diff --git a/extension/src/server/interactionService.ts b/extension/src/server/interactionService.ts
index 924292420cd..8d0d5accec5 100644
--- a/extension/src/server/interactionService.ts
+++ b/extension/src/server/interactionService.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ export class InteractionService implements IInteractionService {
 
         extensionLogOutputChannel.info(`Displaying message: ${emoji} ${message}`);
         vscode.window.showInformationMessage(formatText(message));
+        this.clearProgressNotification();
     }
 
     // There is no need for a different success message handler, as a general informative message ~= success
@@ -223,6 +224,7 @@ export class InteractionService implements IInteractionService {
 
         extensionLogOutputChannel.info(`Displaying success message: ${message}`);
         vscode.window.showInformationMessage(formatText(message));
+        this.clearProgressNotification();
     }
 
     displaySubtleMessage(message: string) {
@@ -238,6 +240,7 @@ export class InteractionService implements IInteractionService {
     displayPlainText(message: string) {
         extensionLogOutputChannel.info(`Displaying plain text: ${message}`);
         vscode.window.showInformationMessage(formatText(message));
+        this.clearProgressNotification();
     }
 
     // No direct equivalent in VS Code, so don't display anything visually, just log to output channel.
diff --git a/extension/src/test/rpc/interactionServiceTests.test.ts b/extension/src/test/rpc/interactionServiceTests.test.ts
index f05e49f326b..8ccb00955bc 100644
--- a/extension/src/test/rpc/interactionServiceTests.test.ts
+++ b/extension/src/test/rpc/interactionServiceTests.test.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,19 @@ suite('InteractionService endpoints', () => {
 		showInformationMessageSpy.restore();
 	});
 
+	test('displayMessage clears progress notification', async () => {
+		const testInfo = await createTestRpcServer();
+		const showInformationMessageSpy = sinon.spy(vscode.window, 'showInformationMessage');
+		// Access the private _progressNotifier via casting to any
+		const progressNotifier = (testInfo.interactionService as any)._progressNotifier;
+		const clearProgressSpy = sinon.spy(progressNotifier, 'clear');
+		testInfo.interactionService.displayMessage(":test_emoji:", 'Test info message');
+		assert.ok(showInformationMessageSpy.calledWith('Test info message'));
+		assert.ok(clearProgressSpy.calledOnce, 'ProgressNotifier.clear should be called once');
+		showInformationMessageSpy.restore();
+		clearProgressSpy.restore();
+	});
+
 	test("displaySuccess endpoint", async () => {
 		const testInfo = await createTestRpcServer();
 		const showInformationMessageSpy = sinon.spy(vscode.window, 'showInformationMessage');
@@ -102,6 +115,19 @@ suite('InteractionService endpoints', () => {
 		showInformationMessageSpy.restore();
 	});
 
+	test("displaySuccess clears progress notification", async () => {
+		const testInfo = await createTestRpcServer();
+		const showInformationMessageSpy = sinon.spy(vscode.window, 'showInformationMessage');
+		// Access the private _progressNotifier via casting to any
+		const progressNotifier = (testInfo.interactionService as any)._progressNotifier;
+		const clearProgressSpy = sinon.spy(progressNotifier, 'clear');
+		testInfo.interactionService.displaySuccess('Test success message');
+		assert.ok(showInformationMessageSpy.calledWith('Test success message'));
+		assert.ok(clearProgressSpy.calledOnce, 'ProgressNotifier.clear should be called once');
+		showInformationMessageSpy.restore();
+		clearProgressSpy.restore();
+	});
+
 	test("displaySubtleMessage endpoint", async () => {
 		const testInfo = await createTestRpcServer();
 		const setStatusBarMessageSpy = sinon.spy(vscode.window, 'setStatusBarMessage');
@@ -156,6 +182,19 @@ suite('InteractionService endpoints', () => {
 		assert.ok(openTextDocumentStub.calledOnce, 'openTextDocument should be called once');
 		openTextDocumentStub.restore();
 	});
+
+	test("displayPlainText clears progress notification", async () => {
+		const testInfo = await createTestRpcServer();
+		const showInformationMessageSpy = sinon.spy(vscode.window, 'showInformationMessage');
+		// Access the private _progressNotifier via casting to any
+		const progressNotifier = (testInfo.interactionService as any)._progressNotifier;
+		const clearProgressSpy = sinon.spy(progressNotifier, 'clear');
+		testInfo.interactionService.displayPlainText('Test plain text');
+		assert.ok(showInformationMessageSpy.calledWith('Test plain text'));
+		assert.ok(clearProgressSpy.calledOnce, 'ProgressNotifier.clear should be called once');
+		showInformationMessageSpy.restore();
+		clearProgressSpy.restore();
+	});
 });
 
 type RpcServerTestInfo = {