diff --git a/src/client/activation/progress.ts b/src/client/activation/progress.ts
index cbef24abc39c..523e8800b3fe 100644
--- a/src/client/activation/progress.ts
+++ b/src/client/activation/progress.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export class ProgressReporting {
     });
 
     this.languageClient.onNotification('python/beginProgress', async _ => {
-      if (this.progressDeferred) {
+      if (this.progressDeferred) { // if we restarted, no worries as reporting will still funnel to the same place.
         return;
       }
 
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ export class ProgressReporting {
         this.completeAnalysisTracking(true);
       }
     });
+
+    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-suspicious-comment
+    // TODO: (from https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/pull/2597#discussion_r217892043)
+    // For #2297 (while most of the problem is not here, restart is rare) you need
+    // to track 'stateChange' on the language client. When it gets to 'stopped' LS has terminated
   }
 
   private completeAnalysisTracking(success: boolean): void {