diff --git a/src/commands/createResourceGroup.ts b/src/commands/createResourceGroup.ts
index a118a4a1..41d6eae9 100644
--- a/src/commands/createResourceGroup.ts
+++ b/src/commands/createResourceGroup.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { window } from 'vscode';
 import { AzureSubscription } from '../../api/src/index';
 import { ext } from '../extensionVariables';
 import { SubscriptionItem } from '../tree/azure/SubscriptionItem';
+import { getAccountAndTenantPrefix } from '../tree/azure/idPrefix';
 import { createActivityContext } from '../utils/activityUtils';
 import { localize } from '../utils/localize';
 
@@ -37,5 +38,5 @@ export async function createResourceGroup(context: IActionContext, node?: Subscr
     if (!wizardContext.suppressNotification) {
         void window.showInformationMessage(localize('createdRg', 'Created resource group "{0}".', newResourceGroupName));
     }
-    ext.azureTreeState.notifyChildrenChanged(`/subscriptions/${subscription.subscriptionId}`);
+    ext.azureTreeState.notifyChildrenChanged(`${getAccountAndTenantPrefix(subscription)}/subscriptions/${subscription.subscriptionId}`);
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/deleteResourceGroup/v2/deleteResourceGroupV2.ts b/src/commands/deleteResourceGroup/v2/deleteResourceGroupV2.ts
index c0f98a5f..5b27150b 100644
--- a/src/commands/deleteResourceGroup/v2/deleteResourceGroupV2.ts
+++ b/src/commands/deleteResourceGroup/v2/deleteResourceGroupV2.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { AzureResource, AzureSubscription } from '../../../../api/src/index';
 import { createResourceGroup } from '../../../api/DefaultAzureResourceProvider';
 import { ext } from '../../../extensionVariables';
 import { isResourceGroupGroupingItem, ResourceGroupGroupingItem } from '../../../tree/azure/grouping/ResourceGroupGroupingItem';
+import { getAccountAndTenantPrefix } from '../../../tree/azure/idPrefix';
 import { createActivityContext } from '../../../utils/activityUtils';
 import { createResourceClient } from '../../../utils/azureClients';
 import { localize } from '../../../utils/localize';
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ async function deleteResourceGroups(context: IActionContext, subscription: Azure
             }
         }
 
-        void ext.azureTreeState.runWithTemporaryDescription(rg.id, localize('deleting', 'Deleting...'), async () => {
+        void ext.azureTreeState.runWithTemporaryDescription(`${getAccountAndTenantPrefix(rg.subscription)}${rg.id}`, localize('deleting', 'Deleting...'), async () => {
             const wizard = new AzureWizard<DeleteResourceGroupContext>({
                 subscription: createSubscriptionContext(subscription),
                 resourceGroupToDelete: rg.name,
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ async function deleteResourceGroups(context: IActionContext, subscription: Azure
             });
 
             await wizard.execute();
-            ext.azureTreeState.notifyChildrenChanged(`/subscriptions/${rg.subscription.subscriptionId}`);
+            ext.azureTreeState.notifyChildrenChanged(`${getAccountAndTenantPrefix(rg.subscription)}/subscriptions/${rg.subscription.subscriptionId}`);
         });
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tree/TreeItemState.ts b/src/tree/TreeItemState.ts
index f32bdf48..888ca368 100644
--- a/src/tree/TreeItemState.ts
+++ b/src/tree/TreeItemState.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ export class TreeItemStateStore implements vscode.Disposable {
 
     /**
      * Notify a resource that its children have changed.
+     *
+     * @param id id needs to include the account and tenant id
      */
     notifyChildrenChanged(id: string): void {
         this.onDidUpdateStateEmitter.fire(id);
@@ -51,6 +53,9 @@ export class TreeItemStateStore implements vscode.Disposable {
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param id id needs to include the account and tenant id
+     */
     async runWithTemporaryDescription<T = void>(id: string, description: string, callback: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
         let result: T;
         this.update(id, { ...this.getState(id), temporaryDescription: description, spinner: true });
diff --git a/src/tree/azure/AzureResourceItem.ts b/src/tree/azure/AzureResourceItem.ts
index c84e5285..58586fcf 100644
--- a/src/tree/azure/AzureResourceItem.ts
+++ b/src/tree/azure/AzureResourceItem.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { createPortalUrl } from '../../utils/v2/createPortalUrl';
 import { BranchDataItemCache } from '../BranchDataItemCache';
 import { BranchDataItemOptions, BranchDataItemWrapper } from '../BranchDataItemWrapper';
 import { ResourceGroupsItem } from '../ResourceGroupsItem';
-import { createAzureIdPrefix } from './idPrefix';
+import { getAccountAndTenantPrefix } from './idPrefix';
 
 export class AzureResourceItem<T extends AzureResource> extends BranchDataItemWrapper {
     constructor(
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class AzureResourceItem<T extends AzureResource> extends BranchDataItemWr
     }
 
     override readonly portalUrl: Uri;
-    readonly id = `${createAzureIdPrefix(this.resource.subscription)}${this.resource.id}`;
+    readonly id = `${getAccountAndTenantPrefix(this.resource.subscription)}${this.resource.id}`;
     readonly tagsModel = new ResourceTags(this.resource);
 
