diff --git a/ios/App/App/plugins/AbsAudioPlayer.swift b/ios/App/App/plugins/AbsAudioPlayer.swift
index 7d0dfb8c..6a2a40d5 100644
--- a/ios/App/App/plugins/AbsAudioPlayer.swift
+++ b/ios/App/App/plugins/AbsAudioPlayer.swift
@@ -166,45 +166,47 @@ public class AbsAudioPlayer: CAPPlugin {
     
     @objc func decreaseSleepTime(_ call: CAPPluginCall) {
         guard let timeString = call.getString("time") else { return call.resolve([ "success": false ]) }
-        guard let time = Int(timeString) else { return call.resolve([ "success": false ]) }
-        guard let currentSleepTime = PlayerHandler.remainingSleepTime else { return call.resolve([ "success": false ]) }
+        guard let time = Double(timeString) else { return call.resolve([ "success": false ]) }
+        guard let _ = PlayerHandler.remainingSleepTime else { return call.resolve([ "success": false ]) }
         
-        PlayerHandler.remainingSleepTime = currentSleepTime - (time / 1000)
+        let seconds = time/1000
+        PlayerHandler.decreaseSleepTime(decreaseSeconds: seconds)
         call.resolve()
     }
+    
     @objc func increaseSleepTime(_ call: CAPPluginCall) {
         guard let timeString = call.getString("time") else { return call.resolve([ "success": false ]) }
-        guard let time = Int(timeString) else { return call.resolve([ "success": false ]) }
-        guard let currentSleepTime = PlayerHandler.remainingSleepTime else { return call.resolve([ "success": false ]) }
+        guard let time = Double(timeString) else { return call.resolve([ "success": false ]) }
+        guard let _ = PlayerHandler.remainingSleepTime else { return call.resolve([ "success": false ]) }
         
-        PlayerHandler.remainingSleepTime = currentSleepTime + (time / 1000)
+        let seconds = time/1000
+        PlayerHandler.increaseSleepTime(increaseSeconds: seconds)
         call.resolve()
     }
+    
     @objc func setSleepTimer(_ call: CAPPluginCall) {
         guard let timeString = call.getString("time") else { return call.resolve([ "success": false ]) }
         guard let time = Int(timeString) else { return call.resolve([ "success": false ]) }
-        let timeSeconds = time / 1000
+        let isChapterTime = call.getBool("isChapterTime", false)
         
-        NSLog("chapter time: \(call.getBool("isChapterTime", false))")
+        let seconds = time / 1000
         
-        if call.getBool("isChapterTime", false) {
-            let timeToPause = timeSeconds - Int(PlayerHandler.getCurrentTime() ?? 0)
-            if timeToPause < 0 { return call.resolve([ "success": false ]) }
-            
-            PlayerHandler.sleepTimerChapterStopTime = timeSeconds
-            PlayerHandler.remainingSleepTime = timeToPause
+        NSLog("chapter time: \(isChapterTime)")
+        if isChapterTime {
+            PlayerHandler.setChapterSleepTime(stopAt: Double(seconds))
             return call.resolve([ "success": true ])
         }
         
-        PlayerHandler.sleepTimerChapterStopTime = nil
-        PlayerHandler.remainingSleepTime = timeSeconds
+        PlayerHandler.setSleepTime(secondsUntilSleep: Double(seconds))
         call.resolve([ "success": true ])
     }
+    
     @objc func cancelSleepTimer(_ call: CAPPluginCall) {
-        PlayerHandler.remainingSleepTime = nil
+        PlayerHandler.cancelSleepTime()
         PlayerHandler.sleepTimerChapterStopTime = nil
         call.resolve()
     }
+    
     @objc func getSleepTimerTime(_ call: CAPPluginCall) {
         call.resolve([
             "value": PlayerHandler.remainingSleepTime
diff --git a/ios/App/Shared/player/AudioPlayer.swift b/ios/App/Shared/player/AudioPlayer.swift
index cb3bb1cf..e0ae87b5 100644
--- a/ios/App/Shared/player/AudioPlayer.swift
+++ b/ios/App/Shared/player/AudioPlayer.swift
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ class AudioPlayer: NSObject {
     private var queueObserver:NSKeyValueObservation?
     private var queueItemStatusObserver:NSKeyValueObservation?
     
