diff --git a/.buildkite/ftr_platform_stateful_configs.yml b/.buildkite/ftr_platform_stateful_configs.yml
index bc564624f8a5e..d8a538f82779e 100644
--- a/.buildkite/ftr_platform_stateful_configs.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/ftr_platform_stateful_configs.yml
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ enabled:
   - x-pack/test/functional/config.upgrade_assistant.ts
   - x-pack/test/functional_cloud/config.ts
   - x-pack/test/functional_solution_sidenav/config.ts
+  - x-pack/test/functional_search/config.ts
   - x-pack/test/kubernetes_security/basic/config.ts
   - x-pack/test/licensing_plugin/config.public.ts
   - x-pack/test/licensing_plugin/config.ts
diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index d4c8f52704e96..47911e49ee1a4 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1480,6 +1480,7 @@ x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/management/index_management/inference_endpoints
 /x-pack/test_serverless/api_integration/test_suites/search @elastic/search-kibana
 /x-pack/test_serverless/functional/page_objects/svl_api_keys.ts @elastic/search-kibana
 /x-pack/test_serverless/functional/page_objects/svl_search_* @elastic/search-kibana
+/x-pack/test/functional_search/ @elastic/search-kibana
 
 # Management Experience - Deployment Management
 /x-pack/test_serverless/**/test_suites/common/index_management/ @elastic/kibana-management
diff --git a/test/functional/page_objects/solution_navigation.ts b/test/functional/page_objects/solution_navigation.ts
index a0544e1100507..79e13b0f24943 100644
--- a/test/functional/page_objects/solution_navigation.ts
+++ b/test/functional/page_objects/solution_navigation.ts
@@ -138,6 +138,18 @@ export function SolutionNavigationProvider(ctx: Pick<FtrProviderContext, 'getSer
           });
         }
       },
+      async expectOnlyDefinedLinks(navItemIds: string[]) {
+        const navItemIdRegEx = /nav-item-id-[^\s]+/g;
+        const allSideNavLinks = await testSubjects.findAll('*nav-item-id-');
+        for (const sideNavItem of allSideNavLinks) {
+          const dataTestSubjs = await sideNavItem.getAttribute('data-test-subj');
+          const navItemIdMatch = dataTestSubjs?.match(navItemIdRegEx);
+          expect(navItemIdMatch).to.be.ok();
+          const navItemId = navItemIdMatch![0].replace('nav-item-id-', '');
+          expect(navItemIds).to.contain(navItemId);
+        }
+        expect(allSideNavLinks.length).to.equal(navItemIds.length);
+      },
       async clickPanelLink(deepLinkId: string) {
         await testSubjects.click(`~panelNavItem-id-${deepLinkId}`);
       },
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/navigation_tree.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/navigation_tree.ts
index c893c56f372c7..2f4e5a17ab335 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/navigation_tree.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/navigation_tree.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export const getNavigationTreeDefinition = ({
                     return pathNameSerialized.startsWith(prepend('/app/dev_tools'));
                   },
                   id: 'dev_tools',
-                  link: 'dev_tools:console',
+                  link: 'dev_tools',
                   title: i18n.translate('xpack.enterpriseSearch.searchNav.devTools', {
                     defaultMessage: 'Dev Tools',
                   }),
@@ -218,7 +218,11 @@ export const getNavigationTreeDefinition = ({
                 {
                   children: [
                     {
-                      getIsActive: () => false,
+                      getIsActive: ({ pathNameSerialized, prepend }) => {
+                        return pathNameSerialized.startsWith(
+                          prepend('/app/enterprise_search/app_search')
+                        );
+                      },
                       link: 'appSearch:engines',
                       title: i18n.translate(
                         'xpack.enterpriseSearch.searchNav.entsearch.appSearch',
@@ -235,7 +239,11 @@ export const getNavigationTreeDefinition = ({
                         : {}),
                     },
                     {
-                      getIsActive: () => false,
+                      getIsActive: ({ pathNameSerialized, prepend }) => {
+                        return pathNameSerialized.startsWith(
+                          prepend('/app/enterprise_search/workplace_search')
+                        );
+                      },
                       link: 'workplaceSearch',
                       ...(workplaceSearch
                         ? {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional_search/config.ts b/x-pack/test/functional_search/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f997aaea7c5e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional_search/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import { FtrConfigProviderContext } from '@kbn/test';
+
+/**
+ * NOTE: The solution view is currently only available in the cloud environment.
