diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/components/helpers/InputValue.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/components/helpers/InputValue.svelte
index 3ac5152b6f..4f619f3dd3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/components/helpers/InputValue.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/components/helpers/InputValue.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 	import { createEventDispatcher, getContext, onDestroy, tick } from 'svelte'
+	import { get } from 'svelte/store'
 	import type {
 		AppInput,
 		EvalAppInput,
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
 	export let onDemandOnly: boolean = false
 	export let exportValueFunction: boolean = false
 
-	const { componentControl, runnableComponents } = getContext<AppViewerContext>('AppViewerContext')
+	const { componentControl, runnableComponents, recomputeAllContext } = getContext<AppViewerContext>('AppViewerContext')
 
 	const editorContext = getContext<AppEditorContext>('AppEditorContext')
 	const iterContext = getContext<ListContext>('ListWrapperContext')
@@ -264,6 +265,7 @@
 		try {
 			const context = computeGlobalContext(
 				$worldStore,
+				id,
 				deepMergeWithPriority(fullContext, args ?? {})
 			)
 			const r = await eval_like(
@@ -275,7 +277,8 @@
 				$worldStore,
 				$runnableComponents,
 				false,
-				groupContext?.id
+				groupContext?.id,
+				get(recomputeAllContext)?.onRefresh
 			)
 			error = ''
 			return r
@@ -294,14 +297,15 @@
 			try {
 				const r = await eval_like(
 					'`' + input.eval.replaceAll('`', '\\`') + '`',
-					computeGlobalContext($worldStore, fullContext),
+					computeGlobalContext($worldStore, id, fullContext),
 					$state,
 					$mode == 'dnd',
 					$componentControl,
 					$worldStore,
 					$runnableComponents,
 					false,
-					groupContext?.id
+					groupContext?.id,
+					get(recomputeAllContext)?.onRefresh
 				)
 				error = ''
 				return r
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/components/helpers/RunnableComponent.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/components/helpers/RunnableComponent.svelte
index 17b188a553..a2001e4d6a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/components/helpers/RunnableComponent.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/components/helpers/RunnableComponent.svelte
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@
 		selectedComponent,
 		app,
 		connectingInput,
-		bgRuns
+		bgRuns,
+		recomputeAllContext
 	} = getContext<AppViewerContext>('AppViewerContext')
 	const editorContext = getContext<AppEditorContext>('AppEditorContext')
 
@@ -286,7 +287,7 @@
 			try {
 				r = await eval_like(
 					runnable.inlineScript?.content,
-					computeGlobalContext($worldStore, {
+					computeGlobalContext($worldStore, id, {
 						iter: iterContext ? $iterContext : undefined,
 						row: rowContext ? $rowContext : undefined,
 						group: groupContext ? get(groupContext.context) : undefined
@@ -297,14 +298,23 @@
 					$worldStore,
 					$runnableComponents,
 					true,
-					groupContext?.id
+					groupContext?.id,
+					get(recomputeAllContext)?.onRefresh
 				)
 
 				await setResult(r, job)
 				$state = $state
 			} catch (e) {
-				sendUserToast(`Error running frontend script ${id}: ` + e.message, true)
-				r = { error: { message: e.body ?? e.message } }
+				let additionalInfo = ''
+				if (
+					e.message.includes('Maximum call stack size exceeded') ||
+					e.message.includes('too much recursion')
+				) {
+					additionalInfo =
+						'This is likely due to a call to globalRecompute() in the frontend script. Please check your script for circular recomputes and disable the "Run on start and app refresh" toggle.'
+				}
+				sendUserToast(`Error running frontend script ${id}: ` + e.message + additionalInfo, true)
+				r = { error: { message: (e.body ?? e.message) + additionalInfo } }
 				await setResult(r, job)
 			}
 			loading = false
@@ -519,7 +529,7 @@
 				raw.set(res)
 				const transformerResult = await eval_like(
 					transformer.content,
-					computeGlobalContext($worldStore, {
+					computeGlobalContext($worldStore, id, {
 						iter: iterContext ? $iterContext : undefined,
 						row: rowContext ? $rowContext : undefined,
 						group: groupContext ? get(groupContext.context) : undefined,
@@ -531,7 +541,8 @@
 					$worldStore,
 					$runnableComponents,
 					true,
-					groupContext?.id
+					groupContext?.id,
+					get(recomputeAllContext)?.onRefresh
 				)
 				return transformerResult
 			} catch (err) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/components/helpers/eval.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/components/helpers/eval.ts
index 78147dc22b..3e6b5cc522 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/components/helpers/eval.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/components/helpers/eval.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { sendUserToast } from '$lib/toast'
 import { waitJob } from '$lib/components/waitJob'
 import { base } from '$lib/base'
 