+    private var sleepTimeStopAt: Double?
+    private var sleepTimeToken: Any?
+    
     private var currentTrackIndex = 0
     private var allPlayerItems:[AVPlayerItem] = []
     
@@ -85,6 +88,7 @@ class AudioPlayer: NSObject {
         NSLog("Audioplayer ready")
     }
     deinit {
+        self.removeSleepTimer()
         self.removeTimeObserver()
         self.queueObserver?.invalidate()
         self.queueItemStatusObserver?.invalidate()
@@ -129,9 +133,18 @@ class AudioPlayer: NSObject {
     
     private func setupTimeObserver() {
         let timeScale = CMTimeScale(NSEC_PER_SEC)
-        let time = CMTime(seconds: 1, preferredTimescale: timeScale)
-        self.timeObserverToken = self.audioPlayer.addPeriodicTimeObserver(forInterval: time, queue: .main) { [weak self] currentTime in
-            NSLog("currentTime: \(currentTime)")
+        // Observe multiple times per seconds, as rate will be different depending on playback speed
+        let time = CMTime(seconds: 0.25, preferredTimescale: timeScale)
+        self.timeObserverToken = self.audioPlayer.addPeriodicTimeObserver(forInterval: time, queue: .main) { time in
+            Task {
+                // Let the player update the current playback positions
+                await PlayerProgress.shared.syncFromPlayer(currentTime: time.seconds, includesPlayProgress: true, isStopping: false)
+                
+                // Update the sleep time, if set
+                if self.sleepTimeStopAt != nil {
+                    NotificationCenter.default.post(name: NSNotification.Name(PlayerEvents.sleepSet.rawValue), object: nil)
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
     
@@ -210,6 +223,11 @@ class AudioPlayer: NSObject {
             }
         }
         lastPlayTime = Date.timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate
+        
+        Task {
+            let isPlaying = self.status > 0
+            await PlayerProgress.shared.syncFromPlayer(currentTime: self.getCurrentTime(), includesPlayProgress: isPlaying, isStopping: false)
+        }
 
         self.audioPlayer.play()
         self.status = 1
@@ -224,6 +242,10 @@ class AudioPlayer: NSObject {
         self.status = 0
         self.rate = 0.0
         
+        Task {
+            await PlayerProgress.shared.syncFromPlayer(currentTime: self.getCurrentTime(), includesPlayProgress: true, isStopping: true)
+        }
+        
         updateNowPlaying()
         lastPlayTime = Date.timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate
     }
@@ -242,6 +264,8 @@ class AudioPlayer: NSObject {
         let trackEnd = ctso + currentTrack.duration
         NSLog("Seek current track END = \(trackEnd)")
         
+        // Capture remaining sleep time before changing the track position
+        let sleepSecondsRemaining = PlayerHandler.remainingSleepTime
         
         let indexOfSeek = getItemIndexForTime(time: to)
         NSLog("Seek to index \(indexOfSeek) | Current index \(self.currentTrackIndex)")
@@ -269,15 +293,21 @@ class AudioPlayer: NSObject {
             let currentTrackStartOffset = playbackSession.audioTracks[self.currentTrackIndex].startOffset ?? 0.0
             let seekTime = to - currentTrackStartOffset
             
-            self.audioPlayer.seek(to: CMTime(seconds: seekTime, preferredTimescale: 1000)) { completed in
+            self.audioPlayer.seek(to: CMTime(seconds: seekTime, preferredTimescale: 1000)) { [weak self] completed in
                 if !completed {
                     NSLog("WARNING: seeking not completed (to \(seekTime)")
                 }
                 
                 if continuePlaying {
-                    self.play()
+                    self?.play()
+                }
+                self?.updateNowPlaying()
+                
+                // If we have an active sleep timer, reschedule based on seek, since seek is fuzzy
+                // Theis needs to occur after play() to capture the correct rate
+                if let currentTime = self?.getCurrentTime() {
+                    self?.rescheduleSleepTimerAtTime(time: currentTime, secondsRemaining: sleepSecondsRemaining)
                 }
-                self.updateNowPlaying()
             }
         }
     }
@@ -291,8 +321,103 @@ class AudioPlayer: NSObject {
             self.tmpRate = rate
         }
         
