diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/dashboard/legacy/sql_dashboards.go b/pkg/registry/apis/dashboard/legacy/sql_dashboards.go
index 63048f6f7b2..5238b7ffd83 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/dashboard/legacy/sql_dashboards.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/dashboard/legacy/sql_dashboards.go
@@ -304,14 +304,17 @@ func (a *dashboardSqlAccess) scanRow(rows *sql.Rows, history bool) (*dashboardRo
 		}
 
 		if origin_name.String != "" {
+			editable := a.provisioning.GetAllowUIUpdatesFromConfig(origin_name.String)
+			prefix := a.provisioning.GetDashboardProvisionerResolvedPath(origin_name.String) + "/"
 			meta.SetSourceProperties(utils.SourceProperties{
-				Path:            origin_path.String,
+				Path:            strings.TrimPrefix(origin_path.String, prefix),
 				Checksum:        origin_hash.String,
 				TimestampMillis: origin_ts.Int64,
 			})
 			meta.SetManagerProperties(utils.ManagerProperties{
-				Kind:     utils.ManagerKindClassicFP, // nolint:staticcheck
-				Identity: origin_name.String,
+				Kind:        utils.ManagerKindClassicFP, // nolint:staticcheck
+				Identity:    origin_name.String,
+				AllowsEdits: editable,
 			})
 		} else if plugin_id.String != "" {
 			meta.SetManagerProperties(utils.ManagerProperties{
diff --git a/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service.go b/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service.go
index 0d1c9cebcb0..cb0e8352b2e 100644
--- a/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service.go
@@ -1849,6 +1849,8 @@ func (dr *DashboardServiceImpl) saveProvisionedDashboardThroughK8s(ctx context.C
 	m := utils.ManagerProperties{}
 	s := utils.SourceProperties{}
 	if !unprovision {
+		// TODO: the path should be relative to the root
+		// HOWEVER, maybe OK to leave this for now and "fix" it by using file provisioning for mode 4
 		m.Kind = utils.ManagerKindClassicFP // nolint:staticcheck
 		m.Identity = provisioning.Name
 		s.Path = provisioning.ExternalID
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/apistore/managed.go b/pkg/storage/unified/apistore/managed.go
index 531a5efec03..1bb9e9f5c65 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/apistore/managed.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/apistore/managed.go
@@ -114,11 +114,13 @@ func (s *Storage) handleManagedResourceRouting(ctx context.Context,
 		return fmt.Errorf("expected managed resource")
 	}
 	if repo.Kind != utils.ManagerKindRepo {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expected managed repository")
+		if !repo.AllowsEdits {
+			return fmt.Errorf("managed resource does not allow edits")
+		}
 	}
 	src, ok := obj.GetSourceProperties()
 	if !ok || src.Path == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("missing source properties")
+		return fmt.Errorf("managed resource is missing source path annotation")
 	}
 
 	cfg, err := s.configProvider.GetRestConfig(ctx)
diff --git a/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts b/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts
index 36730c2ba7a..ebede3c24d0 100644
--- a/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export enum ManagerKind {
 
 export const AnnoKeyManagerKind = 'grafana.app/managedBy';
 export const AnnoKeyManagerIdentity = 'grafana.app/managerId';
+export const AnnoKeyManagerAllowsEdits = 'grafana.app/managerAllowsEdits';
 export const AnnoKeySourcePath = 'grafana.app/sourcePath';
 export const AnnoKeySourceChecksum = 'grafana.app/sourceChecksum';
 export const AnnoKeySourceTimestamp = 'grafana.app/sourceTimestamp';
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ type GrafanaAnnotations = {
 
   [AnnoKeyManagerKind]?: ManagerKind;
   [AnnoKeyManagerIdentity]?: string;
+  [AnnoKeyManagerAllowsEdits]?: string;
   [AnnoKeySourcePath]?: string;
   [AnnoKeySourceChecksum]?: string;
   [AnnoKeySourceTimestamp]?: string;
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.ts
index 00b3a56a7a9..3235d9dbbf0 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ import {
   AnnoKeyGrantPermissions,
   Resource,
   DeprecatedInternalId,
+  AnnoKeyManagerKind,
+  AnnoKeySourcePath,
+  AnnoKeyManagerAllowsEdits,
+  ManagerKind,
 } from 'app/features/apiserver/types';
 import { getDashboardUrl } from 'app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/getDashboardUrl';
 import { DeleteDashboardResponse } from 'app/features/manage-dashboards/types';
@@ -126,6 +130,14 @@ export class K8sDashboardAPI implements DashboardAPI<DashboardDTO, Dashboard> {
         },
       };
 
+      const annotations = dash.metadata.annotations ?? {};
+      const managerKind = annotations[AnnoKeyManagerKind];
+
+      if (managerKind) {
+        result.meta.provisioned = annotations[AnnoKeyManagerAllowsEdits] === 'true' || managerKind === ManagerKind.Repo;
+        result.meta.provisionedExternalId = annotations[AnnoKeySourcePath];
+      }
+
       if (dash.metadata.labels?.[DeprecatedInternalId]) {
         result.dashboard.id = parseInt(dash.metadata.labels[DeprecatedInternalId], 10);
       }