diff --git a/src/app/core/sign-in/sign-in.service.ts b/src/app/core/sign-in/sign-in.service.ts
index 072d081e8..90941884c 100644
--- a/src/app/core/sign-in/sign-in.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/sign-in/sign-in.service.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   HttpParams,
 } from '@angular/common/http'
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'
+import { of } from 'rxjs'
 import { catchError, map, switchMap, first, take } from 'rxjs/operators'
 
 import { getOrcidNumber, isValidOrcidFormat } from '../../constants'
@@ -113,6 +114,9 @@ export class SignInService {
               return this._errorHandler.handleError(error)
             }),
             switchMap((response) => {
+              if (!updateUserSession) {
+                return of(response)
+              }
               // call refreshUserSession with force session update to handle register actions from sessions with a logged in user
               return this._userService
                 .refreshUserSession(forceSessionUpdate, true)
diff --git a/src/app/sign-in/components/form-sign-in/form-sign-in.component.spec.ts b/src/app/sign-in/components/form-sign-in/form-sign-in.component.spec.ts
index d8e3db620..391ed4fbc 100644
--- a/src/app/sign-in/components/form-sign-in/form-sign-in.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/sign-in/components/form-sign-in/form-sign-in.component.spec.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { OauthService } from '../../../core/oauth/oauth.service'
 import { CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core'
 import { ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms'
 import { Router } from '@angular/router'
+import { of } from 'rxjs'
 
 describe('FormSignInComponent', () => {
   let component: FormSignInComponent
@@ -71,4 +72,32 @@ describe('FormSignInComponent', () => {
 
     expect(routerNavigateSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
   })
+
+  it('skips post-login session refresh in oauth2 signin flow', () => {
+    component.isOauthAuthorizationTogglzEnable = true
+    component.signInLocal = { isOauth: true, type: 'regular' as any } as any
+    component.authorizationForm.patchValue({
+      username: 'test@example.org',
+      password: 'secret',
+    })
+    spyOn(component as any, 'handleOauthLogin').and.stub()
+
+    const signInSpy = spyOn(
+      (component as any)._signIn,
+      'signIn'
+    ).and.returnValue(
+      of({
+        success: true,
+        url: 'https://qa.orcid.org/oauth/authorize',
+      } as any)
+    )
+
+    component.onSubmit()
+
+    expect(signInSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      jasmine.anything(),
+      false,
+      true
+    )
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/app/sign-in/components/form-sign-in/form-sign-in.component.ts b/src/app/sign-in/components/form-sign-in/form-sign-in.component.ts
index d2d2f1c2e..ef1b54755 100644
--- a/src/app/sign-in/components/form-sign-in/form-sign-in.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/sign-in/components/form-sign-in/form-sign-in.component.ts
@@ -205,10 +205,12 @@ export class FormSignInComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       this.loading.next(true)
 
       const isOauth = this.signInLocal.isOauth
-      const willNotNavigateOutOrcidAngular = isOauth
+      const shouldUpdateUserSessionAfterSignIn = !(
+        isOauth && this.isOauthAuthorizationTogglzEnable
+      )
       const $signIn = this._signIn.signIn(
         this.signInLocal,
-        willNotNavigateOutOrcidAngular,
+        shouldUpdateUserSessionAfterSignIn,
         true
       )
       this.authorizationFormSubmitted = true