+ * This test suite fakes a cloud environement by setting the cloud.id and cloud.base_url
+ */
+
+export default async function ({ readConfigFile }: FtrConfigProviderContext) {
+  const functionalConfig = await readConfigFile(require.resolve('../functional/config.base.js'));
+
+  return {
+    ...functionalConfig.getAll(),
+    testFiles: [require.resolve('.')],
+    kbnTestServer: {
+      ...functionalConfig.get('kbnTestServer'),
+      serverArgs: [
+        ...functionalConfig.get('kbnTestServer.serverArgs'),
+        // Note: the base64 string in the cloud.id config contains the ES endpoint required in the functional tests
+        '--xpack.cloud.id=ftr_fake_cloud_id:aGVsbG8uY29tOjQ0MyRFUzEyM2FiYyRrYm4xMjNhYmM=',
+        '--xpack.cloud.base_url=https://cloud.elastic.co',
+      ],
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional_search/ftr_provider_context.ts b/x-pack/test/functional_search/ftr_provider_context.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d6c0afa5ceffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional_search/ftr_provider_context.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import { GenericFtrProviderContext } from '@kbn/test';
+import { pageObjects } from '../functional/page_objects';
+import { services } from './services';
+
+export type FtrProviderContext = GenericFtrProviderContext<typeof services, typeof pageObjects>;
+export { pageObjects };
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional_search/index.ts b/x-pack/test/functional_search/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..149b3dbcf7eca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional_search/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+/* eslint-disable import/no-default-export */
+
+import { FtrProviderContext } from './ftr_provider_context';
+
+export default ({ loadTestFile }: FtrProviderContext): void => {
+  describe('Search solution tests', function () {
+    loadTestFile(require.resolve('./tests/solution_navigation'));
+  });
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional_search/services.ts b/x-pack/test/functional_search/services.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9508ce5eba16d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional_search/services.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import { services as functionalServices } from '../functional/services';
+
+export const services = functionalServices;
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional_search/tests/solution_navigation.ts b/x-pack/test/functional_search/tests/solution_navigation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8a06ad1193372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional_search/tests/solution_navigation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,314 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import { FtrProviderContext } from '../ftr_provider_context';
+
+export default function searchSolutionNavigation({
+  getPageObjects,
+  getService,
+}: FtrProviderContext) {
+  const { common, solutionNavigation } = getPageObjects(['common', 'solutionNavigation']);
+  const spaces = getService('spaces');
+  const browser = getService('browser');
+
+  describe('Search Solution Navigation', () => {
+    let cleanUp: () => Promise<unknown>;
+    let spaceCreated: { id: string } = { id: '' };
+
+    before(async () => {
+      // Navigate to the spaces management page which will log us in Kibana
+      await common.navigateToUrl('management', 'kibana/spaces', {
+        shouldUseHashForSubUrl: false,
+      });
+
+      // Create a space with the search solution and navigate to its home page
+      ({ cleanUp, space: spaceCreated } = await spaces.create({ solution: 'es' }));
+      await browser.navigateTo(spaces.getRootUrl(spaceCreated.id));
+    });
+
+    after(async () => {
+      // Clean up space created
+      await cleanUp();
+    });
+
+    it('renders expected side nav items', async () => {
+      // Verify all expected top-level links exist
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkExists({ text: 'Overview' });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkExists({ text: 'Dev Tools' });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkExists({ text: 'Discover' });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkExists({ text: 'Dashboards' });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkExists({ text: 'Indices' });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkExists({ text: 'Connectors' });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkExists({ text: 'Web crawlers' });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkExists({ text: 'Playground' });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkExists({ text: 'Search applications' });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkExists({ text: 'Behavioral Analytics' });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkExists({ text: 'App Search' });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkExists({ text: 'Workplace Search' });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkExists({ text: 'Other tools' });
+    });
+
+    it('has expected navigation', async () => {
+      const expectNoPageReload = await solutionNavigation.createNoPageReloadCheck();
+
+      // check side nav links
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectSectionExists('search_project_nav');
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkActive({
+        deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearch',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearch',
+      });
+
+      // check Dev tools
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.clickLink({
+        deepLinkId: 'dev_tools',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkActive({
+        deepLinkId: 'dev_tools',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({ text: 'Dev Tools' });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        deepLinkId: 'dev_tools',
+      });
+
+      // check Kibana
+      // > Discover
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.clickLink({
+        deepLinkId: 'discover',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkActive({
+        deepLinkId: 'discover',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({ text: 'Kibana' });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({ text: 'Discover' });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        deepLinkId: 'discover',
+      });
+      // > Dashboards
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.clickLink({
+        deepLinkId: 'dashboards',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkActive({
+        deepLinkId: 'dashboards',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({ text: 'Kibana' });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({ text: 'Dashboards' });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        deepLinkId: 'dashboards',
+      });
+
+      // check the Content
+      // > Indices section
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.clickLink({
+        deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchContent:searchIndices',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkActive({
+        deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchContent:searchIndices',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({ text: 'Content' });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({ text: 'Indices' });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchContent:searchIndices',
+      });
+      // > Connectors
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.clickLink({
