diff --git a/src/Aspire.Dashboard/Model/IDashboardViewModelService.cs b/src/Aspire.Dashboard/Model/IDashboardViewModelService.cs
index 59bd17ee74..60e31de2d7 100644
--- a/src/Aspire.Dashboard/Model/IDashboardViewModelService.cs
+++ b/src/Aspire.Dashboard/Model/IDashboardViewModelService.cs
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ public interface IDashboardViewModelService
 {
     string ApplicationName { get; }
 
-    ViewModelMonitor<ResourceViewModel> GetResources();
+    ViewModelMonitor GetResources();
 }
 
-public record ViewModelMonitor<TViewModel>(List<TViewModel> Snapshot, IAsyncEnumerable<ResourceChanged<TViewModel>> Watch)
-    where TViewModel : ResourceViewModel;
+public record ViewModelMonitor(
+    List<ResourceViewModel> Snapshot,
+    IAsyncEnumerable<ResourceChange> Watch);
diff --git a/src/Aspire.Dashboard/Model/ResourceChanged.cs b/src/Aspire.Dashboard/Model/ResourceChange.cs
similarity index 61%
rename from src/Aspire.Dashboard/Model/ResourceChanged.cs
rename to src/Aspire.Dashboard/Model/ResourceChange.cs
index ccbe968b6e..afbd140fc7 100644
--- a/src/Aspire.Dashboard/Model/ResourceChanged.cs
+++ b/src/Aspire.Dashboard/Model/ResourceChange.cs
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@
 
 namespace Aspire.Dashboard.Model;
 
-public sealed record ResourceChanged<T>(ObjectChangeType ObjectChangeType, T Resource)
-    where T : class;
+public sealed record ResourceChange(ObjectChangeType ObjectChangeType, ResourceViewModel Resource);
diff --git a/src/Aspire.Dashboard/Resources/ControlsStrings.Designer.cs b/src/Aspire.Dashboard/Resources/ControlsStrings.Designer.cs
index ba10f08212..e81a6ee553 100644
--- a/src/Aspire.Dashboard/Resources/ControlsStrings.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/Aspire.Dashboard/Resources/ControlsStrings.Designer.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // <auto-generated>
 //     This code was generated by a tool.
+//     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.42000
 //
 //     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
 //     the code is regenerated.
diff --git a/src/Aspire.Hosting/Dashboard/DashboardViewModelService.cs b/src/Aspire.Hosting/Dashboard/DashboardViewModelService.cs
index 420b50ad1b..cada70b84c 100644
--- a/src/Aspire.Hosting/Dashboard/DashboardViewModelService.cs
+++ b/src/Aspire.Hosting/Dashboard/DashboardViewModelService.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ internal sealed partial class DashboardViewModelService : IDashboardViewModelSer
     private readonly CancellationTokenSource _cancellationTokenSource = new();
     private readonly CancellationToken _cancellationToken;
 
+    // Private channels, for decoupling producer/consumer and serialising updates.
     private readonly Channel<(WatchEventType, string, CustomResource?)> _kubernetesChangesChannel;
+    private readonly Channel<ResourceChange> _resourceViewModelChangesChannel;
+
     private readonly Dictionary<string, Container> _containersMap = [];
     private readonly Dictionary<string, Executable> _executablesMap = [];
     private readonly Dictionary<string, Service> _servicesMap = [];
@@ -40,9 +43,7 @@ internal sealed partial class DashboardViewModelService : IDashboardViewModelSer
     private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, List<EnvVar>> _additionalEnvVarsMap = [];
     private readonly HashSet<string> _containersWithTaskStarted = [];
 
-    private readonly Channel<ResourceChanged<ResourceViewModel>> _resourceViewModelChangesChannel;
-
-    private readonly ViewModelProcessor<ResourceViewModel> _resourceViewModelProcessor;
+    private readonly ViewModelProcessor _resourceViewModelProcessor;
 
     public DashboardViewModelService(
         DistributedApplicationModel applicationModel, KubernetesService kubernetesService, IHostEnvironment hostEnvironment, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
@@ -52,23 +53,23 @@ public DashboardViewModelService(
         _applicationName = ComputeApplicationName(hostEnvironment.ApplicationName);
         _logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<DashboardViewModelService>();
         _cancellationToken = _cancellationTokenSource.Token;
+
         _kubernetesChangesChannel = Channel.CreateUnbounded<(WatchEventType, string, CustomResource?)>();
+        _resourceViewModelChangesChannel = Channel.CreateUnbounded<ResourceChange>();
 
         RunWatchTask<Executable>();
         RunWatchTask<Service>();
         RunWatchTask<Endpoint>();
         RunWatchTask<Container>();
 
-        _resourceViewModelChangesChannel = Channel.CreateUnbounded<ResourceChanged<ResourceViewModel>>();
-
         Task.Run(ProcessKubernetesChanges);
 
-        _resourceViewModelProcessor = new ViewModelProcessor<ResourceViewModel>(_resourceViewModelChangesChannel, _cancellationToken);
+        _resourceViewModelProcessor = new ViewModelProcessor(_resourceViewModelChangesChannel, _cancellationToken);
     }
 
     public string ApplicationName => _applicationName;
 
