[Reporting/Discover/Search Sessions] Only use relative time filter when generating share data

src/plugins/discover/public/application/apps/main/components/top_nav/get_top_nav_links.ts

@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ export const getTopNavLinks = ({
       const sharingData = await getSharingData(
         searchSource,
         state.appStateContainer.getState(),
-        services.uiSettings
+        indexPattern,
+        services
       );
 
       services.share.toggleShareContextMenu({

src/plugins/discover/public/application/apps/main/utils/get_sharing_data.ts

@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
-import type { Capabilities, IUiSettingsClient } from 'kibana/public';
-import { ISearchSource } from '../../../../../../data/common';
+import type { Capabilities } from 'kibana/public';
+import type { IndexPattern, ISearchSource } from 'src/plugins/data/common';
 import { DOC_HIDE_TIME_COLUMN_SETTING, SORT_DEFAULT_ORDER_SETTING } from '../../../../../common';
+import type { DiscoverServices } from '../../../../build_services';
 import type { SavedSearch, SortOrder } from '../../../../saved_searches/types';
 import { getSortForSearchSource } from '../components/doc_table';
 import { AppState } from '../services/discover_state';
@@ -19,15 +20,22 @@ import { AppState } from '../services/discover_state';
 export async function getSharingData(
   currentSearchSource: ISearchSource,
   state: AppState | SavedSearch,
-  config: IUiSettingsClient
+  indexPattern: IndexPattern,
+  services: DiscoverServices
 ) {
+  const { uiSettings: config, data } = services;
   const searchSource = currentSearchSource.createCopy();
   const index = searchSource.getField('index')!;
 
   searchSource.setField(
     'sort',
     getSortForSearchSource(state.sort as SortOrder[], index, config.get(SORT_DEFAULT_ORDER_SETTING))
   );
+  // When sharing externally we preserve relative time values
+  searchSource.setField(
+    'filter',
+    data.query.timefilter.timefilter.createRelativeFilter(indexPattern)
+  );
   searchSource.removeField('highlight');
   searchSource.removeField('highlightAll');
   searchSource.removeField('aggs');

src/plugins/discover/public/application/apps/main/utils/update_search_source.ts

@@ -54,10 +54,8 @@ export function updateSearchSource(
 
     // this is not the default index pattern, it determines that it's not of type rollup
     if (indexPatternsUtils.isDefault(indexPattern)) {
-      searchSource.setField(
-        'filter',
-        data.query.timefilter.timefilter.createRelativeFilter(indexPattern)
-      );
+      // Set the date range filter fields from timeFilter using the absolute format. Search sessions requires that it be converted from a relative range
+      searchSource.setField('filter', data.query.timefilter.timefilter.createFilter(indexPattern));
     }
 
     if (useNewFieldsApi) {

x-pack/test/functional/page_objects/search_sessions_management_page.ts

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export function SearchSessionsPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrPr
             mainUrl: $.findTestSubject('sessionManagementNameCol').text(),
             created: $.findTestSubject('sessionManagementCreatedCol').text(),
             expires: $.findTestSubject('sessionManagementExpiresCol').text(),
+            searchesCount: Number($.findTestSubject('sessionManagementNumSearchesCol').text()),
             app: $.findTestSubject('sessionManagementAppIcon').attr('data-test-app-id'),
             view: async () => {
               log.debug('management ui: view the session');

x-pack/test/search_sessions_integration/tests/apps/discover/async_search.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const searchSessions = getService('searchSessions');
   const retry = getService('retry');
   const kibanaServer = getService('kibanaServer');
+  const toasts = getService('toasts');
 
   describe('discover async search', () => {
     before(async () => {
@@ -112,12 +113,20 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
 
       // load URL to restore a saved session
       await PageObjects.searchSessionsManagement.goTo();
-      const searchSessionList = await PageObjects.searchSessionsManagement.getList();
+      const searchSessionListBeforeRestore = await PageObjects.searchSessionsManagement.getList();
+      const searchesCountBeforeRestore = searchSessionListBeforeRestore[0].searchesCount;
       // navigate to Discover
-      await searchSessionList[0].view();
+      await searchSessionListBeforeRestore[0].view();
       await PageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
       await searchSessions.expectState('restored');
       expect(await PageObjects.discover.hasNoResults()).to.be(true);
+      expect(await toasts.getToastCount()).to.be(0); // no session restoration related warnings
+
+      await PageObjects.searchSessionsManagement.goTo();
+      const searchSessionListAfterRestore = await PageObjects.searchSessionsManagement.getList();
+      const searchesCountAfterRestore = searchSessionListAfterRestore[0].searchesCount;
+
+      expect(searchesCountBeforeRestore).to.be(searchesCountAfterRestore); // no new searches started during restore
     });
   });