diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 7899a0afa723..9346def6aafd 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-*   @ananzh @kavilla @seanneumann @AMoo-Miki @ashwin-pc @joshuarrrr @abbyhu2000 @zengyan-amazon @kristenTian @zhongnansu @manasvinibs
+*   @ananzh @kavilla @seanneumann @AMoo-Miki @ashwin-pc @joshuarrrr @abbyhu2000 @zengyan-amazon @kristenTian @zhongnansu @manasvinibs @ZilongX @Flyingliuhub
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cypress_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/cypress_workflow.yml
index a487ac774a7c..5e78785f9b88 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cypress_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cypress_workflow.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ env:
   START_CMD: 'node ../scripts/opensearch_dashboards --dev --no-base-path --no-watch'
   OPENSEARCH_SNAPSHOT_CMD: 'node ../scripts/opensearch snapshot'
   SPEC: 'cypress/integration/core-opensearch-dashboards/opensearch-dashboards/**/*.js,'
-  CYPRESS_ENV: 'env CYPRESS_VISBUILDER_ENABLED=true CYPRESS_DATASOURCE_MANAGEMENT_ENABLED=false'
+  CYPRESS_BROWSER: 'chromium'
+  CYPRESS_VISBUILDER_ENABLED: true
+  CYPRESS_DATASOURCE_MANAGEMENT_ENABLED: false
+  OSD_SNAPSHOT_SKIP_VERIFY_CHECKSUM: true
 
 jobs:
   cypress-tests:
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
           working-directory: ${{ env.FTR_PATH }}
           start: ${{ env.OPENSEARCH_SNAPSHOT_CMD }}, ${{ env.START_CMD }}
           wait-on: 'http://localhost:9200, http://localhost:5601'
-          command: ${{ env.CYPRESS_ENV }} yarn cypress:run-without-security --browser chromium --spec ${{ env.SPEC }}
+          command: yarn cypress:run-without-security --browser ${{ env.CYPRESS_BROWSER }} --spec ${{ env.SPEC }}
 
       # Screenshots are only captured on failure, will change this once we do visual regression tests
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3a7acdd0a965..04dc5d82b498 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,298 +10,598 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 
 ### 🛡 Security
 
-- [Legacy Maps Plugin] Prevent reverse-tabnabbing ([#2540](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2540))
-- Eliminate dependency on `got` versions older than 11.8.5 ([#2801](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2801))
-- [Multi DataSource] Add explicit no spellcheck on password fields ([#2818](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2818))
-- [CVE-2022-25912] Bumps simple-git from 3.4.0 to 3.15.0 ([#3036](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3036))
-- [CVE-2022-35256] Bumps node version from 14.20.0 to 14.20.1 ([#3166](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3166))
-- [CVE-2022-46175] Bumps json5 version from 1.0.1 and 2.2.1 to 1.0.2 and 2.2.3 ([#3201](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3201))
-- [CVE-2022-25860] Bumps simple-git from 3.15.1 to 3.16.0 ([#3345](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3345))
-- [Security] Bumps hapi/statehood to 7.0.4 ([#3411](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3411))
-- [CVE-2023-25166] Bump formula to 3.0.1 ([#3416](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3416))
-- [CVE-2023-25653] Bump node-jose to 2.2.0 ([#3445](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3445))
-- [CVE-2023-26486][cve-2023-26487] Bump vega from 5.22.1 to 5.23.0 ([#3533](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3533))
-- [CVE-2023-0842] Bump xml2js from 0.4.23 to 0.5.0 ([#3842](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3842))
-- [Multi DataSource] Add private IP blocking validation on server side ([#3912](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3912))
+- [CVE-2022-37599] Bump loader-utils from `2.0.3` to `2.0.4` ([#3031](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3031)). Backwards-compatible fixes included in v2.6.0 and v1.3.7 releases.
+- [CVE-2022-37603] Bump loader-utils from `2.0.3` to `2.0.4` ([#3031](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3031)). Backwards-compatible fixes included in v2.6.0 and v1.3.7 releases.
+- [WS-2021-0638] Bump mocha from `7.2.0` to `10.1.0` ([#2711](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2711))
 - Bump `joi` to v14 to avoid the possibility of prototype poisoning in a nested dependency ([#3952](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3952))
-- [CVE-2023-2251] Bump yaml to 2.2.2 ([#3947](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3947))
 
 ### 📈 Features/Enhancements
 
-- [MD] Support legacy client for data source ([#2204](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2204))
-- [MD] Add data source signing support ([#2510](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2510))
-- [Plugin Helpers] Facilitate version changes ([#2398](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2398))
-- [MD] Display error toast for create index pattern with data source ([#2506](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2506))
-- [Multi DataSource] UX enhancement on index pattern management stack ([#2505](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2505))
-- [Multi DataSource] UX enhancement on Data source management stack ([#2521](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2521))
-- [Multi DataSource] UX enhancement on Index Pattern management stack ([#2527](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2527))
-- [Multi DataSource] Add data source column into index pattern table ([#2542](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2542))
-- [Multi DataSource] UX enhancement for Data source management creation page ([#2051](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2501))
-- [Multi DataSource] Add experimental callout for index pattern section ([#2523](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2523))
-- [Multi DataSource] Add data source config to opensearch-dashboards-docker ([#2557](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2557))
-- [Multi DataSource] Make text content dynamically translated & update unit tests ([#2570](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2570))
-- [Vis Builder] Change classname prefix wiz to vb ([#2581](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2581/files))
-- [Vis Builder] Change wizard to vis_builder in file names and paths ([#2587](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2587))
-- [Windows] Facilitate building and running OSD and plugins on Windows platforms ([#2601](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2601))
-- [Windows] Add `@osd/cross-platform` package to standardize path handling across platforms ([#2703](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2703))
-- [Multi DataSource] Address UX comments on Data source list and create page ([#2625](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2625))
-- [Vis Builder] Rename wizard to visBuilder in i18n id and formatted message id ([#2635](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2635))
-- [Vis Builder] Rename wizard to visBuilder in class name, type name and function name ([#2639](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2639))
-- [Vis Builder] Rename wizard on save modal and visualization table ([#2645](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2645))
-- [Vis Builder] Adds functional tests to CI ([#2728](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2728))
-- [Vis Builder] Enable VisBuilder by default ([#2725](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2725))
-- Change save object type, wizard id and name to visBuilder #2673 ([#2673](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2673))
-- [Multi DataSource] Update MD data source documentation link ([#2693](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2693))
-- [Save Object Aggregation View] Add extension point in saved object management to register namespaces and show filter ([#2656](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2656))
-- [Save Object Aggregation View] Fix for export all after scroll count response changed in PR#2656 ([#2696](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2696))
-- [Vis Builder] Add an experimental table visualization in vis builder ([#2705](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2705))
-- [Vis Builder] Add field summary popovers ([#2682](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2682))
-- [I18n] Register ru, ru-RU locale ([#2817](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2817))
-- Add yarn opensearch arg to setup plugin dependencies ([#2544](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/issues/2544))
-- [Multi DataSource] Test the connection to an external data source when creating or updating ([#2973](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2973))
-- Add Dashboards-list integrations for Plugins ([#3090](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3090) )
-- [Table Visualization] Refactor table visualization using React and DataGrid component ([#2863](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2863))
-- [Vis Builder] Add redux store persistence ([#3088](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3088))
-- [Multi DataSource] Improve test connection ([#3110](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3110))
-- [Vis Builder] Add app filter and query persistence without using state container ([#3100](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3100))
-- [Optimizer] Increase timeout waiting for the exiting of an optimizer worker ([#3193](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3193))
-- [Data] Update `createAggConfig` so that newly created configs can be added to beginning of `aggConfig` array ([#3160](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3160))
-- Add disablePrototypePoisoningProtection configuration to prevent JS client from erroring when cluster utilizes JS reserved words ([#2992](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2992))
-- [Multiple DataSource] Add support for SigV4 authentication ([#3058](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3058))
-- Make build scripts find and use the latest version of Node.js that satisfies `engines.node` ([#3467](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3467))
-- [Multiple DataSource] Refactor test connection to support SigV4 auth type ([#3456](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3456))
-- [Darwin] Add support for Darwin for running OpenSearch snapshots with `yarn opensearch snapshot` ([#3537](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3537))
-- [Vis Builder] Add metric to metric, bucket to bucket aggregation persistence ([#3495](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3495))
-- Use mirrors to download Node.js binaries to escape sporadic 404 errors ([#3619](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3619))
-- [Multiple DataSource] Refactor dev tool console to use opensearch-js client to send requests ([#3544](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3544))
-- Add `osd-xsrf` header to all requests that incorrectly used `node-version` to satisfy XSRF protection ([#3643](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3643))
-- [Data] Add geo shape filter field ([#3605](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3605))
-- [Notifications] Adds id to toast api for deduplication ([#3752](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3752))
-- [VisBuilder] Add UI actions handler ([#3732](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3732))
-- [Dashboard] Indicate that IE is no longer supported ([#3641](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3641))
-- [UI] Add support for comma delimiters in the global filter bar ([#3686](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3686))
-- [Multiple DataSource] Allow create and distinguish index pattern with same name but from different datasources ([#3571](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3571))
-- [Multiple DataSource] Integrate multiple datasource with dev tool console ([#3754](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3754))
-- Add satisfaction survey link to help menu ([#3676] (https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3676))
-- [Vis Builder] Add persistence to visualizations inner state ([#3751](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3751))
-- [Table Visualization] Move format table, consolidate types and add unit tests ([#3397](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3397))
+- Add plugin manifest config to define OpenSearch plugin dependency and verify if it is installed on the cluster ([#3116](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3116))
+- Replace re2 with RegExp in timeline and add unit tests ([#3908](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3908))
+- Add category option within groups for context menus ([#4144](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4144))
+- [Saved Object Service] Add Repository Factory Provider ([#4149](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4149))
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- [Chore] Update deprecated url methods (url.parse(), url.format()) ([#2910](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2910))
+- Cleanup unused url ([#3847](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3847))
+
+### 🚞 Infrastructure
+
+- Re-enable CI workflows for feature branches ([#2908](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2908))
+- Upgrade yarn version to be compatible with @opensearch-project/opensearch ([#3443](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3443))
+- Add an achievement badger to the PR ([#3721](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3721))
+
+### 📝 Documentation
+
+- [Doc] Add COMMUNICATIONS.md with info about Slack, forum, office hours ([#3837](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3837))
+- [Saved Object Service] Adds design doc for new Saved Object Service Interface for Custom Repository [#3954](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3954)
+
+### 🛠 Maintenance
+
+- Removes `minimatch` manual resolution ([#3019](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3019))
+- Upgrade `vega-lite` dependency from `4.17.0` to `^5.6.0` ([#3076](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3076)). Backwards-compatible version included in v2.5.0 release.
+- Bump `js-yaml` from `3.14.0` to `4.1.0` ([#3770](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3770))
+- Adding @ZilongX and @Flyingliuhub as maintainers. ([#4137](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4137))
+- Add new MAINTAINERS to CODEOWNERS file. ([#4199](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4199))
+
+### 🪛 Refactoring
+
+- [Console] Remove unused ul element and its custom styling ([#3993](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3993))
+- Fix EUI/OUI type errors ([#3798](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3798))
+- Remove unused Sass in `tile_map` plugin ([#4110](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4110))
+- [Table Visualization] Remove custom styling for text-align:center in favor of OUI utility class. ([#4164](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4164))
+- Replace the use of `bluebird` in `saved_objects` plugin ([#4026](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4026))
+
+### 🔩 Tests
+
+## [2.8.0 - 2023-06-06](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/releases/tag/2.8.0)
+
+### Deprecations
+
+- Remove timeline application ([#3971](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3971))
+
+### 🛡 Security
+
+- [CVE-2023-2251] Bump `yaml` to `2.2.2` ([#3947](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3947))
+
+### 📈 Features/Enhancements
+
 - [Multiple Datasource] Support Amazon OpenSearch Serverless ([#3957](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3957))
 - Add support for Node.js >=14.20.1 <19 ([#4071](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4071))
 - Bundle Node.js 14 as a fallback for operating systems that cannot run Node.js 18 ([#4151](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4151))
+- Enhance grouping for context menus ([#3924](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3924))
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- [BUG] Fix bottom bar visibility using createPortal ([#3978](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3978))
+- [Dashboards Listing] Fix listing limit to utilize `savedObjects:listingLimit` instead of `savedObjects:perPage` ([#4021](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4021))
+
+### 🚞 Infrastructure
+
+- Install chrome driver for functional tests from path set by environment variable `TEST_BROWSER_BINARY_PATH`([#3997](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3997))
+- Add threshold to code coverage config to prevent workflow failures ([#4040](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4040))
+- [CI] Skip checksum verification on OpenSearch snapshot for cypress tests ([#4188](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4188))
+
+### 📝 Documentation
+
+### 🛠 Maintenance
+
+- Use `exec` in the CLI shell scripts to prevent new process creation ([#3955](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3955))
+
+### 🪛 Refactoring
+
+### 🔩 Tests
+
+## [1.3.10 - 2023-05-18](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/releases/tag/2.7.0)
+
+### 🛡 Security
+
+- [CVE-2020-15366][1.x] Bump ajv from 4.11.8 to 6.12.6 ([#4035](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4035))
+- [CVE-2022-48285][1.x] Bump jszip from 3.7.1 to 3.10.1 ([#4011](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4011))
+- [CVE-2021-35065][1.x] Bump glob-parent from 6.0.0 to 6.0.2 ([#4005](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4005))
+- [CVE-2022-25851][1.x] Bump jpeg-js from 0.4.1 to 0.4.4 ([#3860](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3860))
+- [CVE-2022-25858][1.x] Bump terser from 4.8.0 to 4.8.1 ([#3786](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3786))
+- [CVE-2021-23490][1.x] Bump parse-link-header from 1.0.1 to 2.0.0 ([#3820](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3820))
+- [CVE-2021-3765][1.x] Bump validator from 8.2.0 to 13.9.0 ([#3753](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3753))
+- [CVE-2022-25758][1.x] Bump scss-tokenizer from 0.3.0 to 0.4.3 ([#3789](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3789))
+- [CVE-2021-3803][1.x] Bump nth-check from 1.0.2 to 2.0.1 ([#3745](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3745))
+- Bump highlight.js from 9.18.5 to 10.7.3 to solve security concerns （[#4062](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4062))
+
+### 📈 Features/Enhancements
+
+- Add tooltip to help icon ([#3872](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3872))
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+### 📝 Documentation
+
+- Update jest documentation links ([#3939](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3939))
+
+### 🛠 Maintenance
+
+- Add threshold to code coverage changes for project ([#4050](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4050))
+- Temporarily hardcode chromedriver to 112.0.0 to enable all ftr tests ([#4039](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4039))
+- Update MAINTAINERS.md and CODEOWNERS ([#3938](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3938))
+- Add opensearch-dashboards-docker-dev to .gitignore ([#3781](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3781))
+
+### 🪛 Refactoring
+
+### 🔩 Tests
+
+## [2.7.0 - 2023-05-02](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/releases/tag/2.7.0)
+
+### Deprecations
+
+### 🛡 Security
+
+- [CVE-2023-26486] Bump vega from `5.22.1` to `5.23.0` ([#3533](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3533))
+- [CVE-2023-26487] Bump vega from `5.22.1` to `5.23.0` ([#3533](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3533))
+- [CVE-2023-0842] Bump xml2js from `0.4.23` to `0.5.0` ([#3842](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3842))
+- [Multi DataSource] Add private IP blocking validation on server side ([#3912](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3912))
+
+### 📈 Features/Enhancements
+
+- Add satisfaction survey link to help menu ([#3676](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3676))
+- Add `osd-xsrf` header to all requests that incorrectly used `node-version` to satisfy XSRF protection ([#3643](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3643))
+- [Dashboard] Add Dashboards-list integrations for Plugins ([#3090](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3090) )
+- [Data] Add geo shape filter field ([#3605](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3605))
+- [Doc Links] Add downgrade logic for branch in DocLinkService ([#3483](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3483))
+- [Monaco editor] Add json worker support ([#3424](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3424))
+- [Multiple DataSource] Allow create and distinguish index pattern with same name but from different datasources ([#3604](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3604))
+- [Multiple DataSource] Integrate multiple datasource with dev tool console ([#3754](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3754))
+- [Notifications] Add id to toast api for deduplication ([#3752](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3752))
+- [UI] Add support for comma delimiters in the global filter bar ([#3686](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3686))
+- [UI] Indicate that IE is no longer supported ([#3641](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3641))
+- [Vega] Add Filter custom label for opensearchDashboardsAddFilter ([#3640](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3640))
+- [VisBuilder] Add metric to metric, bucket to bucket aggregation persistence ([#3495](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3495))
+- [VisBuilder] Add UI actions handler ([#3732](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3732))
+- [VisBuilder] Add persistence to visualizations inner state ([#3751](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3751))
 
