diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/SaveProvisionedDashboard.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/SaveProvisionedDashboard.tsx
index 7115744096d..638447c2d20 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/SaveProvisionedDashboard.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/SaveProvisionedDashboard.tsx
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export function SaveProvisionedDashboard({ drawer, changeInfo, dashboard }: Prop
   const { meta, title: defaultTitle, description: defaultDescription } = dashboard.useState();
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const [params] = useUrlParams();
+  const loadedFromRef = params.get('ref') ?? undefined;
 
   const {
     values: defaultValues,
@@ -120,13 +121,13 @@ export function SaveProvisionedDashboard({ drawer, changeInfo, dashboard }: Prop
     });
 
     if (workflow === 'write') {
-      ref = params.get('ref') ?? undefined; // the original ref from URL or undefined
+      ref = loadedFromRef; // the original ref from URL or undefined
     }
 
     action({ ref, name: repo, path, message: comment, body: saveModel });
   };
 
-  const workflows = getWorkflowOptions(repositoryConfig, ref);
+  const workflows = getWorkflowOptions(repositoryConfig, loadedFromRef);
 
   return (
     <form onSubmit={handleSubmit(doSave)}>
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/hooks.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/hooks.ts
index 80191b2c7a4..f9991c18e4d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/hooks.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/provisioned/hooks.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import { Chance } from 'chance';
+
+import { dateTime } from '@grafana/data';
 import { AnnoKeyRepoName, AnnoKeyRepoPath } from 'app/features/apiserver/types';
 import { useGetResourceRepository } from 'app/features/provisioning/hooks';
 import { DashboardMeta } from 'app/types';
@@ -10,7 +13,7 @@ interface UseDefaultValuesParams {
   defaultDescription?: string;
 }
 
-function generatePath(timestamp: number, pathFromAnnotation?: string, slug?: string) {
+function generatePath(timestamp: string, pathFromAnnotation?: string, slug?: string) {
   if (pathFromAnnotation) {
     const hashIndex = pathFromAnnotation.indexOf('#');
     return hashIndex > 0 ? pathFromAnnotation.substring(0, hashIndex) : pathFromAnnotation;
@@ -27,7 +30,9 @@ export function useDefaultValues({ meta, defaultTitle, defaultDescription }: Use
   // Get config by resource name or folder UID for new resources
   const repositoryConfig = useGetResourceRepository({ name: annoName, folderUid: meta.folderUid });
   const repository = repositoryConfig?.spec;
-  const timestamp = Date.now();
+
+  const random = Chance(1);
+  const timestamp = `${dateTime().format('YYYY-MM-DD')}-${random.string({ length: 5, alpha: true })}`;
 
   return {
     values: {