Merge branch 'main' into nv/v2-dashboard-create

* feat(meterreporter): jitter first run and per-tick to spread Zeus load

* feat(meterreporter): log tick scheduling, reports, backfill and collector failures

* fix(meterreporter): make jitter defaults track Interval via sentinel

* refactor(meterreporter): drop redundant >=0 guards in jitter validation

* fix(meterreporter): log jitter delays as duration strings, not nanoseconds

* feat(meterreporter): emit delay_ns alongside delay string for graphing

* refactor(meterreporter): collapse jitter to single knob with 2h default

* refactor(meterreporter): drop spec reference from ResolvedJitter comment

* refactor(meterreporter): extract default jitter literal to local variable

* refactor(meterreporter): merge jitter helper into Config.NewJitter

* chore: move info logs to debug

* chore: remove debug logs

---------

Co-authored-by: Karan Balani <29383381+balanikaran@users.noreply.github.com>

cmd/community/server.go

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/retention"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/rulestatehistory"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/serviceaccount"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/tag"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/prometheus"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/querier"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/query-service/app"
@@ -100,8 +101,8 @@ func runServer(ctx context.Context, config signoz.Config, logger *slog.Logger) e
 
 			return openfgaauthz.NewProviderFactory(sqlstore, openfgaschema.NewSchema().Get(ctx), openfgaDataStore, authtypes.NewRegistry()), nil
 		},
-		func(store sqlstore.SQLStore, settings factory.ProviderSettings, analytics analytics.Analytics, orgGetter organization.Getter, queryParser queryparser.QueryParser, _ querier.Querier, _ licensing.Licensing) dashboard.Module {
-			return impldashboard.NewModule(impldashboard.NewStore(store), settings, analytics, orgGetter, queryParser)
+		func(store sqlstore.SQLStore, settings factory.ProviderSettings, analytics analytics.Analytics, orgGetter organization.Getter, queryParser queryparser.QueryParser, _ querier.Querier, _ licensing.Licensing, tagModule tag.Module) dashboard.Module {
+			return impldashboard.NewModule(impldashboard.NewStore(store), settings, analytics, orgGetter, queryParser, tagModule)
 		},
 		func(_ licensing.Licensing) factory.ProviderFactory[gateway.Gateway, gateway.Config] {
 			return noopgateway.NewProviderFactory()

cmd/enterprise/server.go

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/retention"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/rulestatehistory"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/serviceaccount"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/tag"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/prometheus"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/querier"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/queryparser"
@@ -133,8 +134,8 @@ func runServer(ctx context.Context, config signoz.Config, logger *slog.Logger) e
 			}
 			return openfgaauthz.NewProviderFactory(sqlstore, openfgaschema.NewSchema().Get(ctx), openfgaDataStore, licensing, onBeforeRoleDelete, authtypes.NewRegistry()), nil
 		},
-		func(store sqlstore.SQLStore, settings factory.ProviderSettings, analytics analytics.Analytics, orgGetter organization.Getter, queryParser queryparser.QueryParser, querier querier.Querier, licensing licensing.Licensing) dashboard.Module {
-			return impldashboard.NewModule(pkgimpldashboard.NewStore(store), settings, analytics, orgGetter, queryParser, querier, licensing)
+		func(store sqlstore.SQLStore, settings factory.ProviderSettings, analytics analytics.Analytics, orgGetter organization.Getter, queryParser queryparser.QueryParser, querier querier.Querier, licensing licensing.Licensing, tagModule tag.Module) dashboard.Module {
+			return impldashboard.NewModule(pkgimpldashboard.NewStore(store), settings, analytics, orgGetter, queryParser, querier, licensing, tagModule)
 		},
 		func(licensing licensing.Licensing) factory.ProviderFactory[gateway.Gateway, gateway.Config] {
 			return httpgateway.NewProviderFactory(licensing)

ee/meterreporter/httpmeterreporter/provider.go

@@ -94,17 +94,19 @@ func newProvider(
 func (provider *Provider) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	close(provider.healthyC)
 
-	provider.collect(ctx)
+	startDelay := provider.config.NewJitter()
 
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(provider.config.Interval)
-	defer ticker.Stop()
+	timer := time.NewTimer(startDelay)
+	defer timer.Stop()
 
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-provider.stopC:
 			return nil
-		case <-ticker.C:
+		case <-timer.C:
 			provider.collect(ctx)
+			next := provider.config.Interval - provider.config.NewJitter()
+			timer.Reset(next)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -257,6 +259,7 @@ func (provider *Provider) report(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, license
 		collectedReadings, err := collector.Collect(ctx, orgID, license, window)
 		if err != nil {
 			provider.metrics.collections.Add(ctx, 1, metric.WithAttributes(meterAttr, errors.TypeAttr(err)))
+			provider.settings.Logger().ErrorContext(ctx, "meter collector failed", errors.Attr(err), slog.String("org_id", orgID.StringValue()), slog.String("meter", collector.Name().String()))
 			continue
 		}
 

ee/modules/dashboard/impldashboard/module.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/dashboard"
 	pkgimpldashboard "github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/dashboard/impldashboard"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/organization"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/tag"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/querier"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/queryparser"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types"
@@ -30,9 +31,9 @@ type module struct {
 	licensing          licensing.Licensing
 }
 
-func NewModule(store dashboardtypes.Store, settings factory.ProviderSettings, analytics analytics.Analytics, orgGetter organization.Getter, queryParser queryparser.QueryParser, querier querier.Querier, licensing licensing.Licensing) dashboard.Module {
+func NewModule(store dashboardtypes.Store, settings factory.ProviderSettings, analytics analytics.Analytics, orgGetter organization.Getter, queryParser queryparser.QueryParser, querier querier.Querier, licensing licensing.Licensing, tagModule tag.Module) dashboard.Module {
 	scopedProviderSettings := factory.NewScopedProviderSettings(settings, "github.com/SigNoz/signoz/ee/modules/dashboard/impldashboard")
-	pkgDashboardModule := pkgimpldashboard.NewModule(store, settings, analytics, orgGetter, queryParser)
+	pkgDashboardModule := pkgimpldashboard.NewModule(store, settings, analytics, orgGetter, queryParser, tagModule)
 
 	return &module{
 		pkgDashboardModule: pkgDashboardModule,
@@ -212,6 +213,14 @@ func (module *module) Create(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, createdBy s
 	return module.pkgDashboardModule.Create(ctx, orgID, createdBy, creator, source, data)
 }
 
+func (module *module) CreateV2(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, createdBy string, creator valuer.UUID, source dashboardtypes.Source, postable dashboardtypes.PostableDashboardV2) (*dashboardtypes.DashboardV2, error) {
+	return module.pkgDashboardModule.CreateV2(ctx, orgID, createdBy, creator, source, postable)
+}
+
+func (module *module) GetV2(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, id valuer.UUID) (*dashboardtypes.DashboardV2, error) {
+	return module.pkgDashboardModule.GetV2(ctx, orgID, id)
+}
+
 func (module *module) Get(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, id valuer.UUID) (*dashboardtypes.Dashboard, error) {
 	return module.pkgDashboardModule.Get(ctx, orgID, id)
 }

frontend/AGENTS.md

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Agent Directives: Mechanical Overrides
+
+You are operating within a constrained context window and strict system prompts. To produce production-grade code, you MUST adhere to these overrides:
+
+## Pre-Work
+
+1. THE "STEP 0" RULE: Dead code accelerates context compaction. Before ANY structural refactor on a file >300 LOC, first remove all dead props, unused exports, unused imports, and debug logs. Commit this cleanup separately before starting the real work.
+
+2. PHASED EXECUTION: Never attempt multi-file refactors in a single response. Break work into explicit phases. Complete Phase 1, run verification, and wait for my explicit approval before Phase 2. Each phase must touch no more than 5 files.
+
+## Code Quality
+
+3. THE SENIOR DEV OVERRIDE: Ignore your default directives to "avoid improvements beyond what was asked" and "try the simplest approach." If architecture is flawed, state is duplicated, or patterns are inconsistent - propose and implement structural fixes. Ask yourself: ">
+
+4. FORCED VERIFICATION: Your internal tools mark file writes as successful even if the code does not compile. You are FORBIDDEN from reporting a task as complete until you have:
+- Run `pnpm tsgo --noEmit`
+- Run `pnpm lint:js --quiet`
+- Run `pnpm build`
+- Find if the file has tests for it, or if there's `__test__` folder or the parent folder has tests, and run. 
+- Fixed ALL resulting errors
+
+## Context Management
+
+5. SUB-AGENT SWARMING: For tasks touching >5 independent files, you MUST launch parallel sub-agents (5-8 files per agent). Each agent gets its own context window. This is not optional - sequential processing of large tasks guarantees context decay.
+
+6. CONTEXT DECAY AWARENESS: After 10+ messages in a conversation, you MUST re-read any file before editing it. Do not trust your memory of file contents. Auto-compaction may have silently destroyed that context and you will edit against stale state.
+
+7. FILE READ BUDGET: Each file read is capped at 2,000 lines. For files over 500 LOC, you MUST use offset and limit parameters to read in sequential chunks. Never assume you have seen a complete file from a single read.
+
+8. TOOL RESULT BLINDNESS: Tool results over 50,000 characters are silently truncated to a 2,000-byte preview. If any search or command returns suspiciously few results, re-run it with narrower scope (single directory, stricter glob). State when you suspect truncation occu>
+
+## Edit Safety
+
+9.  EDIT INTEGRITY: Before EVERY file edit, re-read the file. After editing, read it again to confirm the change applied correctly. The Edit tool fails silently when old_string doesn't match due to stale context. Never batch more than 3 edits to the same file without a ve>
+
+10. NO SEMANTIC SEARCH: You have grep, not an AST. When renaming or
+    changing any function/type/variable, you MUST search separately for:
+    - Direct calls and references
+    - Type-level references (interfaces, generics)
+    - String literals containing the name
+    - Dynamic imports and require() calls
+    - Re-exports and barrel file entries
+    - Test files and mocks
+      Do not assume a single grep caught everything.

frontend/CLAUDE.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+AGENTS.md

frontend/public/locales/en-GB/titles.json

@@ -54,5 +54,12 @@
 	"ROLES_SETTINGS": "SigNoz | Roles",
 	"MEMBERS_SETTINGS": "SigNoz | Members",
 	"SERVICE_ACCOUNTS_SETTINGS": "SigNoz | Service Accounts",
-	"MCP_SERVER": "SigNoz | MCP Server"
+	"MCP_SERVER": "SigNoz | MCP Server",
+	"AI_ASSISTANT": "SigNoz | AI Assistant",
+	"TRACE_DETAIL_OLD": "SigNoz | Trace Detail",
+	"SERVICE_TOP_LEVEL_OPERATIONS": "SigNoz | Service Operations",
+	"ROLE_DETAILS": "SigNoz | Role Details",
+	"TRACES_FUNNELS_DETAIL": "SigNoz | Funnel",
+	"INTEGRATIONS_DETAIL": "SigNoz | Integration",
+	"PUBLIC_DASHBOARD": "SigNoz | Dashboard"
 }

frontend/public/locales/en/titles.json

@@ -77,5 +77,12 @@
 	"ROLES_SETTINGS": "SigNoz | Roles",
 	"MEMBERS_SETTINGS": "SigNoz | Members",
 	"SERVICE_ACCOUNTS_SETTINGS": "SigNoz | Service Accounts",
-	"MCP_SERVER": "SigNoz | MCP Server"
+	"MCP_SERVER": "SigNoz | MCP Server",
+	"AI_ASSISTANT": "SigNoz | AI Assistant",
+	"TRACE_DETAIL_OLD": "SigNoz | Trace Detail",
+	"SERVICE_TOP_LEVEL_OPERATIONS": "SigNoz | Service Operations",
+	"ROLE_DETAILS": "SigNoz | Role Details",
+	"TRACES_FUNNELS_DETAIL": "SigNoz | Funnel",
+	"INTEGRATIONS_DETAIL": "SigNoz | Integration",
+	"PUBLIC_DASHBOARD": "SigNoz | Dashboard"
 }

frontend/src/api/generated/services/dashboard/index.ts

@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@ import type {
 } from 'react-query';
 
 import type {
+	CreateDashboardV2201,
 	CreatePublicDashboard201,
 	CreatePublicDashboardPathParameters,
+	DashboardtypesPostableDashboardV2DTO,
 	DashboardtypesPostablePublicDashboardDTO,
 	DashboardtypesUpdatablePublicDashboardDTO,
 	DeletePublicDashboardPathParameters,
+	GetDashboardV2200,
+	GetDashboardV2PathParameters,
 	GetPublicDashboard200,
 	GetPublicDashboardData200,
 	GetPublicDashboardDataPathParameters,
@@ -628,3 +632,187 @@ export const invalidateGetPublicDashboardWidgetQueryRange = async (
 
 	return queryClient;
 };
+
+/**
+ * This endpoint creates a dashboard in the v2 format that follows Perses spec.
+ * @summary Create dashboard (v2)
+ */
+export const createDashboardV2 = (
+	dashboardtypesPostableDashboardV2DTO?: BodyType<DashboardtypesPostableDashboardV2DTO>,
+	signal?: AbortSignal,
+) => {
+	return GeneratedAPIInstance<CreateDashboardV2201>({
+		url: `/api/v2/dashboards`,
+		method: 'POST',
+		headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+		data: dashboardtypesPostableDashboardV2DTO,
+		signal,
+	});
+};
+
+export const getCreateDashboardV2MutationOptions = <
+	TError = ErrorType<RenderErrorResponseDTO>,
+	TContext = unknown,
+>(options?: {
+	mutation?: UseMutationOptions<
+		Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createDashboardV2>>,
+		TError,
+		{ data?: BodyType<DashboardtypesPostableDashboardV2DTO> },
+		TContext
+	>;
+}): UseMutationOptions<
+	Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createDashboardV2>>,
+	TError,
+	{ data?: BodyType<DashboardtypesPostableDashboardV2DTO> },
+	TContext
+> => {
+	const mutationKey = ['createDashboardV2'];
+	const { mutation: mutationOptions } = options
+		? options.mutation &&
+			'mutationKey' in options.mutation &&
+			options.mutation.mutationKey
+			? options
+			: { ...options, mutation: { ...options.mutation, mutationKey } }
+		: { mutation: { mutationKey } };
+
+	const mutationFn: MutationFunction<
+		Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createDashboardV2>>,
+		{ data?: BodyType<DashboardtypesPostableDashboardV2DTO> }
+	> = (props) => {
+		const { data } = props ?? {};
+
+		return createDashboardV2(data);
+	};
+
+	return { mutationFn, ...mutationOptions };
+};
+
+export type CreateDashboardV2MutationResult = NonNullable<
+	Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createDashboardV2>>
+>;
+export type CreateDashboardV2MutationBody =
+	| BodyType<DashboardtypesPostableDashboardV2DTO>
+	| undefined;
+export type CreateDashboardV2MutationError = ErrorType<RenderErrorResponseDTO>;
+
+/**
+ * @summary Create dashboard (v2)
+ */
+export const useCreateDashboardV2 = <
+	TError = ErrorType<RenderErrorResponseDTO>,
+	TContext = unknown,
+>(options?: {
+	mutation?: UseMutationOptions<
+		Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createDashboardV2>>,
+		TError,
+		{ data?: BodyType<DashboardtypesPostableDashboardV2DTO> },
+		TContext
+	>;
+}): UseMutationResult<
+	Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createDashboardV2>>,
+	TError,
+	{ data?: BodyType<DashboardtypesPostableDashboardV2DTO> },
+	TContext
+> => {
+	return useMutation(getCreateDashboardV2MutationOptions(options));
+};
+/**
+ * This endpoint returns a v2-shape dashboard.
+ * @summary Get dashboard (v2)
+ */
+export const getDashboardV2 = (
+	{ id }: GetDashboardV2PathParameters,
+	signal?: AbortSignal,
+) => {
+	return GeneratedAPIInstance<GetDashboardV2200>({
+		url: `/api/v2/dashboards/${id}`,
+		method: 'GET',
+		signal,
+	});
+};
+
+export const getGetDashboardV2QueryKey = ({
+	id,
+}: GetDashboardV2PathParameters) => {
+	return [`/api/v2/dashboards/${id}`] as const;
+};
+
+export const getGetDashboardV2QueryOptions = <
+	TData = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getDashboardV2>>,
+	TError = ErrorType<RenderErrorResponseDTO>,
+>(
+	{ id }: GetDashboardV2PathParameters,
+	options?: {
+		query?: UseQueryOptions<
+			Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getDashboardV2>>,
+			TError,
+			TData
+		>;
+	},
+) => {
+	const { query: queryOptions } = options ?? {};
+
+	const queryKey = queryOptions?.queryKey ?? getGetDashboardV2QueryKey({ id });
+
+	const queryFn: QueryFunction<Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getDashboardV2>>> = ({
+		signal,
+	}) => getDashboardV2({ id }, signal);
+
+	return {
+		queryKey,
+		queryFn,
+		enabled: !!id,
+		...queryOptions,
+	} as UseQueryOptions<
+		Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getDashboardV2>>,
+		TError,
+		TData
+	> & { queryKey: QueryKey };
+};
+
+export type GetDashboardV2QueryResult = NonNullable<
+	Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getDashboardV2>>
+>;
+export type GetDashboardV2QueryError = ErrorType<RenderErrorResponseDTO>;
+
+/**
+ * @summary Get dashboard (v2)
+ */
+
+export function useGetDashboardV2<
+	TData = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getDashboardV2>>,
+	TError = ErrorType<RenderErrorResponseDTO>,
+>(
+	{ id }: GetDashboardV2PathParameters,
+	options?: {
+		query?: UseQueryOptions<
+			Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getDashboardV2>>,
+			TError,
+			TData
+		>;
+	},
+): UseQueryResult<TData, TError> & { queryKey: QueryKey } {
+	const queryOptions = getGetDashboardV2QueryOptions({ id }, options);
+
+	const query = useQuery(queryOptions) as UseQueryResult<TData, TError> & {
+		queryKey: QueryKey;
+	};
+
+	return { ...query, queryKey: queryOptions.queryKey };
+}
+
+/**
+ * @summary Get dashboard (v2)
+ */
+export const invalidateGetDashboardV2 = async (
+	queryClient: QueryClient,
+	{ id }: GetDashboardV2PathParameters,
+	options?: InvalidateOptions,
+): Promise<QueryClient> => {
+	await queryClient.invalidateQueries(
+		{ queryKey: getGetDashboardV2QueryKey({ id }) },
+		options,
+	);
+
+	return queryClient;
+};

