diff --git a/src/runtimes/docker/clients/DockerClientBase/DockerClientBase.ts b/src/runtimes/docker/clients/DockerClientBase/DockerClientBase.ts
index 8ebf4c2f9b..2cc650b129 100644
--- a/src/runtimes/docker/clients/DockerClientBase/DockerClientBase.ts
+++ b/src/runtimes/docker/clients/DockerClientBase/DockerClientBase.ts
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ export abstract class DockerClientBase extends ConfigurableClient implements ICo
     ): CommandLineArgs {
         return composeArgs(
             withArg('events'),
-            withNamedArg('--since', options.since),
-            withNamedArg('--until', options.until),
+            withNamedArg('--since', options.since?.toString(), { shouldQuote: !(typeof options.since === 'number') }), // If it's numeric it should not be quoted
+            withNamedArg('--until', options.until?.toString(), { shouldQuote: !(typeof options.until === 'number') }), // If it's numeric it should not be quoted
             withDockerLabelFilterArgs(options.labels),
             withNamedArg('--filter', options.types?.map((type) => `type=${type}`)),
             withNamedArg('--filter', options.events?.map((event) => `event=${event}`)),
diff --git a/src/runtimes/docker/contracts/ContainerClient.ts b/src/runtimes/docker/contracts/ContainerClient.ts
index 1221d07fca..432bdad6e5 100644
--- a/src/runtimes/docker/contracts/ContainerClient.ts
+++ b/src/runtimes/docker/contracts/ContainerClient.ts
@@ -174,11 +174,11 @@ export type EventStreamCommandOptions = CommonCommandOptions & {
     /**
      * Return events since a given timestamp
      */
-    since?: string;
+    since?: string | number;
     /**
      * Only stream events until a given timestamp
      */
-    until?: string;
+    until?: string | number;
     /**
      * Only listen for events affecting these object types
      */
diff --git a/src/tree/RefreshManager.ts b/src/tree/RefreshManager.ts
index 67d4165e61..cbd661555c 100644
--- a/src/tree/RefreshManager.ts
+++ b/src/tree/RefreshManager.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { AllTreePrefixes, TreePrefix } from './TreePrefix';
 
 const pollingIntervalMs = 60 * 1000; // One minute
 const eventListenerTries = 3; // The event listener will try at most 3 times to connect for events
+const eventListenerLifetimeSeconds = 60 * 5; // Five minutes
 const debounceDelayMs = 500; // Refreshes rapidly initiated for the same tree view will be debounced to occur 500ms after the last initiation
 
 type RefreshTarget = AzExtTreeItem | TreePrefix;
@@ -108,12 +109,18 @@ export class RefreshManager extends vscode.Disposable {
             const eventActionsToWatch: EventAction[] = Array.from(new Set<EventAction>([...ContainerEventActions, ...ImageEventActions, ...NetworkEventActions, ...VolumeEventActions]));
 
             // Try at most `eventListenerTries` times to (re)connect to the event stream
-            for (let i = 0; i < eventListenerTries; i++) {
+            let errorCount = 0;
+            let eventsSinceTimestamp = Math.round(Date.now() / 1000);
+            while (errorCount < eventListenerTries) {
+                const eventsUntilTimestamp = eventsSinceTimestamp + eventListenerLifetimeSeconds;
+
                 try {
                     const eventGenerator = ext.streamWithDefaultShell(client =>
                         client.getEventStream({
                             types: eventTypesToWatch,
                             events: eventActionsToWatch,
+                            since: eventsSinceTimestamp,
+                            until: eventsUntilTimestamp,
                         }),
                         {
                             cancellationToken: this.cts.token,
@@ -145,7 +152,7 @@ export class RefreshManager extends vscode.Disposable {
                     if (isCancellationError(err) || error.isUserCancelledError) {
                         // Cancelled, so don't try again and don't rethrow--this is a normal termination pathway
                         return;
-                    } else if (i < eventListenerTries - 1) {
+                    } else if (++errorCount < eventListenerTries) {
                         // Still in the retry loop
                         continue;
                     } else {
@@ -156,10 +163,17 @@ export class RefreshManager extends vscode.Disposable {
 
                         throw error;
                     }
+                } finally {
+                    // Move the next start timestamp to the current end timestamp
+                    eventsSinceTimestamp = eventsUntilTimestamp;
                 }
+
+                // If the event generator terminates on its expected lifecycle it will exit without an error
+                // Continue the loop as normal, starting the next event stream at the previous stop time
+                // We intentionally do not reset the `errorCount`, so that at most 3 failures occur before
+                // giving up, regardless of whether or not they are consecutive.
             }
         });
-
     }
 
     private setupRefreshOnConfigurationChange(): void {