version of the function
+
+  const updateTimerId = useCallback(
+    newTimerId => {
+      timer.timerId = newTimerId;
+      setTimerId(newTimerId);
+    },
+    [timer],
+  );
+
+  const startTimer = useCallback(() => {
+    if (hasValue(timer.timerId)) {
+      log.debug('Not starting timer. A timer is already running.', {
+        timer: timer.timerId,
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const timeoutValue = isFunction(timeout) ? timeout() : timeout;
+
+    if (!hasValue(timeoutValue) || timeoutValue < 0) {
+      log.debug('Not starting timer because timeout value was', timeoutValue);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    updateTimerId(
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        log.debug('Timer with id', timer.timerId, 'fired.');
+
+        const promise = timer.doFunc();
+
+        if (isDefined(promise?.then)) {
+          promise
+            .then(() => {
+              updateTimerId(undefined);
+              timer.startTimer();
+            })
+            .catch(() => {
+              updateTimerId(undefined);
+            });
+        } else {
+          updateTimerId(undefined);
+        }
+      }, timeoutValue),
+    );
+
+    log.debug(
+      'Started timer with id',
+      timer.timerId,
+      'and timeout of',
+      timeoutValue,
+      'milliseconds',
+    );
+  }, [timeout, timer, updateTimerId]);
+
+  const clearTimer = useCallback(() => {
+    if (hasValue(timer.timerId)) {
+      log.debug('Clearing timer with id', timer.timerId);
+
+      clearTimeout(timer.timerId);
+      updateTimerId(undefined);
+    }
+  }, [timer, updateTimerId]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // put starTimer func into timer ref to allow referencing the NEWEST version
+    // when a promise has ended
+    timer.startTimer = startTimer;
+  });
+
+  // clear timer on unmount
+  useEffect(
+    () => () => {
+      log.debug('Removing timer on unmount');
+      clearTimer();
+    },
+    [clearTimer],
+  );
+
+  return [startTimer, clearTimer, isRunning];
+};
+
+export default useTiming;