diff --git a/proxy/src/context/parquet.rs b/proxy/src/context/parquet.rs
index 5f65b17374..d7ffff0483 100644
--- a/proxy/src/context/parquet.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/context/parquet.rs
@@ -187,10 +187,6 @@ pub async fn worker(
     let rx = futures::stream::poll_fn(move |cx| rx.poll_recv(cx));
     let rx = rx.map(RequestData::from);
 
-    let storage = GenericRemoteStorage::from_config(&remote_storage_config)
-        .await
-        .context("remote storage init")?;
-
     let properties = WriterProperties::builder()
         .set_data_page_size_limit(config.parquet_upload_page_size)
         .set_compression(config.parquet_upload_compression);
@@ -224,18 +220,18 @@ pub async fn worker(
         let rx_disconnect = futures::stream::poll_fn(move |cx| rx_disconnect.poll_recv(cx));
         let rx_disconnect = rx_disconnect.map(RequestData::from);
 
-        let storage_disconnect =
-            GenericRemoteStorage::from_config(&disconnect_events_storage_config)
-                .await
-                .context("remote storage for disconnect events init")?;
         let parquet_config_disconnect = parquet_config.clone();
         tokio::try_join!(
-            worker_inner(storage, rx, parquet_config),
-            worker_inner(storage_disconnect, rx_disconnect, parquet_config_disconnect)
+            worker_inner(remote_storage_config, rx, parquet_config),
+            worker_inner(
+                disconnect_events_storage_config,
+                rx_disconnect,
+                parquet_config_disconnect
+            )
         )
         .map(|_| ())
     } else {
-        worker_inner(storage, rx, parquet_config).await
+        worker_inner(remote_storage_config, rx, parquet_config).await
     }
 }
 
@@ -251,18 +247,32 @@ struct ParquetConfig {
     test_remote_failures: u64,
 }
 
+impl ParquetConfig {
+    async fn storage(
+        &self,
+        storage_config: &RemoteStorageConfig,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<GenericRemoteStorage> {
+        let storage = GenericRemoteStorage::from_config(storage_config)
+            .await
+            .context("remote storage init")?;
+
+        #[cfg(any(test, feature = "testing"))]
+        if self.test_remote_failures > 0 {
+            return Ok(GenericRemoteStorage::unreliable_wrapper(
+                storage,
+                self.test_remote_failures,
+            ));
+        }
+
+        Ok(storage)
+    }
+}
+
 async fn worker_inner(
-    storage: GenericRemoteStorage,
+    storage_config: RemoteStorageConfig,
     rx: impl Stream<Item = RequestData>,
     config: ParquetConfig,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    #[cfg(any(test, feature = "testing"))]
-    let storage = if config.test_remote_failures > 0 {
-        GenericRemoteStorage::unreliable_wrapper(storage, config.test_remote_failures)
-    } else {
-        storage
-    };
-
     let mut rx = std::pin::pin!(rx);
 
     let mut rows = Vec::with_capacity(config.rows_per_group);
@@ -285,7 +295,7 @@ async fn worker_inner(
         }
         if len > config.file_size || force {
             last_upload = time::Instant::now();
-            let file = upload_parquet(w, len, &storage).await?;
+            let file = upload_parquet(w, len, &storage_config, &config).await?;
             w = SerializedFileWriter::new(file, schema.clone(), config.propeties.clone())?;
             len = 0;
         }
@@ -298,7 +308,7 @@ async fn worker_inner(
     }
 
     if !w.flushed_row_groups().is_empty() {
-        let _rtchk: Writer<BytesMut> = upload_parquet(w, len, &storage).await?;
+        let _rtchk: Writer<BytesMut> = upload_parquet(w, len, &storage_config, &config).await?;
     }
 
     Ok(())
@@ -340,7 +350,8 @@ where
 async fn upload_parquet(
     mut w: SerializedFileWriter<Writer<BytesMut>>,
     len: i64,
-    storage: &GenericRemoteStorage,
+    storage_config: &RemoteStorageConfig,
+    config: &ParquetConfig,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<Writer<BytesMut>> {
     let len_uncompressed = w
         .flushed_row_groups()
@@ -377,6 +388,15 @@ async fn upload_parquet(
         size, compression, "uploading request parquet file"
     );
 
+    // A bug in azure-sdk means that the identity-token-file that expires after
+    // 1 hour is not refreshed. This identity-token is used to fetch the actual azure storage
+    // tokens that last for 24 hours. After this 24 hour period, azure-sdk tries to refresh
+    // the storage token, but the identity token has now expired.
+    // <https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-rust/issues/1739>
+    //
+    // To work around this, we recreate the storage every time.
+    let storage = config.storage(storage_config).await?;
+
     let year = now.year();
     let month = now.month();
     let day = now.day();
@@ -431,8 +451,8 @@ mod tests {
     use rand::rngs::StdRng;
     use rand::{Rng, SeedableRng};
     use remote_storage::{
-        GenericRemoteStorage, RemoteStorageConfig, RemoteStorageKind, S3Config,
-        DEFAULT_MAX_KEYS_PER_LIST_RESPONSE, DEFAULT_REMOTE_STORAGE_S3_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT,
+        RemoteStorageConfig, RemoteStorageKind, S3Config, DEFAULT_MAX_KEYS_PER_LIST_RESPONSE,
+        DEFAULT_REMOTE_STORAGE_S3_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT,
     };
     use tokio::sync::mpsc;
     use tokio::time;
@@ -559,12 +579,11 @@ mod tests {
             timeout: std::time::Duration::from_secs(120),
             small_timeout: std::time::Duration::from_secs(30),
         };
-        let storage = GenericRemoteStorage::from_config(&remote_storage_config)
+
+        worker_inner(remote_storage_config, rx, config)
             .await
             .unwrap();
 
-        worker_inner(storage, rx, config).await.unwrap();
-
         let mut files = WalkDir::new(tmpdir.as_std_path())
             .into_iter()
             .filter_map(|entry| entry.ok())