ASSERT: make sure that you have a connection in explorer EXEC: unfold the connection so that you see it's children EXEC: pick "Refresh" from the context menu of your connection Result: There's no "Loading" appearing The refreshing happens though (you see the job being triggered in the Eclipse status bar). You can verify that the refreshing happens by editing the connection: once you provided new settings the children are replaced but there's no "Loading" that would tell you that the connection is being re-loaded/refreshed. Expected Result: Connection children are replaced by a "Loading" Once the connection is loaded "Loading" disappears and is replaced by the connection children