diff --git a/.changeset/breezy-dogs-greet.md b/.changeset/breezy-dogs-greet.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f6cb584661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/breezy-dogs-greet.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@clerk/clerk-js': patch
+---
+
+Pause session touch and token refresh while browser is offline, and resume it when the device comes back online.
diff --git a/integration/tests/sign-out-smoke.test.ts b/integration/tests/sign-out-smoke.test.ts
index 129947774c7..d2c57c819a5 100644
--- a/integration/tests/sign-out-smoke.test.ts
+++ b/integration/tests/sign-out-smoke.test.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@ testAgainstRunningApps({ withEnv: [appConfigs.envs.withEmailCodes] })('sign out
 
   test('sign out through all open tabs at once', async ({ page, context }) => {
     const mainTab = createTestUtils({ app, page, context });
+    await mainTab.page.addInitScript(() => {
+      /**
+       * Playwright may define connection incorrectly, we are overriding to null
+       */
+      if (
+        navigator.onLine &&
+        // @ts-expect-error Cannot find `connection`
+        (navigator?.connection?.rtt === 0 || navigator?.downlink?.rtt === 0)
+      ) {
+        Object.defineProperty(Object.getPrototypeOf(navigator), 'connection', { value: null });
+      }
+    });
     await mainTab.po.signIn.goTo();
     await mainTab.po.signIn.setIdentifier(fakeUser.email);
     await mainTab.po.signIn.continue();
diff --git a/packages/clerk-js/src/core/auth/AuthCookieService.ts b/packages/clerk-js/src/core/auth/AuthCookieService.ts
index 530d0cc4c4b..4ed81e7fc75 100644
--- a/packages/clerk-js/src/core/auth/AuthCookieService.ts
+++ b/packages/clerk-js/src/core/auth/AuthCookieService.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+import { isBrowserOnline } from '@clerk/shared/browser';
 import { createCookieHandler } from '@clerk/shared/cookie';
 import { setDevBrowserJWTInURL } from '@clerk/shared/devBrowser';
 import { is4xxError, isClerkAPIResponseError, isNetworkError } from '@clerk/shared/error';
 import type { Clerk, InstanceType } from '@clerk/types';
 
+import { createOfflineScheduler } from '../../utils/offlineScheduler';
 import { clerkCoreErrorTokenRefreshFailed, clerkMissingDevBrowserJwt } from '../errors';
 import { eventBus, events } from '../events';
 import type { FapiClient } from '../fapiClient';
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ export class AuthCookieService {
   private sessionCookie: SessionCookieHandler;
   private activeOrgCookie: ReturnType<typeof createCookieHandler>;
   private devBrowser: DevBrowser;
+  private sessionRefreshOfflineScheduler = createOfflineScheduler();
 
   public static async create(clerk: Clerk, fapiClient: FapiClient, instanceType: InstanceType) {
     const cookieSuffix = await getCookieSuffix(clerk.publishableKey);
@@ -124,7 +127,8 @@ export class AuthCookieService {
         // be done with a microtask. Promises schedule microtasks, and so by using `updateCookieImmediately: true`, we ensure that the cookie
         // is updated as part of the scheduled microtask. Our existing event-based mechanism to update the cookie schedules a task, and so the cookie
         // is updated too late and not guaranteed to be fresh before the refetch occurs.
-        void this.refreshSessionToken({ updateCookieImmediately: true });
+        // While online `.schedule()` executes synchronously and immediately, ensuring the above mechanism will not break.
+        this.sessionRefreshOfflineScheduler.schedule(() => this.refreshSessionToken({ updateCookieImmediately: true }));
       }
     });
   }
@@ -138,6 +142,10 @@ export class AuthCookieService {
       return;
     }
 
