diff --git a/src/Common/dataAccess/readCollections.ts b/src/Common/dataAccess/readCollections.ts
index ecb67c876..1cc477692 100644
--- a/src/Common/dataAccess/readCollections.ts
+++ b/src/Common/dataAccess/readCollections.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { ContainerResponse } from "@azure/cosmos";
 import { Queries } from "Common/Constants";
+import * as Logger from "Common/Logger";
 import { CosmosDbArtifactType } from "Contracts/FabricMessagesContract";
 import { isFabric, isFabricMirroredKey } from "Platform/Fabric/FabricUtil";
 import { AuthType } from "../../AuthType";
@@ -61,7 +62,14 @@ export async function readCollections(databaseId: string): Promise<DataModels.Co
       return await readCollectionsWithARM(databaseId);
     }
 
+    Logger.logInfo(`readCollections: calling fetchAll for database ${databaseId}`, "readCollections");
+    const fetchAllStart = Date.now();
     const sdkResponse = await client().database(databaseId).containers.readAll().fetchAll();
+    Logger.logInfo(
+      `readCollections: fetchAll completed for database ${databaseId}, count=${sdkResponse.resources
+        ?.length}, durationMs=${Date.now() - fetchAllStart}`,
+      "readCollections",
+    );
     return sdkResponse.resources as DataModels.Collection[];
   } catch (error) {
     handleError(error, "ReadCollections", `Error while querying containers for database ${databaseId}`);
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/__snapshots__/SettingsComponent.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/__snapshots__/SettingsComponent.test.tsx.snap
index 7f8452ddf..fd74d795e 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/__snapshots__/SettingsComponent.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/__snapshots__/SettingsComponent.test.tsx.snap
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ exports[`SettingsComponent renders 1`] = `
                 "conflictResolutionPolicy": [Function],
                 "container": Explorer {
                   "_isInitializingNotebooks": false,
+                  "databasesRefreshed": Promise {},
                   "isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported": [Function],
                   "isTabsContentExpanded": [Function],
                   "onRefreshDatabasesKeyPress": [Function],
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ exports[`SettingsComponent renders 1`] = `
                 "conflictResolutionPolicy": [Function],
                 "container": Explorer {
                   "_isInitializingNotebooks": false,
+                  "databasesRefreshed": Promise {},
                   "isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported": [Function],
                   "isTabsContentExpanded": [Function],
                   "onRefreshDatabasesKeyPress": [Function],
@@ -453,6 +455,7 @@ exports[`SettingsComponent renders 1`] = `
                 "conflictResolutionPolicy": [Function],
                 "container": Explorer {
                   "_isInitializingNotebooks": false,
+                  "databasesRefreshed": Promise {},
                   "isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported": [Function],
                   "isTabsContentExpanded": [Function],
                   "onRefreshDatabasesKeyPress": [Function],
@@ -524,6 +527,7 @@ exports[`SettingsComponent renders 1`] = `
             explorer={
               Explorer {
                 "_isInitializingNotebooks": false,
+                "databasesRefreshed": Promise {},
                 "isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported": [Function],
                 "isTabsContentExpanded": [Function],
                 "onRefreshDatabasesKeyPress": [Function],
@@ -692,6 +696,7 @@ exports[`SettingsComponent renders 1`] = `
                 "conflictResolutionPolicy": [Function],
                 "container": Explorer {
                   "_isInitializingNotebooks": false,
+                  "databasesRefreshed": Promise {},
                   "isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported": [Function],
                   "isTabsContentExpanded": [Function],
                   "onRefreshDatabasesKeyPress": [Function],
@@ -763,6 +768,7 @@ exports[`SettingsComponent renders 1`] = `
             explorer={
               Explorer {
                 "_isInitializingNotebooks": false,
+                "databasesRefreshed": Promise {},
                 "isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported": [Function],
                 "isTabsContentExpanded": [Function],
                 "onRefreshDatabasesKeyPress": [Function],
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx b/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
index 3b4295bf7..cf4aa01ea 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ export default class Explorer {
 
