diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8055bea..8e8ce17 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ auto-generated per-PR notes; this file is the curated, human-readable history.
 - Keep the shared connection host visible after the server-version probe,
   restore Dashboard filters to their initial default-derived active state, and
   retain Dashboard time-range announcements when no ordinary filters exist.
+- Restore Dashboard tiles for favorited panel queries imported through either
+  query-only or query-only workspace imports, so the imported report opens
+  instead of incorrectly offering only “Create dashboard”.
 
 ### Added
 - **Unified SQL Browser and Dashboard chrome.** Both surfaces now share the
diff --git a/src/workspace/import-planner.ts b/src/workspace/import-planner.ts
index 3e7ba52..fcc8722 100644
--- a/src/workspace/import-planner.ts
+++ b/src/workspace/import-planner.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import { dashboardDependencyQueryIds } from '../dashboard/model/bundle-order.js'
 import { diagnostic, sortDiagnostics } from '../dashboard/model/workspace-diagnostics.js';
 import type { WorkspaceDiagnostic } from '../dashboard/model/workspace-diagnostics.js';
 import { cloneJson } from '../core/saved-query.js';
+import { toggleTileMembership } from '../dashboard/application/tile-membership.js';
+import { queryDashboardRole } from '../dashboard/model/workspace-semantics.js';
 import {
   importQueries, replaceWorkspaceContents,
 } from './workspace-operations.js';
@@ -296,6 +298,44 @@ function replaceIncomingQueries(
   return out;
 }
 
+/** Restore the Workbench star's Dashboard-membership contract for imported
+ * entries. A portable query-only import carries the compatibility
+ * `spec.favorite` flag, while the live application represents a favorited
+ * panel query as a Dashboard tile. A replacement also removes obsolete tiles
+ * when the replacement is no longer a favorited panel.
+ *
+ * Only copied/replaced incoming entries participate: an entry skipped by the
+ * import or resolved to an existing local query must not change the current
+ * Dashboard merely because the bundle happened to mark it as a favorite. */
+function addImportedFavoriteTiles(
+  dashboard: DashboardDocumentV1 | null,
+  incoming: readonly SavedQueryV2[], mapping: IdMapping,
+  queries: readonly SavedQueryV2[], genId: WorkspaceIdGen,
+): DashboardDocumentV1 | null {
+  const queriesById = new Map(queries.map((query) => [query.id, query] as const));
+  const original = dashboard;
+  let next = dashboard;
+  for (const source of incoming) {
+    const resolution = mapping[source.id];
+    if (!resolution || resolution.action === 'skip' || resolution.action === 'use-existing') continue;
+    // Every copy/replace resolution contributes its target to `queries` above.
+    const imported = queriesById.get(resolution.targetId as string) as SavedQueryV2;
+    const shouldBeMember = imported.spec.favorite === true && queryDashboardRole(imported) === 'panel';
+    const isMember = next?.tiles.some((tile) => tile.queryId === imported.id) === true;
+    // A newly copied, unfavorited query cannot have a tile. A replacement must
+    // also reconcile removal, so stale tile/filter references do not survive.
+    if ((resolution.action === 'replace' || shouldBeMember) && isMember !== shouldBeMember) {
+      next = toggleTileMembership(next, imported, shouldBeMember, genId);
+    }
+  }
+  // Tile changes are one Dashboard document mutation regardless of how many
+  // imported queries participate. A newly minted Dashboard starts at revision
+  // 1; only an existing document advances its revision.
+  return original && next !== original
+    ? { ...(next as DashboardDocumentV1), revision: original.revision + 1 }
+    : next;
+}
+
 // --- Plans --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 export interface PortableBundleImportPlan {
@@ -346,8 +386,9 @@ function invalidatedDashboardPlan(
   );
 }
 
-/** Queries-only import (Dashboard untouched): merge the bundle's queries into
- *  the workspace's query catalog per `decisions`, and validate the result. */
+/** Queries-only import: merge the bundle's queries into the workspace's query
+ * catalog per `decisions`. Imported favorited panels restore their Dashboard
+ * tile membership. */
 export function planImportQueries(
   workspace: StoredWorkspaceV2, bundle: PortableBundleV1,
   decisions: readonly QueryDecision[], genId: WorkspaceIdGen,
@@ -355,7 +396,10 @@ export function planImportQueries(
 ): PortableBundleImportPlan {
   const mapping = buildQueryIdMapping(bundle.queries, workspace.queries, decisions, genId);
   const nextQueries = mergeIncomingQueries(bundle.queries, workspace.queries, mapping);
-  const candidate = importQueries(workspace, nextQueries);
+  const dashboard = addImportedFavoriteTiles(
+    workspace.dashboard, bundle.queries, mapping, nextQueries, genId,
+  );
+  const candidate = importQueries({ ...workspace, dashboard }, nextQueries);
   return validatedPlan(candidate, mapping, options);
 }
 
