temporarily remove feature toggle

eslint-suppressions.json

@@ -1858,11 +1858,6 @@
       "count": 1
     }
   },
-  "public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelDataPane/PanelDataPane.tsx": {
-    "@typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions": {
-      "count": 1
-    }
-  },
   "public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelOptionsPane.test.tsx": {
     "@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": {
       "count": 1

packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts

@@ -333,6 +333,10 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   */
   alertingUIUseFullyCompatBackendFilters?: boolean;
   /**
+  * Enables creating alert rules from a panel using a drawer UI
+  */
+  createAlertRuleFromPanel?: boolean;
+  /**
   * Enable Grafana to have a remote Alertmanager instance as the primary Alertmanager.
   */
   alertmanagerRemotePrimary?: boolean;

pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go

@@ -534,6 +534,13 @@ var (
 			Owner:        grafanaAlertingSquad,
 			HideFromDocs: true,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:         "createAlertRuleFromPanel",
+			Description:  "Enables creating alert rules from a panel using a drawer UI",
+			Stage:        FeatureStageExperimental,
+			Owner:        grafanaAlertingSquad,
+			FrontendOnly: true,
+		},
 		{
 			Name:        "alertmanagerRemotePrimary",
 			Description: "Enable Grafana to have a remote Alertmanager instance as the primary Alertmanager.",

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ alertmanagerRemoteSecondary,experimental,@grafana/alerting-squad,false,false,fal
 alertingProvenanceLockWrites,experimental,@grafana/alerting-squad,false,false,false
 alertingUIUseBackendFilters,experimental,@grafana/alerting-squad,false,false,false
 alertingUIUseFullyCompatBackendFilters,experimental,@grafana/alerting-squad,false,false,false
+createAlertRuleFromPanel,experimental,@grafana/alerting-squad,false,false,true
 alertmanagerRemotePrimary,experimental,@grafana/alerting-squad,false,false,false
 annotationPermissionUpdate,GA,@grafana/identity-access-team,false,false,false
 dashboardSceneForViewers,GA,@grafana/dashboards-squad,false,false,true

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json

@@ -939,6 +939,19 @@
         "frontend": true
       }
     },
+    {
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "createAlertRuleFromPanel",
+        "resourceVersion": "1763546460188",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2025-10-29T09:52:06Z"
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "description": "Enables creating alert rules from a panel using a drawer UI",
+        "stage": "experimental",
+        "codeowner": "@grafana/alerting-squad",
+        "frontend": true
+      }
+    },
     {
       "metadata": {
         "name": "dashboardDisableSchemaValidationV1",

public/app/features/alerting/unified/__snapshots__/PanelAlertTabContent.test.tsx.snap

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ exports[`PanelAlertTabContent Will render alerts belonging to panel and a button
         "refId": "B",
         "type": "reduce",
       },
-      "queryType": "",
+      "queryType": "expression",
       "refId": "B",
     },
     {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ exports[`PanelAlertTabContent Will render alerts belonging to panel and a button
         "refId": "C",
         "type": "threshold",
       },
-      "queryType": "",
+      "queryType": "expression",
       "refId": "C",
     },
   ],

