diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/contrib/coreActions.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/contrib/coreActions.ts
index 9705204ab05..6e8611e59ec 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/contrib/coreActions.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/contrib/coreActions.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { ServicesAccessor } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/instantiation
 import { KeybindingWeight } from 'vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybindingsRegistry';
 import { IQuickInputService, IQuickPickItem, QuickPickInput } from 'vs/platform/quickinput/common/quickInput';
 import { CATEGORIES } from 'vs/workbench/common/actions';
-import { BaseCellRenderTemplate, CellEditState, CellFocusMode, EXECUTE_CELL_COMMAND_ID, EXPAND_CELL_CONTENT_COMMAND_ID, IActiveNotebookEditor, ICellViewModel, INotebookEditor, NOTEBOOK_CELL_EDITABLE, NOTEBOOK_CELL_EDITOR_FOCUSED, NOTEBOOK_CELL_HAS_OUTPUTS, NOTEBOOK_CELL_INPUT_COLLAPSED, NOTEBOOK_CELL_LIST_FOCUSED, NOTEBOOK_CELL_MARKDOWN_EDIT_MODE, NOTEBOOK_CELL_OUTPUT_COLLAPSED, NOTEBOOK_CELL_TYPE, NOTEBOOK_EDITOR_EDITABLE, NOTEBOOK_EDITOR_EXECUTING_NOTEBOOK, NOTEBOOK_EDITOR_FOCUSED, NOTEBOOK_EDITOR_RUNNABLE, NOTEBOOK_IS_ACTIVE_EDITOR, NOTEBOOK_OUTPUT_FOCUSED } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebookBrowser';
+import { BaseCellRenderTemplate, CellEditState, CellFocusMode, EXECUTE_CELL_COMMAND_ID, EXPAND_CELL_CONTENT_COMMAND_ID, IActiveNotebookEditor, ICellViewModel, INotebookEditor, NOTEBOOK_CELL_EDITABLE, NOTEBOOK_CELL_EDITOR_FOCUSED, NOTEBOOK_CELL_HAS_OUTPUTS, NOTEBOOK_CELL_INPUT_COLLAPSED, NOTEBOOK_CELL_LIST_FOCUSED, NOTEBOOK_CELL_MARKDOWN_EDIT_MODE, NOTEBOOK_CELL_OUTPUT_COLLAPSED, NOTEBOOK_CELL_TYPE, NOTEBOOK_EDITOR_EDITABLE, NOTEBOOK_EDITOR_EXECUTING_NOTEBOOK, NOTEBOOK_EDITOR_FOCUSED, NOTEBOOK_EDITOR_RUNNABLE, NOTEBOOK_IS_ACTIVE_EDITOR, NOTEBOOK_KERNEL_COUNT, NOTEBOOK_OUTPUT_FOCUSED } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebookBrowser';
 import { CellViewModel } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/viewModel/notebookViewModel';
 import { CellEditType, CellKind, ICellEditOperation, ICellRange, INotebookDocumentFilter, isDocumentExcludePattern, NotebookCellMetadata, NotebookCellRunState, NOTEBOOK_EDITOR_CURSOR_BEGIN_END, NOTEBOOK_EDITOR_CURSOR_BOUNDARY, TransientMetadata } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/common/notebookCommon';
 import { INotebookService } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/common/notebookService';
@@ -228,10 +228,11 @@ export function getWidgetFromUri(accessor: ServicesAccessor, uri: URI) {
 	return undefined;
 }
 
-registerAction2(class extends NotebookCellAction<ICellRange> {
+registerAction2(class ExecuteCell extends NotebookCellAction<ICellRange> {
 	constructor() {
 		super({
 			id: EXECUTE_CELL_COMMAND_ID,
+			precondition: ContextKeyExpr.greater(NOTEBOOK_KERNEL_COUNT.key, 0),
 			title: localize('notebookActions.execute', "Execute Cell"),
 			keybinding: {
 				when: NOTEBOOK_CELL_LIST_FOCUSED,
@@ -312,7 +313,7 @@ registerAction2(class extends NotebookCellAction<ICellRange> {
 	}
 });
 
-registerAction2(class extends NotebookCellAction<ICellRange> {
+registerAction2(class StopExecuteCell extends NotebookCellAction<ICellRange> {
 	constructor() {
 		super({
 			id: CANCEL_CELL_COMMAND_ID,
@@ -442,10 +443,11 @@ export class DeleteCellAction extends MenuItemAction {
 	}
 }
 
-registerAction2(class extends NotebookCellAction {
+registerAction2(class ExecuteCellSelectBelow extends NotebookCellAction {
 	constructor() {
 		super({
 			id: EXECUTE_CELL_SELECT_BELOW,
+			precondition: ContextKeyExpr.greater(NOTEBOOK_KERNEL_COUNT.key, 0),
 			title: localize('notebookActions.executeAndSelectBelow', "Execute Notebook Cell and Select Below"),
 			keybinding: {
 				when: NOTEBOOK_CELL_LIST_FOCUSED,
@@ -478,10 +480,11 @@ registerAction2(class extends NotebookCellAction {
 	}
 });
 
-registerAction2(class extends NotebookCellAction {
+registerAction2(class ExecuteCellInsertBelow extends NotebookCellAction {
 	constructor() {
 		super({
 			id: EXECUTE_CELL_INSERT_BELOW,
+			precondition: ContextKeyExpr.greater(NOTEBOOK_KERNEL_COUNT.key, 0),
 			title: localize('notebookActions.executeAndInsertBelow', "Execute Notebook Cell and Insert Below"),
 			keybinding: {
 				when: NOTEBOOK_CELL_LIST_FOCUSED,