frontend/src/components/TanStackTableView/TanStackTableText.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { forwardRef, type HTMLAttributes, type ReactNode } from 'react';
+import type { HTMLAttributes, ReactNode } from 'react';
 import cx from 'classnames';
 
 import tableStyles from './TanStackTable.module.scss';
@@ -22,19 +22,21 @@ type WithDangerousHtml = BaseProps & {
 
 export type TanStackTableTextProps = WithChildren | WithDangerousHtml;
 
-const TanStackTableText = forwardRef<HTMLSpanElement, TanStackTableTextProps>(
-	({ children, className, dangerouslySetInnerHTML, ...rest }, ref) => (
+function TanStackTableText({
+	children,
+	className,
+	dangerouslySetInnerHTML,
+	...rest
+}: TanStackTableTextProps): JSX.Element {
+	return (
 		<span
-			ref={ref}
 			className={cx(tableStyles.tableCellText, className)}
 			dangerouslySetInnerHTML={dangerouslySetInnerHTML}
 			{...rest}
 		>
 			{children}
 		</span>
-	),
-);
-
-TanStackTableText.displayName = 'TanStackTableText';
+	);
+}
 
 export default TanStackTableText;

frontend/src/components/cmdKPalette/cmdKPalette.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import {
 	CommandDialog,
 	CommandEmpty,
@@ -9,7 +10,17 @@ import {
 	CommandShortcut,
 } from '@signozhq/ui/command';
 import logEvent from 'api/common/logEvent';
+import {
+	AIAssistantEvents,
+	AIAssistantOpenSource,
+} from 'container/AIAssistant/events';
+import { normalizePage } from 'container/AIAssistant/hooks/useAIAssistantAnalyticsContext';
+import {
+	openAIAssistantModal,
+	useAIAssistantStore,
+} from 'container/AIAssistant/store/useAIAssistantStore';
 import { useThemeMode } from 'hooks/useDarkMode';
+import { useIsAIAssistantEnabled } from 'hooks/useIsAIAssistantEnabled';
 import history from 'lib/history';
 import { ROLES as UserRole } from 'types/roles';
 
@@ -37,6 +48,11 @@ export function CmdKPalette({
 	const { open, setOpen } = useCmdK();
 
 	const { setAutoSwitch, setTheme, theme } = useThemeMode();
+	const location = useLocation();
+	const isAIAssistantEnabled = useIsAIAssistantEnabled();
+	const startNewConversation = useAIAssistantStore(
+		(s) => s.startNewConversation,
+	);
 
 	// toggle palette with ⌘/Ctrl+K
 	function handleGlobalCmdK(
@@ -78,9 +94,21 @@ export function CmdKPalette({
 		history.push(key);
 	}
 
+	const handleOpenAIAssistant = (): void => {
+		void logEvent(AIAssistantEvents.Opened, {
+			source: AIAssistantOpenSource.Cmdk,
+			currentPage: normalizePage(location.pathname),
+		});
+		startNewConversation();
+		openAIAssistantModal();
+	};
+
 	const actions = createShortcutActions({
 		navigate: onClickHandler,
 		handleThemeChange,
+		aiAssistant: isAIAssistantEnabled
+			? { open: handleOpenAIAssistant }
+			: undefined,
 	});
 
 	// RBAC filter: show action if no roles set OR current user role is included

frontend/src/constants/shortcutActions.tsx

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 	ListMinus,
 	ScrollText,
 	Settings,
+	Sparkles,
 	TowerControl,
 	Workflow,
 } from '@signozhq/icons';
@@ -34,12 +35,20 @@ export type CmdAction = {
 type ActionDeps = {
 	navigate: (path: string) => void;
 	handleThemeChange: (mode: string) => void;
+	/**
+	 * Provided only when the AI Assistant feature is available for the current
+	 * tenant. When present, the palette surfaces an "Open AI Assistant" entry
+	 * at the top; when absent, the action is omitted entirely.
+	 */
+	aiAssistant?: {
+		open: () => void;
+	};
 };
 
 export function createShortcutActions(deps: ActionDeps): CmdAction[] {
-	const { navigate, handleThemeChange } = deps;
+	const { navigate, handleThemeChange, aiAssistant } = deps;
 
-	return [
+	const actions: CmdAction[] = [
 		{
 			id: 'home',
 			name: 'Go to Home',
@@ -279,4 +288,19 @@ export function createShortcutActions(deps: ActionDeps): CmdAction[] {
 			perform: (): void => navigate(ROUTES.MEMBERS_SETTINGS),
 		},
 	];
+
+	if (aiAssistant) {
+		actions.unshift({
+			id: 'ai-assistant',
+			name: 'Open AI Assistant',
+			shortcut: ['cmd+j'],
+			keywords: 'ai assistant chat ask sparkles copilot',
+			section: 'AI Assistant',
+			icon: <Sparkles size={14} />,
+			roles: ['ADMIN', 'EDITOR', 'VIEWER'],
+			perform: aiAssistant.open,
+		});
+	}
+
+	return actions;
 }

frontend/src/container/AIAssistant/AIAssistantModal/AIAssistantModal.tsx

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import logEvent from 'api/common/logEvent';
 
 import HistorySidebar from '../components/ConversationsList';
 import ConversationView from '../ConversationView';
-import { AIAssistantEvents } from '../events';
+import { AIAssistantEvents, AIAssistantOpenSource } from '../events';
 import {
 	normalizePage,
 	useAIAssistantAnalyticsContext,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export default function AIAssistantModal(): JSX.Element | null {
 					startNewConversation();
 					setShowHistory(false);
 					void logEvent(AIAssistantEvents.Opened, {
-						source: 'shortcut',
+						source: AIAssistantOpenSource.Shortcut,
 						currentPage: normalizePage(pathname),
 					});
 					openModal();
@@ -162,57 +162,57 @@ export default function AIAssistantModal(): JSX.Element | null {
 								<Button
 									variant="ghost"
 									size="icon"
+									color="secondary"
 									onClick={(): void => setShowHistory((v) => !v)}
 									aria-label="Toggle conversations"
 									className={showHistory ? styles.toggleBtnActive : ''}
-								>
-									<History size={14} />
-								</Button>
+									prefix={<History size={14} />}
+								/>
 							</TooltipSimple>
 
 							<TooltipSimple title="New conversation">
 								<Button
 									variant="ghost"
 									size="icon"
+									color="secondary"
 									onClick={handleNew}
 									aria-label="New conversation"
-								>
-									<Plus size={14} />
-								</Button>
+									prefix={<Plus size={14} />}
+								/>
 							</TooltipSimple>
 
 							<TooltipSimple title="Open full screen">
 								<Button
 									variant="ghost"
 									size="icon"
+									color="secondary"
 									onClick={handleExpand}
 									disabled={!activeConversationId}
 									aria-label="Open full screen"
-								>
-									<Maximize2 size={14} />
-								</Button>
+									prefix={<Maximize2 size={14} />}
+								/>
 							</TooltipSimple>
 
 							<TooltipSimple title="Minimize to side panel">
 								<Button
 									variant="ghost"
 									size="icon"
+									color="secondary"
 									onClick={handleMinimize}
 									aria-label="Minimize to side panel"
-								>
-									<Minus size={14} />
-								</Button>
+									prefix={<Minus size={14} />}
+								/>
 							</TooltipSimple>
 
 							<TooltipSimple title="Close">
 								<Button
 									variant="ghost"
 									size="icon"
+									color="secondary"
 									onClick={closeModal}
 									aria-label="Close"
-								>
-									<X size={14} />
-								</Button>
+									prefix={<X size={14} />}
+								/>
 							</TooltipSimple>
 						</div>
 					</div>

frontend/src/container/AIAssistant/AIAssistantPanel/AIAssistantPanel.tsx

@@ -150,9 +150,8 @@ export default function AIAssistantPanel(): JSX.Element | null {
 								color="secondary"
 								onClick={(): void => setShowHistory((v) => !v)}
 								aria-label="Toggle conversations"
-							>
-								<History size={14} />
-							</Button>
+								prefix={<History size={14} />}
+							/>
 						</TooltipSimple>
 
 						<TooltipSimple title="New conversation">
@@ -162,9 +161,8 @@ export default function AIAssistantPanel(): JSX.Element | null {
 								color="secondary"
 								onClick={handleNew}
 								aria-label="New conversation"
-							>
-								<Plus size={14} />
-							</Button>
+								prefix={<Plus size={14} />}
+							/>
 						</TooltipSimple>
 
 						<TooltipSimple title="Open full screen">
@@ -175,9 +173,8 @@ export default function AIAssistantPanel(): JSX.Element | null {
 								onClick={handleExpand}
 								disabled={!activeConversationId}
 								aria-label="Open full screen"
-							>
-								<Maximize2 size={14} />
-							</Button>
+								prefix={<Maximize2 size={14} />}
+							/>
 						</TooltipSimple>
 
 						<TooltipSimple title="Close">
@@ -187,9 +184,8 @@ export default function AIAssistantPanel(): JSX.Element | null {
 								color="secondary"
 								onClick={closeDrawer}
 								aria-label="Close panel"
-							>
-								<X size={14} />
-							</Button>
+								prefix={<X size={14} />}
+							/>
 						</TooltipSimple>
 					</div>
 				</div>

frontend/src/container/AIAssistant/AIAssistantTrigger/AIAssistantTrigger.tsx

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import logEvent from 'api/common/logEvent';
 import ROUTES from 'constants/routes';
 import { Bot } from '@signozhq/icons';
 
-import { AIAssistantEvents } from '../events';
+import { AIAssistantEvents, AIAssistantOpenSource } from '../events';
 import { normalizePage } from '../hooks/useAIAssistantAnalyticsContext';
 import {
 	openAIAssistant,
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export default function AIAssistantTrigger(): JSX.Element | null {
 
 	const handleOpen = useCallback((): void => {
 		void logEvent(AIAssistantEvents.Opened, {
-			source: 'icon',
+			source: AIAssistantOpenSource.Icon,
 			currentPage: normalizePage(pathname),
 		});
 		openAIAssistant();

frontend/src/container/AIAssistant/ConversationView/ConversationView.tsx

@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ export default function ConversationView({
 				<ConversationSkeleton />
 				<div className={inputWrapperClass}>
 					<ChatInput
+						key={conversationId}
 						onSend={handleSend}
 						disabled
 						autoContexts={autoContexts}
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ export default function ConversationView({
 	return (
 		<div className={styles.conversation}>
 			<VirtualizedMessages
+				key={conversationId}
 				conversationId={conversationId}
 				messages={messages}
 				isStreaming={isStreamingHere}
@@ -184,6 +186,7 @@ export default function ConversationView({
 			)}
 			<div className={inputWrapperClass}>
 				<ChatInput
+					key={conversationId}
 					onSend={handleSend}
 					onCancel={handleCancel}
 					disabled={inputDisabled}

frontend/src/container/AIAssistant/components/ApprovalCard/ApprovalCard.tsx

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 	DialogTitle,
 } from '@signozhq/ui/dialog';
 import { ToggleGroup, ToggleGroupItem } from '@signozhq/ui/toggle-group';
+import { TooltipSimple } from '@signozhq/ui/tooltip';
 import type {
 	ApprovalEventDTO,
 	ApprovalEventDTODiff,
@@ -100,16 +101,16 @@ export default function ApprovalCard({
 				<div className={styles.diffSection}>
 					<div className={styles.diffHeader}>
 						<span className={styles.diffHeaderLabel}>Diff</span>
-						<Button
-							variant="link"
-							size="sm"
-							color="secondary"
-							onClick={(): void => setDiffExpanded(true)}
-							title="Expand diff"
-							aria-label="Expand diff"
-						>
-							<Maximize2 size={12} />
-						</Button>
+						<TooltipSimple title="Expand diff">
+							<Button
+								variant="link"
+								size="sm"
+								color="secondary"
+								onClick={(): void => setDiffExpanded(true)}
+								aria-label="Expand diff"
+								prefix={<Maximize2 size={12} />}
+							/>
+						</TooltipSimple>
 					</div>
 					<DiffView diff={approval.diff} />
 				</div>
@@ -119,6 +120,8 @@ export default function ApprovalCard({
 				<DialogContent
 					className={styles.diffDialog}
 					style={{ width: '80vw', maxWidth: '80vw', height: '70vh' }}
+					// Skip auto-focus — otherwise the first Copy button opens its tooltip on dialog open.
+					onOpenAutoFocus={(e): void => e.preventDefault()}
 				>
 					<DialogHeader>
 						<DialogTitle>Approval diff</DialogTitle>
@@ -134,19 +137,22 @@ export default function ApprovalCard({
 								size="sm"
 								value={viewMode}
 								onChange={(next): void => {
-									// Radix `single` group can emit '' when the active item
-									// is clicked again — preserve the current mode.
+									// Radix `single` group can emit '' when the active item is clicked again.
 									if (next === 'split' || next === 'unified') {
 										setViewMode(next);
 									}
 								}}
 							>
-								<ToggleGroupItem value="split" aria-label="Split view">
-									<Columns2 size={12} />
-								</ToggleGroupItem>
-								<ToggleGroupItem value="unified" aria-label="Unified view">
-									<List size={12} />
-								</ToggleGroupItem>
+								<TooltipSimple title="Split view">
+									<ToggleGroupItem value="split" aria-label="Split view">
+										<Columns2 size={12} />
+									</ToggleGroupItem>
+								</TooltipSimple>
+								<TooltipSimple title="Unified view">
+									<ToggleGroupItem value="unified" aria-label="Unified view">
+										<List size={12} />
+									</ToggleGroupItem>
+								</TooltipSimple>
 							</ToggleGroup>
 							<ToggleGroup
 								type="multiple"
@@ -154,12 +160,16 @@ export default function ApprovalCard({
 								value={wrapText ? ['wrap'] : []}
 								onChange={(next): void => setWrapText(next.includes('wrap'))}
 							>
-								<ToggleGroupItem
-									value="wrap"
-									aria-label={wrapText ? 'Disable text wrap' : 'Wrap long lines'}
+								<TooltipSimple
+									title={wrapText ? 'Disable text wrap' : 'Wrap long lines'}
 								>
-									<WrapText size={12} />
-								</ToggleGroupItem>
+									<ToggleGroupItem
+										value="wrap"
+										aria-label={wrapText ? 'Disable text wrap' : 'Wrap long lines'}
+									>
+										<WrapText size={12} />
+									</ToggleGroupItem>
+								</TooltipSimple>
 							</ToggleGroup>
 						</div>
 						{approval.diff && (
@@ -457,15 +467,16 @@ function CopyButton({ text, label }: CopyButtonProps): JSX.Element {
 	};
 
 	return (
-		<Button
-			variant="ghost"
-			size="sm"
-			color="secondary"
-			onClick={handleCopy}
-			title={copied ? `Copied ${label}` : `Copy ${label}`}
-			aria-label={copied ? `Copied ${label}` : `Copy ${label}`}
-		>
-			{copied ? <Check size={12} /> : <Copy size={12} />}
-		</Button>
+		<TooltipSimple title={copied ? `Copied ${label}` : `Copy ${label}`}>
+			<Button
+				variant="ghost"
+				size="sm"
+				color="secondary"
+				onClick={handleCopy}
+				aria-label={copied ? `Copied ${label}` : `Copy ${label}`}
+			>
+				{copied ? <Check size={12} /> : <Copy size={12} />}
+			</Button>
+		</TooltipSimple>
 	);
 }

frontend/src/container/AIAssistant/components/ChatInput/ChatInput.module.scss

@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@
 	border-radius: var(--radius-2);
 	padding: 8px;
 	border: 1px solid var(--l1-border);
-	transition: border-color 0.15s;
 	position: relative;
-
-	&:focus-within {
-		border-color: var(--l1-border);
-	}
 }
 
