diff --git a/public/app/features/scopes/ScopesService.ts b/public/app/features/scopes/ScopesService.ts
index 5c5d4b33147..0e6f3500839 100644
--- a/public/app/features/scopes/ScopesService.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/scopes/ScopesService.ts
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ export class ScopesService implements ScopesContextValue {
 
     // Pre-load parent node, to prevent UI flickering
     if (parentNodeId) {
-      this.selectorService.getScopeNode(parentNodeId).catch((error) => {
-        console.error('Failed to pre-load parent node', error);
+      this.selectorService.resolvePathToRoot(parentNodeId, this.selectorService.state.tree!).catch((error) => {
+        console.error('Failed to pre-load parent node path', error);
       });
     }
 
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ export class ScopesService implements ScopesContextValue {
         const parentNode = queryParams.get('scope_parent');
         const scopes = queryParams.getAll('scopes');
 
-        if (scopes.length) {
+        // Check if new scopes are different from the old scopes
+        const currentScopes = this.selectorService.state.appliedScopes.map((scope) => scope.scopeId);
+        if (scopes.length && !isEqual(scopes, currentScopes)) {
           // We only update scopes but never delete them. This is to keep the scopes in memory if user navigates to
           // page that does not use scopes (like from dashboard to dashboard list back to dashboard). If user
           // changes the URL directly, it would trigger a reload so scopes would still be reset.
@@ -105,17 +107,21 @@ export class ScopesService implements ScopesContextValue {
 
     // Update the URL based on change in the scopes state
     this.subscriptions.push(
-      selectorService.subscribeToState((state, prev) => {
-        const oldParentNode = prev.appliedScopes[0]?.parentNodeId;
+      selectorService.subscribeToState((state, prevState) => {
+        const oldParentNode = prevState.appliedScopes[0]?.parentNodeId;
         const newParentNode = state.appliedScopes[0]?.parentNodeId;
-        if (oldParentNode !== newParentNode && newParentNode) {
-          this.locationService.partial({ scope_parent: newParentNode }, true);
-        }
 
-        const oldScopeNames = prev.appliedScopes.map((scope) => scope.scopeId);
+        const parentNodeChanged = oldParentNode !== newParentNode;
+
+        const oldScopeNames = prevState.appliedScopes.map((scope) => scope.scopeId);
         const newScopeNames = state.appliedScopes.map((scope) => scope.scopeId);
-        if (!isEqual(oldScopeNames, newScopeNames)) {
-          this.locationService.partial({ scopes: newScopeNames }, true);
+
+        const scopesChanged = !isEqual(oldScopeNames, newScopeNames);
+        if (scopesChanged) {
+          this.locationService.partial(
+            { scopes: newScopeNames, scope_parent: parentNodeChanged ? newParentNode || null : oldParentNode },
+            true
+          );
         }
       })
     );
diff --git a/public/app/features/scopes/selector/RecentScopes.tsx b/public/app/features/scopes/selector/RecentScopes.tsx
index efd190f7ec3..66771f635fb 100644
--- a/public/app/features/scopes/selector/RecentScopes.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/scopes/selector/RecentScopes.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ export const RecentScopes = ({ recentScopes, onSelect }: RecentScopesProps) => {
             recentScopes.map((recentScopeSet) => (
               <button
                 className={styles.recentScopeButton}
-                key={recentScopeSet.map((s) => s.metadata.name).join(',')}
+                key={
+                  recentScopeSet.map((s) => s.metadata.name).join(',') + recentScopeSet[0]?.parentNode?.metadata?.name
+                }
                 onClick={() => {
                   onSelect(
                     recentScopeSet.map((s) => s.metadata.name),
diff --git a/public/app/features/scopes/selector/ScopesSelectorService.ts b/public/app/features/scopes/selector/ScopesSelectorService.ts
index e3a504faf56..31db178033a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/scopes/selector/ScopesSelectorService.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/scopes/selector/ScopesSelectorService.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   closeNodes,
   expandNodes,
   getPathOfNode,
+  insertPathNodesIntoTree,
   isNodeExpandable,
   isNodeSelectable,
   modifyTreeNodeAtPath,
@@ -99,6 +100,32 @@ export class ScopesSelectorService extends ScopesServiceBase<ScopesSelectorServi
     }
   };
 
