diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 30ebd93f78..b20ce96b2e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@
     "node-pty": "^0.9.0",
     "npm": "^6.14.8",
     "openid-client": "^3.15.2",
+    "p-limit": "^3.1.0",
     "path-to-regexp": "^6.1.0",
     "proper-lockfile": "^4.1.1",
     "request": "^2.88.2",
diff --git a/src/main/cluster.ts b/src/main/cluster.ts
index 79e28fa9c4..b9ff62e8ac 100644
--- a/src/main/cluster.ts
+++ b/src/main/cluster.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ import { Kubectl } from "./kubectl";
 import { KubeconfigManager } from "./kubeconfig-manager";
 import { loadConfig } from "../common/kube-helpers";
 import request, { RequestPromiseOptions } from "request-promise-native";
-import { apiResources } from "../common/rbac";
+import { apiResources, KubeApiResource } from "../common/rbac";
 import logger from "./logger";
 import { VersionDetector } from "./cluster-detectors/version-detector";
 import { detectorRegistry } from "./cluster-detectors/detector-registry";
+import plimit from "p-limit";
 
 export enum ClusterStatus {
   AccessGranted = 2,
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel, ClusterState {
   protected kubeconfigManager: KubeconfigManager;
   protected eventDisposers: Function[] = [];
   protected activated = false;
+  private resourceAccessStatuses: Map<KubeApiResource, boolean> = new Map();
 
   whenInitialized = when(() => this.initialized);
   whenReady = when(() => this.ready);
@@ -379,6 +381,7 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel, ClusterState {
     this.accessible = false;
     this.ready = false;
     this.activated = false;
+    this.resourceAccessStatuses.clear();
     this.pushState();
   }
 
@@ -484,6 +487,8 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel, ClusterState {
 
       this.metadata.version = versionData.value;
 
+      this.failureReason = null;
+
       return ClusterStatus.AccessGranted;
     } catch (error) {
       logger.error(`Failed to connect cluster "${this.contextName}": ${error}`);
@@ -643,17 +648,30 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel, ClusterState {
       if (!this.allowedNamespaces.length) {
         return [];
       }
-      const resourceAccessStatuses = await Promise.all(
-        apiResources.map(apiResource => this.canI({
-          resource: apiResource.resource,
-          group: apiResource.group,
-          verb: "list",
-          namespace: this.allowedNamespaces[0]
-        }))
-      );
+      const resources = apiResources.filter((resource) => this.resourceAccessStatuses.get(resource) === undefined);
+      const apiLimit = plimit(5); // 5 concurrent api requests
+      const requests = [];
+
+      for (const apiResource of resources) {
+        requests.push(apiLimit(async () => {
+          for (const namespace of this.allowedNamespaces.slice(0, 10)) {
+            if (!this.resourceAccessStatuses.get(apiResource)) {
+              const result = await this.canI({
+                resource: apiResource.resource,
+                group: apiResource.group,
+                verb: "list",
+                namespace
+              });
+
+              this.resourceAccessStatuses.set(apiResource, result);
+            }
+          }
+        }));
+      }
+      await Promise.all(requests);
 
       return apiResources
-        .filter((resource, i) => resourceAccessStatuses[i])
+        .filter((resource) => this.resourceAccessStatuses.get(resource))
         .map(apiResource => apiResource.resource);
     } catch (error) {
       return [];
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index cbfe4a3ccd..aba182b040 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -11194,6 +11194,13 @@ p-limit@^2.0.0, p-limit@^2.2.0, p-limit@^2.3.0:
   dependencies:
     p-try "^2.0.0"
 
+p-limit@^3.1.0:
+  version "3.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-limit/-/p-limit-3.1.0.tgz#e1daccbe78d0d1388ca18c64fea38e3e57e3706b"
+  integrity sha512-TYOanM3wGwNGsZN2cVTYPArw454xnXj5qmWF1bEoAc4+cU/ol7GVh7odevjp1FNHduHc3KZMcFduxU5Xc6uJRQ==
+  dependencies:
+    yocto-queue "^0.1.0"
+
 p-locate@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-locate/-/p-locate-2.0.0.tgz#20a0103b222a70c8fd39cc2e580680f3dde5ec43"
@@ -15557,6 +15564,11 @@ yn@3.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yn/-/yn-3.1.1.tgz#1e87401a09d767c1d5eab26a6e4c185182d2eb50"
   integrity sha512-Ux4ygGWsu2c7isFWe8Yu1YluJmqVhxqK2cLXNQA5AcC3QfbGNpM7fu0Y8b/z16pXLnFxZYvWhd3fhBY9DLmC6Q==
 
+yocto-queue@^0.1.0:
+  version "0.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yocto-queue/-/yocto-queue-0.1.0.tgz#0294eb3dee05028d31ee1a5fa2c556a6aaf10a1b"
+  integrity sha512-rVksvsnNCdJ/ohGc6xgPwyN8eheCxsiLM8mxuE/t/mOVqJewPuO1miLpTHQiRgTKCLexL4MeAFVagts7HmNZ2Q==
+
 zip-stream@^1.2.0:
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/zip-stream/-/zip-stream-1.2.0.tgz#a8bc45f4c1b49699c6b90198baacaacdbcd4ba04"