diff --git a/pkg/api/folder.go b/pkg/api/folder.go
index 9f554da2c7e..8c0d02742aa 100644
--- a/pkg/api/folder.go
+++ b/pkg/api/folder.go
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ package api
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	k8sErrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -697,6 +699,7 @@ func (fk8s *folderK8sHandler) createFolder(c *contextmodel.ReqContext) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	fk8s.accesscontrolService.ClearUserPermissionCache(c.SignedInUser)
 	folderDTO, err := fk8s.newToFolderDto(c, *out)
 	if err != nil {
 		fk8s.writeError(c, err)
@@ -802,6 +805,18 @@ func (fk8s *folderK8sHandler) newToFolderDto(c *contextmodel.ReqContext, item un
 		return dtos.Folder{}, err
 	}
 
+	toID := func(rawIdentifier string) (int64, error) {
+		parts := strings.Split(rawIdentifier, ":")
+		if len(parts) < 2 {
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid user identifier")
+		}
+		userID, err := strconv.ParseInt(parts[1], 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("faild to parse user identifier")
+		}
+		return userID, nil
+	}
+
 	toDTO := func(f *folder.Folder, checkCanView bool) (dtos.Folder, error) {
 		g, err := guardian.NewByFolder(c.Req.Context(), f, c.SignedInUser.GetOrgID(), c.SignedInUser)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -815,11 +830,19 @@ func (fk8s *folderK8sHandler) newToFolderDto(c *contextmodel.ReqContext, item un
 
 		// Finding creator and last updater of the folder
 		updater, creator := anonString, anonString
-		if f.CreatedBy > 0 {
-			creator = fk8s.getUserLogin(ctx, f.CreatedBy)
+		if len(fDTO.CreatedBy) > 0 {
+			id, err := toID(fDTO.CreatedBy)
+			if err != nil {
+				return dtos.Folder{}, err
+			}
+			creator = fk8s.getUserLogin(ctx, id)
 		}
-		if f.UpdatedBy > 0 {
-			updater = fk8s.getUserLogin(ctx, f.UpdatedBy)
+		if len(fDTO.UpdatedBy) > 0 {
+			id, err := toID(fDTO.UpdatedBy)
+			if err != nil {
+				return dtos.Folder{}, err
+			}
+			updater = fk8s.getUserLogin(ctx, id)
 		}
 
 		acMetadata, _ := fk8s.getFolderACMetadata(c, f)
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/folders/conversions.go b/pkg/registry/apis/folders/conversions.go
index 86389ca1434..125e5838a79 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/folders/conversions.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/folders/conversions.go
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ func UnstructuredToLegacyFolderDTO(item unstructured.Unstructured) (*dtos.Folder
 	// avoid panic
 	var createdTime time.Time
 	if created != nil {
-		createdTime = *created
+		// #TODO Fix this time format. The legacy time format seems to be along the lines of time.Now()
+		// which includes a part that represents a fraction of a second.
+		createdTime = created.Local()
 	}
 
 	dto := &dtos.Folder{
@@ -93,20 +95,14 @@ func UnstructuredToLegacyFolderDTO(item unstructured.Unstructured) (*dtos.Folder
 		// #TODO add back CreatedBy, UpdatedBy once we figure out how to access userService
 		// to translate user ID into user login. meta.GetCreatedBy() only stores user ID
 		// Could convert meta.GetCreatedBy() return value to a struct--id and name
-		// CreatedBy: meta.GetCreatedBy(),
-		// UpdatedBy: meta.GetCreatedBy(),
-		URL: getURL(meta, title),
+		CreatedBy: meta.GetCreatedBy(),
+		UpdatedBy: meta.GetCreatedBy(),
+		URL:       getURL(meta, title),
 		// #TODO get Created in format "2024-09-12T15:37:41.09466+02:00"
 		Created: createdTime,
 		// #TODO figure out whether we want to set "updated" and "updated by". Could replace with
 		// meta.GetUpdatedTimestamp() but it currently gets overwritten in prepareObjectForStorage().
 		Updated: createdTime,
-		// #TODO figure out how to set these properly
-		CanSave:   false,
-		CanEdit:   false,
-		CanAdmin:  false,
-		CanDelete: false,
-		HasACL:    false,
 
 		// #TODO figure out about adding version, parents, orgID fields
 	}
@@ -141,6 +137,9 @@ func convertToK8sResource(v *folder.Folder, namespacer request.NamespaceMapper)
 			Timestamp: &v.Created,
 		})
 	}
+	// #TODO: turns out these get overwritten by Unified Storage (see pkg/storage/unified/apistore/prepare.go)
+	// We're going to have to align with that. For now we do need the user ID because the folder type stores it
+	// as the only user identifier
 	if v.CreatedBy > 0 {
 		meta.SetCreatedBy(fmt.Sprintf("user:%d", v.CreatedBy))
 	}