diff --git a/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/IdentityApi/startCookieAuthRefresh.test.ts b/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/IdentityApi/startCookieAuthRefresh.test.ts
index e2751788db..4db068deb9 100644
--- a/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/IdentityApi/startCookieAuthRefresh.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/IdentityApi/startCookieAuthRefresh.test.ts
@@ -166,8 +166,6 @@ describe('startCookieAuthRefresh', () => {
       stop();
     });
 
-    expect(error).toEqual([
-      'Session cookie refresh failed: Failed to get cookie again',
-    ]);
+    expect(error).toEqual(['Session cookie refresh failed']);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/IdentityApi/startCookieAuthRefresh.ts b/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/IdentityApi/startCookieAuthRefresh.ts
index ce639890c0..597e1b7cc6 100644
--- a/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/IdentityApi/startCookieAuthRefresh.ts
+++ b/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/IdentityApi/startCookieAuthRefresh.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export function startCookieAuthRefresh({
     try {
       const baseUrl = await discoveryApi.getBaseUrl(PLUGIN_ID);
       const requestUrl = `${baseUrl}/.backstage/auth/v1/cookie`;
-      const res = await fetchApi.fetch(`${requestUrl}`, {
+      const res = await fetchApi.fetch(requestUrl, {
         credentials: 'include',
       });
 
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ export function startCookieAuthRefresh({
         );
       }
 
-      firstError = true;
-
       const data = await res.json();
       if (!data.expiresAt) {
         throw new Error('No expiration date in response');
@@ -77,6 +75,8 @@ export function startCookieAuthRefresh({
         throw new Error('Invalid expiration date in response');
       }
 
+      firstError = true;
+
       channel?.postMessage({
         action: 'COOKIE_REFRESH_SUCCESS',
         payload: { expiresAt: new Date(expiresAt).toISOString() },
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export function startCookieAuthRefresh({
           errorBackoff * ERROR_BACKOFF_FACTOR,
         );
         // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-        console.error(`Session cookie refresh failed: ${error.message}`);
+        console.error('Session cookie refresh failed', error);
         errorApi.post(
           new Error(
             `Session refresh failed, see developer console for details`,