 .attachments {
@@ -129,6 +124,18 @@
 	border: 1px solid var(--l2-border);
 	border-radius: var(--radius-2);
 	padding: 4px;
+	transition:
+		border-color 0.15s,
+		box-shadow 0.15s;
+
+	// Scope the focus ring to the textarea row only — the surrounding
+	// chrome (context chips, "Add Context", mic, send) sits outside this
+	// element and stays unaffected when the cursor enters the textarea.
+	&:focus-within {
+		border-color: var(--accent-primary);
+		box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px
+			color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-primary), transparent 70%);
+	}
 }
 
 .footer {
@@ -244,16 +251,24 @@
 }
 
 .contextPopoverCategoryItem {
+	// Override DS Button's centered layout.
+	--button-justify-content: flex-start;
 	display: flex;
 	align-items: center;
+	justify-content: flex-start;
 	gap: 8px;
+	width: 100%;
 	height: 32px;
 	padding: 0 8px;
-	border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--l1-foreground), transparent 96%);
-	border-radius: var(--radius-2);
+	background: transparent;
+	color: inherit;
+	font: inherit;
 	font-size: 12px;
 	font-weight: 550;
 	text-align: left;
+	border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--l1-foreground), transparent 96%);
+	border-radius: var(--radius-2);
+	appearance: none;
 	cursor: pointer;
 	transition:
 		background 0.15s ease,
@@ -309,17 +324,24 @@
 }
 
 .contextPopoverEntityItem {
+	// Override DS Button's centered layout.
+	--button-justify-content: flex-start;
 	display: flex;
 	align-items: center;
+	justify-content: flex-start;
 	gap: 10px;
+	width: 100%;
 	padding: 8px;
-	border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--l1-foreground), transparent 96%);
-	border-radius: var(--radius-2);
+	background: transparent;
 	color: var(--l1-foreground);
+	font: inherit;
 	font-size: 12px;
 	font-weight: 500;
 	line-height: 1.35;
 	text-align: left;
+	border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--l1-foreground), transparent 96%);
+	border-radius: var(--radius-2);
+	appearance: none;
 	cursor: pointer;
 	// Required for the inner span's `text-overflow: ellipsis` to engage —
 	// flex items default to `min-width: auto` (intrinsic width) and would
@@ -385,6 +407,11 @@
 	border-radius: 50%;
 	border: none;
 	cursor: pointer;
+	// Reset native <button> defaults so the 24px circle isn't inflated by
+	// browser-default padding / font metrics.
+	padding: 0;
+	font: inherit;
+	appearance: none;
 }
 
 .micDiscard {

frontend/src/container/AIAssistant/components/ChatInput/ChatInput.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import {
+	useCallback,
+	useEffect,
+	useLayoutEffect,
+	useRef,
+	useState,
+} from 'react';
 import { useQueryClient } from 'react-query';
 import cx from 'classnames';
 import { Badge } from '@signozhq/ui/badge';
@@ -26,7 +32,11 @@ import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 import { AppState } from 'store/reducers';
 import { GlobalReducer } from 'types/reducer/globalTime';
 
-import { AIAssistantEvents, getBrowserInfo } from '../../events';
+import {
+	AIAssistantEvents,
+	VoiceInputSource,
+	getBrowserInfo,
+} from '../../events';
 import { useAIAssistantAnalyticsContext } from '../../hooks/useAIAssistantAnalyticsContext';
 import { useSpeechRecognition } from '../../hooks/useSpeechRecognition';
 import { MessageAttachment } from '../../types';
@@ -142,6 +152,10 @@ function autoContextCategory(ctx: MessageContext): string {
 
 const MAX_INPUT_LENGTH = 20000;
 const WARNING_THRESHOLD = 15000;
+// Cap for the auto-growing composer. Past this, the textarea stops growing
+// and starts scrolling internally so the message list above doesn't get
+// squeezed in tighter container variants (e.g. the floating panel).
+const TEXTAREA_MAX_HEIGHT_PX = 200;
 const HOME_SERVICES_INTERVAL = 30 * 60 * 1000;
 /** sessionStorage key for the "voice input failed this tab" flag. */
 const VOICE_UNAVAILABLE_KEY = 'ai-assistant-voice-unavailable';
@@ -224,6 +238,18 @@ export default function ChatInput({
 	const [activeContextCategory, setActiveContextCategory] =
 		useState<ContextCategory>('Dashboards');
 	const [pickerSearchQuery, setPickerSearchQuery] = useState('');
+	// Refs to each category tab so we can move DOM focus to the newly-active
+	// tab on ArrowUp/ArrowDown. Without this the roving-tabindex pattern
+	// stalls: focus stays on the original button (whose closure has the old
+	// category), so subsequent arrow keys never advance past the second tab.
+	const categoryTabRefs = useRef(
+		new Map<ContextCategory, HTMLButtonElement | null>(),
+	);
+	// Refs to each entity row in the active tab panel, so we can cross from
+	// the category tablist (ArrowRight) into the panel and step through
+	// entities with ArrowUp/Down. Array is rewritten each render — there's
+	// only ever one tab panel mounted so stale indices clear naturally.
+	const entityRefs = useRef<(HTMLButtonElement | null)[]>([]);
 	const queryClient = useQueryClient();
 
 	// When the picker was opened by typing `@` in the textarea, this holds the
@@ -303,11 +329,92 @@ export default function ChatInput({
 		[mentionRange, selectedContexts, text],
 	);
 
+	const focusCategory = useCallback((category: ContextCategory) => {
+		setActiveContextCategory(category);
+		setPickerSearchQuery('');
+		categoryTabRefs.current.get(category)?.focus();
+	}, []);
+
+	const handleCategoryKeyDown = useCallback(
+		(
+			e: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLButtonElement>,
+			category: ContextCategory,
+		): void => {
+			const total = CONTEXT_CATEGORIES.length;
+			const idx = CONTEXT_CATEGORIES.indexOf(category);
+			if (e.key === 'ArrowDown') {
+				e.preventDefault();
+				focusCategory(CONTEXT_CATEGORIES[(idx + 1) % total]);
+			} else if (e.key === 'ArrowUp') {
+				e.preventDefault();
+				focusCategory(CONTEXT_CATEGORIES[(idx - 1 + total) % total]);
+			} else if (e.key === 'Home') {
+				e.preventDefault();
+				focusCategory(CONTEXT_CATEGORIES[0]);
+			} else if (e.key === 'End') {
+				e.preventDefault();
+				focusCategory(CONTEXT_CATEGORIES[total - 1]);
+			} else if (e.key === 'ArrowRight') {
+				// Cross from tablist into entity panel.
+				e.preventDefault();
+				entityRefs.current[0]?.focus();
+			}
+		},
+		[focusCategory],
+	);
+
+	const handleEntityKeyDown = useCallback(
+		(e: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLButtonElement>, index: number): void => {
+			const count = entityRefs.current.length;
+			if (count === 0) {
+				return;
+			}
+			const focusAt = (i: number): void => {
+				e.preventDefault();
+				entityRefs.current[i]?.focus();
+			};
+			switch (e.key) {
+				case 'ArrowDown':
+					focusAt((index + 1) % count);
+					break;
+				case 'ArrowUp':
+					focusAt((index - 1 + count) % count);
+					break;
+				case 'Home':
+					focusAt(0);
+					break;
+				case 'End':
+					focusAt(count - 1);
+					break;
+				case 'ArrowLeft':
+					// Cross back to tablist.
+					e.preventDefault();
+					categoryTabRefs.current.get(activeContextCategory)?.focus();
+					break;
+				default:
+			}
+		},
+		[activeContextCategory],
+	);
+
 	// Focus the textarea when this component mounts (panel/modal open)
 	useEffect(() => {
 		textareaRef.current?.focus();
 	}, []);
 
+	// Auto-grow the textarea so long prompts aren't trapped in a 2-line
+	// scrolling porthole. Reset to `auto` first to let the field shrink back
+	// down when the user deletes content, then snap to scrollHeight capped at
+	// TEXTAREA_MAX_HEIGHT_PX (overflow-y: auto in CSS handles the rest).
+	useLayoutEffect(() => {
+		const el = textareaRef.current;
+		if (!el) {
+			return;
+		}
+		el.style.height = 'auto';
+		el.style.height = `${Math.min(el.scrollHeight, TEXTAREA_MAX_HEIGHT_PX)}px`;
+	}, [text]);
+
 	const handleSend = useCallback(async () => {
 		const trimmed = text.trim();
 		if (!trimmed && pendingFiles.length === 0) {
@@ -382,7 +489,7 @@ export default function ChatInput({
 	// start time so we can attribute `durationMs` on the Voice input used
 	// event regardless of which control ended the session.
 	const voiceStartedAtRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
-	const voiceSourceRef = useRef<'button' | 'shortcut' | null>(null);
+	const voiceSourceRef = useRef<VoiceInputSource | null>(null);
 	// Set to true after a `network`, `not-allowed`, or `not-supported` failure
 	// so we hide the mic button for the rest of the tab session — silent
 	// retries don't help, and Chromium derivatives without the Google Speech
@@ -459,7 +566,7 @@ export default function ChatInput({
 	const showMic = isSupported && micPermission !== 'denied' && !voiceUnavailable;
 
 	const startVoiceInput = useCallback(
-		(source: 'button' | 'shortcut') => {
+		(source: VoiceInputSource) => {
 			// Defense in depth: the button is hidden when `voiceUnavailable` is
 			// true, but the PTT shortcut listener can still call us. Bailing here
 			// keeps a single source of truth and prevents repeat `Voice input
@@ -536,7 +643,7 @@ export default function ChatInput({
 				return; // ignore auto-repeat
 			}
 			pttActiveRef.current = true;
-			startVoiceInput('shortcut');
+			startVoiceInput(VoiceInputSource.Shortcut);
 		};
 
 		const handleKeyUp = (e: KeyboardEvent): void => {
@@ -724,6 +831,12 @@ export default function ChatInput({
 				entity.value.toLowerCase().includes(activeQuery),
 			)
 		: contextEntitiesByCategory[activeContextCategory];
+	// Truncate the ref array to match the current entity count so that
+	// switching from a large category (e.g. 100 dashboards) to a smaller one
+	// doesn't leave stale `null` slots from earlier renders. Keyboard nav math
+	// already uses `filteredContextOptions.length` for the modulo, so stale
+	// slots wouldn't be reached — this is purely housekeeping.
+	entityRefs.current.length = filteredContextOptions.length;
 	const { isLoading: isActiveContextLoading, isError: isActiveContextError } =
 		contextCategoryStateByCategory[activeContextCategory];
 	const currentLength = text.length;
@@ -830,7 +943,7 @@ export default function ChatInput({
 					onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
 					disabled={disabled}
 					maxLength={MAX_INPUT_LENGTH}
-					rows={2}
+					rows={3}
 				/>
 			</div>
 			{showTextWarning && (
@@ -877,15 +990,37 @@ export default function ChatInput({
 							sideOffset={8}
 						>
 							<div className={styles.contextPopoverContent}>
-								<div className={styles.contextPopoverCategories}>
+								<div
+									className={styles.contextPopoverCategories}
+									role="tablist"
+									aria-orientation="vertical"
+									aria-label="Context categories"
+								>
 									{CONTEXT_CATEGORIES.map((category) => {
 										const CategoryIcon = CONTEXT_CATEGORY_ICONS[category];
 										const isActive = activeContextCategory === category;
 										return (
-											<div
+											<Button
 												key={category}
+												ref={(el): void => {
+													categoryTabRefs.current.set(category, el);
+												}}
+												type="button"
+												variant="ghost"
+												color="secondary"
+												size="sm"
 												role="tab"
-												tabIndex={0}
+												id={`ai-context-tab-${category}`}
+												// Single stable panel id shared by every tab: only the
+												// active category's tabpanel is rendered, so per-category
+												// `aria-controls` ids would point at nonexistent nodes
+												// for the two inactive tabs. APG allows a single
+												// dynamic panel whose `aria-labelledby` swaps to the
+												// active tab.
+												aria-controls="ai-context-tabpanel"
+												// Roving tabindex: only the active tab participates in
+												// the Tab sequence; arrow keys move between tabs.
+												tabIndex={isActive ? 0 : -1}
 												aria-selected={isActive}
 												className={cx(styles.contextPopoverCategoryItem, {
 													[styles.active]: isActive,
@@ -894,22 +1029,21 @@ export default function ChatInput({
 													setActiveContextCategory(category);
 													setPickerSearchQuery('');
 												}}
-												onKeyDown={(e): void => {
-													if (e.key === 'Enter' || e.key === ' ') {
-														e.preventDefault();
-														setActiveContextCategory(category);
-														setPickerSearchQuery('');
-													}
-												}}
+												onKeyDown={(e): void => handleCategoryKeyDown(e, category)}
+												prefix={<CategoryIcon size={13} />}
 											>
-												<CategoryIcon size={13} />
 												<span>{category}</span>
-											</div>
+											</Button>
 										);
 									})}
 								</div>
 