 ### 🐛 Bug Fixes
 
-- [Vis Builder] Fixes auto bounds for timeseries bar chart visualization ([2401](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2401))
-- [Vis Builder] Fixes visualization shift when editing agg ([2401](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2401))
-- [Vis Builder] Renames "Histogram" to "Bar" in vis type picker ([2401](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2401))
-- [Vis Builder] Update vislib params and misc fixes ([2610](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2610))
-- [Vis Builder] Bug fixes for datasource picker and auto time interval ([2632](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2632))
-- [MD] Add data source param to low-level search call in Discover ([#2431](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2431))
-- [Multi DataSource] Skip data source view in index pattern step when pick default ([#2574](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2574))
-- [Multi DataSource] Address UX comments on Edit Data source page ([#2629](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2629))
-- [BUG] Fix suggestion list cutoff issue ([#2607](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2607))
-- [Multi DataSource] Address UX comments on index pattern management stack ([#2611](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2611))
-- [Multi DataSource] Apply get indices error handling in step index pattern ([#2652](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2652))
-- [Vis Builder] Last Updated Timestamp for visbuilder savedobject is getting Generated ([#2628](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2628))
-- [Vis Builder] fixes filters for table visualisation ([#3210](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3210))
-- Removed Leftover X Pack references ([#2638](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2638))
-- Removes Add Integration button ([#2723](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2723))
-- Change geckodriver version to make consistency ([#2772](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2772))
-- [Multi DataSource] Update default audit log path ([#2793](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2793))
-- [Table Visualization] Fix first column sort issue ([#2828](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2828))
-- Temporary workaround for task-kill exceptions on Windows when it is passed a pid for a process that is already dead ([#2842](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2842))
-- [Vis Builder] Fix empty workspace animation does not work in firefox ([#2853](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2853))
-- Bumped `del` version to fix MacOS race condition ([#2847](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2873))
-- [Chore] Update deprecated url methods (url.parse(), url.format()) ([#1561](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/1561))
-- [Build] Fixed "Last Access Time" not being set by `scanCopy` on Windows ([#2964](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2964))
-- [Vis Builder] Add global data persistence for vis builder #2896 ([#2896](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2896))
-- Update `leaflet-vega` and fix its usage ([#3005](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3005))
-- [Table Visualization][bug] Fix Url content display issue in table ([#2918](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2918))
-- Fixes misleading embaddable plugin error message ([#3043](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3043))
-- [MD] Update dummy url in tests to follow lychee url allowlist ([#3099](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3099))
-- Adds config override to fix obsolete theme:version config value of v8 (beta) rendering issue ([#3045](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3045))
-- [CI] Update test workflow to increase network-timeout for yarn for installing dependencies ([#3118](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3118))
-- [VisBuilder] Fixes pipeline aggs ([#3137](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3137))
-- [Region Maps] Fixes bug that prevents selected join field to be used ([#3213](Fix bug that prevents selected join field to be used))
-- [Multi DataSource]Update test connection button text([#3247](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3247))
-- [Region Maps] Add ui setting to configure custom vector map's size parameter([#3399](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3399))
-- [Search Telemetry] Fixes search telemetry's observable object that won't be GC-ed([#3390](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3390))
 - Clean up and rebuild `@osd/pm` ([#3570](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3570))
 - Omit adding the `osd-version` header when the Fetch request is to an external origin ([#3643](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3643))
-- [Vega] Add Filter custom label for opensearchDashboardsAddFilter ([#3640](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3640))
+- [Console] Fix/update documentation links in Dev Tools console ([#3724](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3724))
+- [Console] Fix dev tool console autocomplete not loading issue ([#3775](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3775))
+- [Console] Fix dev tool console run command with query parameter error ([#3813](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3813))
+- [Table Visualization] Fix table rendering empty unused space ([#3797](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3797))
+- [Table Visualization] Fix data table not adjusting height on the initial load ([#3816](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3816))
 - [Timeline] Fix y-axis label color in dark mode ([#3698](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3698))
+- [TSVB] Fix undefined serial diff aggregation documentation link ([#3503](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3503))
+- [UI] Add clarifying tooltips to header navigation icons ([#3626](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3626))
 - [VisBuilder] Fix multiple warnings thrown on page load ([#3732](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3732))
 - [VisBuilder] Fix Firefox legend selection issue ([#3732](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3732))
 - [VisBuilder] Fix type errors ([#3732](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3732))
 - [VisBuilder] Fix indexpattern selection in filter bar ([#3751](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3751))
-- [Table Visualization] Fix table rendering empty unused space ([#3797](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3797))
-- [Table Visualization] Fix data table not adjusting height on the initial load ([#3816](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3816))
-- Cleanup unused url ([#3847](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3847))
-- [BUG] Docked navigation impacts visibility of bottom bar component ([#3978](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3978))
 
 ### 🚞 Infrastructure
 
-- Add CHANGELOG.md and related workflows ([#2414](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2414))
-- Update backport custom branch name to utilize head template ([#2766](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2766))
-- Re-enable CI workflows for feature branckes ([#2908](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2908))
-- Add Windows CI workflows ([#2966](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2966))
-- Add automatic selection of the appropriate version of chrome driver to run functional tests ([#2990](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2990))
-- Add recording of functional test artifacts if they fail ([#3190](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3190))
-- Improve yarn's performance in workflows by caching yarn's cache folder ([#3194](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3194))
-- Fix detection of Chrome's version on Darwin during CI ([#3296](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3296))
-- Upgrade yarn version to be compatible with @openearch-project/opensearch ([#3443](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3443))
+- Use mirrors to download Node.js binaries to escape sporadic 404 errors ([#3619](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3619))
+- [CI] Update NOTICE file, add validation to GitHub CI ([#3051](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3051))
 - [CI] Reduce redundancy by using matrix strategy on Windows and Linux workflows ([#3514](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3514))
-- Add an achievement badger to the PR ([#3721](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3721))
-- Install chrome driver for functional tests from path set by environment variable `TEST_BROWSER_BINARY_PATH`([#3997](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3997))
-- Adds threshold to code coverage config to prevent workflow failures ([#4040](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4040))
+- [Darwin] Add support for Darwin for running OpenSearch snapshots with `yarn opensearch snapshot` ([#3537](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3537))
 
 ### 📝 Documentation
 
-- Add the release runbook to RELEASING.md ([#2533](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2533))
-- [MD] Add design documents of multiple data source feature [#2538](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2538)
-- [MD] Tweak multiple data source design doc [#2724](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2724)
-- Corrected README and help command of osd-plugin-helpers ([#2810](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2810))
-- Add `current-usage.md` and more details to `README.md` of `charts` plugin ([#2695](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2695))
-- [Doc] Add readme for global query persistence ([#3001](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3001))
-- Updates NOTICE file, adds validation to GitHub CI ([#3051](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3051))
-- [Doc] Add current plugin persistence implementation readme ([#3081](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3081))
-- [Doc] Improve DEVELOPER_GUIDE to make first time setup quicker and easier ([#3421](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3421))
 - Correct copyright date range of NOTICE file and notice generator ([#3308](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3308))
 - Simplify the in-code instructions for upgrading `re2` ([#3328](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3328))
+- [Doc] Improve DEVELOPER_GUIDE to make first time setup quicker and easier ([#3421](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3421))
+- [Doc] Update DEVELOPER_GUIDE with added manual bootstrap timeout solution and max virtual memory error solution with docker ([#3764](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3764))
+- [Doc] Add second command to install yarn step in DEVELOPER_GUIDE ([#3633](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3633))
 - [Doc] Add docker dev set up instruction ([#3444](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3444))
-- [Doc] UI actions explorer ([#3614](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3614))
-- [Doc] Update SECURITY.md with instructions for nested dependencies and backporting ([#3497](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3497))
-- [Doc] [Console] Fix/update documentation links in Dev Tools console ([#3724](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3724))
-- [Doc] Update DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md with added manual bootstrap timeout solution and max virtual memory error solution with docker ([#3764](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3764))
-- [Doc] Add COMMUNICATIONS.md with info about Slack, forum, office hours ([#3837](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3837))
 - [Doc] Add docker files and instructions for debugging Selenium functional tests ([#3747](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3747))
-- [Saved Object Service] Adds design doc for new Saved Object Service Interface for Custom Repository [#3954](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3954)
+- [Doc] Update SECURITY with instructions for nested dependencies and backporting ([#3497](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3497))
+- [TSVB] Fix typo in TSVB README ([#3518](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3518))
+- [UI Actions] Improve UI actions explorer ([#3614](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3614))
 
 ### 🛠 Maintenance
 
-- Adding @zhongnansu as maintainer. ([#2590](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2590))
-- [Timeline] Update default expressions from `.es(*)` to `.opensearch(*)`. ([2720](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2720))
-- Removes `minimatch` manual resolution ([#3019](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3019))
-- Remove `github-checks-reporter`, an unused dependency ([#3126](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3126))
-- Upgrade `vega-lite` dependency to ^5.6.0 ([#3076](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3076))
-- Bumps `re2` and `supertest` ([3018](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3018))
-- Bump `vega-tooltip` version from ^0.24.2 to ^0.30.0 ([#3358](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/issues/3358))
-- Allow relaxing the Node.js runtime version requirement ([3402](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3402))
-- Relax the Node.js requirement to `^14.20.1` ([3463](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3463))
-- Bump the version of Node.js installed by `nvm` to `14.21.3` ([3463](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3463))
-- Remove the unused `renovate.json5` file ([3489](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3489))
-- Allow selecting the Node.js binary using `NODE_HOME` and `OSD_NODE_HOME` ([3508](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3508))
-- Bump `styled-components` from 5.3.5 to 5.3.9 ([#3678](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3678))
-- Bump `js-yaml` from 3.14.0 to 4.1.0 ([#3770](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3770))
-- Bump `oui` from `1.0.0` to `1.1.1` ([#3884](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3884))
-- Use `exec` in the CLI shell scripts to prevent new process creation ([#3955](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3955))
-- Adding @ZilongX and @Flyingliuhub as maintainers. ([#4137](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4137))
-- Remove timeline application ([#3971](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3971))
+- Relax the Node.js requirement to `^14.20.1` ([#3463](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3463))
+- Bump the version of Node.js installed by `nvm` to `14.21.3` ([#3463](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3463))
+- Allow selecting the Node.js binary using `NODE_HOME` and `OSD_NODE_HOME` ([#3508](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3508))
+- Remove the unused `renovate.json5` file ([#3489](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3489))
+- Bump `styled-components` from `5.3.5` to `5.3.9` ([#3678](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3678))
+- [Timeline] Update default expressions from `.es(*)` to `.opensearch(*)`. ([#2720](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2720))
 
