diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/lib/session_restoration.test.ts b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/lib/session_restoration.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..56db5346b7c6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/lib/session_restoration.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except in
+ * compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License or the Server Side
+ * Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { dataPluginMock } from '../../../../data/public/mocks';
+import { createSessionRestorationDataProvider } from './session_restoration';
+import { getAppStateDefaults } from './get_app_state_defaults';
+import { getSavedDashboardMock } from '../test_helpers';
+import { SavedObjectTagDecoratorTypeGuard } from '../../../../saved_objects_tagging_oss/public';
+
+describe('createSessionRestorationDataProvider', () => {
+  const mockDataPlugin = dataPluginMock.createStartContract();
+  const searchSessionInfoProvider = createSessionRestorationDataProvider({
+    data: mockDataPlugin,
+    getAppState: () =>
+      getAppStateDefaults(
+        getSavedDashboardMock(),
+        false,
+        ((() => false) as unknown) as SavedObjectTagDecoratorTypeGuard
+      ),
+    getDashboardTitle: () => 'Dashboard',
+    getDashboardId: () => 'Id',
+  });
+
+  describe('session state', () => {
+    test('restoreState has sessionId and initialState has not', async () => {
+      const searchSessionId = 'id';
+      (mockDataPlugin.search.session.getSessionId as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(
+        () => searchSessionId
+      );
+      const { initialState, restoreState } = await searchSessionInfoProvider.getUrlGeneratorData();
+      expect(initialState.searchSessionId).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(restoreState.searchSessionId).toBe(searchSessionId);
+    });
+
+    test('restoreState has absoluteTimeRange', async () => {
+      const relativeTime = 'relativeTime';
+      const absoluteTime = 'absoluteTime';
+      (mockDataPlugin.query.timefilter.timefilter.getTime as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(
+        () => relativeTime
+      );
+      (mockDataPlugin.query.timefilter.timefilter.getAbsoluteTime as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(
+        () => absoluteTime
+      );
+      const { initialState, restoreState } = await searchSessionInfoProvider.getUrlGeneratorData();
+      expect(initialState.timeRange).toBe(relativeTime);
+      expect(restoreState.timeRange).toBe(absoluteTime);
+    });
+
+    test('restoreState has refreshInterval paused', async () => {
+      const { initialState, restoreState } = await searchSessionInfoProvider.getUrlGeneratorData();
+      expect(initialState.refreshInterval).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(restoreState.refreshInterval?.pause).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/lib/session_restoration.ts b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/lib/session_restoration.ts
index 60a0c56a63218..fb57f8caa5ce4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/lib/session_restoration.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/lib/session_restoration.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ export function createSessionRestorationDataProvider(deps: {
     getUrlGeneratorData: async () => {
       return {
         urlGeneratorId: DASHBOARD_APP_URL_GENERATOR,
-        initialState: getUrlGeneratorState({ ...deps, forceAbsoluteTime: false }),
-        restoreState: getUrlGeneratorState({ ...deps, forceAbsoluteTime: true }),
+        initialState: getUrlGeneratorState({ ...deps, shouldRestoreSearchSession: false }),
+        restoreState: getUrlGeneratorState({ ...deps, shouldRestoreSearchSession: true }),
       };
     },
   };
@@ -32,20 +32,17 @@ function getUrlGeneratorState({
   data,
   getAppState,
   getDashboardId,
-  forceAbsoluteTime,
+  shouldRestoreSearchSession,
 }: {
   data: DataPublicPluginStart;
   getAppState: () => DashboardAppState;
   getDashboardId: () => string;
-  /**
-   * Can force time range from time filter to convert from relative to absolute time range
-   */
-  forceAbsoluteTime: boolean;
+  shouldRestoreSearchSession: boolean;
 }): DashboardUrlGeneratorState {
   const appState = getAppState();
   return {
     dashboardId: getDashboardId(),
-    timeRange: forceAbsoluteTime
+    timeRange: shouldRestoreSearchSession
       ? data.query.timefilter.timefilter.getAbsoluteTime()
       : data.query.timefilter.timefilter.getTime(),
     filters: data.query.filterManager.getFilters(),
@@ -55,6 +52,12 @@ function getUrlGeneratorState({
     preserveSavedFilters: false,