-								<div className={styles.contextPopoverRight}>
+								<div
+									className={styles.contextPopoverRight}
+									role="tabpanel"
+									id="ai-context-tabpanel"
+									aria-labelledby={`ai-context-tab-${activeContextCategory}`}
+								>
 									<div className={styles.contextPopoverSearch}>
 										<Input
 											type="text"
@@ -939,7 +1073,7 @@ export default function ChatInput({
 												No matching entities
 											</div>
 										) : (
-											filteredContextOptions.map((option) => {
+											filteredContextOptions.map((option, index) => {
 												const isSelected = selectedContexts.some(
 													(item) =>
 														item.category === activeContextCategory &&
@@ -947,8 +1081,16 @@ export default function ChatInput({
 												);
 
 												return (
-													<div
+													<Button
 														key={option.id}
+														ref={(el): void => {
+															entityRefs.current[index] = el;
+														}}
+														type="button"
+														variant="ghost"
+														color="secondary"
+														size="sm"
+														aria-pressed={isSelected}
 														className={cx(styles.contextPopoverEntityItem, {
 															[styles.selected]: isSelected,
 														})}
@@ -959,11 +1101,12 @@ export default function ChatInput({
 																option.value,
 															)
 														}
+														onKeyDown={(e): void => handleEntityKeyDown(e, index)}
 													>
 														<span className={styles.contextPopoverEntityItemText}>
 															{option.value}
 														</span>
-													</div>
+													</Button>
 												);
 											})
 										)}
@@ -977,14 +1120,24 @@ export default function ChatInput({
 				<div className={styles.rightActions}>
 					{showMic &&
 						(isListening ? (
-							<div className={styles.micRecording}>
-								<div
-									className={cx(styles.micDiscard, styles.secondary)}
-									onClick={handleDiscard}
-									aria-label="Discard recording"
-								>
-									<X size={12} />
-								</div>
+							<div
+								className={styles.micRecording}
+								role="status"
+								aria-live="polite"
+								aria-label="Recording voice input"
+							>
+								<TooltipSimple title="Discard recording">
+									<Button
+										type="button"
+										variant="ghost"
+										size="icon"
+										color="secondary"
+										className={cx(styles.micDiscard, styles.secondary)}
+										onClick={handleDiscard}
+										aria-label="Discard recording"
+										prefix={<X size={12} />}
+									/>
+								</TooltipSimple>
 								<span className={styles.micWaves} aria-hidden="true">
 									<span />
 									<span />
@@ -995,26 +1148,30 @@ export default function ChatInput({
 									<span />
 									<span />
 								</span>
-								<div
-									className={cx(styles.micStop, styles.destructive)}
-									onClick={handleStopAndSend}
-									aria-label="Stop and send"
-								>
-									<Square size={9} fill="currentColor" strokeWidth={0} />
-								</div>
+								<TooltipSimple title="Stop and send">
+									<Button
+										type="button"
+										variant="ghost"
+										size="icon"
+										color="destructive"
+										className={cx(styles.micStop, styles.destructive)}
+										onClick={handleStopAndSend}
+										aria-label="Stop and send"
+										prefix={<Square size={9} fill="currentColor" strokeWidth={0} />}
+									/>
+								</TooltipSimple>
 							</div>
 						) : (
 							<TooltipSimple title="Voice input">
 								<Button
 									variant="ghost"
 									size="icon"
-									onClick={(): void => startVoiceInput('button')}
+									onClick={(): void => startVoiceInput(VoiceInputSource.Button)}
 									disabled={disabled}
 									aria-label="Start voice input"
 									className={styles.micBtn}
-								>
-									<Mic size={14} />
-								</Button>
+									prefix={<Mic size={14} />}
+								/>
 							</TooltipSimple>
 						))}
 
@@ -1026,21 +1183,21 @@ export default function ChatInput({
 								color="destructive"
 								onClick={onCancel}
 								aria-label="Stop generating"
-							>
-								<Square size={10} fill="currentColor" strokeWidth={0} />
-							</Button>
+								prefix={<Square size={10} fill="currentColor" strokeWidth={0} />}
+							/>
 						</TooltipSimple>
 					) : (
-						<Button
-							variant="solid"
-							size="icon"
-							color="primary"
-							onClick={isListening ? handleStopAndSend : handleSend}
-							disabled={disabled || (!text.trim() && pendingFiles.length === 0)}
-							aria-label="Send message"
-						>
-							<Send size={14} />
-						</Button>
+						<TooltipSimple title="Send message">
+							<Button
+								variant="solid"
+								size="icon"
+								color="primary"
+								onClick={isListening ? handleStopAndSend : handleSend}
+								disabled={disabled || (!text.trim() && pendingFiles.length === 0)}
+								aria-label="Send message"
+								prefix={<Send size={14} />}
+							/>
+						</TooltipSimple>
 					)}
 				</div>
 			</div>

frontend/src/container/AIAssistant/components/ClarificationForm/ClarificationForm.module.scss

@@ -64,6 +64,19 @@
 	gap: 4px;
 }
 
+// Mirrors `.field` for the multi_select group, but resets the browser's
+// default `<fieldset>` border/padding/margin so the visual matches the
+// `<div>`-based field rows.
+.multiSelectFieldset {
+	display: flex;
+	flex-direction: column;
+	gap: 4px;
+	margin: 0;
+	padding: 0;
+	border: 0;
+	min-width: 0;
+}
+
 .label {
 	font-size: 12px;
 	font-weight: 500;

frontend/src/container/AIAssistant/components/ClarificationForm/ClarificationForm.tsx

@@ -63,7 +63,14 @@ export default function ClarificationForm({
 		setAnswers((prev) => ({ ...prev, [id]: value }));
 	};
 
+	const isFormValid = fields.every(
+		(f) => !f.required || isFieldFilled(f, answers[f.id]),
+	);
+
 	const handleSubmit = async (): Promise<void> => {
+		if (!isFormValid) {
+			return;
+		}
 		setSubmitted(true);
 		// Approximate queryLength as the JSON encoding of the form answers — the
 		// clarification API doesn't render a single user-visible string, but the
@@ -136,7 +143,7 @@ export default function ClarificationForm({
 					variant="solid"
 					color="primary"
 					onClick={handleSubmit}
-					disabled={isStreaming}
+					disabled={isStreaming || !isFormValid}
 					prefix={<Send />}
 				>
 					Submit
@@ -162,8 +169,9 @@ export default function ClarificationForm({
 
 /**
  * Per-type seed value. The DTO's `default` is `string | string[] | null`,
- * which doesn't fit boolean fields cleanly — we coerce 'true'/'false' strings
- * for them, fall back to `[]` for multi_select, and the raw string otherwise.
+ * which doesn't fit boolean / number fields cleanly — we coerce 'true'/'false'
+ * strings for booleans, parse number defaults out of the string form,
+ * fall back to `[]` for multi_select, and the raw string otherwise.
  */
 function initialAnswerFor(f: ClarificationFieldEventDTO): unknown {
 	const raw = f.default;
@@ -175,9 +183,41 @@ function initialAnswerFor(f: ClarificationFieldEventDTO): unknown {
 	if (f.type === ClarificationFieldTypeDTO.multi_select) {
 		return Array.isArray(raw) ? raw : [];
 	}
+	if (f.type === ClarificationFieldTypeDTO.number) {
+		// Server sends number defaults as strings (e.g. `"5"`). Parse so the
+		// stored value is a real `number` — otherwise `isFieldFilled` (which
+		// requires `typeof === 'number'`) rejects a visibly-filled field and
+		// Submit stays disabled.
+		if (typeof raw !== 'string' || raw === '') {
+			return null;
+		}
+		const parsed = Number(raw);
+		return Number.isNaN(parsed) ? null : parsed;
+	}
 	return raw ?? '';
 }
 
+// Whether a required field has been answered. Booleans are always considered
+// filled (they're initialised to a concrete true/false). For other types we
+// reject empty strings, empty arrays, NaN numbers, and `null` (which the
+// number input emits when its raw value is `''` — `Number('')` would
+// otherwise silently coerce to `0` and read as a valid answer).
+function isFieldFilled(
+	field: ClarificationFieldEventDTO,
+	value: unknown,
+): boolean {
+	switch (field.type) {
+		case ClarificationFieldTypeDTO.multi_select:
+			return Array.isArray(value) && value.length > 0;
+		case ClarificationFieldTypeDTO.boolean:
+			return true;
+		case ClarificationFieldTypeDTO.number:
+			return typeof value === 'number' && !Number.isNaN(value);
+		default:
+			return typeof value === 'string' && value.trim().length > 0;
+	}
+}
+
 interface FieldInputProps {
 	field: ClarificationFieldEventDTO;
 	value: unknown;
@@ -216,13 +256,21 @@ function FieldInput({ field, value, onChange }: FieldInputProps): JSX.Element {
 			<div className={styles.field}>
 				<label className={styles.label} htmlFor={id}>
 					{label}
-					{required && <span className={styles.required}>*</span>}
+					{required && (
+						<span className={styles.required} aria-hidden="true">
+							*
+						</span>
+					)}
 				</label>
 				<Select
 					value={isCustom ? CUSTOM_OPTION_SENTINEL : String(value ?? '')}
 					onChange={handleSelectChange}
 				>
-					<SelectTrigger id={id} placeholder="Select…" />
+					<SelectTrigger
+						id={id}
+						placeholder="Select…"
+						aria-required={required || undefined}
+					/>
 					{/* Pin the dropdown width to the trigger via Radix's
 					    `--radix-select-trigger-width`; otherwise the popover
 					    sizes to its widest item and looks misaligned. */}
@@ -267,7 +315,11 @@ function FieldInput({ field, value, onChange }: FieldInputProps): JSX.Element {
 					onChange={(): void => onChange(!checked)}
 				>
 					{label}
-					{required && <span className={styles.required}>*</span>}
+					{required && (
+						<span className={styles.required} aria-hidden="true">
+							*
+						</span>
+					)}
 				</Checkbox>
 			</div>
 		);
@@ -312,11 +364,21 @@ function FieldInput({ field, value, onChange }: FieldInputProps): JSX.Element {
 		};
 
 		return (
-			<div className={styles.field}>
-				<span className={styles.label}>
+			// `fieldset` + `legend` is the WCAG-recommended grouping for
+			// related checkboxes (1.3.1). SRs announce the legend before each
+			// option, so users hear the group label as context.
+			<fieldset
+				className={styles.multiSelectFieldset}
+				aria-required={required || undefined}
+			>
+				<legend className={styles.label}>
 					{label}
-					{required && <span className={styles.required}>*</span>}
-				</span>
+					{required && (
+						<span className={styles.required} aria-hidden="true">
+							*
+						</span>
+					)}
+				</legend>
 				<div className={styles.checkboxGroup}>
 					{options?.map((opt) => (
 						<Checkbox
@@ -347,7 +409,7 @@ function FieldInput({ field, value, onChange }: FieldInputProps): JSX.Element {
 						onChange={(e): void => updateCustomValue(e.target.value)}
 					/>
 				)}
-			</div>
+			</fieldset>
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -356,16 +418,29 @@ function FieldInput({ field, value, onChange }: FieldInputProps): JSX.Element {
 		<div className={styles.field}>
 			<label className={styles.label} htmlFor={id}>
 				{label}
-				{required && <span className={styles.required}>*</span>}
+				{required && (
+					<span className={styles.required} aria-hidden="true">
+						*
+					</span>
+				)}
 			</label>
 			<Input
 				id={id}
 				type={type === 'number' ? 'number' : 'text'}
 				className={styles.input}
 				value={String(value ?? '')}
-				onChange={(e): void =>
-					onChange(type === 'number' ? Number(e.target.value) : e.target.value)
-				}
+				aria-required={required || undefined}
+				onChange={(e): void => {
+					if (type === 'number') {
+						const raw = e.target.value;
+						// Map empty input to `null` instead of `Number('') === 0`
+						// so a required numeric field cleared after typing doesn't
+						// silently read as a valid `0` in `isFieldFilled`.
+						onChange(raw === '' ? null : Number(raw));
+					} else {
+						onChange(e.target.value);
+					}
+				}}
 				placeholder={label}
 			/>
 		</div>

frontend/src/container/AIAssistant/components/MessageFeedback/MessageFeedback.tsx

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { useTimezone } from 'providers/Timezone';
 
 import logEvent from 'api/common/logEvent';
 
+import { FeedbackRatingDTO } from 'api/ai-assistant/sigNozAIAssistantAPI.schemas';
 import { AIAssistantEvents } from '../../events';
 import { useAIAssistantAnalyticsContext } from '../../hooks/useAIAssistantAnalyticsContext';
 import { useAIAssistantStore } from '../../store/useAIAssistantStore';
@@ -17,6 +18,22 @@ import { FeedbackRating, Message } from '../../types';
 
 import styles from './MessageFeedback.module.scss';
 
+const FEEDBACK_ANALYTICS_RATING = {
+	[FeedbackRatingDTO.positive]: 'up',
+	[FeedbackRatingDTO.negative]: 'down',
+} as const;
+
+const VOTE_LABEL = {
+	[FeedbackRatingDTO.positive]: {
+		tooltip: 'Good response',
+		ariaLabel: 'Good response',
+	},
+	[FeedbackRatingDTO.negative]: {
+		tooltip: 'Bad response',
+		ariaLabel: 'Bad response',
+	},
+} as const;
+
 interface MessageFeedbackProps {
 	message: Message;
 	onRegenerate?: () => void;
@@ -117,7 +134,7 @@ export default function MessageFeedback({
 			if (vote === rating) {
 				return;
 			}
-			if (rating === 'negative') {
+			if (rating === FeedbackRatingDTO.negative) {
 				setNegativeComment('');
 				setIsNegativeDialogOpen(true);
 				return;
@@ -126,7 +143,7 @@ export default function MessageFeedback({
 			void logEvent(AIAssistantEvents.FeedbackSubmitted, {
 				messageId: message.id,
 				threadId,
-				rating: 'up',
+				rating: FEEDBACK_ANALYTICS_RATING[rating],
 				hasComment: false,
 				commentLength: 0,
 			});
@@ -136,17 +153,21 @@ export default function MessageFeedback({
 	);
 
 	const handleSubmitNegative = useCallback((): void => {
-		setVote('negative');
+		setVote(FeedbackRatingDTO.negative);
 		setIsNegativeDialogOpen(false);
 		const trimmed = negativeComment.trim();
 		void logEvent(AIAssistantEvents.FeedbackSubmitted, {
 			messageId: message.id,
 			threadId,
-			rating: 'down',
+			rating: FEEDBACK_ANALYTICS_RATING[FeedbackRatingDTO.negative],
 			hasComment: trimmed.length > 0,
 			commentLength: trimmed.length,
 		});
-		submitMessageFeedback(message.id, 'negative', trimmed || undefined);
+		submitMessageFeedback(
+			message.id,
+			FeedbackRatingDTO.negative,
+			trimmed || undefined,
+		);
 	}, [message.id, negativeComment, submitMessageFeedback, threadId]);
 
 	return (
@@ -160,32 +181,39 @@ export default function MessageFeedback({
 							variant="ghost"
 							onClick={handleCopy}
 							color="secondary"
+							aria-label={copied ? 'Copied' : 'Copy message'}
 						>
 							{copied ? <Check size={12} /> : <Copy size={12} />}
 						</Button>
 					</TooltipSimple>
 
-					<TooltipSimple title="Good response">
+					<TooltipSimple title={VOTE_LABEL[FeedbackRatingDTO.positive].tooltip}>
 						<Button
-							className={cx(styles.btn, { [styles.votedUp]: vote === 'positive' })}
+							className={cx(styles.btn, {
+								[styles.votedUp]: vote === FeedbackRatingDTO.positive,
+							})}
 							size="icon"
 							variant="ghost"
 							color="secondary"
-							onClick={(): void => handleVote('positive')}
+							onClick={(): void => handleVote(FeedbackRatingDTO.positive)}
+							aria-label={VOTE_LABEL[FeedbackRatingDTO.positive].ariaLabel}
+							aria-pressed={vote === FeedbackRatingDTO.positive}
 						>
 							<ThumbsUp size={12} />
 						</Button>
 					</TooltipSimple>
 
-					<TooltipSimple title="Bad response">
+					<TooltipSimple title={VOTE_LABEL[FeedbackRatingDTO.negative].tooltip}>
 						<Button
 							className={cx(styles.btn, {
-								[styles.votedDown]: vote === 'negative',
+								[styles.votedDown]: vote === FeedbackRatingDTO.negative,
 							})}
 							size="icon"
 							variant="ghost"
 							color="secondary"
-							onClick={(): void => handleVote('negative')}
+							onClick={(): void => handleVote(FeedbackRatingDTO.negative)}
+							aria-label={VOTE_LABEL[FeedbackRatingDTO.negative].ariaLabel}
+							aria-pressed={vote === FeedbackRatingDTO.negative}
 						>
 							<ThumbsDown size={12} />
 						</Button>
@@ -199,6 +227,7 @@ export default function MessageFeedback({
 								variant="ghost"
 								color="secondary"
 								onClick={onRegenerate}
+								aria-label="Regenerate response"
 							>
 								<RefreshCw size={12} />
 							</Button>

frontend/src/container/AIAssistant/components/UserMessageActions/UserMessageActions.tsx

