diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/Entity.java b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/Entity.java
index a2ebb9b2c39..95d1a7ac2ab 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/Entity.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/Entity.java
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ public final class Entity {
 
   public static void restoreEntity(String updatedBy, String entityType, UUID entityId) {
     EntityRepository<?> dao = getEntityRepository(entityType);
-    dao.restoreEntity(updatedBy, entityType, entityId);
+    dao.restoreEntity(updatedBy, entityId);
   }
 
   public static <T> String getEntityTypeFromClass(Class<T> clz) {
diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/DashboardRepository.java b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/DashboardRepository.java
index 6a2a85d0e82..7986887f698 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/DashboardRepository.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/DashboardRepository.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package org.openmetadata.service.jdbi3;
 import static org.openmetadata.common.utils.CommonUtil.listOrEmpty;
 import static org.openmetadata.schema.type.Include.ALL;
 import static org.openmetadata.schema.type.Include.NON_DELETED;
+import static org.openmetadata.service.Entity.CHART;
 import static org.openmetadata.service.Entity.DASHBOARD;
 import static org.openmetadata.service.Entity.FIELD_DESCRIPTION;
 import static org.openmetadata.service.Entity.FIELD_TAGS;
@@ -25,7 +26,10 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.jdbi.v3.sqlobject.transaction.Transaction;
 import org.openmetadata.schema.EntityInterface;
 import org.openmetadata.schema.entity.data.Chart;
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ import org.openmetadata.service.util.EntityUtil;
 import org.openmetadata.service.util.EntityUtil.Fields;
 import org.openmetadata.service.util.FullyQualifiedName;
 
+@Slf4j
 public class DashboardRepository extends EntityRepository<Dashboard> {
   private static final String DASHBOARD_UPDATE_FIELDS = "charts,dataModels";
   private static final String DASHBOARD_PATCH_FIELDS = "charts,dataModels";
@@ -197,6 +202,144 @@ public class DashboardRepository extends EntityRepository<Dashboard> {
         fields.contains("usageSummary") ? dashboard.getUsageSummary() : null);
   }
 