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/AlertRuleDrawerForm.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+import { screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+import { render } from 'test/test-utils';
+
+import { setupMswServer } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/mockApi';
+import { grantUserPermissions } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/mocks';
+import { AccessControlAction } from 'app/types/accessControl';
+
+import { GrafanaGroupUpdatedResponse } from '../api/alertRuleModel';
+import { ContactPoint, RuleFormType, RuleFormValues } from '../types/rule-form';
+
+import { AlertRuleDrawerForm, AlertRuleDrawerFormProps } from './AlertRuleDrawerForm';
+
+setupMswServer();
+
+// Mock the hooks
+const mockExecute = jest.fn();
+jest.mock('../hooks/ruleGroup/useUpsertRuleFromRuleGroup', () => ({
+  useAddRuleToRuleGroup: () => [{ execute: mockExecute }],
+}));
+
+// Mock notification hooks
+const mockError = jest.fn();
+const mockSuccess = jest.fn();
+jest.mock('app/core/copy/appNotification', () => ({
+  useAppNotification: () => ({
+    error: mockError,
+    success: mockSuccess,
+  }),
+}));
+
+const defaultProps: AlertRuleDrawerFormProps = {
+  isOpen: true,
+  onClose: jest.fn(),
+};
+
+const renderDrawer = (props: Partial<AlertRuleDrawerFormProps> = {}) => {
+  return render(<AlertRuleDrawerForm {...defaultProps} {...props} />);
+};
+
+describe('AlertRuleDrawerForm', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+    grantUserPermissions([
+      AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleCreate,
+      AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleRead,
+      AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleUpdate,
+      AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleDelete,
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  describe('Rendering', () => {
+    it('should not render when isOpen is false', () => {
+      renderDrawer({ isOpen: false });
+      expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: /Create/i })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('should render "Continue in Alerting" button when callback is provided', () => {
+      renderDrawer({ onContinueInAlerting: jest.fn() });
+      expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Continue in Alerting/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Cancel button', () => {
+    it('should call onClose when Cancel is clicked', async () => {
+      const user = userEvent.setup();
+      const onClose = jest.fn();
+      renderDrawer({ onClose });
+
+      await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Cancel/i }));
+
+      expect(onClose).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('should reset form when Cancel is clicked with prefill', async () => {
+      const user = userEvent.setup();
+      const onClose = jest.fn();
+      const prefill: Partial<RuleFormValues> = {
+        name: 'Prefilled Rule Name',
+      };
+      const { rerender } = renderDrawer({ onClose, prefill });
+
+      // Verify prefilled value is present
+      const nameInput = screen.getByLabelText(/Name/i);
+      expect(nameInput).toHaveValue('Prefilled Rule Name');
+
+      // Modify the field
+      await user.clear(nameInput);
+      await user.type(nameInput, 'Changed Name');
+      expect(nameInput).toHaveValue('Changed Name');
+
+      // Click cancel - this triggers reset to prefill
+      await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Cancel/i }));
+      expect(onClose).toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      // Reopen to verify reset happened
+      rerender(<AlertRuleDrawerForm {...defaultProps} onClose={onClose} prefill={prefill} isOpen={true} />);
+      expect(screen.getByLabelText(/Name/i)).toHaveValue('Prefilled Rule Name');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Continue in Alerting button', () => {
+    it('should call onContinueInAlerting with current form values', async () => {
+      const user = userEvent.setup();
+      const onContinueInAlerting = jest.fn();
+      const onClose = jest.fn();
+      renderDrawer({ onContinueInAlerting, onClose });
+
+      // Fill in a field
+      const nameInput = screen.getByLabelText(/Name/i);
+      await user.type(nameInput, 'Test Rule');
+
+      // Click Continue in Alerting
+      await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Continue in Alerting/i }));
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(onContinueInAlerting).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            name: 'Test Rule',
+          })
+        );
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should normalize contact points when calling onContinueInAlerting', async () => {
+      const user = userEvent.setup();
+      const onContinueInAlerting = jest.fn();
+      const onClose = jest.fn();
+
+      // Provide prefill with partial contact point data
+      // We intentionally create an incomplete ContactPoint to test that normalizeContactPoints fills in the missing optional fields with defaults
+      const prefill: Partial<RuleFormValues> = {
+        name: 'Test',
+        contactPoints: {
+          grafana: {
+            selectedContactPoint: 'test-contact',
+          } as ContactPoint,
+        },
+      };
+
+      renderDrawer({ onContinueInAlerting, onClose, prefill });
+
+      // Click Continue in Alerting
+      await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Continue in Alerting/i }));
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(onContinueInAlerting).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            contactPoints: expect.objectContaining({
+              grafana: expect.objectContaining({
+                selectedContactPoint: 'test-contact',
+                // Verify normalization added default values
+                overrideGrouping: false,
+                groupBy: [],
+                overrideTimings: false,
+                groupWaitValue: '',
+                groupIntervalValue: '',
+                repeatIntervalValue: '',
+                muteTimeIntervals: [],
+                activeTimeIntervals: [],
+              }),
+            }),
+          })
+        );
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should close drawer after calling onContinueInAlerting', async () => {
+      const user = userEvent.setup();
+      const onContinueInAlerting = jest.fn();
+      const onClose = jest.fn();
+      renderDrawer({ onContinueInAlerting, onClose });
+
+      // Click Continue in Alerting
+      await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Continue in Alerting/i }));
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(onContinueInAlerting).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+      expect(onClose).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Prefill behavior', () => {
+    it('should initialize form with prefill values', () => {
+      const prefill: Partial<RuleFormValues> = {
+        name: 'Prefilled Rule',
+        type: RuleFormType.grafana,
+      };
+      renderDrawer({ prefill });
+
+      expect(screen.getByLabelText(/Name/i)).toHaveValue('Prefilled Rule');
+    });
+
+    it('should reset form when prefill changes', async () => {
+      const prefill1: Partial<RuleFormValues> = {
+        name: 'First Rule',
+      };
+      const { rerender } = render(<AlertRuleDrawerForm {...defaultProps} prefill={prefill1} />);
+
+      expect(screen.getByLabelText(/Name/i)).toHaveValue('First Rule');
+
+      // Update prefill
+      const prefill2: Partial<RuleFormValues> = {
+        name: 'Second Rule',
+      };
+      rerender(<AlertRuleDrawerForm {...defaultProps} prefill={prefill2} />);
+
+      // Wait for the useEffect to trigger the reset
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(screen.getByLabelText(/Name/i)).toHaveValue('Second Rule');
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should reset to defaults when prefill becomes undefined', async () => {
+      const prefill: Partial<RuleFormValues> = {
+        name: 'Prefilled Rule',
+      };
+      const { rerender } = render(<AlertRuleDrawerForm {...defaultProps} prefill={prefill} />);
+
+      expect(screen.getByLabelText(/Name/i)).toHaveValue('Prefilled Rule');
+
+      // Clear prefill
+      rerender(<AlertRuleDrawerForm {...defaultProps} prefill={undefined} />);
+
+      // Wait for the useEffect to trigger the reset
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(screen.getByLabelText(/Name/i)).toHaveValue('');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Create button and submission', () => {
+    it('should close drawer on successful rule creation', async () => {
+      const user = userEvent.setup();
+      const onClose = jest.fn();
+      const mockResponse: GrafanaGroupUpdatedResponse = {
+        message: 'Rule created successfully',
+        created: ['rule-uid'],
+      };
+      mockExecute.mockResolvedValue(mockResponse);
+
+      renderDrawer({ onClose });
+
+      // Fill in required field
+      const nameInput = screen.getByLabelText(/Name/i);
+      await user.type(nameInput, 'Test Alert Rule');
+
+      // Click Create
+      await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Create/i }));
+
+      // Wait for the execute function to be called
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(mockExecute).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+
+      // Drawer should close on success
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(onClose).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should show validation error when form is invalid', async () => {
+      const user = userEvent.setup();
+      renderDrawer();
+
+      // Try to submit without filling required fields (name is required)
+      await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Create/i }));
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(mockError).toHaveBeenCalledWith('There are errors in the form. Please correct them and try again!');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/AlertRuleDrawerForm.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import { useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
+import { FormProvider, useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
+
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { Button, Drawer, Stack, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
+import { getMessageFromError } from 'app/core/utils/errors';
+import { RuleDefinitionSection } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/components/RuleDefinitionSection';
+
+import { isCloudGroupUpdatedResponse, isGrafanaGroupUpdatedResponse } from '../api/alertRuleModel';
+import { useAddRuleToRuleGroup } from '../hooks/ruleGroup/useUpsertRuleFromRuleGroup';
+import { getDefaultFormValues } from '../rule-editor/formDefaults';
+import { AlertManagerManualRouting, ContactPoint, RuleFormType, RuleFormValues } from '../types/rule-form';
+import { formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO } from '../utils/rule-form';
+import { getRuleGroupLocationFromFormValues } from '../utils/rules';
+
+import { RuleConditionSection } from './RuleConditionSection';
+import { RuleNotificationSection } from './RuleNotificationSection';
+
+/**
+ * Normalizes contact point fields to ensure all properties have defined values.
+ * This is only needed for the "Continue in Alerting" flow, which passes RuleFormValues
+ * directly to the rule editor page. The submit flow doesn't need this because
+ * getNotificationSettingsForDTO (called by formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO) already
+ * handles partial/missing fields when building the DTO for the backend.
+ */
+function normalizeContactPoints(
+  contactPoints: AlertManagerManualRouting | undefined
+): AlertManagerManualRouting | undefined {
+  if (!contactPoints) {
+    return contactPoints;
+  }
+
+  const normalized: AlertManagerManualRouting = {};
+
+  for (const [alertManager, contactPoint] of Object.entries(contactPoints)) {
+    if (contactPoint.selectedContactPoint) {
+      const defaultContactPoint: ContactPoint = {
+        selectedContactPoint: contactPoint.selectedContactPoint,
+        overrideGrouping: contactPoint.overrideGrouping ?? false,
+        groupBy: contactPoint.groupBy ?? [],
+        overrideTimings: contactPoint.overrideTimings ?? false,
+        groupWaitValue: contactPoint.groupWaitValue ?? '',
+        groupIntervalValue: contactPoint.groupIntervalValue ?? '',
+        repeatIntervalValue: contactPoint.repeatIntervalValue ?? '',
+        muteTimeIntervals: contactPoint.muteTimeIntervals ?? [],
+        activeTimeIntervals: contactPoint.activeTimeIntervals ?? [],
+      };
+      normalized[alertManager] = defaultContactPoint;
+    } else {
+      normalized[alertManager] = contactPoint;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return normalized;
+}
+
+export interface AlertRuleDrawerFormProps {
+  isOpen: boolean;
+  onClose: () => void;
+  title?: string;
+  onContinueInAlerting?: (values: RuleFormValues) => void;
+  prefill?: Partial<RuleFormValues>;
+}
+
+export function AlertRuleDrawerForm({
+  isOpen,
+  onClose,
+  title,
+  onContinueInAlerting,
+  prefill,
+}: AlertRuleDrawerFormProps) {
+  const baseDefaults = useMemo(() => getDefaultFormValues(RuleFormType.grafana), []);
+  const methods = useForm<RuleFormValues>({
+    defaultValues: prefill ? { ...baseDefaults, ...prefill } : baseDefaults,
+  });
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+  const [addRuleToRuleGroup] = useAddRuleToRuleGroup();
+  const notifyApp = useAppNotification();
+
+  // Keep form in sync if prefill changes between openings
+  useEffect(() => {
+    methods.reset(prefill ? { ...baseDefaults, ...prefill } : baseDefaults);
+  }, [prefill, methods, baseDefaults]);
+
+  if (!isOpen) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const submit = async (values: RuleFormValues) => {
+    try {
+      // The drawer doesn't expose a group field to keep the UX simple.
+      // We derive the group name from the rule name as a sensible default.
+      // The 'default' fallback should rarely occur since 'name' is a required field.
+      const groupName =
+        values.group && values.group.trim().length > 0 ? values.group : values.name?.trim() || 'default';
+      const effectiveValues: RuleFormValues = { ...values, group: groupName };
+
+      const dto = formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO(effectiveValues);
+      const groupIdentifier = getRuleGroupLocationFromFormValues(effectiveValues);
+      const result = await addRuleToRuleGroup.execute(groupIdentifier, dto, effectiveValues.evaluateEvery);
+
+      if (isGrafanaGroupUpdatedResponse(result)) {
+        onClose();
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // Handle cloud rules error response
+      if (isCloudGroupUpdatedResponse(result)) {
+        notifyApp.error('Failed to create rule', result.error);
+      } else {
+        // This should not happen with the current discriminated union types
+        notifyApp.error('Failed to create rule', 'Please review the form and try again.');
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      const errorMessage = getMessageFromError(err);
+      notifyApp.error('Failed to create rule', errorMessage);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const onInvalid = () => {
+    notifyApp.error('There are errors in the form. Please correct them and try again!');
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Drawer
+      title={title ?? t('alerting.new-rule-from-panel-button.new-alert-rule', 'New alert rule')}
+      onClose={onClose}
+    >
+      <div className={styles.outer}>
+        <FormProvider {...methods}>
+          <RuleDefinitionSection type={RuleFormType.grafana} />
+          <div className={styles.divider} aria-hidden="true" />
+          <RuleConditionSection />
+          <div className={styles.divider} aria-hidden="true" />
+          <RuleNotificationSection />
+          <div className={styles.footer}>
+            <Stack direction="row" gap={1} alignItems="center" justifyContent="flex-end">
+              <Button
+                variant="secondary"
+                type="button"
+                onClick={() => {
+                  methods.reset(prefill ? { ...baseDefaults, ...prefill } : baseDefaults);
+                  onClose();
+                }}
+              >
+                {t('alerting.common.cancel', 'Cancel')}
+              </Button>
+              {onContinueInAlerting && (
+                <Button
+                  variant="secondary"
+                  type="button"
+                  onClick={() => {
+                    const currentValues = methods.getValues();
+                    onContinueInAlerting({
+                      ...currentValues,
+                      contactPoints: normalizeContactPoints(currentValues.contactPoints),
+                    });
+                    onClose();
+                  }}
+                >
+                  {t('alerting.simplified.continue-in-alerting', 'Continue in Alerting')}
+                </Button>
+              )}
+              <Button
+                variant="primary"
+                type="button"
+                onClick={methods.handleSubmit((values) => submit(values), onInvalid)}
+                disabled={methods.formState.isSubmitting}
+                icon={methods.formState.isSubmitting ? 'spinner' : undefined}
+              >
+                {t('alerting.simplified.create', 'Create')}
+              </Button>
+            </Stack>
+          </div>
+        </FormProvider>
+      </div>
+    </Drawer>
+  );
+}
+
+function getStyles(theme: GrafanaTheme2) {
+  return {
+    outer: css({
+      paddingLeft: theme.spacing(1),
+    }),
+    divider: css({
+      borderTop: `1px solid ${theme.colors.border.weak}`,
+      margin: `${theme.spacing(3)} 0`,
+      width: '100%',
+    }),
+    footer: css({
+      marginTop: theme.spacing(3),
+    }),
+  };
+}

