diff --git a/interface/package.json b/interface/package.json
index e18d8c614..ad06a1c6c 100644
--- a/interface/package.json
+++ b/interface/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "react": "^19.0.0",
     "react-dom": "^19.0.0",
     "react-icons": "^5.4.0",
-    "react-router": "^7.0.2",
+    "react-router": "^7.1.0",
     "react-toastify": "^11.0.2",
     "typesafe-i18n": "^5.26.2",
     "typescript": "^5.7.2"
diff --git a/interface/src/app/main/CustomEntities.tsx b/interface/src/app/main/CustomEntities.tsx
index bbc3f3938..73e109827 100644
--- a/interface/src/app/main/CustomEntities.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/app/main/CustomEntities.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const CustomEntities = () => {
     if (!dialogOpen && !numChanges) {
       void fetchEntities();
     }
-  }, 3000);
+  });
 
   const { send: writeEntities } = useRequest(
     (data: Entities) => writeCustomEntities(data),
diff --git a/interface/src/app/main/Dashboard.tsx b/interface/src/app/main/Dashboard.tsx
index b1379893c..a8e2b957e 100644
--- a/interface/src/app/main/Dashboard.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/app/main/Dashboard.tsx
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ const Dashboard = () => {
     if (!deviceValueDialogOpen) {
       void fetchDashboard();
     }
-  }, 3000);
+  });
 
   useEffect(() => {
     showAll
diff --git a/interface/src/app/main/Devices.tsx b/interface/src/app/main/Devices.tsx
index 1fc3ada7a..450116568 100644
--- a/interface/src/app/main/Devices.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/app/main/Devices.tsx
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ const Devices = () => {
     if (!deviceValueDialogOpen) {
       selectedDevice ? void sendDeviceData(selectedDevice) : void sendCoreData();
     }
-  }, 3000);
+  });
 
   const deviceValueDialogSave = async (devicevalue: DeviceValue) => {
     const id = Number(device_select.state.id);
diff --git a/interface/src/app/main/Sensors.tsx b/interface/src/app/main/Sensors.tsx
index f063a3343..8332f42c5 100644
--- a/interface/src/app/main/Sensors.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/app/main/Sensors.tsx
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ const Sensors = () => {
     if (!temperatureDialogOpen && !analogDialogOpen) {
       void fetchSensorData();
     }
-  }, 3000);
+  });
 
   const common_theme = useTheme({
     BaseRow: `
diff --git a/interface/src/app/status/APStatus.tsx b/interface/src/app/status/APStatus.tsx
index d9c9f24db..3a5b7f588 100644
--- a/interface/src/app/status/APStatus.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/app/status/APStatus.tsx
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ import type { Theme } from '@mui/material';
 
 import * as APApi from 'api/ap';
 
-import { useAutoRequest } from 'alova/client';
+import { useRequest } from 'alova/client';
 import { FormLoader, SectionContent, useLayoutTitle } from 'components';
 import { useI18nContext } from 'i18n/i18n-react';
 import type { APStatusType } from 'types';
 import { APNetworkStatus } from 'types';
+import { useInterval } from 'utils';
 
 export const apStatusHighlight = ({ status }: APStatusType, theme: Theme) => {
   switch (status) {
@@ -34,11 +35,11 @@ export const apStatusHighlight = ({ status }: APStatusType, theme: Theme) => {
 };
 
 const APStatus = () => {
-  const {
-    data,
-    send: loadData,
-    error
-  } = useAutoRequest(APApi.readAPStatus, { pollingTime: 3000 });
+  const { data, send: loadData, error } = useRequest(APApi.readAPStatus);
+
+  useInterval(() => {
+    void loadData();
+  });
 
   const { LL } = useI18nContext();
   useLayoutTitle(LL.ACCESS_POINT(0));
diff --git a/interface/src/app/status/Activity.tsx b/interface/src/app/status/Activity.tsx
index 6e1a78c50..7c6b826e7 100644
--- a/interface/src/app/status/Activity.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/app/status/Activity.tsx
@@ -8,20 +8,21 @@ import {
   Table
 } from '@table-library/react-table-library/table';
 import { useTheme as tableTheme } from '@table-library/react-table-library/theme';
-import { useAutoRequest } from 'alova/client';
+import { useRequest } from 'alova/client';
 import { FormLoader, SectionContent, useLayoutTitle } from 'components';
 import { useI18nContext } from 'i18n/i18n-react';
 import type { Translation } from 'i18n/i18n-types';
+import { useInterval } from 'utils';
 