+  // Override soft delete behavior to handle charts through HAS relation.
+  @Transaction
+  @Override
+  protected void deleteChildren(
+      UUID dashboardId, boolean recursive, boolean hardDelete, String updatedBy) {
+    super.deleteChildren(dashboardId, recursive, hardDelete, updatedBy);
+
+    // Load all charts linked to this dashboard
+    List<CollectionDAO.EntityRelationshipRecord> chartRecords =
+        daoCollection
+            .relationshipDAO()
+            .findTo(dashboardId, DASHBOARD, Relationship.HAS.ordinal(), CHART);
+    if (chartRecords.isEmpty()) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Batch-load dashboard relationships for these charts
+    List<CollectionDAO.EntityRelationshipObject> dashboardRelationships =
+        daoCollection
+            .relationshipDAO()
+            .findFromBatch(
+                chartRecords.stream()
+                    .map(record -> record.getId().toString())
+                    .distinct()
+                    .collect(Collectors.toList()),
+                Relationship.HAS.ordinal(),
+                DASHBOARD);
+
+    Set<UUID> nonDeletedDashboards =
+        daoCollection
+            .dashboardDAO()
+            .findEntitiesByIds(
+                dashboardRelationships.stream()
+                    .map(rel -> UUID.fromString(rel.getFromId()))
+                    .distinct()
+                    .collect(Collectors.toList()),
+                Include.NON_DELETED)
+            .stream()
+            .map(Dashboard::getId)
+            .filter(id -> !id.equals(dashboardId)) // (excluding the current dashboard
+            .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+
+    // For deletion: get charts whose linked dashboards (excluding the current dashboard)
+    // have no other non‑deleted dashboards.
+    List<CollectionDAO.EntityRelationshipRecord> filteredChartRecordsToBeDeleted =
+        new ArrayList<>();
+
+    for (CollectionDAO.EntityRelationshipRecord record : chartRecords) {
+      UUID chartId = record.getId();
+      boolean hasOtherNonDeletedDashboard = false;
+
+      for (CollectionDAO.EntityRelationshipObject rel : dashboardRelationships) {
+        UUID relFromId = UUID.fromString(rel.getFromId());
+        UUID relToId = UUID.fromString(rel.getToId());
+        if (relToId.equals(chartId) && nonDeletedDashboards.contains(relFromId)) {
+          hasOtherNonDeletedDashboard = true;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (!hasOtherNonDeletedDashboard) {
+        filteredChartRecordsToBeDeleted.add(record);
+      }
+    }
+
+    deleteChildren(filteredChartRecordsToBeDeleted, hardDelete, updatedBy);
+  }
+
+  // Override restore behavior to handle charts through HAS relation.
+  @Transaction
+  @Override
+  protected void restoreChildren(UUID dashboardId, String updatedBy) {
+    super.restoreChildren(dashboardId, updatedBy);
+
+    // Load all charts linked to this dashboard
+    List<CollectionDAO.EntityRelationshipRecord> chartRecords =
+        daoCollection
+            .relationshipDAO()
+            .findTo(dashboardId, DASHBOARD, Relationship.HAS.ordinal(), CHART);
+    if (chartRecords.isEmpty()) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Batch-load dashboard relationships for these charts
+    List<CollectionDAO.EntityRelationshipObject> dashboardRelationships =
+        daoCollection
+            .relationshipDAO()
+            .findFromBatch(
+                chartRecords.stream()
+                    .map(record -> record.getId().toString())
+                    .distinct()
+                    .collect(Collectors.toList()),
+                Relationship.HAS.ordinal(),
+                DASHBOARD);
+
+    Set<UUID> deletedDashboards =
+        daoCollection
+            .dashboardDAO()
+            .findEntitiesByIds(
+                dashboardRelationships.stream()
+                    .map(rel -> UUID.fromString(rel.getFromId()))
+                    .distinct()
+                    .collect(Collectors.toList()),
+                Include.DELETED)
+            .stream()
+            .map(Dashboard::getId)
+            .filter(id -> !id.equals(dashboardId)) // (excluding the current dashboard
+            .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+
+    // For restore: get charts whose linked dashboards (excluding the current dashboard)
+    // are all non‑deleted.
+    List<CollectionDAO.EntityRelationshipRecord> filteredChartRecordsToBeRestored =
+        new ArrayList<>();
+
+    for (CollectionDAO.EntityRelationshipRecord chartRecord : chartRecords) {
+      UUID chartId = chartRecord.getId();
+      boolean hasOtherDeletedDashboard = false;
+
+      for (CollectionDAO.EntityRelationshipObject relationship : dashboardRelationships) {
+        UUID relFromId = UUID.fromString(relationship.getFromId());
+        UUID relToId = UUID.fromString(relationship.getToId());
+        if (relToId.equals(chartId) && deletedDashboards.contains(relFromId)) {
+          hasOtherDeletedDashboard = true;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (!hasOtherDeletedDashboard) {
+        filteredChartRecordsToBeRestored.add(chartRecord);
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (CollectionDAO.EntityRelationshipRecord record : filteredChartRecordsToBeRestored) {
+      LOG.info("Recursively restoring {} {}", record.getType(), record.getId());
+      Entity.restoreEntity(updatedBy, record.getType(), record.getId());
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void restorePatchAttributes(Dashboard original, Dashboard updated) {
     // Patch can't make changes to following fields. Ignore the changes
diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/EntityRepository.java b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/EntityRepository.java
index 58509b638fe..74b965e7be8 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/EntityRepository.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/EntityRepository.java
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ public abstract class EntityRepository<T extends EntityInterface> {
     updated.setUpdatedAt(System.currentTimeMillis());
     // If the entity state is soft-deleted, recursively undelete the entity and it's children
     if (Boolean.TRUE.equals(original.getDeleted())) {
-      restoreEntity(updated.getUpdatedBy(), entityType, original.getId());
+      restoreEntity(updated.getUpdatedBy(), original.getId());
     }
 
     // Update the attributes and relationships of an entity
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ public abstract class EntityRepository<T extends EntityInterface> {
     updated.setUpdatedAt(System.currentTimeMillis());
     // If the entity state is soft-deleted, recursively undelete the entity and it's children
     if (Boolean.TRUE.equals(original.getDeleted())) {
-      restoreEntity(updated.getUpdatedBy(), entityType, original.getId());
+      restoreEntity(updated.getUpdatedBy(), original.getId());
     }
 
