diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/arduino-ide-backend-module.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/arduino-ide-backend-module.ts
index 169a728a9..62bc34767 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/arduino-ide-backend-module.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/arduino-ide-backend-module.ts
@@ -351,10 +351,10 @@ export default new ContainerModule((bind, unbind, isBound, rebind) => {
   bind(ILogger)
     .toDynamicValue((ctx) => {
       const parentLogger = ctx.container.get<ILogger>(ILogger);
-      return parentLogger.child('discovery-log'); // TODO: revert
+      return parentLogger.child('discovery');
     })
     .inSingletonScope()
-    .whenTargetNamed('discovery-log'); // TODO: revert
+    .whenTargetNamed('discovery');
 
   // Logger for the CLI config service. From the CLI config (FS path aware), we make a URI-aware app config.
   bind(ILogger)
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/board-discovery.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/board-discovery.ts
index 448d48e42..74097da00 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/board-discovery.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/board-discovery.ts
@@ -18,15 +18,13 @@ import { Emitter, Event } from '@theia/core/lib/common/event';
 import { DisposableCollection } from '@theia/core/lib/common/disposable';
 import { Disposable } from '@theia/core/shared/vscode-languageserver-protocol';
 import { ArduinoCoreServiceClient } from './cli-protocol/cc/arduino/cli/commands/v1/commands_grpc_pb';
-import { v4 } from 'uuid';
 import { ServiceError } from './service-error';
-import { BackendApplicationContribution } from '@theia/core/lib/node';
+import { BackendApplicationContribution } from '@theia/core/lib/node/backend-application';
 import { Deferred } from '@theia/core/lib/common/promise-util';
 
 type Duplex = ClientDuplexStream<BoardListWatchRequest, BoardListWatchResponse>;
-interface StreamWrapper extends Disposable {
+interface DisposableDuplex extends Disposable {
   readonly stream: Duplex;
-  readonly uuid: string; // For logging only
 }
 
 /**
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ export class BoardDiscovery
   implements BackendApplicationContribution
 {
   @inject(ILogger)
-  @named('discovery-log')
+  @named('discovery')
   private readonly logger: ILogger;
 
   @inject(NotificationServiceServer)
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ export class BoardDiscovery
 
   private watching: Deferred<void> | undefined;
   private stopping: Deferred<void> | undefined;
-  private wrapper: StreamWrapper | undefined;
+  private duplex: DisposableDuplex | undefined;
   private readonly onStreamDidEndEmitter = new Emitter<void>(); // sent from the CLI when the discovery process is killed for example after the indexes update and the core client re-initialization.
   private readonly onStreamDidCancelEmitter = new Emitter<void>(); // when the watcher is canceled by the IDE2
   private readonly toDisposeOnStopWatch = new DisposableCollection();
@@ -66,59 +64,50 @@ export class BoardDiscovery
    * }
    * ```
    */
-  private _availablePorts: AvailablePorts = {};
-  get availablePorts(): AvailablePorts {
-    return this._availablePorts;
+  private _state: AvailablePorts = {};
+  get state(): AvailablePorts {
+    return this._state;
   }
 
   onStart(): void {
     this.start();
-    this.onClientDidRefresh(() => this.restart());
-  }
-
-  private async restart(): Promise<void> {
-    this.logger.info('restarting before stop');
-    await this.stop();
-    this.logger.info('restarting after stop');
-    return this.start();
+    this.onClientWillRefresh(() => this.stop());
+    this.onClientDidRefresh(() => this.start());
   }
 