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/RuleConditionSection.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
+
+import { GrafanaTheme2, ReducerID, SelectableValue, getNextRefId } from '@grafana/data';
+import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import {
+  Combobox,
+  ComboboxOption,
+  Icon,
+  InlineField,
+  InlineFieldRow,
+  Input,
+  Stack,
+  Text,
+  useStyles2,
+} from '@grafana/ui';
+import { EvalFunction } from 'app/features/alerting/state/alertDef';
+import { ThresholdSelect } from 'app/features/expressions/components/ThresholdSelect';
+import { ToLabel } from 'app/features/expressions/components/ToLabel';
+import { ExpressionQuery, ExpressionQueryType, reducerTypes, thresholdFunctions } from 'app/features/expressions/types';
+import { isRangeEvaluator } from 'app/features/expressions/utils/expressionTypes';
+import { AlertQuery } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
+
+import { RuleFormValues } from '../types/rule-form';
+
+import { EvaluationGroupFieldRow } from './rule-editor/EvaluationGroupFieldRow';
+
+const ExpressionDatasourceUID = '__expr__';
+
+type LocalSimpleCondition = { whenField?: string; evaluator: { params: number[]; type: EvalFunction } };
+
+// Helper function to create expression queries from simple condition
+function createExpressionQueries(
+  simpleCondition: LocalSimpleCondition,
+  dataQueries: AlertQuery[]
+): { reduce: AlertQuery; threshold: AlertQuery; condition: string } {
+  const lastDataQueryRefId = dataQueries[dataQueries.length - 1].refId;
+
+  // Always use the same refIds for expressions to keep them stable
+  const existingExpressions = dataQueries.filter((q) => q.datasourceUid === ExpressionDatasourceUID);
+  const reduceRefId = existingExpressions[0]?.refId || getNextRefId(dataQueries);
+
+  // Create a temporary query for threshold refId calculation
+  const tempQueries = [
+    ...dataQueries,
+    {
+      refId: reduceRefId,
+      datasourceUid: ExpressionDatasourceUID,
+      queryType: 'expression',
+      model: { refId: reduceRefId },
+    },
+  ];
+  const thresholdRefId = existingExpressions[1]?.refId || getNextRefId(tempQueries);
+
+  const reduceExpression: ExpressionQuery = {
+    refId: reduceRefId,
+    type: ExpressionQueryType.reduce,
+    datasource: { uid: ExpressionDatasourceUID, type: '__expr__' },
+    reducer: simpleCondition.whenField || ReducerID.last,
+    expression: lastDataQueryRefId,
+  };
+
+  const thresholdExpression: ExpressionQuery = {
+    refId: thresholdRefId,
+    type: ExpressionQueryType.threshold,
+    datasource: { uid: ExpressionDatasourceUID, type: '__expr__' },
+    conditions: [
+      {
+        type: 'query',
+        evaluator: {
+          params: simpleCondition.evaluator.params,
+          type: simpleCondition.evaluator.type,
+        },
+        operator: { type: 'and' },
+        query: { params: [thresholdRefId] },
+        reducer: { params: [], type: 'last' as const },
+      },
+    ],
+    expression: reduceRefId,
+  };
+
+  return {
+    reduce: {
+      refId: reduceRefId,
+      datasourceUid: ExpressionDatasourceUID,
+      queryType: 'expression',
+      model: reduceExpression,
+    },
+    threshold: {
+      refId: thresholdRefId,
+      datasourceUid: ExpressionDatasourceUID,
+      queryType: 'expression',
+      model: thresholdExpression,
+    },
+    condition: thresholdRefId,
+  };
+}
+
+export function RuleConditionSection() {
+  const base = useStyles2(getStyles);
+  const { watch, setValue } = useFormContext<RuleFormValues>();
+  const evaluateFor = watch('evaluateFor') || '0s';
+  const queries = watch('queries');
+  watch('folder');
+
+  const [simpleCondition, setSimpleCondition] = useState<LocalSimpleCondition>({
+    whenField: ReducerID.last,
+    evaluator: { params: [0], type: EvalFunction.IsAbove },
+  });
+
+  // Update expression queries whenever simpleCondition changes
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const dataQueries = queries.filter((q) => q.datasourceUid !== ExpressionDatasourceUID);
+    if (dataQueries.length === 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const { reduce, threshold, condition } = createExpressionQueries(simpleCondition, dataQueries);
+
+    setValue('queries', [...dataQueries, reduce, threshold], { shouldDirty: false, shouldValidate: false });
+    setValue('condition', condition, { shouldDirty: false, shouldValidate: false });
+  }, [simpleCondition, queries, setValue]);
+
+  const reducerOptions: Array<ComboboxOption<string>> = reducerTypes
+    .filter((o) => typeof o.value === 'string')
+    .map((o) => ({ value: o.value ?? '', label: o.label ?? String(o.value) }));
+
+  const onReducerTypeChange = (v: ComboboxOption<string> | null) => {
+    const value = v?.value ?? ReducerID.last;
+    setSimpleCondition((prev) => ({ ...prev, whenField: value }));
+  };
+  const isRange = isRangeEvaluator(simpleCondition.evaluator.type);
+  const thresholdFunction = thresholdFunctions.find((fn) => fn.value === simpleCondition.evaluator?.type);
+  const onEvalFunctionChange = (v: SelectableValue<EvalFunction>) => {
+    setSimpleCondition((prev) => ({
+      ...prev,
+      evaluator: { ...prev.evaluator, type: v.value ?? EvalFunction.IsAbove },
+    }));
+  };
+  const onEvaluateValueChange = (e: React.FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>, index = 0) => {
+    const value = parseFloat(e.currentTarget.value) || 0;
+    setSimpleCondition((prev) => ({
+      ...prev,
+      evaluator: {
+        ...prev.evaluator,
+        params: index === 0 ? [value, prev.evaluator.params[1]] : [prev.evaluator.params[0], value],
+      },
+    }));
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className={base.section}>
+      <div className={base.sectionHeaderRow}>
+        <div className={base.sectionHeader}>
+          {`2. `}
+          <Trans i18nKey="alerting.simplified.condition.title">Condition</Trans>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div>
+        <Stack direction="column" gap={2}>
+          <InlineFieldRow>
+            {simpleCondition.whenField && (
+              <InlineField label={t('alerting.simple-condition-editor.label-when', 'WHEN')}>
+                <Combobox
+                  options={reducerOptions}
+                  value={simpleCondition.whenField}
+                  onChange={onReducerTypeChange}
+                  width={20}
+                  aria-label={t('alerting.simple-condition-editor.aria-label-reducer', 'Select reducer function')}
+                />
+              </InlineField>
+            )}
+            <InlineField
+              label={
+                simpleCondition.whenField
+                  ? t('alerting.simple-condition-editor.label-of-query', 'OF QUERY')
+                  : t('alerting.simple-condition-editor.label-when-query', 'WHEN QUERY')
+              }
+            >
+              <Stack direction="row" gap={1} alignItems="center">
+                <ThresholdSelect onChange={onEvalFunctionChange} value={thresholdFunction} />
+                {isRange ? (
+                  <>
+                    <Input
+                      type="number"
+                      width={10}
+                      key={simpleCondition.evaluator.params[0]}
+                      defaultValue={simpleCondition.evaluator.params[0] ?? ''}
+                      onBlur={(event) => onEvaluateValueChange(event, 0)}
+                    />
+                    <ToLabel />
+                    <Input
+                      type="number"
+                      width={10}
+                      key={simpleCondition.evaluator.params[1]}
+                      defaultValue={simpleCondition.evaluator.params[1] ?? ''}
+                      onBlur={(event) => onEvaluateValueChange(event, 1)}
+                    />
+                  </>
+                ) : (
+                  <Input
+                    type="number"
+                    width={10}
+                    key={simpleCondition.evaluator.params[0]}
+                    defaultValue={simpleCondition.evaluator.params[0] ?? ''}
+                    onBlur={(event) => onEvaluateValueChange(event, 0)}
+                  />
+                )}
+              </Stack>
+            </InlineField>
+          </InlineFieldRow>
+
+          <EvaluationGroupFieldRow enableProvisionedGroups={false} />
+
+          {evaluateFor === '0s' && (
+            <Stack direction="row" gap={0.5} alignItems="center">
+              <Icon name="exclamation-triangle" />
+              <Text variant="bodySmall" color="secondary">
+                <Trans i18nKey="alerting.simplified.evaluation.immediate-warning">
+                  Immediate firing might lead to unnecessary alerts being sent for temporary issues
+                </Trans>
+              </Text>
+            </Stack>
+          )}
+        </Stack>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function getStyles(theme: GrafanaTheme2) {
+  return {
+    section: css({ width: '100%' }),
+    sectionHeaderRow: css({
+      display: 'flex',
+      alignItems: 'center',
+      gap: theme.spacing(1),
+      marginBottom: theme.spacing(1),
+    }),
+    sectionHeader: css({
+      fontWeight: theme.typography.fontWeightRegular,
+      fontSize: theme.typography.h4.fontSize,
+      lineHeight: theme.typography.h4.lineHeight,
+    }),
+    paragraphRow: css({ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', flexWrap: 'wrap', gap: theme.spacing(1) }),
+    inlineField: css({ display: 'inline-flex' }),
+  };
+}

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/RuleDefinitionSection.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
+
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
+import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { Field, Input, Stack, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+import { RuleFormType, RuleFormValues } from '../types/rule-form';
+import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from '../utils/datasource';
+import { isCloudRecordingRuleByType, isGrafanaManagedRuleByType, isRecordingRuleByType } from '../utils/rules';
+
+import { FolderSelectorV2 } from './rule-editor/FolderSelectorV2';
+import { LabelsEditorModal } from './rule-editor/labels/LabelsEditorModal';
+import { LabelsFieldInFormV2 } from './rule-editor/labels/LabelsFieldInFormV2';
+
+export function RuleDefinitionSection({ type }: { type: RuleFormType }) {
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+  const {
+    register,
+    formState: { errors },
+    setValue,
+    getValues,
+  } = useFormContext<RuleFormValues>();
+  const [showLabelsEditor, setShowLabelsEditor] = useState(false);
+
+  const isRecording = isRecordingRuleByType(type);
+  const isCloudRecordingRule = isCloudRecordingRuleByType(type);
+  const namePlaceholder = isRecording ? 'recording rule' : 'alert rule';
+
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.section}>
+      <div className={styles.sectionHeaderRow}>
+        <div className={styles.sectionHeader}>
+          {`1. `}
+          <Trans i18nKey="alerting.simplified.rule-definition">Rule Definition</Trans>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <div>
+        <Stack direction="column" gap={2}>
+          <Field
+            noMargin
+            label={
+              <span className={styles.nameLabel}>
+                <Trans i18nKey="alerting.alert-rule-name-and-metric.label-name">Name</Trans>
+              </span>
+            }
+            error={errors?.name?.message}
+            invalid={!!errors.name?.message}
+          >
+            <Input
+              data-testid={selectors.components.AlertRules.ruleNameField}
+              id="name"
+              width={38}
+              {...register('name', {
+                required: {
+                  value: true,
+                  message: t('alerting.alert-rule-name-and-metric.message.must-enter-a-name', 'Must enter a name'),
+                },
+                pattern: isCloudRecordingRule
+                  ? {
+                      value: /^[a-zA-Z_:][a-zA-Z0-9_:]*$/,
+                      message: t(
+                        'alerting.alert-rule-name-and-metric.recording-rule-pattern',
+                        'Recording rule name must be valid metric name. It may only contain letters, numbers, and colons. It may not contain whitespace.'
+                      ),
+                    }
+                  : undefined,
+              })}
+              aria-label={t('alerting.alert-rule-name-and-metric.aria-label-name', 'name')}
+              placeholder={t(
+                'alerting.alert-rule-name-and-metric.placeholder-name',
+                'Give your {{namePlaceholder}} a name',
+                { namePlaceholder }
+              )}
+            />
+          </Field>
+
+          {isGrafanaManagedRuleByType(type) && (
+            <>
+              <FolderSelectorV2 />
+              <LabelsFieldInFormV2 onEditClick={() => setShowLabelsEditor(true)} />
+              <LabelsEditorModal
+                isOpen={showLabelsEditor}
+                onClose={(labelsToUpdate) => {
+                  if (labelsToUpdate) {
+                    const filtered = labelsToUpdate.filter(
+                      (l) => (l?.key ?? '').length > 0 || (l?.value ?? '').length > 0
+                    );
+                    setValue('labels', filtered, { shouldDirty: true, shouldValidate: true });
+                  }
+                  setShowLabelsEditor(false);
+                }}
+                dataSourceName={GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME}
+                initialLabels={getValues('labels')}
+              />
+            </>
+          )}
+        </Stack>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function getStyles(theme: GrafanaTheme2) {
+  return {
+    section: css({ width: '100%' }),
+    sectionHeaderRow: css({
+      display: 'flex',
+      alignItems: 'center',
+      gap: theme.spacing(1),
+      marginBottom: theme.spacing(1),
+    }),
+    sectionHeader: css({
+      fontWeight: theme.typography.fontWeightRegular,
+      fontSize: theme.typography.h4.fontSize,
+      lineHeight: theme.typography.h4.lineHeight,
+    }),
+    nameLabel: css({
+      fontSize: theme.typography.bodySmall.fontSize,
+      fontWeight: 500,
+    }),
+  };
+}