     // Update the attributes and relationships of an entity
@@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@ public abstract class EntityRepository<T extends EntityInterface> {
   }
 
   @Transaction
-  private void deleteChildren(UUID id, boolean recursive, boolean hardDelete, String updatedBy) {
+  protected void deleteChildren(UUID id, boolean recursive, boolean hardDelete, String updatedBy) {
     // If an entity being deleted contains other **non-deleted** children entities, it can't be
     // deleted
     List<EntityRelationshipRecord> childrenRecords =
@@ -2364,22 +2364,9 @@ public abstract class EntityRepository<T extends EntityInterface> {
   }
 
   @Transaction
-  public final PutResponse<T> restoreEntity(String updatedBy, String entityType, UUID id) {
+  public final PutResponse<T> restoreEntity(String updatedBy, UUID id) {
     // If an entity being restored contains other **deleted** children entities, restore them
-    List<EntityRelationshipRecord> records =
-        daoCollection.relationshipDAO().findTo(id, entityType, Relationship.CONTAINS.ordinal());
-
-    if (!records.isEmpty()) {
-      // Restore all the contained entities
-      for (EntityRelationshipRecord entityRelationshipRecord : records) {
-        LOG.info(
-            "Recursively restoring {} {}",
-            entityRelationshipRecord.getType(),
-            entityRelationshipRecord.getId());
-        Entity.restoreEntity(
-            updatedBy, entityRelationshipRecord.getType(), entityRelationshipRecord.getId());
-      }
-    }
+    restoreChildren(id, updatedBy);
 
     // Finally set entity deleted flag to false
     LOG.info("Restoring the {} {}", entityType, id);
@@ -2399,6 +2386,20 @@ public abstract class EntityRepository<T extends EntityInterface> {
     }
   }
 
