diff --git a/utils/index.d.ts b/utils/index.d.ts
index a079f5cca9..6e939c37b4 100644
--- a/utils/index.d.ts
+++ b/utils/index.d.ts
@@ -1558,6 +1558,14 @@ export declare function openReadOnlyContent(node: { label: string, fullId: strin
  */
 export declare function stashReadOnlyContent(node: { label: string, fullId: string }, content: string, fileExtension: string): Promise<ReadOnlyContent>;
 
+/**
+ * Stash a read-only editor so it can be opened by its uri later.
+ * @param node Typically (but not strictly) an `AzExtTreeItem`. `label` is used for the file name displayed in VS Code and a random id will be generated to uniquely identify this file
+ * @param content The content to display
+ * @param fileExtension The file extension
+ */
+export declare function stashReadOnlyContentSync(node: { label: string }, content: string, fileExtension: string): ReadOnlyContent;
+
 /**
  * Disposes all the read-only contents stashed in memory.
  */
diff --git a/utils/package-lock.json b/utils/package-lock.json
index 792fec2abf..dce2e72360 100644
--- a/utils/package-lock.json
+++ b/utils/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
     "name": "@microsoft/vscode-azext-utils",
-    "version": "2.5.4",
+    "version": "2.5.5",
     "lockfileVersion": 3,
     "requires": true,
     "packages": {
         "": {
             "name": "@microsoft/vscode-azext-utils",
-            "version": "2.5.4",
+            "version": "2.5.5",
             "license": "MIT",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@microsoft/vscode-azureresources-api": "^2.3.1",
diff --git a/utils/package.json b/utils/package.json
index 92b6cdcc8d..181219b1ae 100644
--- a/utils/package.json
+++ b/utils/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "@microsoft/vscode-azext-utils",
     "author": "Microsoft Corporation",
-    "version": "2.5.4",
+    "version": "2.5.5",
     "description": "Common UI tools for developing Azure extensions for VS Code",
     "tags": [
         "azure",
diff --git a/utils/src/openReadOnlyContent.ts b/utils/src/openReadOnlyContent.ts
index e6397345da..64e36ddae4 100644
--- a/utils/src/openReadOnlyContent.ts
+++ b/utils/src/openReadOnlyContent.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ export async function stashReadOnlyContent(node: { label: string, fullId: string
     return await contentProvider.stashReadOnlyContent(node, content, fileExtension);
 }
 
+export function stashReadOnlyContentSync(node: { label: string }, content: string, fileExtension: string): ReadOnlyContent {
+    const contentProvider = getContentProvider();
+    return contentProvider.stashReadOnlyContentSync(node, content, fileExtension);
+}
+
 export async function openReadOnlyContent(node: { label: string, fullId: string }, content: string, fileExtension: string, options?: TextDocumentShowOptions): Promise<ReadOnlyContent> {
     const contentProvider = getContentProvider();
     return await contentProvider.openReadOnlyContent(node, content, fileExtension, options);
@@ -98,17 +103,26 @@ class ReadOnlyContentProvider implements TextDocumentContentProvider {
         return this._onDidChangeEmitter.event;
     }
 
-    public async stashReadOnlyContent(node: { label: string, fullId: string }, content: string, fileExtension: string): Promise<ReadOnlyContent> {
+    private stashReadOnlyContentCore(label: string, fileId: string, fileExtension: string, content: string): ReadOnlyContent {
         const scheme = getScheme();
-        const idHash: string = await randomUtils.getPseudononymousStringHash(node.fullId);
         // Remove special characters which may prove troublesome when parsing the uri. We'll allow the same set as `encodeUriComponent`
-        const fileName = node.label.replace(/[^a-z0-9\-\_\.\!\~\*\'\(\)]/gi, '_');
-        const uri: Uri = Uri.parse(`${scheme}:///${idHash}/${fileName}${fileExtension}`);
+        const fileName = label.replace(/[^a-z0-9\-\_\.\!\~\*\'\(\)]/gi, '_');
+        const uri: Uri = Uri.parse(`${scheme}:///${fileId}/${fileName}${fileExtension}`);
         const readOnlyContent: ReadOnlyContent = new ReadOnlyContent(uri, this._onDidChangeEmitter, content);
         this._contentMap.set(uri.toString(), readOnlyContent);
         return readOnlyContent;
     }
 
+    public async stashReadOnlyContent(node: { label: string, fullId: string }, content: string, fileExtension: string): Promise<ReadOnlyContent> {
+        const idHash: string = await randomUtils.getPseudononymousStringHash(node.fullId);
+        return this.stashReadOnlyContentCore(node.label, idHash, fileExtension, content);
+    }
+
+    public stashReadOnlyContentSync(node: { label: string }, content: string, fileExtension: string): ReadOnlyContent {
+        const randomId: string = randomUtils.getRandomHexString(16);
+        return this.stashReadOnlyContentCore(node.label, randomId, fileExtension, content);
+    }
+
     public async openReadOnlyContent(node: { label: string, fullId: string }, content: string, fileExtension: string, options?: TextDocumentShowOptions): Promise<ReadOnlyContent> {
         const readOnlyContent = await this.stashReadOnlyContent(node, content, fileExtension);
         await window.showTextDocument(readOnlyContent.uri, options);