If you have the OpenShift explorer and the Properties view both stacked in the same view like it is shown in the following screenshot:

and you start up Eclipse with the Properties view visible (not OpenShift explorer) you wont be able to ever see any property of any OpenShift resource. The properties view always stays empty.

steps to reproduce:

1. ASSERT: have Properties view and OpenShift explorer (stacked) in the same visual container
2. ASSERT: make sure any view (but OpenShift explorer) is visible when you start Eclipse
3. EXEC: make Properties view visible
4. EXEC: make OpenShift explorer visible. Select an entry
5. EXEC: switch back to Properties view

Result:
Properties view stays empty. You can switch back and forth, you wont get any content in the properties view.

Only moving Properties view to a different (visual) container helps.

the steps simply show a reliable way to reproduce it. I think there are more cases where this happens. Root cause could be in platform, not sure though.