diff --git a/src/components/mixins/UtilityMixin.vue b/src/components/mixins/UtilityMixin.vue
index 3571e19aa..d61e70aa1 100644
--- a/src/components/mixins/UtilityMixin.vue
+++ b/src/components/mixins/UtilityMixin.vue
@@ -5,14 +5,19 @@ import Component from 'vue-class-component';
 import R2Error from '../../model/errors/R2Error';
 import CdnProvider from '../../providers/generic/connection/CdnProvider';
 import ConnectionProvider from '../../providers/generic/connection/ConnectionProvider';
+import { isCanceledByRequest, isNetworkError } from '../../utils/HttpUtils';
 
 @Component
 export default class UtilityMixin extends Vue {
     readonly REFRESH_INTERVAL = 5 * 60 * 1000;
     private tsRefreshFailed = false;
+    private tsRefreshInterval: NodeJS.Timeout|undefined;
 
     hookThunderstoreModListRefresh() {
-        setInterval(this.tryRefreshThunderstoreModList, this.REFRESH_INTERVAL);
+        this.tsRefreshInterval = setInterval(
+            this.tryRefreshThunderstoreModList,
+            this.REFRESH_INTERVAL
+        );
     }
 
     async refreshThunderstoreModList() {
@@ -48,8 +53,26 @@ export default class UtilityMixin extends Vue {
             await this.refreshThunderstoreModList();
         } catch (e) {
             if (this.tsRefreshFailed) {
-                console.error("Two consecutive background refresh attempts failed");
-                throw e;
+                // Turn off the background update process after two consecutive
+                // attempts have failed, as assumably further retries would just
+                // drain resources and possibly cause other issues with little
+                // hope of succeeding.
+                clearInterval(this.tsRefreshInterval);
+                this.tsRefreshInterval = undefined;
+
+                this.$store.commit("error/handleError", new R2Error(
+                    "Background updates halted",
+                    `Two consecutive attempts to update the online mod list on the
+                     background have failed, and the background update has been
+                     disabled. You can continue to use the app, but the online mod
+                     list won't be updated automatically anymore. Error code: "${e}"`,
+                    "Restart the app to reactivate the background update."
+                ));
+
+                // Rethrow non-trivial errors to get them logged.
+                if (!isCanceledByRequest(e) && !isNetworkError(e)) {
+                    throw e;
+                }
             }
 
             this.tsRefreshFailed = true;
diff --git a/src/utils/HttpUtils.ts b/src/utils/HttpUtils.ts
index 1be34a0ad..367254b69 100644
--- a/src/utils/HttpUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/HttpUtils.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ export const makeLongRunningGetRequest = async (
 export const isNetworkError = (responseOrError: unknown) =>
     responseOrError instanceof Error && responseOrError.message === "Network Error";
 
+/**
+ * Is the request canceled by the AbortController like the one used by makeLongRunningGetRequest?
+ */
+export const isCanceledByRequest = (responseOrError: unknown) =>
+    axios.isCancel(responseOrError);
+
 /**
  * Is the Error thrown by Axios request caused by a response timeout?
  */