+  private getNodePath = async (scopeNodeId: string): Promise<ScopeNode[]> => {
+    const node = await this.getScopeNode(scopeNodeId);
+    if (!node) {
+      return [];
+    }
+    const parentPath =
+      node.spec.parentName && node.spec.parentName !== '' ? await this.getNodePath(node.spec.parentName) : [];
+
+    return [...parentPath, node];
+  };
+
+  public resolvePathToRoot = async (
+    scopeNodeId: string,
+    tree: TreeNode
+  ): Promise<{ path: ScopeNode[]; tree: TreeNode }> => {
+    if (!tree) {
+      throw new Error('Tree is required');
+    }
+    const nodePath = await this.getNodePath(scopeNodeId);
+    const newTree = insertPathNodesIntoTree(tree, nodePath);
+
+    this.updateState({ tree: newTree });
+
+    return { path: nodePath, tree: newTree };
+  };
+
   // Resets query and toggles expanded state of a node
   public toggleExpandedNode = async (scopeNodeId: string) => {
     const path = getPathOfNode(scopeNodeId, this.state.nodes);
@@ -112,25 +139,22 @@ export class ScopesSelectorService extends ScopesServiceBase<ScopesSelectorServi
       throw new Error(`Trying to expand node at id ${scopeNodeId} that is not expandable`);
     }
 
-    // Collapse if expanded
-    if (nodeToToggle.expanded) {
-      const newTree = modifyTreeNodeAtPath(this.state.tree!, path, (treeNode) => {
-        treeNode.expanded = false;
-        // Resets query when collapsing
-        treeNode.query = '';
-      });
-      this.updateState({ tree: newTree });
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // Expand if collapsed
     const newTree = modifyTreeNodeAtPath(this.state.tree!, path, (treeNode) => {
-      treeNode.expanded = true;
+      treeNode.expanded = !nodeToToggle.expanded;
       treeNode.query = '';
     });
-    this.updateState({ tree: newTree });
 
-    await this.loadNodeChildren(path, nodeToToggle);
+    this.updateState({ tree: newTree });
+    // If we are collapsing, we need to make sure that all the parent's children are avilable
+    if (nodeToToggle.expanded === true) {
+      const parentPath = path.slice(0, -1);
+      const parentNode = treeNodeAtPath(this.state.tree!, parentPath);
+      if (parentNode) {
+        await this.loadNodeChildren(parentPath, parentNode, parentNode.query);
+      }
+    } else {
+      await this.loadNodeChildren(path, nodeToToggle);
+    }
   };
 
   public filterNode = async (scopeNodeId: string, query: string) => {
@@ -227,7 +251,9 @@ export class ScopesSelectorService extends ScopesServiceBase<ScopesSelectorServi
       }
     });
 
+    // TODO: we might not want to update the tree as a side effect of this function
     this.updateState({ tree: newTree, nodes: newNodes, loadingNodeName: undefined });
+    return { newTree };
   };
 
   /**
@@ -421,13 +447,34 @@ export class ScopesSelectorService extends ScopesServiceBase<ScopesSelectorServi
     // First close all nodes
     let newTree = closeNodes(this.state.tree!);
 
-    if (this.state.selectedScopes.length && this.state.selectedScopes[0].scopeNodeId) {
-      let path = getPathOfNode(this.state.selectedScopes[0].scopeNodeId, this.state.nodes);
-      // we want to expand the nodes parent not the node itself
-      path = path.slice(0, path.length - 1);
+    if (this.state.selectedScopes.length && this.state.selectedScopes[0].parentNodeId) {
+      let path = getPathOfNode(this.state.selectedScopes[0].parentNodeId, this.state.nodes);
 