     override async getParent(): Promise<ResourceGroupsItem | undefined> {
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ export function createResourceItemFactory<T extends AzureResource>(itemCache: Br
         itemCache.createOrGetItem(
             branchItem,
             () => new AzureResourceItem(resource, branchItem, branchDataProvider, itemCache, parent, options),
-            `${createAzureIdPrefix(resource.subscription)}${resource.id}`,
+            `${getAccountAndTenantPrefix(resource.subscription)}${resource.id}`,
         );
 }
diff --git a/src/tree/azure/SubscriptionItem.ts b/src/tree/azure/SubscriptionItem.ts
index da8599ab..a71a54cf 100644
--- a/src/tree/azure/SubscriptionItem.ts
+++ b/src/tree/azure/SubscriptionItem.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { createPortalUrl } from "../../utils/v2/createPortalUrl";
 import { ResourceGroupsItem } from "../ResourceGroupsItem";
 import { ResourceGroupsTreeContext } from "../ResourceGroupsTreeContext";
 import { AzureResourceGroupingManager } from "./grouping/AzureResourceGroupingManager";
-import { createAzureIdPrefix } from "./idPrefix";
+import { getAccountAndTenantPrefix } from "./idPrefix";
 
 export class SubscriptionItem implements ResourceGroupsItem {
     constructor(
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export class SubscriptionItem implements ResourceGroupsItem {
             ...subscription
         };
 
-        this.id = `${createAzureIdPrefix(this.subscription)}/subscriptions/${subscription.subscriptionId}`;
+        this.id = `${getAccountAndTenantPrefix(this.subscription)}/subscriptions/${subscription.subscriptionId}`;
         this.description = description ? description : '';
 
         this.portalUrl = createPortalUrl(this.subscription, `/subscriptions/${this.subscription.subscriptionId}`);
diff --git a/src/tree/azure/grouping/GroupingItem.ts b/src/tree/azure/grouping/GroupingItem.ts
index f498a78b..48016356 100644
--- a/src/tree/azure/grouping/GroupingItem.ts
+++ b/src/tree/azure/grouping/GroupingItem.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { ResourceGroupsItem } from '../../ResourceGroupsItem';
 import { ResourceGroupsTreeContext } from '../../ResourceGroupsTreeContext';
 import { BranchDataProviderFactory } from '../AzureResourceBranchDataProviderManager';
 import { ResourceItemFactory } from '../AzureResourceItem';
-import { createAzureIdPrefix } from '../idPrefix';
+import { getAccountAndTenantPrefix } from '../idPrefix';
 import { GroupingItemFactoryOptions } from './GroupingItemFactory';
 
 export class GroupingItem implements ResourceGroupsItem {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export class GroupingItem implements ResourceGroupsItem {
         } : undefined;
 
         if (this.context?.subscription) {
-            this.id = `${createAzureIdPrefix(this.context?.subscription)}/subscriptions/${this.context?.subscriptionContext.subscriptionId}/groupings/${this.label}`;
+            this.id = `${getAccountAndTenantPrefix(this.context?.subscription)}/subscriptions/${this.context?.subscriptionContext.subscriptionId}/groupings/${this.label}`;
         } else {
             // favorites groups don't always have a subscription
             this.id = `/groupings/${this.label}`;
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export class GroupingItem implements ResourceGroupsItem {
                                 data: resource.raw
                             },
                             // prefix child items with the account and tenant id
-                            idPrefix: createAzureIdPrefix(resource.subscription),
+                            idPrefix: getAccountAndTenantPrefix(resource.subscription),
                         };
 
                         items.push(this.resourceItemFactory(resource, resourceItem, branchDataProvider, this, options));
diff --git a/src/tree/azure/grouping/ResourceGroupGroupingItem.ts b/src/tree/azure/grouping/ResourceGroupGroupingItem.ts
index 4956ea9b..4d8e3e7b 100644
--- a/src/tree/azure/grouping/ResourceGroupGroupingItem.ts
+++ b/src/tree/azure/grouping/ResourceGroupGroupingItem.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { ITagsModel, ResourceTags } from "../../../commands/tags/TagFileSystem";
 import { canFocusContextValue, showHiddenTypesSettingKey } from "../../../constants";
 import { settingUtils } from "../../../utils/settingUtils";
 import { createPortalUrl } from "../../../utils/v2/createPortalUrl";
-import { createAzureIdPrefix } from "../idPrefix";
+import { getAccountAndTenantPrefix } from "../idPrefix";
 import { GroupingItem, GroupingItemOptions } from "./GroupingItem";
 import { GroupingItemFactoryOptions } from "./GroupingItemFactory";
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export class ResourceGroupGroupingItem extends GroupingItem {
             ...this.resourceGroup.subscription,
             ...createSubscriptionContext(resourceGroup.subscription),
         };
-        this.id = `${createAzureIdPrefix(this.subscription)}${resourceGroup.id}`;
+        this.id = `${getAccountAndTenantPrefix(this.subscription)}${resourceGroup.id}`;
         this.tagsModel = new ResourceTags(resourceGroup);
         this.contextValues.push('hasPortalUrl', 'azureResourceGroup', canFocusContextValue);
     }
diff --git a/src/tree/azure/idPrefix.ts b/src/tree/azure/idPrefix.ts
index 538c5582..614caaa6 100644
--- a/src/tree/azure/idPrefix.ts
+++ b/src/tree/azure/idPrefix.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { AzureSubscription } from "api/src/resources/azure";
 
-export function createAzureIdPrefix(subscription: AzureSubscription): string {
+/**
+ * @returns `/accounts/<account id>/tenants/<tenant id>`
+ */
+export function getAccountAndTenantPrefix(subscription: AzureSubscription): string {
     return `/accounts/${subscription.account?.id}/tenants/${subscription.tenantId}`;
 }