diff --git a/src/platform/plugins/shared/dashboard/test/scout/ui/parallel_tests/dashboard_panel_listing_obs_group.spec.ts b/src/platform/plugins/shared/dashboard/test/scout/ui/parallel_tests/dashboard_panel_listing_obs_group.spec.ts
index 3455b3b793b77..5ea584baa8c31 100644
--- a/src/platform/plugins/shared/dashboard/test/scout/ui/parallel_tests/dashboard_panel_listing_obs_group.spec.ts
+++ b/src/platform/plugins/shared/dashboard/test/scout/ui/parallel_tests/dashboard_panel_listing_obs_group.spec.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const DASHBOARD_PANEL_GROUP_ORDER = [
   'legacyGroup',
 ];
 
-const DASHBOARD_PANEL_TYPE_COUNT = 24;
+const DASHBOARD_PANEL_TYPE_COUNT = 25;
 
 spaceTest.describe(
   'Dashboard panel listing (includes observability group)',
diff --git a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/application/main/components/top_nav/use_top_nav_links.tsx b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/application/main/components/top_nav/use_top_nav_links.tsx
index 284cfbc50be95..067ce476bf036 100644
--- a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/application/main/components/top_nav/use_top_nav_links.tsx
+++ b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/application/main/components/top_nav/use_top_nav_links.tsx
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import {
 import type { DiscoverAppState } from '../../state_management/redux';
 import { onSaveDiscoverSession } from './save_discover_session';
 import { useDataState } from '../../hooks/use_data_state';
+import { TransferAction } from '../../../../plugin_imports/embeddable_editor_service';
 
 /**
  * Helper function to build the top nav links
@@ -275,7 +276,15 @@ export const useTopNavLinks = ({
           await onSaveDiscoverSession({
             services,
             state,
-            onSaveCb: isEmbeddedEditor ? services.embeddableEditor.transferBackToEditor : undefined,
+            onSaveCb: isEmbeddedEditor
+              ? (saveState) => {
+                  const action = saveState
+                    ? TransferAction.SaveSession
+                    : TransferAction.SaveByValue;
+
+                  services.embeddableEditor.transferBackToEditor(action, saveState);
+                }
+              : undefined,
           });
         },
         popoverWidth: 150,
@@ -291,7 +300,8 @@ export const useTopNavLinks = ({
                 items: [
                   savedAsButton,
                   {
-                    run: () => services.embeddableEditor.transferBackToEditor(),
+                    run: () =>
+                      services.embeddableEditor.transferBackToEditor(TransferAction.Cancel),
                     id: 'cancel',
                     order: 100,
                     label: i18n.translate('discover.localMenu.cancelTitle', {
diff --git a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/embeddable/actions/add_discover_session_panel_action.ts b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/embeddable/actions/add_discover_session_panel_action.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..94597fdf97da5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/embeddable/actions/add_discover_session_panel_action.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the "Elastic License
+ * 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", and the "Server Side
+ * Public License v 1"; you may not use this file except in compliance with, at
+ * your election, the "Elastic License 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public
+ * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
+ */
+import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
+import type { ApplicationStart } from '@kbn/core/public';
+import {
+  type EmbeddableApiContext,
+  apiCanAccessViewMode,
+  apiHasAppContext,
+  apiIsOfType,
+  getInheritedViewMode,
+} from '@kbn/presentation-publishing';
+
+import type { Action, ActionExecutionContext } from '@kbn/ui-actions-plugin/public';
+import { ADD_PANEL_VISUALIZATION_GROUP, type EmbeddableStart } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public';
+import type { DiscoverSessionTab } from '@kbn/saved-search-plugin/common';
+import type { DiscoverAppLocator } from '../../../common';
+import { ACTION_ADD_DISCOVER_SESSION_PANEL } from '../constants';
+
+export class AddDiscoverSessionPanelAction implements Action<EmbeddableApiContext> {
+  public id = ACTION_ADD_DISCOVER_SESSION_PANEL;
+  public readonly type = ACTION_ADD_DISCOVER_SESSION_PANEL;
+  public readonly order = 45;
+  public readonly grouping = [ADD_PANEL_VISUALIZATION_GROUP];
+
+  constructor(
+    private readonly application: ApplicationStart,
+    private readonly locator: DiscoverAppLocator,
+    private readonly embeddable: EmbeddableStart
+  ) {}
+
+  getIconType(): string | undefined {
+    return 'discoverApp';
+  }
+
+  getDisplayName(): string {
+    return i18n.translate('discover.savedSearchEmbeddable.action.addPanel.displayName', {
+      defaultMessage: 'Discover session',
+    });
+  }
+
+  async execute({
+    embeddable: embeddableApi,
+  }: ActionExecutionContext<EmbeddableApiContext>): Promise<void> {
+    const { app, path } = await this.locator.getLocation({});
+    const stateTransfer = this.embeddable.getStateTransfer();
+
+    const valueInput: DiscoverSessionTab = {
+      id: uuidv4(),
+      label: i18n.translate('discover.savedSearchEmbeddable.action.addPanel.byValueTabName', {
+        defaultMessage: 'New by-value Discover session',
+      }),
+      sort: [],
+      columns: [],
+      isTextBasedQuery: true,
+      grid: {},
+      hideChart: false,
+      serializedSearchSource: {},
+    };
+
+    const appContext = apiHasAppContext(embeddableApi) ? embeddableApi.getAppContext() : undefined;
+
+    stateTransfer.navigateToEditor(app, {
+      path,
+      state: {
+        valueInput,
+        originatingApp: appContext?.currentAppId || '',
+        originatingPath: appContext?.getCurrentPath?.(),
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  getDisplayNameTooltip(): string {
+    return '';
+  }
+
+  async isCompatible({ embeddable }: ActionExecutionContext<EmbeddableApiContext>) {
+    const { capabilities } = this.application;
+    const hasDiscoverPermissions =
+      (capabilities.discover_v2.show as boolean) || (capabilities.discover_v2.save as boolean);
+
+    if (!hasDiscoverPermissions) return false;
+
+    return (
+      apiCanAccessViewMode(embeddable) &&
+      getInheritedViewMode(embeddable) === 'edit' &&
+      apiIsOfType(embeddable, 'dashboard')
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/embeddable/constants.ts b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/embeddable/constants.ts
index 00b750f8838f0..1a557c8b27057 100644
--- a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/embeddable/constants.ts
+++ b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/embeddable/constants.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export const LEGACY_LOG_STREAM_EMBEDDABLE = 'log_stream';
 