-      // Expand the nodes to the selected scope
-      newTree = expandNodes(newTree, path);
+      // Get node at path, and request it's children if they don't exist yet
+      let nodeAtPath = treeNodeAtPath(newTree, path);
+
+      // In the cases where nodes are not in the tree yet
+      if (!nodeAtPath) {
+        try {
+          newTree = (await this.resolvePathToRoot(this.state.selectedScopes[0].parentNodeId, newTree)).tree;
+          nodeAtPath = treeNodeAtPath(newTree, path);
+        } catch (error) {
+          console.error('Failed to resolve path to root', error);
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (nodeAtPath && !nodeAtPath.children) {
+        // This will update the tree with the children
+        const { newTree: newTreeWithChildren } = await this.loadNodeChildren(path, nodeAtPath, '');
+        newTree = newTreeWithChildren;
+      }
+
+      // Expand the nodes to the selected scope - must be done after loading children
+      try {
+        newTree = expandNodes(newTree, path);
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error('Failed to expand nodes', error);
+      }
     }
 
     this.resetSelection();
diff --git a/public/app/features/scopes/selector/ScopesTreeItem.tsx b/public/app/features/scopes/selector/ScopesTreeItem.tsx
index 81aae2fe9f0..3dfe68e4209 100644
--- a/public/app/features/scopes/selector/ScopesTreeItem.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/scopes/selector/ScopesTreeItem.tsx
@@ -126,7 +126,11 @@ export function ScopesTreeItem({
           <button
             className={styles.expand}
             data-testid={`scopes-tree-${treeNode.scopeNodeId}-expand`}
-            aria-label={treeNode.expanded ? t('scopes.tree.collapse', 'Collapse') : t('scopes.tree.expand', 'Expand')}
+            aria-label={
+              treeNode.expanded
+                ? t('scopes.tree.collapse', 'Collapse {{title}}', { title: titleText })
+                : t('scopes.tree.expand', 'Expand {{title}}', { title: titleText })
+            }
             onClick={() => {
               toggleExpandedNode(treeNode.scopeNodeId);
             }}
diff --git a/public/app/features/scopes/selector/scopesTreeUtils.test.ts b/public/app/features/scopes/selector/scopesTreeUtils.test.ts
index 9c88c51b6d5..84f6578efbb 100644
--- a/public/app/features/scopes/selector/scopesTreeUtils.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/scopes/selector/scopesTreeUtils.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   getPathOfNode,
   modifyTreeNodeAtPath,
   treeNodeAtPath,
+  insertPathNodesIntoTree,
 } from './scopesTreeUtils';
 import { TreeNode, NodesMap } from './types';
 
@@ -203,4 +204,38 @@ describe('scopesTreeUtils', () => {
       expect(result).toBeUndefined();
     });
   });
+
+  describe('insertPathNodesIntoTree', () => {
+    it('should insert nodes into tree', () => {
+      const tree: TreeNode = {
+        expanded: false,
+        scopeNodeId: 'root',
+        query: '',
+        children: {},
+      };
+
+      const path: ScopeNode[] = [
+        {
+          metadata: { name: 'child1' },
+          spec: {
+            parentName: 'root',
+            nodeType: 'container',
+            title: 'Root',
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          metadata: { name: 'grandchild1' },
+          spec: {
+            parentName: 'child1',
+            nodeType: 'container',
+            title: 'Child 1',
+          },
+        },
+      ];
+
+      const newTree = insertPathNodesIntoTree(tree, path);
+      expect(newTree.children?.child1.expanded).toBe(false);
+      expect(newTree.children?.child1.children?.grandchild1.expanded).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/scopes/selector/scopesTreeUtils.ts b/public/app/features/scopes/selector/scopesTreeUtils.ts
index 2acb3bc86a6..d9184889170 100644
--- a/public/app/features/scopes/selector/scopesTreeUtils.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/scopes/selector/scopesTreeUtils.ts
@@ -109,3 +109,33 @@ export function treeNodeAtPath(tree: TreeNode, path: string[]) {
 
