diff --git a/pkg/apimachinery/identity/context_test.go b/pkg/apimachinery/identity/context_test.go
index 87f31a17763..6464a7360fb 100644
--- a/pkg/apimachinery/identity/context_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apimachinery/identity/context_test.go
@@ -17,10 +17,126 @@ func TestRequesterFromContext(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("should return user set by ContextWithUser", func(t *testing.T) {
-		expected := &identity.StaticRequester{UserUID: "AAA"}
+		expected := &dummyUser{UID: "AAA"}
 		ctx := identity.WithRequester(context.Background(), expected)
 		actual, err := identity.GetRequester(ctx)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Equal(t, expected.GetUID(), actual.GetUID())
 	})
 }
+
+type dummyUser struct {
+	UID string
+}
+
+// GetAuthID implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) GetAuthID() string {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// GetAuthenticatedBy implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) GetAuthenticatedBy() string {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// GetCacheKey implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) GetCacheKey() string {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// GetDisplayName implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) GetDisplayName() string {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// GetEmail implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) GetEmail() string {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// GetGlobalPermissions implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) GetGlobalPermissions() map[string][]string {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// GetID implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) GetID() identity.NamespaceID {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// GetIDToken implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) GetIDToken() string {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// GetIsGrafanaAdmin implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) GetIsGrafanaAdmin() bool {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// GetLogin implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) GetLogin() string {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// GetNamespacedID implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) GetNamespacedID() (namespace identity.Namespace, identifier string) {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// GetOrgID implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) GetOrgID() int64 {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// GetOrgName implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) GetOrgName() string {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// GetOrgRole implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) GetOrgRole() identity.RoleType {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// GetPermissions implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) GetPermissions() map[string][]string {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// GetTeams implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) GetTeams() []int64 {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// GetUID implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) GetUID() identity.NamespaceID {
+	return identity.NewNamespaceIDString(identity.NamespaceUser, d.UID)
+}
+
+// HasRole implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) HasRole(role identity.RoleType) bool {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// HasUniqueId implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) HasUniqueId() bool {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// IsAuthenticatedBy implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) IsAuthenticatedBy(providers ...string) bool {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// IsEmailVerified implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) IsEmailVerified() bool {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
+// IsNil implements identity.Requester.
+func (d *dummyUser) IsNil() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
+var _ identity.Requester = &dummyUser{}
diff --git a/pkg/apimachinery/utils/meta.go b/pkg/apimachinery/utils/meta.go
index b693ebc9a63..ac5079a2a8e 100644
--- a/pkg/apimachinery/utils/meta.go
+++ b/pkg/apimachinery/utils/meta.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package utils
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
-	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
@@ -53,8 +52,6 @@ type GrafanaMetaAccessor interface {
 	metav1.Object
 
 	GetGroupVersionKind() schema.GroupVersionKind
-	GetResourceVersionInt64() (int64, error)
-	SetResourceVersionInt64(int64)
 
 	GetUpdatedTimestamp() (*time.Time, error)
 	SetUpdatedTimestamp(v *time.Time)
@@ -65,8 +62,6 @@ type GrafanaMetaAccessor interface {
 	SetUpdatedBy(user string)
 	GetFolder() string
 	SetFolder(uid string)
-	SetAnnotation(key string, val string)
-
 	GetSlug() string
 	SetSlug(v string)
 
@@ -104,7 +99,7 @@ func MetaAccessor(raw interface{}) (GrafanaMetaAccessor, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// reflection to find title and other non object properties
+	// look for Spec.Title or Spec.Name
 	r := reflect.ValueOf(raw)
 	if r.Kind() == reflect.Ptr || r.Kind() == reflect.Interface {
 		r = r.Elem()
@@ -112,19 +107,11 @@ func MetaAccessor(raw interface{}) (GrafanaMetaAccessor, error) {
 	return &grafanaMetaAccessor{raw, obj, r}, nil
 }
 
-func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) GetResourceVersionInt64() (int64, error) {
-	v := m.obj.GetResourceVersion()
-	if v == "" {
-		return 0, nil
-	}
-	return strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 64)
+func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) Object() metav1.Object {
+	return m.obj
 }
 
-func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) SetResourceVersionInt64(rv int64) {
-	m.obj.SetResourceVersion(strconv.FormatInt(rv, 10))
-}
-
-func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) SetAnnotation(key string, val string) {
+func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) set(key string, val string) {
 	anno := m.obj.GetAnnotations()
 	if val == "" {
 		if anno != nil {
@@ -161,7 +148,7 @@ func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) SetUpdatedTimestampMillis(v int64) {
 		t := time.UnixMilli(v)
 		m.SetUpdatedTimestamp(&t)
 	} else {
-		m.SetAnnotation(AnnoKeyUpdatedTimestamp, "") // will clear the annotation
+		m.set(AnnoKeyUpdatedTimestamp, "") // will clear the annotation
 	}
 }
 
@@ -170,7 +157,7 @@ func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) SetUpdatedTimestamp(v *time.Time) {
 	if v != nil && v.Unix() != 0 {
 		txt = v.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
 	}
-	m.SetAnnotation(AnnoKeyUpdatedTimestamp, txt)
+	m.set(AnnoKeyUpdatedTimestamp, txt)
 }
 
 func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) GetCreatedBy() string {
@@ -178,7 +165,7 @@ func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) GetCreatedBy() string {
 }
 
 func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) SetCreatedBy(user string) {
-	m.SetAnnotation(AnnoKeyCreatedBy, user)
+	m.set(AnnoKeyCreatedBy, user)
 }
 
 func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) GetUpdatedBy() string {
@@ -186,7 +173,7 @@ func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) GetUpdatedBy() string {
 }
 
 func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) SetUpdatedBy(user string) {
-	m.SetAnnotation(AnnoKeyUpdatedBy, user)
+	m.set(AnnoKeyUpdatedBy, user)
 }
 
 func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) GetFolder() string {
@@ -194,7 +181,7 @@ func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) GetFolder() string {
 }
 
 func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) SetFolder(uid string) {
-	m.SetAnnotation(AnnoKeyFolder, uid)
+	m.set(AnnoKeyFolder, uid)
 }
 
 func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) GetSlug() string {
@@ -202,7 +189,7 @@ func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) GetSlug() string {
 }
 
 func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) SetSlug(v string) {
-	m.SetAnnotation(AnnoKeySlug, v)
+	m.set(AnnoKeySlug, v)
 }
 
 func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) SetOriginInfo(info *ResourceOriginInfo) {
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/entity/db/migrations/resource_mig.go b/pkg/services/store/entity/db/migrations/resource_mig.go
index 8510d35955e..c443fdd633a 100644
--- a/pkg/services/store/entity/db/migrations/resource_mig.go
+++ b/pkg/services/store/entity/db/migrations/resource_mig.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func initResourceTables(mg *migrator.Migrator) string {
 			{Cols: []string{"operation"}, Type: migrator.IndexType},
 			{Cols: []string{"namespace"}, Type: migrator.IndexType},
 			{Cols: []string{"group", "resource", "name"}, Type: migrator.IndexType},
-			{Cols: []string{"blob_path"}, Type: migrator.IndexType},
+			{Cols: []string{"blob_path_hash"}, Type: migrator.IndexType},
 		},
 	})