+    if (!isBrowserOnline()) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     try {
       const token = await this.clerk.session.getToken();
       if (updateCookieImmediately) {
diff --git a/packages/clerk-js/src/core/clerk.ts b/packages/clerk-js/src/core/clerk.ts
index 2bd3ccd9b63..6129c8b47d7 100644
--- a/packages/clerk-js/src/core/clerk.ts
+++ b/packages/clerk-js/src/core/clerk.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ import {
 } from '../utils';
 import { assertNoLegacyProp } from '../utils/assertNoLegacyProp';
 import { memoizeListenerCallback } from '../utils/memoizeStateListenerCallback';
+import { createOfflineScheduler } from '../utils/offlineScheduler';
 import { RedirectUrls } from '../utils/redirectUrls';
 import { AuthCookieService } from './auth/AuthCookieService';
 import { CaptchaHeartbeat } from './auth/CaptchaHeartbeat';
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ export class Clerk implements ClerkInterface {
   #options: ClerkOptions = {};
   #pageLifecycle: ReturnType<typeof createPageLifecycle> | null = null;
   #touchThrottledUntil = 0;
+  #sessionTouchOfflineScheduler = createOfflineScheduler();
 
   public __internal_getCachedResources:
     | (() => Promise<{ client: ClientJSONSnapshot | null; environment: EnvironmentJSONSnapshot | null }>)
@@ -1859,7 +1861,7 @@ export class Clerk implements ClerkInterface {
     this.#pageLifecycle = createPageLifecycle();
 
     this.#broadcastChannel = new LocalStorageBroadcastChannel('clerk');
-    this.#setupListeners();
+    this.#setupBrowserListeners();
 
     const isInAccountsHostedPages = isDevAccountPortalOrigin(window?.location.hostname);
     const shouldTouchEnv = this.#instanceType === 'development' && !isInAccountsHostedPages;
@@ -1994,20 +1996,26 @@ export class Clerk implements ClerkInterface {
     return session || null;
   };
 
-  #setupListeners = (): void => {
+  #setupBrowserListeners = (): void => {
     if (!inClientSide()) {
       return;
     }
 
     this.#pageLifecycle?.onPageFocus(() => {
-      if (this.session) {
+      if (!this.session) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const performTouch = () => {
         if (this.#touchThrottledUntil > Date.now()) {
           return;
         }
         this.#touchThrottledUntil = Date.now() + 5_000;
 
-        void this.#touchLastActiveSession(this.session);
-      }
+        return this.#touchLastActiveSession(this.session);
+      };
+
+      this.#sessionTouchOfflineScheduler.schedule(performTouch);
     });
 
     this.#broadcastChannel?.addEventListener('message', ({ data }) => {
diff --git a/packages/clerk-js/src/utils/offlineScheduler.ts b/packages/clerk-js/src/utils/offlineScheduler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..27bf6885ac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/clerk-js/src/utils/offlineScheduler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { isBrowserOnline } from '@clerk/shared/browser';
+
+/**
+ * While online callbacks passed to `.schedule` will execute immediately.
+ * While offline callbacks passed to `.schedule` are de-duped and only the first one will be scheduled for execution when online.
+ */
+export const createOfflineScheduler = () => {
+  let scheduled = false;
+
+  const schedule = (cb: () => void) => {
+    if (scheduled) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (isBrowserOnline()) {
+      cb();
+      return;
+    }
+    scheduled = true;
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    window.addEventListener(
+      'online',
+      () => {
+        void cb();
+        scheduled = false;
+        controller.abort();
+      },
+      {
+        signal: controller.signal,
+      },
+    );
+  };
+
+  return {
+    schedule,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/packages/clerk-js/src/utils/pageLifecycle.ts b/packages/clerk-js/src/utils/pageLifecycle.ts
index 52c51396b6e..663c586e474 100644
--- a/packages/clerk-js/src/utils/pageLifecycle.ts
+++ b/packages/clerk-js/src/utils/pageLifecycle.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 import { inBrowser } from '@clerk/shared/browser';
-
-const noop = () => {
-  //
-};
+import { noop } from '@clerk/shared/utils';
 
 /**
  * Abstracts native browser event listener registration.