   return treeNode;
 }
+
+// Path starts with root node and goes down
+export const insertPathNodesIntoTree = (tree: TreeNode, path: ScopeNode[]) => {
+  const stringPath = path.map((n) => n.metadata.name);
+  stringPath.unshift('');
+
+  let newTree = tree;
+
+  // Go down the tree, don't iterate over the last node
+  for (let index = 0; index < stringPath.length - 1; index++) {
+    const childNodeName = stringPath[index + 1];
+    // Path up to iteration point
+    const pathSlice = stringPath.slice(0, index + 1);
+    newTree = modifyTreeNodeAtPath(newTree, pathSlice, (treeNode) => {
+      treeNode.children = { ...treeNode.children };
+      if (!childNodeName) {
+        console.warn('Failed to insert full path into tree. Did not find child to' + stringPath[index]);
+        return treeNode;
+      }
+      treeNode.children[childNodeName] = {
+        expanded: false,
+        scopeNodeId: childNodeName,
+        query: '',
+        children: undefined,
+      };
+      return treeNode;
+    });
+  }
+  return newTree;
+};
diff --git a/public/app/features/scopes/tests/selector.test.ts b/public/app/features/scopes/tests/selector.test.ts
index c996caeaded..4c8f3b3deb0 100644
--- a/public/app/features/scopes/tests/selector.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/scopes/tests/selector.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   expectRecentScopeNotPresent,
   expectRecentScopeNotPresentInDocument,
   expectRecentScopesSection,
+  expectResultApplicationsGrafanaSelected,
   expectScopesSelectorValue,
 } from './utils/assertions';
 import { getDatasource, getInstanceSettings, getMock, mocksScopes } from './utils/mocks';
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ describe('Selector', () => {
   beforeAll(() => {
     config.featureToggles.scopeFilters = true;
     config.featureToggles.groupByVariable = true;
+    config.featureToggles.useScopeSingleNodeEndpoint = true;
   });
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
@@ -85,6 +87,29 @@ describe('Selector', () => {
     expect(dashboardReloadSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('Should initializae values from the URL', async () => {
+    const mockLocation = {
+      pathname: '/dashboard',
+      search: '?scopes=grafana&scope_parent=applications',
+      hash: '',
+      key: 'test',
+      state: null,
+    };
+
+    jest.spyOn(locationService, 'getLocation').mockReturnValue(mockLocation);
+    jest.spyOn(locationService, 'getSearch').mockReturnValue(new URLSearchParams(mockLocation.search));
+
+    await resetScenes([fetchSelectedScopesSpy, dashboardReloadSpy]);
+    await renderDashboard();
+    // Lowercase because we don't have any backend that returns the correct case, then it falls back to the value in the URL
+    expectScopesSelectorValue('grafana');
+    await openSelector();
+    expectResultApplicationsGrafanaSelected();
+
+    jest.spyOn(locationService, 'getLocation').mockRestore();
+    jest.spyOn(locationService, 'getSearch').mockRestore();
+  });
+
   describe('Recent scopes', () => {
     it('Recent scopes should appear after selecting a second set of scopes', async () => {
       await openSelector();
@@ -109,6 +134,9 @@ describe('Selector', () => {
       expectScopesSelectorValue('Grafana');
 
       await openSelector();
+      // Close to root node so we can see the recent scopes
+      await expandResultApplications();
+
       await expandRecentScopes();
       expectRecentScope('Grafana, Mimir Applications');
       expectRecentScopeNotPresent('Grafana Applications');
@@ -125,6 +153,8 @@ describe('Selector', () => {
       await applyScopes();
 
       await openSelector();
+      // Close to root node so we can try to see the recent scopes
+      await expandResultApplications();
       expectRecentScopeNotPresentInDocument();
     });
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/scopes/tests/tree.test.ts b/public/app/features/scopes/tests/tree.test.ts
index 398f28a95f8..eefacb4ee9c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/scopes/tests/tree.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/scopes/tests/tree.test.ts
@@ -267,6 +267,18 @@ describe('Tree', () => {
     expectScopesHeadline('Recommended');
   });
 