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/RuleNotificationSection.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,302 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import { useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
+import { useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
+
+import { notificationsAPIv0alpha1 } from '@grafana/alerting/unstable';
+import type { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import {
+  Button,
+  Combobox,
+  ComboboxOption,
+  Field,
+  Input,
+  Label,
+  RadioButtonGroup,
+  Stack,
+  Text,
+  TextArea,
+  TextLink,
+  useStyles2,
+} from '@grafana/ui';
+import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
+
+import { RuleFormValues } from '../types/rule-form';
+import { Annotation } from '../utils/constants';
+
+import { NeedHelpInfoForNotificationPolicy } from './rule-editor/NotificationsStep';
+
+// Centralized form path for selected contact point
+const CONTACT_POINT_PATH = 'contactPoints.grafana.selectedContactPoint' as const;
+
+export function RuleNotificationSection() {
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+  const notifyApp = useAppNotification();
+
+  const { watch, setValue } = useFormContext<RuleFormValues>();
+  const manualRouting = watch('manualRouting');
+  const useNotificationPolicy = !manualRouting;
+  const selectedContactPoint = watch(CONTACT_POINT_PATH);
+  const annotations = watch('annotations');
+
+  // Fetch contact points from Alerting API v0alpha1
+  const { currentData, status, refetch } = notificationsAPIv0alpha1.endpoints.listReceiver.useQuery({});
+  const options = useMemo<Array<ComboboxOption<string>>>(
+    () =>
+      (currentData?.items ?? []).map((item) => ({
+        value: item?.spec?.title ?? '',
+        label: item?.spec?.title ?? '',
+      })),
+    [currentData]
+  );
+
+  // Helper functions to get and set annotation values
+  const getAnnotationValue = useCallback(
+    (key: string) => {
+      return annotations.find((a) => a.key === key)?.value ?? '';
+    },
+    [annotations]
+  );
+
+  const updateAnnotationValue = useCallback(
+    (key: string, value: string) => {
+      const updatedAnnotations = [...annotations];
+      const index = updatedAnnotations.findIndex((a) => a.key === key);
+
+      if (index >= 0) {
+        updatedAnnotations[index] = { key, value };
+      } else {
+        updatedAnnotations.push({ key, value });
+      }
+
+      setValue('annotations', updatedAnnotations, { shouldDirty: true, shouldValidate: true });
+    },
+    [annotations, setValue]
+  );
+
+  const summaryValue = getAnnotationValue(Annotation.summary);
+  const descriptionValue = getAnnotationValue(Annotation.description);
+  const runbookUrlValue = getAnnotationValue(Annotation.runbookURL);
+
+  const recipientLabelId = 'recipient-label';
+
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.section}>
+      <div className={styles.sectionHeaderRow}>
+        <div className={styles.sectionHeader}>
+          {`3. `}
+          <Trans i18nKey="alerting.simplified.notification.title">Notification</Trans>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div>
+        <Stack direction="column" gap={2}>
+          <Stack direction="column" gap={1}>
+            <Stack direction="column" gap={1}>
+              <Stack direction="row" alignItems="end" justifyContent="space-between" gap={1}>
+                <Label htmlFor={recipientLabelId}>
+                  <span id={recipientLabelId}>
+                    {t('alerting.simplified.notification.recipient.label', 'Recipient')}
+                  </span>
+                </Label>
+                <div className={styles.manualRoutingInline}>
+                  <RadioButtonGroup
+                    size="sm"
+                    options={[
+                      {
+                        label: t(
+                          'alerting.manual-and-automatic-routing.routing-options.label.contact-point',
+                          'Contact point'
+                        ),
+                        value: 'contact',
+                      },
+                      {
+                        label: t(
+                          'alerting.manual-and-automatic-routing.routing-options.label.notification-policy',
+                          'Notification policy'
+                        ),
+                        value: 'policy',
+                      },
+                    ]}
+                    value={manualRouting ? 'contact' : 'policy'}
+                    onChange={(val: 'contact' | 'policy') => {
+                      const next = val === 'contact';
+                      setValue('manualRouting', next, { shouldDirty: true, shouldValidate: true });
+                      setValue('editorSettings.simplifiedNotificationEditor', next, {
+                        shouldDirty: true,
+                        shouldValidate: true,
+                      });
+                    }}
+                    aria-label={t('alerting.simplified.notification.manual-routing.aria', 'Toggle manual routing')}
+                  />
+                </div>
+              </Stack>
+              <Text variant="bodySmall" color="secondary">
+                {useNotificationPolicy ? (
+                  <Trans i18nKey="alerting.simplified.notification.policy-selected">
+                    Notifications for firing alerts are routed to contact points based on matching labels and the
+                    notification policy tree.
+                  </Trans>
+                ) : (
+                  <Trans i18nKey="alerting.simplified.notification.contact-point-selected">
+                    Notifications for firing alerts are routed to a selected contact point.
+                  </Trans>
+                )}
+              </Text>
+            </Stack>
+            {useNotificationPolicy ? (
+              <div className={styles.contentTopSpacer}>
+                <NeedHelpInfoForNotificationPolicy />
+              </div>
+            ) : (
+              <div className={styles.contentTopSpacer}>
+                <Stack direction="row" gap={1} alignItems="center">
+                  <Combobox<ComboboxOption<string>['value']>
+                    options={options}
+                    value={
+                      selectedContactPoint ? (options.find((o) => o.value === selectedContactPoint) ?? null) : null
+                    }
+                    onChange={(opt) =>
+                      setValue(CONTACT_POINT_PATH, opt?.value ?? '', {
+                        shouldDirty: true,
+                        shouldValidate: true,
+                      })
+                    }
+                    width={30}
+                    placeholder={t(
+                      'alerting.simplified.notification.select-contact-point',
+                      'Select a contact point...'
+                    )}
+                    isClearable
+                    data-testid="contact-point"
+                    loading={status === 'pending'}
+                  />
+                  <Button
+                    icon="sync"
+                    variant="secondary"
+                    fill="text"
+                    size="sm"
+                    aria-label={t('alerting.common.refresh', 'Refresh')}
+                    onClick={async () => {
+                      try {
+                        await refetch();
+                      } catch (error) {
+                        notifyApp.error(
+                          t('alerting.simplified.notification.refresh-error', 'Failed to refresh contact points')
+                        );
+                      }
+                    }}
+                  />
+                  <TextLink
+                    href={'/alerting/notifications'}
+                    aria-label={t(
+                      'alerting.link-to-contact-points.aria-label-view-or-create-contact-points',
+                      'View or create contact points'
+                    )}
+                  >
+                    <Trans i18nKey="alerting.link-to-contact-points.view-or-create-contact-points">
+                      View or create contact points
+                    </Trans>
+                  </TextLink>
+                </Stack>
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </Stack>
+
+          <Field label={t('alerting.simplified.notification.summary.label', 'Summary (optional)')} noMargin>
+            <TextArea
+              id="summary-text-area"
+              value={summaryValue}
+              onChange={(e) => updateAnnotationValue(Annotation.summary, e.currentTarget.value)}
+              placeholder={t(
+                'alerting.simplified.notification.summary.placeholder',
+                'Enter a summary of what happened and why…'
+              )}
+              aria-label={t('alerting.simplified.notification.summary.aria-label', 'Summary')}
+            />
+          </Field>
+
+          <Field label={t('alerting.simplified.notification.description.label', 'Description (optional)')} noMargin>
+            <TextArea
+              id="description-text-area"
+              value={descriptionValue}
+              onChange={(e) => updateAnnotationValue(Annotation.description, e.currentTarget.value)}
+              placeholder={t(
+                'alerting.simplified.notification.description.placeholder',
+                'Enter a description of what the alert rule does…'
+              )}
+              aria-label={t('alerting.simplified.notification.description.aria-label', 'Description')}
+            />
+          </Field>
+
+          <Field label={t('alerting.simplified.notification.runbook-url.label', 'Runbook URL (optional)')} noMargin>
+            <Input
+              id="runbook-url-input"
+              type="url"
+              value={runbookUrlValue}
+              onChange={(e) => {
+                const value = e.currentTarget.value;
+                updateAnnotationValue(Annotation.runbookURL, value);
+              }}
+              onBlur={(e) => {
+                const value = e.currentTarget.value.trim();
+                // Validate URL on blur
+                if (value && value !== '') {
+                  try {
+                    const url = new URL(value);
+                    // Reject dangerous URL schemes
+                    if (url.protocol === 'javascript:' || url.protocol === 'data:' || url.protocol === 'vbscript:') {
+                      notifyApp.error(
+                        t(
+                          'alerting.simplified.notification.runbook-url.invalid-protocol',
+                          'Invalid URL protocol. Please use http or https.'
+                        )
+                      );
+                    }
+                  } catch {
+                    notifyApp.warning(
+                      t(
+                        'alerting.simplified.notification.runbook-url.invalid-format',
+                        'Invalid URL format. Please enter a valid URL.'
+                      )
+                    );
+                  }
+                }
+              }}
+              placeholder={t(
+                'alerting.simplified.notification.runbook-url.placeholder',
+                'Enter the webpage where you keep your runbook for the alert…'
+              )}
+              aria-label={t('alerting.simplified.notification.runbook-url.aria-label', 'Runbook URL')}
+            />
+          </Field>
+        </Stack>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function getStyles(theme: GrafanaTheme2) {
+  return {
+    section: css({ width: '100%' }),
+    sectionHeaderRow: css({
+      display: 'flex',
+      alignItems: 'center',
+      gap: theme.spacing(1),
+      marginBottom: theme.spacing(1),
+    }),
+    sectionHeader: css({
+      fontWeight: theme.typography.fontWeightRegular,
+      fontSize: theme.typography.h4.fontSize,
+      lineHeight: theme.typography.h4.lineHeight,
+    }),
+    contentTopSpacer: css({ marginTop: theme.spacing(0.5) }),
+    manualRoutingInline: css({
+      display: 'inline-flex',
+      alignItems: 'center',
+      gap: theme.spacing(0.5),
+      whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
+      maxWidth: '100%',
+    }),
+  };
+}

