diff --git a/app/authentication/auth.py b/app/authentication/auth.py
index 927fd197e..e61990749 100644
--- a/app/authentication/auth.py
+++ b/app/authentication/auth.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.exc import DataError
 from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import NoResultFound
 from gds_metrics import Histogram
 
+from app import db
 from app.dao.services_dao import dao_fetch_service_by_id
 from app.dao.api_key_dao import get_model_api_keys
 from app.serialised_models import (
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ def requires_auth():
     try:
         service = get_service_model(issuer)
         service.api_keys = get_api_keys_models(issuer)
+        db.session.commit()
     except DataError:
         raise AuthError("Invalid token: service id is not the right data type", 403)
     except NoResultFound:
diff --git a/app/notifications/validators.py b/app/notifications/validators.py
index 40c14b86d..ea939a59e 100644
--- a/app/notifications/validators.py
+++ b/app/notifications/validators.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from notifications_utils.recipients import (
 )
 from notifications_utils.clients.redis import rate_limit_cache_key, daily_limit_cache_key
 
+from app import db
 from app.dao import services_dao, templates_dao
 from app.dao.service_sms_sender_dao import dao_get_service_sms_senders_by_id
 from app.models import (
@@ -160,7 +161,10 @@ def get_template_dict(template_id, service_id):
         raise BadRequestError(message=message,
                               fields=[{'template': message}])
 
-    return template_schema.dump(fetched_template).data
+    template_dict = template_schema.dump(fetched_template).data
+
+    db.session.commit()
+    return template_dict
 
 
 def get_template_model(template_id, service_id):