 export const ACTION_VIEW_SAVED_SEARCH = 'ACTION_VIEW_SAVED_SEARCH';
 
+export const ACTION_ADD_DISCOVER_SESSION_PANEL = 'ACTION_ADD_DISCOVER_SESSION_PANEL';
+
 export const DEFAULT_HEADER_ROW_HEIGHT_LINES = 3;
 
 /** This constant refers to the dashboard panel specific state */
diff --git a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/plugin.tsx b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/plugin.tsx
index b7659e05e1d30..e7a64b87d5347 100644
--- a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/plugin.tsx
+++ b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/plugin.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import type { SavedSearchAttributes } from '@kbn/saved-search-plugin/common';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { once } from 'lodash';
 import { DISCOVER_ESQL_LOCATOR } from '@kbn/deeplinks-analytics';
-import { ON_OPEN_PANEL_MENU } from '@kbn/ui-actions-plugin/common/trigger_ids';
+import { ADD_PANEL_TRIGGER, ON_OPEN_PANEL_MENU } from '@kbn/ui-actions-plugin/common/trigger_ids';
 import type { DrilldownTransforms } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/common';
 import { ProjectRoutingAccess } from '@kbn/cps-utils';
 import { DISCOVER_APP_LOCATOR, PLUGIN_ID, type DiscoverAppLocator } from '../common';
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ import { registerFeature } from './plugin_imports/register_feature';
 import type { UrlTracker } from './build_services';
 import { initializeKbnUrlTracking } from './utils/initialize_kbn_url_tracking';
 import { defaultCustomizationContext } from './customizations/defaults';
-import { ACTION_VIEW_SAVED_SEARCH, LEGACY_LOG_STREAM_EMBEDDABLE } from './embeddable/constants';
+import {
+  ACTION_ADD_DISCOVER_SESSION_PANEL,
+  ACTION_VIEW_SAVED_SEARCH,
+  LEGACY_LOG_STREAM_EMBEDDABLE,
+} from './embeddable/constants';
 import {
   DiscoverContainerInternal,
   type DiscoverContainerProps,
@@ -248,6 +252,19 @@ export class DiscoverPlugin
       }
     );
 