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/create-folder/CreateNewFolder.tsx

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ export const CreateNewFolder = ({ onCreate }: { onCreate: (folder: Folder) => vo
         onClick={() => setIsCreatingFolder(true)}
         type="button"
         icon="plus"
-        fill="outline"
         variant="secondary"
+        size="sm"
         disabled={!contextSrv.hasPermission(AccessControlAction.FoldersCreate)}
       >
         <Trans i18nKey="alerting.create-new-folder.new-folder">New folder</Trans>

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/panel-alerts-tab/NewRuleFromPanelButton.test.tsx

@@ -24,6 +24,20 @@ jest.mock('react-use', () => ({
   useAsync: () => ({ loading: false, value: {} }),
 }));
 
+jest.mock('@grafana/runtime', () => ({
+  ...jest.requireActual('@grafana/runtime'),
+  config: {
+    ...jest.requireActual('@grafana/runtime').config,
+    featureToggles: {
+      createAlertRuleFromPanel: true,
+    },
+  },
+}));
+
+jest.mock('../../components/AlertRuleDrawerForm', () => ({
+  AlertRuleDrawerForm: () => null,
+}));
+
 describe('Analytics', () => {
   it('Sends log info when creating an alert rule from a panel', async () => {
     const panel = new PanelModel({

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/panel-alerts-tab/NewRuleFromPanelButton.tsx

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
+import { useState } from 'react';
 import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom-v5-compat';
 import { useAsync } from 'react-use';
 
-import { urlUtil } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
-import { Alert, Button, LinkButton } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Alert, Button } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { DashboardModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardModel';
 import { PanelModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state/PanelModel';
 import { useSelector } from 'app/types/store';
 
 import { LogMessages, logInfo } from '../../Analytics';
+import { AlertRuleDrawerForm } from '../../components/AlertRuleDrawerForm';
+import { createPanelAlertRuleNavigation } from '../../utils/navigation';
 import { panelToRuleFormValues } from '../../utils/rule-form';
 
 interface Props {
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ export const NewRuleFromPanelButton = ({ dashboard, panel, className }: Props) =
     // Templating variables are required to update formValues on each variable's change. It's used implicitly by the templating engine
     [panel, dashboard, templating]
   );
+  const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false);
 
   if (loading) {
     return (
@@ -54,20 +57,30 @@ export const NewRuleFromPanelButton = ({ dashboard, panel, className }: Props) =
     );
   }
 
-  const ruleFormUrl = urlUtil.renderUrl('alerting/new', {
-    defaults: JSON.stringify(formValues),
-    returnTo: location.pathname + location.search,
-  });
+  const { onContinueInAlertingFromDrawer } = createPanelAlertRuleNavigation(
+    () => panelToRuleFormValues(panel, dashboard),
+    location
+  );
 
   return (
-    <LinkButton
-      icon="bell"
-      onClick={() => logInfo(LogMessages.alertRuleFromPanel)}
-      href={ruleFormUrl}
-      className={className}
-      data-testid="create-alert-rule-button"
-    >
-      <Trans i18nKey="alerting.new-rule-from-panel-button.new-alert-rule">New alert rule</Trans>
-    </LinkButton>
+    <>
+      <Button
+        icon="bell"
+        className={className}
+        data-testid="create-alert-rule-button-drawer"
+        onClick={() => {
+          logInfo(LogMessages.alertRuleFromPanel);
+          setIsOpen(true);
+        }}
+      >
+        <Trans i18nKey="alerting.new-rule-from-panel-button.new-alert-rule">New alert rule</Trans>
+      </Button>
+      <AlertRuleDrawerForm
+        isOpen={isOpen}
+        onClose={() => setIsOpen(false)}
+        onContinueInAlerting={onContinueInAlertingFromDrawer}
+        prefill={formValues ?? undefined}
+      />
+    </>
   );
 };

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/EvaluationGroupFieldRow.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import { useId, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { Controller, useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
+
+import { GrafanaTheme2, SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
+import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { Box, Button, Field, Select, Stack, Text, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { RulerRuleGroupDTO } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
+
+import { useFetchGroupsForFolder } from '../../hooks/useFetchGroupsForFolder';
+import { DEFAULT_GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL } from '../../rule-editor/formDefaults';
+import { RuleFormValues } from '../../types/rule-form';
+import { isProvisionedRuleGroup } from '../../utils/rules';
+import { ProvisioningBadge } from '../Provisioning';
+
+import { EvaluationGroupCreationModal } from './GrafanaEvaluationBehavior';
+
+export type GroupOption = SelectableValue<string> & { isProvisioned?: boolean };
+
+export function EvaluationGroupFieldRow({ enableProvisionedGroups }: { enableProvisionedGroups: boolean }) {
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+  const groupInputId = useId();
+
+  const {
+    watch,
+    setValue,
+    getValues,
+    formState: { errors },
+    control,
+  } = useFormContext<RuleFormValues>();
+
+  const [group, folder] = watch(['group', 'folder']);
+  const { currentData: rulerNamespace, isLoading: loadingGroups } = useFetchGroupsForFolder(folder?.uid ?? '');
+
+  const collator = useMemo(() => new Intl.Collator(), []);
+  const groupOptions = useMemo<GroupOption[]>(() => {
+    if (!rulerNamespace) {
+      return [];
+    }
+    const folderGroups = Object.values(rulerNamespace).flat();
+    return folderGroups
+      .map<GroupOption>((g: RulerRuleGroupDTO) => {
+        const provisioned = isProvisionedRuleGroup(g);
+        return {
+          label: g.name,
+          value: g.name,
+          description: g.interval ?? DEFAULT_GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL,
+          isDisabled: !enableProvisionedGroups ? provisioned : false,
+          isProvisioned: provisioned,
+        };
+      })
+      .sort((a, b) => collator.compare(a.label ?? '', b.label ?? ''));
+  }, [collator, enableProvisionedGroups, rulerNamespace]);
+
+  const defaultGroupValue = group ? { value: group, label: group } : undefined;
+
+  const [isCreatingEvaluationGroup, setIsCreatingEvaluationGroup] = useState(false);
+  const onOpenEvaluationGroupCreationModal = () => setIsCreatingEvaluationGroup(true);
+
+  const handleEvalGroupCreation = (groupName: string, evaluationInterval: string) => {
+    setValue('group', groupName);
+    setValue('evaluateEvery', evaluationInterval);
+    setIsCreatingEvaluationGroup(false);
+  };
+
+  const label = !folder?.uid
+    ? t(
+        'alerting.rule-form.evaluation.select-folder-before',
+        'Select a folder before setting evaluation group and interval'
+      )
+    : t('alerting.rule-form.evaluation.evaluation-group-and-interval', 'Evaluation group and interval');
+
+  return (
+    <Stack alignItems="end">
+      <div className={styles.formContainer}>
+        <Field
+          noMargin
+          label={label}
+          data-testid="group-picker"
+          className={styles.formInput}
+          error={errors.group?.message}
+          invalid={!!errors.group?.message}
+          htmlFor="group"
+        >
+          <Controller
+            render={({ field: { ref, ...field }, fieldState }) => (
+              <Select
+                disabled={!folder?.uid || loadingGroups}
+                inputId={groupInputId}
+                {...field}
+                onChange={(group) => {
+                  field.onChange(group.label ?? '');
+                }}
+                isLoading={loadingGroups}
+                invalid={Boolean(folder?.uid) && !group && Boolean(fieldState.error)}
+                cacheOptions
+                loadingMessage={t(
+                  'alerting.grafana-evaluation-behavior-step.loadingMessage-loading-groups',
+                  'Loading groups...'
+                )}
+                defaultValue={defaultGroupValue}
+                options={groupOptions}
+                getOptionLabel={(option: GroupOption) => (
+                  <div>
+                    <span>{option.label}</span>
+                    {option.isProvisioned && (
+                      <>
+                        {' '}
+                        <ProvisioningBadge />
+                      </>
+                    )}
+                  </div>
+                )}
+                placeholder={t(
+                  'alerting.grafana-evaluation-behavior-step.placeholder-select-an-evaluation-group',
+                  'Select an evaluation group...'
+                )}
+              />
+            )}
+            name="group"
+            control={control}
+            rules={{
+              required: {
+                value: true,
+                message: t(
+                  'alerting.grafana-evaluation-behavior-step.message.must-enter-a-group-name',
+                  'Must enter a group name'
+                ),
+              },
+            }}
+          />
+        </Field>
+      </div>
+      <Box gap={1} display={'flex'} alignItems={'center'}>
+        <Text color="secondary">
+          <Trans i18nKey="alerting.grafana-evaluation-behavior-step.or">or</Trans>
+        </Text>
+        <Button
+          onClick={onOpenEvaluationGroupCreationModal}
+          type="button"
+          icon="plus"
+          fill="outline"
+          variant="secondary"
+          disabled={!folder?.uid}
+          data-testid={'new-evaluation-group-button'}
+        >
+          <Trans i18nKey="alerting.rule-form.evaluation.new-group">New evaluation group</Trans>
+        </Button>
+      </Box>
+      {isCreatingEvaluationGroup && (
+        <EvaluationGroupCreationModal
+          onCreate={handleEvalGroupCreation}
+          onClose={() => setIsCreatingEvaluationGroup(false)}
+          groupfoldersForGrafana={rulerNamespace}
+        />
+      )}
+      {getValues('group') && getValues('evaluateEvery') && (
+        <div className={styles.evaluationContainer}>
+          <Stack direction="column" gap={0}>
+            <div className={styles.marginTop}>
+              <Stack direction="column" gap={1}>
+                <Trans
+                  i18nKey="alerting.rule-form.evaluation.group-text"
+                  values={{ evaluateEvery: getValues('evaluateEvery') }}
+                >
+                  All rules in the selected group are evaluated every {{ evaluateEvery: getValues('evaluateEvery') }}.
+                </Trans>
+              </Stack>
+            </div>
+          </Stack>
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </Stack>
+  );
+}
+
+function getStyles(theme: GrafanaTheme2) {
+  return {
+    formContainer: css({
+      width: '100%',
+      maxWidth: theme.breakpoints.values.sm,
+    }),
+    formInput: css({
+      flexGrow: 1,
+    }),
+    evaluationContainer: css({
+      color: theme.colors.text.secondary,
+      maxWidth: `${theme.breakpoints.values.sm}px`,
+      fontSize: theme.typography.size.sm,
+    }),
+    marginTop: css({
+      marginTop: theme.spacing(1),
+    }),
+  };
+}

