diff --git a/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useApi/index.ts b/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useApi/index.ts
index 4e2df2fe90..e26767f419 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useApi/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useApi/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Api } from 'nocodb-sdk'
 import type { Ref } from 'vue'
 import type { EventHook, MaybeRef } from '@vueuse/core'
 import { addAxiosInterceptors } from './interceptors'
-import { createEventHook, ref, unref, useGlobal } from '#imports'
+import { createEventHook, ref, unref, useCounter, useGlobal } from '#imports'
 
 interface UseApiReturn<D = any, R = any> {
   api: Api<any>
@@ -52,30 +52,57 @@ interface UseApiProps<D = any> {
 export function useApi<Data = any, RequestConfig = any>(props: UseApiProps<Data> = {}): UseApiReturn<Data, RequestConfig> {
   const state = useGlobal()
 
+  /**
+   * Local state of running requests, do not confuse with global state of running requests
+   * This state is only counting requests made by this instance of `useApi` and not by other instances.
+   */
+  const { count, inc, dec } = useCounter(0)
+
+  /** is request loading */
   const isLoading = ref(false)
 
+  /** latest request error */
   const error = ref(null)
 
-  const response = ref<any>(null)
+  /** latest request response */
+  const response = ref<unknown | null>(null)
 
   const errorHook = createEventHook<AxiosError<Data, RequestConfig>>()
 
   const responseHook = createEventHook<AxiosResponse<Data, RequestConfig>>()
 
+  /** fresh api instance - with interceptors for token refresh already bound */
   const api = createApiInstance(props.apiOptions)
 
+  /** increment local and global request counter */
   function addRequest() {
-    state.runningRequests.value.push(state.runningRequests.value.length + 1)
+    inc()
+    state.runningRequests.inc()
   }
 
+  /** decrement local and global request counter */
   function removeRequest() {
-    state.runningRequests.value.pop()
+    dec()
+    state.runningRequests.dec()
+  }
+
+  /** set loading state to false *only* if no request is still running */
+  function stopLoading() {
+    if (count.value === 0) {
+      isLoading.value = false
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** reset response and error refs */
+  function reset() {
+    error.value = null
+    response.value = null
   }
 
   api.instance.interceptors.request.use(
     (config) => {
-      error.value = null
-      response.value = null
+      reset()
+
       isLoading.value = true
 
       addRequest()
@@ -88,8 +115,10 @@ export function useApi<Data = any, RequestConfig = any>(props: UseApiProps<Data>
     (requestError) => {
       errorHook.trigger(requestError)
       error.value = requestError
+
       response.value = null
-      isLoading.value = false
+
+      stopLoading()
 
       removeRequest()
 
@@ -100,9 +129,9 @@ export function useApi<Data = any, RequestConfig = any>(props: UseApiProps<Data>
   api.instance.interceptors.response.use(
     (apiResponse) => {
       responseHook.trigger(apiResponse as AxiosResponse<Data, RequestConfig>)
-      // can't properly typecast
       response.value = apiResponse
-      isLoading.value = false
+
+      stopLoading()
 
       removeRequest()
 
@@ -111,7 +140,8 @@ export function useApi<Data = any, RequestConfig = any>(props: UseApiProps<Data>
     (apiError) => {
       errorHook.trigger(apiError)
       error.value = apiError
-      isLoading.value = false
+
+      stopLoading()
 
       removeRequest()
 
@@ -119,5 +149,12 @@ export function useApi<Data = any, RequestConfig = any>(props: UseApiProps<Data>
     },
   )
 
-  return { api, isLoading, response, error, onError: errorHook.on, onResponse: responseHook.on }
+  return {
+    api,
+    isLoading,
+    response: response as Ref<AxiosResponse<Data, RequestConfig>>,
+    error,
+    onError: errorHook.on,
+    onResponse: responseHook.on,
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useGlobal/getters.ts b/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useGlobal/getters.ts
index a9012bc923..61081a8ea2 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useGlobal/getters.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useGlobal/getters.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export function useGlobalGetters(state: State): Getters {
   /** global loading state */
   let loading = $ref(false)
   const isLoading = computed({
-    get: () => state.runningRequests.value.length > 0 || loading,
+    get: () => state.runningRequests.count.value > 0 || loading,
     set: (_loading) => (loading = !_loading),
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useGlobal/state.ts b/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useGlobal/state.ts
index 92780a0325..8bb3266504 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useGlobal/state.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useGlobal/state.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { usePreferredLanguages, useStorage } from '@vueuse/core'
 import { useJwt } from '@vueuse/integrations/useJwt'
 import type { JwtPayload } from 'jwt-decode'
 import type { State, StoredState } from './types'
-import { computed, ref, toRefs, useNuxtApp, useTimestamp } from '#imports'
+import { computed, ref, toRefs, useCounter, useNuxtApp, useTimestamp } from '#imports'
 import type { User } from '~/lib'
 
 export function useGlobalState(storageKey = 'nocodb-gui-v2'): State {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export function useGlobalState(storageKey = 'nocodb-gui-v2'): State {
   const sidebarOpen = ref(false)
 
   /** currently running requests */
-  const runningRequests = ref<number[]>([])
+  const runningRequests = useCounter()
 
   /** global error */
   const error = ref()
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useGlobal/types.ts b/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useGlobal/types.ts
index fd58de702a..c989476338 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useGlobal/types.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useGlobal/types.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { ComputedRef, Ref, ToRefs } from 'vue'
 import type { WritableComputedRef } from '@vue/reactivity'
 import type { JwtPayload } from 'jwt-decode'
 import type { User } from '~/lib'
+import type { useCounter } from '#imports'
 
 export interface StoredState {
   token: string | null
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ export type State = ToRefs<Omit<StoredState, 'token'>> & {
   jwtPayload: ComputedRef<(JwtPayload & User) | null>
   sidebarOpen: Ref<boolean>
   timestamp: Ref<number>
-  runningRequests: Ref<number[]>
+  runningRequests: ReturnType<typeof useCounter>
   error: Ref<any>
 }