diff --git a/packages/core-components/src/layout/SignInPage/UserIdentity.test.ts b/packages/core-components/src/layout/SignInPage/UserIdentity.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b136ed65d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core-components/src/layout/SignInPage/UserIdentity.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed 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 { BackstageUserIdentity, ProfileInfo } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import { UserIdentity } from './UserIdentity';
+
+describe('UserIdentity', () => {
+  it('should cache a successful response from the AuthApi for getProfile', async () => {
+    const mockIdentity: BackstageUserIdentity = {
+      type: 'user',
+      userEntityRef: 'user:default/blam',
+      ownershipEntityRefs: [],
+    };
+
+    const mockProfileInfo: ProfileInfo = {
+      displayName: 'Blam',
+      email: 'blob@boop.com',
+    };
+
+    const mockAuthApi: any = {
+      getProfile: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockProfileInfo),
+    };
+
+    const userIdentity = UserIdentity.create({
+      authApi: mockAuthApi,
+      identity: mockIdentity,
+    });
+
+    await userIdentity.getProfileInfo();
+    await userIdentity.getProfileInfo();
+
+    const response = await userIdentity.getProfileInfo();
+
+    expect(mockAuthApi.getProfile).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    expect(response).toEqual(mockProfileInfo);
+  });
+
+  it('should not cache failures for the AuthApi for getProfile', async () => {
+    const mockIdentity: BackstageUserIdentity = {
+      type: 'user',
+      userEntityRef: 'user:default/blam',
+      ownershipEntityRefs: [],
+    };
+
+    const mockProfileInfo: ProfileInfo = {
+      displayName: 'Blam',
+      email: 'blob@boop.com',
+    };
+
+    const mockAuthApi: any = {
+      getProfile: jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('boop'))
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce(mockProfileInfo),
+    };
+
+    const userIdentity = UserIdentity.create({
+      authApi: mockAuthApi,
+      identity: mockIdentity,
+    });
+
+    await expect(() => userIdentity.getProfileInfo()).rejects.toThrow('boop');
+    const response = await userIdentity.getProfileInfo();
+
+    expect(mockAuthApi.getProfile).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+
+    expect(response).toEqual(mockProfileInfo);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core-components/src/layout/SignInPage/UserIdentity.ts b/packages/core-components/src/layout/SignInPage/UserIdentity.ts
index f749711d3c..7781c79154 100644
--- a/packages/core-components/src/layout/SignInPage/UserIdentity.ts
+++ b/packages/core-components/src/layout/SignInPage/UserIdentity.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import { LegacyUserIdentity } from './LegacyUserIdentity';
  * @public
  */
 export class UserIdentity implements IdentityApi {
+  private profilePromise?: Promise<ProfileInfo>;
   /**
    * Creates a new IdentityApi that acts as a Guest User.
    *
@@ -110,8 +111,17 @@ export class UserIdentity implements IdentityApi {
 
   /** {@inheritdoc @backstage/core-plugin-api#IdentityApi.getProfileInfo} */
   async getProfileInfo(): Promise<ProfileInfo> {
-    const profile = await this.authApi.getProfile();
-    return profile!;
+    if (this.profilePromise) {
+      return await this.profilePromise;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      this.profilePromise = this.authApi.getProfile() as Promise<ProfileInfo>;
+      return await this.profilePromise;
+    } catch (ex) {
+      this.profilePromise = undefined;
+      throw ex;
+    }
   }
 
   /** {@inheritdoc @backstage/core-plugin-api#IdentityApi.getBackstageIdentity} */
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/lib/oauth/OAuthAdapter.test.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/lib/oauth/OAuthAdapter.test.ts
index 91711f67ad..92c76b04b7 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/lib/oauth/OAuthAdapter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/lib/oauth/OAuthAdapter.test.ts
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ describe('OAuthAdapter', () => {
       backstageIdentity: {
         id: mockResponseData.backstageIdentity.id,
         token: mockResponseData.backstageIdentity.token,
+        idToken: mockResponseData.backstageIdentity.token,
         identity: {
           ownershipEntityRefs: ['user:default/jimmymarkum'],
           type: 'user',
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/aws-alb/provider.test.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/aws-alb/provider.test.ts
index 9e4aed2030..048128f942 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/aws-alb/provider.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/aws-alb/provider.test.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ describe('AwsAlbAuthProvider', () => {
           id: 'user.name',
           token:
             'eyblob.eyJzdWIiOiJqaW1teW1hcmt1bSIsImVudCI6WyJ1c2VyOmRlZmF1bHQvamltbXltYXJrdW0iXX0=.eyblob',
+          idToken:
+            'eyblob.eyJzdWIiOiJqaW1teW1hcmt1bSIsImVudCI6WyJ1c2VyOmRlZmF1bHQvamltbXltYXJrdW0iXX0=.eyblob',
           identity: {
             ownershipEntityRefs: ['user:default/jimmymarkum'],
             type: 'user',