-export function computeGlobalContext(world: World | undefined, extraContext: any = {}) {
+export function computeGlobalContext(world: World | undefined, id: string | undefined, extraContext: any = {}) {
 	return {
 		...Object.fromEntries(
 			Object.entries(world?.outputsById ?? {})
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ export function computeGlobalContext(world: World | undefined, extraContext: any
 					]
 				})
 		),
-		...extraContext
+		...extraContext,
+		id
 	}
 }
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ function create_context_function_template(
 ) {
 	let hasReturnAsLastLine = noReturn || eval_string.split('\n').some((x) => x.startsWith('return '))
 	return `
-return async function (context, state, createProxy, goto, setTab, recompute, getAgGrid, setValue, setSelectedIndex, openModal, closeModal, open, close, validate, invalidate, validateAll, clearFiles, showToast, waitJob, askNewResource, downloadFile) {
+return async function (context, state, createProxy, goto, setTab, recompute, globalRecompute, getAgGrid, setValue, setSelectedIndex, openModal, closeModal, open, close, validate, invalidate, validateAll, clearFiles, showToast, waitJob, askNewResource, downloadFile) {
 "use strict";
 ${contextKeys && contextKeys.length > 0
 			? `let ${contextKeys.map((key) => ` ${key} = createProxy('${key}', context['${key}'])`)};`
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ type WmFunctor = (
 	goto,
 	setTab,
 	recompute,
+	globalRecompute,
 	getAgGrid,
 	setValue,
 	setSelectedIndex,
@@ -120,7 +122,8 @@ export async function eval_like(
 	worldStore: World | undefined,
 	runnableComponents: Record<string, { cb?: (() => void)[] }>,
 	noReturn: boolean,
-	groupContextId: string | undefined
+	groupContextId: string | undefined,
+	globalRecomputeFunction: ((excludeIds?: string) => void) | undefined
 ) {
 	const createProxy = (name: string, obj: any) => {
 		// console.log('Creating proxy', name, obj)
@@ -198,6 +201,12 @@ export async function eval_like(
 		(id) => {
 			runnableComponents[id]?.cb?.forEach((f) => f())
 		},
+		() => {
+			const callerId = ((context ?? {}) as any).id
+			if (callerId) {
+				globalRecomputeFunction?.(callerId)
+			}
+		},
 		(id) => {
 			return controlComponents[id]?.agGrid
 		},
@@ -268,9 +277,10 @@ export async function eval_like(
 			}
 
 			if (typeof input === 'object' && input.s3) {
-				const workspaceId = computeGlobalContext(worldStore).ctx.workspace
-				const s3href = `${base}/api/w/${workspaceId}/job_helpers/download_s3_file?file_key=${input?.s3
-					}${input?.storage ? `&storage=${input.storage}` : ''}`
+				const workspaceId = ((context ?? {}) as any).ctx?.workspace
+				const s3href = `${base}/api/w/${workspaceId}/job_helpers/download_s3_file?file_key=${
+					input?.s3
+				}${input?.storage ? `&storage=${input.storage}` : ''}`
 				downloadFile(s3href, filename || input.s3)
 			} else if (typeof input === 'string') {
 				if (input.startsWith('data:')) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/RecomputeAllComponents.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/RecomputeAllComponents.svelte
index 24b33d7a05..5ad24e52de 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/RecomputeAllComponents.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/RecomputeAllComponents.svelte
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 		}
 	})
 