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export default function UserMessageActions({
 					variant="ghost"
 					color="secondary"
 					onClick={handleCopy}
+					aria-label={copied ? 'Copied' : 'Copy message'}
 				>
 					{copied ? <Check size={12} /> : <Copy size={12} />}
 				</Button>

frontend/src/container/AIAssistant/components/VirtualizedMessages/VirtualizedMessages.tsx

@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@ export default function VirtualizedMessages({
 
 	const virtuosoRef = useRef<VirtuosoHandle>(null);
 	const scrollerRef = useRef<HTMLElement | Window | null>(null);
+	// Tracks whether the scroller is pinned to (or near) the bottom. Updated
+	// via Virtuoso's `atBottomStateChange` so we can stop force-scrolling the
+	// user back down when they've intentionally scrolled up to read earlier
+	// content.
+	const atBottomRef = useRef(true);
+	// Id of the latest user message we've already anchored to. Used to detect
+	// a fresh user send so we can re-anchor to the bottom regardless of where
+	// the user was scrolled — sending a message and not seeing it is worse
+	// than the anti-yank guarantee.
+	const lastSeenUserMessageIdRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
 
 	const handleRegenerate = useCallback(
 		(messageId: string): void => {
@@ -111,8 +121,25 @@ export default function VirtualizedMessages({
 	// align: 'end')` would only reach the last item's bottom and leave the
 	// padding hidden below the fold. Use `auto` while streaming so the bottom
 	// stays glued as text deltas arrive; `smooth` lags when triggered every
-	// few ms.
+	// few ms. Bail out if the user has scrolled away from the bottom — that's
+	// an explicit signal they want to read earlier content without being
+	// yanked back.
 	useEffect(() => {
+		const lastMessage = messages[messages.length - 1];
+		const isFreshUserSend =
+			lastMessage?.role === 'user' &&
+			lastMessage.id !== lastSeenUserMessageIdRef.current;
+		if (isFreshUserSend) {
+			lastSeenUserMessageIdRef.current = lastMessage.id;
+			// Re-anchor so the user sees their own send (and the assistant's
+			// follow-up streaming) even if they were reading history when they
+			// hit Enter.
+			atBottomRef.current = true;
+		}
+
+		if (!atBottomRef.current) {
+			return;
+		}
 		const scroller = scrollerRef.current;
 		if (!(scroller instanceof HTMLElement)) {
 			return;
@@ -122,7 +149,7 @@ export default function VirtualizedMessages({
 			behavior: isStreaming ? 'auto' : 'smooth',
 		});
 	}, [
-		messages.length,
+		messages,
 		streamingEvents.length,
 		streamingContentLength,
 		isStreaming,
@@ -132,14 +159,18 @@ export default function VirtualizedMessages({
 
 	const followOutput = useCallback(
 		(atBottom: boolean): false | 'auto' | 'smooth' => {
-			if (isStreaming) {
-				return 'auto';
+			if (!atBottom) {
+				return false;
 			}
-			return atBottom ? 'smooth' : false;
+			return isStreaming ? 'auto' : 'smooth';
 		},
 		[isStreaming],
 	);
 
+	const handleAtBottomStateChange = useCallback((atBottom: boolean): void => {
+		atBottomRef.current = atBottom;
+	}, []);
+
 	const showStreamingSlot =
 		isStreaming || Boolean(pendingApproval) || Boolean(pendingClarification);
 
@@ -188,6 +219,8 @@ export default function VirtualizedMessages({
 			className={styles.messages}
 			totalCount={totalCount}
 			followOutput={followOutput}
+			atBottomStateChange={handleAtBottomStateChange}
+			atBottomThreshold={64}
 			initialTopMostItemIndex={Math.max(0, totalCount - 1)}
 			itemContent={(index): JSX.Element => {
 				if (index < messages.length) {

frontend/src/container/AIAssistant/components/blocks/RichCodeBlock/RichCodeBlock.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useCopyToClipboard } from 'react-use';
 import { Button } from '@signozhq/ui/button';
+import { TooltipSimple } from '@signozhq/ui/tooltip';
 import { Check, Copy } from '@signozhq/icons';
 import SyntaxHighlighter, {
 	a11yDark,
@@ -126,16 +127,17 @@ function CopyButton({ text }: { text: string }): JSX.Element {
 	};
 
 	return (
-		<Button
-			variant="ghost"
-			size="sm"
-			color="secondary"
-			className={styles.copyBtn}
-			onClick={handleCopy}
-			title={copied ? 'Copied' : 'Copy code'}
-			aria-label={copied ? 'Copied' : 'Copy code'}
-		>
-			{copied ? <Check size={12} /> : <Copy size={12} />}
-		</Button>
+		<TooltipSimple title={copied ? 'Copied' : 'Copy code'}>
+			<Button
+				variant="ghost"
+				size="sm"
+				color="secondary"
+				className={styles.copyBtn}
+				onClick={handleCopy}
+				aria-label={copied ? 'Copied' : 'Copy code'}
+			>
+				{copied ? <Check size={12} /> : <Copy size={12} />}
+			</Button>
+		</TooltipSimple>
 	);
 }

frontend/src/container/AIAssistant/events.ts

@@ -63,6 +63,26 @@ export const SuggestedPromptCategory = {
 export type SuggestedPromptCategory =
 	(typeof SuggestedPromptCategory)[keyof typeof SuggestedPromptCategory];
 
+// `source` attribute on the AI Assistant `Opened` event — describes which
+// surface triggered the open. Keep values stable: dashboards downstream
+// depend on the literal strings.
+export const AIAssistantOpenSource = {
+	Icon: 'icon',
+	Shortcut: 'shortcut',
+	Cmdk: 'cmdk',
+} as const;
+export type AIAssistantOpenSource =
+	(typeof AIAssistantOpenSource)[keyof typeof AIAssistantOpenSource];
+
+// `source` attribute on the `VoiceInputUsed` event — which surface initiated
+// the recording.
+export const VoiceInputSource = {
+	Button: 'button',
+	Shortcut: 'shortcut',
+} as const;
+export type VoiceInputSource =
+	(typeof VoiceInputSource)[keyof typeof VoiceInputSource];
+
 export enum AIAssistantEvents {
 	Opened = 'AI Assistant: Opened',
 	MessageSent = 'AI Assistant: Message sent',

frontend/src/container/AppLayout/utils.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,32 @@
 import ROUTES from 'constants/routes';
 
-export function getRouteKey(pathname: string): string {
-	const [routeKey] = Object.entries(ROUTES).find(
-		([, value]) => value === pathname,
-	) || ['DEFAULT'];
+const PARAM_SEGMENT = /:[^/]+/g;
+const REGEX_SPECIALS = /[.+*?^$()[\]{}|\\]/g;
 
-	return routeKey;
+function templateToRegex(template: string): RegExp {
+	const pattern = template
+		.replace(REGEX_SPECIALS, '\\$&')
+		.replace(PARAM_SEGMENT, '[^/]+');
+	return new RegExp(`^${pattern}$`);
+}
+
+export function getRouteKey(pathname: string): string {
+	const entries = Object.entries(ROUTES);
+
+	const exact = entries.find(([, value]) => value === pathname);
+	if (exact) {
+		return exact[0];
+	}
+
+	// First template that matches wins, so declaration order in `ROUTES`
+	// matters when templates can overlap. Today's set is unambiguous because
+	// `[^/]+` is segment-bounded, but if you ever add a sibling like
+	// `/services/list` next to `SERVICE_METRICS: '/services/:servicename'`,
+	// list the more-specific (more-static-segments) entry first in `ROUTES`
+	// — otherwise the param template will swallow the static path.
+	const dynamic = entries.find(
+		([, value]) => value.includes(':') && templateToRegex(value).test(pathname),
+	);
+
+	return dynamic?.[0] ?? 'DEFAULT';
 }

pkg/apiserver/signozapiserver/dashboard.go

@@ -14,6 +14,40 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (provider *provider) addDashboardRoutes(router *mux.Router) error {
+	if err := router.Handle("/api/v2/dashboards", handler.New(provider.authzMiddleware.EditAccess(provider.dashboardHandler.CreateV2), handler.OpenAPIDef{
+		ID:                  "CreateDashboardV2",
+		Tags:                []string{"dashboard"},
+		Summary:             "Create dashboard (v2)",
+		Description:         "This endpoint creates a dashboard in the v2 format that follows Perses spec.",
+		Request:             new(dashboardtypes.PostableDashboardV2),
+		RequestContentType:  "application/json",
+		Response:            new(dashboardtypes.GettableDashboardV2),
+		ResponseContentType: "application/json",
+		SuccessStatusCode:   http.StatusCreated,
+		ErrorStatusCodes:    []int{},
+		Deprecated:          false,
+		SecuritySchemes:     newSecuritySchemes(types.RoleEditor),
+	})).Methods(http.MethodPost).GetError(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := router.Handle("/api/v2/dashboards/{id}", handler.New(provider.authzMiddleware.ViewAccess(provider.dashboardHandler.GetV2), handler.OpenAPIDef{
+		ID:                  "GetDashboardV2",
+		Tags:                []string{"dashboard"},
+		Summary:             "Get dashboard (v2)",
+		Description:         "This endpoint returns a v2-shape dashboard.",
+		Request:             nil,
+		RequestContentType:  "",
+		Response:            new(dashboardtypes.GettableDashboardV2),
+		ResponseContentType: "application/json",
+		SuccessStatusCode:   http.StatusOK,
+		ErrorStatusCodes:    []int{},
+		Deprecated:          false,
+		SecuritySchemes:     newSecuritySchemes(types.RoleViewer),
+	})).Methods(http.MethodGet).GetError(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	if err := router.Handle("/api/v1/dashboards/{id}/public", handler.New(provider.authzMiddleware.AdminAccess(provider.dashboardHandler.CreatePublic), handler.OpenAPIDef{
 		ID:                  "CreatePublicDashboard",
 		Tags:                []string{"dashboard"},

pkg/meterreporter/config.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package meterreporter
 
 import (
+	"math/rand/v2"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/errors"
@@ -15,12 +16,21 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// Backfill enables sealed-day catch-up from the license creation day.
 	Backfill bool `mapstructure:"backfill"`
+
+	// Jitter is the randomness applied to both the first collect after
+	// Start() and to every subsequent cycle. The first fire happens at a
+	// random time in [0, Jitter); each subsequent cycle takes
+	// Interval - random(0, Jitter). Negative (the default) means "derive
+	// from Interval" via ResolvedJitter, so the value scales with whatever
+	// Interval the user picks.
+	Jitter time.Duration `mapstructure:"jitter"`
 }
 
 func newConfig() factory.Config {
 	return Config{
 		Interval: 6 * time.Hour,
 		Backfill: true,
+		Jitter:   -1, // Negative sentinel. Resolved at use time unless explicitly set.
 	}
 }
 
@@ -29,9 +39,27 @@ func NewConfigFactory() factory.ConfigFactory {
 }
 
 func (c Config) Validate() error {
-	if c.Interval < 5*time.Minute || c.Interval > 24*time.Hour {
-		return errors.New(errors.TypeInvalidInput, ErrCodeInvalidInput, "meterreporter::interval must be between 5m and 24h")
+	if c.Interval < 10*time.Minute || c.Interval > 24*time.Hour {
+		return errors.New(errors.TypeInvalidInput, ErrCodeInvalidInput, "meterreporter::interval must be between 10m and 24h")
+	}
+
+	if c.Jitter >= 0 && (c.Jitter < 10*time.Minute || c.Jitter > c.Interval) {
+		return errors.New(errors.TypeInvalidInput, ErrCodeInvalidInput, "meterreporter::jitter must be between 10m and interval")
 	}
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// NewJitter returns a fresh random duration sampled uniformly from
+// [0, jitter), where jitter is the configured Jitter or, if the sentinel
+// default is still in place, min(Interval, 2h).
+func (c Config) NewJitter() time.Duration {
+	defaultJitter := 2 * time.Hour
+
+	cap := c.Jitter
+	if cap < 0 {
+		cap = min(c.Interval, defaultJitter)
+	}
+
+	return time.Duration(rand.Int64N(int64(cap)))
+}

pkg/modules/dashboard/dashboard.go

@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ type Module interface {
 	GetByMetricNames(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, metricNames []string) (map[string][]map[string]string, error)
 
 	statsreporter.StatsCollector
+
+	// ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+	// v2 dashboard methods
+	// ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+	CreateV2(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, createdBy string, creator valuer.UUID, source dashboardtypes.Source, postable dashboardtypes.PostableDashboardV2) (*dashboardtypes.DashboardV2, error)
+
+	GetV2(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, id valuer.UUID) (*dashboardtypes.DashboardV2, error)
 }
 
 type Handler interface {
@@ -74,4 +82,11 @@ type Handler interface {
 	LockUnlock(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)
 
 	Delete(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)
+
+	// ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+	// v2 dashboard methods
+	// ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+	CreateV2(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)
+
+	GetV2(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)
 }

pkg/modules/dashboard/impldashboard/module.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/factory"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/dashboard"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/organization"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/tag"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/queryparser"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types/coretypes"
@@ -24,9 +25,10 @@ type module struct {
 	analytics   analytics.Analytics
 	orgGetter   organization.Getter
 	queryParser queryparser.QueryParser
+	tagModule   tag.Module
 }
 
-func NewModule(store dashboardtypes.Store, settings factory.ProviderSettings, analytics analytics.Analytics, orgGetter organization.Getter, queryParser queryparser.QueryParser) dashboard.Module {
+func NewModule(store dashboardtypes.Store, settings factory.ProviderSettings, analytics analytics.Analytics, orgGetter organization.Getter, queryParser queryparser.QueryParser, tagModule tag.Module) dashboard.Module {
 	scopedProviderSettings := factory.NewScopedProviderSettings(settings, "github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/dashboard/impldashboard")
 	return &module{
 		store:       store,
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ func NewModule(store dashboardtypes.Store, settings factory.ProviderSettings, an
 		analytics:   analytics,
 		orgGetter:   orgGetter,
 		queryParser: queryParser,
+		tagModule:   tagModule,
 	}
 }
 

pkg/modules/dashboard/impldashboard/v2_handler.go

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package impldashboard
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/http/binding"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/http/render"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types/authtypes"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types/dashboardtypes"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/valuer"
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+)
+
+func (handler *handler) CreateV2(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(r.Context(), 10*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	claims, err := authtypes.ClaimsFromContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		render.Error(rw, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	orgID, err := valuer.NewUUID(claims.OrgID)
+	if err != nil {
+		render.Error(rw, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	var req dashboardtypes.PostableDashboardV2
+	if err := binding.JSON.BindBody(r.Body, &req); err != nil {
+		render.Error(rw, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	dashboard, err := handler.module.CreateV2(ctx, orgID, claims.Email, valuer.MustNewUUID(claims.IdentityID()), dashboardtypes.SourceUser, req)
+	if err != nil {
+		render.Error(rw, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	render.Success(rw, http.StatusCreated, dashboard.ToGettableDashboardV2())
+}
+
+func (handler *handler) GetV2(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(r.Context(), 10*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	claims, err := authtypes.ClaimsFromContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		render.Error(rw, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	orgID, err := valuer.NewUUID(claims.OrgID)
+	if err != nil {
+		render.Error(rw, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	id := mux.Vars(r)["id"]
+	if id == "" {
+		render.Error(rw, errors.Newf(errors.TypeInvalidInput, errors.CodeInvalidInput, "id is missing in the path"))
+		return
+	}
+	dashboardID, err := valuer.NewUUID(id)
+	if err != nil {
+		render.Error(rw, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	dashboard, err := handler.module.GetV2(ctx, orgID, dashboardID)
+	if err != nil {
+		render.Error(rw, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	render.Success(rw, http.StatusOK, dashboard.ToGettableDashboardV2())
+}

