diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b50a51e7558d..14eb7892911a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     "osd": "node scripts/osd",
     "opensearch": "node scripts/opensearch",
     "test": "grunt test",
+    "test:bwc": "./scripts/bwctest-osd.sh",
     "test:jest": "node scripts/jest",
     "test:jest_integration": "node scripts/jest_integration",
     "test:mocha": "node scripts/mocha",
diff --git a/scripts/bwctest-osd.sh b/scripts/bwctest-osd.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..630cd0e54a1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bwctest-osd.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,288 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+function usage() {
+    echo ""
+    echo "This script is used to run backwards compatibility tests on a remote OpenSearch/Dashboards cluster."
+    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    echo "Usage: $0 [args]"
+    echo ""
+    echo "Required arguments:"
+    echo "None"
+    echo ""
+    echo "Optional arguments:"
+    echo -e "-a BIND_ADDRESS\t, defaults to localhost | 127.0.0.1, can be changed to any IP or domain name for the cluster location."
+    echo -e "-p BIND_PORT\t, defaults to 9200 or 5601 depends on OpenSearch or Dashboards, can be changed to any port for the cluster location."
+    echo -e "-b BUNDLED_DASHBOARDS\t(true | false), defaults to false. Specify the usage of bundled Dashboards or not."
+    echo -e "-v VERSIONS\t(true | false), defaults to a defind test array in the script. Specify the versions of the tested Dashboards. It could be a single version or multiple."
+    echo -e "-o OPENSEARCH\t, no defaults and must provide. Specify the tested OpenSearch which must be named opensearch and formatted as tar.gz."
+    echo -e "-d DASHBOARDS\t, no defaults and must provide. Specify the tested Dashboards which must be named opensearch-dashboards and formatted as tar.gz."
+    echo -e "-h\tPrint this message."
+    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+}
+
+while getopts ":ha:p:b:v:o:d:" arg; do
+    case $arg in
+        h)
+            usage
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        a)
+            BIND_ADDRESS=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        p)
+            BIND_PORT=$OPTARG
+            ;;    
+        b)
+            BUNDLED_DASHBOARDS=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        v)
+            VERSIONS=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        o)
+            OPENSEARCH=$OPTARG
+            ;;    
+        d)
+            DASHBOARDS=$OPTARG
+            ;;     
+        :)
+            echo "-${OPTARG} requires an argument"
+            usage
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        ?)
+            echo "Invalid option: -${OPTARG}"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [ -z "$BIND_ADDRESS" ]
+then
+  BIND_ADDRESS="localhost"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$BIND_PORT" ]
+then
+  BIND_PORT="5601"
+fi
+
+if [ -v "VERSIONS" ]
+then
+  test_array=($VERSIONS)  
+else
+  test_array=("odfe-0.10.0" "odfe-1.0.2" "odfe-1.1.0" "odfe-1.2.1" "odfe-1.3.0" "odfe-1.4.0" "odfe-1.7.0" "odfe-1.8.0" "odfe-1.9.0" "odfe-1.11.0" "odfe-1.13.2" "osd-1.0.0" "osd-1.1.0")  
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$BUNDLED_DASHBOARDS" ]
+then
+  BUNDLED_DASHBOARDS="false"    
+fi
+
+if [ $BUNDLED_DASHBOARDS == "false" ]
+then
+  dashboards_type="osd"
+else
+  dashboards_type="osd-bundle"
+fi    
+
+# define test path
+cwd=$(pwd)
+dir="$cwd/bwc-tmp"
+test_dir="$dir/test"
+if [ -d "$dir" ]; then
+  echo "bwc-tmp exists and needs to be removed"   
+  rm -rf "$dir"
+fi
+mkdir "$dir"
+mkdir "$test_dir"
+
+# unzip opensearch and dashboards
+echo "[ unzip opensearch and dashboards ]"
+cd "$dir"
+cp $OPENSEARCH $dir
+cp $DASHBOARDS $dir
+
+IFS='/' read -ra ADDR <<< "$OPENSEARCH"
+opensearch_tar=${ADDR[-1]}
+tar -xvf $opensearch_tar >> /dev/null 2>&1
+IFS='.' read -ra ADDR <<< "$opensearch_tar"
+opensearch=${ADDR[0]}
+
+IFS='/' read -ra ADDR <<< "$DASHBOARDS"
+dashboards_tar=${ADDR[-1]}
+tar -xvf $dashboards_tar >> /dev/null 2>&1
+IFS='.' read -ra ADDR <<< "$dashboards_tar"
+dashboards=${ADDR[0]}
+
+# define other paths and tmp files
+opensearch_dir="$dir/$opensearch"
+dashboards_dir="$dir/$dashboards"
+opensearch_file='opensearch.txt'
+dashboards_file='dashboards.txt'
+opensearch_path="$dir/$opensearch_file"
+if [ $BUNDLED_DASHBOARDS == "false" ]; then opensearch_msg="\"status\":\"green\""; else opensearch_msg="\"status\":\"yellow\""; fi
+dashboards_path="$dir/$dashboards_file"
+dashboards_msg="\"state\":\"green\",\"title\":\"Green\",\"nickname\":\"Looking good\",\"icon\":\"success\""
+if [ $BUNDLED_DASHBOARDS == "false" ]; then opensearch_url="http://localhost:9200/_cluster/health"; else opensearch_url="https://localhost:9200/_cluster/health"; fi
+if [ $BUNDLED_DASHBOARDS == "false" ]; then opensearch_args=""; else opensearch_args="-u admin:admin --insecure"; fi
+dashboards_url="http://localhost:5601/api/status"
+
+# define test groups and suites
