diff --git a/lib/srv/desktop/rdp/rdpclient/client.go b/lib/srv/desktop/rdp/rdpclient/client.go
index 75f373ffc4c04..7fe4d7cb8fd02 100644
--- a/lib/srv/desktop/rdp/rdpclient/client.go
+++ b/lib/srv/desktop/rdp/rdpclient/client.go
@@ -470,7 +470,19 @@ func (c *Client) startInputStreaming(stopCh chan struct{}) error {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		c.UpdateClientActivity()
+		// If the message was due to user input, then we update client activity
+		// in order to refresh the client_idle_timeout checks.
+		//
+		// Note: we count some of the directory sharing messages as client activity
+		// because we don't want a session to be closed due to inactivity during a large
+		// file transfer.
+		switch msg.(type) {
+		case tdp.KeyboardButton, tdp.MouseMove, tdp.MouseButton, tdp.MouseWheel,
+			tdp.SharedDirectoryAnnounce, tdp.SharedDirectoryInfoResponse,
+			tdp.SharedDirectoryReadResponse, tdp.SharedDirectoryWriteResponse:
+
+			c.UpdateClientActivity()
+		}
 
 		if withheldResize != nil {
 			c.cfg.Logger.DebugContext(context.Background(), "Sending withheld screen size to client")
diff --git a/lib/web/desktop.go b/lib/web/desktop.go
index cb3408fc2885f..0918db582638c 100644
--- a/lib/web/desktop.go
+++ b/lib/web/desktop.go
@@ -507,7 +507,6 @@ func proxyWebsocketConn(ctx context.Context, ws *websocket.Conn, wds *tls.Conn,
 
 		go monitorLatency(ctx, clockwork.NewRealClock(), ws, pinger,
 			latency.ReporterFunc(func(ctx context.Context, stats latency.Statistics) error {
-				log.Debug("sending latency stats", "client", stats.Client, "server", stats.Server)
 				return trace.Wrap(tdpConnProxy.SendToClient(tdp.LatencyStats{
 					ClientLatency: uint32(stats.Client),
 					ServerLatency: uint32(stats.Server),
diff --git a/web/packages/shared/libs/tdp/client.ts b/web/packages/shared/libs/tdp/client.ts
index f8926ef93f172..0adf660193b2e 100644
--- a/web/packages/shared/libs/tdp/client.ts
+++ b/web/packages/shared/libs/tdp/client.ts
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ export class TdpClient extends EventEmitter<EventMap> {
         this.handleRdpConnectionActivated(buffer);
         break;
       case MessageType.RDP_FASTPATH_PDU:
-        this.handleRdpFastPathPDU(buffer);
+        this.handleRdpFastPathPdu(buffer);
         break;
       case MessageType.CLIENT_SCREEN_SPEC:
         this.handleClientScreenSpec(buffer);
@@ -472,8 +472,8 @@ export class TdpClient extends EventEmitter<EventMap> {
     this.emit(TdpClientEvent.TDP_CLIENT_SCREEN_SPEC, spec);
   }
 
-  handleRdpFastPathPDU(buffer: ArrayBufferLike) {
-    let rdpFastPathPDU = this.codec.decodeRdpFastPathPDU(buffer);
+  handleRdpFastPathPdu(buffer: ArrayBufferLike) {
+    let rdpFastPathPdu = this.codec.decodeRdpFastPathPdu(buffer);
 
     // This should never happen but let's catch it with an error in case it does.
     if (!this.fastPathProcessor) {
@@ -481,13 +481,13 @@ export class TdpClient extends EventEmitter<EventMap> {
     }
 
     this.fastPathProcessor.process(
-      rdpFastPathPDU,
+      rdpFastPathPdu,
       this,
       (bmpFrame: BitmapFrame) => {
         this.emit(TdpClientEvent.TDP_BMP_FRAME, bmpFrame);
       },
       (responseFrame: ArrayBuffer) => {
-        this.sendRdpResponsePDU(responseFrame);
+        this.sendRdpResponsePdu(responseFrame);
       },
       (data: ImageData | boolean, hotspot_x?: number, hotspot_y?: number) => {
         this.emit(TdpClientEvent.POINTER, { data, hotspot_x, hotspot_y });
@@ -805,8 +805,8 @@ export class TdpClient extends EventEmitter<EventMap> {
     this.sendClientScreenSpec(spec);
   };
 
-  sendRdpResponsePDU(responseFrame: ArrayBufferLike) {
-    this.send(this.codec.encodeRdpResponsePDU(responseFrame));
+  sendRdpResponsePdu(responseFrame: ArrayBufferLike) {
+    this.send(this.codec.encodeRdpResponsePdu(responseFrame));
   }
 
   // Emits a warning event, but keeps the socket open.
diff --git a/web/packages/shared/libs/tdp/codec.ts b/web/packages/shared/libs/tdp/codec.ts
index a139f8813ee9d..bd87fe9cb0832 100644
--- a/web/packages/shared/libs/tdp/codec.ts
+++ b/web/packages/shared/libs/tdp/codec.ts
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ export default class Codec {
   }
 
   // | message type (30) | data_length uint32 | data []byte |
-  encodeRdpResponsePDU(responseFrame: ArrayBufferLike): Message {
+  encodeRdpResponsePdu(responseFrame: ArrayBufferLike): Message {
     const bufLen = BYTE_LEN + UINT_32_LEN + responseFrame.byteLength;
     const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(bufLen);
     const view = new DataView(buffer);
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ export default class Codec {
   }
 
   // | message type (29) | data_length uint32 | data []byte |
-  decodeRdpFastPathPDU(buffer: ArrayBufferLike): RdpFastPathPdu {
+  decodeRdpFastPathPdu(buffer: ArrayBufferLike): RdpFastPathPdu {
     const dv = new DataView(buffer);
     let offset = 0;
     offset += BYTE_LEN; // eat message type
diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/lib/tdp/playerClient.ts b/web/packages/teleport/src/lib/tdp/playerClient.ts
index f22b4deb94dae..eed18671ec0c5 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/lib/tdp/playerClient.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/lib/tdp/playerClient.ts
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ export class PlayerClient extends TdpClient {
   // RDP response PDUs to the server during playback, which is unnecessary
   // and breaks the playback system.
   // eslint-disable-next-line unused-imports/no-unused-vars
-  sendRdpResponsePDU(responseFrame: ArrayBuffer) {
+  sendRdpResponsePdu(responseFrame: ArrayBuffer) {
     return;
   }