 ### 🪛 Refactoring
 
-- [MD] Refactor data source error handling ([#2661](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2661))
-- Refactor and improve Discover field summaries ([#2391](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2391))
-- [Vis Builder] Removed Hard Coded Strings and Used i18n to transalte([#2867](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2867))
-- [Console] Replace jQuery.ajax with core.http when calling OSD APIs in console ([#3080](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3080))
+- Remove automatic addition of `osd-version` header to requests outside of OpenSearch Dashboards ([#3643](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3643))
+- [Console] Replace jQuery usage in console plugin with native methods ([#3733](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3733))
+- [Doc Links] Clean up docs_link_service organization so that strings are in the right categories. ([#3685](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3685))
 - [I18n] Fix Listr type errors and error handlers ([#3629](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3629))
+- [Multiple DataSource] Refactor dev tool console to use opensearch-js client to send requests ([#3544](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3544))
 - [Multiple DataSource] Present the authentication type choices in a drop-down ([#3693](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3693))
-- [Console] Remove unused ul element and its custom styling ([#3993](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3993))
-- Fix EUI/OUI type errors ([#3798](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3798))
-- Remove unused Sass in `tile_map` plugin ([#4110](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4110))
+- [Table Visualization] Move format table, consolidate types and add unit tests ([#3397](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3397))
 
 ### 🔩 Tests
 
-- [Multi DataSource] Add unit test coverage for Update Data source management stack ([#2567](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2567))
-- [BWC Tests] Add BWC tests for 2.5.0 ([#2890](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2890))
-- Add retrial of flaky tests ([#2967](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2967))
-- Fix incorrect validation of time values in JUnit Reporter ([#2965](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2965))
-- Make tests covering plugin installation on cluster snapshots work across platforms ([#2994](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2994))
-- Correct the linting logic for `no-restricted-path` to ignore trailing slashes ([#3020](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3020))
-- [Tests] Bumps `chromedriver` to v107 ([#3017](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3017))
-- [Vis Builder] Adds field unit tests ([#3211](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3211))
-- [BWC Tests] Add BWC tests for 2.6.0 ([#3356](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3356))
-- Prevent primitive linting limitations from being applied to unit tests found under `src/setup_node_env` ([#3403](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3403))
+- Update caniuse to `1.0.30001460` to fix failed integration tests ([#3538](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3538))
 - [Tests] Fix unit tests for `get_keystore` ([#3854](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3854))
-- [Tests] Use `scripts/use_node` instead of `node` in functional test plugins ([#3783](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3783))
 
-## [2.x]
+## [1.3.9 - 2023-04-04](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/releases/tag/1.3.9)
 
-### 💥 Breaking Changes
+### 🛡 Security
+
+- [CVE-2022-2499] Resolve qs from 6.5.2 and 6.7.0 to 6.11.0 in 1.x ([#3451](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3451))
+- [CVE-2020-36632] [REQUIRES PLUGIN VALIDATION] Bump flat from 4.1.1 to 5.0.2 ([#3539](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3539)). To the best of our knowledge, this is a non-breaking change, but if your plugin relies on `mocha` tests, validate that they still work correctly (and plan to migrate them to `jest` [in preparation for `mocha` deprecation](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/issues/1572).
+- [CVE-2023-25653] Bump node-jose to 2.2.0 ([#3445](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3445))
+- [CVE-2021-23807] Bump jsonpointer from 4.1.0 to 5.0.1 ([#3535](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3535))
+- [CVE-2021-23424] Bump ansi-html from 0.0.7 to 0.0.8 ([#3536](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3536))
+- [CVE-2022-24999] Bump express from 4.17.1 to 4.18.2 ([#3542](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3542))
+
+### 📈 Features/Enhancements
+
+- [I18n] Register ru, ru-RU locale ([#2817](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2817))
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- [TSVB] Fix the link to "serial differencing aggregation" documentation ([#3503](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3503))
+
+### 📝 Documentation
+
+- [TSVB] Fix a spelling error in the README file ([#3518](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3518))
+- Simplify the in-code instructions for upgrading `re2` ([#3328](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3328))
+- [Doc] Improve DEVELOPER_GUIDE to make first time setup quicker and easier ([#3421](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3421))
+
+### 🛠 Maintenance
+
+- Update MAINTAINERS.md formatting and maintainer list ([#3338](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3338))
+- Remove `github-checks-reporter`, an unused dependency ([#3126](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3126))
+- [Version] Increment to 1.3.9 ([#3375](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3375))
+- Remove the unused `renovate.json5` file ([3489](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3489))
+
+## [2.6.0 - 2023-02-28](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/releases/tag/2.6.0)
 
 ### Deprecations
 
+- [CVE-2020-36632] [REQUIRES PLUGIN VALIDATION] Bump flat from `4.1.1` to `5.0.2` ([#3419](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3419)). To the best of our knowledge, this is a non-breaking change, but if your plugin relies on `mocha` tests, validate that they still work correctly (and plan to migrate them to `jest` [in preparation for `mocha` deprecation](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/issues/1572).
+
+### 🛡 Security
+
+- [CVE-2022-37599] Bump loader-utils from `2.0.3` to `2.0.4` ([#3318](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3318))
+- [CVE-2022-37603] Bump loader-utils from `2.0.3` to `2.0.4` ([#3318](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3318))
+- [CVE-2022-25860] Bump simple-git from `3.15.1` to `3.16.0` ([#3345](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3345))
+- [CVE-2022-25881] Resolve http-cache-semantics from `4.1.0` to `4.1.1` ([#3409](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3409))
+- [Security] Bump hapi/statehood from `7.0.3` to `7.0.4` ([#3411](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3411))
+- [CVE-2023-25166] Bump formula from `3.0.0` to `3.0.1` ([#3416](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3416))
+- [CVE-2020-36632] [REQUIRES PLUGIN VALIDATION] Bump flat from `4.1.1` to `5.0.2` ([#3419](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3419)). To the best of our knowledge, this is a non-breaking change, but if your plugin relies on `mocha` tests, validate that they still work correctly (and plan to migrate them to `jest` [in preparation for `mocha` deprecation](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/issues/1572).
+- [CVE-2023-25653] Bump node-jose from `2.1.1` to `2.2.0` ([#3445](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3445))
+- [CVE-2022-24999] Resolve qs from `6.5.3` to `6.11.0` ([#3450](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3450))
+- [CVE-2022-25758] Bump node-sass from `6.0.1` to `7.0.3` and sass-loader from `10.2.1` to `10.4.1` to bump scss-tokenizer from `0.2.3` to `0.4.3` ([#3455](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3455))
+- [CVE-2020-24025] Bump node-sass from `6.0.1` to `7.0.3` ([#3455](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3455))
+
+### 📈 Features/Enhancements
+
+- Add disablePrototypePoisoningProtection configuration to prevent JS client from erroring when cluster utilizes JS reserved words ([#2992](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2992))
+- [Multiple DataSource] Add support for SigV4 authentication ([#3058](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3058))
+- [Multiple DataSource] Refactor test connection to support SigV4 auth type ([#3456](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3456))
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- [Search Telemetry] Fix search telemetry's observable object that won't be GC-ed([#3390](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3390))
+- [Region Maps] Add ui setting to configure custom vector map's size parameter([#3399](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3399))
+
+### 🚞 Infrastructure
+
+- Fix detection of Chrome's version on Darwin during CI ([#3296](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3296))
+
+### 📝 Documentation
+
+- [Docs] Fix documentation link for date math ([#3207](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3207))
+
+### 🛠 Maintenance
+
+- Bump `re2` and `supertest` ([#3018](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3018))
+- Upgrade vega-tooltip to `0.30.0` to support custom tooltips ([#3359](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3359))
+- Allow relaxing the Node.js runtime version requirement ([#3402](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3402))
+- Make build scripts find and use the latest version of Node.js that satisfies `engines.node` ([#3467](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3467))
+- Add `@opensearch-project/opensearch@^2.x` as dependency aliased as `@opensearch-project/opensearch-next` ([#3469](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3469))
+
+### 🪛 Refactoring
+
+### 🔩 Tests
+
+- [BWC Tests] Add BWC tests for `2.6.0` ([#3356](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3356))
+- Prevent primitive linting limitations from being applied to unit tests found under `src/setup_node_env` ([#3403](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3403))
+
+## [1.3.8 - 2023-02-15](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/releases/tag/1.3.8)
+
+### 🛡 Security
+
+- [CVE-2022-25901] Bump supertest from 2.0.5 to 2.0.12 ([#3326](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3326))
+- [CVE-2022-25860] Bump simple-git from 3.15.1 to 3.16.0 ([#3345](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3345))
+- [CVE-2022-46175] Bump json5 version from 1.0.1 and 2.2.1 to 1.0.2 and 2.2.3 ([#3201](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3201))
+- [CVE-2022-25912] Bump simple-git from 3.4.0 to 3.15.0 ([#3036](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3036))
+- Bump decode-uri-component from 0.2.0 to 0.2.2 ([#3009](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3009))
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- [BUG] Fixes misleading embeddable plugin error message ([#3043](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3043))
+- [BUG] Trim trailing slashes before checking no-restricted-path rule ([#3020](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3020))
+
+### 🚞 Infrastructure
+
+- Lock workflow tests to Chrome and ChromeDriver 107 as the last combination that run on Node.js v10 ([#3299](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3299))
+- Update yarn timeout for GitHub workflow on Windows ([#3118](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3118))
+- Add Windows CI to the GitHub workflow ([#2966](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2966))
+
+### 📝 Documentation
+
+- Fix documentation link for date math ([#3207](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3207))
+
+### 🔩 Tests
+
+- [BWC] Updates to BWC tests ([#1190](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/1190))
+- Automates chromedriver version selection for tests ([#2990](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2990))
+
+## [2.5.0 - 2023-01-25](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/releases/tag/2.5.0)
+
+### 🛡 Security
+
+- Introduce guidelines for reporting vulnerable dependencies ([#2674](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2674))
+- Bump decode-uri-component from 0.2.0 to 0.2.2 ([3009](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3009))
+- [CVE-2022-25912] Bump simple-git from 3.4.0 to 3.15.0 ([#3036](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3036))
+- [CVE-2022-35256] Bump node version from 14.20.0 to 14.20.1 [#3166](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3166))
+- [CVE-2022-46175] Bump json5 version from 1.0.1 and 2.2.1 to 1.0.2 and 2.2.3 ([#3201](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3201))
+
+### 📈 Features/Enhancements
+
+- [CLI] Enhance `yarn opensearch snapshot` to facilitate installing plugins on an OpenSearch cluster ([#2734](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2734))
+- [I18n] Register ru, ru-RU locale ([#2817](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2817))
+- [Multi DataSource] Introduce validation of new or modified connections to external data sources ([#2973](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2973), [#3110](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3110))
+- [VisBuilder] Create global data persistence for VisBuilder ([#2896](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2896))
+- [VisBuilder] Introduce Redux store persistence ([#3088](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3088))
+- [VisBuilder] Enable persistence for app filter and query without using state containers ([#3100](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3100))
+- [Data] Make the newly created configurations get added to beginning of the `aggConfig` array when using `createAggConfig` ([#3160](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3160))
+- [Optimizer] Increase the amount of time an optimizer worker is provided to exit before throwing an error ([#3193](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3193))
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- Upgrade the `del` library to fix a race condition on macOS ([#2847](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2873))
+- [Table Visualization] Fix a problem with table visualizations that prevented URLs from being rendered correctly ([#2918](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2918))
+- [Embeddable] Fix a misleading error message ([#3043](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3043))
+- Fix rendering issues when the obsolete `v8 (beta)` theme was carried over by an upgrade ([#3045](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3045))
+- [Multi Datasource] Replace the mock URL in tests ([#3099](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3099))
+- [CI] Increase Yarn's timeout for installing dependencies in workflows ([#3118](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3118))
+- [VisBuilder] Fix an issue that caused a crash when certain filters were added to a table visualization ([#3210](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3210))
+- [VisBuilder] Fix errors throws when pipeline aggregations, like cumulative sum, were used in VisBuilder ([#3137](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3137))
+- [Region Maps] Fix the problem of join fields being unusable ([#3213](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3213))
+- [Multi DataSource] Update test connection button text ([#3247](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3247))
+
+### 🚞 Infrastructure
+
+- Bump the version of the `2.x` branch to 2.5.0 ([#2884](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2884))
+- [CI] Create workflows that test and build on Windows ([#2966](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2966))
+- [CI] Automate ChromeDriver installation for running functional tests ([#2990](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2990))
+- Create the Release Notes for the 1.3.7 release ([#3066](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3066))
+- [CI] Improve workflows by retaining Yarn's cache folder ([#3194](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3194))
+
+### 📝 Documentation
+
+- Publish the release runbook ([#2533](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2533))
+- Document the capabilities of the Charts plugin and its current usage ([#2695](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2695))
+- Document the correct version selection switch in `@osd/plugin-helpers` ([#2810](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2810))
+- Document the global query persistence ([#3001](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3001))
+- Document data persistence for plugins ([#3081](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3081))
+
+### 🪛 Refactoring
+
+- [VisBuilder] Extend the use of i18n ([#2867](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2867))
+- [Console] Switch to using `core.http` when calling OSD APIs in console ([#3080](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3080))
+- [Table Visualization] Refactor table visualization using React and DataGrid component ([#2863](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2863))
+
+### 🛠 Maintenance
+
+- Remove an unused dependency on `github-checks-reporter` ([#3126](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3126))
+- Introduce `vega-lite@5`, aliased as `vega-lite-next` ([#3151](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3151))
+
+### 🔩 Tests
+
+- Enable retrying of flaky tests ([#2967](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2967))
+- Enhance cross-platform testing of plugin installation on cluster snapshots ([#2994](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2994))
+- [Tests] Bump `chromedriver` to v107 ([#3017](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3017))
+- [CI] Disable the execution of the Build and Test workflow when the changes are limited to the docs folder ([#3197](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3197))
+- Correct the linting logic for `no-restricted-path` to ignore trailing slashes ([#3020](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3020))
+- [VisBuilder] Create unit tests for field utilities ([#3211](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3211))
+
+## [2.4.1 - 2022-12-14](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/releases/tag/2.4.1)
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- Update `leaflet-vega` and fixed its usage ([#3005](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3005))
+
+### 🔩 Tests
+
+- Correct the linting logic for `no-restricted-path` to ignore trailing slashes ([#3020](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3020))
+
+## [1.3.7 - 2022-12-14](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/releases/tag/1.3.7)
+
+### 🛡 Security
+
+- [CVE-2022-0144] Bump shelljs from 0.8.4 to 0.8.5 ([#2511](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2511))
+- [Legacy Maps Plugin] Prevent reverse-tabnabbing ([#2540](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2540))
+- [CVE-2022-3517] Bump minimatch from 3.0.4 to 3.0.5 and [IBM X-Force ID: 220063] unset-value from 1.0.1 to 2.0.1 ([#2640](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2640))
+- [CVE-2022-0155] Bump follow-redirects to 1.15.2 ([#2653](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2653))
+- [CVE-2022-0536] Bump follow-redirects to 1.15.2 ([#2653](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2653))
+- [CVE-2021-24033] Remove storybook package ([#2660](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2660))
+- [CVE-2021-42740] Remove storybook package ([#2660](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2660))
+- [CVE-2022-23647] Bump prismjs to 1.29.0 ([#2668](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2668))
+- [CVE-2022-37599] Bump loader-utils to 2.0.4 ([#2995](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2995))
+- [CVE-2022-37603] Bump loader-utils to 2.0.4 ([#2995](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2995))
+
+### 📈 Features/Enhancements
+
+- [Windows] Facilitate building and running OSD and plugins on Windows platforms ([#2601](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2601))
+- [Windows] Add helper functions to work around the differences of platforms ([#2681](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2681))
+- [Windows] Add `@osd/cross-platform` package to standardize path handling across platforms ([#2703](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2703))
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- [Chore] Visualize link fix [#2395](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2395)
+- [BUG] Fix suggestion list cutoff issue ([#2607](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2607))
+- Remove Leftover X Pack references ([#2638](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2638))
+- Bump `del` version to fix MacOS race condition ([#2847](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2873))
+- Temporary workaround for task-kill exceptions on Windows when it is passed a pid for a process that is already dead ([#2842](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2842))
+- [Build] Fixed "Last Access Time" not being set by `scanCopy` on Windows ([#2964](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2964))
+- Update `leaflet-vega` and fix its usage ([#3005](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3005))
+
+### 🚞 Infrastructure
+
+- Update backport custom branch name to utilize head template ([#2766](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2766))
+
+### 📝 Documentation
+
+- Add the release runbook to RELEASING.md ([#2533](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2533))
+- Security-CVEs fixes guidelines [#2674](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2674)
+- Correct README and help command of osd-plugin-helpers ([#2810](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2810))
+
+### 🛠 Maintenance
+
+- Increment version to 1.3.7 [#2528](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2528)
+
+### 🔩 Tests
+
+- Bump `chromedriver` to 106 to fix function test fail issue [#2514](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2514)
+- Fix incorrect validation of time values in JUnit Reporter ([#2965](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2965))
+
+## [2.4.0 - 2022-11-15](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/releases/tag/2.4.0)
+
 ### 🛡 Security
 