 import { readActivity } from '../../api/app';
 import type { Stat } from '../main/types';
 
 const SystemActivity = () => {
-  const {
-    data,
-    send: loadData,
-    error
-  } = useAutoRequest(readActivity, { pollingTime: 3000 });
+  const { data, send: loadData, error } = useRequest(readActivity);
+
+  useInterval(() => {
+    void loadData();
+  });
 
   const { LL } = useI18nContext();
 
diff --git a/interface/src/app/status/HardwareStatus.tsx b/interface/src/app/status/HardwareStatus.tsx
index 45384e3c1..27b31a9c8 100644
--- a/interface/src/app/status/HardwareStatus.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/app/status/HardwareStatus.tsx
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ import {
 
 import * as SystemApi from 'api/system';
 
-import { useAutoRequest } from 'alova/client';
+import { useRequest } from 'alova/client';
 import { FormLoader, SectionContent, useLayoutTitle } from 'components';
 import { useI18nContext } from 'i18n/i18n-react';
+import { useInterval } from 'utils';
 
 import BBQKeesIcon from './bbqkees.svg';
 
@@ -32,11 +33,11 @@ const HardwareStatus = () => {
 
   useLayoutTitle(LL.HARDWARE());
 
-  const {
-    data,
-    send: loadData,
-    error
-  } = useAutoRequest(SystemApi.readSystemStatus, { pollingTime: 3000 });
+  const { data, send: loadData, error } = useRequest(SystemApi.readSystemStatus);
+
+  useInterval(() => {
+    void loadData();
+  });
 
   const content = () => {
     if (!data) {
diff --git a/interface/src/app/status/MqttStatus.tsx b/interface/src/app/status/MqttStatus.tsx
index 3ba7943fd..911c3c5d6 100644
--- a/interface/src/app/status/MqttStatus.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/app/status/MqttStatus.tsx
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ import type { Theme } from '@mui/material';
 
 import * as MqttApi from 'api/mqtt';
 
-import { useAutoRequest } from 'alova/client';
+import { useRequest } from 'alova/client';
 import { FormLoader, SectionContent, useLayoutTitle } from 'components';
 import { useI18nContext } from 'i18n/i18n-react';
 import type { MqttStatusType } from 'types';
 import { MqttDisconnectReason } from 'types';
+import { useInterval } from 'utils';
 
 export const mqttStatusHighlight = (
   { enabled, connected }: MqttStatusType,
@@ -54,11 +55,11 @@ export const mqttQueueHighlight = (
 };
 
 const MqttStatus = () => {
-  const {
-    data,
-    send: loadData,
-    error
-  } = useAutoRequest(MqttApi.readMqttStatus, { pollingTime: 3000 });
+  const { data, send: loadData, error } = useRequest(MqttApi.readMqttStatus);
+
+  useInterval(() => {
+    void loadData();
+  });
 
   const { LL } = useI18nContext();
   useLayoutTitle('MQTT');
diff --git a/interface/src/app/status/NTPStatus.tsx b/interface/src/app/status/NTPStatus.tsx
index aefd81802..160deb8bf 100644
--- a/interface/src/app/status/NTPStatus.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/app/status/NTPStatus.tsx
@@ -28,19 +28,20 @@ import type { Theme } from '@mui/material';
 import * as NTPApi from 'api/ntp';
 
 import { dialogStyle } from 'CustomTheme';
-import { useAutoRequest, useRequest } from 'alova/client';
+import { useRequest } from 'alova/client';
 import { ButtonRow, FormLoader, SectionContent, useLayoutTitle } from 'components';
 import { useI18nContext } from 'i18n/i18n-react';
 import type { NTPStatusType, Time } from 'types';
 import { NTPSyncStatus } from 'types';
+import { useInterval } from 'utils';
 import { formatDateTime, formatLocalDateTime } from 'utils';
 
 const NTPStatus = () => {
-  const {
-    data,
-    send: loadData,
-    error
-  } = useAutoRequest(NTPApi.readNTPStatus, { pollingTime: 3000 });
+  const { data, send: loadData, error } = useRequest(NTPApi.readNTPStatus);
+
+  useInterval(() => {
+    void loadData();
+  });
 
   const [localTime, setLocalTime] = useState<string>('');
   const [settingTime, setSettingTime] = useState<boolean>(false);
diff --git a/interface/src/app/status/NetworkStatus.tsx b/interface/src/app/status/NetworkStatus.tsx
index 696e02155..7185a947b 100644
--- a/interface/src/app/status/NetworkStatus.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/app/status/NetworkStatus.tsx
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ import type { Theme } from '@mui/material';
 
 import * as NetworkApi from 'api/network';
 
