diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/kubernetes/actions/DescribeResourceAction.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/kubernetes/actions/DescribeResourceAction.kt
index e08bfdb22..d52617537 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/kubernetes/actions/DescribeResourceAction.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/kubernetes/actions/DescribeResourceAction.kt
@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ package com.redhat.devtools.intellij.kubernetes.actions
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnActionEvent
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.logger
+import com.intellij.openapi.progress.Progressive
 import com.redhat.devtools.intellij.common.actions.StructureTreeAction
 import com.redhat.devtools.intellij.kubernetes.editor.describe.DescriptionViewerFactory
 import com.redhat.devtools.intellij.kubernetes.model.Notification
+import com.redhat.devtools.intellij.kubernetes.model.util.toMessage
+import com.redhat.devtools.intellij.kubernetes.telemetry.TelemetryService
+import com.redhat.devtools.intellij.kubernetes.telemetry.TelemetryService.PROP_RESOURCE_KIND
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Pod
 import javax.swing.tree.TreePath
@@ -29,15 +33,23 @@ class DescribeResourceAction: StructureTreeAction() {
         val descriptor = selected?.get(0)?.getDescriptor() ?: return
         val project = descriptor.project ?: return
         val toDescribe: HasMetadata = descriptor.element as? HasMetadata? ?: return
-        try {
-            DescriptionViewerFactory.instance.openEditor(toDescribe, project)
-        } catch (e: RuntimeException) {
-            logger<DescribeResourceAction>().warn("Error opening editor ${toDescribe.metadata.name}", e)
-            Notification().error(
-                "Error opening editor ${toDescribe.metadata.name}",
-                "Could not open editor for ${toDescribe.kind} '${toDescribe.metadata.name}'."
-            )
-        }
+        run("Describe ${toMessage(toDescribe, 30)}...", true,
+            Progressive {
+                val telemetry = TelemetryService.instance.action("describe resource")
+                    .property(PROP_RESOURCE_KIND, toDescribe.kind)
+                try {
+                    DescriptionViewerFactory.instance.openEditor(toDescribe, project)
+                    telemetry.success().send()
+                } catch (e: RuntimeException) {
+                    logger<DescribeResourceAction>().warn("Error opening editor ${toDescribe.metadata.name}", e)
+                    Notification().error(
+                        "Error opening editor ${toDescribe.metadata.name}",
+                        "Could not open editor for ${toDescribe.kind} '${toDescribe.metadata.name}'."
+                    )
+                    telemetry.error(e).send()
+                }
+            }
+        )
     }
 
     override fun isVisible(selected: Array<out Any>?): Boolean {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/kubernetes/editor/describe/DescriptionViewerFactory.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/kubernetes/editor/describe/DescriptionViewerFactory.kt
index ea3a0ad21..f0a7f4165 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/kubernetes/editor/describe/DescriptionViewerFactory.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/redhat/devtools/intellij/kubernetes/editor/describe/DescriptionViewerFactory.kt
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile
 import com.intellij.testFramework.LightVirtualFile
 import com.redhat.devtools.intellij.kubernetes.editor.describe.describer.PodDescriber
 import com.redhat.devtools.intellij.kubernetes.model.util.isSameResource
-import com.redhat.devtools.intellij.kubernetes.telemetry.TelemetryService
-import com.redhat.devtools.intellij.telemetry.core.service.TelemetryMessageBuilder
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Pod
 import org.jetbrains.yaml.YAMLFileType
@@ -122,23 +120,4 @@ open class DescriptionViewerFactory protected constructor() {
             }
         }
     }
-
-    /** for testing purposes */
-    protected open fun runAsync(runnable: () -> Unit) {
-        ApplicationManager.getApplication().executeOnPooledThread(runnable)
-    }
-
-    /** for testing purposes */
-    protected open fun runInUI(runnable: () -> Unit) {
-        if (ApplicationManager.getApplication().isDispatchThread) {
-            runnable.invoke()
-        } else {
-            ApplicationManager.getApplication().invokeLater(runnable)
-        }
-    }
-
-    /* for testing purposes */
-    protected open fun getTelemetryMessageBuilder(): TelemetryMessageBuilder {
-      return TelemetryService.instance;
-    }
 }