diff --git a/ui/app/adapters/watchable.js b/ui/app/adapters/watchable.js
index 29d001630..09efef4e8 100644
--- a/ui/app/adapters/watchable.js
+++ b/ui/app/adapters/watchable.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { makeArray } from '@ember/array';
 import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 import queryString from 'npm:query-string';
 import ApplicationAdapter from './application';
+import { AbortError } from 'ember-data/adapters/errors';
 
 export default ApplicationAdapter.extend({
   watchList: service(),
@@ -40,6 +41,11 @@ export default ApplicationAdapter.extend({
 
     return this.ajax(url, 'GET', {
       data: params,
+    }).catch(error => {
+      if (error instanceof AbortError) {
+        return [];
+      }
+      throw error;
     });
   },
 
@@ -53,6 +59,11 @@ export default ApplicationAdapter.extend({
 
     return this.ajax(url, 'GET', {
       data: params,
+    }).catch(error => {
+      if (error instanceof AbortError) {
+        return {};
+      }
+      throw error;
     });
   },
 
@@ -76,16 +87,24 @@ export default ApplicationAdapter.extend({
 
       return this.ajax(url, 'GET', {
         data: params,
-      }).then(json => {
-        this.get('store').pushPayload(relationship.type, {
-          [relationship.type]: makeArray(json),
-        });
-      });
+      }).then(
+        json => {
+          this.get('store').pushPayload(relationship.type, {
+            [relationship.type]: makeArray(json),
+          });
+        },
+        error => {
+          if (error instanceof AbortError) {
+            return relationship.kind === 'belongsTo' ? {} : [];
+          }
+          throw error;
+        }
+      );
     }
   },
 
   handleResponse(status, headers, payload, requestData) {
-    const newIndex = headers['x-nomad-index'];
+    const newIndex = headers['X-Nomad-Index'];
     if (newIndex) {
       this.get('watchList').setIndexFor(requestData.url, newIndex);
     }
diff --git a/ui/app/services/watch-list.js b/ui/app/services/watch-list.js
index f22ad34d9..7e9277dd8 100644
--- a/ui/app/services/watch-list.js
+++ b/ui/app/services/watch-list.js
@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@ import { readOnly } from '@ember/object/computed';
 import { copy } from '@ember/object/internals';
 import Service from '@ember/service';
 
-const list = {};
+let list = {};
 
 export default Service.extend({
   list: readOnly(function() {
     return copy(list, true);
   }),
 
+  init() {
+    list = {};
+  },
+
   getIndexFor(url) {
     return list[url] || 0;
   },
diff --git a/ui/tests/unit/adapters/job-test.js b/ui/tests/unit/adapters/job-test.js
index 191d6a96a..1240c2281 100644
--- a/ui/tests/unit/adapters/job-test.js
+++ b/ui/tests/unit/adapters/job-test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+import { run } from '@ember/runloop';
+import { assign } from '@ember/polyfills';
 import { test, moduleFor } from 'ember-qunit';
+import wait from 'ember-test-helpers/wait';
 import { startMirage } from 'nomad-ui/initializers/ember-cli-mirage';
 