+    plugins.uiActions.addTriggerActionAsync(
+      ADD_PANEL_TRIGGER,
+      ACTION_ADD_DISCOVER_SESSION_PANEL,
+      async () => {
+        const { AddDiscoverSessionPanelAction } = await getEmbeddableServices();
+        return new AddDiscoverSessionPanelAction(
+          core.application,
+          this.locator!,
+          plugins.embeddable
+        );
+      }
+    );
+
     const isEsqlEnabled = core.uiSettings.get(ENABLE_ESQL);
 
     if (plugins.share && this.locator && isEsqlEnabled) {
diff --git a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/plugin_imports/embeddable_editor_service.ts b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/plugin_imports/embeddable_editor_service.ts
index 99387eb0af543..337d91a679c79 100644
--- a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/plugin_imports/embeddable_editor_service.ts
+++ b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/plugin_imports/embeddable_editor_service.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,24 @@ import type {
 import { SEARCH_EMBEDDABLE_TYPE } from '@kbn/discover-utils';
 import type { EmbeddableEditorState, EmbeddableStateTransfer } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public';
 
+/**
+ * Specifies the action to be taken for navigating back to an editor.
+ */
+export enum TransferAction {
+  /**
+   * A Cancel operation. Returns to the editor without modifying the original state.
+   */
+  Cancel,
+  /**
+   * A Save Session operation. Updates the saved session and doesn't pass back any serialised state.
+   */
+  SaveSession,
+  /**
+   * A Save By Value operation. Sends back to the editor the serialised updated state for the embeddable.
+   */
+  SaveByValue,
+}
+
 export class EmbeddableEditorService {
   private embeddableState?: EmbeddableEditorState;
 
@@ -27,6 +45,9 @@ export class EmbeddableEditorService {
   public getByValueInput = (): DiscoverSessionTab | undefined =>
     this.embeddableState?.valueInput as DiscoverSessionTab | undefined;
 
+  /**
+   * Resets the embeddable transfer state, ensuring it is cleared in storage and then dropped in memory.
+   */
   public clearEditorState = () => {
     if (this.embeddableState) {
       this.embeddableStateTransfer.clearEditorState('discover');
@@ -34,7 +55,19 @@ export class EmbeddableEditorService {
     }
   };
 
-  public transferBackToEditor = (state?: SavedSearchByValueAttributes) => {
+  public transferBackToEditor(action: TransferAction.Cancel | TransferAction.SaveSession): void;
+  public transferBackToEditor(
+    action: TransferAction.SaveByValue,
+    state: SavedSearchByValueAttributes
+  ): void;
+  public transferBackToEditor(action: TransferAction, state?: SavedSearchByValueAttributes): void;
+  /**
+   * Initiates a navigation back to the editing application, either cancelling the current action to return
+   * or passing a state for an embeddable to receive an updated view.
+   *
+   * **NOTE**: Cancelling will never pass an updated state, so the state param is ignored for cancel actions.
+   */
+  public transferBackToEditor(action: TransferAction, state?: SavedSearchByValueAttributes) {
     if (this.embeddableState) {
       const app = this.embeddableState.originatingApp;
       const path = this.embeddableState.originatingPath;
@@ -43,15 +76,18 @@ export class EmbeddableEditorService {
         this.embeddableStateTransfer.clearEditorState('discover');
         this.embeddableStateTransfer.navigateToWithEmbeddablePackages(app, {
           path,
-          state: [
-            {
-              type: SEARCH_EMBEDDABLE_TYPE,
-              serializedState: { attributes: state },
-              embeddableId: this.embeddableState?.embeddableId,
-            },
-          ],
+          state:
+            action !== TransferAction.Cancel
+              ? [
+                  {
+                    type: SEARCH_EMBEDDABLE_TYPE,
+                    serializedState: { attributes: state },
+                    embeddableId: this.embeddableState?.embeddableId,
+                  },
+                ]
+              : [],
         });
       }
     }
-  };
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/plugin_imports/embeddable_services.ts b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/plugin_imports/embeddable_services.ts
index 2f261daaae701..4b3fd79185e74 100644
--- a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/plugin_imports/embeddable_services.ts
+++ b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/plugin_imports/embeddable_services.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 export { ViewSavedSearchAction } from '../embeddable/actions/view_saved_search_action';
+export { AddDiscoverSessionPanelAction } from '../embeddable/actions/add_discover_session_panel_action';
 export { addPanelFromLibrary } from '../embeddable/utils/add_panel_from_library';
 export { getSearchEmbeddableFactory } from '../embeddable/get_search_embeddable_factory';
 export { getLegacyLogStreamEmbeddableFactory } from '../embeddable/get_legacy_log_stream_embeddable_factory';
diff --git a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/utils/breadcrumbs.ts b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/utils/breadcrumbs.ts
index 746dca8129c3a..663ca56d51529 100644
--- a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/utils/breadcrumbs.ts
+++ b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/utils/breadcrumbs.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import type { ChromeBreadcrumb } from '@kbn/core-chrome-browser';
 import type { DiscoverServices } from '../build_services';
-import type { EmbeddableEditorService } from '../plugin_imports/embeddable_editor_service';
+import {
+  TransferAction,
+  type EmbeddableEditorService,
+} from '../plugin_imports/embeddable_editor_service';
 