-	function onClick(stopAfterClear: boolean, source: string) {
+	function onRefresh(stopAfterClear: boolean, source: string, excludeId?: string) {
 		if (timeout) {
 			clearInterval(timeout)
 			timeout = undefined
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 			if (stopAfterClear) return
 		}
 		if (firstLoad) {
-			refresh('onClick ' + source)
+			refresh('onClick ' + source, excludeId)
 		}
 
 		if ($recomputeAllContext.interval) {
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@
 
 	function setInter(inter: number | undefined, source: string) {
 		$recomputeAllContext.interval = inter
-		onClick(!inter, 'setInter ' + source)
+		onRefresh(!inter, 'setInter ' + source)
 	}
 
 	let refreshing: string[] = []
-	function refresh(reason: string) {
+	function refresh(reason: string, excludeId: string | undefined = undefined) {
 		let isFirstLoad = false
 		if (!firstLoad && reason == 'all initialized') {
 			console.log('refresh all first load', reason)
@@ -129,8 +129,9 @@
 		const promises = Object.keys($runnableComponents)
 			.flatMap((id) => {
 				if (
-					!$runnableComponents?.[id]?.autoRefresh &&
-					(!isFirstLoad || !$runnableComponents?.[id]?.refreshOnStart)
+					excludeId === id ||
+					(!$runnableComponents?.[id]?.autoRefresh &&
+						(!isFirstLoad || !$runnableComponents?.[id]?.refreshOnStart))
 				) {
 					return
 				}
@@ -170,21 +171,21 @@
 				if (progressTimer) clearInterval(progressTimer)
 			}
 		} else if (shouldRefresh) {
-			timeout = setInterval(() => refresh('onClick interval'), $recomputeAllContext.interval)
+			timeout = setInterval(() => refresh('onRefresh interval'), $recomputeAllContext.interval)
 			startProgress()
 		}
 	}
 
 	onMount(() => {
 		$recomputeAllContext = {
-			onClick: () => onClick(false, 'allContext'),
+			onRefresh: (excludeIds) => onRefresh(false, 'allContext', excludeIds),
 			setInter: (n) => setInter(n, 'all context')
 		}
 	})
 </script>
 
 <RecomputeAllButton
-	on:click={() => onClick(false, 'button')}
+	on:click={() => onRefresh(false, 'button')}
 	interval={$recomputeAllContext.interval}
 	{refreshing}
 	componentNumber={$recomputeAllContext.componentNumber ?? 0}
@@ -192,6 +193,6 @@
 	progress={$recomputeAllContext.progress}
 	on:setInter={(e) => {
 		setInter(e.detail, 'button setInter')
-		onClick(false, 'button setInter')
+		onRefresh(false, 'button setInter')
 	}}
 />
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/RecomputeAllWrapper.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/RecomputeAllWrapper.svelte
index 46a464d71b..80a1206dd1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/RecomputeAllWrapper.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/RecomputeAllWrapper.svelte
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 			<RecomputeAllButton
 				interval={$recomputeAllContext.interval}
 				componentNumber={$recomputeAllContext.componentNumber ?? 0}
-				on:click={() => $recomputeAllContext.onClick?.()}
+				on:click={() => $recomputeAllContext.onRefresh?.()}
 				on:setInter={(e) => {
 					$recomputeAllContext.setInter?.(e.detail)
 				}}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/types.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/types.ts
index be847aa07d..bf7beb6b7c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/types.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/types.ts
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ export type AppViewerContext = {
 	policy: Policy
 
 	recomputeAllContext: Writable<{
-		onClick?: () => void
+		onRefresh?: (excludeId?: string) => void
 		componentNumber?: number | undefined
 		interval?: number | undefined
 		refreshing?: string[] | undefined
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/utils.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/utils.ts
index 5e41d4ccfa..0d826f2863 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/utils.ts
@@ -231,6 +231,12 @@ declare function setTab(id: string, index: number): void;
 */
 declare function recompute(id: string): void;
 
+/** recompute all components runnables and background runnables
+ * Make sure to disable the toggle "Run on start and app refresh" in the 
+ * settings panel to avoid circular recomputes
+*/
+declare function globalRecompute(): void;
+
 /** get the ag grid api from an AgGridTable
  * @param id component's id
 */