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/EvaluationGroupQuickPick.tsx

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { Button, Stack } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 import { formatPrometheusDuration, parsePrometheusDuration, safeParsePrometheusDuration } from '../../utils/time';
 
-const MIN_INTERVAl = config.unifiedAlerting.minInterval ?? '10s';
+const MIN_INTERVAl = config.unifiedAlerting?.minInterval ?? '10s';
 export const getEvaluationGroupOptions = (minInterval = MIN_INTERVAl) => {
   const MIN_OPTIONS_TO_SHOW = 8;
   const DEFAULT_INTERVAL_OPTIONS: number[] = [

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/FolderSelectorV2.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import { useCallback } from 'react';
+import { Controller, useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
+
+import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { Field, Icon, Label, Stack, Tooltip } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { NestedFolderPicker } from 'app/core/components/NestedFolderPicker/NestedFolderPicker';
+
+import { Folder, RuleFormValues } from '../../types/rule-form';
+import { CreateNewFolder } from '../create-folder/CreateNewFolder';
+
+export function FolderSelectorV2() {
+  const {
+    formState: { errors },
+    setValue,
+    watch,
+  } = useFormContext<RuleFormValues>();
+
+  const resetGroup = useCallback(() => {
+    setValue('group', '');
+  }, [setValue]);
+
+  const folder = watch('folder');
+
+  const handleFolderCreation = (folder: Folder) => {
+    resetGroup();
+    setValue('folder', folder);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Stack alignItems="center">
+      {
+        <Field
+          noMargin
+          label={
+            <Label
+              htmlFor="folder"
+              description={t(
+                'alerting.folder-selector.description-select-folder',
+                'Select a folder to store your rule in.'
+              )}
+            >
+              <Stack direction="row" alignItems="center" gap={0.5}>
+                <Trans i18nKey="alerting.rule-form.folder.label">Folder</Trans>
+                <Tooltip
+                  content={t(
+                    'alerting.rule-form.folders.help-info',
+                    'Folders are used for storing alert rules. You can extend the access provided by a role to alert rules and assign permissions to individual folders.'
+                  )}
+                >
+                  <Icon name="info-circle" size="sm" />
+                </Tooltip>
+              </Stack>
+            </Label>
+          }
+          error={errors.folder?.message}
+          data-testid="folder-picker"
+        >
+          <Stack direction="column" alignItems="flex-start" gap={1}>
+            <Controller
+              render={({ field: { ref, ...field } }) => (
+                <div style={{ width: 420 }}>
+                  <NestedFolderPicker
+                    permission="view"
+                    showRootFolder={false}
+                    invalid={!!errors.folder?.message}
+                    {...field}
+                    value={folder?.uid}
+                    onChange={(uid, title) => {
+                      if (uid && title) {
+                        setValue('folder', { title, uid });
+                      } else {
+                        setValue('folder', undefined);
+                      }
+
+                      resetGroup();
+                    }}
+                  />
+                </div>
+              )}
+              name="folder"
+              rules={{
+                required: {
+                  value: true,
+                  message: t('alerting.folder-selector.message.select-a-folder', 'Select a folder'),
+                },
+              }}
+            />
+            <CreateNewFolder onCreate={handleFolderCreation} />
+          </Stack>
+        </Field>
+      }
+    </Stack>
+  );
+}

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/GrafanaEvaluationBehavior.tsx

@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ export function GrafanaEvaluationBehaviorStep({
   );
 }
 
-function EvaluationGroupCreationModal({
+export function EvaluationGroupCreationModal({
   onClose,
   onCreate,
   groupfoldersForGrafana,

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/NotificationsStep.tsx

@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ function AutomaticRooting({ alertUid }: AutomaticRootingProps) {
 }
 
 // Auxiliar components to build the texts and descriptions in the NotificationsStep
-function NeedHelpInfoForNotificationPolicy() {
+export function NeedHelpInfoForNotificationPolicy() {
   return (
     <NeedHelpInfo
       contentText={

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/simplifiedRouting/__snapshots__/SimplifiedRuleEditor.test.tsx.snap

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ exports[`Can create a new grafana managed alert using simplified routing can cre
                   "refId": "B",
                   "type": "reduce",
                 },
-                "queryType": "",
+                "queryType": "expression",
                 "refId": "B",
               },
               {
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ exports[`Can create a new grafana managed alert using simplified routing can cre
                         "type": "and",
                       },
                       "query": {
-                        "params": [],
+                        "params": [
+                          "C",
+                        ],
                       },
                       "reducer": {
                         "params": [],
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ exports[`Can create a new grafana managed alert using simplified routing can cre
                   "refId": "C",
                   "type": "threshold",
                 },
-                "queryType": "",
+                "queryType": "expression",
                 "refId": "C",
               },
             ],
@@ -263,7 +265,7 @@ exports[`Can create a new grafana managed alert using simplified routing switch
                   "refId": "B",
                   "type": "reduce",
                 },
-                "queryType": "",
+                "queryType": "expression",
                 "refId": "B",
               },
               {
@@ -281,7 +283,9 @@ exports[`Can create a new grafana managed alert using simplified routing switch
                         "type": "and",
                       },
                       "query": {
-                        "params": [],
+                        "params": [
+                          "C",
+                        ],
                       },
                       "reducer": {
                         "params": [],
@@ -298,7 +302,7 @@ exports[`Can create a new grafana managed alert using simplified routing switch
                   "refId": "C",
                   "type": "threshold",
                 },
-                "queryType": "",
+                "queryType": "expression",
                 "refId": "C",
               },
             ],
@@ -432,7 +436,7 @@ exports[`Can create a new grafana managed alert using simplified routing switch
                   "refId": "B",
                   "type": "reduce",
                 },
-                "queryType": "",
+                "queryType": "expression",
                 "refId": "B",
               },
               {
@@ -450,7 +454,9 @@ exports[`Can create a new grafana managed alert using simplified routing switch
                         "type": "and",
                       },
                       "query": {
-                        "params": [],
+                        "params": [
+                          "C",
+                        ],
                       },
                       "reducer": {
                         "params": [],
@@ -467,7 +473,7 @@ exports[`Can create a new grafana managed alert using simplified routing switch
                   "refId": "C",
                   "type": "threshold",
                 },
-                "queryType": "",
+                "queryType": "expression",
                 "refId": "C",
               },
             ],
@@ -604,7 +610,7 @@ exports[`Can create a new grafana managed alert using simplified routing switch
                   "refId": "B",
                   "type": "reduce",
                 },
-                "queryType": "",
+                "queryType": "expression",
                 "refId": "B",
               },
               {
@@ -622,7 +628,9 @@ exports[`Can create a new grafana managed alert using simplified routing switch
                         "type": "and",
                       },
                       "query": {
-                        "params": [],
+                        "params": [
+                          "C",
+                        ],
                       },
                       "reducer": {
                         "params": [],
@@ -639,7 +647,7 @@ exports[`Can create a new grafana managed alert using simplified routing switch
                   "refId": "C",
                   "type": "threshold",
                 },
-                "queryType": "",
+                "queryType": "expression",
                 "refId": "C",
               },
             ],
@@ -773,7 +781,7 @@ exports[`Can create a new grafana managed alert using simplified routing switch
                   "refId": "B",
                   "type": "reduce",
                 },
-                "queryType": "",
+                "queryType": "expression",
                 "refId": "B",
               },
               {
@@ -791,7 +799,9 @@ exports[`Can create a new grafana managed alert using simplified routing switch
                         "type": "and",
                       },
                       "query": {
-                        "params": [],
+                        "params": [
+                          "C",
+                        ],
                       },
                       "reducer": {
                         "params": [],
@@ -808,7 +818,7 @@ exports[`Can create a new grafana managed alert using simplified routing switch
                   "refId": "C",
                   "type": "threshold",
                 },
-                "queryType": "",
+                "queryType": "expression",
                 "refId": "C",
               },
             ],

