diff --git a/src/murfey/client/multigrid_control.py b/src/murfey/client/multigrid_control.py
index a9fc3309c..483eff6f7 100644
--- a/src/murfey/client/multigrid_control.py
+++ b/src/murfey/client/multigrid_control.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class MultigridController:
     data_collection_parameters: dict = field(default_factory=lambda: {})
     token: str = ""
     _machine_config: dict = field(default_factory=lambda: {})
+    visit_end_time: Optional[datetime] = None
 
     def __post_init__(self):
         if self.token:
@@ -99,6 +100,15 @@ def __post_init__(self):
             register_client=False,
         )
 
+        if self.visit_end_time:
+            current_time = datetime.now()
+            server_timestamp = requests.get(f"{self.murfey_url}/time").json()[
+                "timestamp"
+            ]
+            self.visit_end_time += current_time - datetime.fromtimestamp(
+                server_timestamp
+            )
+
     def _multigrid_watcher_finalised(self):
         self.multigrid_watcher_active = False
         self.dormancy_check()
@@ -277,6 +287,7 @@ def _start_rsyncer(
                 stop_callback=self._rsyncer_stopped,
                 do_transfer=self.do_transfer,
                 remove_files=remove_files,
+                end_time=self.visit_end_time,
             )
 
             def rsync_result(update: RSyncerUpdate):
diff --git a/src/murfey/client/rsync.py b/src/murfey/client/rsync.py
index ab2c267f6..eac9ceec3 100644
--- a/src/murfey/client/rsync.py
+++ b/src/murfey/client/rsync.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import subprocess
 import threading
 import time
+from datetime import datetime
 from enum import Enum
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Awaitable, Callable, List, NamedTuple
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ def __init__(
         remove_files: bool = False,
         required_substrings_for_removal: List[str] = [],
         notify: bool = True,
+        end_time: datetime | None = None,
     ):
         super().__init__()
         self._basepath = basepath_local.absolute()
@@ -76,6 +78,9 @@ def __init__(
         self._server_url = server_url
         self._notify = notify
         self._finalised = False
+        self._end_time = end_time
+
+        self._skipped_files: List[Path] = []
 
         # Set rsync destination
         if local:
@@ -214,6 +219,10 @@ def enqueue(self, file_path: Path):
             absolute_path = self._basepath / file_path
             self.queue.put(absolute_path)
 
+    def flush_skipped(self):
+        for f in self._skipped_files:
+            self.queue.put(f)
+
     def _process(self):
         logger.info("RSync thread starting")
         files_to_transfer: list[Path]
@@ -304,14 +313,23 @@ def _fake_transfer(self, files: list[Path]) -> bool:
 
         return True
 
-    def _transfer(self, files: list[Path]) -> bool:
+    def _transfer(self, infiles: list[Path]) -> bool:
         """
         Transfer files via an rsync sub-process, and parses the rsync stdout to verify
         the success of the transfer.
         """
 
         # Set up initial variables
-        files = [f for f in files if f.is_file()]
+        if self._end_time:
+            files = [
+                f
+                for f in infiles
+                if f.is_file() and f.stat().st_ctime < self._end_time.timestamp()
+            ]
+            self._skipped_files.extend(set(infiles).difference(set(files)))
+        else:
+            files = [f for f in infiles if f.is_file()]
+
         previously_transferred = self._files_transferred
         transfer_success: set[Path] = set()
         successful_updates: list[RSyncerUpdate] = []
diff --git a/src/murfey/instrument_server/api.py b/src/murfey/instrument_server/api.py
index 7c5ba7c59..14f1de9af 100644
--- a/src/murfey/instrument_server/api.py
+++ b/src/murfey/instrument_server/api.py
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ def setup_multigrid_watcher(
         token=tokens.get(session_id, "token"),
         data_collection_parameters=data_collection_parameters.get(label, {}),
         rsync_restarts=watcher_spec.rsync_restarts,
+        visit_end_time=watcher_spec.visit_end_time,
     )
     watcher_spec.source.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
     machine_config = requests.get(
@@ -251,6 +252,7 @@ class ObserverInfo(BaseModel):
     num_files_in_queue: int
     alive: bool
     stopping: bool
+    num_files_skipped: int = 0
 