+        deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchContent:connectors',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkActive({
+        deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchContent:connectors',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({ text: 'Content' });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({ text: 'Connectors' });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchContent:connectors',
+      });
+      // > Web Crawlers
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.clickLink({
+        deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchContent:webCrawlers',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkActive({
+        deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchContent:webCrawlers',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({ text: 'Content' });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({ text: 'Web crawlers' });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchContent:webCrawlers',
+      });
+
+      // check Build
+      // > Playground
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.clickLink({
+        deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchApplications:playground',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkActive({
+        deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchApplications:playground',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({ text: 'Build' });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({ text: 'Playground' });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchApplications:playground',
+      });
+      // > Search applications
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.clickLink({
+        deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchApplications:searchApplications',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkActive({
+        deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchApplications:searchApplications',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({ text: 'Build' });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        text: 'Search applications',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchApplications:searchApplications',
+      });
+      // > Behavioral Analytics
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.clickLink({
+        deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchAnalytics',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkActive({
+        deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchAnalytics',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({ text: 'Build' });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        text: 'Behavioral Analytics',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchAnalytics',
+      });
+
+      // check Relevance
+      // > Inference Endpoints
+      // TODO: FTRs don't have enterprise license, so inference endpoints not shown
+      // await solutionNavigation.sidenav.clickLink({
+      //   deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchRelevance:inferenceEndpoints',
+      // });
+      // await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkActive({
+      //   deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchRelevance:inferenceEndpoints',
+      // });
+      // await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({ text: 'Relevance' });
+      // await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+      //   text: 'Inference Endpoints',
+      // });
+      // await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+      //   deepLinkId: 'enterpriseSearchRelevance:inferenceEndpoints',
+      // });
+
+      // check Enterprise Search
+      // > App Search
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.clickLink({
+        deepLinkId: 'appSearch:engines',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkActive({
+        deepLinkId: 'appSearch:engines',
+      });
+      // ent-search node not running for FTRs, so we see setup guide without breadcrumbs
+      // await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+      //   text: 'App Search',
+      // });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        deepLinkId: 'appSearch:engines',
+      });
+      // > Workplace Search
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.clickLink({
+        deepLinkId: 'workplaceSearch',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkActive({
+        deepLinkId: 'workplaceSearch',
+      });
+      // ent-search node not running for FTRs, so we see setup guide without breadcrumbs
+      // await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+      //   text: 'Workplace Search',
+      // });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        deepLinkId: 'workplaceSearch',
+      });
+
+      // Other tools
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.openSection('search_project_nav.otherTools');
+      // > Maps
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.clickLink({
+        deepLinkId: 'maps',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkActive({
+        deepLinkId: 'maps',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({ text: 'Other tools' });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        text: 'Maps',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        deepLinkId: 'maps',
+      });
+      // > Canvas
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.clickLink({
+        deepLinkId: 'canvas',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkActive({
+        deepLinkId: 'canvas',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({ text: 'Other tools' });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        text: 'Canvas',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        deepLinkId: 'canvas',
+      });
+      // > Graph
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.clickLink({
+        deepLinkId: 'graph',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkActive({
+        deepLinkId: 'graph',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({ text: 'Other tools' });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        text: 'Graph',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        deepLinkId: 'graph',
+      });
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.closeSection('search_project_nav.otherTools');
+
+      await expectNoPageReload();
+    });
+
+    it('renders only expected items', async () => {
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.openSection('search_project_nav.otherTools');
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.openSection('project_settings_project_nav');
+      await solutionNavigation.sidenav.expectOnlyDefinedLinks([
+        'search_project_nav',
+        'enterpriseSearch',
+        'dev_tools',
+        'kibana',
+        'discover',
+        'dashboards',
+        'content',
+        'enterpriseSearchContent:searchIndices',
+        'enterpriseSearchContent:connectors',
+        'enterpriseSearchContent:webCrawlers',
+        'build',
+        'enterpriseSearchApplications:playground',
+        'enterpriseSearchApplications:searchApplications',
+        'enterpriseSearchAnalytics',
+        // 'relevance',
+        // 'enterpriseSearchRelevance:inferenceEndpoints',
+        'entsearch',
+        'appSearch:engines',
+        'workplaceSearch',
+        'otherTools',
+        'maps',
+        'canvas',
+        'graph',
+        'project_settings_project_nav',
+        'ml:modelManagement',
+        'stack_management',
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+}