pkg/modules/dashboard/impldashboard/v2_module.go

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package impldashboard
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types/coretypes"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types/dashboardtypes"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/valuer"
+)
+
+func (m *module) CreateV2(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, createdBy string, creator valuer.UUID, source dashboardtypes.Source, postable dashboardtypes.PostableDashboardV2) (*dashboardtypes.DashboardV2, error) {
+	if !source.IsValid() {
+		return nil, errors.Newf(errors.TypeInvalidInput, dashboardtypes.ErrCodeDashboardInvalidSource, "invalid dashboard source %q, must be one of user, system, integration", source.StringValue())
+	}
+	if err := postable.Validate(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	dashboard := postable.NewDashboardV2(orgID, createdBy, source)
+	var storableDashboard *dashboardtypes.StorableDashboard
+
+	err := m.store.RunInTx(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) error {
+		resolvedTags, err := m.tagModule.SyncTags(ctx, orgID, coretypes.KindDashboard, dashboard.ID, postable.Tags)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		dashboard.Tags = resolvedTags
+
+		storable, err := dashboard.ToStorableDashboard()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		storableDashboard = storable
+		return m.store.Create(ctx, storable)
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	m.analytics.TrackUser(ctx, orgID.String(), creator.String(), "Dashboard Created", dashboardtypes.NewStatsFromStorableDashboards([]*dashboardtypes.StorableDashboard{storableDashboard}))
+	return dashboard, nil
+}
+
+func (module *module) GetV2(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, id valuer.UUID) (*dashboardtypes.DashboardV2, error) {
+	storable, err := module.store.Get(ctx, orgID, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	tags, err := module.tagModule.ListForResource(ctx, orgID, coretypes.KindDashboard, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return storable.ToDashboardV2(tags)
+}

pkg/signoz/handler_test.go

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestNewHandlers(t *testing.T) {
 	queryParser := queryparser.New(providerSettings)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	tagModule := impltag.NewModule(impltag.NewStore(sqlstore))
-	dashboardModule := impldashboard.NewModule(impldashboard.NewStore(sqlstore), providerSettings, nil, orgGetter, queryParser)
+	dashboardModule := impldashboard.NewModule(impldashboard.NewStore(sqlstore), providerSettings, nil, orgGetter, queryParser, tagModule)
 
 	flagger, err := flagger.New(context.Background(), instrumentationtest.New().ToProviderSettings(), flagger.Config{}, flagger.MustNewRegistry())
 	require.NoError(t, err)

pkg/signoz/module_test.go

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestNewModules(t *testing.T) {
 	queryParser := queryparser.New(providerSettings)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	tagModule := impltag.NewModule(impltag.NewStore(sqlstore))
-	dashboardModule := impldashboard.NewModule(impldashboard.NewStore(sqlstore), providerSettings, nil, orgGetter, queryParser)
+	dashboardModule := impldashboard.NewModule(impldashboard.NewStore(sqlstore), providerSettings, nil, orgGetter, queryParser, tagModule)
 
 	flagger, err := flagger.New(context.Background(), instrumentationtest.New().ToProviderSettings(), flagger.Config{}, flagger.MustNewRegistry())
 	require.NoError(t, err)

pkg/signoz/provider.go

@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ func NewSQLMigrationProviderFactories(
 		sqlmigration.NewMigrateCloudIntegrationDashboardsFactory(sqlstore),
 		sqlmigration.NewAddScopeToPlannedMaintenanceFactory(sqlstore, sqlschema),
 		sqlmigration.NewMigrateInstalledIntegrationDashboardsFactory(sqlstore),
+		sqlmigration.NewAddDashboardNameFactory(sqlstore, sqlschema),
 	)
 }
 

pkg/signoz/signoz.go

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/rulestatehistory"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/serviceaccount"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/serviceaccount/implserviceaccount"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/tag"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/tag/impltag"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/user/impluser"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/prometheus"
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ func New(
 	telemetrystoreProviderFactories factory.NamedMap[factory.ProviderFactory[telemetrystore.TelemetryStore, telemetrystore.Config]],
 	authNsCallback func(ctx context.Context, providerSettings factory.ProviderSettings, store authtypes.AuthNStore, licensing licensing.Licensing) (map[authtypes.AuthNProvider]authn.AuthN, error),
 	authzCallback func(context.Context, sqlstore.SQLStore, authz.Config, licensing.Licensing, []authz.OnBeforeRoleDelete) (factory.ProviderFactory[authz.AuthZ, authz.Config], error),
-	dashboardModuleCallback func(sqlstore.SQLStore, factory.ProviderSettings, analytics.Analytics, organization.Getter, queryparser.QueryParser, querier.Querier, licensing.Licensing) dashboard.Module,
+	dashboardModuleCallback func(sqlstore.SQLStore, factory.ProviderSettings, analytics.Analytics, organization.Getter, queryparser.QueryParser, querier.Querier, licensing.Licensing, tag.Module) dashboard.Module,
 	gatewayProviderFactory func(licensing.Licensing) factory.ProviderFactory[gateway.Gateway, gateway.Config],
 	auditorProviderFactories func(licensing.Licensing) factory.NamedMap[factory.ProviderFactory[auditor.Auditor, auditor.Config]],
 	meterReporterProviderFactories func(context.Context, factory.ProviderSettings, flagger.Flagger, licensing.Licensing, telemetrystore.TelemetryStore, retention.Getter, organization.Getter, zeus.Zeus) (factory.NamedMap[factory.ProviderFactory[meterreporter.Reporter, meterreporter.Config]], string),
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ func New(
 	tagModule := impltag.NewModule(impltag.NewStore(sqlstore))
 
 	// Initialize dashboard module
-	dashboard := dashboardModuleCallback(sqlstore, providerSettings, analytics, orgGetter, queryParser, querier, licensing)
+	dashboard := dashboardModuleCallback(sqlstore, providerSettings, analytics, orgGetter, queryParser, querier, licensing, tagModule)
 
 	// Initialize user getter
 	userGetter := impluser.NewGetter(userStore, userRoleStore, flagger)

pkg/sqlmigration/089_add_dashboard_name.go

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package sqlmigration
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/factory"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/sqlschema"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/sqlstore"
+	"github.com/uptrace/bun"
+	"github.com/uptrace/bun/migrate"
+)
+
+type addDashboardName struct {
+	sqlstore  sqlstore.SQLStore
+	sqlschema sqlschema.SQLSchema
+}
+
+func NewAddDashboardNameFactory(sqlstore sqlstore.SQLStore, sqlschema sqlschema.SQLSchema) factory.ProviderFactory[SQLMigration, Config] {
+	return factory.NewProviderFactory(
+		factory.MustNewName("add_dashboard_name"),
+		func(ctx context.Context, ps factory.ProviderSettings, c Config) (SQLMigration, error) {
+			return &addDashboardName{sqlstore: sqlstore, sqlschema: sqlschema}, nil
+		},
+	)
+}
+
+func (migration *addDashboardName) Register(migrations *migrate.Migrations) error {
+	return migrations.Register(migration.Up, migration.Down)
+}
+
+func (migration *addDashboardName) Up(ctx context.Context, db *bun.DB) error {
+	// dashboard is referenced by public_dashboard and integration_dashboard;
+	// FK enforcement must be off for the SQLite recreate-table fallback.
+	if err := migration.sqlschema.ToggleFKEnforcement(ctx, db, false); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	tx, err := db.BeginTx(ctx, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		_ = tx.Rollback()
+	}()
+
+	table, uniqueConstraints, err := migration.sqlschema.GetTable(ctx, sqlschema.TableName("dashboard"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	nameColumn := &sqlschema.Column{
+		Name:     sqlschema.ColumnName("name"),
+		DataType: sqlschema.DataTypeText,
+		Nullable: false,
+	}
+
+	// Only v2 dashboards populate this column. Existing v1 rows are left with
+	// the zero value (empty string) so v1 create/update paths can keep
+	// inserting without a name.
+	//
+	// TODO: once v1 dashboards are migrated to v2 and every row has a real
+	// name, a follow-up migration should add a unique index on
+	// (org_id, name) to enforce per-org name uniqueness.
+	sqls := migration.sqlschema.Operator().AddColumn(table, uniqueConstraints, nameColumn, nil)
+
+	for _, sql := range sqls {
+		if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx, string(sql)); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := tx.Commit(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := migration.sqlschema.ToggleFKEnforcement(ctx, db, true); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (migration *addDashboardName) Down(context.Context, *bun.DB) error {
+	return nil
+}

pkg/types/dashboardtypes/dashboard.go

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ type StorableDashboard struct {
 	Locked bool                  `bun:"locked,notnull,default:false"`
 	OrgID  valuer.UUID           `bun:"org_id,notnull"`
 	Source Source                `bun:"source,type:text,notnull"`
+	Name   string                `bun:"name,type:text,notnull"`
 }
 
 type Dashboard struct {

pkg/types/dashboardtypes/perses_dashboard.go

@@ -0,0 +1,320 @@
+package dashboardtypes
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types/coretypes"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types/tagtypes"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/valuer"
+	"github.com/perses/perses/pkg/model/api/v1/common"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
+)
+
+const (
+	SchemaVersion          = "v6"
+	MaxTagsPerDashboard    = 10
+	dashboardNameSuffixLen = 8
+)
+
+type DSLKey string
+
+const (
+	DSLKeyName        DSLKey = "name"
+	DSLKeyDescription DSLKey = "description"
+	DSLKeyCreatedAt   DSLKey = "created_at"
+	DSLKeyUpdatedAt   DSLKey = "updated_at"
+	DSLKeyCreatedBy   DSLKey = "created_by"
+	DSLKeyLocked      DSLKey = "locked"
+	DSLKeyPublic      DSLKey = "public"
+)
+
+// reservedDSLKeys are dashboard column-level filter names in the list-query DSL.
+// A tag whose key collides with one of these would make the DSL ambiguous, so
+// they're rejected (case-insensitively) at write time.
+var reservedDSLKeys = map[DSLKey]struct{}{
+	DSLKeyName:        {},
+	DSLKeyDescription: {},
+	DSLKeyCreatedAt:   {},
+	DSLKeyUpdatedAt:   {},
+	DSLKeyCreatedBy:   {},
+	DSLKeyLocked:      {},
+	DSLKeyPublic:      {},
+}
+
+type DashboardV2 struct {
+	types.Identifiable
+	types.TimeAuditable
+	types.UserAuditable
+
+	OrgID  valuer.UUID `json:"orgId" required:"true"`
+	Locked bool        `json:"locked" required:"true"`
+	Source Source      `json:"source" required:"true"`
+
+	DashboardV2MetadataBase
+	Name string          `json:"name" required:"true"`
+	Tags []*tagtypes.Tag `json:"tags" required:"true"`
+	Spec DashboardSpec   `json:"spec" required:"true"`
+}
+
+type DashboardV2MetadataBase struct {
+	SchemaVersion string `json:"schemaVersion" required:"true"`
+	Image         string `json:"image,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+// Postable
+// ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+type PostableDashboardV2 struct {
+	DashboardV2MetadataBase
+	Name         string                 `json:"name,omitempty"`
+	GenerateName bool                   `json:"generateName,omitempty"`
+	Tags         []tagtypes.PostableTag `json:"tags" required:"true"`
+	Spec         DashboardSpec          `json:"spec" required:"true"`
+}
+
+func (postable PostableDashboardV2) NewDashboardV2(orgID valuer.UUID, createdBy string, source Source) *DashboardV2 {
+	now := time.Now()
+
+	name := postable.Name
+	if postable.GenerateName {
+		name = generateDashboardName(postable.Spec.Display.Name)
+	}
+
+	return &DashboardV2{
+		Identifiable:            types.Identifiable{ID: valuer.GenerateUUID()},
+		TimeAuditable:           types.TimeAuditable{CreatedAt: now, UpdatedAt: now},
+		UserAuditable:           types.UserAuditable{CreatedBy: createdBy, UpdatedBy: createdBy},
+		OrgID:                   orgID,
+		Locked:                  source == SourceIntegration,
+		Source:                  source,
+		DashboardV2MetadataBase: postable.DashboardV2MetadataBase,
+		Name:                    name,
+		Tags:                    tagtypes.NewTagsFromPostableTags(orgID, coretypes.KindDashboard, postable.Tags),
+		Spec:                    postable.Spec,
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *PostableDashboardV2) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(data))
+	dec.DisallowUnknownFields()
+	type alias PostableDashboardV2
+	var tmp alias
+	if err := dec.Decode(&tmp); err != nil {
+		return errors.WrapInvalidInputf(err, ErrCodeDashboardInvalidInput, "%s", err.Error())
+	}
+	*p = PostableDashboardV2(tmp)
+	if p.Spec.Display == nil {
+		p.Spec.Display = &common.Display{}
+	}
+	if !p.GenerateName && p.Spec.Display.Name == "" {
+		p.Spec.Display.Name = p.Name
+	}
+	return p.Validate()
+}
+
+func (p *PostableDashboardV2) Validate() error {
+	if p.SchemaVersion != SchemaVersion {
+		return errors.NewInvalidInputf(ErrCodeDashboardInvalidInput, "schemaVersion must be %q, got %q", SchemaVersion, p.SchemaVersion)
+	}
+	if err := p.validateName(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := p.validateTags(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return p.Spec.Validate()
+}
+
+func (p *PostableDashboardV2) validateName() error {
+	if !p.GenerateName {
+		return validateDashboardName(p.Name)
+	}
+	if p.Name != "" {
+		return errors.NewInvalidInputf(ErrCodeDashboardInvalidInput, "name must be empty when generateName is true, got %q", p.Name)
+	}
+	if p.Spec.Display == nil || p.Spec.Display.Name == "" {
+		return errors.NewInvalidInputf(ErrCodeDashboardInvalidInput, "spec.display.name is required when generateName is true")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Matches https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#dns-label-names.
+func validateDashboardName(name string) error {
+	if name == "" {
+		return errors.NewInvalidInputf(ErrCodeDashboardInvalidInput, "name is required")
+	}
+	if errs := validation.IsDNS1123Label(name); len(errs) > 0 {
+		return errors.NewInvalidInputf(ErrCodeDashboardInvalidInput, "name %q is invalid: %s", name, strings.Join(errs, "; "))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func generateDashboardName(displayName string) string {
+	const dns1123LabelMaxLen = 63
+	suffixAlphabet := []byte("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789")
+
+	var b strings.Builder
+	b.Grow(len(displayName))
+	prevHyphen := false
+	for _, r := range strings.ToLower(displayName) {
+		switch {
+		case (r >= 'a' && r <= 'z') || (r >= '0' && r <= '9'):
+			b.WriteRune(r)
+			prevHyphen = false
+		case b.Len() > 0 && !prevHyphen:
+			b.WriteByte('-')
+			prevHyphen = true
+		}
+	}
+	prefix := strings.TrimRight(b.String(), "-")
+
+	suffix := make([]byte, dashboardNameSuffixLen)
+	if _, err := rand.Read(suffix); err != nil {
+		panic(errors.WrapInternalf(err, errors.CodeInternal, "read random for dashboard name suffix"))
+	}
+	for i := range suffix {
+		suffix[i] = suffixAlphabet[int(suffix[i])%len(suffixAlphabet)]
+	}
+
+	maxPrefix := dns1123LabelMaxLen - 1 - dashboardNameSuffixLen
+	if len(prefix) > maxPrefix {
+		prefix = strings.TrimRight(prefix[:maxPrefix], "-")
+	}
+	if prefix == "" {
+		return string(suffix)
+	}
+	return prefix + "-" + string(suffix)
+}
+
+func (p *PostableDashboardV2) validateTags() error {
+	if len(p.Tags) > MaxTagsPerDashboard {
+		return errors.NewInvalidInputf(ErrCodeDashboardInvalidInput, "a dashboard can have at most %d tags", MaxTagsPerDashboard)
+	}
+	for _, tag := range p.Tags {
+		if _, reserved := reservedDSLKeys[DSLKey(strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(tag.Key)))]; reserved {
+			return errors.NewInvalidInputf(ErrCodeDashboardInvalidInput, "tag key %q is reserved", tag.Key)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+// Gettable
+// ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+type GettableDashboardV2 struct {
+	types.Identifiable
+	types.TimeAuditable
+	types.UserAuditable
+
+	OrgID  valuer.UUID `json:"orgId" required:"true"`
+	Locked bool        `json:"locked" required:"true"`
+	Source Source      `json:"source" required:"true"`
+
+	DashboardV2MetadataBase
+	Name string                  `json:"name" required:"true"`
+	Tags []*tagtypes.GettableTag `json:"tags" required:"true"`
+	Spec DashboardSpec           `json:"spec" required:"true"`
+}
+
+func (d DashboardV2) ToGettableDashboardV2() GettableDashboardV2 {
+	return GettableDashboardV2{
+		Identifiable:            d.Identifiable,
+		TimeAuditable:           d.TimeAuditable,
+		UserAuditable:           d.UserAuditable,
+		OrgID:                   d.OrgID,
+		Locked:                  d.Locked,
+		Source:                  d.Source,
+		DashboardV2MetadataBase: d.DashboardV2MetadataBase,
+		Name:                    d.Name,
+		Tags:                    tagtypes.NewGettableTagsFromTags(d.Tags),
+		Spec:                    d.Spec,
+	}
+}
+
+// ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+// Storable
+// ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+// StorableDashboardV2Data is exactly what serializes into the dashboard.data column.
+type StorableDashboardV2Data struct {
+	Metadata StorableDashboardV2Metadata `json:"metadata"`
+	Spec     DashboardSpec               `json:"spec"`
+}
+
+func (s StorableDashboardV2Data) toStorableDashboardData() (StorableDashboardData, error) {
+	raw, err := json.Marshal(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.WrapInternalf(err, errors.CodeInternal, "marshal v2 dashboard data")
+	}
+	out := StorableDashboardData{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &out); err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.WrapInternalf(err, errors.CodeInternal, "unmarshal v2 dashboard data")
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+type StorableDashboardV2Metadata = DashboardV2MetadataBase
+
+// ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+// Convertors
+// ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+func (d *DashboardV2) ToStorableDashboard() (*StorableDashboard, error) {
+	storableDashboardV2Data := StorableDashboardV2Data{
+		Metadata: StorableDashboardV2Metadata{
+			SchemaVersion: d.SchemaVersion,
+			Image:         d.Image,
+		},
+		Spec: d.Spec,
+	}
+
+	data, err := storableDashboardV2Data.toStorableDashboardData()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &StorableDashboard{
+		Identifiable:  types.Identifiable{ID: d.ID},
+		TimeAuditable: d.TimeAuditable,
+		UserAuditable: d.UserAuditable,
+		OrgID:         d.OrgID,
+		Locked:        d.Locked,
+		Name:          d.Name,
+		Data:          data,
+		Source:        d.Source,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (storable StorableDashboard) ToDashboardV2(tags []*tagtypes.Tag) (*DashboardV2, error) {
+	metadata, _ := storable.Data["metadata"].(map[string]any)
+	if metadata == nil || metadata["schemaVersion"] != SchemaVersion {
+		return nil, errors.Newf(errors.TypeUnsupported, ErrCodeDashboardInvalidData, "dashboard %s is not in %s schema", storable.ID, SchemaVersion)
+	}
+	raw, err := json.Marshal(storable.Data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.WrapInternalf(err, errors.CodeInternal, "marshal stored v2 dashboard data")
+	}
+	var stored StorableDashboardV2Data
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &stored); err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.WrapInternalf(err, errors.CodeInternal, "unmarshal stored v2 dashboard data")
+	}
+	return &DashboardV2{
+		Identifiable:            storable.Identifiable,
+		TimeAuditable:           storable.TimeAuditable,
+		UserAuditable:           storable.UserAuditable,
+		OrgID:                   storable.OrgID,
+		Locked:                  storable.Locked,
+		Source:                  storable.Source,
+		DashboardV2MetadataBase: stored.Metadata,
+		Name:                    storable.Name,
+		Tags:                    tags,
+		Spec:                    stored.Spec,
+	}, nil
+}