@@ -413,6 +457,11 @@ export function planReplaceWorkspace(
     dashboard = rewritten.dashboard;
   }
 
-  const candidate = replaceWorkspaceContents(workspace, { queries: nextQueries, dashboard });
+  const candidate = replaceWorkspaceContents(workspace, {
+    queries: nextQueries,
+    dashboard: sourceDashboardId === undefined
+      ? addImportedFavoriteTiles(dashboard, bundle.queries, mapping, nextQueries, genId)
+      : dashboard,
+  });
   return validatedPlan(candidate, mapping, options, sourceDashboardId);
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/app.test.ts b/tests/unit/app.test.ts
index 044c2bd..d118a43 100644
--- a/tests/unit/app.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/app.test.ts
@@ -5652,6 +5652,30 @@ describe('unified /sql routing', () => {
     expect(qs(app.root, '.workspace-loading')).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  it('keeps imported favorite queries visible after visiting an empty Dashboard', async () => {
+    const imported = savedQueryFixture({
+      id: 'imported-favorite', name: 'Imported favorite', sql: 'SELECT 1', favorite: true,
+    });
+    const app = createApp(env());
+    const workspace: StoredWorkspaceV2 = {
+      storageVersion: 2, id: 'imported-workspace', key: 'imported_workspace',
+      name: 'Imported workspace', queries: [imported], dashboard: null,
+    };
+    await seedActiveWorkspace(app, workspace);
+    app.sqlRoute = { surface: 'workspace', workspaceKey: workspace.key };
+    app.renderApp();
+
+    await app.navigateSqlRoute({
+      surface: 'dashboard', workspaceKey: workspace.key, mode: 'edit',
+    }, 'push');
+    expect(qs(app.root, '.dash-create')).not.toBeNull();
+
+    await app.navigateSqlRoute({ surface: 'workspace', workspaceKey: workspace.key }, 'push');
+
+    expect(app.state.savedQueries).toEqual([imported]);
+    expect(qs(app.root, '.saved-row .name').textContent).toBe('Imported favorite');
+  });
+
   it('a Dashboard edit commit that settles after switching to View refreshes View only', async () => {
     const app = createApp(env());
     const workspace = dashboardWorkspace();
diff --git a/tests/unit/import-planner.test.ts b/tests/unit/import-planner.test.ts
index 63acba3..d569111 100644
--- a/tests/unit/import-planner.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/import-planner.test.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ const filterQuery = (id: string, name = id): SavedQueryV2 => ({
   spec: { name, dashboard: { role: 'filter' } },
 });
 
+const setupQuery = (id: string, name = id): SavedQueryV2 => ({
+  id, sql: 'SELECT 1', specVersion: 1,
+  spec: { name, dashboard: { role: 'setup' } },
+});
+
 const dashboardDoc = (over: Partial<DashboardDocumentV1> = {}): DashboardDocumentV1 => ({
   documentVersion: 1, id: 'd1', title: 'D', revision: 1,
   layout: { type: 'flow', version: 1, preset: 'report', items: {} },
@@ -248,15 +253,48 @@ describe('planImportQueries', () => {
     expect(plan.sourceDashboardId).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
-  it('imports a favorite panel query without inventing Dashboard membership', () => {
-    const dash = dashboardDoc({ tiles: [] });
-    const ws = workspace({ queries: [panelQuery('a')], dashboard: dash });
+  it('imports a favorite panel query as a Dashboard tile', () => {
+    const ws = workspace({ queries: [panelQuery('a')], dashboard: null });
     const favorite = panelQuery('b');
     favorite.spec.favorite = true;
     const plan = planImportQueries(ws, bundle({ queries: [favorite] }), [], counter());
     expect(plan.candidateWorkspace?.queries.find((query) => query.id === 'b')?.spec.favorite).toBe(true);
-    expect(plan.candidateWorkspace?.dashboard?.tiles).toEqual([]);
+    expect(plan.candidateWorkspace?.dashboard).toMatchObject({
+      title: 'Dashboard', tiles: [{ queryId: 'b' }],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('adds one favorite panel query to an existing Dashboard and increments its revision once', () => {
+    const dash = dashboardDoc({ revision: 7, tiles: [] });
+    const ws = workspace({ queries: [panelQuery('a')], dashboard: dash });
+    const favorite = panelQuery('b');
+    favorite.spec.favorite = true;
+    const plan = planImportQueries(ws, bundle({ queries: [favorite] }), [], counter());
+    expect(plan.candidateWorkspace?.dashboard?.tiles).toEqual([{ id: 'id-1', queryId: 'b' }]);
+    expect(plan.candidateWorkspace?.dashboard?.revision).toBe(8);
+  });
+
+  it('adds several favorite panel queries but increments an existing Dashboard revision only once', () => {
+    const dash = dashboardDoc({ revision: 7, tiles: [] });
+    const one = panelQuery('one');
+    const two = panelQuery('two');
+    one.spec.favorite = true;
+    two.spec.favorite = true;
+    const plan = planImportQueries(workspace({ dashboard: dash }), bundle({ queries: [one, two] }), [], counter());
+    expect(plan.candidateWorkspace?.dashboard?.tiles).toEqual([
+      { id: 'id-1', queryId: 'one' }, { id: 'id-2', queryId: 'two' },
+    ]);
+    expect(plan.candidateWorkspace?.dashboard?.revision).toBe(8);
+  });
+
+  it('does not advance revision when an imported favorite already has Dashboard membership', () => {
+    const favorite = panelQuery('p1');
+    favorite.spec.favorite = true;
+    const dash = dashboardDoc({ revision: 7, tiles: [{ id: 't1', queryId: 'p1' }] });
+    const decisions: QueryDecision[] = [{ sourceId: 'p1', action: 'replace' }];
+    const plan = planImportQueries(workspace({ queries: [favorite], dashboard: dash }), bundle({ queries: [favorite] }), decisions, counter());
     expect(plan.candidateWorkspace?.dashboard).toBe(dash);
+    expect(plan.candidateWorkspace?.dashboard?.revision).toBe(7);
   });
 
