diff --git a/src/git/gitProviderService.ts b/src/git/gitProviderService.ts
index fc8eedf..af96a90 100644
--- a/src/git/gitProviderService.ts
+++ b/src/git/gitProviderService.ts
@@ -620,17 +620,18 @@ export class GitProviderService implements Disposable {
 			const added: Repository[] = [];
 
 			for (const repository of repositories) {
-				if (this._repositories.add(repository)) {
+				this._repositories.add(repository);
+				if (!repository.closed) {
 					added.push(repository);
 				}
 			}
 
 			this.updateContext();
 
-			if (added.length === 0) return;
-
-			// Defer the event trigger enough to let everything unwind
-			queueMicrotask(() => this.fireRepositoriesChanged(added));
+			if (added.length) {
+				// Defer the event trigger enough to let everything unwind
+				queueMicrotask(() => this.fireRepositoriesChanged(added));
+			}
 		} finally {
 			deferred.fulfill();
 		}
@@ -2400,15 +2401,24 @@ export class GitProviderService implements Disposable {
 
 				Logger.log(scope, `Repository found in '${repoUri.toString(true)}'`);
 				const repositories = provider.openRepository(root?.folder, repoUri, false, undefined, closed);
+
+				const added: Repository[] = [];
+
 				for (const repository of repositories) {
 					this._repositories.add(repository);
+					if (!repository.closed) {
+						added.push(repository);
+					}
 				}
 
 				this._pendingRepositories.delete(key);
 
 				this.updateContext();
-				// Send a notification that the repositories changed
-				queueMicrotask(() => this.fireRepositoriesChanged(repositories));
+
+				if (added.length) {
+					// Send a notification that the repositories changed
+					queueMicrotask(() => this.fireRepositoriesChanged(added));
+				}
 
 				repository = repositories.length === 1 ? repositories[0] : this.getRepository(uri);
 				return repository;
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/repositoriesNode.ts b/src/views/nodes/repositoriesNode.ts
index d4ccb4b..58f6d5f 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/repositoriesNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/repositoriesNode.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { debug } from '../../system/decorators/log';
 import { debounce, szudzikPairing } from '../../system/function';
 import { Logger } from '../../system/logger';
 import type { ViewsWithRepositoriesNode } from '../viewBase';
-import { WorkspacesView } from '../workspacesView';
 import { MessageNode } from './common';
 import { RepositoryNode } from './repositoryNode';
 import type { ViewNode } from './viewNode';
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ export class RepositoriesNode extends SubscribeableViewNode<ViewsWithRepositorie
 		if (this._children == null) return;
 
 		for (const child of this._children) {
-			if (child instanceof RepositoryNode) {
+			if ('dispose' in child) {
 				child.dispose();
 			}
 		}
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ export class RepositoriesNode extends SubscribeableViewNode<ViewsWithRepositorie
 	}
 
 	getTreeItem(): TreeItem {
-		const isInWorkspacesView = this.view instanceof WorkspacesView;
+		const isInWorkspacesView = this.view.type === 'workspaces';
 		const isLinkedWorkspace = isInWorkspacesView && this.view.container.workspaces.currentWorkspaceId != null;
 		const isCurrentLinkedWorkspace = isLinkedWorkspace && this.view.container.workspaces.currentWorkspace != null;
 		const item = new TreeItem(
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/viewNode.ts b/src/views/nodes/viewNode.ts
index ca36a4f..c51ffc6 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/viewNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/viewNode.ts
@@ -703,6 +703,22 @@ export abstract class RepositoriesSubscribeableNode<
 		super(unknownGitUri, view);
 	}
 
+	override dispose() {
+		super.dispose();
+		this.resetChildren();
+	}
+
+	private resetChildren() {
+		if (this.children == null) return;
+
+		for (const child of this.children) {
+			if ('dispose' in child) {
+				child.dispose();
+			}
+		}
+		this.children = undefined;
+	}
+
 	override async getSplattedChild() {
 		if (this.children == null) {
 			await this.getChildren();
@@ -714,11 +730,10 @@ export abstract class RepositoriesSubscribeableNode<
 	@gate()
 	@debug()
 	override refresh(reset: boolean = false) {
-		if (reset && this.children != null) {
-			for (const child of this.children) {
-				child.dispose();
-			}
-			this.children = undefined;
+		if (this.children == null) return;
+
+		if (reset) {
+			this.resetChildren();
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/workspaceNode.ts b/src/views/nodes/workspaceNode.ts
index 9a2438f..1a50897 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/workspaceNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/workspaceNode.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
-import { ThemeIcon, TreeItem, TreeItemCollapsibleState, Uri } from 'vscode';
+import { Disposable, ThemeIcon, TreeItem, TreeItemCollapsibleState, Uri } from 'vscode';
+import type { RepositoriesChangeEvent } from '../../git/gitProviderService';
 import { GitUri } from '../../git/gitUri';
 import type { CloudWorkspace, LocalWorkspace } from '../../plus/workspaces/models';
 import { WorkspaceType } from '../../plus/workspaces/models';
 import { createCommand } from '../../system/command';
+import { gate } from '../../system/decorators/gate';
+import { debug } from '../../system/decorators/log';
 import type { WorkspacesView } from '../workspacesView';
 import { CommandMessageNode, MessageNode } from './common';
 import { RepositoryNode } from './repositoryNode';
-import { ContextValues, getViewNodeId, ViewNode } from './viewNode';
+import type { ViewNode } from './viewNode';
+import { ContextValues, getViewNodeId, SubscribeableViewNode } from './viewNode';
 import { WorkspaceMissingRepositoryNode } from './workspaceMissingRepositoryNode';
 
-export class WorkspaceNode extends ViewNode<WorkspacesView> {
+export class WorkspaceNode extends SubscribeableViewNode<WorkspacesView> {
 	constructor(
 		uri: GitUri,
 		view: WorkspacesView,
@@ -22,6 +26,22 @@ export class WorkspaceNode extends ViewNode<WorkspacesView> {
 		this._uniqueId = getViewNodeId('workspace', this.context);
 	}
 
+	override dispose() {
+		super.dispose();
+		this.resetChildren();
+	}
+
+	private resetChildren() {
+		if (this._children == null) return;
+
+		for (const child of this._children) {
+			if ('dispose' in child) {
+				child.dispose();
+			}
+		}
+		this._children = undefined;
+	}
+
 	override get id(): string {
 		return this._uniqueId;
 	}
@@ -131,17 +151,26 @@ export class WorkspaceNode extends ViewNode<WorkspacesView> {
 		return item;
 	}
 
-	override refresh() {
+	@gate()
+	@debug()
+	override refresh(reset: boolean = false) {
 		if (this._children == null) return;
 
-		if (this._children.length) {
-			for (const child of this._children) {
-				if ('dispose' in child) {
-					child.dispose();
-				}
-			}
+		if (reset) {
+			this.resetChildren();
 		}
+	}
 
-		this._children = undefined;
+	protected override etag(): number {
+		return this.view.container.git.etag;
+	}
+
+	@debug()
+	protected subscribe(): Disposable | Promise<Disposable> {
+		return Disposable.from(this.view.container.git.onDidChangeRepositories(this.onRepositoriesChanged, this));
+	}
+
+	private onRepositoriesChanged(_e: RepositoriesChangeEvent) {
+		void this.triggerChange(true);
 	}
 }