diff --git a/public/app/features/live/centrifuge/service.ts b/public/app/features/live/centrifuge/service.ts
index 52194e7a120..6a3858945d9 100644
--- a/public/app/features/live/centrifuge/service.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/live/centrifuge/service.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   ConnectedContext,
   ConnectingContext,
   DisconnectedContext,
+  ErrorContext,
   ServerPublicationContext,
   State,
 } from 'centrifuge';
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import {
   StreamingFrameAction,
   StreamingFrameOptions,
   BackendDataSourceResponse,
+  getBackendSrv,
 } from '@grafana/runtime';
 
 import { StreamingResponseData } from '../data/utils';
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ export class CentrifugeService implements CentrifugeSrv {
   readonly connectionState: BehaviorSubject<boolean>;
   readonly connectionBlocker: Promise<void>;
   private readonly dataStreamSubscriberReadiness: Observable<boolean>;
+  private lastAuthCheck = 0;
 
   constructor(private deps: CentrifugeSrvDeps) {
     this.dataStreamSubscriberReadiness = deps.dataStreamSubscriberReadiness.pipe(share(), startWith(true));
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ export class CentrifugeService implements CentrifugeSrv {
     this.centrifuge.on('connecting', this.onDisconnect);
     this.centrifuge.on('disconnected', this.onDisconnect);
     this.centrifuge.on('publication', this.onServerSideMessage);
+    this.centrifuge.on('error', this.onError);
   }
 
   //----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -124,6 +128,27 @@ export class CentrifugeService implements CentrifugeSrv {
     console.log('Publication from server-side channel', context);
   };
 
+  private onError = (context: ErrorContext) => {
+    /**
+     * This is a workaround to handle the case where the authentication token
+     * has expired, but we still try to reconnect inside a page with Grafana Live enabled.
+     * See: https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/72792
+     */
+    if (context.type === 'transport' && context.error?.code === 2) {
+      const now = Date.now();
+      // Check every 5 seconds to avoid hammering the
+      // API if there is a case like this
+      if (now - this.lastAuthCheck > 5000) {
+        this.lastAuthCheck = now;
+        getBackendSrv()
+          .get('/api/login/ping')
+          .catch(() => {
+            // Just swallow this error - it's non-critical
+          });
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
   /**
    * Get a channel.  If the scope, namespace, or path is invalid, a shutdown
    * channel will be returned with an error state indicated in its status