-import { useAutoRequest } from 'alova/client';
+import { useRequest } from 'alova/client';
 import { FormLoader, SectionContent, useLayoutTitle } from 'components';
 import { useI18nContext } from 'i18n/i18n-react';
 import type { NetworkStatusType } from 'types';
 import { NetworkConnectionStatus } from 'types';
+import { useInterval } from 'utils';
 
 const isConnected = ({ status }: NetworkStatusType) =>
   status === NetworkConnectionStatus.WIFI_STATUS_CONNECTED ||
@@ -81,11 +82,11 @@ const IPs = (status: NetworkStatusType) => {
 };
 
 const NetworkStatus = () => {
-  const {
-    data,
-    send: loadData,
-    error
-  } = useAutoRequest(NetworkApi.readNetworkStatus, { pollingTime: 3000 });
+  const { data, send: loadData, error } = useRequest(NetworkApi.readNetworkStatus);
+
+  useInterval(() => {
+    void loadData();
+  });
 
   const { LL } = useI18nContext();
   useLayoutTitle(LL.NETWORK(1));
diff --git a/interface/src/app/status/RestartMonitor.tsx b/interface/src/app/status/RestartMonitor.tsx
index d3a7cede8..7006776b0 100644
--- a/interface/src/app/status/RestartMonitor.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/app/status/RestartMonitor.tsx
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ import {
 import { readSystemStatus } from 'api/system';
 
 import { dialogStyle } from 'CustomTheme';
-import { useAutoRequest } from 'alova/client';
+import { useRequest } from 'alova/client';
 import MessageBox from 'components/MessageBox';
 import { useI18nContext } from 'i18n/i18n-react';
+import { useInterval } from 'utils';
 
 const RestartMonitor = () => {
   const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = useState<string>();
@@ -22,8 +23,7 @@ const RestartMonitor = () => {
 
   let count = 0;
 
-  const { data } = useAutoRequest(readSystemStatus, {
-    pollingTime: 1000,
+  const { data, send } = useRequest(readSystemStatus, {
     force: true,
     initialData: { status: 'Getting ready...' },
     async middleware(_, next) {
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ const RestartMonitor = () => {
       setErrorMessage(error.message);
     });
 
+  useInterval(() => {
+    void send();
+  }, 1000); // check every second
+
   return (
     <Dialog fullWidth={true} sx={dialogStyle} open={true}>
       <DialogContent dividers>
diff --git a/interface/src/app/status/Status.tsx b/interface/src/app/status/Status.tsx
index 7d0785af9..a3ce5e18a 100644
--- a/interface/src/app/status/Status.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/app/status/Status.tsx
@@ -30,13 +30,15 @@ import { API } from 'api/app';
 import { readSystemStatus } from 'api/system';
 
 import { dialogStyle } from 'CustomTheme';
-import { useAutoRequest, useRequest } from 'alova/client';
+import { useRequest } from 'alova/client';
 import { type APIcall, busConnectionStatus } from 'app/main/types';
 import { FormLoader, SectionContent, useLayoutTitle } from 'components';
 import ListMenuItem from 'components/layout/ListMenuItem';
 import { AuthenticatedContext } from 'contexts/authentication';
 import { useI18nContext } from 'i18n/i18n-react';
 import { NTPSyncStatus, NetworkConnectionStatus } from 'types';
+import { useInterval } from 'utils';
+import { formatDateTime } from 'utils/time';
 
 import RestartMonitor from './RestartMonitor';
 
@@ -58,9 +60,8 @@ const SystemStatus = () => {
     data,
     send: loadData,
     error
-  } = useAutoRequest(readSystemStatus, {
+  } = useRequest(readSystemStatus, {
     initialData: [],
-    pollingTime: 3000,
     async middleware(_, next) {
       if (!restarting) {
         await next();
@@ -68,6 +69,10 @@ const SystemStatus = () => {
     }
   });
 
