diff --git a/extension/src/languageServer/languageServer.ts b/extension/src/languageServer/languageServer.ts
index 8aab6e7ef..a9077be82 100644
--- a/extension/src/languageServer/languageServer.ts
+++ b/extension/src/languageServer/languageServer.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ function getGradleSettings(): unknown {
 async function syncSingleProject(project: GradleProject): Promise<void> {
     if (isLanguageServerStarted) {
         const projectPath = vscode.Uri.file(project.getProjectpath()).fsPath;
-        await vscode.commands.executeCommand("gradle.setPlugins", project.getProjectpath(), project.getPluginsList());
         const closures = project.getPluginclosuresList().map((value) => {
             const JSONMethod = value.getMethodsList().map((method) => {
                 return {
@@ -117,20 +116,21 @@ async function syncSingleProject(project: GradleProject): Promise<void> {
                 fields: JSONField,
             };
         });
-        await vscode.commands.executeCommand("gradle.setClosures", projectPath, closures);
-        await vscode.commands.executeCommand(
-            "gradle.setScriptClasspaths",
-            projectPath,
-            project.getScriptclasspathsList()
-        );
+        await Promise.all([
+            vscode.commands.executeCommand("gradle.setPlugins", project.getProjectpath(), project.getPluginsList()),
+            vscode.commands.executeCommand("gradle.setClosures", projectPath, closures),
+            vscode.commands.executeCommand(
+                "gradle.setScriptClasspaths",
+                projectPath,
+                project.getScriptclasspathsList()
+            ),
+        ]);
     }
 }
 
 async function syncProject(project: GradleProject): Promise<void> {
     await syncSingleProject(project);
-    for (const subProject of project.getProjectsList()) {
-        await syncProject(subProject);
-    }
+    await Promise.all(project.getProjectsList().map((subProject) => syncProject(subProject)));
 }
 
 export async function syncGradleBuild(gradleBuild: GradleBuild): Promise<void> {
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ export async function syncGradleBuild(gradleBuild: GradleBuild): Promise<void> {
     if (rootProject && rootProject.getIsRoot()) {
         try {
             await syncProject(rootProject);
+            await vscode.commands.executeCommand("gradle.recompile");
         } catch (e) {
             // Log but don't propagate - sync failures should not block task discovery
             const message = e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e);
@@ -160,11 +161,9 @@ async function handleLanguageServerStart(
                 return;
             }
             // when language server starts, it knows nothing about the project
-            // here to asynchronously sync the project content (plugins, closures) with language server
-            const gradleBuild = await contentProvider.getGradleBuild(rootProject);
-            if (gradleBuild) {
-                await syncGradleBuild(gradleBuild);
-            }
+            // getGradleBuild internally calls syncGradleBuild to sync plugins, closures
+            // and classpaths with the language server on first fetch
+            await contentProvider.getGradleBuild(rootProject);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/gradle-language-server/src/main/java/com/microsoft/gradle/GradleServices.java b/gradle-language-server/src/main/java/com/microsoft/gradle/GradleServices.java
index b2b623dc0..625ca2d8c 100644
--- a/gradle-language-server/src/main/java/com/microsoft/gradle/GradleServices.java
+++ b/gradle-language-server/src/main/java/com/microsoft/gradle/GradleServices.java
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@
 public class GradleServices implements TextDocumentService, WorkspaceService, LanguageClientAware {
 
 	public static final List<String> supportedCommands = Arrays.asList("gradle.getDependencies",
-			"gradle.distributionChanged", "gradle.setPlugins", "gradle.setClosures", "gradle.setScriptClasspaths");
+			"gradle.distributionChanged", "gradle.setPlugins", "gradle.setClosures", "gradle.setScriptClasspaths",
+			"gradle.recompile");
 
 	private LanguageClient client;
 	private GradleFilesManager gradleFilesManager;
@@ -376,6 +377,7 @@ public CompletableFuture<Object> executeCommand(ExecuteCommandParams params) {
 			String projectPath = new Gson().fromJson((JsonElement) arguments.get(0), String.class);
 			String[] scriptClasspaths = new Gson().fromJson((JsonElement) arguments.get(1), String[].class);
 			this.gradleFilesManager.setScriptClasspaths(projectPath, Arrays.asList(scriptClasspaths));
+		} else if (command.equals("gradle.recompile")) {
 			this.recompileAll();
 		}
 		return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);