+- Bump percy-agent to use non-beta version ([#2415](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2415))
 - Use a forced CSP-compliant interpreter with Vega visualizations ([#2352](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2352))
-- Bump moment-timezone from 0.5.34 to 0.5.37 ([#2361](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2361))
+- [CVE-2022-33987] Bump makelogs to remove dependency on got ([#2801](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2801))
 - [CVE-2022-33987] Upgrade geckodriver to 3.0.2 ([#2166](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2166))
-- Bumps percy-agent to use non-beta version ([#2415](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2415))
-- Resolve sub-dependent d3-color version and potential security issue ([#2454](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2454))
-- [CVE-2022-3517] Bumps minimatch from 3.0.4 to 3.0.5 and [IBM X-Force ID: 220063] unset-value from 1.0.1 to 2.0.1 ([#2640](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2640))
-- [CVE-2022-37601] Bump loader-utils to 2.0.3 ([#2689](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2689))
-- [CVE-2022-37599] Bump loader-utils to 2.0.4 ([#3031](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3031))
-- [CVE-2022-37603] Bump loader-utils to 2.0.4 ([#3031](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3031))
-- [WS-2021-0638][security] bump mocha to 10.1.0 ([#2711](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2711))
-- [CVE-2022-25881] Resolve http-cache-semantics to 4.1.1 ([#3409](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3409))
+- [CVE-2022-3517] Bump minimatch to 3.0.5 and [IBM X-Force ID: 220063] unset-value to 2.0.1 ([#2640](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2640))
+- [CVE-2022-37601] Bump loader-utils to 2.0.3 ([#2706](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2706))
+- [GMS-2022-4708] Resolve sub-dependent d3-color version and potential security issue ([#2454](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2454))
+- [Legacy Maps] Prevent reverse-tabnabbing ([#2540](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2540))
+- [WS-2022-0284] [WS-2022-0280] Bump moment-timezone from 0.5.34 to 0.5.37 ([#2361](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2361))
+- [Multi DataSource] Prevent spell-checking the password fields ([#2818](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2818))
 
 ### 📈 Features/Enhancements
 
-- Add updated_at column to objects' tables ([#1218](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/1218))
-- [Viz Builder] State validation before dispatching and loading ([#2351](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2351))
-- [Viz Builder] Create a new wizard directly on a dashboard ([#2384](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2384))
-- [Viz Builder] Edit wizard directly on dashboard ([#2508](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2508))
-- [Multi DataSource] UX enhacement on index pattern management stack ([#2505](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2505))
+- Add extension point in saved object management to register namespaces and show filter ([#2656](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2656))
+- Add updated_at column to Saved Objects' tables ([#1218](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/1218))
+- Change the links in the visualize plugin to use `href` rather than `onClick` ([#2395](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2395))
+- Improve Discover field summaries ([#2391](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2391))
+- Remove Add Integration button ([#2723](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2723))
+- [Multi DataSource] Add data source column into index pattern table ([#2542](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2542))
+- [Multi DataSource] Add data source config to opensearch-dashboards-docker ([#2557](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2557))
+- [Multi DataSource] Add data source signing support ([#2510](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2510))
+- [Multi DataSource] Add experimental callout for index pattern section ([#2523](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2523))
+- [Multi DataSource] Address UX comments on Data source list and create page ([#2625](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2625))
+- [Multi DataSource] Apply get indices error handling in step index pattern ([#2652](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2652))
+- [Multi DataSource] Display error toast for create index pattern with data source ([#2506](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2506))
+- [Multi DataSource] Make text content dynamically translated & update unit tests ([#2570](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2570))
+- [Multi DataSource] Support legacy client for data source ([#2204](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2204))
+- [Multi DataSource] UX enhancement on Data source management creation page ([#2051](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2501))
 - [Multi DataSource] UX enhancement on Data source management stack ([#2521](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2521))
+- [Multi DataSource] UX enhancement on Index Pattern management stack ([#2505](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2505))([#2527](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2527))
 - [Multi DataSource] UX enhancement on Update stored password modal for Data source management stack ([#2532](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2532))
-- [Monaco editor] Add json worker support ([#3424](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3424))
-- Enhance grouping for context menus ([#3169](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3169))
-- Replace re2 with RegExp in timeline and add unit tests ([#3908](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3908))
+- [Plugin Helpers] Facilitate version changes ([#2398](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2398))
+- [VisBuilder] Add an experimental table visualization in vis builder ([#2705](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2705))
+- [VisBuilder] Add field summary popovers ([#2682](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2682))
+- [VisBuilder] Add index pattern info when loading embeddable ([#2363](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2363))
+- [VisBuilder] Add state validation before dispatching and loading ([#2351](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2351))
+- [VisBuilder] Change VisBuilder flag for docker config ([#2804](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2804))
+- [VisBuilder] Change classname prefix wiz to vb ([#2581](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2581/files))
+- [VisBuilder] Change save object type, wizard id and name to visBuilder ([#2673](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2673))
+- [VisBuilder] Change wizard to vis_builder in file names and paths ([#2587](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2587))
+- [VisBuilder] Create a new wizard directly on a dashboard ([#2384](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2384))
+- [VisBuilder] Edit wizard directly on dashboard ([#2508](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2508))
+- [VisBuilder] Enable VisBuilder by default ([#2725](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2725))
+- [VisBuilder] Rename wizard on save modal and visualization table ([#2645](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2645))
+- [VisBuilder] Rename wizard to visBuilder in class name, type name and function name ([#2639](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2639))
+- [VisBuilder] Rename wizard to visBuilder in i18n id and formatted message id ([#2635](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2635))
+- [Windows] Add cross-platform helpers ([#2681](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2681))
+- [Windows] Consume `@osd/cross-platform` package to standardize path handling across platforms ([#2703](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2703))
+- [Windows] Facilitate building and running OSD and plugins on Windows platforms ([#2601](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2601))
 
 ### 🐛 Bug Fixes
 
-- [Viz Builder] Fixes time series for new chart types ([#2309](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2309))
-- [Viz Builder] Add index pattern info when loading embeddable ([#2363](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2363))
-- Fixes management app breadcrumb error ([#2344](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2344))
-- [BUG] Fix suggestion list cutoff issue ([#2607](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2607))
-- [TSVB] Fixes undefined serial diff aggregation documentation link ([#3503](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3503))
-- [Console] Fix dev tool console autocomplete not loading issue ([#3775](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3775))
-- [Console] Fix dev tool console run command with query parameter error ([#3813](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3813))
-- Add clarifying tooltips to header navigation ([#3573](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/issues/3573))
-- [Dashboards Listing] Fix listing limit to utilize `savedObjects:listingLimit` instead of `savedObjects:perPage` ([#4021](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4021))
+- Fix management app breadcrumb error ([#2344](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2344))
+- Fix suggestion list cutoff issue ([#2607](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2607))
+- Remove Leftover X Pack references ([#2638](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2638))
+- [Multi DataSource] Add data source param to low-level search call in Discover ([#2431](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2431))
+- [Multi DataSource] Address UX comments on Edit Data source page ([#2629](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2629))
+- [Multi DataSource] Address UX comments on index pattern management stack ([#2611](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2611))
+- [Multi DataSource] Enhance data source error handling ([#2661](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2661))
+- [Multi DataSource] Skip data source view in index pattern step when default is chosen ([#2574](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2574))
+- [Multi DataSource] Update default audit log path ([#2793](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2793))
+- [Save Object Aggregation View] Fix for export all after scroll count response changed ([#2696](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2696))
+- [VisBuilder] Add additional aggregation parameters to Vislib charts (Bar, Line and Area) ([#2610](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2610))
+- [VisBuilder] Add missing test subject property of `DisabledVisualization` ([#2610](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2610))
+- [VisBuilder] Fix Date Histogram auto bounds showing per 0 millisecond ([#2632](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2632))
+- [VisBuilder] Fix Histogram updating bounds when date range updates ([#2632](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2632))
+- [VisBuilder] Fix auto bounds for time-series bar chart visualization ([2401](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2401))
+- [VisBuilder] Fix broken UX after switching index pattern while editing an aggregation ([#2632](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2632))
+- [VisBuilder] Fix rendering issues with time series for new chart types ([#2309](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2309))
+- [VisBuilder] Fix the missing `Last Updated` timestamp in visualization list ([#2628](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2628))
+- [VisBuilder] Fix visualization shift when editing an aggregation ([2401](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2401))
+- [VisBuilder] Rename "Histogram" to "Bar" in visualization type picker ([2401](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2401))
+- [Table Visualization] Fix an issue preventing sorting the first column ([#2828](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2828))
+- Temporary workaround for task-kill exceptions on Windows when it is passed a pid for a process that is already dead ([#2842](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2842))
 
 ### 🚞 Infrastructure
 
-- Add path ignore for markdown files for CI ([#2312](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2312))
-- Updating WS scans to ignore BWC artifacts in `cypress` ([#2408](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2408))
+- Add CHANGELOG.md and related workflows ([#2414](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2414))
+- Update WhiteSource scans to ignore Backward Compatibility artifacts in `cypress` ([#2408](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2408))
+- [CI] Add Backward Compatibility tests for 2.4.0 ([#2393](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2393))
+- [CI] Add path ignore for markdown files ([#2312](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2312))
+- [CI] Prevent backport workflow from running on unmerged PRs ([#2746](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2746))
 - [CI] Run functional test repo as workflow ([#2503](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2503))
-- Add downgrade logic for branch in DocLinkService([#3483](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3483))
+- [CI] Update backport custom branch name ([#2766](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2766))
+- [CI] Update backport workflow to ignore changelog conflicts ([#2729](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2729))
 