+  useInterval(() => {
+    void loadData();
+  });
+
   const theme = useTheme();
 
   const formatDurationSec = (duration_sec: number) => {
@@ -134,7 +139,7 @@ const SystemStatus = () => {
       case NTPSyncStatus.NTP_INACTIVE:
         return LL.INACTIVE(0);
       case NTPSyncStatus.NTP_ACTIVE:
-        return LL.ACTIVE();
+        return LL.ACTIVE() + ' (' + formatDateTime(data.ntp_time ?? '') + ')';
       default:
         return LL.UNKNOWN();
     }
@@ -301,7 +306,7 @@ const SystemStatus = () => {
             icon={DeviceHubIcon}
             bgcolor={activeHighlight(data.mqtt_status)}
             label="MQTT"
-            text={data.mqtt_status ? LL.ACTIVE() : LL.INACTIVE(0)}
+            text={data.mqtt_status ? LL.CONNECTED(0) : LL.INACTIVE(0)}
             to="/status/mqtt"
           />
 
diff --git a/interface/src/types/system.ts b/interface/src/types/system.ts
index 94a9c18df..8b0023881 100644
--- a/interface/src/types/system.ts
+++ b/interface/src/types/system.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export interface SystemStatus {
   num_sensors: number;
   num_analogs: number;
   ntp_status: number;
+  ntp_time?: string;
   mqtt_status: boolean;
   ap_status: boolean;
   network_status: NetworkConnectionStatus;
diff --git a/interface/src/utils/useInterval.ts b/interface/src/utils/useInterval.ts
index 9b3c89bf2..e319b4896 100644
--- a/interface/src/utils/useInterval.ts
+++ b/interface/src/utils/useInterval.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 
+const DEFAULT_DELAY = 3000;
+
 // adapted from https://www.joshwcomeau.com/snippets/react-hooks/use-interval/
-export const useInterval = (callback: () => void, delay: number) => {
+export const useInterval = (callback: () => void, delay: number = DEFAULT_DELAY) => {
   const intervalRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
   const savedCallback = useRef<() => void>(callback);
 
@@ -11,14 +13,12 @@ export const useInterval = (callback: () => void, delay: number) => {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const tick = () => savedCallback.current();
-    if (typeof delay === 'number') {
-      intervalRef.current = window.setInterval(tick, delay);
-      return () => {
-        if (intervalRef.current !== null) {
-          window.clearInterval(intervalRef.current);
-        }
-      };
-    }
+    intervalRef.current = window.setInterval(tick, delay);
+    return () => {
+      if (intervalRef.current !== null) {
+        window.clearInterval(intervalRef.current);
+      }
+    };
   }, [delay]);
 
   return intervalRef;
diff --git a/interface/yarn.lock b/interface/yarn.lock
index 85f873e0f..02f6e1535 100644
--- a/interface/yarn.lock
+++ b/interface/yarn.lock
@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ __metadata:
     react: "npm:^19.0.0"
     react-dom: "npm:^19.0.0"
     react-icons: "npm:^5.4.0"
-    react-router: "npm:^7.0.2"
+    react-router: "npm:^7.1.0"
     react-toastify: "npm:^11.0.2"
     rollup-plugin-visualizer: "npm:^5.12.0"
     terser: "npm:^5.37.0"
@@ -5589,9 +5589,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"react-router@npm:^7.0.2":
-  version: 7.0.2
-  resolution: "react-router@npm:7.0.2"
+"react-router@npm:^7.1.0":
+  version: 7.1.0
+  resolution: "react-router@npm:7.1.0"
   dependencies:
     "@types/cookie": "npm:^0.6.0"
     cookie: "npm:^1.0.1"
@@ -5603,7 +5603,7 @@ __metadata:
   peerDependenciesMeta:
     react-dom:
       optional: true
-  checksum: 10c0/f6c04939218a3d7f2b03b215c2299eab4dbb0dea4a16e0acfd8bf181ec69ff42d66abdba10a25cc3297c514f052a0d03bfb80431225eb763bb27e4e5b0b4a106
+  checksum: 10c0/c4f4c76dc885cb2b351575052417f0a95ad454ae7cc27f42e5dcde993697b206eab9f5eb3f9a3acb1284331d41f8667bd4d10e246d463c3debd7d4de3edaa50b
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
diff --git a/mock-api/rest_server.ts b/mock-api/rest_server.ts
index 3043baf95..d1027c329 100644
--- a/mock-api/rest_server.ts
+++ b/mock-api/rest_server.ts
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ let system_status = {
   num_analogs: 1,
   free_heap: 143,
   ntp_status: 2,
+  ntp_time: '2021-04-01T14:25:42Z',
   mqtt_status: true,
   ap_status: false,
   network_status: 3, // wifi connected