diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/SaveProvisionedDashboardForm.test.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/SaveProvisionedDashboardForm.test.tsx
index c67d94a2c75..caa0da74f8c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/SaveProvisionedDashboardForm.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/SaveProvisionedDashboardForm.test.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 import { AppEvents } from '@grafana/data';
 import { getAppEvents, locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { Dashboard } from '@grafana/schema';
+import { AnnoKeyFolder, AnnoKeySourcePath } from 'app/features/apiserver/types';
 import { validationSrv } from 'app/features/manage-dashboards/services/ValidationSrv';
 import { useCreateOrUpdateRepositoryFile } from 'app/features/provisioning/hooks/useCreateOrUpdateRepositoryFile';
 
@@ -196,12 +197,20 @@ describe('SaveProvisionedDashboardForm', () => {
   it('should save a new dashboard successfully', async () => {
     const { user, props } = setup();
     const newDashboard = {
-      title: 'New Dashboard',
-      description: 'New Description',
-      panels: [],
-      schemaVersion: 36,
+      apiVersion: 'dashboard.grafana.app/v1alpha1',
+      kind: 'Dashboard',
+      metadata: {
+        generateName: 'p',
+        name: undefined,
+      },
+      spec: {
+        title: 'New Dashboard',
+        description: 'New Description',
+        panels: [],
+        schemaVersion: 36,
+      },
     };
-    props.dashboard.getSaveAsModel = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(newDashboard);
+    props.dashboard.getSaveResource = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(newDashboard);
     const mockAction = jest.fn();
     const mockRequest = { ...mockRequestBase, isSuccess: true };
     (useCreateOrUpdateRepositoryFile as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue([mockAction, mockRequest]);
@@ -245,14 +254,26 @@ describe('SaveProvisionedDashboardForm', () => {
   });
 
   it('should update an existing dashboard successfully', async () => {
+    const updatedDashboard = {
+      apiVersion: 'dashboard.grafana.app/vXyz',
+      metadata: {
+        name: 'test-dashboard',
+        annotations: {
+          [AnnoKeyFolder]: 'folder-uid',
+          [AnnoKeySourcePath]: 'path/to/file.json',
+        },
+      },
+      spec: { title: 'Test Dashboard', description: 'Test Description' },
+    };
     const { user, props } = setup({
       isNew: false,
       dashboard: {
         useState: () => ({
           meta: {
-            folderUid: 'folder-uid',
+            folderUid: updatedDashboard.metadata.annotations[AnnoKeyFolder],
             slug: 'test-dashboard',
-            k8s: { name: 'test-dashboard' },
+            uid: updatedDashboard.metadata.name,
+            k8s: updatedDashboard.metadata,
           },
           title: 'Test Dashboard',
           description: 'Test Description',
@@ -260,7 +281,7 @@ describe('SaveProvisionedDashboardForm', () => {
         }),
         setState: jest.fn(),
         closeModal: jest.fn(),
-        getSaveAsModel: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ title: 'Test Dashboard', description: 'Test Description' }),
+        getSaveResource: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(updatedDashboard),
         setManager: jest.fn(),
       } as unknown as DashboardScene,
     });
@@ -268,10 +289,13 @@ describe('SaveProvisionedDashboardForm', () => {
     const mockRequest = { ...mockRequestBase, isSuccess: true };
     (useCreateOrUpdateRepositoryFile as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue([mockAction, mockRequest]);
     const pathInput = screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: /path/i });
-    const commentInput = screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: /comment/i });
+    expect(pathInput).toHaveAttribute('readonly'); // can not edit the path value
+    pathInput.removeAttribute('readonly'); // save won't get called unless we have a value
     await user.clear(pathInput);
+    await user.type(pathInput, 'path/to/file.json');
+
+    const commentInput = screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: /comment/i });
     await user.clear(commentInput);
-    await user.type(pathInput, 'test-dashboard.json');
     await user.type(commentInput, 'Update dashboard');
     const submitButton = screen.getByRole('button', { name: /save/i });
     await user.click(submitButton);
@@ -282,9 +306,9 @@ describe('SaveProvisionedDashboardForm', () => {
       expect(mockAction).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         ref: undefined,
         name: 'test-repo',
-        path: 'test-dashboard.json',
+        path: 'path/to/file.json',
         message: 'Update dashboard',
-        body: expect.any(Object),
+        body: updatedDashboard,
       });
     });
     expect(props.dashboard.closeModal).toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -294,12 +318,20 @@ describe('SaveProvisionedDashboardForm', () => {
   it('should show error when save fails', async () => {
     const { user, props } = setup();
     const newDashboard = {
-      title: 'New Dashboard',
-      description: 'New Description',
-      panels: [],
-      schemaVersion: 36,
+      apiVersion: 'dashboard.grafana.app/v1alpha1',
+      kind: 'Dashboard',
+      metadata: {
+        generateName: 'p',
+        name: undefined,
+      },
+      spec: {
+        title: 'New Dashboard',
+        description: 'New Description',
+        panels: [],
+        schemaVersion: 36,
+      },
     };
-    props.dashboard.getSaveAsModel = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(newDashboard);
+    props.dashboard.getSaveResource = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(newDashboard);
     const mockAction = jest.fn();
     const mockRequest = {
       ...mockRequestBase,
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/SaveProvisionedDashboardForm.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/SaveProvisionedDashboardForm.tsx
index 9b082028799..2cb4bf4837e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/SaveProvisionedDashboardForm.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/SaveProvisionedDashboardForm.tsx
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export function SaveProvisionedDashboardForm({
 }: Props) {
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const appEvents = getAppEvents();
-  const { meta, isDirty, editPanel: panelEditor } = dashboard.useState();
+  const { isDirty, editPanel: panelEditor } = dashboard.useState();
 
   const [createOrUpdateFile, request] = useCreateOrUpdateRepositoryFile(isNew ? undefined : defaultValues.path);
 
