diff --git a/rhodecode/apps/home/views.py b/rhodecode/apps/home/views.py
--- a/rhodecode/apps/home/views.py
+++ b/rhodecode/apps/home/views.py
@@ -705,7 +705,9 @@ class HomeView(BaseAppView):
         c.repo_group = self.request.db_repo_group
         repo_data, repo_group_data = self._get_groups_and_repos(c.repo_group.group_id)
 
-        c.repo_group.update_commit_cache()
+        # update every 5 min
+        if self.request.db_repo_group.last_commit_cache_update_diff > 60 * 5:
+            self.request.db_repo_group.update_commit_cache()
 
         # json used to render the grids
         c.repos_data = json.dumps(repo_data)
diff --git a/rhodecode/apps/repository/views/repo_summary.py b/rhodecode/apps/repository/views/repo_summary.py
--- a/rhodecode/apps/repository/views/repo_summary.py
+++ b/rhodecode/apps/repository/views/repo_summary.py
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ class RepoSummaryView(RepoAppView):
         # Prepare the clone URL
         self._prepare_and_set_clone_url(c)
 
+        # update every 5 min
+        if self.db_repo.last_commit_cache_update_diff > 60 * 5:
+            self.db_repo.update_commit_cache()
+
         # If enabled, get statistics data
 
         c.show_stats = bool(self.db_repo.enable_statistics)
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ class _ToolTip(object):
         tooltip_title = escape(tooltip_title)
         tooltip_title = tooltip_title.replace('<', '&lt;').replace('>', '&gt;')
         return tooltip_title
+
 tooltip = _ToolTip()
 
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/model/db.py b/rhodecode/model/db.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/db.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/db.py
@@ -2185,6 +2185,10 @@ class Repository(Base, BaseModel):
         return make_lock, currently_locked, lock_info
 
     @property
+    def last_commit_cache_update_diff(self):
+        return time.time() - (safe_int(self.changeset_cache.get('updated_on')) or 0)
+
+    @property
     def last_commit_change(self):
         from rhodecode.lib.vcs.utils.helpers import parse_datetime
         empty_date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(0)
@@ -2295,6 +2299,7 @@ class Repository(Base, BaseModel):
             message
             date
             author
+            updated_on
 
         """
         from rhodecode.lib.vcs.backends.base import BaseChangeset
@@ -2330,6 +2335,7 @@ class Repository(Base, BaseModel):
             if last_change_timestamp > current_timestamp:
                 cs_cache['date'] = _default
 
+            cs_cache['updated_on'] = time.time()
             self.changeset_cache = cs_cache
             Session().add(self)
             Session().commit()
@@ -2671,6 +2677,10 @@ class RepoGroup(Base, BaseModel):
         return groups
 
     @property
+    def last_commit_cache_update_diff(self):
+        return time.time() - (safe_int(self.changeset_cache.get('updated_on')) or 0)
+
+    @property
     def last_commit_change(self):
         from rhodecode.lib.vcs.utils.helpers import parse_datetime
         empty_date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(0)
@@ -2817,6 +2827,7 @@ class RepoGroup(Base, BaseModel):
                     latest_repo_cs_cache = repo_cs_cache
                     latest_repo_cs_cache['source_repo_id'] = repo.repo_id
 
+            latest_repo_cs_cache['updated_on'] = time.time()
             repo_group.changeset_cache = latest_repo_cs_cache
             Session().add(repo_group)
             Session().commit()