+        // Capture remaining sleep time before changing the rate
+        let sleepSecondsRemaining = PlayerHandler.remainingSleepTime
+        
         self.rate = rate
         self.updateNowPlaying()
+        
+        // If we have an active sleep timer, reschedule based on rate
+        self.rescheduleSleepTimerAtTime(time: self.getCurrentTime(), secondsRemaining: sleepSecondsRemaining)
+    }
+    
+    public func getSleepStopAt() -> Double? {
+        return self.sleepTimeStopAt
+    }
+    
+    // Let iOS handle the sleep timer logic by letting us know when it's time to stop
+    public func setSleepTime(stopAt: Double, scaleBasedOnSpeed: Bool = false) {
+        NSLog("SLEEP TIMER: Scheduling for \(stopAt)")
+        
+        // Reset any previous sleep timer
+        self.removeSleepTimer()
+        
+        let currentTime = getCurrentTime()
+        
+        // Mark the time to stop playing
+        if scaleBasedOnSpeed {
+            // Consider paused as playing at 1x
+            let rate = Double(self.rate > 0 ? self.rate : 1)
+            
+            // Calculate the scaled time to stop at
+            let timeUntilSleep = (stopAt - currentTime) * rate
+            self.sleepTimeStopAt = currentTime + timeUntilSleep
+            
+            NSLog("SLEEP TIMER: Adjusted based on playback speed of \(rate) to \(self.sleepTimeStopAt!)")
+        } else {
+            self.sleepTimeStopAt = stopAt
+        }
+        
+        guard let sleepTimeStopAt = self.sleepTimeStopAt else { return }
+        let sleepTime = CMTime(seconds: sleepTimeStopAt, preferredTimescale: CMTimeScale(NSEC_PER_SEC))
+        
+        // Schedule the observation time
+        var times = [NSValue]()
+        times.append(NSValue(time: sleepTime))
+        
+        sleepTimeToken = self.audioPlayer.addBoundaryTimeObserver(forTimes: times, queue: .main) { [weak self] in
+            NSLog("SLEEP TIMER: Pausing audio")
+            self?.pause()
+            self?.removeSleepTimer()
+        }
+        
+        // Update the UI
+        NotificationCenter.default.post(name: NSNotification.Name(PlayerEvents.sleepSet.rawValue), object: nil)
+    }
+    
+    private func rescheduleSleepTimerAtTime(time: Double, secondsRemaining: Int?) {
+        // Not a chapter sleep timer
+        guard PlayerHandler.sleepTimerChapterStopTime == nil else { return }
+        
+        // Update the sleep timer
+        if let secondsRemaining = secondsRemaining {
+            let newSleepTimerPosition = time + Double(secondsRemaining)
+            self.setSleepTime(stopAt: newSleepTimerPosition, scaleBasedOnSpeed: true)
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public func increaseSleepTime(extraTimeInSeconds: Double) {
+        if let sleepTime = PlayerHandler.remainingSleepTime {
+            let currentTime = getCurrentTime()
+            let newSleepTimerPosition = currentTime + Double(sleepTime) + extraTimeInSeconds
+            if newSleepTimerPosition > currentTime {
+                self.setSleepTime(stopAt: newSleepTimerPosition, scaleBasedOnSpeed: true)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public func decreaseSleepTime(removeTimeInSeconds: Double) {
+        if let sleepTime = PlayerHandler.remainingSleepTime {
+            let currentTime = getCurrentTime()
+            let newSleepTimerPosition = currentTime + Double(sleepTime) - removeTimeInSeconds
+            guard newSleepTimerPosition > currentTime else { return }
+            if newSleepTimerPosition > currentTime {
+                self.setSleepTime(stopAt: newSleepTimerPosition, scaleBasedOnSpeed: true)
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+    
+    public func removeSleepTimer() {
+        PlayerHandler.sleepTimerChapterStopTime = nil
+        self.sleepTimeStopAt = nil
+        if let token = sleepTimeToken {
+            self.audioPlayer.removeTimeObserver(token)
+            sleepTimeToken = nil
+        }
+        
+        // Update the UI
+        NotificationCenter.default.post(name: NSNotification.Name(PlayerEvents.sleepEnded.rawValue), object: self)
     }
     
     public func getCurrentTime() -> Double {
diff --git a/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerHandler.swift b/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerHandler.swift
index c3b8efd2..610b8f73 100644
--- a/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerHandler.swift
+++ b/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerHandler.swift
@@ -10,85 +10,8 @@ import RealmSwift
 