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/simplifiedRouting/contactPoint/ContactPointSelector.tsx

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export function ContactPointSelector({ alertManager }: ContactPointSelectorProps
     </Stack>
   );
 }
-function LinkToContactPoints() {
+export function LinkToContactPoints() {
   const hrefToContactPoints = '/alerting/notifications';
   return (
     <TextLink

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/labels/LabelsField.tsx

@@ -39,11 +39,12 @@ function mapLabelsToOptions(
 }
 
 export interface LabelsInRuleProps {
-  labels: Array<{ key: string; value: string }>;
+  labels: Array<{ key: string; value: string }> | undefined | null;
 }
 
 export const LabelsInRule = ({ labels }: LabelsInRuleProps) => {
-  const labelsObj: Record<string, string> = labels.reduce((acc: Record<string, string>, label) => {
+  const safeLabels = Array.isArray(labels) ? labels : [];
+  const labelsObj: Record<string, string> = safeLabels.reduce((acc: Record<string, string>, label) => {
     if (label.key) {
       acc[label.key] = label.value;
     }

public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/labels/LabelsFieldInFormV2.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import { useFormContext, useWatch } from 'react-hook-form';
+
+import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { Button, Field, Stack, Text } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+import { AIImproveLabelsButtonComponent } from '../../../enterprise-components/AI/AIGenImproveLabelsButton/addAIImproveLabelsButton';
+import { RuleFormValues } from '../../../types/rule-form';
+import { isGrafanaManagedRuleByType, isRecordingRuleByType } from '../../../utils/rules';
+
+import { LabelsInRule } from './LabelsField';
+
+interface LabelsFieldInFormProps {
+  onEditClick: () => void;
+}
+export function LabelsFieldInFormV2({ onEditClick }: LabelsFieldInFormProps) {
+  const { control, watch } = useFormContext<RuleFormValues>();
+
+  // Subscribe to label changes so UI updates when modal saves
+  const labels = useWatch({ control, name: 'labels' }) ?? [];
+  const type = watch('type');
+
+  const isRecordingRule = type ? isRecordingRuleByType(type) : false;
+  const isGrafanaManaged = type ? isGrafanaManagedRuleByType(type) : false;
+
+  const text = isRecordingRule
+    ? t('alerting.alertform.labels.recording', 'Add labels to your rule.')
+    : t(
+        'alerting.alertform.labels.alerting',
+        'Add labels to your rule for searching, silencing, or routing to a notification policy.'
+      );
+
+  const hasLabels = Array.isArray(labels) && labels.length > 0 && labels.some((label) => label?.key || label?.value);
+
+  return (
+    <Field
+      noMargin
+      label={
+        <Stack direction="row" alignItems="center" gap={0.5}>
+          <Text variant="bodySmall">
+            <Trans i18nKey="alerting.labels-field-in-form.labels">Labels</Trans>
+          </Text>
+          <Text variant="bodySmall" color="secondary">
+            {t('alerting.common.optional', '(optional)')}
+          </Text>
+        </Stack>
+      }
+    >
+      <Stack direction={'column'} gap={2}>
+        <Stack direction={'column'} gap={1}>
+          <Stack direction={'row'} gap={1}>
+            <Text variant="bodySmall" color="secondary">
+              {text}
+            </Text>
+          </Stack>
+          {isGrafanaManaged && <AIImproveLabelsButtonComponent />}
+        </Stack>
+        <Stack>
+          {hasLabels ? (
+            <Stack direction="row" gap={1} alignItems="center">
+              <LabelsInRule labels={labels} />
+              <Button variant="secondary" type="button" onClick={onEditClick} size="sm">
+                <Trans i18nKey="alerting.labels-field-in-form.edit-labels">Edit labels</Trans>
+              </Button>
+            </Stack>
+          ) : (
+            <Stack direction="column" gap={0.5} alignItems="start">
+              <Text color="secondary">
+                <Trans i18nKey="alerting.labels-field-in-form.no-labels-selected">No labels selected</Trans>
+              </Text>
+              <Button
+                icon="plus"
+                type="button"
+                variant="secondary"
+                onClick={onEditClick}
+                size="sm"
+                data-testid="add-labels-button"
+              >
+                <Trans i18nKey="alerting.labels-field-in-form.add-labels">Add labels</Trans>
+              </Button>
+            </Stack>
+          )}
+        </Stack>
+      </Stack>
+    </Field>
+  );
+}

public/app/features/alerting/unified/rule-editor/__snapshots__/RuleEditorGrafanaRules.test.tsx.snap

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ exports[`RuleEditor grafana managed rules can create new grafana managed alert 1
                   "refId": "B",
                   "type": "reduce",
                 },
-                "queryType": "",
+                "queryType": "expression",
                 "refId": "B",
               },
               {
@@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ exports[`RuleEditor grafana managed rules can create new grafana managed alert 1
                         "type": "and",
                       },
                       "query": {
-                        "params": [],
+                        "params": [
+                          "C",
+                        ],
                       },
                       "reducer": {
                         "params": [],
@@ -134,7 +136,7 @@ exports[`RuleEditor grafana managed rules can create new grafana managed alert 1
                   "refId": "C",
                   "type": "threshold",
                 },
-                "queryType": "",
+                "queryType": "expression",
                 "refId": "C",
               },
             ],

public/app/features/alerting/unified/rule-editor/formDefaults.ts

@@ -251,10 +251,12 @@ export function formValuesFromPrefill(rule: Partial<RuleFormValues>): RuleFormVa
     parsedRule = alertingAlertRuleFormSchema.parse(rule);
   }
 
-  return revealHiddenQueries({
-    ...getDefaultFormValues(rule.type),
-    ...parsedRule,
-  });
+  return setQueryEditorSettings(
+    revealHiddenQueries({
+      ...getDefaultFormValues(rule.type),
+      ...parsedRule,
+    })
+  );
 }
 
 export function formValuesFromExistingRule(rule: RuleWithLocation<RulerRuleDTO>) {

public/app/features/alerting/unified/rule-editor/formProcessing.ts

@@ -27,8 +27,34 @@ export function setQueryEditorSettings(values: RuleFormValues): RuleFormValues {
   // data queries only
   const dataQueries = values.queries.filter((query) => !isExpressionQuery(query.model));
 
-  // expression queries only
-  const expressionQueries = values.queries.filter((query) => isExpressionQueryInAlert(query));
+  // expression queries only - but filter out invalid ones that don't have a type field
+  const expressionQueries = values.queries.filter((query): query is AlertQuery<ExpressionQuery> => {
+    if (!isExpressionQueryInAlert(query)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    // Check if the expression has a valid type field
+    // React Hook Form might strip the type field, so we need to check it exists
+    return 'type' in query.model && query.model.type !== undefined;
+  });
+
+  // If we have data queries but no VALID expressions (e.g., coming from dashboard panel with malformed expressions),
+  // remove the invalid expressions and set condition to empty so simplified mode can regenerate them
+  const hasDataQueries = dataQueries.length > 0;
+  const hasValidExpressions = expressionQueries.length > 0;
+  const totalExpressions = values.queries.filter((query) => isExpressionQueryInAlert(query)).length;
+  const hasInvalidExpressions = totalExpressions > expressionQueries.length;
+
+  if (hasDataQueries && (!hasValidExpressions || hasInvalidExpressions)) {
+    return {
+      ...values,
+      queries: dataQueries, // Only keep data queries, remove invalid expressions
+      condition: '', // Clear condition so simplified editor can set it
+      editorSettings: {
+        simplifiedQueryEditor: true,
+        simplifiedNotificationEditor: true,
+      },
+    };
+  }
 
   const queryParamsAreTransformable = areQueriesTransformableToSimpleCondition(dataQueries, expressionQueries);
   return {

public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/navigation.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+import { urlUtil } from '@grafana/data';
+import { locationService, logInfo } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { ObjectMatcher } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 import { RuleGroupIdentifierV2, RuleIdentifier } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
 
+import { LogMessages } from '../Analytics';
 import { createReturnTo } from '../hooks/useReturnTo';
+import { RuleFormValues } from '../types/rule-form';
 
 import { stringifyIdentifier } from './rule-id';
 import { createRelativeUrl } from './url';
@@ -99,3 +103,35 @@ export const notificationPolicies = {
     });
   },
 };
+
+export const createPanelAlertRuleNavigation = (
+  getFormValues: () => Promise<Partial<RuleFormValues> | undefined>,
+  location: { pathname: string; search: string }
+) => {
+  const navigateToAlerting = async (currentValues?: RuleFormValues) => {
+    logInfo(LogMessages.alertRuleFromPanel);
+
+    const updateToDateFormValues = currentValues ?? (await getFormValues());
+
+    const ruleFormUrl = urlUtil.renderUrl('/alerting/new', {
+      defaults: JSON.stringify(updateToDateFormValues),
+      returnTo: location.pathname + location.search,
+    });
+
+    locationService.push(ruleFormUrl);
+  };
+
+  const onContinueInAlertingFromDrawer = (values: RuleFormValues) => {
+    void navigateToAlerting(values);
+  };
+
+  const onButtonClick = () => {
+    void navigateToAlerting(undefined);
+  };
+
+  return {
+    navigateToAlerting,
+    onContinueInAlertingFromDrawer,
+    onButtonClick,
+  };
+};

public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { PromQuery } from '@grafana/prometheus';
-import { ExpressionDatasourceUID, ExpressionQueryType } from 'app/features/expressions/types';
+import { ExpressionDatasourceUID, ExpressionQuery, ExpressionQueryType } from 'app/features/expressions/types';
 import { RuleWithLocation } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
 import {
   AlertDataQuery,
@@ -52,6 +52,35 @@ describe('formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO', () => {
     expect(formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO(formValues)).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 
+  it('sets notification_settings.receiver only when manualRouting is true', () => {
+    const base: RuleFormValues = {
+      ...getDefaultFormValues(),
+      type: RuleFormType.grafana,
+      condition: 'A',
+      contactPoints: {
+        grafana: {
+          selectedContactPoint: 'team-receiver',
+          muteTimeIntervals: [],
+          activeTimeIntervals: [],
+          overrideGrouping: false,
+          overrideTimings: false,
+          groupBy: [],
+          groupWaitValue: '',
+          groupIntervalValue: '',
+          repeatIntervalValue: '',
+        },
+      },
+    };
+
+    // manualRouting false → no notification_settings
+    const dtoNoManual = formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO({ ...base, manualRouting: false });
+    expect(dtoNoManual.grafana_alert.notification_settings).toBeUndefined();
+
+    // manualRouting true → notification_settings.receiver present
+    const dtoManual = formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO({ ...base, manualRouting: true });
+    expect(dtoManual.grafana_alert.notification_settings?.receiver).toBe('team-receiver');
+  });
+
   it('should not save both instant and range type queries', () => {
     const defaultValues = getDefaultFormValues();
 