   onStop(): void {
     this.stop();
   }
 
-  async stop(restart = false): Promise<void> {
-    this.logger.info('stop');
+  async stop(): Promise<void> {
+    this.logger.debug('stop');
     if (this.stopping) {
-      this.logger.info('stop already stopping');
+      this.logger.debug('stop already stopping');
       return this.stopping.promise;
     }
     if (!this.watching) {
       return;
     }
     this.stopping = new Deferred();
-    this.logger.info('>>> Stopping boards watcher...');
+    this.logger.debug('>>> Stopping boards watcher...');
     return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
       const timeout = this.createTimeout(10_000, reject);
       const toDispose = new DisposableCollection();
-      const waitForEvent = (event: Event<unknown>) =>
+      const waitForEvent = (event: Event<unknown>, name: string) =>
         event(() => {
-          this.logger.info('stop received event: either end or cancel');
+          this.logger.debug(`stop received event: ${name}`);
           toDispose.dispose();
           this.stopping?.resolve();
           this.stopping = undefined;
-          this.logger.info('stop stopped');
+          this.logger.debug('cancelled boards watcher');
           resolve();
-          if (restart) {
-            this.start();
-          }
         });
       toDispose.pushAll([
         timeout,
-        waitForEvent(this.onStreamDidEndEmitter.event),
-        waitForEvent(this.onStreamDidCancelEmitter.event),
+        waitForEvent(this.onStreamDidEndEmitter.event, 'end'),
+        waitForEvent(this.onStreamDidCancelEmitter.event, 'cancel'),
       ]);
-      this.logger.info('Canceling boards watcher...');
+      this.logger.debug('Canceling boards watcher...');
       this.toDisposeOnStopWatch.dispose();
     });
   }
@@ -154,22 +143,22 @@ export class BoardDiscovery
     });
   }
 
-  private async createWrapper(
+  private async createDuplex(
     client: ArduinoCoreServiceClient
-  ): Promise<StreamWrapper> {
-    if (this.wrapper) {
+  ): Promise<DisposableDuplex> {
+    if (this.duplex) {
       throw new Error(`Duplex was already set.`);
     }
     const stream = client
       .boardListWatch()
       .on('end', () => {
-        this.logger.info('received end');
+        this.logger.debug('received end'); // after the core client re-initialization, the CLI kills the watcher process.
         this.onStreamDidEndEmitter.fire();
       })
       .on('error', (error) => {
-        this.logger.info('error received');
+        this.logger.debug('error received');
         if (ServiceError.isCancel(error)) {
-          this.logger.info('cancel error received!');
+          this.logger.debug('cancel error received!');
           this.onStreamDidCancelEmitter.fire();
         } else {
           this.logger.error(
@@ -181,14 +170,11 @@ export class BoardDiscovery
       });
     const wrapper = {
       stream,
-      uuid: v4(),
       dispose: () => {
-        this.logger.info('disposing requesting cancel');
-        // Cancelling the stream will kill the discovery `builtin:mdns-discovery process`.
-        // The client (this class) will receive a `{"eventType":"quit","error":""}` response from the CLI.
+        this.logger.debug('disposing requesting cancel');
         stream.cancel();
-        this.logger.info('disposing canceled');
-        this.wrapper = undefined;
+        this.logger.debug('disposing canceled');
+        this.duplex = undefined;
       },
     };
     this.toDisposeOnStopWatch.pushAll([
@@ -197,6 +183,16 @@ export class BoardDiscovery
         this.watching?.reject(new Error(`Stopping watcher.`));
         this.watching = undefined;
       }),
+      Disposable.create(() => {
+        const oldState = deepClone(this._state);
+        const boards = this.getAttachedBoards(oldState);
+        const ports = this.getAvailablePorts(oldState);
+        this._state = {};
+        this.notificationService.notifyAttachedBoardsDidChange({
+          newState: { boards: [], ports: [] },
+          oldState: { boards, ports },
+        });
+      }),
     ]);
     return wrapper;
   }
@@ -214,24 +210,24 @@ export class BoardDiscovery
   }
 
   async start(): Promise<void> {
-    this.logger.info('start');
+    this.logger.debug('start');
     if (this.stopping) {
-      this.logger.info('start is stopping wait');
+      this.logger.debug('start is stopping wait');
       await this.stopping.promise;
-      this.logger.info('start stopped');
+      this.logger.debug('start stopped');
     }
     if (this.watching) {
-      this.logger.info('start already watching');
+      this.logger.debug('start already watching');
       return this.watching.promise;
     }
     this.watching = new Deferred();
-    this.logger.info('start new deferred');
+    this.logger.debug('start new deferred');
     const { client, instance } = await this.coreClient;
-    const wrapper = await this.createWrapper(client);
+    const wrapper = await this.createDuplex(client);
     wrapper.stream.on('data', async (resp: BoardListWatchResponse) => {
-      this.logger.info('onData', this.toJson(resp));
+      this.logger.debug('onData', this.toJson(resp));
       if (resp.getEventType() === 'quit') {
-        this.logger.info('quit received');
+        this.logger.debug('quit received');
         this.stop();
         return;
       }
@@ -251,8 +247,8 @@ export class BoardDiscovery
           throw new Error(`Unexpected event type: '${resp.getEventType()}'`);
         }
 