   it('overwrites the existing entry in place on a replace decision', () => {
@@ -267,6 +305,35 @@ describe('planImportQueries', () => {
     expect(plan.candidateWorkspace!.queries[0].spec.name).toBe('new name');
   });
 
+  it('removes tile membership and increments revision when a tiled favorite is replaced as unfavorited', () => {
+    const current = panelQuery('p1');
+    current.spec.favorite = true;
+    const replacement = panelQuery('p1', 'Replacement');
+    replacement.spec.favorite = false;
+    const dash = dashboardDoc({ revision: 7, tiles: [{ id: 't1', queryId: 'p1' }] });
+    const plan = planImportQueries(
+      workspace({ queries: [current], dashboard: dash }), bundle({ queries: [replacement] }),
+      [{ sourceId: 'p1', action: 'replace' }], counter(),
+    );
+    expect(plan.candidateWorkspace?.dashboard).toMatchObject({ revision: 8, tiles: [] });
+    expect(plan.candidateWorkspace?.queries[0].spec.favorite).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ['filter', filterQuery('p1')],
+    ['setup', setupQuery('p1')],
+  ])('removes tile membership when a tiled panel is replaced with a %s query', (_role, replacement) => {
+    const current = panelQuery('p1');
+    current.spec.favorite = true;
+    replacement.spec.favorite = true;
+    const dash = dashboardDoc({ revision: 7, tiles: [{ id: 't1', queryId: 'p1' }] });
+    const plan = planImportQueries(
+      workspace({ queries: [current], dashboard: dash }), bundle({ queries: [replacement] }),
+      [{ sourceId: 'p1', action: 'replace' }], counter(),
+    );
+    expect(plan.candidateWorkspace?.dashboard).toMatchObject({ revision: 8, tiles: [] });
+  });
+
   it('allows skip on a conflicting query with no Dashboard dependency (queries-only skip is fine)', () => {
     const ws = workspace({ queries: [panelQuery('a')] });
     const decisions: QueryDecision[] = [{ sourceId: 'a', action: 'skip' }];
@@ -400,6 +467,15 @@ describe('planReplaceWorkspace', () => {
     expect(plan.sourceDashboardId).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
+  it('creates Dashboard membership for favorite panel queries in a query-only workspace import', () => {
+    const favorite = panelQuery('p1');
+    favorite.spec.favorite = true;
+    const plan = planReplaceWorkspace(workspace(), bundle({ queries: [favorite] }), undefined, [], counter());
+    expect(plan.candidateWorkspace?.dashboard).toMatchObject({
+      title: 'Dashboard', tiles: [{ queryId: 'p1' }],
+    });
+  });
+
   it('replaces queries AND Dashboard atomically when a source Dashboard is selected, including standalone queries', () => {
     const ws = workspace();
     // t1's query (p1) declares `{p:String}` — see `buildBundle`'s own comment