diff --git a/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts b/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts
index 8c8395b070b..fbe18f64bbf 100644
--- a/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export const AnnoKeyRepoHash = 'grafana.app/repoHash';
 export const AnnoKeyRepoTimestamp = 'grafana.app/repoTimestamp';
 
 export const AnnoKeySavedFromUI = 'grafana.app/saved-from-ui';
+export const AnnoKeyDashboardIsNew = 'grafana.app/dashboard-is-new';
 
 // Annotations provided by the API
 type GrafanaAnnotations = {
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ type GrafanaClientAnnotations = {
   [AnnoKeyFolderId]?: number;
   [AnnoKeyFolderId]?: number;
   [AnnoKeySavedFromUI]?: string;
+  [AnnoKeyDashboardIsNew]?: boolean;
 };
 
 export interface Resource<T = object, K = string> extends TypeMeta<K> {
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/buildNewDashboardSaveModel.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/buildNewDashboardSaveModel.ts
index b61d89ec7d4..6acef80c830 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/buildNewDashboardSaveModel.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/buildNewDashboardSaveModel.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   defaultTimeSettingsSpec,
   GroupByVariableKind,
 } from '@grafana/schema/dist/esm/schema/dashboard/v2alpha0/dashboard.gen';
-import { AnnoKeyFolder } from 'app/features/apiserver/types';
+import { AnnoKeyDashboardIsNew, AnnoKeyFolder } from 'app/features/apiserver/types';
 import { DashboardWithAccessInfo } from 'app/features/dashboard/api/types';
 import { getDatasourceSrv } from 'app/features/plugins/datasource_srv';
 import { DashboardDTO } from 'app/types';
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ export async function buildNewDashboardSaveModelV2(
       canStar: false,
       canShare: false,
       canDelete: false,
-      // Not sure this should belong here or to metadata.annotations
-      isNew: true,
     },
     metadata: {
       name: '',
@@ -131,6 +129,7 @@ export async function buildNewDashboardSaveModelV2(
       creationTimestamp: '0',
       annotations: {
         [AnnoKeyFolder]: '',
+        [AnnoKeyDashboardIsNew]: true,
       },
     },
   };
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene.test.ts
index 3b340246c4d..dc94cd02c21 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene.test.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
   TextVariableKind,
 } from '@grafana/schema/dist/esm/schema/dashboard/v2alpha0/dashboard.gen';
 import { handyTestingSchema } from '@grafana/schema/dist/esm/schema/dashboard/v2alpha0/examples';
+import { AnnoKeyDashboardIsNew } from 'app/features/apiserver/types';
 import { DashboardWithAccessInfo } from 'app/features/dashboard/api/types';
 import { MIXED_DATASOURCE_NAME } from 'app/plugins/datasource/mixed/MixedDataSource';
 
@@ -305,4 +306,25 @@ describe('transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene', () => {
     expect(getQueryRunnerFor(vizPanels[0])?.state.datasource?.type).toBe('mixed');
     expect(getQueryRunnerFor(vizPanels[0])?.state.datasource?.uid).toBe(MIXED_DATASOURCE_NAME);
   });
+
+  describe('is new dashboard handling', () => {
+    it('handles undefined is new dashbaord annotation', () => {
+      const scene = transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene(defaultDashboard);
+      expect(scene.state.meta.isNew).toBe(false);
+    });
+    it('handles defined is new dashbaord annotation', () => {
+      const dashboard: DashboardWithAccessInfo<DashboardV2Spec> = {
+        ...defaultDashboard,
+        metadata: {
+          ...defaultDashboard.metadata,
+          annotations: {
+            ...defaultDashboard.metadata.annotations,
+            [AnnoKeyDashboardIsNew]: true,
+          },
+        },
+      };
+      const scene = transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene(dashboard);
+      expect(scene.state.meta.isNew).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene.ts
index 5d2410299c6..65511180288 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import {
   QueryVariableKind,
   TextVariableKind,
 } from '@grafana/schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2alpha0/dashboard.gen';
+import { AnnoKeyDashboardIsNew } from 'app/features/apiserver/types';
 import { DashboardWithAccessInfo } from 'app/features/dashboard/api/types';
 import { MIXED_DATASOURCE_NAME } from 'app/plugins/datasource/mixed/MixedDataSource';
 
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ export function transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene(dto: DashboardWithAccessInfo<D
     // TODO: Combine access and metadata to compose the V1 meta object
     meta: {
       version: parseInt(metadata.resourceVersion, 10),
+      isNew: Boolean(dto.metadata.annotations?.[AnnoKeyDashboardIsNew]),
     },
     tags: dashboard.tags,
     title: dashboard.title,
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/types.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/types.ts
index db41dab9bf0..18cd3ce5cd6 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/types.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,5 @@ export interface DashboardWithAccessInfo<T> extends Resource<T, 'DashboardWithAc
     canStar?: boolean;
     canAdmin?: boolean;
     annotationsPermissions?: AnnotationsPermissions;
-    isNew?: boolean;
   }; // TODO...
 }