 class PlayerHandler {
     private static var player: AudioPlayer?
-    private static var playingTimer: Timer?
-    private static var pausedTimer: Timer?
-    private static var lastSyncTime: Double = 0.0
     
     public static var sleepTimerChapterStopTime: Int? = nil
-    private static var _remainingSleepTime: Int? = nil
-    public static var remainingSleepTime: Int? {
-        get {
-            return _remainingSleepTime
-        }
-        set(time) {
-            if time != nil && time! < 0 {
-                _remainingSleepTime = nil
-            } else {
-                _remainingSleepTime = time
-            }
-            
-            if _remainingSleepTime == nil {
-                NotificationCenter.default.post(name: NSNotification.Name(PlayerEvents.sleepEnded.rawValue), object: _remainingSleepTime)
-            } else {
-                NotificationCenter.default.post(name: NSNotification.Name(PlayerEvents.sleepSet.rawValue), object: _remainingSleepTime)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    private static var listeningTimePassedSinceLastSync: Double = 0.0
-    
-    public static var paused: Bool {
-        get {
-            guard let player = player else {
-                return true
-            }
-            
-            return player.rate == 0.0
-        }
-        set(paused) {
-            if paused {
-                self.player?.pause()
-            } else {
-                self.player?.play()
-                self.pausedTimer?.invalidate()
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    
-    public static func startTickTimer() {
-        DispatchQueue.runOnMainQueue {
-            NSLog("Starting the tick timer")
-            playingTimer?.invalidate()
-            pausedTimer?.invalidate()
-            playingTimer = Timer.scheduledTimer(withTimeInterval: 1, repeats: true) { _ in
-                self.tick()
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    
-    public static func stopTickTimer() {
-        NSLog("Stopping the tick timer")
-        playingTimer?.invalidate()
-        pausedTimer?.invalidate()
-        playingTimer = nil
-    }
-    
-    private static func startPausedTimer() {
-        guard self.paused else { return }
-        self.pausedTimer?.invalidate()
-        self.pausedTimer = Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: 30, target: self, selector: #selector(syncServerProgressDuringPause), userInfo: nil, repeats: true)
-    }
-    
-    private static func cleanupOldSessions(currentSessionId: String?) {
-        let realm = try! Realm()
-        let oldSessions = realm.objects(PlaybackSession.self) .where({ $0.isActiveSession == true })
-        try! realm.write {
-            for s in oldSessions {
-                if s.id != currentSessionId {
-                    s.isActiveSession = false
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
     
     public static func startPlayback(sessionId: String, playWhenReady: Bool, playbackRate: Float) {
         guard let session = Database.shared.getPlaybackSession(id: sessionId) else { return }
@@ -99,26 +22,21 @@ class PlayerHandler {
             player = nil
         }
         
-        // Cleanup old sessions
+        // Cleanup and sync old sessions
         cleanupOldSessions(currentSessionId: sessionId)
+        Task { await PlayerProgress.shared.syncToServer() }
         
         // Set now playing info
         NowPlayingInfo.shared.setSessionMetadata(metadata: NowPlayingMetadata(id: session.id, itemId: session.libraryItemId!, artworkUrl: session.coverPath, title: session.displayTitle ?? "Unknown title", author: session.displayAuthor, series: nil))
         
         // Create the audio player
         player = AudioPlayer(sessionId: sessionId, playWhenReady: playWhenReady, playbackRate: playbackRate)
-        
-        startTickTimer()
-        startPausedTimer()
     }
     
     public static func stopPlayback() {
         // Pause playback first, so we can sync our current progress
         player?.pause()
         
-        // Stop updating progress before we destory the player, so we don't receive bad data
-        stopTickTimer()
-        
         player?.destroy()
         player = nil
         
@@ -127,6 +45,41 @@ class PlayerHandler {
         NowPlayingInfo.shared.reset()
     }
     