 ### 📝 Documentation
 
-- README.md for saving index pattern relationship ([#2276](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2276))
-- Remove extra typo from README. ([#2403](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2403))
-- Add sample config for multi data source feature in yml template. ([#2428](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2428))
-- README.md for dataSource and dataSourceManagement Plugin ([#2448](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2448))
-- Updates functionl testing information in Testing.md ([#2492](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2492))
-- Fixes typo in TSVB README ([#3518](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3518))
+- Add CHANGELOG.md and Release Notes for 2.4.0 ([#2809](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2809))
+- Add README.md for `dataSource` and `dataSourceManagement` plugins ([#2448](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2448))
+- Add README.md for saving index pattern relationship ([#2276](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2276))
+- Remove a repeated "to" from the README.md file ([#2403](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2403))
+- Update functional testing information in TESTING.md ([#2492](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2492))
+- [Multi DataSource] Add design documents of multiple data source feature [#2538](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2538)
+- [Multi DataSource] Add sample configuration for multi data source to the yml template ([#2428](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2428))
+- [Multi DataSource] Tweak multiple data source design doc ([#2724](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2724))
+- [Multi DataSource] Update MD data source documentation link ([#2693](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2693))
+
+### 🔩 Tests
+
+- Update caniuse to fix failed integration tests ([#2322](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2322))
+- [Multi DataSource] Add unit test coverage for Update Data source management stack ([#2567](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2567))
+- [VisBuilder] Enable VisBuilder cypress tests ([#2728](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2728))
 
 ### 🛠 Maintenance
 
+- Add @zengyan-amazon as a maintainer ([#2419](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2419))
 - Increment from 2.3 to 2.4. ([#2295](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2295))
-- Adding @zengyan-amazon as maintainer ([#2419](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2419))
-- Updating @tmarkley to Emeritus status. ([#2423](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2423))
-- Adding sample config for multi data source in yml config template. ([#2428](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2428))
-- Adding @kristenTian as maintainer. ([#2450](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2450))
+- Add CHANGELOG.md for 2.4.0 ([#2809](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2809))
 
-### 🪛 Refactoring
+## [1.3.6 - 2022-10-06](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/releases/tag/1.3.6)
 
-- [Tech Debt] Clean up docs_link_service organization so that strings are in the right categories. ([#3685](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3685))
+### 🛡 Security
+
+- [CVE-2021-3807] Resolves ansi-regex to v5.0.1 ([#2425](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2425))
+- [CVE-2022-23713] Handle invalid query, index and date in vega charts filter handlers ([#1932](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/1932))
+- Use a forced CSP-compliant interpreter with Vega visualizations ([#2352](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2352))
+- Bump moment-timezone from 0.5.34 to 0.5.37 ([#2361](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2361))
+
+### 📈 Features/Enhancements
+
+- Custom healthcheck with filters ([#2232](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2232), [#2277](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2277)). To configure see example in [config/opensearch_dashboards.yml](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/blob/6e2ec97459ae179c86201c611ce744c2c24ce150/config/opensearch_dashboards.yml#L44-L46)
+
+### 🚞 Infrastructure
+
+- Add CHANGELOG.md and related workflows ([#2414](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2414))
+- Extends plugin-helpers to be used for automating version changes ([#2398](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2398),[#2486](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2486))
+
+### 🛠 Maintenance
+
+- Version Increment to 1.3.6 ([#2420](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2420))
 
 ### 🔩 Tests
 
 - Update caniuse to fix failed integration tests ([#2322](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2322))
-- Update caniuse to 1.0.30001460 to fix failed integration tests ([#3538](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3538))
-
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/compare/2.3.0...HEAD
-[2.x]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/compare/2.3.0...2.x
diff --git a/examples/ui_actions_explorer/public/context_menu_examples/context_menu_examples.tsx b/examples/ui_actions_explorer/public/context_menu_examples/context_menu_examples.tsx
index b01d04c1608b..1f6ba03e966b 100644
--- a/examples/ui_actions_explorer/public/context_menu_examples/context_menu_examples.tsx
+++ b/examples/ui_actions_explorer/public/context_menu_examples/context_menu_examples.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { PanelViewWithSharingLong } from './panel_view_with_sharing_long';
 import { PanelEdit } from './panel_edit';
 import { PanelEditWithDrilldowns } from './panel_edit_with_drilldowns';
 import { PanelEditWithDrilldownsAndContextActions } from './panel_edit_with_drilldowns_and_context_actions';
+import { PanelGroupOptionsAndContextActions } from './panel_group_options_and_context_actions';
 
 export const ContextMenuExamples: React.FC = () => {
   return (
@@ -59,7 +60,6 @@ export const ContextMenuExamples: React.FC = () => {
           <PanelViewWithSharingLong />
         </EuiFlexItem>
       </EuiFlexGroup>
-
       <EuiFlexGroup>
         <EuiFlexItem>
           <PanelEdit />
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ export const ContextMenuExamples: React.FC = () => {
           <PanelEditWithDrilldownsAndContextActions />
         </EuiFlexItem>
       </EuiFlexGroup>
+      <EuiFlexGroup>
+        <EuiFlexItem>
+          <PanelGroupOptionsAndContextActions />
+        </EuiFlexItem>
+      </EuiFlexGroup>
     </EuiText>
   );
 };
diff --git a/examples/ui_actions_explorer/public/context_menu_examples/panel_group_options_and_context_actions.tsx b/examples/ui_actions_explorer/public/context_menu_examples/panel_group_options_and_context_actions.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..20dc73406c55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ui_actions_explorer/public/context_menu_examples/panel_group_options_and_context_actions.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { EuiButton, EuiContextMenu, EuiPopover } from '@elastic/eui';
+import useAsync from 'react-use/lib/useAsync';
+import { buildContextMenuForActions, Action } from '../../../../src/plugins/ui_actions/public';
+import { sampleAction } from './util';
+
+export const PanelGroupOptionsAndContextActions: React.FC = () => {
+  const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false);
+
+  const context = {};
+  const trigger: any = 'TEST_TRIGGER';
+  const drilldownGrouping: Action['grouping'] = [
+    {
+      id: 'drilldowns',
+      getDisplayName: () => 'Uncategorized group',
+      getIconType: () => 'popout',
+      order: 20,
+    },
+  ];
+  const exampleGroup: Action['grouping'] = [
+    {
+      id: 'example',
+      getDisplayName: () => 'Example group',
+      getIconType: () => 'cloudStormy',
+      order: 20,
+      category: 'visAug',
+    },
+  ];
+  const alertingGroup: Action['grouping'] = [
+    {
+      id: 'alerting',
+      getDisplayName: () => 'Alerting',
+      getIconType: () => 'cloudStormy',
+      order: 20,
+      category: 'visAug',
+    },
+  ];
+  const anomaliesGroup: Action['grouping'] = [
+    {
+      id: 'anomalies',
+      getDisplayName: () => 'Anomalies',
+      getIconType: () => 'cloudStormy',
+      order: 30,
+      category: 'visAug',
+    },
+  ];
+  const actions = [
+    sampleAction('test-1', 100, 'Edit visualization', 'pencil'),
+    sampleAction('test-2', 99, 'Clone panel', 'partial'),
+
+    sampleAction('test-9', 10, 'Create drilldown', 'plusInCircle', drilldownGrouping),
+    sampleAction('test-10', 9, 'Manage drilldowns', 'list', drilldownGrouping),
+
+    sampleAction('test-11', 10, 'Example action', 'dashboardApp', exampleGroup),
+    sampleAction('test-11', 10, 'Alertin action 1', 'dashboardApp', alertingGroup),
+    sampleAction('test-12', 9, 'Alertin action 2', 'dashboardApp', alertingGroup),
+    sampleAction('test-13', 8, 'Anomalies 1', 'cloudStormy', anomaliesGroup),
+    sampleAction('test-14', 7, 'Anomalies 2', 'link', anomaliesGroup),
+  ];
+
+  const panels = useAsync(() =>
+    buildContextMenuForActions({
+      actions: actions.map((action) => ({ action, context, trigger })),
+    })
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <EuiPopover
+      button={<EuiButton onClick={() => setOpen((x) => !x)}>Grouping with categories</EuiButton>}
+      isOpen={open}
+      panelPaddingSize="none"
+      anchorPosition="downLeft"
+      closePopover={() => setOpen(false)}
+    >
+      <EuiContextMenu initialPanelId={'mainMenu'} panels={panels.value} />
+    </EuiPopover>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/release-notes/opensearch-dashboards.release-notes-1.3.10.md b/release-notes/opensearch-dashboards.release-notes-1.3.10.md
index be08d46aac93..a640c32356ce 100644
--- a/release-notes/opensearch-dashboards.release-notes-1.3.10.md
+++ b/release-notes/opensearch-dashboards.release-notes-1.3.10.md
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 ### 🐛 Bug Fixes
 
-- [TSVB] Fix the link to "serial differencing aggregation" documentation ([#3503](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3503))
-
 ### 📝 Documentation
 
 - Update jest documentation links ([#3939](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3939))
@@ -28,6 +26,6 @@
 ### 🛠 Maintenance
 
 - Add threshold to code coverage changes for project ([#4050](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4050))
-- Temporarily hardcode chromedriver to 112.0.0 to enable all ftr tests ([#4039]())
+- Temporarily hardcode chromedriver to 112.0.0 to enable all ftr tests ([#4039](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4039))
 - Update MAINTAINERS.md and CODEOWNERS ([#3938](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3938))
 - Add opensearch-dashboards-docker-dev to .gitignore ([#3781](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3781))
diff --git a/release-notes/opensearch-dashboards.release-notes-2.8.0.md b/release-notes/opensearch-dashboards.release-notes-2.8.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ee4f1a239d89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-notes/opensearch-dashboards.release-notes-2.8.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+## Version 2.8.0 Release Notes
+
+### Deprecations
+
+- Remove timeline application ([#3971](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3971))
+
+### 🛡 Security
+
+- [CVE-2023-2251] Bump `yaml` to `2.2.2` ([#3947](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3947))
+
+### 📈 Features/Enhancements
+
+- [Multiple Datasource] Support Amazon OpenSearch Serverless ([#3957](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3957))
+- Add support for Node.js >=14.20.1 <19 ([#4071](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4071))
+- Bundle Node.js 14 as a fallback for operating systems that cannot run Node.js 18 ([#4151](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4151))
+- Enhance grouping for context menus ([#3924](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3924))
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- [BUG] Fix bottom bar visibility using createPortal ([#3978](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3978))
+- [Dashboards Listing] Fix listing limit to utilize `savedObjects:listingLimit` instead of `savedObjects:perPage` ([#4021](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4021))
+
+### 🚞 Infrastructure
+
+- Install chrome driver for functional tests from path set by environment variable `TEST_BROWSER_BINARY_PATH`([#3997](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3997))
+- Add threshold to code coverage config to prevent workflow failures ([#4040](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4040))
+- [CI] Skip checksum verification on OpenSearch snapshot for cypress tests ([#4188](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4188))
+
+### 🛠 Maintenance
+
+- Use `exec` in the CLI shell scripts to prevent new process creation ([#3955](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3955))
+
+## 🎉 Welcome
+
+Thank you to all the first-time contributors who made this release possible: @sikhote, @SergeyMyssak!
diff --git a/src/core/public/plugins/plugins_service.test.ts b/src/core/public/plugins/plugins_service.test.ts
index 5ca7c491f72f..5fa3bf888b5c 100644
--- a/src/core/public/plugins/plugins_service.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/public/plugins/plugins_service.test.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ function createManifest(
     version: 'some-version',
     configPath: ['path'],
     requiredPlugins: required,
+    requiredOpenSearchPlugins: optional,
     optionalPlugins: optional,
     requiredBundles: [],
   };
diff --git a/src/core/server/legacy/legacy_service.ts b/src/core/server/legacy/legacy_service.ts
index ae7e85b98d67..a48ff12e859a 100644
--- a/src/core/server/legacy/legacy_service.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/legacy/legacy_service.ts
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ export class LegacyService implements CoreService {
         addClientWrapper: setupDeps.core.savedObjects.addClientWrapper,
         registerType: setupDeps.core.savedObjects.registerType,
         getImportExportObjectLimit: setupDeps.core.savedObjects.getImportExportObjectLimit,
+        setRepositoryFactoryProvider: setupDeps.core.savedObjects.setRepositoryFactoryProvider,
       },
       status: {
         isStatusPageAnonymous: setupDeps.core.status.isStatusPageAnonymous,
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/discovery/plugin_manifest_parser.test.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/discovery/plugin_manifest_parser.test.ts
index 18b715d95050..66fd1336a554 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/discovery/plugin_manifest_parser.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/discovery/plugin_manifest_parser.test.ts
@@ -247,6 +247,79 @@ test('return error when manifest contains unrecognized properties', async () =>
   });
 });
 
