diff --git a/cypress/integration/common/dashboard_sample_data_spec.js b/cypress/integration/common/dashboard_sample_data_spec.js
index 7d7afa310..666afa553 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/common/dashboard_sample_data_spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/common/dashboard_sample_data_spec.js
@@ -42,8 +42,80 @@ export function dashboardSanityTests() {
         );
       });
 
+      it('checking sections display', () => {
+        // Check that we have two homepageSection
+        commonUI.checkElementExists(`[data-test-subj="homepageSection"]`, 2);
+      });
+
+      it('checking tutorial_directory display', () => {
+        // Check that tutorial_directory is visable
+        commonUI.checkElementExists(
+          `a[href="${path}/app/home#/tutorial_directory"]`,
+          2
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('checking management display', () => {
+        // Check that management is visable
+        commonUI.checkElementExists(`a[href="${path}/app/management"]`, 1);
+      });
+
+      it('checking dev_tools display', () => {
+        // Check that dev_tools is visable
+        commonUI.checkElementExists(
+          `a[href="${path}/app/dev_tools#/console"]`,
+          1
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('settings display', () => {
+        // Check that settings is visable
+        commonUI.checkElementExists(
+          `a[href="${path}/app/management/opensearch-dashboards/settings#defaultRoute"]`,
+          1
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('checking feature_directory display', () => {
+        // Check that feature_directory is visable
+        commonUI.checkElementExists(
+          `a[href="${path}/app/home#/feature_directory"]`,
+          1
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('checking navigation display', () => {
+        // Check that navigation is visable
+        commonUI.checkElementExists(
+          'button[data-test-subj="toggleNavButton"]',
+          1
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('checking Help menu display', () => {
+        // Check that Help menu is visable
+        commonUI.checkElementExists('button[aria-label="Help menu"]', 1);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('checking legacy home page', () => {
+      before(() => {
+        // Go to the home page
+        miscUtils.visitPage('app/home#/legacy');
+        cy.window().then((win) =>
+          win.localStorage.setItem('home:welcome:show', false)
+        );
+        cy.reload(true);
+      });
+
+      after(() => {
+        cy.window().then((win) =>
+          win.localStorage.removeItem('home:welcome:show')
+        );
+      });
+
       it('checking opensearch_dashboards_overview display', () => {
-        // Check that opensearch_dashboards_overview is visable
+        // Check that opensearch_dashboards_overview is visible
         commonUI.checkElementExists(
           `a[href="${path}/app/opensearch_dashboards_overview"]`,
           1
diff --git a/cypress/integration/core-opensearch-dashboards/opensearch-dashboards/apps/home/section.spec.js b/cypress/integration/core-opensearch-dashboards/opensearch-dashboards/apps/home/section.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..942333b82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/integration/core-opensearch-dashboards/opensearch-dashboards/apps/home/section.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import { MiscUtils } from '@opensearch-dashboards-test/opensearch-dashboards-test-library';
+
+const miscUtils = new MiscUtils(cy);
+
+describe('home sections', { scrollBehavior: false }, () => {
+  before(() => {
+    // Go to the home page
+    miscUtils.visitPage('app/home#');
+  });
+
+  it('should all appear expanded', function () {
+    cy.getElementsByTestIds('homepageSection').each((element) => {
+      const $content = element.find('[data-test-subj="homepageSectionContent"]');
+      expect($content).to.have.length(1);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should toggle correctly', function () {
+    cy.getElementsByTestIds('homepageSection').each((element) => {
+      const $button = element.find('button').first();
+
+      const $preClick1 = element.find(
+        '[data-test-subj="homepageSectionContent"]'
+      );
+      expect($preClick1).to.have.length(1);
+
+      $button.trigger('click');
+
+      const $postClick1 = element.find(
+        '[data-test-subj="homepageSectionContent"]'
+      );
+      expect($postClick1).to.have.length(0);
+
+      $button.trigger("click");
+
+      const $postClick2 = element.find(
+        '[data-test-subj="homepageSectionContent"]'
+      );
+      expect($postClick2).to.have.length(1);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/cypress/integration/core-opensearch-dashboards/opensearch-dashboards/dashboard_sample_data_with_datasource_spec.js b/cypress/integration/core-opensearch-dashboards/opensearch-dashboards/dashboard_sample_data_with_datasource_spec.js
index 0056a537e..2a3de0069 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/core-opensearch-dashboards/opensearch-dashboards/dashboard_sample_data_with_datasource_spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/core-opensearch-dashboards/opensearch-dashboards/dashboard_sample_data_with_datasource_spec.js
@@ -45,6 +45,31 @@ if (Cypress.env('DATASOURCE_MANAGEMENT_ENABLED')) {
       });
     });
 
+    describe('checking legacy home page', () => {
+      before(() => {
+        // Go to the home page
+        miscUtils.visitPage('app/home#');
+        cy.window().then((win) =>
+          win.localStorage.setItem('home:welcome:show', false)
+        );
+        cy.reload(true);
+      });
+
+      after(() => {
+        cy.window().then((win) =>
+          win.localStorage.removeItem('home:welcome:show')
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('checking tutorial_directory display', () => {
+        // Check that tutorial_directory is visible
+        commonUI.checkElementExists(
+          `a[href="${path}/app/home#/tutorial_directory"]`,
+          2
+        );
+      });
+    });
+
     describe('adding sample data', () => {
       before(() => {
         miscUtils.addSampleData();