diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index ff5a5950112..eaf0233daec 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -817,6 +817,7 @@ embed.go @grafana/grafana-as-code
 /.github/workflows/dashboards-issue-add-label.yml @grafana/dashboards-squad
 /.github/workflows/run-schema-v2-e2e.yml  @grafana/dashboards-squad
 /.github/workflows/run-dashboard-search-e2e.yml  @grafana/grafana-search-and-storage
+/.github/workflows/trigger-dashboard-search-e2e.yml  @grafana/grafana-search-and-storage
 /.github/workflows/ephemeral-instances-pr-comment.yml @grafana/grafana-backend-services-squad
 /.github/workflows/create-security-patch-from-security-mirror.yml @grafana/grafana-developer-enablement-squad
 /.github/workflows/core-plugins-build-and-release.yml @grafana/plugins-platform-frontend @grafana/plugins-platform-backend
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-dashboard-search-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/run-dashboard-search-e2e.yml
index aa41c96e0b7..9eb9930cdd4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-dashboard-search-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-dashboard-search-e2e.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-name: Run dashboard search e2e
+name: run-dashboard-search-e2e
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: 
+      - trigger-dashboard-search-e2e
+    types:
+      - completed
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
   ARCH: linux-amd64
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
             path: |
               node_modules
               /home/runner/.cache/Cypress
-            key: foo
+            key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}
 
         - name: Restore Cached Grafana Build and Dependencies
           uses: actions/cache@v3
@@ -105,8 +105,6 @@ jobs:
               e2e/test-plugins/
               devenv/
             key: ${{ runner.os }}-grafana-${{ hashFiles('go.mod', 'package-lock.json', 'Makefile', 'pkg/storage/**/*.go', 'public/app/features/search/**/*.ts', 'public/app/features/search/**/*.tsx') }}
-        - name: Prettify the name
-          run: echo "Running tests for $(basename "${{ matrix.ini_file }}")"
         - name: Set the step name
           id: set_file_name
           run: |
@@ -116,6 +114,3 @@ jobs:
           run: |
             cp -rf ${{ matrix.ini_file }} ${{ github.workspace }}/scripts/grafana-server/custom.ini
             yarn e2e:dashboards-search || echo "Test failed but marking as success since unified search is behind a feature flag and should not block PRs"
-        - name: Always succeed # This is a workaround to make the job pass even if the previous step fails
-          if: failure()
-          run: exit 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/trigger-dashboard-search-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/trigger-dashboard-search-e2e.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d79803c3eb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/trigger-dashboard-search-e2e.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: trigger-dashboard-search-e2e
+# triggers the dashboard search e2e tests which runs async 
+# doesn't block prs, allows setting up notifications from grafana
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - e2e-async-job
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+env:
+  ARCH: linux-amd64
+
+jobs:
+  trigger-search-e2e:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Trigger Dashboard Search E2E
+        run: echo "Triggered Dashboard Search e2e..."
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