-    public ViewModelMonitor<ResourceViewModel> GetResources() => _resourceViewModelProcessor.GetResourceMonitor();
+    public ViewModelMonitor GetResources() => _resourceViewModelProcessor.GetMonitor();
 
     private void RunWatchTask<T>()
             where T : CustomResource
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ private async Task ProcessServiceChange(WatchEventType watchEventType, Service s
     private async Task WriteChange(ResourceViewModel resourceViewModel, ObjectChangeType changeType = ObjectChangeType.Modified)
     {
         await _resourceViewModelChangesChannel.Writer.WriteAsync(
-            new ResourceChanged<ResourceViewModel>(changeType, resourceViewModel), _cancellationToken)
+            new ResourceChange(changeType, resourceViewModel), _cancellationToken)
             .ConfigureAwait(false);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Aspire.Hosting/Dashboard/ViewModelProcessor.cs b/src/Aspire.Hosting/Dashboard/ViewModelProcessor.cs
index c3481b5ccc..7affca9aa7 100644
--- a/src/Aspire.Hosting/Dashboard/ViewModelProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/Aspire.Hosting/Dashboard/ViewModelProcessor.cs
@@ -6,36 +6,36 @@
 
 namespace Aspire.Hosting.Dashboard;
 
-internal sealed class ViewModelProcessor<TViewModel>
-    where TViewModel : ResourceViewModel
+internal sealed class ViewModelProcessor
 {
     private readonly object _syncLock = new();
-    private readonly Channel<ResourceChanged<TViewModel>> _incomingChannel;
+    private readonly Channel<ResourceChange> _incomingChannel;
     private readonly CancellationToken _cancellationToken;
-    private readonly Dictionary<string, TViewModel> _snapshot = [];
-    private readonly List<Channel<ResourceChanged<TViewModel>>> _subscribedChannels = [];
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, ResourceViewModel> _snapshot = [];
+    private readonly List<Channel<ResourceChange>> _subscribedChannels = [];
 
-    public ViewModelProcessor(Channel<ResourceChanged<TViewModel>> incomingChannel, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    public ViewModelProcessor(Channel<ResourceChange> incomingChannel, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         _incomingChannel = incomingChannel;
         _cancellationToken = cancellationToken;
+
         Task.Run(ProcessChanges, cancellationToken);
     }
 
-    public ViewModelMonitor<TViewModel> GetResourceMonitor()
+    public ViewModelMonitor GetMonitor()
     {
         lock (_syncLock)
         {
-            var snapshot = _snapshot.Values.ToList();
-            var channel = Channel.CreateUnbounded<ResourceChanged<TViewModel>>();
+            var channel = Channel.CreateUnbounded<ResourceChange>();
             _subscribedChannels.Add(channel);
-            var enumerable = new ChangeEnumerable(channel, RemoveChannel);
 
-            return new ViewModelMonitor<TViewModel>(snapshot, enumerable);
+            return new ViewModelMonitor(
+                Snapshot: _snapshot.Values.ToList(),
+                Watch: new ChangeEnumerable(channel, RemoveChannel));
         }
     }
 
-    private void RemoveChannel(Channel<ResourceChanged<TViewModel>> channel)
+    private void RemoveChannel(Channel<ResourceChange> channel)
     {
         lock (_syncLock)
         {
@@ -43,31 +43,31 @@ private void RemoveChannel(Channel<ResourceChanged<TViewModel>> channel)
         }
     }
 
-    private sealed class ChangeEnumerable : IAsyncEnumerable<ResourceChanged<TViewModel>>
+    private sealed class ChangeEnumerable : IAsyncEnumerable<ResourceChange>
     {
-        private readonly Channel<ResourceChanged<TViewModel>> _channel;
-        private readonly Action<Channel<ResourceChanged<TViewModel>>> _disposeAction;
+        private readonly Channel<ResourceChange> _channel;
+        private readonly Action<Channel<ResourceChange>> _disposeAction;
 
-        public ChangeEnumerable(Channel<ResourceChanged<TViewModel>> channel, Action<Channel<ResourceChanged<TViewModel>>> disposeAction)
+        public ChangeEnumerable(Channel<ResourceChange> channel, Action<Channel<ResourceChange>> disposeAction)
         {
             _channel = channel;
             _disposeAction = disposeAction;
         }
 
-        public IAsyncEnumerator<ResourceChanged<TViewModel>> GetAsyncEnumerator(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        public IAsyncEnumerator<ResourceChange> GetAsyncEnumerator(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             return new ChangeEnumerator(_channel, _disposeAction, cancellationToken);
         }
     }
 
-    private sealed class ChangeEnumerator : IAsyncEnumerator<ResourceChanged<TViewModel>>
+    private sealed class ChangeEnumerator : IAsyncEnumerator<ResourceChange>
     {
-        private readonly Channel<ResourceChanged<TViewModel>> _channel;
-        private readonly Action<Channel<ResourceChanged<TViewModel>>> _disposeAction;
+        private readonly Channel<ResourceChange> _channel;
+        private readonly Action<Channel<ResourceChange>> _disposeAction;
         private readonly CancellationToken _cancellationToken;
 
         public ChangeEnumerator(
-            Channel<ResourceChanged<TViewModel>> channel, Action<Channel<ResourceChanged<TViewModel>>> disposeAction, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+            Channel<ResourceChange> channel, Action<Channel<ResourceChange>> disposeAction, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             _channel = channel;
             _disposeAction = disposeAction;
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public ChangeEnumerator(
             Current = default!;
         }
 
-        public ResourceChanged<TViewModel> Current { get; private set; }
+        public ResourceChange Current { get; private set; }
 
         public ValueTask DisposeAsync()
         {
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ private async Task ProcessChanges()
     {
         await foreach (var change in _incomingChannel.Reader.ReadAllAsync(_cancellationToken))
         {
-            List<Channel<ResourceChanged<TViewModel>>> outgoingChannels;
+            List<Channel<ResourceChange>> outgoingChannels;
             lock (_syncLock)
             {
                 var resource = change.Resource;