diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/sessionSync/browser/sessionSync.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/sessionSync/browser/sessionSync.contribution.ts
index 3c102115db848..d14c6922b0d80 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/sessionSync/browser/sessionSync.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/sessionSync/browser/sessionSync.contribution.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export class SessionSyncContribution extends Disposable implements IWorkbenchCon
 				if (uri === undefined) { return; }
 
 				// Run the store action to get back a ref
-				const ref = await that.storeEditSession();
+				const ref = await that.storeEditSession(false);
 
 				// Append the ref to the URI
 				if (ref !== undefined) {
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ export class SessionSyncContribution extends Disposable implements IWorkbenchCon
 				await that.progressService.withProgress({
 					location: ProgressLocation.Notification,
 					title: localize('storing edit session', 'Storing edit session...')
-				}, async () => await that.storeEditSession());
+				}, async () => await that.storeEditSession(true));
 			}
 		}));
 	}
@@ -293,8 +293,9 @@ export class SessionSyncContribution extends Disposable implements IWorkbenchCon
 		}
 	}
 
-	async storeEditSession(): Promise<string | undefined> {
+	async storeEditSession(fromStoreCommand: boolean): Promise<string | undefined> {
 		const folders: Folder[] = [];
+		let hasEdits = false;
 
 		for (const repository of this.scmService.repositories) {
 			// Look through all resource groups and compute which files were added/modified/deleted
@@ -321,6 +322,8 @@ export class SessionSyncContribution extends Disposable implements IWorkbenchCon
 					}
 				} catch { }
 
+				hasEdits = true;
+
 				if (await this.fileService.exists(uri)) {
 					workingChanges.push({ type: ChangeType.Addition, fileType: FileType.File, contents: (await this.fileService.readFile(uri)).value.toString(), relativeFilePath: relativeFilePath });
 				} else {
@@ -332,6 +335,14 @@ export class SessionSyncContribution extends Disposable implements IWorkbenchCon
 			folders.push({ workingChanges, name: name ?? '' });
 		}
 
+		if (!hasEdits) {
+			this.logService.info('Edit Sessions: Skipping storing edit session as there are no edits to store.');
+			if (fromStoreCommand) {
+				this.notificationService.info(localize('no edits to store', 'Skipped storing edit session as there are no edits to store.'));
+			}
+			return undefined;
+		}
+
 		const data: EditSession = { folders, version: 1 };
 
 		try {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/sessionSync/test/browser/sessionSync.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/sessionSync/test/browser/sessionSync.test.ts
index cdb412c50607c..5c29394116b6c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/sessionSync/test/browser/sessionSync.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/sessionSync/test/browser/sessionSync.test.ts
@@ -36,10 +36,13 @@ suite('Edit session sync', () => {
 	let instantiationService: TestInstantiationService;
 	let sessionSyncContribution: SessionSyncContribution;
 	let fileService: FileService;
+	let sandbox: sinon.SinonSandbox;
 
 	const disposables = new DisposableStore();
 
-	setup(() => {
+	suiteSetup(() => {
+		sandbox = sinon.createSandbox();
+
 		instantiationService = new TestInstantiationService();
 
 		// Set up filesystem
@@ -71,6 +74,9 @@ suite('Edit session sync', () => {
 			}
 		});
 
+		// Stub repositories
+		instantiationService.stub(ISCMService, '_repositories', new Map());
+
 		sessionSyncContribution = instantiationService.createInstance(SessionSyncContribution);
 	});
 
@@ -100,13 +106,9 @@ suite('Edit session sync', () => {
 		};
 
 		// Stub sync service to return edit session data
-		const sandbox = sinon.createSandbox();
 		const readStub = sandbox.stub().returns({ editSession, ref: '0' });
 		instantiationService.stub(ISessionSyncWorkbenchService, 'read', readStub);
 
-		// Stub repositories
-		instantiationService.stub(ISCMService, '_repositories', new Map());
-
 		// Create root folder
 		await fileService.createFolder(folderUri);
 
@@ -116,4 +118,17 @@ suite('Edit session sync', () => {
 		// Verify edit session was correctly applied
 		assert.equal((await fileService.readFile(fileUri)).value.toString(), fileContents);
 	});
+
+	test('Edit session not stored if there are no edits', async function () {
+		const writeStub = sandbox.stub();
+		instantiationService.stub(ISessionSyncWorkbenchService, 'write', writeStub);
+
+		// Create root folder
+		await fileService.createFolder(folderUri);
+
+		await sessionSyncContribution.storeEditSession(true);
+
+		// Verify that we did not attempt to write the edit session
+		assert.equal(writeStub.called, false);
+	});
 });