diff --git a/crates/editor/src/items.rs b/crates/editor/src/items.rs
index 64147effff086a2721ba5f7b2c99d537ce9942c9..c5e0e8993e439391f5042ae6bf3e66d682267087 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/items.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/items.rs
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ impl Item for Editor {
         Some(file_path.into())
     }
 
-    fn tab_description<'a>(&'a self, detail: usize, cx: &'a AppContext) -> Option<Cow<'a, str>> {
+    fn tab_description<'a>(&'a self, detail: usize, cx: &'a AppContext) -> Option<Cow<str>> {
         match path_for_buffer(&self.buffer, detail, true, cx)? {
             Cow::Borrowed(path) => Some(path.to_string_lossy()),
             Cow::Owned(path) => Some(path.to_string_lossy().to_string().into()),
diff --git a/crates/workspace/src/item.rs b/crates/workspace/src/item.rs
index 4cf47c77132bce0c3d385bd39b500c4430c7b30e..6c41507478a5185a13c97984ed551aadb69ccdd7 100644
--- a/crates/workspace/src/item.rs
+++ b/crates/workspace/src/item.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ pub trait Item: View {
     fn tab_tooltip_text(&self, _: &AppContext) -> Option<Cow<str>> {
         None
     }
-    fn tab_description<'a>(&'a self, _: usize, _: &'a AppContext) -> Option<Cow<'a, str>> {
+    fn tab_description<'a>(&'a self, _: usize, _: &'a AppContext) -> Option<Cow<str>> {
         None
     }
     fn tab_content(&self, detail: Option<usize>, style: &theme::Tab, cx: &AppContext)
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ pub trait ItemHandle: 'static + fmt::Debug {
         cx: &mut AppContext,
         handler: Box<dyn Fn(ItemEvent, &mut AppContext)>,
     ) -> gpui::Subscription;
-    fn tab_tooltip_text<'a>(&'a self, cx: &'a AppContext) -> Option<Cow<str>>;
-    fn tab_description<'a>(&self, detail: usize, cx: &'a AppContext) -> Option<Cow<'a, str>>;
+    fn tab_tooltip_text<'a>(&self, cx: &'a AppContext) -> Option<Cow<'a, str>>;
+    fn tab_description<'a>(&'a self, detail: usize, cx: &'a AppContext) -> Option<Cow<'a, str>>;
     fn tab_content(&self, detail: Option<usize>, style: &theme::Tab, cx: &AppContext)
         -> ElementBox;
     fn project_path(&self, cx: &AppContext) -> Option<ProjectPath>;
@@ -252,11 +252,11 @@ impl<T: Item> ItemHandle for ViewHandle<T> {
         })
     }
 
-    fn tab_tooltip_text<'a>(&'a self, cx: &'a AppContext) -> Option<Cow<str>> {
+    fn tab_tooltip_text<'a>(&self, cx: &'a AppContext) -> Option<Cow<'a, str>> {
         self.read(cx).tab_tooltip_text(cx)
     }
 
-    fn tab_description<'a>(&self, detail: usize, cx: &'a AppContext) -> Option<Cow<'a, str>> {
+    fn tab_description<'a>(&'a self, detail: usize, cx: &'a AppContext) -> Option<Cow<'a, str>> {
         self.read(cx).tab_description(detail, cx)
     }
 
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ pub(crate) mod test {
     }
 
     impl Item for TestItem {
-        fn tab_description<'a>(&'a self, detail: usize, _: &'a AppContext) -> Option<Cow<'a, str>> {
+        fn tab_description(&self, detail: usize, _: &AppContext) -> Option<Cow<str>> {
             self.tab_descriptions.as_ref().and_then(|descriptions| {
                 let description = *descriptions.get(detail).or_else(|| descriptions.last())?;
                 Some(description.into())