diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
index e8b2524d556..40dc24a523d 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   unifiedStorageSearchSprinkles?: boolean;
   /**
   * Enable permission filtering on unified storage search
+  * @default true
   */
   unifiedStorageSearchPermissionFiltering?: boolean;
   /**
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/dashboard/search.go b/pkg/registry/apis/dashboard/search.go
index 236652d8dd5..86967a9f5d3 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/dashboard/search.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/dashboard/search.go
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ func asResourceKey(ns string, k string) (*resource.ResourceKey, error) {
 
 func (s *SearchHandler) getDashboardsUIDsSharedWithUser(ctx context.Context, user identity.Requester) ([]string, error) {
 	if !s.features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagUnifiedStorageSearchPermissionFiltering) {
+		s.log.Warn("Tried to search for 'sharedwithme' dashboards with ", featuremgmt.FlagUnifiedStorageSearchPermissionFiltering, " disabled")
 		return []string{}, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
index 0b2003074b9..320342ff7e2 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
@@ -1399,8 +1399,9 @@ var (
 		{
 			Name:              "unifiedStorageSearchPermissionFiltering",
 			Description:       "Enable permission filtering on unified storage search",
-			Stage:             FeatureStageExperimental,
+			Stage:             FeatureStageGeneralAvailability,
 			Owner:             grafanaSearchAndStorageSquad,
+			Expression:        "true",
 			HideFromDocs:      true,
 			HideFromAdminPage: true,
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
index e1b5bfda43a..b86059bd2be 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ useSessionStorageForRedirection,GA,@grafana/identity-access-team,false,false,fal
 rolePickerDrawer,experimental,@grafana/identity-access-team,false,false,false
 unifiedStorageSearch,experimental,@grafana/search-and-storage,false,false,false
 unifiedStorageSearchSprinkles,experimental,@grafana/search-and-storage,false,false,false
-unifiedStorageSearchPermissionFiltering,experimental,@grafana/search-and-storage,false,false,false
+unifiedStorageSearchPermissionFiltering,GA,@grafana/search-and-storage,false,false,false
 managedDualWriter,experimental,@grafana/search-and-storage,false,false,false
 pluginsSriChecks,GA,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,false,false
 unifiedStorageBigObjectsSupport,experimental,@grafana/search-and-storage,false,false,false
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
index 6de694f18da..3f65b33ffc0 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
@@ -4263,15 +4263,19 @@
     {
       "metadata": {
         "name": "unifiedStorageSearchPermissionFiltering",
-        "resourceVersion": "1737489629408",
-        "creationTimestamp": "2025-01-22T11:38:37Z"
+        "resourceVersion": "1742564039800",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2025-01-22T11:38:37Z",
+        "annotations": {
+          "grafana.app/updatedTimestamp": "2025-03-21 13:33:59.800619 +0000 UTC"
+        }
       },
       "spec": {
         "description": "Enable permission filtering on unified storage search",
-        "stage": "experimental",
+        "stage": "GA",
         "codeowner": "@grafana/search-and-storage",
         "hideFromAdminPage": true,
-        "hideFromDocs": true
+        "hideFromDocs": true,
+        "expression": "true"
       }
     },
     {