@@ -134,24 +134,23 @@ export function SaveProvisionedDashboardForm({
       return;
     }
 
-    // The dashboard spec
-    const saveModel = dashboard.getSaveAsModel({
-      isNew,
-      title,
-      description,
-    });
-
     // If user is writing to the original branch, override ref with whatever we loaded from
     if (workflow === 'write') {
       ref = loadedFromRef;
     }
 
+    const body = dashboard.getSaveResource({
+      isNew,
+      title,
+      description,
+    });
+
     createOrUpdateFile({
       ref,
       name: repo,
       path,
       message: comment,
-      body: { ...saveModel, uid: meta.uid },
+      body,
     });
   };
 
@@ -238,7 +237,7 @@ export function SaveProvisionedDashboardForm({
             'File path inside the repository (.json or .yaml)'
           )}
         >
-          <Input id="dashboard-path" {...register('path')} />
+          <Input id="dashboard-path" {...register('path')} readOnly={!isNew} />
         </Field>
 
         <Field label={t('dashboard-scene.save-provisioned-dashboard-form.label-comment', 'Comment')}>
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/utils/path.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/utils/path.test.ts
index fc25878d2fa..234f799d6da 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/utils/path.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/utils/path.test.ts
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ describe('generatePath', () => {
     expect(result).toBe('folder/path/my-dashboard.json');
   });
 
-  it('should prepend folderPath to pathFromAnnotation when both are provided', () => {
+  it('should use pathFromAnnotation when both are provided', () => {
     const result = generatePath({
       timestamp,
-      pathFromAnnotation: 'my-custom-path.json',
-      folderPath: 'folder/path',
+      pathFromAnnotation: 'full/path/my-custom-path.json', // this is always the full path
+      folderPath: 'full/path', // this will be a substring
     });
 
-    expect(result).toBe('folder/path/my-custom-path.json');
+    expect(result).toBe('full/path/my-custom-path.json');
   });
 
   it('should handle empty folderPath', () => {
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/utils/path.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/utils/path.ts
index 5464d13dbee..7a25d663065 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/utils/path.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/utils/path.ts
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ export function generatePath({ timestamp, pathFromAnnotation, slug, folderPath =
 
   if (pathFromAnnotation) {
     const hashIndex = pathFromAnnotation.indexOf('#');
-    path = hashIndex > 0 ? pathFromAnnotation.substring(0, hashIndex) : pathFromAnnotation;
-  } else {
-    const pathSlug = slug || `new-dashboard-${timestamp}`;
-    path = `${pathSlug}.json`;
+    return hashIndex > 0 ? pathFromAnnotation.substring(0, hashIndex) : pathFromAnnotation;
   }
 
+  const pathSlug = slug || `new-dashboard-${timestamp}`;
+  path = `${pathSlug}.json`;
+
   // Add folder path if it exists
   if (folderPath) {
     return `${folderPath}/${path}`;
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
index c7a2504f1c0..b2e91341c82 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { VariablesChanged } from 'app/features/variables/types';
 import { DashboardDTO, DashboardMeta, KioskMode, SaveDashboardResponseDTO } from 'app/types';
 import { ShowConfirmModalEvent } from 'app/types/events';
 
-import { AnnoKeyManagerKind, AnnoKeySourcePath, ManagerKind } from '../../apiserver/types';
+import { AnnoKeyManagerKind, AnnoKeySourcePath, ManagerKind, ResourceForCreate } from '../../apiserver/types';
 import { DashboardEditPane } from '../edit-pane/DashboardEditPane';
 import { PanelEditor } from '../panel-edit/PanelEditor';
 import { DashboardSceneChangeTracker } from '../saving/DashboardSceneChangeTracker';
@@ -763,6 +763,22 @@ export class DashboardScene extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardSceneState> impleme
     return this.serializer.getSaveModel(this);
   }
 
+  // Get the dashboard in native K8s form (using the appropriate apiVersion)
+  getSaveResource(options: SaveDashboardAsOptions): ResourceForCreate<unknown> {
+    const { meta } = this.state;
+    const spec = this.getSaveAsModel(options);
+    return {
+      apiVersion: 'dashboard.grafana.app/v1alpha1', // get from the dashboard?
+      kind: 'Dashboard',
+      metadata: {
+        ...meta.k8s,
+        name: meta.uid, // ideally the name is preserved
+        generateName: options.isNew ? 'd' : undefined,
+      },
+      spec,
+    };
+  }
+
   getSaveAsModel(options: SaveDashboardAsOptions): Dashboard | DashboardV2Spec {
     return this.serializer.getSaveAsModel(this, options);
   }
diff --git a/public/app/features/provisioning/Shared/FolderRepositoryList.tsx b/public/app/features/provisioning/Shared/FolderRepositoryList.tsx
index 7af68d68f61..512d5ef53d1 100644
--- a/public/app/features/provisioning/Shared/FolderRepositoryList.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/provisioning/Shared/FolderRepositoryList.tsx
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ interface Props {
 export function FolderRepositoryList({ items }: Props) {
   const [query, setQuery] = useState('');
   const filteredItems = items.filter((item) => item.metadata?.name?.includes(query));
-  const instanceProvisioned = checkSyncSettings(items);
+  const { instanceConnected } = checkSyncSettings(items);
   return (
     <Stack direction={'column'} gap={3}>
-      {!instanceProvisioned && (
+      {!instanceConnected && (
         <Stack gap={2}>
           <FilterInput
             placeholder={t('provisioning.folder-repository-list.placeholder-search', 'Search')}