diff --git a/ui/public/locales/en.json b/ui/public/locales/en.json
index 99bf2cf7aef9..620ddc3e7349 100644
--- a/ui/public/locales/en.json
+++ b/ui/public/locales/en.json
@@ -2436,6 +2436,7 @@
 "label.servicelist": "Services",
 "label.serviceofferingid": "Compute Offering",
 "label.serviceofferingname": "Compute Offering",
+"label.session.expired": "Session Expired",
 "label.sessions": "Active client sessions",
 "label.set.default.nic": "Set default NIC",
 "label.set.reservation": "Set reservation",
@@ -4020,6 +4021,7 @@
 "message.select.zone.hint": "This is the type of Zone deployment that you want to use. Basic zone: provides a single Network where each Instance is assigned an IP directly from the Network. Guest isolation can be provided through layer-3 means such as security groups (IP address source filtering). Advanced zone: For more sophisticated Network topologies. This Network model provides the most flexibility in defining guest Networks and providing custom Network offerings such as firewall, VPN, or load balancer support.",
 "message.server": "Server : ",
 "message.server.description": "NFS, iSCSI, or PreSetup: IP address or DNS name of the storage device. VMWare PreSetup: IP address or DNS name of the vCenter server. Linstor: http(s) url of the linstor-controller.",
+"message.session.expired": "Your session has expired. Please sign in again to continue.",
 "message.set.default.nic": "Please confirm that you would like to make this NIC the default for this Instance.",
 "message.set.default.nic.manual": "Please manually update the default NIC on the Instance now.",
 "message.setting.updated": "Setting Updated:",
diff --git a/ui/src/utils/request.js b/ui/src/utils/request.js
index f76a9e8884e2..241de2fd1886 100644
--- a/ui/src/utils/request.js
+++ b/ui/src/utils/request.js
@@ -95,12 +95,11 @@ const err = (error) => {
       } else if (originalPath !== '/user/login') {
         countNotify++
         store.commit('SET_COUNT_NOTIFY', countNotify)
-        notification.error({
+        notification.warning({
           top: '65px',
-          message: i18n.global.t('label.unauthorized'),
-          description: i18n.global.t('message.authorization.failed'),
+          message: i18n.global.t('label.session.expired'),
+          description: i18n.global.t('message.session.expired'),
           key: 'http-401',
-          duration: 0,
           onClose: () => {
             let countNotify = store.getters.countNotify
             countNotify > 0 ? countNotify-- : countNotify = 0
diff --git a/ui/tests/unit/utils/request.spec.js b/ui/tests/unit/utils/request.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7654b5ab0ea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/tests/unit/utils/request.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+import notification from 'ant-design-vue/es/notification'
+import router from '@/router'
+import store from '@/store'
+import { axios } from '@/utils/request'
+
+jest.mock('ant-design-vue/es/notification', () => ({
+  error: jest.fn(),
+  warning: jest.fn(),
+  warn: jest.fn()
+}))
+jest.mock('@/router', () => ({
+  currentRoute: { value: { path: '/dashboard' } },
+  push: jest.fn()
+}))
+jest.mock('@/store', () => ({
+  getters: { countNotify: 0 },
+  commit: jest.fn(),
+  dispatch: jest.fn(() => Promise.resolve())
+}))
+jest.mock('@/locales', () => ({
+  i18n: { global: { t: (key) => key } }
+}))
+jest.mock('@/vue-app', () => ({
+  vueProps: { $localStorage: { get: () => null } }
+}))
+
+const unauthorizedAdapter = (config) => Promise.reject(Object.assign(new Error('Request failed with status code 401'), {
+  config,
+  isAxiosError: true,
+  response: {
+    status: 401,
+    config,
+    data: { listvirtualmachinesresponse: { errorcode: 401, errortext: 'unable to verify user credentials and/or request signature' } }
+  }
+}))
+
+const callApi = () => axios.get('/client/api', {
+  params: { command: 'listVirtualMachines' },
+  adapter: unauthorizedAdapter
+}).catch(() => {})
+
+describe('utils > request.js', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks()
+  })
+
+  it('shows a session expired warning when the session times out', async () => {
+    router.currentRoute.value.path = '/dashboard'
+    await callApi()
+
+    expect(notification.error).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(notification.warning).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    const shown = notification.warning.mock.calls[0][0]
+    expect(shown.message).toBe('label.session.expired')
+    expect(shown.description).toBe('message.session.expired')
+    expect(shown.duration).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(store.dispatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Logout')
+  })
+
+  it('shows nothing when already on the login page', async () => {
+    router.currentRoute.value.path = '/user/login'
+    await callApi()
+
+    expect(notification.error).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(notification.warning).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})