+describe('requiredOpenSearchPlugins', () => {
+  test('return error when plugin `requiredOpenSearchPlugins` is a string and not an array of string', async () => {
+    mockReadFilePromise.mockResolvedValue(
+      Buffer.from(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          id: 'id1',
+          version: '7.0.0',
+          server: true,
+          requiredOpenSearchPlugins: 'abc',
+        })
+      )
+    );
+
+    await expect(parseManifest(pluginPath, packageInfo, logger)).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      message: `The "requiredOpenSearchPlugins" in plugin manifest for "id1" should be an array of strings. (invalid-manifest, ${pluginManifestPath})`,
+      type: PluginDiscoveryErrorType.InvalidManifest,
+      path: pluginManifestPath,
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('return error when `requiredOpenSearchPlugins` is not a string', async () => {
+    mockReadFilePromise.mockResolvedValue(
+      Buffer.from(JSON.stringify({ id: 'id2', version: '7.0.0', requiredOpenSearchPlugins: 2 }))
+    );
+
+    await expect(parseManifest(pluginPath, packageInfo, logger)).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      message: `The "requiredOpenSearchPlugins" in plugin manifest for "id2" should be an array of strings. (invalid-manifest, ${pluginManifestPath})`,
+      type: PluginDiscoveryErrorType.InvalidManifest,
+      path: pluginManifestPath,
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('return error when plugin requiredOpenSearchPlugins is an array that contains non-string values', async () => {
+    mockReadFilePromise.mockResolvedValue(
+      Buffer.from(
+        JSON.stringify({ id: 'id3', version: '7.0.0', requiredOpenSearchPlugins: ['plugin1', 2] })
+      )
+    );
+
+    await expect(parseManifest(pluginPath, packageInfo, logger)).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      message: `The "requiredOpenSearchPlugins" in plugin manifest for "id3" should be an array of strings. (invalid-manifest, ${pluginManifestPath})`,
+      type: PluginDiscoveryErrorType.InvalidManifest,
+      path: pluginManifestPath,
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('Happy path when plugin `requiredOpenSearchPlugins` is an array of string', async () => {
+    mockReadFilePromise.mockResolvedValue(
+      Buffer.from(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          id: 'id1',
+          version: '7.0.0',
+          server: true,
+          requiredOpenSearchPlugins: ['plugin1', 'plugin2'],
+        })
+      )
+    );
+
+    await expect(parseManifest(pluginPath, packageInfo, logger)).resolves.toEqual({
+      id: 'id1',
+      configPath: 'id_1',
+      version: '7.0.0',
+      opensearchDashboardsVersion: '7.0.0',
+      optionalPlugins: [],
+      requiredPlugins: [],
+      requiredOpenSearchPlugins: ['plugin1', 'plugin2'],
+      requiredBundles: [],
+      server: true,
+      ui: false,
+    });
+  });
+});
+
 describe('configPath', () => {
   test('falls back to plugin id if not specified', async () => {
     mockReadFilePromise.mockResolvedValue(
@@ -301,6 +374,7 @@ test('set defaults for all missing optional fields', async () => {
     opensearchDashboardsVersion: '7.0.0',
     optionalPlugins: [],
     requiredPlugins: [],
+    requiredOpenSearchPlugins: [],
     requiredBundles: [],
     server: true,
     ui: false,
@@ -317,6 +391,7 @@ test('return all set optional fields as they are in manifest', async () => {
         opensearchDashboardsVersion: '7.0.0',
         requiredPlugins: ['some-required-plugin', 'some-required-plugin-2'],
         optionalPlugins: ['some-optional-plugin'],
+        requiredOpenSearchPlugins: ['test-opensearch-plugin-1', 'test-opensearch-plugin-2'],
         ui: true,
       })
     )
@@ -330,6 +405,7 @@ test('return all set optional fields as they are in manifest', async () => {
     optionalPlugins: ['some-optional-plugin'],
     requiredBundles: [],
     requiredPlugins: ['some-required-plugin', 'some-required-plugin-2'],
+    requiredOpenSearchPlugins: ['test-opensearch-plugin-1', 'test-opensearch-plugin-2'],
     server: false,
     ui: true,
   });
@@ -344,6 +420,7 @@ test('return manifest when plugin expected OpenSearch Dashboards version matches
         version: 'some-version',
         opensearchDashboardsVersion: '7.0.0-alpha2',
         requiredPlugins: ['some-required-plugin'],
+        requiredOpenSearchPlugins: [],
         server: true,
       })
     )
@@ -356,6 +433,7 @@ test('return manifest when plugin expected OpenSearch Dashboards version matches
     opensearchDashboardsVersion: '7.0.0-alpha2',
     optionalPlugins: [],
     requiredPlugins: ['some-required-plugin'],
+    requiredOpenSearchPlugins: [],
     requiredBundles: [],
     server: true,
     ui: false,
@@ -383,6 +461,7 @@ test('return manifest when plugin expected OpenSearch Dashboards version is `ope
     opensearchDashboardsVersion: 'opensearchDashboards',
     optionalPlugins: [],
     requiredPlugins: ['some-required-plugin'],
+    requiredOpenSearchPlugins: [],
     requiredBundles: [],
     server: true,
     ui: true,
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/discovery/plugin_manifest_parser.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/discovery/plugin_manifest_parser.ts
index 2a5ccf611f0c..ee435d2e310a 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/discovery/plugin_manifest_parser.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/discovery/plugin_manifest_parser.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ const KNOWN_MANIFEST_FIELDS = (() => {
     version: true,
     configPath: true,
     requiredPlugins: true,
+    requiredOpenSearchPlugins: true,
     optionalPlugins: true,
     ui: true,
     server: true,
@@ -156,6 +157,28 @@ export async function parseManifest(
     );
   }
 
+  if (
+    manifest.requiredOpenSearchPlugins !== undefined &&
+    (!Array.isArray(manifest.requiredOpenSearchPlugins) ||
+      !manifest.requiredOpenSearchPlugins.every((plugin) => typeof plugin === 'string'))
+  ) {
+    throw PluginDiscoveryError.invalidManifest(
+      manifestPath,
+      new Error(
+        `The "requiredOpenSearchPlugins" in plugin manifest for "${manifest.id}" should be an array of strings.`
+      )
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (
+    Array.isArray(manifest.requiredOpenSearchPlugins) &&
+    manifest.requiredOpenSearchPlugins.length > 0
+  ) {
+    log.info(
+      `Plugin ${manifest.id} has a dependency on following OpenSearch plugin(s): "${manifest.requiredOpenSearchPlugins}".`
+    );
+  }
+
   const expectedOpenSearchDashboardsVersion =
     typeof manifest.opensearchDashboardsVersion === 'string' && manifest.opensearchDashboardsVersion
       ? manifest.opensearchDashboardsVersion
@@ -198,6 +221,9 @@ export async function parseManifest(
     opensearchDashboardsVersion: expectedOpenSearchDashboardsVersion,
     configPath: manifest.configPath || snakeCase(manifest.id),
     requiredPlugins: Array.isArray(manifest.requiredPlugins) ? manifest.requiredPlugins : [],
+    requiredOpenSearchPlugins: Array.isArray(manifest.requiredOpenSearchPlugins)
+      ? manifest.requiredOpenSearchPlugins
+      : [],
     optionalPlugins: Array.isArray(manifest.optionalPlugins) ? manifest.optionalPlugins : [],
     requiredBundles: Array.isArray(manifest.requiredBundles) ? manifest.requiredBundles : [],
     ui: includesUiPlugin,
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/integration_tests/plugins_service.test.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/integration_tests/plugins_service.test.ts
index 34310ea3de37..4d1660f65c75 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/integration_tests/plugins_service.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/integration_tests/plugins_service.test.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ describe('PluginsService', () => {
       disabled = false,
       version = 'some-version',
       requiredPlugins = [],
+      requiredOpenSearchPlugins = [],
       requiredBundles = [],
       optionalPlugins = [],
       opensearchDashboardsVersion = '7.0.0',
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ describe('PluginsService', () => {
       disabled?: boolean;
       version?: string;
       requiredPlugins?: string[];
+      requiredOpenSearchPlugins?: string[];
       requiredBundles?: string[];
       optionalPlugins?: string[];
       opensearchDashboardsVersion?: string;
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ describe('PluginsService', () => {
         configPath: `${configPath}${disabled ? '-disabled' : ''}`,
         opensearchDashboardsVersion,
         requiredPlugins,
+        requiredOpenSearchPlugins,
         requiredBundles,
         optionalPlugins,
         server,
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/plugin.test.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/plugin.test.ts
index 9543d379493c..04df84ab8d12 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/plugin.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/plugin.test.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ function createPluginManifest(manifestProps: Partial<PluginManifest> = {}): Plug
     configPath: 'path',
     opensearchDashboardsVersion: '7.0.0',
     requiredPlugins: ['some-required-dep'],
+    requiredOpenSearchPlugins: ['some-os-plugins'],
     optionalPlugins: ['some-optional-dep'],
     requiredBundles: [],
     server: true,
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/plugin.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/plugin.ts
index 89a2aecc82f3..cc53e1b443e9 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/plugin.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ export class PluginWrapper<
   public readonly configPath: PluginManifest['configPath'];
   public readonly requiredPlugins: PluginManifest['requiredPlugins'];
   public readonly optionalPlugins: PluginManifest['optionalPlugins'];
+  public readonly requiredOpenSearchPlugins: PluginManifest['requiredOpenSearchPlugins'];
   public readonly requiredBundles: PluginManifest['requiredBundles'];
   public readonly includesServerPlugin: PluginManifest['server'];
   public readonly includesUiPlugin: PluginManifest['ui'];
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ export class PluginWrapper<
     this.configPath = params.manifest.configPath;
     this.requiredPlugins = params.manifest.requiredPlugins;
     this.optionalPlugins = params.manifest.optionalPlugins;
+    this.requiredOpenSearchPlugins = params.manifest.requiredOpenSearchPlugins;
     this.requiredBundles = params.manifest.requiredBundles;
     this.includesServerPlugin = params.manifest.server;
     this.includesUiPlugin = params.manifest.ui;
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/plugin_context.test.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/plugin_context.test.ts
index c55603679c35..ca46a97a237e 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/plugin_context.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/plugin_context.test.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ function createPluginManifest(manifestProps: Partial<PluginManifest> = {}): Plug
     configPath: 'path',
     opensearchDashboardsVersion: '7.0.0',
     requiredPlugins: ['some-required-dep'],
+    requiredOpenSearchPlugins: ['some-backend-plugin'],
     requiredBundles: [],
     optionalPlugins: ['some-optional-dep'],
     server: true,
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/plugin_context.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/plugin_context.ts
index 521a8dd2f7b0..7782fd93041e 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/plugin_context.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/plugin_context.ts
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ export function createPluginSetupContext<TPlugin, TPluginDependencies>(
       addClientWrapper: deps.savedObjects.addClientWrapper,
       registerType: deps.savedObjects.registerType,
       getImportExportObjectLimit: deps.savedObjects.getImportExportObjectLimit,
+      setRepositoryFactoryProvider: deps.savedObjects.setRepositoryFactoryProvider,
     },
     status: {
       core$: deps.status.core$,
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_service.test.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_service.test.ts
index b020e56539a7..c3ee05d60ed8 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_service.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_service.test.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ const createPlugin = (
     disabled = false,
     version = 'some-version',
     requiredPlugins = [],
+    requiredOpenSearchPlugins = [],
     requiredBundles = [],
     optionalPlugins = [],
     opensearchDashboardsVersion = '7.0.0',
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ const createPlugin = (
     disabled?: boolean;
     version?: string;
     requiredPlugins?: string[];
+    requiredOpenSearchPlugins?: string[];
     requiredBundles?: string[];
     optionalPlugins?: string[];
     opensearchDashboardsVersion?: string;
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ const createPlugin = (
       configPath: `${configPath}${disabled ? '-disabled' : ''}`,
       opensearchDashboardsVersion,
       requiredPlugins,
+      requiredOpenSearchPlugins,
       requiredBundles,
       optionalPlugins,
       server,
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_system.test.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_system.test.ts
index 2e8aa6b4a4c0..286bb0d97846 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_system.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_system.test.ts
@@ -53,9 +53,16 @@ function createPlugin(
   {
     required = [],
     optional = [],
+    requiredOSPlugin = [],
     server = true,
     ui = true,
-  }: { required?: string[]; optional?: string[]; server?: boolean; ui?: boolean } = {}
+  }: {
+    required?: string[];
+    optional?: string[];
+    requiredOSPlugin?: string[];
+    server?: boolean;
+    ui?: boolean;
+  } = {}
 ) {
   return new PluginWrapper({
     path: 'some-path',
@@ -65,6 +72,7 @@ function createPlugin(
       configPath: 'path',
       opensearchDashboardsVersion: '7.0.0',
       requiredPlugins: required,
+      requiredOpenSearchPlugins: requiredOSPlugin,
       optionalPlugins: optional,
       requiredBundles: [],
       server,
@@ -187,7 +195,7 @@ test('correctly orders plugins and returns exposed values for "setup" and "start
   }
   const plugins = new Map([
     [
-      createPlugin('order-4', { required: ['order-2'] }),
+      createPlugin('order-4', { required: ['order-2'], requiredOSPlugin: ['test-plugin'] }),
       {
         setup: { 'order-2': 'added-as-2' },
         start: { 'order-2': 'started-as-2' },
@@ -244,6 +252,17 @@ test('correctly orders plugins and returns exposed values for "setup" and "start
     startContextMap.get(plugin.name)
   );
 