+    public static var paused: Bool {
+        get {
+            guard let player = player else { return true }
+            return player.rate == 0.0
+        }
+        set(paused) {
+            if paused {
+                self.player?.pause()
+            } else {
+                self.player?.play()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public static var remainingSleepTime: Int? {
+        get {
+            guard let player = player else { return nil }
+            
+            // Consider paused as playing at 1x
+            let rate = Double(player.rate > 0 ? player.rate : 1)
+            
+            if let sleepTimerChapterStopTime = sleepTimerChapterStopTime {
+                let timeUntilChapterEnd = Double(sleepTimerChapterStopTime) - player.getCurrentTime()
+                let timeUntilChapterEndScaled = timeUntilChapterEnd / rate
+                return Int(timeUntilChapterEndScaled.rounded())
+            } else if let stopAt = player.getSleepStopAt() {
+                let timeUntilSleep = stopAt - player.getCurrentTime()
+                let timeUntilSleepScaled = timeUntilSleep / rate
+                return Int(timeUntilSleepScaled.rounded())
+            } else {
+                return nil
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
     public static func getCurrentTime() -> Double? {
         self.player?.getCurrentTime()
     }
@@ -135,6 +88,30 @@ class PlayerHandler {
         self.player?.setPlaybackRate(speed)
     }
     
+    public static func setSleepTime(secondsUntilSleep: Double) {
+        guard let player = player else { return }
+        let stopAt = secondsUntilSleep + player.getCurrentTime()
+        player.setSleepTime(stopAt: stopAt, scaleBasedOnSpeed: true)
+    }
+    
+    public static func setChapterSleepTime(stopAt: Double) {
+        guard let player = player else { return }
+        self.sleepTimerChapterStopTime = Int(stopAt)
+        player.setSleepTime(stopAt: stopAt, scaleBasedOnSpeed: false)
+    }
+    
+    public static func increaseSleepTime(increaseSeconds: Double) {
+        self.player?.increaseSleepTime(extraTimeInSeconds: increaseSeconds)
+    }
+    
+    public static func decreaseSleepTime(decreaseSeconds: Double) {
+        self.player?.decreaseSleepTime(removeTimeInSeconds: decreaseSeconds)
+    }
+    
+    public static func cancelSleepTime() {
+        self.player?.removeSleepTimer()
+    }
+    
     public static func getPlayMethod() -> Int? {
         self.player?.getPlayMethod()
     }
@@ -142,8 +119,8 @@ class PlayerHandler {
     public static func getPlaybackSession() -> PlaybackSession? {
         guard let player = player else { return nil }
         guard player.isInitialized() else { return nil }
-        guard let session = Database.shared.getPlaybackSession(id: player.getPlaybackSessionId()) else { return nil }
-        return session
+        
+        return Database.shared.getPlaybackSession(id: player.getPlaybackSessionId())
     }
     
     public static func seekForward(amount: Double) {
@@ -168,10 +145,6 @@ class PlayerHandler {
         guard let player = player else { return nil }
         guard player.isInitialized() else { return nil }
         
-        DispatchQueue.main.async {
-            syncPlayerProgress()
-        }
-        
         return [
             "duration": player.getDuration(),
             "currentTime": player.getCurrentTime(),
@@ -180,65 +153,18 @@ class PlayerHandler {
         ]
     }
     
-    private static func tick() {
-        if !paused {
-            listeningTimePassedSinceLastSync += 1
-            
-            if remainingSleepTime != nil {
-                if sleepTimerChapterStopTime != nil {
-                    let timeUntilChapterEnd = Double(sleepTimerChapterStopTime ?? 0) - (getCurrentTime() ?? 0)
-                    if timeUntilChapterEnd <= 0 {
-                        paused = true
-                        remainingSleepTime = nil
-                    } else {
-                        remainingSleepTime = Int(timeUntilChapterEnd.rounded())
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    if remainingSleepTime! <= 0 {
-                        paused = true
-                    }
-                    remainingSleepTime! -= 1
+    // MARK: - Helper logic
+    
+    private static func cleanupOldSessions(currentSessionId: String?) {
+        let realm = try! Realm()
+        let oldSessions = realm.objects(PlaybackSession.self) .where({ $0.isActiveSession == true })
+        try! realm.write {
+            for s in oldSessions {
+                if s.id != currentSessionId {
+                    s.isActiveSession = false
                 }
             }
         }
-        
-        if listeningTimePassedSinceLastSync >= 5 {
-            syncPlayerProgress()
-        }
-    }
-    
-    public static func syncPlayerProgress() {
-        guard let player = player else { return }
-        guard player.isInitialized() else { return }
-        guard let session = getPlaybackSession() else { return }
-        
-        NSLog("Syncing player progress")
-        
-        // Get current time
-        let playerCurrentTime = player.getCurrentTime()
-        
-        // Prevent multiple sync requests
-        let timeSinceLastSync = Date().timeIntervalSince1970 - lastSyncTime
-        if (lastSyncTime > 0 && timeSinceLastSync < 1) {
-            NSLog("syncProgress last sync time was < 1 second so not syncing")
-            return
-        }
-        
-        // Prevent a sync if we got junk data from the player (occurs when exiting out of memory
-        guard !playerCurrentTime.isNaN else { return }
-        
-        lastSyncTime = Date().timeIntervalSince1970 // seconds
-        
-        session.update {
-            session.currentTime = playerCurrentTime
-            session.timeListening += listeningTimePassedSinceLastSync
-            session.updatedAt = Date().timeIntervalSince1970 * 1000
-        }
-        listeningTimePassedSinceLastSync = 0
-        
-        // Persist items in the database and sync to the server
-        if session.isLocal { Task { await PlayerProgress.shared.syncFromPlayer() } }
-        Task { await PlayerProgress.shared.syncToServer() }
     }
     
