diff --git a/src/evaluation/Run.jl b/src/evaluation/Run.jl
index 783dc7a434..81be9f736b 100644
--- a/src/evaluation/Run.jl
+++ b/src/evaluation/Run.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import REPL: ends_with_semicolon
 import .Configuration
+import .Throttled
 import ExpressionExplorer: is_joined_funcname
 
 """
@@ -119,10 +120,13 @@ function run_reactive_core!(
 
 	# Save the notebook. In most cases, this is the only time that we save the notebook, so any state changes that influence the file contents (like `depends_on_disabled_cells`) should be behind this point. (More saves might happen if a macro expansion or package using happens.)
 	save && save_notebook(session, notebook)
-
+	
     # Send intermediate updates to the clients at most 20 times / second during a reactive run. (The effective speed of a slider is still unbounded, because the last update is not throttled.)
     # flush_send_notebook_changes_throttled, 
-    send_notebook_changes_throttled, flush_notebook_changes = throttled(1.0 / 20; runtime_multiplier=2.0) do
+    send_notebook_changes_throttled = Throttled.throttled(1.0 / 20; runtime_multiplier=2.0) do
+		# We will do a state sync now, so that means that we can delay the status_tree state sync loop, see https://github.com/fonsp/Pluto.jl/issues/2978
+		Throttled.force_throttle_without_run(notebook.status_tree.update_listener_ref[])
+		# State sync:
         send_notebook_changes!(ClientRequest(; session, notebook))
     end
     send_notebook_changes_throttled()
@@ -229,8 +233,8 @@ function run_reactive_core!(
     end
 
     notebook.wants_to_interrupt = false
-    flush_notebook_changes()
 	Status.report_business_finished!(run_status)
+    flush(send_notebook_changes_throttled)
     return new_order
 end
 
diff --git a/src/evaluation/Throttled.jl b/src/evaluation/Throttled.jl
index 71a96d9980..43c49aa447 100644
--- a/src/evaluation/Throttled.jl
+++ b/src/evaluation/Throttled.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,55 @@
+module Throttled
+
 import Base.Threads
 
+
+struct ThrottledFunction
+    f::Function
+    timeout::Real
+    runtime_multiplier::Float64
+    tlock::ReentrantLock
+    iscoolnow::Ref{Bool}
+    run_later::Ref{Bool}
+    last_runtime::Ref{Float64}
+end
+
+"Run the function now"
+function Base.flush(tf::ThrottledFunction)
+    lock(tf.tlock) do
+        tf.run_later[] = false
+        tf.last_runtime[] = @elapsed result = tf.f()
+        result
+    end
+end
+
+"Start the cooldown period. If at the end, a run_later[] is set, then we run the function and schedule the next cooldown period."
+function schedule(tf::ThrottledFunction)
+    # if the last runtime was quite long, increase the sleep period to match.
+    Timer(tf.timeout + tf.last_runtime[] * tf.runtime_multiplier) do _t
+        if tf.run_later[]
+            flush(tf)
+            schedule(tf)
+        else
+            tf.iscoolnow[] = true
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+function (tf::ThrottledFunction)()
+    if tf.iscoolnow[]
+        tf.iscoolnow[] = false
+        flush(tf)
+        schedule(tf)
+    else
+        tf.run_later[] = true
+    end
+    nothing
+end
+
+
+
+
+
 """
 throttled(f::Function, timeout::Real)
 
@@ -19,41 +69,30 @@ function throttled(f::Function, timeout::Real; runtime_multiplier::Float64=0.0)
     run_later = Ref(false)
     last_runtime = Ref(0.0)
 
-    function flush()
-        lock(tlock) do
-            run_later[] = false
-            last_runtime[] = @elapsed result = f()
-            result
-        end
-    end
-
-    function schedule()
-        # if the last runtime was quite long, increase the sleep period to match.
-        Timer(timeout + last_runtime[] * runtime_multiplier) do _t
-            if run_later[]
-                flush()
-                schedule()
-            else
-                iscoolnow[] = true
-            end
-        end
-    end
+    tf = ThrottledFunction(f, timeout, runtime_multiplier, tlock, iscoolnow, run_later, last_runtime)
+    
     # we initialize hot, and start the cooldown period immediately
-    schedule()
+    schedule(tf)
+    
+    return tf
+end
 