+  const opensearch = startDeps.opensearch;
+  opensearch.client.asInternalUser.cat.plugins.mockResolvedValue({
+    body: [
+      {
+        name: 'node-1',
+        component: 'test-plugin',
+        version: 'v1',
+      },
+    ],
+  } as any);
+
   expect([...(await pluginsSystem.setupPlugins(setupDeps))]).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
     Array [
       Array [
@@ -484,6 +503,16 @@ describe('start', () => {
   afterAll(() => {
     jest.useRealTimers();
   });
+  const opensearch = startDeps.opensearch;
+  opensearch.client.asInternalUser.cat.plugins.mockResolvedValue({
+    body: [
+      {
+        name: 'node-1',
+        component: 'test-plugin',
+        version: 'v1',
+      },
+    ],
+  } as any);
   it('throws timeout error if "start" was not completed in 30 sec.', async () => {
     const plugin: PluginWrapper = createPlugin('timeout-start');
     jest.spyOn(plugin, 'setup').mockResolvedValue({});
@@ -517,4 +546,48 @@ describe('start', () => {
     const log = logger.get.mock.results[0].value as jest.Mocked<Logger>;
     expect(log.info).toHaveBeenCalledWith(`Starting [2] plugins: [order-1,order-0]`);
   });
+
+  it('validates opensearch plugin installation when dependency is fulfilled', async () => {
+    [
+      createPlugin('order-1', { requiredOSPlugin: ['test-plugin'] }),
+      createPlugin('order-2'),
+    ].forEach((plugin, index) => {
+      jest.spyOn(plugin, 'setup').mockResolvedValue(`setup-as-${index}`);
+      jest.spyOn(plugin, 'start').mockResolvedValue(`started-as-${index}`);
+      pluginsSystem.addPlugin(plugin);
+    });
+
+    await pluginsSystem.setupPlugins(setupDeps);
+    const pluginsStart = await pluginsSystem.startPlugins(startDeps);
+    expect(pluginsStart).toBeInstanceOf(Map);
+    expect(opensearch.client.asInternalUser.cat.plugins).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('validates opensearch plugin installation and does not error out when plugin is not installed', async () => {
+    [
+      createPlugin('id-1', { requiredOSPlugin: ['missing-opensearch-dep'] }),
+      createPlugin('id-2'),
+    ].forEach((plugin, index) => {
+      jest.spyOn(plugin, 'setup').mockResolvedValue(`setup-as-${index}`);
+      jest.spyOn(plugin, 'start').mockResolvedValue(`started-as-${index}`);
+      pluginsSystem.addPlugin(plugin);
+    });
+
+    await pluginsSystem.setupPlugins(setupDeps);
+    const pluginsStart = await pluginsSystem.startPlugins(startDeps);
+    expect(pluginsStart).toBeInstanceOf(Map);
+    expect(opensearch.client.asInternalUser.cat.plugins).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('validates opensearch plugin installation and does not error out when there is no dependency', async () => {
+    [createPlugin('id-1'), createPlugin('id-2')].forEach((plugin, index) => {
+      jest.spyOn(plugin, 'setup').mockResolvedValue(`setup-as-${index}`);
+      jest.spyOn(plugin, 'start').mockResolvedValue(`started-as-${index}`);
+      pluginsSystem.addPlugin(plugin);
+    });
+    await pluginsSystem.setupPlugins(setupDeps);
+    const pluginsStart = await pluginsSystem.startPlugins(startDeps);
+    expect(pluginsStart).toBeInstanceOf(Map);
+    expect(opensearch.client.asInternalUser.cat.plugins).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_system.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_system.ts
index b3adc71323f9..6445f38f8e70 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_system.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_system.ts
@@ -158,13 +158,45 @@ export class PluginsSystem {
         timeout: 30 * Sec,
         errorMessage: `Start lifecycle of "${pluginName}" plugin wasn't completed in 30sec. Consider disabling the plugin and re-start.`,
       });
-
       contracts.set(pluginName, contract);
     }
+    await this.healthCheckOpenSearchPlugins(deps);
 
     return contracts;
   }
 
+  private async healthCheckOpenSearchPlugins(deps: PluginsServiceStartDeps) {
+    // make _cat/plugins?format=json call to the OpenSearch instance
+    const opensearchPlugins = await this.getOpenSearchPlugins(deps);
+    for (const pluginName of this.satupPlugins) {
+      this.log.debug(`For plugin "${pluginName}"...`);
+      const plugin = this.plugins.get(pluginName)!;
+      const pluginBackendDeps = new Set([...plugin.requiredOpenSearchPlugins]);
+      pluginBackendDeps.forEach((opensearchPlugin) => {
+        if (!opensearchPlugins.find((obj) => obj.component === opensearchPlugin)) {
+          this.log.warn(
+            `OpenSearch plugin "${opensearchPlugin}" is not installed on the cluster for the OpenSearch Dashboards plugin to function as expected.`
+          );
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async getOpenSearchPlugins(deps: PluginsServiceStartDeps) {
+    // Makes cat.plugin api call to fetch list of OpenSearch plugins installed on the cluster
+    try {
+      const { body } = await deps.opensearch.client.asInternalUser.cat.plugins<any[]>({
+        format: 'JSON',
+      });
+      return body;
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.log.warn(
+        `Cat API call to OpenSearch to get list of plugins installed on the cluster has failed: ${error}`
+      );
+      return [];
+    }
+  }
+
   public async stopPlugins() {
     if (this.plugins.size === 0 || this.satupPlugins.length === 0) {
       return;
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/types.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/types.ts
index cf769b45daa3..12b28f48f237 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/types.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/types.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,12 @@ export interface PluginManifest {
    */
   readonly requiredPlugins: readonly PluginName[];
 
+  /**
+   * An optional list of component names of the backend OpenSearch plugins that **must be** installed on the cluster
+   * for this plugin to function properly.
+   */
+  readonly requiredOpenSearchPlugins: readonly PluginName[];
+
   /**
    * List of plugin ids that this plugin's UI code imports modules from that are
    * not in `requiredPlugins`.
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/saved_objects_service.mock.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/saved_objects_service.mock.ts
index ae36b83c0cdd..74168c436c3d 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/saved_objects_service.mock.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/saved_objects_service.mock.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ const createSetupContractMock = () => {
     addClientWrapper: jest.fn(),
     registerType: jest.fn(),
     getImportExportObjectLimit: jest.fn(),
+    setRepositoryFactoryProvider: jest.fn(),
   };
 
   setupContract.getImportExportObjectLimit.mockReturnValue(100);
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/saved_objects_service.test.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/saved_objects_service.test.ts
index 42ee52567e5f..98d1da393319 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/saved_objects_service.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/saved_objects_service.test.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import { errors as opensearchErrors } from '@opensearch-project/opensearch';
 import { SavedObjectsService } from './saved_objects_service';
 import { mockCoreContext } from '../core_context.mock';
 import { Env } from '../config';
-import { configServiceMock } from '../mocks';
+import { configServiceMock, savedObjectsRepositoryMock } from '../mocks';
 import { opensearchServiceMock } from '../opensearch/opensearch_service.mock';
 import { opensearchClientMock } from '../opensearch/client/mocks';
 import { httpServiceMock } from '../http/http_service.mock';
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import { httpServerMock } from '../http/http_server.mocks';
 import { SavedObjectsClientFactoryProvider } from './service/lib';
 import { NodesVersionCompatibility } from '../opensearch/version_check/ensure_opensearch_version';
 import { SavedObjectsRepository } from './service/lib/repository';
+import { SavedObjectRepositoryFactoryProvider } from './service/lib/scoped_client_provider';
 
 jest.mock('./service/lib/repository');
 
@@ -169,6 +170,27 @@ describe('SavedObjectsService', () => {
         expect(typeRegistryInstanceMock.registerType).toHaveBeenCalledWith(type);
       });
     });
+
+    describe('#setRepositoryFactoryProvider', () => {
+      it('throws error if a repository is already registered', async () => {
+        const coreContext = createCoreContext();
+        const soService = new SavedObjectsService(coreContext);
+        const setup = await soService.setup(createSetupDeps());
+
+        const firstRepository: SavedObjectRepositoryFactoryProvider = () =>
+          savedObjectsRepositoryMock.create();
+        const secondRepository: SavedObjectRepositoryFactoryProvider = () =>
+          savedObjectsRepositoryMock.create();
+
+        setup.setRepositoryFactoryProvider(firstRepository);
+
+        expect(() => {
+          setup.setRepositoryFactoryProvider(secondRepository);
+        }).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
+          `"custom repository factory is already set, and can only be set once"`
+        );
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe('#start()', () => {
@@ -281,6 +303,15 @@ describe('SavedObjectsService', () => {
       }).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
         `"cannot call \`registerType\` after service startup."`
       );
+
+      const customRpository: SavedObjectRepositoryFactoryProvider = () =>
+        savedObjectsRepositoryMock.create();
+
+      expect(() => {
+        setup.setRepositoryFactoryProvider(customRpository);
+      }).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
+        '"cannot call `setRepositoryFactoryProvider` after service startup."'
+      );
     });
 
     describe('#getTypeRegistry', () => {
@@ -368,6 +399,36 @@ describe('SavedObjectsService', () => {
 
         expect(includedHiddenTypes).toEqual(['someHiddenType']);
       });
+
+      it('Should not create SavedObjectsRepository when custom repository is registered ', async () => {
+        const coreContext = createCoreContext({ skipMigration: false });
+        const soService = new SavedObjectsService(coreContext);
+        const coreSetup = createSetupDeps();
+        const setup = await soService.setup(coreSetup);
+
+        const customRpository: SavedObjectRepositoryFactoryProvider = () =>
+          savedObjectsRepositoryMock.create();
+        setup.setRepositoryFactoryProvider(customRpository);
+
+        const coreStart = createStartDeps();
+        const { createInternalRepository } = await soService.start(coreStart);
+        createInternalRepository();
+
+        expect(SavedObjectsRepository.createRepository as jest.Mocked<any>).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+
+      it('Should create SavedObjectsRepository when no custom repository is registered ', async () => {
+        const coreContext = createCoreContext({ skipMigration: false });
+        const soService = new SavedObjectsService(coreContext);
+        const coreSetup = createSetupDeps();
+        await soService.setup(coreSetup);
+
+        const coreStart = createStartDeps();
+        const { createInternalRepository } = await soService.start(coreStart);
+        createInternalRepository();
+
+        expect(SavedObjectsRepository.createRepository as jest.Mocked<any>).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/saved_objects_service.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/saved_objects_service.ts
index 92649d36beb4..b6fc21617bcc 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/saved_objects_service.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/saved_objects_service.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import { ISavedObjectsRepository, SavedObjectsRepository } from './service/lib/r
 import {
   SavedObjectsClientFactoryProvider,
   SavedObjectsClientWrapperFactory,
+  SavedObjectRepositoryFactoryProvider,
 } from './service/lib/scoped_client_provider';
 import { Logger } from '../logging';
 import { SavedObjectTypeRegistry, ISavedObjectTypeRegistry } from './saved_objects_type_registry';
@@ -166,6 +167,14 @@ export interface SavedObjectsServiceSetup {
    * Returns the maximum number of objects allowed for import or export operations.
    */
   getImportExportObjectLimit: () => number;
+
+  /**
+   * Set the default {@link SavedObjectRepositoryFactoryProvider | factory provider} for creating Saved Objects repository.
+   * Only one repository can be set, subsequent calls to this method will fail.
+   */
+  setRepositoryFactoryProvider: (
+    respositoryFactoryProvider: SavedObjectRepositoryFactoryProvider
+  ) => void;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -291,6 +300,8 @@ export class SavedObjectsService
   private typeRegistry = new SavedObjectTypeRegistry();
   private started = false;
 
+  private respositoryFactoryProvider?: SavedObjectRepositoryFactoryProvider;
+
   constructor(private readonly coreContext: CoreContext) {
     this.logger = coreContext.logger.get('savedobjects-service');
   }
@@ -348,6 +359,15 @@ export class SavedObjectsService
         this.typeRegistry.registerType(type);
       },
       getImportExportObjectLimit: () => this.config!.maxImportExportSize,
+      setRepositoryFactoryProvider: (repositoryProvider) => {
+        if (this.started) {
+          throw new Error('cannot call `setRepositoryFactoryProvider` after service startup.');
+        }
+        if (this.respositoryFactoryProvider) {
+          throw new Error('custom repository factory is already set, and can only be set once');
+        }
+        this.respositoryFactoryProvider = repositoryProvider;
+      },
     };
   }
 
@@ -422,13 +442,21 @@ export class SavedObjectsService
       opensearchClient: OpenSearchClient,
       includedHiddenTypes: string[] = []
     ) => {
-      return SavedObjectsRepository.createRepository(
-        migrator,
-        this.typeRegistry,
-        opensearchDashboardsConfig.index,
-        opensearchClient,
-        includedHiddenTypes
-      );
+      if (this.respositoryFactoryProvider) {
+        return this.respositoryFactoryProvider({
+          migrator,
+          typeRegistry: this.typeRegistry,
+          includedHiddenTypes,
+        });
+      } else {
+        return SavedObjectsRepository.createRepository(
+          migrator,
+          this.typeRegistry,
+          opensearchDashboardsConfig.index,
+          opensearchClient,
+          includedHiddenTypes
+        );
+      }
     };
 
     const repositoryFactory: SavedObjectsRepositoryFactory = {
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/scoped_client_provider.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/scoped_client_provider.ts
index 439cd31afa9c..fea1a1641a6f 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/scoped_client_provider.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/scoped_client_provider.ts
@@ -31,8 +31,31 @@
 import { PriorityCollection } from './priority_collection';
 import { SavedObjectsClientContract } from '../../types';
 import { SavedObjectsRepositoryFactory } from '../../saved_objects_service';
-import { ISavedObjectTypeRegistry } from '../../saved_objects_type_registry';
+import {
+  ISavedObjectTypeRegistry,
+  SavedObjectTypeRegistry,
+} from '../../saved_objects_type_registry';
 import { OpenSearchDashboardsRequest } from '../../../http';
+import { ISavedObjectsRepository } from './repository';
+import { IOpenSearchDashboardsMigrator } from '../../migrations';
+
+/**
+ * Options passed to each SavedObjectRepositoryFactoryProvider to aid in creating the repository instance.
+ * @public
+ */
+export interface SavedObjectsRepositoryOptions {
+  migrator: IOpenSearchDashboardsMigrator;
+  typeRegistry: SavedObjectTypeRegistry;
+  includedHiddenTypes: string[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Provider to invoke to a factory function for creating ISavedObjectRepository {@link ISavedObjectRepository} instances.
+ * @public
+ */
+export type SavedObjectRepositoryFactoryProvider = (
+  options: SavedObjectsRepositoryOptions
+) => ISavedObjectsRepository;
 
