diff --git a/test/functional/apps/console/_console.ts b/test/functional/apps/console/_console.ts
index 0878442156ab7..57aab9b80bb66 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/console/_console.ts
+++ b/test/functional/apps/console/_console.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const browser = getService('browser');
   const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'console', 'header']);
   const toasts = getService('toasts');
+  const security = getService('security');
+  const testSubjects = getService('testSubjects');
 
   describe('console app', function describeIndexTests() {
     this.tags('includeFirefox');
@@ -151,7 +153,20 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
         await PageObjects.console.clickPlay();
       };
 
+      before(async () => {
+        await security.testUser.setRoles(['kibana_admin', 'test_index']);
+      });
+
+      after(async () => {
+        await security.testUser.restoreDefaults();
+      });
+
       beforeEach(async () => {
+        // Welcome fly out exists sometimes
+        const flyOutExists = await testSubjects.exists('euiFlyoutCloseButton');
+        if (flyOutExists) {
+          await testSubjects.click('euiFlyoutCloseButton');
+        }
         await PageObjects.console.clearTextArea();
       });
 
@@ -160,8 +175,8 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
         await retry.try(async () => {
           const response = await PageObjects.console.getResponse();
           log.debug(response);
-          expect(response).to.contain('# PUT test-index 200 OK');
-          expect(response).to.contain('# DELETE test-index 200 OK');
+          expect(response).to.contain('# PUT test-index 200');
+          expect(response).to.contain('# DELETE test-index 200');
         });
       });
 
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/console/_vector_tile.ts b/test/functional/apps/console/_vector_tile.ts
index 3959877fdf685..77b186227ed28 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/console/_vector_tile.ts
+++ b/test/functional/apps/console/_vector_tile.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../ftr_provider_context';
 export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'console', 'header', 'home']);
   const retry = getService('retry');
+  const security = getService('security');
 
   describe('console vector tiles response validation', function describeIndexTests() {
     before(async () => {
+      await security.testUser.setRoles(['kibana_admin', 'kibana_sample_admin']);
       await PageObjects.common.navigateToUrl('home', '/tutorial_directory/sampleData', {
         useActualUrl: true,
       });
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       });
       await PageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
       await PageObjects.home.removeSampleDataSet('logs');
+      await security.testUser.restoreDefaults();
     });
   });
 }
diff --git a/test/functional/config.base.js b/test/functional/config.base.js
index dd576cbbd4f49..d543f13755cce 100644
--- a/test/functional/config.base.js
+++ b/test/functional/config.base.js
@@ -249,6 +249,21 @@ export default async function ({ readConfigFile }) {
           kibana: [],
         },
 
+        test_index: {
+          elasticsearch: {
+            cluster: [],
+            indices: [
+              {
+                names: ['test-index'],
+                privileges: ['read', 'view_index_metadata', 'manage', 'create_index', 'index'],
+                field_security: { grant: ['*'], except: [] },
+              },
+            ],
+            run_as: [],
+          },
+          kibana: [],
+        },
+
         index_a: {
           elasticsearch: {
             cluster: [],