diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/application/app.tsx b/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/application/app.tsx
index bd5f2be1feda..2bdc2b1c631b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/application/app.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/application/app.tsx
@@ -3,17 +3,39 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
 import { I18nProvider } from '@osd/i18n/react';
 import { EuiPage, EuiResizableContainer } from '@elastic/eui';
+import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { DragDropProvider } from './utils/drag_drop/drag_drop_context';
 import { LeftNav } from './components/left_nav';
 import { TopNav } from './components/top_nav';
 import { Workspace } from './components/workspace';
 import './app.scss';
 import { RightNav } from './components/right_nav';
+import { useOpenSearchDashboards } from '../../../opensearch_dashboards_react/public';
+import { VisBuilderServices } from '../types';
+import { syncQueryStateWithUrl } from '../../../data/public';
 
 export const VisBuilderApp = () => {
+  const {
+    services: {
+      data: { query },
+      osdUrlStateStorage,
+    },
+  } = useOpenSearchDashboards<VisBuilderServices>();
+  const { pathname } = useLocation();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // syncs `_g` portion of url with query services
+    const { stop } = syncQueryStateWithUrl(query, osdUrlStateStorage);
+
+    return () => stop();
+
+    // this effect should re-run when pathname is changed to preserve querystring part,
+    // so the global state is always preserved
+  }, [query, osdUrlStateStorage, pathname]);
+
   // Render the application DOM.
   return (
     <I18nProvider>
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/application/components/top_nav.tsx b/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/application/components/top_nav.tsx
index 62d3bb78cc52..fe9b735b5acf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/application/components/top_nav.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/application/components/top_nav.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ export const TopNav = () => {
   const savedVisBuilderVis = useSavedVisBuilderVis(visualizationIdFromUrl);
   const { selected: indexPattern } = useIndexPatterns();
   const [config, setConfig] = useState<TopNavMenuData[] | undefined>();
+  const originatingApp = useTypedSelector((state) => {
+    return state.metadata.originatingApp;
+  });
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const getConfig = () => {
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ export const TopNav = () => {
           savedVisBuilderVis: saveStateToSavedObject(savedVisBuilderVis, rootState, indexPattern),
           saveDisabledReason,
           dispatch,
+          originatingApp,
         },
         services
       );
@@ -61,6 +65,7 @@ export const TopNav = () => {
     saveDisabledReason,
     dispatch,
     indexPattern,
+    originatingApp,
   ]);
 
   // reset validity before component destroyed
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/application/utils/get_top_nav_config.tsx b/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/application/utils/get_top_nav_config.tsx
index c88bb13f3cb3..9df321822852 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/application/utils/get_top_nav_config.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/application/utils/get_top_nav_config.tsx
@@ -46,22 +46,24 @@ export interface TopNavConfigParams {
   savedVisBuilderVis: VisBuilderVisSavedObject;
   saveDisabledReason?: string;
   dispatch: AppDispatch;
+  originatingApp?: string;
 }
 
 export const getTopNavConfig = (
-  { visualizationIdFromUrl, savedVisBuilderVis, saveDisabledReason, dispatch }: TopNavConfigParams,
+  {
+    visualizationIdFromUrl,
+    savedVisBuilderVis,
+    saveDisabledReason,
+    dispatch,
+    originatingApp,
+  }: TopNavConfigParams,
   services: VisBuilderServices
 ) => {
   const {
     i18n: { Context: I18nContext },
     embeddable,
-    scopedHistory,
   } = services;
 
-  const { originatingApp, embeddableId } =
-    embeddable
-      .getStateTransfer(scopedHistory)
-      .getIncomingEditorState({ keysToRemoveAfterFetch: ['id', 'input'] }) || {};
   const stateTransfer = embeddable.getStateTransfer();
 
   const topNavConfig: TopNavMenuData[] = [
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ export const getTopNavConfig = (
         showSaveModal(saveModal, I18nContext);
       },
     },
-    ...(originatingApp && ((savedVisBuilderVis && savedVisBuilderVis.id) || embeddableId)
+    ...(originatingApp && savedVisBuilderVis && savedVisBuilderVis.id
       ? [
           {
             id: 'saveAndReturn',
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/application/utils/state_management/metadata_slice.ts b/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/application/utils/state_management/metadata_slice.ts
index 8cc71804f12e..c1e23b52823d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/application/utils/state_management/metadata_slice.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/application/utils/state_management/metadata_slice.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export interface MetadataState {
     };
     state: EditorState;
   };
+  originatingApp?: string;
 }
 
 const initialState: MetadataState = {
@@ -28,13 +29,20 @@ const initialState: MetadataState = {
     validity: {},
     state: 'loading',
   },
+  originatingApp: undefined,
 };
 