 /**
  * Options passed to each SavedObjectsClientWrapperFactory to aid in creating the wrapper instance.
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/saved_object.test.ts b/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/saved_object.test.ts
index 7e10a68c2d1f..3b1eea303f23 100644
--- a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/saved_object.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/saved_object.test.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import Bluebird from 'bluebird';
 import { createSavedObjectClass } from './saved_object';
 import {
   SavedObject,
@@ -76,16 +75,16 @@ describe('Saved Object', () => {
    */
   function stubOpenSearchResponse(mockDocResponse: SimpleSavedObject<SavedObjectAttributes>) {
     // Stub out search for duplicate title:
-    savedObjectsClientStub.get = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(Bluebird.resolve(mockDocResponse));
-    savedObjectsClientStub.update = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(Bluebird.resolve(mockDocResponse));
+    savedObjectsClientStub.get = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve(mockDocResponse));
+    savedObjectsClientStub.update = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve(mockDocResponse));
 
     savedObjectsClientStub.find = jest
       .fn()
-      .mockReturnValue(Bluebird.resolve({ savedObjects: [], total: 0 }));
+      .mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve({ savedObjects: [], total: 0 }));
 
     savedObjectsClientStub.bulkGet = jest
       .fn()
-      .mockReturnValue(Bluebird.resolve({ savedObjects: [mockDocResponse] }));
+      .mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve({ savedObjects: [mockDocResponse] }));
   }
 
   function stubSavedObjectsClientCreate(
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ describe('Saved Object', () => {
   ) {
     savedObjectsClientStub.create = jest
       .fn()
-      .mockReturnValue(resolve ? Bluebird.resolve(resp) : Bluebird.reject(resp));
+      .mockReturnValue(resolve ? Promise.resolve(resp) : Promise.reject(resp));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ describe('Saved Object', () => {
         return createInitializedSavedObject({ type: 'dashboard', id: myId }).then((savedObject) => {
           savedObjectsClientStub.create = jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => {
             expect(savedObject.id).toBe(myId);
-            return Bluebird.resolve({ id: myId });
+            return Promise.resolve({ id: myId });
           });
           savedObject.copyOnSave = false;
 
@@ -227,7 +226,7 @@ describe('Saved Object', () => {
         return createInitializedSavedObject({ type: 'dashboard', id }).then((savedObject) => {
           savedObjectsClientStub.create = jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => {
             expect(savedObject.isSaving).toBe(true);
-            return Bluebird.resolve({
+            return Promise.resolve({
               type: 'dashboard',
               id,
               _version: 'foo',
@@ -246,7 +245,7 @@ describe('Saved Object', () => {
         return createInitializedSavedObject({ type: 'dashboard' }).then((savedObject) => {
           savedObjectsClientStub.create = jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => {
             expect(savedObject.isSaving).toBe(true);
-            return Bluebird.reject('');
+            return Promise.reject();
           });
 
           expect(savedObject.isSaving).toBe(false);
@@ -681,7 +680,7 @@ describe('Saved Object', () => {
           );
           indexPattern.title = indexPattern.id!;
           savedObject.searchSource!.setField('index', indexPattern);
-          return Bluebird.resolve(indexPattern);
+          return Promise.resolve(indexPattern);
         });
         expect(!!savedObject.searchSource!.getField('index')).toBe(false);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/ui_actions/README.md b/src/plugins/ui_actions/README.md
index 28e3b2d63d2e..4431a47a06ed 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ui_actions/README.md
+++ b/src/plugins/ui_actions/README.md
@@ -97,3 +97,12 @@ Use the UI actions explorer in the Developer examples to learn more about the se
 ```sh
 yarn start --run-examples
 ```
+
+## Action Properties
+
+Refer to [./public/actions/action.ts](./public/actions/action.ts) for all properties, keeping in mind it extends the [presentable](./public/util/presentable.ts) interface. Here are some properties that provide special functionality and customization.
+
+- `order` is used when there is more than one action matched to a trigger and within context menus. Higher numbers are displayed first.
+- `getDisplayName` is a function that can return either a string or a JSX element. Returning a JSX element allows flexibility with formatting.
+- `getIconType` can be used to add an icon before the display name.
+- `grouping` determines where this item should appear as a submenu. Each group can also contain a category, which is used within context menus to organize similar groups into the same section of the menu. See examples explorer for more details about what this looks like within a context menu.
diff --git a/src/plugins/ui_actions/public/context_menu/build_eui_context_menu_panels.test.ts b/src/plugins/ui_actions/public/context_menu/build_eui_context_menu_panels.test.ts
index b9afca9fb99c..e70561bea221 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ui_actions/public/context_menu/build_eui_context_menu_panels.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/ui_actions/public/context_menu/build_eui_context_menu_panels.test.ts
@@ -448,3 +448,123 @@ test('groups with deep nesting', async () => {
     ]
   `);
 });
+
+// Tests with:
+// a regular action
+// a group with 2 actions uncategorized
+// a group with 2 actions with a category of "test-category" and low order of 10
+// a group with 1 actions with a category of "test-category" and high order of 20
+test('groups with categories and order', async () => {
+  const grouping1 = [
+    {
+      id: 'test-group',
+      getDisplayName: () => 'Test group',
+      getIconType: () => 'bell',
+    },
+  ];
+  const grouping2 = [
+    {
+      id: 'test-group-2',
+      getDisplayName: () => 'Test group 2',
+      getIconType: () => 'bell',
+      category: 'test-category',
+      order: 10,
+    },
+  ];
+  const grouping3 = [
+    {
+      id: 'test-group-3',
+      getDisplayName: () => 'Test group 3',
+      getIconType: () => 'bell',
+      category: 'test-category',
+      order: 20,
+    },
+  ];
+
+  const actions = [
+    createTestAction({
+      dispayName: 'Foo 1',
+    }),
+    createTestAction({
+      dispayName: 'Bar 1',
+      grouping: grouping1,
+    }),
+    createTestAction({
+      dispayName: 'Bar 2',
+      grouping: grouping1,
+    }),
+    createTestAction({
+      dispayName: 'Qux 1',
+      grouping: grouping2,
+    }),
+    createTestAction({
+      dispayName: 'Qux 2',
+      grouping: grouping2,
+    }),
+    // It is expected that, because there is only 1 action within this group,
+    // it will be added to the mainMenu as a single item, but next to other
+    // groups of the same category. When a group has a category, but only one
+    // item, we just add that single item; otherwise, we add a link to the group
+    createTestAction({
+      dispayName: 'Waldo 1',
+      grouping: grouping3,
+    }),
+  ];
+  const menu = await buildContextMenuForActions({
+    actions: actions.map((action) => ({ action, context: {}, trigger: 'TEST' as any })),
+  });
+
+  expect(menu.map(resultMapper)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    Array [
+      Object {
+        "items": Array [
+          Object {
+            "name": "Foo 1",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "isSeparator": true,
+          },
+          Object {
+            "name": "Test group",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "isSeparator": true,
+          },
+          Object {
+            "name": "Waldo 1",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "name": "Test group 2",
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      Object {
+        "items": Array [
+          Object {
+            "name": "Bar 1",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "name": "Bar 2",
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      Object {
+        "items": Array [
+          Object {
+            "name": "Qux 1",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "name": "Qux 2",
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      Object {
+        "items": Array [
+          Object {
+            "name": "Waldo 1",
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]
+  `);
+});
diff --git a/src/plugins/ui_actions/public/context_menu/build_eui_context_menu_panels.tsx b/src/plugins/ui_actions/public/context_menu/build_eui_context_menu_panels.tsx
index 6d69be1f3faa..81710767e0a9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ui_actions/public/context_menu/build_eui_context_menu_panels.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/ui_actions/public/context_menu/build_eui_context_menu_panels.tsx
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ type PanelDescriptor = EuiContextMenuPanelDescriptor & {
   _level?: number;
   _icon?: string;
   items: ItemDescriptor[];
+  _category?: string;
+  _order?: number;
 };
 
 const onClick = (action: Action, context: ActionExecutionContext<object>, close: () => void) => (
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ const removeItemMetaFields = (items: ItemDescriptor[]): EuiContextMenuPanelItemD
 const removePanelMetaFields = (panels: PanelDescriptor[]): EuiContextMenuPanelDescriptor[] => {
   const euiPanels: EuiContextMenuPanelDescriptor[] = [];
   for (const panel of panels) {
-    const { _level: omit, _icon: omit2, ...rest } = panel;
+    const { _level: omit, _icon: omit2, _category: omit3, _order: omit4, ...rest } = panel;
     euiPanels.push({ ...rest, items: removeItemMetaFields(rest.items) });
   }
   return euiPanels;
@@ -179,6 +181,8 @@ export async function buildContextMenuForActions({
             items: [],
             _level: i,
             _icon: group.getIconType ? group.getIconType(context) : 'empty',
+            _category: group.category,
+            _order: group.order,
           };
 
           // If there are multiple groups and this is not the first group,
@@ -231,17 +235,57 @@ export async function buildContextMenuForActions({
   // Any additional items are hidden behind a "more" item
   wrapMainPanelItemsIntoSubmenu(panels, 'mainMenu');
 
+  // This will be used to store items that eventually are placed into the
+  // mainMenu panel. Specifying a category allows for placing groups into the
+  // mainMenu so they appear without the separator between them.
+  const categories = {};
+
   for (const panel of Object.values(panels)) {
-    // If the panel is a root-level panel, such as the parent of a group,
-    // then create mainMenu item for this panel
-    if (panel._level === 0) {
+    // Do nothing if not root-level panel, such as the parent of a group
+    if (panel._level !== 0) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    // Proceed to create mainMenu item for this panel
+
+    // If a category is specified, store either a link to the panel or the
+    // item within to that category. We will deal with the category after
+    // looping through all panels.
+    if (panel._category) {
+      // Create array to store category items
+      if (!categories[panel._category]) {
+        categories[panel._category] = [];
+      }
+
+      // If multiple items in the panel, store a link to this panel into the category.
+      // Otherwise, just store the single item into the category.
+      if (panel.items.length > 1) {
+        categories[panel._category].push({
+          order: panel._order,
+          items: [
+            {
+              name: panel.title || panel.id,
+              icon: panel._icon || 'empty',
+              panel: panel.id,
+            },
+          ],
+        });
+      } else {
+        categories[panel._category].push({
+          order: panel._order || 0,
+          items: panel.items,
+        });
+      }
+    } else {
+      // If no category, continue with adding items to the mainMenu
+
       // Add separator with unique key if needed
       if (panels.mainMenu.items.length) {
         panels.mainMenu.items.push({ isSeparator: true, key: `${panel.id}separator` });
       }
 
       // If a panel has more than one child, then allow items to be grouped
-      // and link to it in the mainMenu. Otherwise, flatten the group.
+      // and link to it in the mainMenu. Otherwise, link to the single item.
       // Note: this only happens on the root level panels, not for inner groups.
       if (panel.items.length > 1) {
         panels.mainMenu.items.push({
@@ -255,6 +299,27 @@ export async function buildContextMenuForActions({
     }
   }
 
+  // For each category, add a separator before each one and then add category items.
+  // This is for the mainMenu panel.
+  Object.keys(categories).forEach((key) => {
+    // Get the items sorted by group order, allowing for groups within categories
+    // to be ordered. A category consists of an order and its items.
+    // Higher orders are sorted to the top.
+    const sortedEntries = categories[key].sort((a, b) => b.order - a.order);
+    const sortedItems = sortedEntries.reduce(
+      (items, category) => [...items, ...category.items],
+      []
+    );
+
+    // Add separator with unique key if needed
+    if (panels.mainMenu.items.length) {
+      panels.mainMenu.items.push({ isSeparator: true, key: `${key}separator` });
+    }
+
+    panels.mainMenu.items.push(...sortedItems);
+  });
+
   const panelList = Object.values(panels);
+
   return removePanelMetaFields(panelList);
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/ui_actions/public/util/presentable.ts b/src/plugins/ui_actions/public/util/presentable.ts
index 428644e1c2c6..9aaeada8a16e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ui_actions/public/util/presentable.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/ui_actions/public/util/presentable.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ export interface PresentableGroup<Context extends object = object>
     Pick<Presentable<Context>, 'getDisplayName' | 'getDisplayNameTooltip' | 'getIconType' | 'order'>
   > {
   id: string;
+  /**
+   * This allows groups to be categorized with other groups. Within a UI action
+   * context menu, this means that an item, which links to a group, will be
+   * placed in the menu adjacent to similar items that link to groups of the
+   * same category.
+   * See PanelGroupOptionsAndContextActions example to learn more.
+   */
+  category?: string;
 }
 
 export type PresentableGrouping<Context extends object = object> = Array<PresentableGroup<Context>>;
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/components/table_vis_app.scss b/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/components/table_vis_app.scss
index aafcd40e7382..f0b82a1cd8d8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/components/table_vis_app.scss
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/components/table_vis_app.scss
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@
   flex: 0 0 auto;
 }
 
-// Style for table component title
-.visTable__component__title {
-  text-align: center;
-}
-
 // Modifier for visTables__group when displayed in columns
 .visTable__groupInColumns {
   flex-direction: row;
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/components/table_vis_component.tsx b/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/components/table_vis_component.tsx
index 1b16ec170a84..79cf768f66e8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/components/table_vis_component.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/components/table_vis_component.tsx
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export const TableVisComponent = ({
   return (
     <>
       {title && (
-        <EuiTitle size="xs" className="visTable__component__title">
+        <EuiTitle size="xs" className="eui-textCenter">
           <h3>{title}</h3>
         </EuiTitle>
       )}