diff --git a/test/functional/apps/discover/_doc_navigation.js b/test/functional/apps/discover/_doc_navigation.js
index 31aef96918ffa..59c4371b95d80 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/discover/_doc_navigation.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/discover/_doc_navigation.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 
 export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
-  const log = getService('log');
   const docTable = getService('docTable');
   const filterBar = getService('filterBar');
   const testSubjects = getService('testSubjects');
@@ -28,15 +27,12 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
   const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
   const retry = getService('retry');
 
-  // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/78373
-  describe.skip('doc link in discover', function contextSize() {
+  describe('doc link in discover', function contextSize() {
     beforeEach(async function () {
-      log.debug('load kibana index with default index pattern');
-      await esArchiver.loadIfNeeded('discover');
-
       await esArchiver.loadIfNeeded('logstash_functional');
+      await esArchiver.loadIfNeeded('discover');
+      await PageObjects.timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRangeViaUiSettings();
       await PageObjects.common.navigateToApp('discover');
-      await PageObjects.timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRange();
       await PageObjects.discover.waitForDocTableLoadingComplete();
     });
 
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/discover/_field_data.js b/test/functional/apps/discover/_field_data.js
index 118234d54626c..d45b8f4841cb6 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/discover/_field_data.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/discover/_field_data.js
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
   const queryBar = getService('queryBar');
   const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'header', 'discover', 'visualize', 'timePicker']);
 
-  // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/78689
-  describe.skip('discover tab', function describeIndexTests() {
+  describe('discover tab', function describeIndexTests() {
     this.tags('includeFirefox');
     before(async function () {
       await esArchiver.loadIfNeeded('logstash_functional');
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/discover/_inspector.js b/test/functional/apps/discover/_inspector.js
index fcb66fbd52cf7..900ad28e14e69 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/discover/_inspector.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/discover/_inspector.js
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
     return hitsCountStatsRow[STATS_ROW_VALUE_INDEX];
   }
 
-  // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/39842
-  describe.skip('inspect', () => {
+  describe('inspect', () => {
     before(async () => {
       await esArchiver.loadIfNeeded('logstash_functional');
       await esArchiver.load('discover');
diff --git a/test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/discover/data.json b/test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/discover/data.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9158a3023fc5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/discover/data.json
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+  "type": "doc",
+  "value": {
+    "id": "index-pattern:logstash-*",
+    "index": ".kibana",
+    "source": {
+      "index-pattern": {
+        "fields": 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sTypes\":[\"text\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":false,\"readFromDocValues\":false},{\"name\":\"relatedContent.og:url.raw\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"keyword\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":true,\"readFromDocValues\":true,\"subType\":{\"multi\":{\"parent\":\"relatedContent.og:url\"}}},{\"name\":\"relatedContent.twitter:card\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"text\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":false,\"readFromDocValues\":false},{\"name\":\"relatedContent.twitter:card.raw\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"keyword\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":true,\"readFromDocValues\":true,\"subType\":{\"multi\":{\"parent\":\"relatedContent.twitter:card\"}}},{\"name\":\"relatedContent.twitter:description\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"text\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":false,\"readFromDocValues\":false},{\"name\":\"relatedContent.twitter:description.raw\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"keyword\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":true,\"readFromDocValues\":true,\"subType\":{\"multi\":{\"parent\":\"relatedContent.twitter:description\"}}},{\"name\":\"relatedContent.twitter:image\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"text\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":false,\"readFromDocValues\":false},{\"name\":\"relatedContent.twitter:image.raw\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"keyword\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":true,\"readFromDocValues\":true,\"subType\":{\"multi\":{\"parent\":\"relatedContent.twitter:image\"}}},{\"name\":\"relatedContent.twitter:site\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"text\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":false,\"readFromDocValues\":false},{\"name\":\"relatedContent.twitter:site.raw\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"keyword\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":true,\"readFromDocValues\":true,\"subType\":{\"multi\":{\"parent\":\"relatedContent.twitter:site\"}}},{\"name\":\"relatedContent.twitter:title\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"text\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":false,\"readFromDocValues\":false},{\"name\":\"relatedContent.twitter:title.raw\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"keyword\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":true,\"readFromDocValues\":true,\"subType\":{\"multi\":{\"parent\":\"relatedContent.twitter:title\"}}},{\"name\":\"relatedContent.url\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"text\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":false,\"readFromDocValues\":false},{\"name\":\"relatedContent.url.raw\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"keyword\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":true,\"readFromDocValues\":true,\"subType\":{\"multi\":{\"parent\":\"relatedContent.url\"}}},{\"name\":\"request\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"text\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":false,\"readFromDocValues\":false},{\"name\":\"request.raw\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"keyword\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":true,\"readFromDocValues\":true,\"subType\":{\"multi\":{\"parent\":\"request\"}}},{\"name\":\"response\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"text\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":false,\"readFromDocValues\":false},{\"name\":\"response.raw\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"keyword\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":true,\"readFromDocValues\":true,\"subType\":{\"multi\":{\"parent\":\"response\"}}},{\"name\":\"spaces\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"text\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":false,\"readFromDocValues\":false},{\"name\":\"spaces.raw\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"keyword\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":true,\"readFromDocValues\":true,\"subType\":{\"multi\":{\"parent\":\"spaces\"}}},{\"name\":\"type\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"keyword\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":true,\"readFromDocValues\":true},{\"name\":\"url\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"text\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":false,\"readFromDocValues\":false},{\"name\":\"url.raw\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"keyword\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":true,\"readFromDocValues\":true,\"subType\":{\"multi\":{\"parent\":\"url\"}}},{\"name\":\"utc_time\",\"type\":\"date\",\"esTypes\":[\"date\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":true,\"readFromDocValues\":true},{\"name\":\"xss\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"text\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":false,\"readFromDocValues\":false},{\"name\":\"xss.raw\",\"type\":\"string\",\"esTypes\":[\"keyword\"],\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":true,\"readFromDocValues\":true,\"subType\":{\"multi\":{\"parent\":\"xss\"}}}]",
+        "timeFieldName": "@timestamp",
+        "title": "logstash-*"
+      },
+      "type": "index-pattern"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+{
+  "type": "doc",
+  "value": {
+    "id": "search:ab12e3c0-f231-11e6-9486-733b1ac9221a",
+    "index": ".kibana",
+    "source": {
+      "search": {
+        "columns": [
+          "_source"
+        ],
+        "description": "A Saved Search Description",
+        "hits": 0,
+        "kibanaSavedObjectMeta": {
+          "searchSourceJSON": "{\n \"index\": \"logstash-*\",\n \"highlightAll\": true,\n \"filter\": [],\n \"query\": {\n \"query_string\": {\n \"query\": \"*\",\n \"analyze_wildcard\": true\n }\n }\n}"
+        },
+        "sort": [
+          "@timestamp",
+          "desc"
+        ],
+        "title": "A Saved Search",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "type": "search"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/discover/data.json.gz b/test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/discover/data.json.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 047d890f6d410..0000000000000
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