diff --git a/cubed/diagnostics/rich.py b/cubed/diagnostics/rich.py
index 231b34fe..0f6300b2 100644
--- a/cubed/diagnostics/rich.py
+++ b/cubed/diagnostics/rich.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 import sys
+import time
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 
 from rich.console import RenderableType
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@
 from cubed.runtime.pipeline import visit_nodes
 from cubed.runtime.types import Callback
 
+REFRESH_PER_SECOND = 10
+
 
 class RichProgressBar(Callback):
     """Rich progress bar for a computation."""
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ def on_compute_start(self, event):
         self.logger_aware_progress = logger_aware_progress
         self.progress = progress
         self.progress_tasks = progress_tasks
+        self.last_updated = time.time()
 
     def on_compute_end(self, event):
         self.logger_aware_progress.__exit__(None, None, None)
@@ -58,8 +62,11 @@ def on_operation_start(self, event):
         self.progress.start_task(self.progress_tasks[event.name])
 
     def on_task_end(self, event):
+        now = time.time()
+        refresh = now - self.last_updated > (1.0 / REFRESH_PER_SECOND)
+        self.last_updated = now
         self.progress.update(
-            self.progress_tasks[event.name], advance=event.num_tasks, refresh=True
+            self.progress_tasks[event.name], advance=event.num_tasks, refresh=refresh
         )