+  @Transaction
+  protected void restoreChildren(UUID id, String updatedBy) {
+    // Restore deleted children entities
+    List<CollectionDAO.EntityRelationshipRecord> records =
+        daoCollection.relationshipDAO().findTo(id, entityType, Relationship.CONTAINS.ordinal());
+    if (!records.isEmpty()) {
+      // Recursively restore all contained entities
+      for (CollectionDAO.EntityRelationshipRecord record : records) {
+        LOG.info("Recursively restoring {} {}", record.getType(), record.getId());
+        Entity.restoreEntity(updatedBy, record.getType(), record.getId());
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   public final void addRelationship(
       UUID fromId, UUID toId, String fromEntity, String toEntity, Relationship relationship) {
     addRelationship(fromId, toId, fromEntity, toEntity, relationship, false);
diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/EntityResource.java b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/EntityResource.java
index 1087e286aa6..d3aa36b0865 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/EntityResource.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/EntityResource.java
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ public abstract class EntityResource<T extends EntityInterface, K extends Entity
         new OperationContext(entityType, MetadataOperation.EDIT_ALL);
     authorizer.authorize(securityContext, operationContext, getResourceContextById(id));
     PutResponse<T> response =
-        repository.restoreEntity(securityContext.getUserPrincipal().getName(), entityType, id);
+        repository.restoreEntity(securityContext.getUserPrincipal().getName(), id);
     repository.restoreFromSearch(response.getEntity());
     addHref(uriInfo, response.getEntity());
     LOG.info(
diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/search/SearchRepository.java b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/search/SearchRepository.java
index 8d324381dd6..dda0475d339 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/search/SearchRepository.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/search/SearchRepository.java
@@ -1022,16 +1022,6 @@ public class SearchRepository {
           new ImmutablePair<>(
               REMOVE_TAGS_CHILDREN_SCRIPT,
               Collections.singletonMap("fqn", entity.getFullyQualifiedName())));
-      case Entity.DASHBOARD -> {
-        String scriptTxt =
-            String.format(
-                "if (ctx._source.dashboards.size() == 1) { ctx._source.put('deleted', '%s') }",
-                true);
-        searchClient.softDeleteOrRestoreChildren(
-            indexMapping.getChildAliases(clusterAlias),
-            scriptTxt,
-            List.of(new ImmutablePair<>("dashboards.id", docId)));
-      }
       case Entity.TEST_SUITE -> {
         TestSuite testSuite = (TestSuite) entity;
         if (Boolean.TRUE.equals(testSuite.getBasic())) {
@@ -1082,16 +1072,6 @@ public class SearchRepository {
           indexMapping.getChildAliases(clusterAlias),
           scriptTxt,
           List.of(new ImmutablePair<>("service.id", docId)));
-      case Entity.DASHBOARD -> {
-        scriptTxt =
-            String.format(
-                "if (ctx._source.dashboards.size() == 1) { ctx._source.put('deleted', '%s') }",
-                delete);
-        searchClient.softDeleteOrRestoreChildren(
-            indexMapping.getChildAliases(clusterAlias),
-            scriptTxt,
-            List.of(new ImmutablePair<>("dashboards.id", docId)));
-      }
       default -> {
         List<String> indexNames = indexMapping.getChildAliases(clusterAlias);
         if (!indexNames.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/dashboards/DashboardResourceTest.java b/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/dashboards/DashboardResourceTest.java
index 6cb82bb873a..e349a6c94c4 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/dashboards/DashboardResourceTest.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/dashboards/DashboardResourceTest.java
@@ -17,12 +17,15 @@ import static jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST;
 import static jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response.Status.NOT_FOUND;
 import static jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response.Status.OK;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.openmetadata.service.Entity.FIELD_DELETED;
 import static org.openmetadata.service.exception.CatalogExceptionMessage.entityNotFound;
 import static org.openmetadata.service.security.SecurityUtil.authHeaders;
 import static org.openmetadata.service.util.EntityUtil.fieldAdded;
 import static org.openmetadata.service.util.EntityUtil.fieldDeleted;
+import static org.openmetadata.service.util.EntityUtil.fieldUpdated;
 import static org.openmetadata.service.util.TestUtils.ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS;
 import static org.openmetadata.service.util.TestUtils.UpdateType.MINOR_UPDATE;
 import static org.openmetadata.service.util.TestUtils.assertEntityReferenceNames;
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ import static org.openmetadata.service.util.TestUtils.assertResponseContains;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -41,14 +45,18 @@ import org.apache.http.client.HttpResponseException;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInfo;
+import org.openmetadata.schema.api.data.CreateChart;
 import org.openmetadata.schema.api.data.CreateDashboard;
 import org.openmetadata.schema.api.services.CreateDashboardService;
+import org.openmetadata.schema.entity.data.Chart;
 import org.openmetadata.schema.entity.data.Dashboard;
 import org.openmetadata.schema.entity.services.DashboardService;
 import org.openmetadata.schema.type.ChangeDescription;
 import org.openmetadata.schema.type.EntityReference;
+import org.openmetadata.schema.type.Include;
 import org.openmetadata.service.Entity;
 import org.openmetadata.service.resources.EntityResourceTest;
+import org.openmetadata.service.resources.charts.ChartResourceTest;
 import org.openmetadata.service.resources.dashboards.DashboardResource.DashboardList;
 import org.openmetadata.service.resources.services.DashboardServiceResourceTest;
 import org.openmetadata.service.util.FullyQualifiedName;
@@ -58,6 +66,7 @@ import org.openmetadata.service.util.TestUtils;
 @Slf4j
 public class DashboardResourceTest extends EntityResourceTest<Dashboard, CreateDashboard> {
   public static final String SUPERSET_INVALID_SERVICE = "invalid_superset_service";
+  private final ChartResourceTest chartResourceTest = new ChartResourceTest();
 