 const rootPath = '#/';
 
@@ -36,7 +39,9 @@ function getRootBreadcrumbs({
           }),
       deepLinkId: isEmbeddedEditor ? 'dashboards' : 'discover',
       href,
-      onClick: isEmbeddedEditor ? () => embeddable.transferBackToEditor() : undefined,
+      onClick: isEmbeddedEditor
+        ? () => embeddable.transferBackToEditor(TransferAction.Cancel)
+        : undefined,
     },
   ];
 }
diff --git a/src/platform/test/functional/apps/dashboard/group5/dashboard_panel_listing.ts b/src/platform/test/functional/apps/dashboard/group5/dashboard_panel_listing.ts
index 8541739ff65f0..a2d4aabf1ae89 100644
--- a/src/platform/test/functional/apps/dashboard/group5/dashboard_panel_listing.ts
+++ b/src/platform/test/functional/apps/dashboard/group5/dashboard_panel_listing.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       ]);
 
       // Any changes to the number of panels needs to be audited by @elastic/kibana-presentation
-      expect(panelTypes.length).to.eql(14);
+      expect(panelTypes.length).to.eql(15);
     });
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/platform/test/functional/apps/discover/embeddable/_new_panel_embeddable.ts b/src/platform/test/functional/apps/discover/embeddable/_new_panel_embeddable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b5b359892845c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/test/functional/apps/discover/embeddable/_new_panel_embeddable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the "Elastic License
+ * 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", and the "Server Side
+ * Public License v 1"; you may not use this file except in compliance with, at
+ * your election, the "Elastic License 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public
+ * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
+ */
+
+import expect from '@kbn/expect';
+import type { FtrProviderContext } from '../ftr_provider_context';
+
+export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
+  const dashboardAddPanel = getService('dashboardAddPanel');
+  const filterBar = getService('filterBar');
+  const queryBar = getService('queryBar');
+  const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
+  const kibanaServer = getService('kibanaServer');
+  const testSubjects = getService('testSubjects');
+  const globalNav = getService('globalNav');
+  const { common, dashboard, header, discover } = getPageObjects([
+    'common',
+    'dashboard',
+    'header',
+    'discover',
+  ]);
+
+  describe('add new discover panel embeddable', () => {
+    before(async () => {
+      await esArchiver.loadIfNeeded(
+        'src/platform/test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/logstash_functional'
+      );
+      await esArchiver.loadIfNeeded(
+        'src/platform/test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/dashboard/current/data'
+      );
+      await kibanaServer.savedObjects.cleanStandardList();
+      await kibanaServer.importExport.load(
+        'src/platform/test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/dashboard/current/kibana'
+      );
+      await kibanaServer.uiSettings.replace({
+        defaultIndex: '0bf35f60-3dc9-11e8-8660-4d65aa086b3c',
+      });
+      await common.setTime({
+        from: 'Sep 22, 2015 @ 00:00:00.000',
+        to: 'Sep 23, 2015 @ 00:00:00.000',
+      });
+    });
+
+    after(async () => {
+      await kibanaServer.savedObjects.cleanStandardList();
+      await common.unsetTime();
+      await kibanaServer.uiSettings.unset('defaultIndex');
+    });
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      await dashboard.navigateToApp();
+      await filterBar.ensureFieldEditorModalIsClosed();
+      await dashboard.gotoDashboardLandingPage();
+      await dashboard.clickNewDashboard();
+    });
+
+    it('can add a new Discover session panel to the dashboard', async () => {
+      await dashboardAddPanel.clickAddDiscoverPanel();