-    function throttled_f()
-        if iscoolnow[]
-            iscoolnow[] = false
-            flush()
-            schedule()
-        else
-            run_later[] = true
-        end
-    end
+"""
+Given a throttled function, skip any pending run if hot (but let the cooldown period continue), or start the cooldown period if cool. This forces the throttled function to not fire for a little while.
 
-    return throttled_f, flush
+Argument should be the first function returned by `throttled`.
+"""
+function force_throttle_without_run(tf::ThrottledFunction)
+    # (we can access variables from the function closure hihi)
+	tf.run_later[] = false
+	if tf.iscoolnow[]
+		tf.iscoolnow[] = false
+		schedule(tf)
+	end
 end
 
+force_throttle_without_run(::Function) = nothing
+
 
 """
     simple_leading_throttle(f, delay::Real)
@@ -74,4 +113,6 @@ function simple_leading_throttle(f, delay::Real)
             f(args...;kwargs...)
         end
     end
+end
+
 end
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diff --git a/src/evaluation/WorkspaceManager.jl b/src/evaluation/WorkspaceManager.jl
index 9183fc55cc..3308fbf7e8 100644
--- a/src/evaluation/WorkspaceManager.jl
+++ b/src/evaluation/WorkspaceManager.jl
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ function start_relaying_self_updates((session, notebook)::SN, run_channel)
 end
 
 function start_relaying_logs((session, notebook)::SN, log_channel)
-    update_throttled, flush_throttled = Pluto.throttled(0.1) do
+    update_throttled = Pluto.Throttled.throttled(0.1) do
         Pluto.send_notebook_changes!(Pluto.ClientRequest(; session, notebook))
     end
 
diff --git a/src/webserver/Authentication.jl b/src/webserver/Authentication.jl
index 45644703d5..146ce2fea1 100644
--- a/src/webserver/Authentication.jl
+++ b/src/webserver/Authentication.jl
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import .Throttled
 
 """
 Return whether the `request` was authenticated in one of two ways:
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ function is_authenticated(session::ServerSession, request::HTTP.Request)
 end
 
 # Function to log the url with secret on the Julia CLI when a request comes to the server without the secret. Executes at most once every 5 seconds
-const log_secret_throttled = simple_leading_throttle(5) do session::ServerSession, request::HTTP.Request
+const log_secret_throttled = Throttled.simple_leading_throttle(5) do session::ServerSession, request::HTTP.Request
     host = HTTP.header(request, "Host")
     target = request.target
     url = Text(string(HTTP.URI(HTTP.URI("http://$host/"); query=Dict("secret" => session.secret))))
diff --git a/src/webserver/Dynamic.jl b/src/webserver/Dynamic.jl
index a0ef4bbcd1..fbaf9ba8b5 100644
--- a/src/webserver/Dynamic.jl
+++ b/src/webserver/Dynamic.jl
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ end
 
 responses[:reset_shared_state] = function response_reset_shared_state(🙋::ClientRequest)
     delete!(current_state_for_clients, 🙋.initiator.client)
-    send_notebook_changes!(🙋; commentary=Dict(:from_reset =>  true))
+    send_notebook_changes!(🙋; commentary=Dict(:from_reset => true))
 end
 
 responses[:run_multiple_cells] = function response_run_multiple_cells(🙋::ClientRequest)
diff --git a/src/webserver/SessionActions.jl b/src/webserver/SessionActions.jl
index 75f35d1702..b3d01b89bc 100644
--- a/src/webserver/SessionActions.jl
+++ b/src/webserver/SessionActions.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module SessionActions
 
