diff --git a/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/project/sessions.js b/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/project/sessions.js
index 48bbb5cc0..b41d76d7a 100644
--- a/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/project/sessions.js
+++ b/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/project/sessions.js
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ import Route from '@ember/routing/route';
 import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 import { action } from '@ember/object';
 import { all, hash } from 'rsvp';
+import { task, timeout } from 'ember-concurrency';
+
+const POLL_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 2.5;
 
 export default class ScopesScopeProjectsProjectSessionsRoute extends Route {
 
@@ -10,6 +13,25 @@ export default class ScopesScopeProjectsProjectSessionsRoute extends Route {
   @service intl;
   @service notify;
 
+  // =attributes
+
+  /**
+   * A simple Ember Concurrency-based polling task that refreshes the route
+   * every POLL_TIMEOUT_SECONDS seconds.  This is necessary to display changes
+   * to session `status` that may occur.
+   *
+   * NOTE:  tasks are sort of attributes and sort of methods, but they are not
+   * language-level constructs.  Thus we annotate this task as if it
+   * is an attribute.
+   * @type {Task}
+   */
+  @task(function * () {
+    while(true) {
+      yield timeout(POLL_TIMEOUT_SECONDS * 1000);
+      yield this.refresh();
+    }
+  }).drop() poller;
+
   // =methods
 
   /**
@@ -29,6 +51,22 @@ export default class ScopesScopeProjectsProjectSessionsRoute extends Route {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * When this route is activated (entered), begin polling for changes.
+   */
+  activate() {
+    this.poller.perform();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * When this route is deactivated (exited), stop polling for changes.
+   */
+  deactivate() {
+    this.poller.cancelAll();
+  }
+
+  // =actions
+
   /**
    * Cancels the specified session and notifies user of success or error.
    * @param {SessionModel}
diff --git a/ui/core/mirage/config.js b/ui/core/mirage/config.js
index 87bf05300..6803aac3d 100644
--- a/ui/core/mirage/config.js
+++ b/ui/core/mirage/config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import config from '../config/environment';
 import { authHandler, deauthHandler } from './route-handlers/auth';
+import { pickRandomStatusString } from './factories/session';
 //import { Response } from 'miragejs';
 
 export default function() {
@@ -295,10 +296,22 @@ export default function() {
 
   // session
 
+  // To simulate changes to `session.status` that may occur in the backend,
+  // we quietly randomize the value of the field on GET.
   this.get('/sessions', function ({ sessions }, { queryParams: { scope_id } }) {
-    return sessions.where(session => session.scopeId === scope_id);
+    sessions.where(session => session.scopeId === scope_id)
+      .models
+      .forEach(session => session.update({
+        status: pickRandomStatusString()
+      }));
+    return sessions.where(session => session.scopeId === scope_id)
+  });
+  this.get('/sessions/:id', function ({ sessions }, { params: { id } }) {
+    const session = sessions.find(id);
+    return session.update({
+      status: pickRandomStatusString()
+    });
   });
-  this.get('/sessions/:id');
   this.post('/sessions/:idMethod', function ({ sessions }, { params: { idMethod } }) {
     const attrs = this.normalizedRequestAttrs();
     const id = idMethod.split(':')[0];
diff --git a/ui/core/mirage/factories/session.js b/ui/core/mirage/factories/session.js
index efe1bd63a..0100a4b75 100644
--- a/ui/core/mirage/factories/session.js
+++ b/ui/core/mirage/factories/session.js
@@ -2,15 +2,19 @@ import factory from '../generated/factories/target';
 import { trait } from 'ember-cli-mirage';
 import { random } from 'faker';
 
+const statusStrings = [
+  'pending',
+  'active',
+  'canceling',
+  'terminated'
+];
+
+export const pickRandomStatusString = () => random.arrayElement(statusStrings);
+
 export default factory.extend({
 
   id: (i) => `session-id-${i}`,
-  status: () => random.arrayElement([
-    'pending',
-    'active',
-    'canceling',
-    'terminated'
-  ]),
+  status: pickRandomStatusString,
 
   /**
    * Sessions generated with this trait will automatically form
diff --git a/ui/core/package.json b/ui/core/package.json
index 258f13a98..212ce3416 100644
--- a/ui/core/package.json
+++ b/ui/core/package.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "ember-cli-sri": "^2.1.1",
     "ember-cli-template-lint": "^1.0.0-beta.3",
     "ember-cli-uglify": "^3.0.0",
+    "ember-concurrency": "^1.3.0",
     "ember-data": "~3.16.0",
     "ember-data-model-fragments": "5.0.0-beta.0",
     "ember-exam": "^5.0.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5304e5ace..658b62c2e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8923,6 +8923,15 @@ ember-compatibility-helpers@^1.1.1, ember-compatibility-helpers@^1.1.2, ember-co
     ember-cli-version-checker "^2.1.1"
     semver "^5.4.1"
 
+ember-concurrency@^1.3.0:
+  version "1.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ember-concurrency/-/ember-concurrency-1.3.0.tgz#66f90fb792687470bcee1172adc0ebf33f5e8b9c"
+  integrity sha512-DwGlfWFpYyAkTwsedlEtK4t1DznJSculAW6Vq5S1C0shVPc5b6tTpHB2FFYisannSYkm+wpm1f1Pd40qiNPtOQ==
+  dependencies:
+    ember-cli-babel "^7.7.3"
+    ember-compatibility-helpers "^1.2.0"
+    ember-maybe-import-regenerator "^0.1.6"
+
 ember-cookies@^0.5.0, ember-cookies@^0.5.2:
   version "0.5.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ember-cookies/-/ember-cookies-0.5.2.tgz#06e33463f2f83254fefaf224cc944dec3fb9d3ba"