diff --git a/tests/cypress/integration/issue_1944_loading_screen_switch_job.js b/tests/cypress/integration/issue_1944_loading_screen_switch_job.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b68e1272e8cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cypress/integration/issue_1944_loading_screen_switch_job.js
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+/// <reference types="cypress" />
+
+context('Being able to return to the job list for a task and start a new job without an infinite loading screen.', () => {
+
+    const issueId = '1944'
+    const labelName = `Issue ${issueId}`
+    const taskName = `New annotation task for ${labelName}`
+    const attrName = `Attr for ${labelName}`
+    const textDefaultValue = 'Some default value for type Text'
+    const imagesCount = 4
+    let images = []
+    for ( let i = 1; i <= imagesCount; i++) {
+        images.push(`image_${issueId}_${i}.png`)
+    }
+    const width = 800
+    const height = 800
+    const posX = 10
+    const posY = 10
+    const color = 'gray'
+    const archiveName = `images_issue_${issueId}.zip`
+    const archivePath = `cypress/fixtures/${archiveName}`
+    const imagesFolder = `cypress/fixtures/image_issue_${issueId}`
+    const directoryToArchive = imagesFolder
+    const multiJobs = true
+
+    before(() => {
+        cy.visit('auth/login')
+        cy.login()
+        for (let img of images) {
+            cy.imageGenerator(imagesFolder, img, width, height, color, posX, posY, labelName)
+        }
+        cy.createZipArchive(directoryToArchive, archivePath)
+    })
+
+    describe(`Testing issue "${issueId}"`, () => {
+        it('Create a multijob task', () => {
+            cy.createAnnotationTask(taskName, labelName, attrName, textDefaultValue, archiveName, multiJobs)
+        })
+        it('Open the task. Open first job', () => {
+            cy.openTaskJob(taskName)
+            cy.get('input[role="spinbutton"]')
+            .should('have.value', '0')
+        })
+        it('Return to tasks page', () => {
+            cy.get('[value="tasks"]').click()
+            cy.url().should('include', '/tasks').and('not.contain', '/jobs')
+        })
+        it('Open the task. Open second job', () => {
+            cy.openTaskJob(taskName, 1)
+            cy.get('.cvat-annotation-header')
+            .should('exist')
+            cy.get('input[role="spinbutton"]')
+            .should('have.value', '1')
+        })
+    })
+})
diff --git a/tests/cypress/support/commands.js b/tests/cypress/support/commands.js
index e1cbb1722bd6..e49071910d20 100644
--- a/tests/cypress/support/commands.js
+++ b/tests/cypress/support/commands.js
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ Cypress.Commands.add('createAnnotationTask', (taksName='New annotation task',
                                               labelName='Some label',
                                               attrName='Some attr name',
                                               textDefaultValue='Some default value for type Text',
-                                              image='image.png') => {
+                                              image='image.png',
+                                              multiJobs=false,
+                                              segmentSize=1) => {
     cy.contains('button', 'Create new task').click()
     cy.url().should('include', '/tasks/create')
     cy.get('[id="name"]').type(taksName)
@@ -42,6 +44,11 @@ Cypress.Commands.add('createAnnotationTask', (taksName='New annotation task',
     cy.get('[placeholder="Default value"]').type(textDefaultValue)
     cy.contains('button', 'Done').click()
     cy.get('input[type="file"]').attachFile(image, { subjectType: 'drag-n-drop' });
+    if (multiJobs) {
+        cy.contains('Advanced configuration').click()
+        cy.get('#segmentSize')
+        .type(segmentSize)
+    }
     cy.contains('button', 'Submit').click()
     cy.contains('The task has been created', {timeout: '8000'})
     cy.get('button[value="tasks"]').click()
@@ -55,14 +62,18 @@ Cypress.Commands.add('openTask', (taskName) => {
     .click()
 })
 
-Cypress.Commands.add('openJob', () => {
-    cy.contains('a', 'Job #').click()
+Cypress.Commands.add('openJob', (jobNumber=0) => {
+    cy.get('.ant-table-tbody')
+    .find('tr')
+    .eq(jobNumber)
+    .contains('a', 'Job #')
+    .click()
     cy.url().should('include', '/jobs')
 })
 
-Cypress.Commands.add('openTaskJob', (taskName) => {
+Cypress.Commands.add('openTaskJob', (taskName, jobNumber=0) => {
     cy.openTask(taskName)
-    cy.openJob()
+    cy.openJob(jobNumber)
 })
 
 Cypress.Commands.add('createShape', (firstX, firstY, lastX, lastY) => {