 
 @router.get("/sessions/{session_id}/rsyncer_info")
@@ -264,6 +266,7 @@ def get_rsyncer_info(session_id: MurfeySessionID) -> list[ObserverInfo]:
                 num_files_in_queue=v.queue.qsize(),
                 alive=v.thread.is_alive(),
                 stopping=v._stopping,
+                num_files_skipped=len(v._skipped_files),
             )
         )
     return info
diff --git a/src/murfey/server/api/__init__.py b/src/murfey/server/api/__init__.py
index a833118da..924f557ee 100644
--- a/src/murfey/server/api/__init__.py
+++ b/src/murfey/server/api/__init__.py
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ async def root(request: Request):
     )
 
 
+@router.get("/time")
+async def get_current_timestamp():
+    return {"timestamp": datetime.datetime.now().timestamp()}
+
+
 @router.get("/health/")
 def health_check(db=murfey.server.ispyb.DB):
     conn = db.connection()
@@ -1967,9 +1972,24 @@ async def get_tiff(visit_name: str, session_id: int, tiff_path: str, db=murfey_d
     return FileResponse(path=test_path)
 
 
+class VisitEndTime(BaseModel):
+    end_time: Optional[datetime.datetime] = None
+
+
 @router.post("/instruments/{instrument_name}/visits/{visit}/session/{name}")
-def create_session(instrument_name: str, visit: str, name: str, db=murfey_db) -> int:
-    s = Session(name=name, visit=visit, instrument_name=instrument_name)
+def create_session(
+    instrument_name: str,
+    visit: str,
+    name: str,
+    visit_end_time: VisitEndTime,
+    db=murfey_db,
+) -> int:
+    s = Session(
+        name=name,
+        visit=visit,
+        instrument_name=instrument_name,
+        visit_end_time=visit_end_time.end_time,
+    )
     db.add(s)
     db.commit()
     sid = s.id
diff --git a/src/murfey/server/api/instrument.py b/src/murfey/server/api/instrument.py
index 33744ccf2..74798b190 100644
--- a/src/murfey/server/api/instrument.py
+++ b/src/murfey/server/api/instrument.py
@@ -98,9 +98,8 @@ async def setup_multigrid_watcher(
     session_id: MurfeySessionID, watcher_spec: MultigridWatcherSetup, db=murfey_db
 ):
     data = {}
-    instrument_name = (
-        db.exec(select(Session).where(Session.id == session_id)).one().instrument_name
-    )
+    session = db.exec(select(Session).where(Session.id == session_id)).one()
+    instrument_name = session.instrument_name
     machine_config = get_machine_config(instrument_name=instrument_name)[
         instrument_name
     ]
@@ -130,6 +129,7 @@ async def setup_multigrid_watcher(
                         str(k): v for k, v in watcher_spec.destination_overrides.items()
                     },
                     "rsync_restarts": watcher_spec.rsync_restarts,
+                    "visit_end_time": session.visit_end_time,
                 },
                 headers={
                     "Authorization": f"Bearer {instrument_server_tokens[session_id]['access_token']}"
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ class RSyncerInfo(BaseModel):
     files_counted: int
     transferring: bool
     session_id: int
+    num_files_skipped: int = 0
 
 
 @router.get("/instruments/{instrument_name}/sessions/{session_id}/rsyncer_info")
@@ -564,6 +565,7 @@ async def get_rsyncer_info(
                 files_counted=ri.files_counted,
                 transferring=ri.transferring,
                 session_id=session_id,
+                num_files_skipped=rsync_data.get("num_files_skipped", 0),
             )
         )
     return combined_data
diff --git a/src/murfey/util/db.py b/src/murfey/util/db.py
index c5c65b456..5334b6ad2 100644
--- a/src/murfey/util/db.py
+++ b/src/murfey/util/db.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 of the sessions that Murfey is overseeing, along with the relationships between them.
 """
 
+from datetime import datetime
 from typing import List, Optional
 
 import sqlalchemy
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ class Session(SQLModel, table=True):  # type: ignore
     started: bool = Field(default=False)
     current_gain_ref: str = Field(default="")
     instrument_name: str = Field(default="")
+    visit_end_time: Optional[datetime] = Field(default=None)
 
     # CLEM Workflow
 
diff --git a/src/murfey/util/instrument_models.py b/src/murfey/util/instrument_models.py
index 3da23c57c..ee45b5468 100644
--- a/src/murfey/util/instrument_models.py
+++ b/src/murfey/util/instrument_models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Dict, List
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
@@ -15,3 +16,4 @@ class MultigridWatcherSpec(BaseModel):
     skip_existing_processing: bool = False
     destination_overrides: Dict[Path, str] = {}
     rsync_restarts: List[str] = []
+    visit_end_time: Optional[datetime] = None