   private static readonly MaxNbDatabasesToAutoExpand = 5;
   public phoenixClient: PhoenixClient;
+
+  /**
+   * Resolves when the initial refreshAllDatabases (including collection loading) completes.
+   * Await this instead of calling refreshAllDatabases again to avoid duplicate concurrent loads.
+   */
+  public databasesRefreshed: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve();
   constructor() {
     const startKey: number = TelemetryProcessor.traceStart(Action.InitializeDataExplorer, {
       dataExplorerArea: Constants.Areas.ResourceTree,
@@ -1197,9 +1203,11 @@ export default class Explorer {
     }
 
     if (userContext.apiType !== "Postgres" && userContext.apiType !== "VCoreMongo") {
-      userContext.authType === AuthType.ResourceToken
-        ? this.refreshDatabaseForResourceToken()
-        : await this.refreshAllDatabases(); // await: we rely on the databases to be loaded before restoring the tabs further in the flow
+      this.databasesRefreshed =
+        userContext.authType === AuthType.ResourceToken
+          ? this.refreshDatabaseForResourceToken()
+          : this.refreshAllDatabases();
+      await this.databasesRefreshed; // await: we rely on the databases to be loaded before restoring the tabs further in the flow
     }
 
     if (!isFabricNative()) {
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel/__snapshots__/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/Panes/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel/__snapshots__/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel.test.tsx.snap
index dcc3834b1..43a570828 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel/__snapshots__/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel/__snapshots__/AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel.test.tsx.snap
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ exports[`AddGlobalSecondaryIndexPanel render default panel 1`] = `
         explorer={
           Explorer {
             "_isInitializingNotebooks": false,
+            "databasesRefreshed": Promise {},
             "isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported": [Function],
             "isTabsContentExpanded": [Function],
             "onRefreshDatabasesKeyPress": [Function],
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/GitHubReposPanel/__snapshots__/GitHubReposPanel.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/Panes/GitHubReposPanel/__snapshots__/GitHubReposPanel.test.tsx.snap
index 10eb7c791..a275b2413 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/GitHubReposPanel/__snapshots__/GitHubReposPanel.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/GitHubReposPanel/__snapshots__/GitHubReposPanel.test.tsx.snap
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ exports[`GitHub Repos Panel should render Default properly 1`] = `
         {
           "container": Explorer {
             "_isInitializingNotebooks": false,
+            "databasesRefreshed": Promise {},
             "isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported": [Function],
             "isTabsContentExpanded": [Function],
             "onRefreshDatabasesKeyPress": [Function],
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/StringInputPane/__snapshots__/StringInputPane.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/Panes/StringInputPane/__snapshots__/StringInputPane.test.tsx.snap
index a29bd6433..7843bcc04 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/StringInputPane/__snapshots__/StringInputPane.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/StringInputPane/__snapshots__/StringInputPane.test.tsx.snap
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ exports[`StringInput Pane should render Create new directory properly 1`] = `
   explorer={
     Explorer {
       "_isInitializingNotebooks": false,
+      "databasesRefreshed": Promise {},
       "isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported": [Function],
       "isTabsContentExpanded": [Function],
       "onRefreshDatabasesKeyPress": [Function],
diff --git a/src/hooks/useKnockoutExplorer.ts b/src/hooks/useKnockoutExplorer.ts
index 08c926bf8..b4a568e2c 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useKnockoutExplorer.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useKnockoutExplorer.ts
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ async function configureFabric(): Promise<Explorer> {
               explorer = createExplorerFabricLegacy(initializationMessage, data.version);
               await scheduleRefreshFabricToken(true);
               resolve(explorer);
-              await explorer.refreshAllDatabases();
+              await explorer.databasesRefreshed;
               if (userContext.fabricContext.isVisible) {
                 firstContainerOpened = true;
                 openFirstContainer(explorer, userContext.fabricContext.databaseName);
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ async function configureFabric(): Promise<Explorer> {
               }
 
               resolve(explorer);
-              await explorer.refreshAllDatabases();
+              await explorer.databasesRefreshed;
 
               const { databaseName } = userContext.fabricContext;
               if (userContext.fabricContext.isVisible && databaseName) {