diff --git a/packages/core/src/browser/progress-bar.ts b/packages/core/src/browser/progress-bar.ts
index 0cffded0959ae..7e5ca92b71238 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/browser/progress-bar.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/browser/progress-bar.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
  ********************************************************************************/
 
-import { ProgressLocationEvent } from './progress-location-service';
+import { LocationProgress } from './progress-location-service';
 import { DisposableCollection, Disposable } from '../common';
 import { Event } from '../common/event';
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export class ProgressBar implements Disposable {
 
     protected progressBar: HTMLDivElement;
 
-    constructor(protected options: ProgressBar.Options, onProgress: Event<ProgressLocationEvent>) {
+    constructor(protected options: ProgressBar.Options, onProgress: Event<LocationProgress>) {
         this.progressBar = document.createElement('div');
         this.progressBar.className = 'theia-progress-bar';
         this.progressBar.style.display = 'none';
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class ProgressBar implements Disposable {
         ]);
     }
 
-    protected onProgress(event: ProgressLocationEvent): void {
+    protected onProgress(event: LocationProgress): void {
         if (this.toDispose.disposed) {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/browser/progress-location-service.spec.ts b/packages/core/src/browser/progress-location-service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a99edd2f5dcef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/browser/progress-location-service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/********************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 TypeFox and others.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0.
+ *
+ * This Source Code may also be made available under the following Secondary
+ * Licenses when the conditions for such availability set forth in the Eclipse
+ * Public License v. 2.0 are satisfied: GNU General Public License, version 2
+ * with the GNU Classpath Exception which is available at
+ * https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
+ ********************************************************************************/
+
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import { ProgressLocationService } from './progress-location-service';
+import { CancellationTokenSource } from '../common';
+
+describe.only('progress-location-service', () => {
+
+    const EXP = 'exp';
+    const SCM = 'scm';
+    const FOO = 'foo';
+
+    it.only('done event should be fired for multiple progress locations – bug #7311', async () => {
+        const eventLog = new Array<string>();
+        const logEvent = (location: string, show: boolean) => eventLog.push(`${location} show: ${show}`);
+
+        const service = new ProgressLocationService();
+
+        [EXP, SCM, FOO].map(location => {
+            service.onProgress(location)(e => logEvent(location, e.show));
+            const progressToken = new CancellationTokenSource();
+            service.showProgress(`progress-${location}-${Date.now()}`, { text: '', options: { location } }, progressToken.token);
+            return progressToken;
+        }).forEach(t => t.cancel());
+
+        expect(eventLog.join('\n')).eq(`
+exp show: true
+scm show: true
+foo show: true
+exp show: false
+scm show: false
+foo show: false
+        `.trim());
+    });
+
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/browser/progress-location-service.ts b/packages/core/src/browser/progress-location-service.ts
index 1b1fc3441a9dc..405c873ec0ac0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/browser/progress-location-service.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/browser/progress-location-service.ts
@@ -20,24 +20,26 @@ import { ProgressClient } from '../common/progress-service-protocol';
 import { ProgressMessage, ProgressUpdate } from '../common/message-service-protocol';
 import { Deferred } from '../common/promise-util';
 import { Event, Emitter } from '../common/event';
-import throttle = require('lodash.throttle');
 
-export interface ProgressLocationEvent {
-    message?: string;
+export interface LocationProgress {
     show: boolean;
 }
 
 @injectable()
 export class ProgressLocationService implements ProgressClient {
 
-    protected emitters = new Map<string, Emitter<ProgressLocationEvent>[]>();
+    protected emitters = new Map<string, Emitter<LocationProgress>[]>();
+    protected lastEvents = new Map<string, LocationProgress>();
 
-    onProgress(locationId: string): Event<ProgressLocationEvent> {
+    getProgress(locationId: string): LocationProgress | undefined {
+        return this.lastEvents.get(locationId);
+    }
+    onProgress(locationId: string): Event<LocationProgress> {
         const emitter = this.addEmitter(locationId);
         return emitter.event;
     }
-    protected addEmitter(locationId: string): Emitter<ProgressLocationEvent> {
-        const emitter = new Emitter<ProgressLocationEvent>();
+    protected addEmitter(locationId: string): Emitter<LocationProgress> {
+        const emitter = new Emitter<LocationProgress>();
         const list = this.emitters.get(locationId) || [];
         list.push(emitter);
         this.emitters.set(locationId, list);
@@ -67,13 +69,21 @@ export class ProgressLocationService implements ProgressClient {
         const show = !!progressSet.size;
         this.fireEvent(locationId, show);
     }
-    protected readonly fireEvent = throttle((locationId: string, show: boolean) => {
+    protected fireEvent(locationId: string, show: boolean): void {
+        const lastEvent = this.lastEvents.get(locationId);
+        const shouldFire = !lastEvent || lastEvent.show !== show;
+        if (shouldFire) {
+            this.lastEvents.set(locationId, { show });
+            this.getOrCreateEmitters(locationId).forEach(e => e.fire({ show }));
+        }
+    }
+    protected getOrCreateEmitters(locationId: string): Emitter<LocationProgress>[] {
         let emitters = this.emitters.get(locationId);
         if (!emitters) {
-            emitters = [ this.addEmitter(locationId) ];
+            emitters = [this.addEmitter(locationId)];
         }
-        emitters.forEach(e => e.fire({ show }));
-    }, 250);
+        return emitters;
+    }
 
     protected getLocationId(message: ProgressMessage): string {
         return message.options && message.options.location || 'unknownLocation';