diff --git a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/projects/_controller/projects_slot.py b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/projects/_controller/projects_slot.py
index 8537fbc66168..55b08c396925 100644
--- a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/projects/_controller/projects_slot.py
+++ b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/projects/_controller/projects_slot.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from aiohttp import web
 from models_library.products import ProductName
 from models_library.projects import ProjectID
+from models_library.users import UserID
 from servicelib.aiohttp.observer import (
     registed_observers_report,
     register_observer,
@@ -20,8 +21,40 @@
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+async def _on_user_connected(
+    user_id: UserID,
+    app: web.Application,
+    product_name: ProductName,
+    client_session_id: str,
+) -> None:
+    assert product_name  # nosec
+    # check if there is a project resource
+    with managed_resource(user_id, client_session_id, app) as user_session:
+        projects: list[str] = await user_session.find(PROJECT_ID_KEY)
+    assert len(projects) <= 1, "At the moment, at most one project per session"  # nosec
+
+    if projects:
+        with log_context(
+            _logger,
+            logging.DEBUG,
+            msg=f"user connects and subscribes to following {projects=}",
+        ):
+            await logged_gather(
+                *[project_logs.subscribe(app, ProjectID(prj)) for prj in projects]
+            )
+
+        await logged_gather(
+            *[
+                retrieve_and_notify_project_locked_state(
+                    user_id, prj, app, notify_only_prj_user=True
+                )
+                for prj in projects
+            ]
+        )
+
+
 async def _on_user_disconnected(
-    user_id: int,
+    user_id: UserID,
     client_session_id: str,
     app: web.Application,
     product_name: ProductName,
@@ -56,6 +89,7 @@ async def _on_user_disconnected(
 def setup_project_observer_events(app: web.Application) -> None:
     setup_observer_registry(app)
 
+    register_observer(app, _on_user_connected, event="SIGNAL_USER_CONNECTED")
     register_observer(app, _on_user_disconnected, event="SIGNAL_USER_DISCONNECTED")
 
     _logger.info(
diff --git a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/resource_usage/_observer.py b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/resource_usage/_observer.py
index 114bc1df2982..d205fc43f668 100644
--- a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/resource_usage/_observer.py
+++ b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/resource_usage/_observer.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 from aiohttp import web
 from models_library.products import ProductName
+from models_library.users import UserID
 from servicelib.aiohttp.observer import (
     registed_observers_report,
     register_observer,
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@
 
 
 async def _on_user_disconnected(
-    user_id: int,
+    user_id: UserID,
     client_session_id: str,
     app: web.Application,
     product_name: ProductName,
@@ -38,8 +39,12 @@ async def _on_user_disconnected(
 
 
 async def _on_user_connected(
-    user_id: int, app: web.Application, product_name: str
+    user_id: UserID,
+    app: web.Application,
+    product_name: ProductName,
+    client_session_id: str,
 ) -> None:
+    assert client_session_id  # nosec
     # Get all user wallets and subscribe
     user_wallet = await wallets_service.list_wallets_for_user(
         app, user_id=user_id, product_name=product_name
diff --git a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/socketio/_handlers.py b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/socketio/_handlers.py
index c864a735d52d..181a24199c16 100644
--- a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/socketio/_handlers.py
+++ b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/socketio/_handlers.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 def auth_user_factory(socket_id: SocketID):
     @login_required
-    async def _handler(request: web.Request) -> tuple[UserID, ProductName]:
+    async def _handler(request: web.Request) -> tuple[UserID, ProductName, str]:
         """
         Raises:
             web.HTTPUnauthorized: when the user is not recognized. Keeps the original request
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ async def _handler(request: web.Request) -> tuple[UserID, ProductName]:
             )
             await resource_registry.set_socket_id(socket_id)
 
-        return user_id, product.name
+        return user_id, product.name, client_session_id
 
     return _handler
 
@@ -126,18 +126,16 @@ async def connect(
 
     try:
         auth_user_handler = auth_user_factory(socket_id)
-        user_id, product_name = await auth_user_handler(environ["aiohttp.request"])
+        user_id, product_name, client_session_id = await auth_user_handler(
+            environ["aiohttp.request"]
+        )
 
         await _set_user_in_group_rooms(app, user_id, socket_id)
 
         _logger.info("Sending set_heartbeat_emit_interval with %s", _EMIT_INTERVAL_S)
 
         await emit(
-            app,
-            "SIGNAL_USER_CONNECTED",
-            user_id,
-            app,
-            product_name,
+            app, "SIGNAL_USER_CONNECTED", user_id, app, product_name, client_session_id
         )
 
         await send_message_to_user(