     viewMode: appState.viewMode,
     panels: getDashboardId() ? undefined : appState.panels,
-    searchSessionId: data.search.session.getSessionId(),
+    searchSessionId: shouldRestoreSearchSession ? data.search.session.getSessionId() : undefined,
+    refreshInterval: shouldRestoreSearchSession
+      ? {
+          pause: true, // force pause refresh interval when restoring a session
+          value: 0,
+        }
+      : undefined,
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/angular/discover_state.test.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/angular/discover_state.test.ts
index 45e5e252e8361..809664de5f073 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/angular/discover_state.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/angular/discover_state.test.ts
@@ -101,8 +101,9 @@ describe('Test discover state with legacy migration', () => {
 
 describe('createSearchSessionRestorationDataProvider', () => {
   let mockSavedSearch: SavedSearch = ({} as unknown) as SavedSearch;
+  const mockDataPlugin = dataPluginMock.createStartContract();
   const searchSessionInfoProvider = createSearchSessionRestorationDataProvider({
-    data: dataPluginMock.createStartContract(),
+    data: mockDataPlugin,
     appStateContainer: getState({
       history: createBrowserHistory(),
     }).appStateContainer,
@@ -124,4 +125,30 @@ describe('createSearchSessionRestorationDataProvider', () => {
       expect(await searchSessionInfoProvider.getName()).toBe('Discover');
     });
   });
+
+  describe('session state', () => {
+    test('restoreState has sessionId and initialState has not', async () => {
+      const searchSessionId = 'id';
+      (mockDataPlugin.search.session.getSessionId as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(
+        () => searchSessionId
+      );
+      const { initialState, restoreState } = await searchSessionInfoProvider.getUrlGeneratorData();
+      expect(initialState.searchSessionId).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(restoreState.searchSessionId).toBe(searchSessionId);
+    });
+
+    test('restoreState has absoluteTimeRange', async () => {
+      const relativeTime = 'relativeTime';
+      const absoluteTime = 'absoluteTime';
+      (mockDataPlugin.query.timefilter.timefilter.getTime as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(
+        () => relativeTime
+      );
+      (mockDataPlugin.query.timefilter.timefilter.getAbsoluteTime as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(
+        () => absoluteTime
+      );
+      const { initialState, restoreState } = await searchSessionInfoProvider.getUrlGeneratorData();
+      expect(initialState.timeRange).toBe(relativeTime);
+      expect(restoreState.timeRange).toBe(absoluteTime);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/angular/discover_state.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/angular/discover_state.ts
index fe05fceb858e5..c769e263655ab 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/angular/discover_state.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/angular/discover_state.ts
@@ -275,12 +275,12 @@ export function createSearchSessionRestorationDataProvider(deps: {
         initialState: createUrlGeneratorState({
           ...deps,
           getSavedSearchId,
-          forceAbsoluteTime: false,
+          shouldRestoreSearchSession: false,
         }),
         restoreState: createUrlGeneratorState({
           ...deps,
           getSavedSearchId,
-          forceAbsoluteTime: true,
+          shouldRestoreSearchSession: true,
         }),
       };
     },
@@ -291,15 +291,12 @@ function createUrlGeneratorState({
   appStateContainer,
   data,
   getSavedSearchId,
-  forceAbsoluteTime,
+  shouldRestoreSearchSession,
 }: {
   appStateContainer: StateContainer<AppState>;
   data: DataPublicPluginStart;
   getSavedSearchId: () => string | undefined;
-  /**
-   * Can force time range from time filter to convert from relative to absolute time range
-   */
-  forceAbsoluteTime: boolean;
+  shouldRestoreSearchSession: boolean;
 }): DiscoverUrlGeneratorState {
   const appState = appStateContainer.get();
   return {
@@ -307,10 +304,10 @@ function createUrlGeneratorState({
     indexPatternId: appState.index,
     query: appState.query,
     savedSearchId: getSavedSearchId(),
-    timeRange: forceAbsoluteTime
+    timeRange: shouldRestoreSearchSession
       ? data.query.timefilter.timefilter.getAbsoluteTime()
       : data.query.timefilter.timefilter.getTime(),
-    searchSessionId: data.search.session.getSessionId(),
+    searchSessionId: shouldRestoreSearchSession ? data.search.session.getSessionId() : undefined,
     columns: appState.columns,
     sort: appState.sort,
     savedQuery: appState.savedQuery,