diff --git a/src/Explorer/Tabs/Tabs.tsx b/src/Explorer/Tabs/Tabs.tsx
index e36a7da04..40966d04f 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Tabs/Tabs.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Tabs/Tabs.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Spinner, SpinnerSize, TooltipHost } from "@fluentui/react";
+import { ITooltipHost, Spinner, SpinnerSize, TooltipHost } from "@fluentui/react";
 import { Menu, MenuItem, MenuList, MenuPopover, MenuTrigger } from "@fluentui/react-components";
 import { CollectionTabKind } from "Contracts/ViewModels";
 import Explorer from "Explorer/Explorer";
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ export const Tabs = ({ explorer }: TabsProps): JSX.Element => {
 function TabNav({ tab, active, tabKind }: { tab?: Tab; active: boolean; tabKind?: ReactTabKind }) {
   const [hovering, setHovering] = useState(false);
   const focusTab = useRef<HTMLLIElement>() as MutableRefObject<HTMLLIElement>;
+  const tabTooltip = useRef<ITooltipHost>(null);
   const tabId = tab ? tab.tabId : "";
 
   const getReactTabTitle = (): ko.Observable<string> => {
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ function TabNav({ tab, active, tabKind }: { tab?: Tab; active: boolean; tabKind?
   useEffect(() => {
     if (active && focusTab.current) {
       focusTab.current.focus();
+      tabTooltip.current?.dismiss();
     }
   }, [active]);
   const liElement = (
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ function TabNav({ tab, active, tabKind }: { tab?: Tab; active: boolean; tabKind?
     >
       <span className="tabNavContentContainer">
         <div className="tab_Content">
-          <TooltipHost content={useObservable(tab?.tabPath || ko.observable(""))}>
+          <TooltipHost componentRef={tabTooltip} content={useObservable(tab?.tabPath || ko.observable(""))}>
             <span
               className="contentWrapper"
               onClick={() => {
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Tabs/useTabs.test.ts b/src/Explorer/Tabs/useTabs.test.ts
index 9d4925a2c..1093fccd2 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Tabs/useTabs.test.ts
+++ b/src/Explorer/Tabs/useTabs.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,69 @@
+import { act, cleanup, fireEvent, render } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { DocumentsTabV2 } from "Explorer/Tabs/DocumentsTabV2/DocumentsTabV2";
 import * as ko from "knockout";
+import React from "react";
 import * as ViewModels from "../../Contracts/ViewModels";
 import { updateUserContext } from "../../UserContext";
 import { useTabs } from "../../hooks/useTabs";
 import { container } from "../Controls/Settings/TestUtils";
 import DocumentId from "../Tree/DocumentId";
 import { NewQueryTab } from "./QueryTab/QueryTab";
+import { Tabs } from "./Tabs";
+import TabsBase from "./TabsBase";
+
+describe("Tab path tooltips", () => {
+  const renderActiveTab = () => {
+    const tab = Object.assign(
+      new TabsBase({ tabKind: ViewModels.CollectionTabKind.Query, title: "Query 1", tabPath: "" }),
+      { render: () => React.createElement("button", null, "Execute Query") },
+    );
+    tab.tabPath = ko.observable("t_34646986695_1_dbc3_1789160465183>testcontainer>Query 1");
+    useTabs.setState({ openedTabs: [tab], activeTab: tab });
+    return render(React.createElement(Tabs, { explorer: container }));
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.useFakeTimers();
+    useTabs.setState({ openedTabs: [], openedReactTabs: [], activeTab: undefined, activeReactTab: undefined });
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    cleanup();
+    jest.clearAllTimers();
+    jest.useRealTimers();
+    useTabs.setState({ openedTabs: [], activeTab: undefined });
+  });
+
+  it("focuses an activated tab without opening its path tooltip", () => {
+    const view = renderActiveTab();
+    expect(document.activeElement).toBe(view.getByRole("tab", { name: "Query 1" }));
+
+    act(() => jest.advanceTimersByTime(1000));
+    expect(document.querySelector(".ms-Tooltip")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it.each(["hover", "focus"])("keeps the path tooltip available on later %s and dismissible with Escape", (trigger) => {
+    const view = renderActiveTab();
+    const tab = view.getByRole("tab", { name: "Query 1" });
+    act(() => jest.advanceTimersByTime(1000));
+
+    if (trigger === "hover") {
+      fireEvent.mouseEnter(tab);
+    } else {
+      act(() => {
+        view.getByRole("button", { name: "Execute Query" }).focus();
+        tab.focus();
+      });
+    }
+
+    act(() => jest.advanceTimersByTime(1000));
+    expect(document.querySelector(".ms-Tooltip")?.textContent).toContain("testcontainer>Query 1");
+
+    fireEvent.keyDown(tab, { key: "Escape", keyCode: 27, which: 27 });
+    expect(document.querySelector(".ms-Tooltip")).toBeNull();
+    expect(document.activeElement).toBe(tab);
+  });
+});
 
 describe("useTabs tests", () => {
   let database: ViewModels.Database;
diff --git a/test/sql/indexAdvisor.spec.ts b/test/sql/indexAdvisor.spec.ts
index dc6ee978c..09489d080 100644
--- a/test/sql/indexAdvisor.spec.ts
+++ b/test/sql/indexAdvisor.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { expect, test, type Page } from "@playwright/test";
 
-import { CommandBarButton, DataExplorer, TestAccount } from "../fx";
+import { CommandBarButton, DataExplorer, generateUniqueName, TestAccount } from "../fx";
 import { createTestSQLContainer, TestContainerContext } from "../testData";
 
 // Test container context for setup and cleanup
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ let CONTAINER_ID: string;
 
 // Set up test database and container with data before all tests
 test.beforeAll(async () => {
-  testContainer = await createTestSQLContainer({ includeTestData: true });
+  testContainer = await createTestSQLContainer({
+    includeTestData: true,
+    databaseName: generateUniqueName("db_tab_tooltip_with_a_long_resource_name"),
+  });
   DATABASE_ID = testContainer.database.id;
   CONTAINER_ID = testContainer.container.id;
 });