 export const getPreloadedState = async ({
   types,
   data,
+  embeddable,
+  scopedHistory,
 }: VisBuilderServices): Promise<MetadataState> => {
-  const preloadedState = { ...initialState };
+  const { originatingApp } =
+    embeddable
+      .getStateTransfer(scopedHistory)
+      .getIncomingEditorState({ keysToRemoveAfterFetch: ['id', 'input'] }) || {};
+  const preloadedState = { ...initialState, originatingApp };
 
   return preloadedState;
 };
@@ -50,6 +58,9 @@ export const slice = createSlice({
     setEditorState: (state, action: PayloadAction<{ state: EditorState }>) => {
       state.editor.state = action.payload.state;
     },
+    setOriginatingApp: (state, action: PayloadAction<{ state?: string }>) => {
+      state.originatingApp = action.payload.state;
+    },
     setState: (_state, action: PayloadAction<MetadataState>) => {
       return action.payload;
     },
@@ -57,4 +68,4 @@ export const slice = createSlice({
 });
 
 export const { reducer } = slice;
-export const { setValidity, setEditorState, setState } = slice.actions;
+export const { setValidity, setEditorState, setOriginatingApp, setState } = slice.actions;
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/plugin.test.ts b/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/plugin.test.ts
index f5fac728420b..35e17865649a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/plugin.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/plugin.test.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ describe('VisBuilderPlugin', () => {
       const setupDeps = {
         visualizations: visualizationsPluginMock.createSetupContract(),
         embeddable: embeddablePluginMock.createSetupContract(),
+        data: dataPluginMock.createSetupContract(),
       };
 
       const setup = plugin.setup(coreSetup, setupDeps);
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/plugin.ts
index 8e90a04784cd..a619958653b6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/plugin.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@
  */
 
 import { i18n } from '@osd/i18n';
+import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
+import { filter, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import {
   AppMountParameters,
   AppNavLinkStatus,
+  AppUpdater,
   CoreSetup,
   CoreStart,
   Plugin,
   PluginInitializerContext,
+  ScopedHistory,
 } from '../../../core/public';
 import {
   VisBuilderPluginSetupDependencies,
@@ -41,10 +45,17 @@ import {
   setUISettings,
   setTypeService,
   setReactExpressionRenderer,
+  setQueryService,
 } from './plugin_services';
 import { createSavedVisBuilderLoader } from './saved_visualizations';
 import { registerDefaultTypes } from './visualizations';
 import { ConfigSchema } from '../config';
+import {
+  createOsdUrlStateStorage,
+  createOsdUrlTracker,
+  withNotifyOnErrors,
+} from '../../opensearch_dashboards_utils/public';
+import { opensearchFilters } from '../../data/public';
 
 export class VisBuilderPlugin
   implements
@@ -55,13 +66,45 @@ export class VisBuilderPlugin
       VisBuilderPluginStartDependencies
     > {
   private typeService = new TypeService();
+  private appStateUpdater = new BehaviorSubject<AppUpdater>(() => ({}));
+  private stopUrlTracking?: () => void;
+  private currentHistory?: ScopedHistory;
 
   constructor(public initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext<ConfigSchema>) {}
 
   public setup(
     core: CoreSetup<VisBuilderPluginStartDependencies, VisBuilderStart>,
-    { embeddable, visualizations }: VisBuilderPluginSetupDependencies
+    { embeddable, visualizations, data }: VisBuilderPluginSetupDependencies
   ) {
+    const { appMounted, appUnMounted, stop: stopUrlTracker } = createOsdUrlTracker({
+      baseUrl: core.http.basePath.prepend(`/app/${PLUGIN_ID}`),
+      defaultSubUrl: '#/',
+      storageKey: `lastUrl:${core.http.basePath.get()}:${PLUGIN_ID}`,
+      navLinkUpdater$: this.appStateUpdater,
+      toastNotifications: core.notifications.toasts,
+      stateParams: [
+        {
+          osdUrlKey: '_g',
+          stateUpdate$: data.query.state$.pipe(
+            filter(
+              ({ changes }) => !!(changes.globalFilters || changes.time || changes.refreshInterval)
+            ),
+            map(({ state }) => ({
+              ...state,
+              filters: state.filters?.filter(opensearchFilters.isFilterPinned),
+            }))
+          ),
+        },
+      ],
+      getHistory: () => {
+        return this.currentHistory!;
+      },
+    });
+    this.stopUrlTracking = () => {
+      stopUrlTracker();
+    };
+
+    // Register Default Visualizations
     const typeService = this.typeService;
     registerDefaultTypes(typeService.setup());
 
@@ -70,43 +113,62 @@ export class VisBuilderPlugin
       id: PLUGIN_ID,
       title: PLUGIN_NAME,
       navLinkStatus: AppNavLinkStatus.hidden,
-      async mount(params: AppMountParameters) {
+      defaultPath: '#/',
+      mount: async (params: AppMountParameters) => {
         // Load application bundle
         const { renderApp } = await import('./application');
 