   public DashboardResourceTest() {
     super(
@@ -184,6 +193,223 @@ public class DashboardResourceTest extends EntityResourceTest<Dashboard, CreateD
         authHeaders(DATA_CONSUMER.getName()));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void test_deleteDashboard_chartBelongsToSingleDashboard_chartIsDeleted_thenRestored(TestInfo test)
+      throws IOException {
+    // Create charts first using ChartResourceTest
+    List<String> chartFqns = new ArrayList<>();
+    for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+      CreateChart createChart =
+          chartResourceTest.createRequest(test, i).withService(METABASE_REFERENCE.getName());
+      Chart chart = chartResourceTest.createEntity(createChart, ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS);
+      chartFqns.add(chart.getFullyQualifiedName());
+    }
+
+    // Create a dashboard with these charts
+    CreateDashboard create =
+        createRequest(test)
+            .withService(METABASE_REFERENCE.getFullyQualifiedName())
+            .withCharts(chartFqns);
+    Dashboard dashboard = createAndCheckEntity(create, ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS);
+
+    // Verify the dashboard has charts
+    assertNotNull(dashboard.getCharts());
+    assertFalse(dashboard.getCharts().isEmpty());
+
+    // Store all chart IDs for verification after dashboard deletion
+    List<EntityReference> charts = dashboard.getCharts();
+
+    // For each chart, verify it belongs only to this dashboard
+    for (EntityReference chartRef : charts) {
+      // Get the chart entity with dashboards field included
+      Chart chart = chartResourceTest.getEntity(chartRef.getId(), "dashboards", ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS);
+
+      // Check chart has exactly one dashboard
+      assertEquals(
+          1,
+          chart.getDashboards().size(),
+          "Chart should belong to exactly one dashboard before deletion test");
+
+      // Verify it's the dashboard we created
+      assertEquals(
+          dashboard.getId(),
+          chart.getDashboards().getFirst().getId(),
+          "Chart should belong to our test dashboard");
+    }
+
+    // Delete the dashboard
+    dashboard = deleteAndCheckEntity(dashboard, ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS);
+
+    // Now verify that the charts are actually soft deleted and not hard deleted
+    List<Chart> deletedCharts = new ArrayList<>();
+    for (EntityReference chartRef : charts) {
+      // Get the chart with include=deleted
+      Map<String, String> queryParams = new HashMap<>();
+      queryParams.put("include", Include.DELETED.value());
+
+      Chart deletedChart =
+          chartResourceTest.getEntity(chartRef.getId(), queryParams, "", ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS);
+
+      // Verify the chart is marked as deleted
+      assertTrue(deletedChart.getDeleted(), "Chart should be marked as deleted");
+      assertEquals(
+          chartRef.getId(), deletedChart.getId(), "Found chart should match the original chart ID");
+      deletedCharts.add(deletedChart);
+    }
+
+    // Restore the dashboard
+    ChangeDescription change = getChangeDescription(dashboard, MINOR_UPDATE);
+    fieldUpdated(change, FIELD_DELETED, true, false);
+    restoreAndCheckEntity(dashboard, ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS, change);
+
+    // Verify charts are also restored when their parent dashboard is restored
+    for (Chart deletedChart : deletedCharts) {
+      // Verify chart is accessible again
+      Chart restoredChart =
+          chartResourceTest.getEntity(deletedChart.getId(), "dashboards", ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS);
+      assertFalse(
+          restoredChart.getDeleted(),
+          "Chart should not be marked as deleted after dashboard restoration");
+
+      // Verify chart is associated with the restored dashboard
+      assertEquals(
+          1,
+          restoredChart.getDashboards().size(),
+          "Chart should have exactly one dashboard after restoration");
+      assertEquals(
+          dashboard.getId(),
+          restoredChart.getDashboards().getFirst().getId(),
+          "Chart should be associated with the restored dashboard");
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void test_chartWithMultipleDashboards_deleteAndRestoreOneDashboard(TestInfo test)
+      throws IOException {
+    // Create charts first using ChartResourceTest
+    List<String> chartFqns = new ArrayList<>();
+    for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+      CreateChart createChart =
+          chartResourceTest.createRequest(test, i).withService(METABASE_REFERENCE.getName());
+      Chart chart = chartResourceTest.createEntity(createChart, ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS);
+      chartFqns.add(chart.getFullyQualifiedName());
+    }
+
+    // Create first dashboard with all charts
+    CreateDashboard create1 =
+        createRequest(getEntityName(test) + "-first")
+            .withService(METABASE_REFERENCE.getFullyQualifiedName())
+            .withCharts(chartFqns);
+    Dashboard dashboard1 = createAndCheckEntity(create1, ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS);
+