-import ..Pluto: Pluto, Status, ServerSession, Notebook, Cell, emptynotebook, tamepath, new_notebooks_directory, without_pluto_file_extension, numbered_until_new, cutename, readwrite, update_save_run!, update_nbpkg_cache!, update_from_file, wait_until_file_unchanged, putnotebookupdates!, putplutoupdates!, load_notebook, clientupdate_notebook_list, WorkspaceManager, try_event_call, NewNotebookEvent, OpenNotebookEvent, ShutdownNotebookEvent, @asynclog, ProcessStatus, maybe_convert_path_to_wsl, move_notebook!, throttled
+import ..Pluto: Pluto, Status, ServerSession, Notebook, Cell, emptynotebook, tamepath, new_notebooks_directory, without_pluto_file_extension, numbered_until_new, cutename, readwrite, update_save_run!, update_nbpkg_cache!, update_from_file, wait_until_file_unchanged, putnotebookupdates!, putplutoupdates!, load_notebook, clientupdate_notebook_list, WorkspaceManager, try_event_call, NewNotebookEvent, OpenNotebookEvent, ShutdownNotebookEvent, @asynclog, ProcessStatus, maybe_convert_path_to_wsl, move_notebook!, Throttled
 using FileWatching
 import ..Pluto.DownloadCool: download_cool
 import HTTP
@@ -186,10 +186,9 @@ function add(session::ServerSession, notebook::Notebook; run_async::Bool=true)
         end
     end
     
-    notebook.status_tree.update_listener_ref[] = first(throttled(1.0 / 5; runtime_multiplier=2.0) do
-        # TODO: this throttle should be trailing
+    notebook.status_tree.update_listener_ref[] = Throttled.throttled(1.0 / 8; runtime_multiplier=4.0) do
         Pluto.send_notebook_changes!(Pluto.ClientRequest(; session, notebook))
-    end)
+    end
 
     return notebook
 end
diff --git a/src/webserver/Status.jl b/src/webserver/Status.jl
index 4c37c15de8..72bfc023c5 100644
--- a/src/webserver/Status.jl
+++ b/src/webserver/Status.jl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Base.@kwdef mutable struct Business
     started_at::Union{Nothing,Float64}=nothing
     finished_at::Union{Nothing,Float64}=nothing
     subtasks::Dict{Symbol,Business}=Dict{Symbol,Business}()
-    update_listener_ref::Ref{Function}=Ref{Function}(_default_update_listener)
+    update_listener_ref::Ref{Any}=Ref{Any}(_default_update_listener)
     lock::Threads.SpinLock=Threads.SpinLock()
 end
 
diff --git a/test/Throttled.jl b/test/Throttled.jl
index 17d0e604b6..b04c9e2732 100644
--- a/test/Throttled.jl
+++ b/test/Throttled.jl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import Pluto:throttled
+import Pluto: Throttled
 using Pluto.WorkspaceManager: poll
 
 @testset "Throttled" begin    
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ using Pluto.WorkspaceManager: poll
     @test x[] == 1
     
     dt = 4 / 100
-    ft, flush = throttled(f, dt)
+    ft = Throttled.throttled(f, dt)
     
     for x in 1:10
     	ft()
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ using Pluto.WorkspaceManager: poll
     ft()
     ft()
     @test x[] == 12
-    flush()
+    flush(ft)
     @test x[] == 13
     sleep(2dt)
     @test x[] == 13
@@ -108,6 +108,31 @@ using Pluto.WorkspaceManager: poll
     sleep(2dt)
     
     ####
+    x[] = 0
+    Throttled.force_throttle_without_run(ft)
+    @test x[] == 0
+    ft()
+    @test x[] == 0
+    sleep(.1dt)
+    @test x[] == 0
+    sleep(2dt)
+    @test x[] == 1
     
     
+    ft()
+    @test x[] == 2
+    sleep(.1dt)
+    ft()
+    Throttled.force_throttle_without_run(ft)
+    @test x[] == 2
+    sleep(2dt)
+    @test x[] == 2
+    
+    
+    ft()
+    @test x[] == 3
+    sleep(2dt)
+    
+    ####
+    
 end
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