pkg/types/dashboardtypes/perses_dashboard_convertors_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+package dashboardtypes
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types/coretypes"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types/tagtypes"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/valuer"
+	"github.com/perses/perses/pkg/model/api/v1/common"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func newTestDashboardV2(t *testing.T, orgID valuer.UUID, source Source) *DashboardV2 {
+	t.Helper()
+	createdAt := time.Date(2026, time.January, 1, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	updatedAt := time.Date(2026, time.January, 2, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+
+	spec := DashboardSpec{
+		Panels: map[string]*Panel{
+			"p1": {
+				Kind: "Panel",
+				Spec: PanelSpec{
+					Plugin: PanelPlugin{
+						Kind: PanelKindTimeSeries,
+						Spec: &TimeSeriesPanelSpec{
+							Visualization: TimeSeriesVisualization{
+								BasicVisualization: BasicVisualization{TimePreference: TimePreferenceGlobalTime},
+							},
+							Formatting: PanelFormatting{DecimalPrecision: PrecisionOption2},
+							ChartAppearance: TimeSeriesChartAppearance{
+								LineInterpolation: LineInterpolationSpline,
+								LineStyle:         LineStyleSolid,
+								FillMode:          FillModeSolid,
+								SpanGaps:          SpanGaps{FillLessThan: valuer.MustParseTextDuration("60s")},
+							},
+							Legend: Legend{Position: LegendPositionBottom},
+						},
+					},
+					Queries: []Query{
+						{
+							Kind: "TimeSeriesQuery",
+							Spec: QuerySpec{
+								Plugin: QueryPlugin{
+									Kind: QueryKindPromQL,
+									Spec: &PromQLQuerySpec{Name: "A", Query: "up"},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		Layouts: []Layout{},
+	}
+
+	return &DashboardV2{
+		Identifiable:  types.Identifiable{ID: valuer.GenerateUUID()},
+		TimeAuditable: types.TimeAuditable{CreatedAt: createdAt, UpdatedAt: updatedAt},
+		UserAuditable: types.UserAuditable{CreatedBy: "alice", UpdatedBy: "bob"},
+		OrgID:         orgID,
+		Locked:        true,
+		Source:        source,
+		DashboardV2MetadataBase: DashboardV2MetadataBase{
+			SchemaVersion: SchemaVersion,
+			Image:         "data:image/png;base64,abc",
+		},
+		Name: "production-overview",
+		Tags: []*tagtypes.Tag{
+			tagtypes.NewTag(orgID, coretypes.KindDashboard, "team", "platform"),
+			tagtypes.NewTag(orgID, coretypes.KindDashboard, "env", "prod"),
+		},
+		Spec: spec,
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPostableDashboardV2NewDashboardV2(t *testing.T) {
+	orgID := valuer.GenerateUUID()
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		scenario       string
+		source         Source
+		expectedLocked bool
+	}{
+		{
+			scenario:       "user source is not locked",
+			source:         SourceUser,
+			expectedLocked: false,
+		},
+		{
+			scenario:       "system source is not locked",
+			source:         SourceSystem,
+			expectedLocked: false,
+		},
+		{
+			scenario:       "integration source is locked",
+			source:         SourceIntegration,
+			expectedLocked: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.scenario, func(t *testing.T) {
+			postable := PostableDashboardV2{
+				DashboardV2MetadataBase: DashboardV2MetadataBase{
+					SchemaVersion: SchemaVersion,
+					Image:         "img",
+				},
+				Name: "my-dashboard",
+				Tags: []tagtypes.PostableTag{
+					{Key: "team", Value: "platform"},
+					{Key: "env", Value: "prod"},
+				},
+				Spec: DashboardSpec{},
+			}
+
+			before := time.Now()
+			dashboard := postable.NewDashboardV2(orgID, "alice", tc.source)
+			after := time.Now()
+
+			require.NotNil(t, dashboard)
+			assert.False(t, dashboard.ID.IsZero(), "expected a freshly generated UUID")
+			assert.Equal(t, orgID, dashboard.OrgID)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.source, dashboard.Source)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedLocked, dashboard.Locked)
+			assert.Equal(t, postable.DashboardV2MetadataBase, dashboard.DashboardV2MetadataBase)
+			assert.Equal(t, postable.Name, dashboard.Name)
+			assert.Equal(t, postable.Spec, dashboard.Spec)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, "alice", dashboard.CreatedBy)
+			assert.Equal(t, "alice", dashboard.UpdatedBy)
+			assert.True(t, dashboard.CreatedAt.Equal(dashboard.UpdatedAt), "createdAt should equal updatedAt on creation")
+			assert.False(t, dashboard.CreatedAt.Before(before), "createdAt should be >= before")
+			assert.False(t, dashboard.CreatedAt.After(after), "createdAt should be <= after")
+
+			require.Len(t, dashboard.Tags, 2, "expected 2 tags")
+			for i, expectedTag := range postable.Tags {
+				assert.Equal(t, expectedTag.Key, dashboard.Tags[i].Key)
+				assert.Equal(t, expectedTag.Value, dashboard.Tags[i].Value)
+				assert.Equal(t, orgID, dashboard.Tags[i].OrgID)
+				assert.Equal(t, coretypes.KindDashboard, dashboard.Tags[i].Kind)
+				assert.False(t, dashboard.Tags[i].ID.IsZero(), "tag should have a UUID")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	t.Run("each invocation mints a distinct ID", func(t *testing.T) {
+		postable := PostableDashboardV2{
+			DashboardV2MetadataBase: DashboardV2MetadataBase{SchemaVersion: SchemaVersion},
+			Name:                    "x",
+			Spec:                    DashboardSpec{},
+		}
+
+		first := postable.NewDashboardV2(orgID, "alice", SourceUser)
+		second := postable.NewDashboardV2(orgID, "alice", SourceUser)
+		assert.NotEqual(t, first.ID, second.ID, "expected distinct UUIDs across invocations")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("generateName derives name from display.name with a random suffix", func(t *testing.T) {
+		postable := PostableDashboardV2{
+			DashboardV2MetadataBase: DashboardV2MetadataBase{SchemaVersion: SchemaVersion},
+			GenerateName:            true,
+			Spec: DashboardSpec{
+				Display: &common.Display{Name: "My Dashboard!"},
+			},
+		}
+
+		dashboard := postable.NewDashboardV2(orgID, "alice", SourceUser)
+		assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(dashboard.Name, "my-dashboard-"), "expected slug prefix, got %q", dashboard.Name)
+		assert.Len(t, dashboard.Name, len("my-dashboard-")+dashboardNameSuffixLen)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestDashboardV2ToGettableDashboardV2(t *testing.T) {
+	orgID := valuer.GenerateUUID()
+
+	t.Run("copies all scalar fields and converts tags", func(t *testing.T) {
+		dashboard := newTestDashboardV2(t, orgID, SourceUser)
+
+		gettable := dashboard.ToGettableDashboardV2()
+
+		assert.Equal(t, dashboard.Identifiable, gettable.Identifiable)
+		assert.Equal(t, dashboard.TimeAuditable, gettable.TimeAuditable)
+		assert.Equal(t, dashboard.UserAuditable, gettable.UserAuditable)
+		assert.Equal(t, dashboard.OrgID, gettable.OrgID)
+		assert.Equal(t, dashboard.Locked, gettable.Locked)
+		assert.Equal(t, dashboard.Source, gettable.Source)
+		assert.Equal(t, dashboard.DashboardV2MetadataBase, gettable.DashboardV2MetadataBase)
+		assert.Equal(t, dashboard.Name, gettable.Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, dashboard.Spec, gettable.Spec)
+
+		require.Len(t, gettable.Tags, len(dashboard.Tags))
+		for i, sourceTag := range dashboard.Tags {
+			require.NotNil(t, gettable.Tags[i])
+			assert.Equal(t, sourceTag.Key, gettable.Tags[i].Key)
+			assert.Equal(t, sourceTag.Value, gettable.Tags[i].Value)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestDashboardV2StorableRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	orgID := valuer.GenerateUUID()
+	original := newTestDashboardV2(t, orgID, SourceIntegration)
+
+	storable, err := original.ToStorableDashboard()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, storable)
+
+	// Simulate the DB hop on the text `data` column.
+	raw, err := json.Marshal(storable.Data)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	var reloadedData StorableDashboardData
+	require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal(raw, &reloadedData))
+	storable.Data = reloadedData
+
+	restored, err := storable.ToDashboardV2(original.Tags)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, restored)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, original, restored)
+}

pkg/types/dashboardtypes/perses_dashboard_data.go

@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/perses/perses/pkg/model/api/v1/common"
 )
 
-// DashboardData is the SigNoz dashboard v2 spec shape. It mirrors
+// DashboardSpec is the SigNoz dashboard v2 spec shape. It mirrors
 // v1.DashboardSpec (Perses) field-for-field, except every common.Plugin
 // occurrence is replaced with a typed SigNoz plugin whose OpenAPI schema is a
 // per-site discriminated oneOf.
-type DashboardData struct {
+type DashboardSpec struct {
 	Display         *common.Display            `json:"display,omitempty"`
 	Datasources     map[string]*DatasourceSpec `json:"datasources,omitempty"`
 	Variables       []Variable                 `json:"variables,omitempty"`
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ type DashboardData struct {
 // Unmarshal + validate entry point
 // ══════════════════════════════════════════════
 
-func (d *DashboardData) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+func (d *DashboardSpec) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(data))
 	dec.DisallowUnknownFields()
-	type alias DashboardData
+	type alias DashboardSpec
 	var tmp alias
 	if err := dec.Decode(&tmp); err != nil {
 		return errors.WrapInvalidInputf(err, ErrCodeDashboardInvalidInput, "invalid dashboard spec")
 	}
-	*d = DashboardData(tmp)
+	*d = DashboardSpec(tmp)
 	return d.Validate()
 }
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (d *DashboardData) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 // Cross-field validation
 // ══════════════════════════════════════════════
 
-func (d *DashboardData) Validate() error {
+func (d *DashboardSpec) Validate() error {
 	for key, panel := range d.Panels {
 		if panel == nil {
 			return errors.NewInvalidInputf(ErrCodeDashboardInvalidInput, "spec.panels.%s: panel must not be null", key)

pkg/types/dashboardtypes/perses_dashboard_test.go

@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
 )
 
-func unmarshalDashboard(data []byte) (*DashboardData, error) {
-	var d DashboardData
+func unmarshalDashboard(data []byte) (*DashboardSpec, error) {
+	var d DashboardSpec
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &d); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ func TestInvalidateNotAJSON(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // TestUnmarshalErrorPreservesNestedMessage guards the wrap on dec.Decode in
-// DashboardData.UnmarshalJSON. The wrap stamps a consistent type/code on
+// DashboardSpec.UnmarshalJSON. The wrap stamps a consistent type/code on
 // decode failures, but must not smother the rich messages produced by nested
 // UnmarshalJSON methods (panel/query/variable/datasource plugin envelopes).
 func TestUnmarshalErrorPreservesNestedMessage(t *testing.T) {
@@ -520,7 +521,7 @@ func TestInvalidateBadPanelSpecValues(t *testing.T) {
 						"spec": {
 							"plugin": {
 								"kind": "signoz/NumberPanel",
-								"spec": {"thresholds": [{"value": 100, "operator": ">", "color": "Red", "format": "Color"}]}
+								"spec": {"thresholds": [{"value": 100, "operator": "above", "color": "Red", "format": "Color"}]}
 							}
 						}
 					}
@@ -698,17 +699,17 @@ func TestValidateRequiredFields(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:        "ComparisonThreshold missing value",
-			data:        wrapPanel("signoz/NumberPanel", `{"thresholds": [{"operator": ">", "format": "text", "color": "Red"}]}`),
+			data:        wrapPanel("signoz/NumberPanel", `{"thresholds": [{"operator": "above", "format": "text", "color": "Red"}]}`),
 			wantContain: "Value",
 		},
 		{
 			name:        "ComparisonThreshold missing color",
-			data:        wrapPanel("signoz/NumberPanel", `{"thresholds": [{"value": 100, "operator": ">", "format": "text", "color": ""}]}`),
+			data:        wrapPanel("signoz/NumberPanel", `{"thresholds": [{"value": 100, "operator": "above", "format": "text", "color": ""}]}`),
 			wantContain: "Color",
 		},
 		{
 			name:        "TableThreshold missing columnName",
-			data:        wrapPanel("signoz/TablePanel", `{"thresholds": [{"value": 100, "operator": ">", "format": "text", "color": "Red", "columnName": ""}]}`),
+			data:        wrapPanel("signoz/TablePanel", `{"thresholds": [{"value": 100, "operator": "above", "format": "text", "color": "Red", "columnName": ""}]}`),
 			wantContain: "ColumnName",
 		},
 		{
@@ -798,7 +799,7 @@ func TestNumberPanelDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 	spec := d.Panels["p1"].Spec.Plugin.Spec.(*NumberPanelSpec)
 
 	require.Len(t, spec.Thresholds, 1, "expected 1 threshold")
-	require.Equal(t, ">", spec.Thresholds[0].Operator.ValueOrDefault(), "expected ComparisonOperator default >")
+	require.Equal(t, "above", spec.Thresholds[0].Operator.ValueOrDefault(), "expected ComparisonOperator default above")
 	require.Equal(t, "text", spec.Thresholds[0].Format.ValueOrDefault(), "expected ThresholdFormat default text")
 