-        const oldState = deepClone(this._availablePorts);
-        const newState = deepClone(this._availablePorts);
+        const oldState = deepClone(this._state);
+        const newState = deepClone(this._state);
 
         const address = (detectedPort as any).getPort().getAddress();
         const protocol = (detectedPort as any).getPort().getProtocol();
@@ -320,21 +316,21 @@ export class BoardDiscovery
           },
         };
 
-        this._availablePorts = newState;
+        this._state = newState;
         this.notificationService.notifyAttachedBoardsDidChange(event);
       }
     });
-    this.logger.info('start request start watch');
+    this.logger.debug('start request start watch');
     await this.requestStartWatch(
       new BoardListWatchRequest().setInstance(instance),
       wrapper.stream
     );
-    this.logger.info('start requested start watch');
+    this.logger.debug('start requested start watch');
     this.watching.resolve();
-    this.logger.info('start resolved watching');
+    this.logger.debug('start resolved watching');
   }
 
-  getAttachedBoards(state: AvailablePorts = this.availablePorts): Board[] {
+  getAttachedBoards(state: AvailablePorts = this.state): Board[] {
     const attachedBoards: Board[] = [];
     for (const portID of Object.keys(state)) {
       const [, boards] = state[portID];
@@ -343,7 +339,7 @@ export class BoardDiscovery
     return attachedBoards;
   }
 
-  getAvailablePorts(state: AvailablePorts = this.availablePorts): Port[] {
+  getAvailablePorts(state: AvailablePorts = this.state): Port[] {
     const availablePorts: Port[] = [];
     for (const portID of Object.keys(state)) {
       const [port] = state[portID];
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/boards-service-impl.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/boards-service-impl.ts
index 5f2e1e64e..3b084877a 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/boards-service-impl.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/boards-service-impl.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export class BoardsServiceImpl
   protected readonly boardDiscovery: BoardDiscovery;
 
   async getState(): Promise<AvailablePorts> {
-    return this.boardDiscovery.availablePorts;
+    return this.boardDiscovery.state;
   }
 
   async getAttachedBoards(): Promise<Board[]> {
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/core-client-provider.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/core-client-provider.ts
index 449f28ab5..58d7d0fec 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/core-client-provider.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/core-client-provider.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export class CoreClientProvider {
   private readonly onClientReady = this.onClientReadyEmitter.event;
   private readonly onClientDidRefreshEmitter =
     new Emitter<CoreClientProvider.Client>();
+  private readonly onClientWillRefreshEmitter = new Emitter<void>();
 
   @postConstruct()
   protected init(): void {
@@ -94,6 +95,10 @@ export class CoreClientProvider {
     return this.onClientDidRefreshEmitter.event;
   }
 
+  get onClientWillRefresh(): Event<void> {
+    return this.onClientWillRefreshEmitter.event;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Encapsulates both the gRPC core client creation (`CreateRequest`) and initialization (`InitRequest`).
    */
@@ -253,6 +258,7 @@ export class CoreClientProvider {
   private async refreshIndexes(): Promise<void> {
     const client = this._client;
     if (client) {
+      this.onClientWillRefreshEmitter.fire();
       const progressHandler = this.createProgressHandler();
       try {
         await this.updateIndexes(client, progressHandler);
@@ -415,6 +421,10 @@ export abstract class CoreClientAware {
   protected get onClientDidRefresh(): Event<CoreClientProvider.Client> {
     return this.coreClientProvider.onClientDidRefresh;
   }
+
+  protected get onClientWillRefresh(): Event<void> {
+    return this.coreClientProvider.onClientWillRefresh;
+  }
 }
 
 class IndexUpdateRequiredBeforeInitError extends Error {