+  it('Should open to a specific path when scopes and scope_parent are provided', async () => {
+    await openSelector();
+    await expandResultApplications();
+    await expandResultApplicationsCloud();
+    await selectResultApplicationsCloudDev();
+    await applyScopes();
+    await openSelector();
+
+    // Verify that Cloud is expanded
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Collapse Cloud' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
   describe('Keyboard Navigation', () => {
     it('should navigate through items with arrow keys when search is focused', async () => {
       await openSelector();
diff --git a/public/app/features/scopes/tests/utils/actions.ts b/public/app/features/scopes/tests/utils/actions.ts
index c5c91727804..e5b7eb44a20 100644
--- a/public/app/features/scopes/tests/utils/actions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/scopes/tests/utils/actions.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { act, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 
 import { DateTime, makeTimeRange, dateMath } from '@grafana/data';
 import { MultiValueVariable, sceneGraph, VariableValue } from '@grafana/scenes';
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ import {
   getResultApplicationsCloudDevSelect,
   getResultApplicationsCloudExpand,
   getResultApplicationsCloudSelect,
-  getResultApplicationsExpand,
   getResultApplicationsGrafanaSelect,
   getResultApplicationsMimirSelect,
   getResultCloudDevRadio,
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ import {
   getSelectorClear,
   getSelectorInput,
   getTreeSearch,
+  findResultApplicationsExpand,
 } from './selectors';
 
-const click = async (selector: () => HTMLElement) => act(() => fireEvent.click(selector()));
+const click = async (selector: () => HTMLElement) => act(() => userEvent.click(selector()));
+
 const type = async (selector: () => HTMLInputElement, value: string) => {
   await act(() => fireEvent.input(selector(), { target: { value } }));
   await jest.runOnlyPendingTimersAsync();
@@ -51,7 +53,11 @@ export const cancelScopes = async () => click(getSelectorCancel);
 export const searchScopes = async (value: string) => type(getTreeSearch, value);
 export const clearScopesSearch = async () => type(getTreeSearch, '');
 export const expandRecentScopes = async () => click(getRecentScopesSection);
-export const expandResultApplications = async () => click(getResultApplicationsExpand);
+export const expandResultApplications = async () => {
+  // Since this is the first in the tree after expansion, we need it to appear async, hence we use find instead of get
+  const el = await findResultApplicationsExpand();
+  await click(() => el);
+};
 export const expandResultApplicationsCloud = async () => click(getResultApplicationsCloudExpand);
 export const expandResultCloud = async () => click(getResultCloudExpand);
 export const selectRecentScope = async (scope: string) => click(() => getRecentScopeSet(scope));
diff --git a/public/app/features/scopes/tests/utils/selectors.ts b/public/app/features/scopes/tests/utils/selectors.ts
index 85d86968ba5..0f49a10c133 100644
--- a/public/app/features/scopes/tests/utils/selectors.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/scopes/tests/utils/selectors.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ export const getNotFoundForFilterClear = () => screen.getByTestId(selectors.dash
 
 export const getTreeSearch = () => screen.getByTestId<HTMLInputElement>(selectors.tree.search);
 export const getTreeHeadline = () => screen.getByTestId(selectors.tree.headline);
+
 export const getResultApplicationsExpand = () => screen.getByTestId(selectors.tree.expand('applications'));
+export const findResultApplicationsExpand = async () =>
+  await screen.findByTestId(selectors.tree.expand('applications'));
+
 export const queryResultApplicationsGrafanaSelect = () =>
   screen.queryByTestId<HTMLInputElement>(selectors.tree.select('applications-grafana'));
 export const getResultApplicationsGrafanaSelect = () =>
diff --git a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
index 992b5bcb57f..a92e8faab62 100644
--- a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
@@ -12070,8 +12070,8 @@
       "title": "Select scopes"
     },
     "tree": {
-      "collapse": "Collapse",
-      "expand": "Expand",
+      "collapse": "Collapse {{title}}",
+      "expand": "Expand {{title}}",
       "headline": {
         "noResults": "No results found for your query",
         "recommended": "Recommended",