         // Get start services as specified in opensearch_dashboards.json
         const [coreStart, pluginsStart, selfStart] = await core.getStartServices();
-        const { data, savedObjects, navigation, expressions } = pluginsStart;
+        const { savedObjects, navigation, expressions } = pluginsStart;
+        this.currentHistory = params.history;
 
         // make sure the index pattern list is up to date
-        data.indexPatterns.clearCache();
+        pluginsStart.data.indexPatterns.clearCache();
         // make sure a default index pattern exists
         // if not, the page will be redirected to management and visualize won't be rendered
         // TODO: Add the redirect
         await pluginsStart.data.indexPatterns.ensureDefaultIndexPattern();
 
-        // Register Default Visualizations
+        appMounted();
+
+        // dispatch synthetic hash change event to update hash history objects
+        // this is necessary because hash updates triggered by using popState won't trigger this event naturally.
+        const unlistenParentHistory = this.currentHistory.listen(() => {
+          window.dispatchEvent(new HashChangeEvent('hashchange'));
+        });
 
         const services: VisBuilderServices = {
           ...coreStart,
+          scopedHistory: this.currentHistory,
+          history: this.currentHistory,
+          osdUrlStateStorage: createOsdUrlStateStorage({
+            history: this.currentHistory,
+            useHash: coreStart.uiSettings.get('state:storeInSessionStorage'),
+            ...withNotifyOnErrors(coreStart.notifications.toasts),
+          }),
           toastNotifications: coreStart.notifications.toasts,
-          data,
+          data: pluginsStart.data,
           savedObjectsPublic: savedObjects,
           navigation,
           expressions,
-          history: params.history,
           setHeaderActionMenu: params.setHeaderActionMenu,
           types: typeService.start(),
           savedVisBuilderLoader: selfStart.savedVisBuilderLoader,
           embeddable: pluginsStart.embeddable,
-          scopedHistory: params.history,
+          dashboard: pluginsStart.dashboard,
         };
 
         // Instantiate the store
         const store = await getPreloadedStore(services);
+        const unmount = renderApp(params, services, store);
 
         // Render the application
-        return renderApp(params, services, store);
+        return () => {
+          unlistenParentHistory();
+          unmount();
+          appUnMounted();
+        };
       },
     });
 
@@ -154,7 +216,7 @@ export class VisBuilderPlugin
 
   public start(
     core: CoreStart,
-    { data, expressions }: VisBuilderPluginStartDependencies
+    { expressions, data }: VisBuilderPluginStartDependencies
   ): VisBuilderStart {
     const typeService = this.typeService.start();
 
@@ -176,6 +238,7 @@ export class VisBuilderPlugin
     setTimeFilter(data.query.timefilter.timefilter);
     setTypeService(typeService);
     setUISettings(core.uiSettings);
+    setQueryService(data.query);
 
     return {
       ...typeService,
@@ -183,5 +246,9 @@ export class VisBuilderPlugin
     };
   }
 
-  public stop() {}
+  public stop() {
+    if (this.stopUrlTracking) {
+      this.stopUrlTracking();
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/plugin_services.ts b/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/plugin_services.ts
index f979f3a22b11..c5583e3c5e43 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/plugin_services.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/plugin_services.ts
@@ -37,3 +37,7 @@ export const [getTimeFilter, setTimeFilter] = createGetterSetter<TimefilterContr
 export const [getTypeService, setTypeService] = createGetterSetter<TypeServiceStart>('TypeService');
 
 export const [getUISettings, setUISettings] = createGetterSetter<IUiSettingsClient>('UISettings');
+
+export const [getQueryService, setQueryService] = createGetterSetter<
+  DataPublicPluginStart['query']
+>('Query');
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/types.ts b/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/types.ts
index 131c9cc1f6bb..2d323a13b213 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_builder/public/types.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import { DataPublicPluginStart } from '../../data/public';
 import { TypeServiceSetup, TypeServiceStart } from './services/type_service';
 import { SavedObjectLoader } from '../../saved_objects/public';
 import { AppMountParameters, CoreStart, ToastsStart, ScopedHistory } from '../../../core/public';
+import { IOsdUrlStateStorage } from '../../opensearch_dashboards_utils/public';
+import { DataPublicPluginSetup } from '../../data/public';
 
 export type VisBuilderSetup = TypeServiceSetup;
 export interface VisBuilderStart extends TypeServiceStart {
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ export interface VisBuilderStart extends TypeServiceStart {
 export interface VisBuilderPluginSetupDependencies {
   embeddable: EmbeddableSetup;
   visualizations: VisualizationsSetup;
+  data: DataPublicPluginSetup;
 }
 export interface VisBuilderPluginStartDependencies {
   embeddable: EmbeddableStart;
@@ -45,6 +48,8 @@ export interface VisBuilderServices extends CoreStart {
   history: History;
   embeddable: EmbeddableStart;
   scopedHistory: ScopedHistory;
+  osdUrlStateStorage: IOsdUrlStateStorage;
+  dashboard: DashboardStart;
 }
 
 export interface ISavedVis {