diff --git a/src/plugins/data/server/search/session/session_service.ts b/src/plugins/data/server/search/session/session_service.ts
index 4ef741ec78387..48b563c5585ca 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/server/search/session/session_service.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/server/search/session/session_service.ts
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ export class SearchSessionService implements ISearchSessionService {
     const session = await this.get(deps, user, sessionId);
     const requestHash = createRequestHash(searchRequest.params);
     if (!Object.hasOwn(session.attributes.idMapping, requestHash)) {
-      this.logger.error(`SearchSessionService: getId | ${sessionId} | ${requestHash} not found`);
-      this.logger.debug(
+      this.logger.debug(`SearchSessionService: getId | ${sessionId} | ${requestHash} not found`);
+      this.logger.error(
         `SearchSessionService: getId not found search with params: ${JSON.stringify(
           searchRequest.params
         )}`
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/page_objects/search_sessions_management_page.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/page_objects/search_sessions_management_page.ts
index 6d704387e21f2..8694dc51dfbd6 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/page_objects/search_sessions_management_page.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/page_objects/search_sessions_management_page.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export function SearchSessionsPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrPr
             id: ((await row.getAttribute('data-test-search-session-id')) ?? '').split('id-')[1],
             name: $.findTestSubject('sessionManagementNameCol').text().trim(),
             status: $.findTestSubject('sessionManagementStatusLabel').attr('data-test-status'),
-            mainUrl: $.findTestSubject('sessionManagementNameCol').text(),
+            mainUrl: $.findTestSubject('sessionManagementNameCol').attr('href'),
             created: $.findTestSubject('sessionManagementCreatedCol').text(),
             expires: $.findTestSubject('sessionManagementExpiresCol').text(),
             searchesCount: Number($.findTestSubject('sessionManagementNumSearchesCol').text()),
diff --git a/x-pack/test/search_sessions_integration/tests/apps/discover/async_search.ts b/x-pack/test/search_sessions_integration/tests/apps/discover/async_search.ts
index 3e9429ee5ed97..1f768780a9c95 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/search_sessions_integration/tests/apps/discover/async_search.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/search_sessions_integration/tests/apps/discover/async_search.ts
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const kibanaServer = getService('kibanaServer');
   const toasts = getService('toasts');
 
-  // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/195955
-  describe.skip('discover async search', () => {
+  describe('discover async search', () => {
     before(async () => {
       await esArchiver.loadIfNeeded('x-pack/test/functional/es_archives/logstash_functional');
       await kibanaServer.importExport.load(
@@ -115,6 +114,8 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
     it('relative timerange works', async () => {
       await common.navigateToApp('discover');
       await header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
+      const url = await browser.getCurrentUrl();
+
       await searchSessions.save();
       await searchSessions.expectState('backgroundCompleted');
       const searchSessionId = await getSearchSessionId();
@@ -125,8 +126,14 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await searchSessionsManagement.goTo();
       const searchSessionListBeforeRestore = await searchSessionsManagement.getList();
       const searchesCountBeforeRestore = searchSessionListBeforeRestore[0].searchesCount;
+
       // navigate to Discover
-      await searchSessionListBeforeRestore[0].view();
+      // Instead of clicking the link to navigate to Discover, we load Discover from scratch (just like we did when we
+      // ran the search session before saving). This ensures that the same number of requests are made.
+      // await searchSessionListBeforeRestore[0].view();
+      const restoreUrl = new URL(searchSessionListBeforeRestore[0].mainUrl, url).href;
+      await browser.navigateTo(restoreUrl);
+
       await header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
       await searchSessions.expectState('restored');
       expect(await discover.hasNoResults()).to.be(true);