+test_group_1="check_loaded_data,check_timeline"
+test_group_2="check_advanced_settings,check_loaded_data,check_timeline"
+test_group_3="check_advanced_settings,check_filter_and_query,check_loaded_data,check_timeline"
+test_group_4="check_advanced_settings,check_default_page,check_filter_and_query,check_loaded_data,check_timeline"
+
+declare -A test_suites
+test_suites=(
+  ["odfe-0.10.0"]=$test_group_1 
+  ["odfe-1.0.2"]=$test_group_2 
+  ["odfe-1.1.0"]=$test_group_2
+  ["odfe-1.2.1"]=$test_group_2
+  ["odfe-1.3.0"]=$test_group_2
+  ["odfe-1.4.0"]=$test_group_3
+  ["odfe-1.7.0"]=$test_group_3
+  ["odfe-1.8.0"]=$test_group_3
+  ["odfe-1.9.0"]=$test_group_3
+  ["odfe-1.11.0"]=$test_group_3
+  ["odfe-1.13.2"]=$test_group_4
+  ["osd-1.0.0"]=$test_group_4
+  ["osd-1.1.0"]=$test_group_4
+)
+
+# remove the running opensearch process
+function clean {
+  echo "close running opensearcn"
+  process=($(ps -ef | grep "Dopensearch" | awk '{print $2}'))
+  kill ${process[0]}
+  echo "close any usage on port 5601"
+  process=($(lsof -i -P -n | grep 5601 | awk '{print $2}'))
+  kill ${process[0]}
+}
+
+# this is a support funtion to print out a text file line by line
+function print_txt {
+  while IFS= read -r line; do
+    echo "text read from $1: $line"
+  done < $1
+}
+
+# this function is used to check the opensearch or dashboards running status
+# $1 is the path to the tmp file which saves the running status 
+# $2 is the error msg to check
+# $3 is the url to curl
+# $4 contains arguments that need to be passed to the curl command
+function check_status {
+  while [ ! -f $1 ] || ! grep -q "$2" $1; do 
+     if [ -f $1 ]; then rm $1; fi  
+     curl $3 $4 > $1 || true
+  done
+  rm $1
+}
+
+# this function sets up the cypress env
+# it first clones the opensearch-dashboards-functional-test library
+# then it removes the tests into the cypress integration folder 
+# and copies the backwards compatibility tests into the folder
+function setup_cypress {
+  git clone https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-dashboards-functional-test "$test_dir"
+  rm -rf "$test_dir/cypress/integration"
+  cp -r "$cwd/cypress/integration" "$test_dir/cypress"
+  cd "$test_dir"
+  npm install
+}
+
+# this function copies the tested data for the required version to the opensearch data folder
+# $1 is the required version
+function upload_data {
+  rm -rf "$opensearch_dir/data"
+  cd $opensearch_dir
+  cp "$cwd/cypress/test-data/$dashboards_type/$1.tar.gz" . 
+  tar -xvf "$opensearch_dir/$1.tar.gz" >> /dev/null 2>&1
+  rm "$1.tar.gz"
+  echo "ready to test"
+}
+
+# this function starts opensearch
+function run_opensearch {
+  cd "$opensearch_dir"
+  ./bin/opensearch
+}
+
+# this function starts dashboards
+function run_dashboards {
+  cd "$dashboards_dir"
+  ./bin/opensearch-dashboards 
+}
+
+# this function checks the opensearch running status 
+# it calls check_status and passes the opensearch tmp file path, error msg, url, and arguments
+# if success, the while loop in the check_status will end and it prints out "opensearch is up"
+function check_opensearch_status {
+  cd "$dir"
+  check_status $opensearch_path "$opensearch_msg" $opensearch_url "$opensearch_args" >> /dev/null 2>&1
+  echo "opensearch is up" 
+} 
+
+# this function checks the dashboards running status 
+# it calls check_status and passes the dashboards tmp file path, error msg, url, and arguments
+# if success, the while loop in the check_status will end and it prints out "dashboards is up"
+function check_dashboards_status {  
+  cd "$dir"
+  check_status $dashboards_path "$dashboards_msg" $dashboards_url "" >> /dev/null 2>&1
+  echo "dashboards is up"
+} 
+
+# this function will run backwards compatibility test using cypress for the required version
+# $1 is the requested version 
+function run_bwc {
+  cd "$test_dir"
+  IFS=',' read -r -a tests <<< "${test_suites[$1]}"
+  for test in "${tests[@]}"
+  do
+     npx cypress run --spec "$cwd/bwc-tmp/test/cypress/integration/$dashboards_type/$test.js" || echo "backwards compatibility tests have issue"
+  done
+}
+ 
+# setup the cypress test env
+echo "[ setup the cypress test env ]"
+setup_cypress
+echo "cypress is ready"
+
+# for each required testing version, do the following
+# first run opensearch and check the status
+# second run dashboards and check the status
+# run the backwards compatibility tests
+for i in ${!test_array[@]}; 
+do
+  version=${test_array[$i]}
+  # setup the opensearch env
+  # copy and unzip data in the opensearch data folder
+  echo "[ set up the opensearch env for $version ]"
+  upload_data $version
+  
+  echo "[ start opensearch and wait ]"
+  run_opensearch >> /dev/null 2>&1  &
+  
+  echo "check the opensearch status"
+  check_opensearch_status
+  
+  echo "[ start dashboards and wait ]"
+  run_dashboards >> /dev/null 2>&1 & 
+  
+  echo "check the dashboards status"
+  check_dashboards_status
+  
+  echo "[ run the backwards compatibility tests for $version ]"
+  run_bwc $version
+ 
+  # kill the running opensearch process
+  clean
+done  
+
+rm -rf "$dir"
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