+    // Create second dashboard with the same charts
+    CreateDashboard create2 =
+        createRequest(getEntityName(test) + "-second")
+            .withService(METABASE_REFERENCE.getFullyQualifiedName())
+            .withCharts(chartFqns);
+    final Dashboard dashboard2 = createAndCheckEntity(create2, ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS);
+
+    // Store all chart IDs for verification after dashboard deletion
+    List<EntityReference> charts = dashboard1.getCharts();
+
+    // Delete the first dashboard
+    final Dashboard deletedDashboard1 = deleteAndCheckEntity(dashboard1, ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS);
+
+    // Verify charts are still accessible (not deleted)
+    for (EntityReference chartRef : charts) {
+      // Get the chart entity with dashboards field included
+      Chart chart = chartResourceTest.getEntity(chartRef.getId(), "dashboards", ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS);
+
+      // Check chart still exists
+      assertNotNull(chart);
+
+      // Verify the chart itself isn't deleted
+      assertFalse(chart.getDeleted(), "Chart should not be marked as deleted");
+
+      // Count non-deleted dashboards
+      long nonDeletedDashboards =
+          chart.getDashboards().stream().filter(d -> !Boolean.TRUE.equals(d.getDeleted())).count();
+      assertEquals(
+          1,
+          nonDeletedDashboards,
+          "Chart should belong to exactly one non-deleted dashboard after first dashboard deletion");
+
+      // Verify one of the dashboards is the non-deleted second dashboard
+      boolean hasSecondDashboard =
+          chart.getDashboards().stream()
+              .anyMatch(
+                  d ->
+                      d.getId().equals(dashboard2.getId()) && !Boolean.TRUE.equals(d.getDeleted()));
+      assertTrue(hasSecondDashboard, "Chart should still belong to second test dashboard");
+    }
+
+    // Restore the first dashboard
+    ChangeDescription change = getChangeDescription(deletedDashboard1, MINOR_UPDATE);
+    fieldUpdated(change, FIELD_DELETED, true, false);
+    restoreAndCheckEntity(deletedDashboard1, ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS, change);
+
+    // Verify charts now have associations with both dashboards
+    for (EntityReference chartRef : charts) {
+      // Get the chart entity with dashboards field included
+      Chart chart = chartResourceTest.getEntity(chartRef.getId(), "dashboards", ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS);
+
+      // Verify chart is still not deleted
+      assertFalse(chart.getDeleted(), "Chart should not be marked as deleted");
+
+      // Count non-deleted dashboards - should be 2 now
+      long nonDeletedDashboards =
+          chart.getDashboards().stream().filter(d -> !Boolean.TRUE.equals(d.getDeleted())).count();
+      assertEquals(
+          2,
+          nonDeletedDashboards,
+          "Chart should belong to two non-deleted dashboards after first dashboard restoration");
+
+      // Verify both dashboards are associated with the chart
+      boolean hasFirstDashboard =
+          chart.getDashboards().stream()
+              .anyMatch(
+                  d ->
+                      d.getId().equals(deletedDashboard1.getId())
+                          && !Boolean.TRUE.equals(d.getDeleted()));
+      boolean hasSecondDashboard =
+          chart.getDashboards().stream()
+              .anyMatch(
+                  d ->
+                      d.getId().equals(dashboard2.getId()) && !Boolean.TRUE.equals(d.getDeleted()));
+      assertTrue(
+          hasFirstDashboard,
+          "Chart should be associated with the first dashboard after restoration");
+      assertTrue(hasSecondDashboard, "Chart should still be associated with the second dashboard");
+    }
+
+    // Now delete both dashboards
+    deleteEntity(deletedDashboard1.getId(), true, false, ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS);
+    deleteEntity(dashboard2.getId(), true, false, ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS);
+
+    // Verify charts are now soft deleted
+    for (EntityReference chartRef : charts) {
+      // Verify chart cannot be retrieved normally
+      assertResponse(
+          () -> chartResourceTest.getEntity(chartRef.getId(), "", ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS),
+          NOT_FOUND,
+          entityNotFound(Entity.CHART, chartRef.getId()));
+
+      // Verify chart can be retrieved with include=deleted parameter
+      Map<String, String> queryParams = new HashMap<>();
+      queryParams.put("include", Include.DELETED.value());
+
+      Chart deletedChart =
+          chartResourceTest.getEntity(chartRef.getId(), queryParams, "", ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS);
+
+      // Verify the chart is marked as deleted
+      assertTrue(
+          deletedChart.getDeleted(),
+          "Chart should be marked as deleted after all dashboards are deleted");
+      assertEquals(
+          chartRef.getId(), deletedChart.getId(), "Found chart should match the original chart ID");
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Dashboard validateGetWithDifferentFields(Dashboard dashboard, boolean byName)
       throws HttpResponseException {