     @objc public static func syncServerProgressDuringPause() {
diff --git a/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerProgress.swift b/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerProgress.swift
index 47251dee..1f76e0d7 100644
--- a/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerProgress.swift
+++ b/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerProgress.swift
@@ -13,11 +13,20 @@ class PlayerProgress {
     
     public static let shared = PlayerProgress()
     
+    private static let TIME_BETWEEN_SESSION_SYNC_IN_SECONDS = 10.0
+    
     private init() {}
     
-    public func syncFromPlayer() async {
+    
+    // MARK: - SYNC HOOKS
+    
+    public func syncFromPlayer(currentTime: Double, includesPlayProgress: Bool, isStopping: Bool) async {
         let backgroundToken = await UIApplication.shared.beginBackgroundTask(withName: "ABS:syncFromPlayer")
+        let session = await updateLocalSessionFromPlayer(currentTime: currentTime, includesPlayProgress: includesPlayProgress)
         updateLocalMediaProgressFromLocalSession()
+        if let session = session {
+            await updateServerSessionFromLocalSession(session, rateLimitSync: !isStopping)
+        }
         await UIApplication.shared.endBackgroundTask(backgroundToken)
     }
     
@@ -33,8 +42,26 @@ class PlayerProgress {
         await UIApplication.shared.endBackgroundTask(backgroundToken)
     }
     
-    private func updateLocalSessionFromPlayer() async {
+    
+    // MARK: - SYNC LOGIC
+    
+    private func updateLocalSessionFromPlayer(currentTime: Double, includesPlayProgress: Bool) async -> PlaybackSession? {
+        guard let session = PlayerHandler.getPlaybackSession() else { return nil }
         
+        let now = Date().timeIntervalSince1970 * 1000
+        let lastUpdate = session.updatedAt ?? now
+        let timeSinceLastUpdate = now - lastUpdate
+        
+        session.update {
+            session.currentTime = currentTime
+            session.updatedAt = now
+            
+            if includesPlayProgress {
+                session.timeListening += timeSinceLastUpdate
+            }
+        }
+        
+        return session.freeze()
     }
     
     private func updateLocalMediaProgressFromLocalSession() {
@@ -65,7 +92,19 @@ class PlayerProgress {
         }
     }
     
-    private func updateServerSessionFromLocalSession(_ session: PlaybackSession) async {
+    private func updateServerSessionFromLocalSession(_ session: PlaybackSession, rateLimitSync: Bool = false) async {
+        // If required, rate limit requests based on session last update
+        if rateLimitSync {
+            let now = Date().timeIntervalSince1970 * 1000
+            let lastUpdate = session.updatedAt ?? now
+            let timeSinceLastSync = now - lastUpdate
+            let timeBetweenSessionSync = PlayerProgress.TIME_BETWEEN_SESSION_SYNC_IN_SECONDS * 1000
+            guard timeSinceLastSync > timeBetweenSessionSync else {
+                // Skipping sync since last occurred within session sync time
+                return
+            }
+        }
+        
         NSLog("Sending sessionId(\(session.id)) to server")
         
         var success = false