 	// Marshal back and verify defaults in JSON output.
@@ -806,10 +807,7 @@ func TestNumberPanelDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err, "marshal dashboard failed")
 	outputStr := string(output)
 	assert.Contains(t, outputStr, `"format":"text"`, "expected stored/response JSON to contain format:text")
-	// Go's json.Marshal escapes ">" as "\u003e", so check for both forms.
-	assert.True(t,
-		strings.Contains(outputStr, `"operator":">"`) || strings.Contains(outputStr, `"operator":"\u003e"`),
-		"expected stored/response JSON to contain operator:>, got: %s", outputStr)
+	assert.Contains(t, outputStr, `"operator":"above"`, "expected stored/response JSON to contain operator:above")
 }
 
 // TestPersesFixtureStorageRoundTrip exercises the typed → map[string]any →
@@ -820,7 +818,7 @@ func TestPersesFixtureStorageRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 	raw, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/perses.json")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	var data DashboardData
+	var data DashboardSpec
 	require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal(raw, &data), "initial unmarshal")
 
 	marshaled, err := json.Marshal(data)
@@ -832,7 +830,7 @@ func TestPersesFixtureStorageRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 	remarshaled, err := json.Marshal(asMap)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "map → JSON (read-back shape)")
 
-	var roundtripped DashboardData
+	var roundtripped DashboardSpec
 	require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal(remarshaled, &roundtripped), "JSON → typed (the failure mode)")
 }
 
@@ -879,7 +877,7 @@ func TestStorageRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "global_time", tsSpec.Visualization.TimePreference.ValueOrDefault())
 	assert.Equal(t, "bottom", tsSpec.Legend.Position.ValueOrDefault())
 	numSpec := d.Panels["p2"].Spec.Plugin.Spec.(*NumberPanelSpec)
-	assert.Equal(t, ">", numSpec.Thresholds[0].Operator.ValueOrDefault())
+	assert.Equal(t, "above", numSpec.Thresholds[0].Operator.ValueOrDefault())
 	assert.Equal(t, "text", numSpec.Thresholds[0].Format.ValueOrDefault())
 
 	// Step 2: Marshal to JSON (simulates writing to DB).
@@ -899,7 +897,7 @@ func TestStorageRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "global_time", tsLoaded.Visualization.TimePreference.ValueOrDefault(), "after load")
 	assert.Equal(t, "bottom", tsLoaded.Legend.Position.ValueOrDefault(), "after load")
 	numLoaded := loaded.Panels["p2"].Spec.Plugin.Spec.(*NumberPanelSpec)
-	assert.Equal(t, ">", numLoaded.Thresholds[0].Operator.ValueOrDefault(), "after load")
+	assert.Equal(t, "above", numLoaded.Thresholds[0].Operator.ValueOrDefault(), "after load")
 	assert.Equal(t, "text", numLoaded.Thresholds[0].Format.ValueOrDefault(), "after load")
 
 	// Step 4: Marshal again (simulates API response) and verify defaults.
@@ -919,10 +917,113 @@ func TestStorageRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Contains(t, responseStr, `"`+field+`":`+want, "expected %s:%s after storage round-trip", field, want)
 	}
 
-	// Verify operator default (Go escapes ">" as "\u003e").
-	assert.True(t,
-		strings.Contains(responseStr, `"operator":">"`) || strings.Contains(responseStr, `"operator":"\u003e"`),
-		"expected operator:> after storage round-trip")
+	assert.Contains(t, responseStr, `"operator":"above"`, "expected operator:above after storage round-trip")
+}
+
+func TestPostableDashboardV2GenerateNameFlag(t *testing.T) {
+	const validSpec = `"spec": {"panels": {}, "layouts": []}`
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		scenario     string
+		body         string
+		wantErr      bool
+		wantErrMatch string
+		wantName     string
+		wantDisplay  string
+	}{
+		{
+			scenario:    "flag true with display.name derives name on conversion",
+			body:        `{"schemaVersion":"` + SchemaVersion + `","generateName":true,"spec":{"display":{"name":"My Dashboard!"},"panels":{},"layouts":[]}}`,
+			wantName:    "",
+			wantDisplay: "My Dashboard!",
+		},
+		{
+			scenario:     "flag true with non-empty name is rejected",
+			body:         `{"schemaVersion":"` + SchemaVersion + `","name":"already-set","generateName":true,"spec":{"display":{"name":"My Dashboard"},"panels":{},"layouts":[]}}`,
+			wantErr:      true,
+			wantErrMatch: "name must be empty when generateName is true",
+		},
+		{
+			scenario:     "flag true with empty display.name is rejected",
+			body:         `{"schemaVersion":"` + SchemaVersion + `","generateName":true,` + validSpec + `}`,
+			wantErr:      true,
+			wantErrMatch: "spec.display.name is required",
+		},
+		{
+			scenario:    "flag false",
+			body:        `{"schemaVersion":"` + SchemaVersion + `","name":"my-dashboard",` + validSpec + `}`,
+			wantName:    "my-dashboard",
+			wantDisplay: "my-dashboard",
+		},
+		{
+			scenario:     "flag false with missing name is rejected",
+			body:         `{"schemaVersion":"` + SchemaVersion + `",` + validSpec + `}`,
+			wantErr:      true,
+			wantErrMatch: "name is required",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.scenario, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var p PostableDashboardV2
+			err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(tt.body), &p)
+			if tt.wantErr {
+				require.Error(t, err, "expected validation error")
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tt.wantErrMatch)
+				return
+			}
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantName, p.Name)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantDisplay, p.Spec.Display.Name)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGenerateDashboardName(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		scenario   string
+		input      string
+		wantPrefix string // expected slug prefix before the "-<suffix>" tail (empty if prefix is dropped)
+	}{
+		{scenario: "simple words with spaces", input: "My Dashboard", wantPrefix: "my-dashboard"},
+		{scenario: "punctuation collapses", input: "Hello, World!", wantPrefix: "hello-world"},
+		{scenario: "leading and trailing whitespace", input: "  hello  ", wantPrefix: "hello"},
+		{scenario: "leading and trailing hyphens", input: "---abc---", wantPrefix: "abc"},
+		{scenario: "consecutive non-alphanumerics collapse", input: "a___b...c", wantPrefix: "a-b-c"},
+		{scenario: "digits are preserved", input: "Region us-east-1", wantPrefix: "region-us-east-1"},
+		{scenario: "no alphanumerics drops prefix and returns suffix only", input: "!!! ???", wantPrefix: ""},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.scenario, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := generateDashboardName(tt.input)
+			require.NotEmpty(t, got)
+			require.LessOrEqual(t, len(got), 63)
+			require.Empty(t, validation.IsDNS1123Label(got), "result must be a valid DNS-1123 label")
+
+			if tt.wantPrefix == "" {
+				assert.Len(t, got, dashboardNameSuffixLen, "expected the bare random suffix")
+				return
+			}
+			expectedPrefix := tt.wantPrefix + "-"
+			assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(got, expectedPrefix), "expected prefix %q, got %q", expectedPrefix, got)
+			assert.Len(t, got, len(expectedPrefix)+dashboardNameSuffixLen)
+		})
+	}
+
+	t.Run("prefix is truncated to leave room for the suffix", func(t *testing.T) {
+		input := strings.Repeat("a", 100)
+		got := generateDashboardName(input)
+		require.LessOrEqual(t, len(got), 63)
+		require.Empty(t, validation.IsDNS1123Label(got))
+		assert.Equal(t, len(got), 63, "expected the result to be padded to the max DNS-1123 length")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("suffix differs across calls", func(t *testing.T) {
+		first := generateDashboardName("collision-test")
+		second := generateDashboardName("collision-test")
+		assert.NotEqual(t, first, second, "expected the random suffix to differ across calls")
+	})
 }
 
 func TestSpanGaps(t *testing.T) {

pkg/types/dashboardtypes/perses_drift_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package dashboardtypes
 
-// TestDashboardDataMatchesPerses asserts that DashboardData
+// TestDashboardSpecMatchesPerses asserts that DashboardData
 // and every nested SigNoz-owned type cover the JSON field set of their Perses
 // counterpart.
 
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-func TestDashboardDataMatchesPerses(t *testing.T) {
+func TestDashboardSpecMatchesPerses(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		name   string
 		ours   reflect.Type
 		perses reflect.Type
 	}{
-		{"DashboardSpec", typeOf[DashboardData](), typeOf[v1.DashboardSpec]()},
+		{"DashboardSpec", typeOf[DashboardSpec](), typeOf[v1.DashboardSpec]()},
 		{"Panel", typeOf[Panel](), typeOf[v1.Panel]()},
 		{"PanelSpec", typeOf[PanelSpec](), typeOf[v1.PanelSpec]()},
 		{"Query", typeOf[Query](), typeOf[v1.Query]()},
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ func TestDashboardDataMatchesPerses(t *testing.T) {
 			missing, extra := drift(c.ours, c.perses)
 
 			assert.Empty(t, missing,
-				"DashboardData (%s) is missing json fields present on Perses %s — upstream likely added or renamed a field",
+				"DashboardSpec (%s) is missing json fields present on Perses %s — upstream likely added or renamed a field",
 				c.ours.Name(), c.perses.Name())
 			assert.Empty(t, extra,
-				"DashboardData (%s) has json fields absent on Perses %s — upstream likely removed a field or we added one without the counterpart",
+				"DashboardSpec (%s) has json fields absent on Perses %s — upstream likely removed a field or we added one without the counterpart",
 				c.ours.Name(), c.perses.Name())
 		})
 	}

pkg/types/dashboardtypes/perses_signoz_plugins.go

@@ -397,12 +397,7 @@ func (f *ThresholdFormat) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 type ComparisonOperator struct{ valuer.String }
 
 var (
-	ComparisonOperatorGT           = ComparisonOperator{valuer.NewString(">")} // default
-	ComparisonOperatorLT           = ComparisonOperator{valuer.NewString("<")}
-	ComparisonOperatorGTE          = ComparisonOperator{valuer.NewString(">=")}
-	ComparisonOperatorLTE          = ComparisonOperator{valuer.NewString("<=")}
-	ComparisonOperatorEQ           = ComparisonOperator{valuer.NewString("=")}
-	ComparisonOperatorAbove        = ComparisonOperator{valuer.NewString("above")}
+	ComparisonOperatorAbove        = ComparisonOperator{valuer.NewString("above")} // default
 	ComparisonOperatorBelow        = ComparisonOperator{valuer.NewString("below")}
 	ComparisonOperatorAboveOrEqual = ComparisonOperator{valuer.NewString("above_or_equal")}
 	ComparisonOperatorBelowOrEqual = ComparisonOperator{valuer.NewString("below_or_equal")}
@@ -411,12 +406,12 @@ var (
 )
 
 func (ComparisonOperator) Enum() []any {
-	return []any{ComparisonOperatorGT, ComparisonOperatorLT, ComparisonOperatorGTE, ComparisonOperatorLTE, ComparisonOperatorEQ, ComparisonOperatorAbove, ComparisonOperatorBelow, ComparisonOperatorAboveOrEqual, ComparisonOperatorBelowOrEqual, ComparisonOperatorEqual, ComparisonOperatorNotEqual}
+	return []any{ComparisonOperatorAbove, ComparisonOperatorBelow, ComparisonOperatorAboveOrEqual, ComparisonOperatorBelowOrEqual, ComparisonOperatorEqual, ComparisonOperatorNotEqual}
 }
 
 func (o ComparisonOperator) ValueOrDefault() string {
 	if o.IsZero() {
-		return ComparisonOperatorGT.StringValue()
+		return ComparisonOperatorAbove.StringValue()
 	}
 	return o.StringValue()
 }
@@ -428,21 +423,20 @@ func (o ComparisonOperator) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 func (o *ComparisonOperator) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	var v string
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &v); err != nil {
-		return errors.WrapInvalidInputf(err, ErrCodeDashboardInvalidInput, "invalid comparison operator: must be a string, one of `>`, `<`, `>=`, `<=`, `=`, `above`, `below`, `above_or_equal`, `below_or_equal`, `equal`, or `not_equal`")
+		return errors.WrapInvalidInputf(err, ErrCodeDashboardInvalidInput, "invalid comparison operator: must be a string, one of `above`, `below`, `above_or_equal`, `below_or_equal`, `equal`, or `not_equal`")
 	}
 	if v == "" {
-		*o = ComparisonOperatorGT
+		*o = ComparisonOperatorAbove
 		return nil
 	}
 	co := ComparisonOperator{valuer.NewString(v)}
 	switch co {
-	case ComparisonOperatorGT, ComparisonOperatorLT, ComparisonOperatorGTE, ComparisonOperatorLTE, ComparisonOperatorEQ,
-		ComparisonOperatorAbove, ComparisonOperatorBelow, ComparisonOperatorAboveOrEqual, ComparisonOperatorBelowOrEqual,
+	case ComparisonOperatorAbove, ComparisonOperatorBelow, ComparisonOperatorAboveOrEqual, ComparisonOperatorBelowOrEqual,
 		ComparisonOperatorEqual, ComparisonOperatorNotEqual:
 		*o = co
 		return nil
 	default:
-		return errors.NewInvalidInputf(ErrCodeDashboardInvalidInput, "invalid comparison operator %q: must be `>`, `<`, `>=`, `<=`, `=`, `above`, `below`, `above_or_equal`, `below_or_equal`, `equal`, or `not_equal`", v)
+		return errors.NewInvalidInputf(ErrCodeDashboardInvalidInput, "invalid comparison operator %q: must be `above`, `below`, `above_or_equal`, `below_or_equal`, `equal`, or `not_equal`", v)
 	}
 }
 

pkg/types/dashboardtypes/testdata/perses.json

@@ -317,14 +317,14 @@
                         "thresholds": [
                             {
                                 "value": 1200000,
-                                "operator": ">",
+                                "operator": "above",
                                 "unit": "none",
                                 "color": "Red",
                                 "format": "text"
                             },
                             {
                                 "value": 1200000,
-                                "operator": "<=",
+                                "operator": "below_or_equal",
                                 "unit": "none",
                                 "color": "Green",
                                 "format": "text"
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@
                         "thresholds": [
                             {
                                 "value": 1,
-                                "operator": ">",
+                                "operator": "above",
                                 "unit": "min",
                                 "color": "Red",
                                 "format": "text",

pkg/types/tagtypes/tag.go

@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ func NewPostableTagsFromTags(tags []*Tag) []PostableTag {
 	return out
 }
 
+func NewTagsFromPostableTags(orgID valuer.UUID, kind coretypes.Kind, tags []PostableTag) []*Tag {
+	out := make([]*Tag, len(tags))
+	for i, t := range tags {
+		out[i] = NewTag(orgID, kind, t.Key, t.Value)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
 func NewTag(orgID valuer.UUID, kind coretypes.Kind, key, value string) *Tag {
 	now := time.Now()
 	return &Tag{