+      await header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
+      await Promise.all([
+        globalNav
+          .getFirstBreadcrumb()
+          .then((firstBreadcrumb) => expect(firstBreadcrumb).to.be('Dashboards')),
+        discover
+          .getSavedSearchTitle()
+          .then((lastBreadcrumb) =>
+            expect(lastBreadcrumb).to.be('Editing New by-value Discover session')
+          ),
+        testSubjects
+          .exists('unifiedTabs_tabsBar', { timeout: 1000 })
+          .then((unifiedTabs) => expect(unifiedTabs).not.to.be(true)),
+        discover.isOnDashboardsEditMode().then((editMode) => expect(editMode).to.be(true)),
+      ]);
+
+      await queryBar.setQuery('test');
+      await queryBar.submitQuery();
+      await discover.waitUntilTabIsLoaded();
+      await discover.clickSaveSearchButton();
+      await dashboard.waitForRenderComplete();
+      await dashboard.verifyNoRenderErrors();
+      expect(await discover.getAllSavedSearchDocumentCount()).to.eql(['13 documents']);
+    });
+
+    it('can cancel adding a new Discover session panel', async () => {
+      await dashboardAddPanel.clickAddDiscoverPanel();
+      await header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
+
+      await queryBar.setQuery('test');
+      await queryBar.submitQuery();
+      await discover.waitUntilTabIsLoaded();
+
+      await discover.clickCancelButton();
+
+      await dashboard.waitForRenderComplete();
+      await dashboard.verifyNoRenderErrors();
+
+      expect(await discover.getAllSavedSearchDocumentCount()).to.eql([]);
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/platform/test/functional/apps/discover/embeddable/_saved_search_embeddable.ts b/src/platform/test/functional/apps/discover/embeddable/_saved_search_embeddable.ts
index 1dcb2a14c73c7..33c5874275142 100644
--- a/src/platform/test/functional/apps/discover/embeddable/_saved_search_embeddable.ts
+++ b/src/platform/test/functional/apps/discover/embeddable/_saved_search_embeddable.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     after(async () => {
       await kibanaServer.savedObjects.cleanStandardList();
       await common.unsetTime();
+      await kibanaServer.uiSettings.unset('defaultIndex');
     });
 
     beforeEach(async () => {
diff --git a/src/platform/test/functional/apps/discover/embeddable/index.ts b/src/platform/test/functional/apps/discover/embeddable/index.ts
index 1663bf4181dc3..d0de1bb020fe7 100644
--- a/src/platform/test/functional/apps/discover/embeddable/index.ts
+++ b/src/platform/test/functional/apps/discover/embeddable/index.ts
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, loadTestFile }: FtrProviderContext) {
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./multiple_data_views'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_log_stream_embeddable.ts'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_esql_embeddable.ts'));
+    loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_new_panel_embeddable.ts'));
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/platform/test/functional/services/dashboard/add_panel.ts b/src/platform/test/functional/services/dashboard/add_panel.ts
index 83fc5d08f8942..83839f0023961 100644
--- a/src/platform/test/functional/services/dashboard/add_panel.ts
+++ b/src/platform/test/functional/services/dashboard/add_panel.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ export class DashboardAddPanelService extends FtrService {
     await this.clickAddNewPanelFromUIActionLink('ES|QL');
   }
 
+  async clickAddDiscoverPanel() {
+    this.log.debug('DashboardAddPanel.clickAddDiscoverPanel');
+    await this.openAddPanelFlyout();
+    await this.clickAddNewPanelFromUIActionLink('Discover session');
+  }
+
   async openAddPanelFlyout() {
     this.log.debug('DashboardAddPanel.openAddPanelFlyout');
     await this.clickTopNavAddMenu();