 moduleFor('adapter:job', 'Unit | Adapter | Job', {
@@ -80,3 +83,194 @@ test('When a token is set in the token service, then x-nomad-token header is set
     'The token header is present on both job requests'
   );
 });
+
+test('findAll can be watched', function(assert) {
+  const { pretender } = this.server;
+
+  const request = () =>
+    this.subject().findAll(null, { modelName: 'job' }, null, {
+      reload: true,
+      adapterOptions: { watch: true },
+    });
+
+  request();
+  assert.equal(
+    pretender.handledRequests[0].url,
+    '/v1/namespaces',
+    'First request is for namespaces'
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    pretender.handledRequests[1].url,
+    '/v1/jobs?index=0',
+    'Second request is a blocking request for jobs'
+  );
+
+  return wait().then(() => {
+    request();
+    assert.equal(
+      pretender.handledRequests[2].url,
+      '/v1/jobs?index=1',
+      'Third request is a blocking request with an incremented index param'
+    );
+
+    return wait();
+  });
+});
+
+test('findRecord can be watched', function(assert) {
+  const jobId = JSON.stringify(['job-1', 'default']);
+  const { pretender } = this.server;
+
+  const request = () =>
+    this.subject().findRecord(null, { modelName: 'job' }, jobId, {
+      reload: true,
+      adapterOptions: { watch: true },
+    });
+
+  request();
+  assert.equal(
+    pretender.handledRequests[0].url,
+    '/v1/namespaces',
+    'First request is for namespaces'
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    pretender.handledRequests[1].url,
+    '/v1/job/job-1?index=0',
+    'Second request is a blocking request for job-1'
+  );
+
+  return wait().then(() => {
+    request();
+    assert.equal(
+      pretender.handledRequests[2].url,
+      '/v1/job/job-1?index=1',
+      'Third request is a blocking request with an incremented index param'
+    );
+
+    return wait();
+  });
+});
+
+test('relationships can be reloaded', function(assert) {
+  const { pretender } = this.server;
+  const plainId = 'job-1';
+  const mockModel = makeMockModel(plainId);
+
+  this.subject().reloadRelationship(mockModel, 'summary');
+  assert.equal(
+    pretender.handledRequests[0].url,
+    `/v1/job/${plainId}/summary`,
+    'Relationship was reloaded'
+  );
+});
+
+test('relationship reloads can be watched', function(assert) {
+  const { pretender } = this.server;
+  const plainId = 'job-1';
+  const mockModel = makeMockModel(plainId);
+
+  this.subject().reloadRelationship(mockModel, 'summary', true);
+  assert.equal(
+    pretender.handledRequests[0].url,
+    '/v1/job/job-1/summary?index=0',
+    'First request is a blocking request for job-1 summary relationship'
+  );
+
+  return wait().then(() => {
+    this.subject().reloadRelationship(mockModel, 'summary', true);
+    assert.equal(
+      pretender.handledRequests[1].url,
+      '/v1/job/job-1/summary?index=1',
+      'Second request is a blocking request with an incremented index param'
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+test('findAll can be canceled', function(assert) {
+  const { pretender } = this.server;
+  pretender.get('/v1/jobs', () => [200, {}, '[]'], true);
+
+  this.subject().findAll(null, { modelName: 'job' }, null, {
+    reload: true,
+    adapterOptions: { watch: true },
+  });
+
+  const { request: xhr } = pretender.requestReferences[0];
+  assert.equal(xhr.status, 0, 'Request is still pending');
+
+  // Schedule the cancelation before waiting
+  run.next(() => {
+    this.subject().cancelFindAll('job');
+  });
+
+  return wait().then(() => {
+    assert.ok(xhr.aborted, 'Request was aborted');
+  });
+});
+
+test('findRecord can be canceled', function(assert) {
+  const { pretender } = this.server;
+  const jobId = JSON.stringify(['job-1', 'default']);
+
+  pretender.get('/v1/job/:id', () => [200, {}, '{}'], true);
+
+  this.subject().findRecord(null, { modelName: 'job' }, jobId, {
+    reload: true,
+    adapterOptions: { watch: true },
+  });
+
+  const { request: xhr } = pretender.requestReferences[0];
+  assert.equal(xhr.status, 0, 'Request is still pending');
+
+  // Schedule the cancelation before waiting
+  run.next(() => {
+    this.subject().cancelFindRecord('job', jobId);
+  });
+
+  return wait().then(() => {
+    assert.ok(xhr.aborted, 'Request was aborted');
+  });
+});
+
+test('relationship reloads can be canceled', function(assert) {
+  const { pretender } = this.server;
+  const plainId = 'job-1';
+  const mockModel = makeMockModel(plainId);
+  pretender.get('/v1/job/:id/summary', () => [200, {}, '{}'], true);
+
+  this.subject().reloadRelationship(mockModel, 'summary', true);
+
+  const { request: xhr } = pretender.requestReferences[0];
+  assert.equal(xhr.status, 0, 'Request is still pending');
+
+  // Schedule the cancelation before waiting
+  run.next(() => {
+    this.subject().cancelReloadRelationship(mockModel, 'summary');
+  });
+
+  return wait().then(() => {
+    assert.ok(xhr.aborted, 'Request was aborted');
+  });
+});
+
+function makeMockModel(id, options) {
+  return assign(
+    {
+      relationshipFor(name) {
+        return {
+          kind: 'belongsTo',
+          type: 'job-summary',
+          key: name,
+        };
+      },
+      belongsTo(name) {
+        return {
+          link() {
+            return `/v1/job/${id}/${name}`;
+          },
+        };
+      },
+    },
+    options
+  );
+}