diff --git a/utils/package-lock.json b/utils/package-lock.json
index 5ae92f0623..8ecfa183ba 100644
--- a/utils/package-lock.json
+++ b/utils/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
     "name": "@microsoft/vscode-azext-utils",
-    "version": "2.6.2",
+    "version": "2.6.3",
     "lockfileVersion": 3,
     "requires": true,
     "packages": {
         "": {
             "name": "@microsoft/vscode-azext-utils",
-            "version": "2.6.2",
+            "version": "2.6.3",
             "license": "MIT",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@microsoft/vscode-azureresources-api": "^2.3.1",
diff --git a/utils/package.json b/utils/package.json
index 0211ae7eeb..a33314cdd3 100644
--- a/utils/package.json
+++ b/utils/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "@microsoft/vscode-azext-utils",
     "author": "Microsoft Corporation",
-    "version": "2.6.2",
+    "version": "2.6.3",
     "description": "Common UI tools for developing Azure extensions for VS Code",
     "tags": [
         "azure",
diff --git a/utils/src/pickTreeItem/quickPickAzureResource/QuickPickAzureResourceStep.ts b/utils/src/pickTreeItem/quickPickAzureResource/QuickPickAzureResourceStep.ts
index 2ba0e2a49e..6fe50541e8 100644
--- a/utils/src/pickTreeItem/quickPickAzureResource/QuickPickAzureResourceStep.ts
+++ b/utils/src/pickTreeItem/quickPickAzureResource/QuickPickAzureResourceStep.ts
@@ -26,11 +26,16 @@ export class QuickPickAzureResourceStep extends GenericQuickPickStep<AzureResour
         // TODO
         wizardContext.resource = pickedAzureResource.resource;
         wizardContext.resourceGroup = pickedAzureResource.resource.resourceGroup;
-        wizardContext.resourceId = pickedAzureResource.resource.id;
-        wizardContext.subscriptionId = pickedAzureResource.resource.subscription.subscriptionId;
 
-        wizardContext.telemetry.properties.subscriptionId = pickedAzureResource.resource.subscription.subscriptionId;
-        wizardContext.telemetry.properties.resourceId = pickedAzureResource.resource.id;
+        try {
+            // it's possible that if subscription is not set on AzExtTreeItems, an error is thrown
+            // see https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-azuretools/blob/cc1feb3a819dd503eb59ebcc1a70051d4e9a3432/utils/src/tree/AzExtTreeItem.ts#L154
+            wizardContext.telemetry.properties.subscriptionId = pickedAzureResource.resource.subscription.subscriptionId;
+            wizardContext.telemetry.properties.resourceId = pickedAzureResource.resource.id;
+        } catch (e) {
+            // we don't want to block execution just because we can't set the telemetry property
+            // see https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-azureresourcegroups/issues/1081
+        }
 
         return pickedAzureResource;
     }
diff --git a/utils/src/pickTreeItem/quickPickAzureResource/QuickPickAzureSubscriptionStep.ts b/utils/src/pickTreeItem/quickPickAzureResource/QuickPickAzureSubscriptionStep.ts
index 6d22dc1013..7e2150ebef 100644
--- a/utils/src/pickTreeItem/quickPickAzureResource/QuickPickAzureSubscriptionStep.ts
+++ b/utils/src/pickTreeItem/quickPickAzureResource/QuickPickAzureSubscriptionStep.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,14 @@ export class QuickPickAzureSubscriptionStep extends GenericQuickPickStepWithComm
         // TODO
         wizardContext.subscription = pickedSubscription.subscription;
 
-        wizardContext.telemetry.properties.subscriptionId = pickedSubscription.subscription.subscriptionId;
+        try {
+            // it's possible that if subscription is not set on AzExtTreeItems, an error is thrown
+            // see https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-azuretools/blob/cc1feb3a819dd503eb59ebcc1a70051d4e9a3432/utils/src/tree/AzExtTreeItem.ts#L154
+            wizardContext.telemetry.properties.subscriptionId = pickedSubscription.subscription.subscriptionId;
+        } catch (e) {
+            // we don't want to block execution just because we can't set the telemetry property
+            // see https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-azureresourcegroups/issues/1081
+        }
 
         return pickedSubscription;
     }
diff --git a/utils/src/registerCommand.ts b/utils/src/registerCommand.ts
index 9825e1047a..0af2bc21d6 100644
--- a/utils/src/registerCommand.ts
+++ b/utils/src/registerCommand.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { ext } from './extensionVariables';
 import { addTreeItemValuesToMask } from './tree/addTreeItemValuesToMask';
 import { AzExtTreeItem } from './tree/AzExtTreeItem';
 import { unwrapArgs } from '@microsoft/vscode-azureresources-api';
+import { parseError } from './parseError';
 
 function isTreeElementBase(object?: unknown): object is types.TreeElementBase {
     return typeof object === 'object' && object !== null && 'getTreeItem' in object;
@@ -41,7 +42,14 @@ export function registerCommand(commandId: string, callback: (context: types.IAc
             telemetryId || commandId,
             async (context: types.IActionContext) => {
                 if (args.length > 0) {
-                    await setTelemetryProperties(context, args);
+                    try {
+                        await setTelemetryProperties(context, args);
+                    } catch (e: unknown) {
+                        const error = parseError(e);
+                        // if we fail to set telemetry properties, we don't want to throw an error and prevent the command from executing
+                        ext.outputChannel.appendLine(`registerCommand: Failed to set telemetry properties: ${e}`);
+                        context.telemetry.properties.telemetryError = error.message;
+                    }
                 }
 
                 return callback(context, ...args);
@@ -77,8 +85,15 @@ async function setTelemetryProperties(context: types.IActionContext, args: unkno
     // handles items from v1 extensions
     for (const arg of args) {
         if (arg instanceof AzExtTreeItem) {
-            context.telemetry.properties.resourceId = arg.id;
-            context.telemetry.properties.subscriptionId = arg.subscription.subscriptionId;
+            try {
+                context.telemetry.properties.resourceId = arg.id;
+                // it's possible that if subscription is not set on AzExtTreeItems, an error is thrown
+                // see https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-azuretools/blob/cc1feb3a819dd503eb59ebcc1a70051d4e9a3432/utils/src/tree/AzExtTreeItem.ts#L154
+                context.telemetry.properties.subscriptionId = arg.subscription.subscriptionId;
+            } catch (e) {
+                // we don't want to block execution of the command just because we can't set the telemetry properties
+                // see https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-azureresourcegroups/issues/1080
+            }
             addTreeItemValuesToMask(context, arg, 'command');
         }
     }