diff --git a/packages/core-app-api/src/lib/AuthSessionManager/RefreshingAuthSessionManager.ts b/packages/core-app-api/src/lib/AuthSessionManager/RefreshingAuthSessionManager.ts
index 72c4687fd6..216409a528 100644
--- a/packages/core-app-api/src/lib/AuthSessionManager/RefreshingAuthSessionManager.ts
+++ b/packages/core-app-api/src/lib/AuthSessionManager/RefreshingAuthSessionManager.ts
@@ -64,21 +64,6 @@ export class RefreshingAuthSessionManager<T> implements SessionManager<T> {
   }
 
   async getSession(options: GetSessionOptions): Promise<T | undefined> {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line consistent-this
-    const that = this;
-    const createSession = async () => {
-      // We can call authRequester multiple times, the returned session will contain all requested scopes.
-      that.currentSession = await that.connector.createSession({
-        ...options,
-        scopes: that.helper.getExtendedScope(
-          that.currentSession,
-          options.scopes,
-        ),
-      });
-      that.stateTracker.setIsSignedIn(true);
-      return that.currentSession;
-    };
-
     if (
       this.helper.sessionExistsAndHasScope(this.currentSession, options.scopes)
     ) {
@@ -98,17 +83,10 @@ export class RefreshingAuthSessionManager<T> implements SessionManager<T> {
         }
         return refreshedSession;
       } catch (error) {
-        try {
-          return createSession();
-        } catch (err) {
-          if (options.optional) {
-            return undefined;
-          }
-          throw new Error(
-            `Cannot create a new session after failing to refresh the session. Session refresh error: ${error}`,
-            { cause: err },
-          );
+        if (options.optional) {
+          return undefined;
         }
+        throw error;
       }
     }
 
@@ -135,7 +113,13 @@ export class RefreshingAuthSessionManager<T> implements SessionManager<T> {
       return undefined;
     }
 
-    return createSession();
+    // We can call authRequester multiple times, the returned session will contain all requested scopes.
+    this.currentSession = await this.connector.createSession({
+      ...options,
+      scopes: this.helper.getExtendedScope(this.currentSession, options.scopes),
+    });
+    this.stateTracker.setIsSignedIn(true);
+    return this.currentSession;
   }
 
   async removeSession() {
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/googleStorage.ts b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/googleStorage.ts
index 3eac9834d2..e0da6ab528 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/googleStorage.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/googleStorage.ts
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ export class GoogleGCSPublish implements PublisherBase {
    * can be used to verify if there are any pre-generated docs available to serve.
    */
   async hasDocsBeenGenerated(entity: Entity): Promise<boolean> {
+    Promise.resolve();
     return new Promise(resolve => {
       const entityTriplet = `${entity.metadata.namespace}/${entity.kind}/${entity.metadata.name}`;
       const entityDir = this.legacyPathCasing