diff --git a/src/Components/Web.JS/src/Boot.Server.ts b/src/Components/Web.JS/src/Boot.Server.ts
index 968a65dd45c6..a7b8454eea33 100644
--- a/src/Components/Web.JS/src/Boot.Server.ts
+++ b/src/Components/Web.JS/src/Boot.Server.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ async function boot(userOptions?: Partial<CircuitStartOptions>): Promise<void> {
     const reconnection = existingConnection || await initializeConnection(options, logger, circuit);
     if (!(await circuit.reconnect(reconnection))) {
       logger.log(LogLevel.Information, 'Reconnection attempt to the circuit was rejected by the server. This may indicate that the associated state is no longer available on the server.');
+      options.reconnectionHandler!.onConnectionRejected(options.reconnectionOptions);
       return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Components/Web.JS/src/Platform/Circuits/CircuitStartOptions.ts b/src/Components/Web.JS/src/Platform/Circuits/CircuitStartOptions.ts
index 08bbea4c5fc5..c4c16fda2e55 100644
--- a/src/Components/Web.JS/src/Platform/Circuits/CircuitStartOptions.ts
+++ b/src/Components/Web.JS/src/Platform/Circuits/CircuitStartOptions.ts
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ export interface ReconnectionOptions {
   maxRetries: number;
   retryIntervalMilliseconds: number;
   dialogId: string;
+  reloadOnCircuitRejected: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface ReconnectionHandler {
   onConnectionDown(options: ReconnectionOptions, error?: Error): void;
   onConnectionUp(): void;
+  onConnectionRejected(options: ReconnectionOptions): void;
 }
 
 const defaultOptions: CircuitStartOptions = {
@@ -36,5 +38,6 @@ const defaultOptions: CircuitStartOptions = {
       maxRetries: 8,
       retryIntervalMilliseconds: 20000,
       dialogId: 'components-reconnect-modal',
+      reloadOnCircuitRejected: true,
     },
 };
diff --git a/src/Components/Web.JS/src/Platform/Circuits/DefaultReconnectionHandler.ts b/src/Components/Web.JS/src/Platform/Circuits/DefaultReconnectionHandler.ts
index 28415375ba74..aa8eae4fb957 100644
--- a/src/Components/Web.JS/src/Platform/Circuits/DefaultReconnectionHandler.ts
+++ b/src/Components/Web.JS/src/Platform/Circuits/DefaultReconnectionHandler.ts
@@ -35,11 +35,15 @@ export class DefaultReconnectionHandler implements ReconnectionHandler {
       this._currentReconnectionProcess = null;
     }
   }
+
+  onConnectionRejected(options: ReconnectionOptions) {
+    if (options.reloadOnCircuitRejected) {
+      location.reload();
+    }
+  }
 };
 
 class ReconnectionProcess {
-  static readonly MaximumFirstRetryInterval = 3000;
-
   readonly reconnectDisplay: ReconnectDisplay;
   isDisposed = false;
 
@@ -57,12 +61,6 @@ class ReconnectionProcess {
   async attemptPeriodicReconnection(options: ReconnectionOptions) {
     for (let i = 0; i < options.maxRetries; i++) {
       this.reconnectDisplay.update(i + 1);
-
-      const delayDuration = i == 0 && options.retryIntervalMilliseconds > ReconnectionProcess.MaximumFirstRetryInterval
-                            ? ReconnectionProcess.MaximumFirstRetryInterval
-                            : options.retryIntervalMilliseconds;
-      await this.delay(delayDuration);
-
       if (this.isDisposed) {
         break;
       }
@@ -83,6 +81,7 @@ class ReconnectionProcess {
         // We got an exception so will try again momentarily
         this.logger.log(LogLevel.Error, err);
       }
+      await this.delay(options.retryIntervalMilliseconds);
     }
 
     this.reconnectDisplay.failed();
diff --git a/src/Components/Web.JS/tests/DefaultReconnectionHandler.test.ts b/src/Components/Web.JS/tests/DefaultReconnectionHandler.test.ts
index 4d34c08c79fc..fa0e1624d956 100644
--- a/src/Components/Web.JS/tests/DefaultReconnectionHandler.test.ts
+++ b/src/Components/Web.JS/tests/DefaultReconnectionHandler.test.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ describe('DefaultReconnectionHandler', () => {
     handler.onConnectionDown({
       maxRetries: 1000,
       retryIntervalMilliseconds: 100,
-      dialogId: 'ignored'
+      dialogId: 'ignored',
+      reloadOnCircuitRejected: true
     });
     handler.onConnectionUp();
 
@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ describe('DefaultReconnectionHandler', () => {
     handler.onConnectionDown({
       maxRetries: 1000,
       retryIntervalMilliseconds: 100,
-      dialogId: 'ignored'
+      dialogId: 'ignored',
+      reloadOnCircuitRejected: true
     });
     expect(testDisplay.show).toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(testDisplay.failed).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -67,7 +69,8 @@ describe('DefaultReconnectionHandler', () => {
     handler.onConnectionDown({
       maxRetries: 2,
       retryIntervalMilliseconds: 5,
-      dialogId: 'ignored'
+      dialogId: 'ignored',
+      reloadOnCircuitRejected: true
     });
 
     await delay(500);
@@ -85,7 +88,8 @@ describe('DefaultReconnectionHandler', () => {
     handler.onConnectionDown({
       maxRetries: maxRetries,
       retryIntervalMilliseconds: 5,
-      dialogId: 'ignored'
+      dialogId: 'ignored',
+      reloadOnCircuitRejected: true
     });
 
     await delay(500);