@@ -423,15 +452,24 @@ describe('getInstantFromDataQuery', () => {
   });
 });
 
+function isExpressionQuery(model: unknown): model is ExpressionQuery {
+  return typeof model === 'object' && model !== null && 'type' in model;
+}
+
 describe('getDefaultExpressions', () => {
   it('should create a reduce expression as the first query', () => {
     const result = getDefaultExpressions('B', 'C');
     const reduceQuery = result[0];
-    const model = reduceQuery.model;
+    const { model } = reduceQuery;
 
     expect(reduceQuery.refId).toBe('B');
     expect(reduceQuery.datasourceUid).toBe(ExpressionDatasourceUID);
-    expect(reduceQuery.queryType).toBe('');
+    expect(reduceQuery.queryType).toBe('expression');
+
+    if (!isExpressionQuery(model)) {
+      throw new Error('Expected ExpressionQuery');
+    }
+
     expect(model.type).toBe(ExpressionQueryType.reduce);
     expect(model.datasource?.uid).toBe(ExpressionDatasourceUID);
     expect(model.reducer).toBe('last');
@@ -440,7 +478,11 @@ describe('getDefaultExpressions', () => {
   it('should create reduce expression with proper conditions structure', () => {
     const result = getDefaultExpressions('B', 'C');
     const reduceQuery = result[0];
-    const model = reduceQuery.model;
+    const { model } = reduceQuery;
+
+    if (!isExpressionQuery(model)) {
+      throw new Error('Expected ExpressionQuery');
+    }
 
     expect(model.conditions).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(model.expression).toBe('A');
@@ -466,11 +508,16 @@ describe('getDefaultExpressions', () => {
   it('should create a threshold expression as the second query', () => {
     const result = getDefaultExpressions('B', 'C');
     const thresholdQuery = result[1];
-    const model = thresholdQuery.model;
+    const { model } = thresholdQuery;
 
     expect(thresholdQuery.refId).toBe('C');
     expect(thresholdQuery.datasourceUid).toBe(ExpressionDatasourceUID);
-    expect(thresholdQuery.queryType).toBe('');
+    expect(thresholdQuery.queryType).toBe('expression');
+
+    if (!isExpressionQuery(model)) {
+      throw new Error('Expected ExpressionQuery');
+    }
+
     expect(model.type).toBe(ExpressionQueryType.threshold);
     expect(model.datasource?.uid).toBe(ExpressionDatasourceUID);
   });
@@ -478,7 +525,11 @@ describe('getDefaultExpressions', () => {
   it('should create threshold expression with proper conditions structure', () => {
     const result = getDefaultExpressions('B', 'C');
     const thresholdQuery = result[1];
-    const model = thresholdQuery.model;
+    const { model } = thresholdQuery;
+
+    if (!isExpressionQuery(model)) {
+      throw new Error('Expected ExpressionQuery');
+    }
 
     expect(model.conditions).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(model.conditions?.[0]).toEqual({
@@ -491,7 +542,7 @@ describe('getDefaultExpressions', () => {
         type: 'and',
       },
       query: {
-        params: [],
+        params: ['C'],
       },
       reducer: {
         params: [],
@@ -503,7 +554,11 @@ describe('getDefaultExpressions', () => {
   it('should reference the reduce expression in the threshold expression', () => {
     const result = getDefaultExpressions('B', 'C');
     const thresholdQuery = result[1];
-    const model = thresholdQuery.model;
+    const { model } = thresholdQuery;
+
+    if (!isExpressionQuery(model)) {
+      throw new Error('Expected ExpressionQuery');
+    }
 
     expect(model.expression).toBe('B');
   });
@@ -513,6 +568,10 @@ describe('getDefaultExpressions', () => {
     const reduceModel = result[0].model;
     const thresholdModel = result[1].model;
 
+    if (!isExpressionQuery(reduceModel) || !isExpressionQuery(thresholdModel)) {
+      throw new Error('Expected ExpressionQuery');
+    }
+
     expect(result[0].refId).toBe('X');
     expect(reduceModel.refId).toBe('X');
     expect(reduceModel.conditions?.[0].query.params).toEqual([]);

public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.ts

@@ -559,14 +559,85 @@ export const getDefaultRecordingRulesQueries = (
   ];
 };
 
-export const getDefaultExpressions = (...refIds: [string, string]) => {
+export const getDefaultExpressions = (...refIds: [string, string] | [string, string, string]): AlertQuery[] => {
   const refOne = refIds[0];
   const refTwo = refIds[1];
+  // If a third parameter is provided, use it as the source query refId, otherwise default to 'A'
+  const sourceRefId = refIds.length === 3 ? refIds[2] : 'A';
 
-  const reduceQuery = getDefaultReduceExpression({ inputRefId: 'A', reduceRefId: refOne });
-  const thresholdQuery = getDefaultThresholdExpression({ inputRefId: refOne, thresholdRefId: refTwo });
+  const reduceExpression: ExpressionQuery = {
+    refId: refIds[0],
+    type: ExpressionQueryType.reduce,
+    datasource: {
+      uid: ExpressionDatasourceUID,
+      type: ExpressionDatasourceRef.type,
+    },
+    conditions: [
+      {
+        type: 'query',
+        evaluator: {
+          params: [],
+          type: EvalFunction.IsAbove,
+        },
+        operator: {
+          type: 'and',
+        },
+        query: {
+          params: [],
+        },
+        reducer: {
+          params: [],
+          type: 'last',
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+    reducer: 'last',
+    expression: sourceRefId,
+  };
 
-  return [reduceQuery, thresholdQuery] as const;
+  const thresholdExpression: ExpressionQuery = {
+    refId: refTwo,
+    type: ExpressionQueryType.threshold,
+    datasource: {
+      uid: ExpressionDatasourceUID,
+      type: ExpressionDatasourceRef.type,
+    },
+    conditions: [
+      {
+        type: 'query',
+        evaluator: {
+          params: [0],
+          type: EvalFunction.IsAbove,
+        },
+        operator: {
+          type: 'and',
+        },
+        query: {
+          params: [refTwo],
+        },
+        reducer: {
+          params: [],
+          type: 'last',
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+    expression: refOne,
+  };
+
+  return [
+    {
+      refId: refOne,
+      datasourceUid: ExpressionDatasourceUID,
+      queryType: 'expression',
+      model: reduceExpression,
+    },
+    {
+      refId: refTwo,
+      datasourceUid: ExpressionDatasourceUID,
+      queryType: 'expression',
+      model: thresholdExpression,
+    },
+  ];
 };
 
 const getDefaultExpressionsForRecording = (refOne: string): Array<AlertQuery<ExpressionQuery>> => {
@@ -610,95 +681,6 @@ const getDefaultExpressionsForRecording = (refOne: string): Array<AlertQuery<Exp
   ];
 };
 
-function getDefaultReduceExpression({
-  inputRefId,
-  reduceRefId,
-}: {
-  inputRefId: string;
-  reduceRefId: string;
-}): AlertQuery<ExpressionQuery> {
-  const reduceExpression: ExpressionQuery = {
-    refId: reduceRefId,
-    type: ExpressionQueryType.reduce,
-    datasource: {
-      uid: ExpressionDatasourceUID,
-      type: ExpressionDatasourceRef.type,
-    },
-    conditions: [
-      {
-        type: 'query',
-        evaluator: {
-          params: [],
-          type: EvalFunction.IsAbove,
-        },
-        operator: {
-          type: 'and',
-        },
-        query: {
-          params: [],
-        },
-        reducer: {
-          params: [],
-          type: 'last',
-        },
-      },
-    ],
-    reducer: 'last',
-    expression: inputRefId,
-  };
-
-  return {
-    refId: reduceRefId,
-    datasourceUid: ExpressionDatasourceUID,
-    queryType: '',
-    model: reduceExpression,
-  };
-}
-
-function getDefaultThresholdExpression({
-  inputRefId,
-  thresholdRefId,
-}: {
-  inputRefId: string;
-  thresholdRefId: string;
-}): AlertQuery<ExpressionQuery> {
-  const thresholdExpression: ExpressionQuery = {
-    refId: thresholdRefId,
-    type: ExpressionQueryType.threshold,
-    datasource: {
-      uid: ExpressionDatasourceUID,
-      type: ExpressionDatasourceRef.type,
-    },
-    conditions: [
-      {
-        type: 'query',
-        evaluator: {
-          params: [0],
-          type: EvalFunction.IsAbove,
-        },
-        operator: {
-          type: 'and',
-        },
-        query: {
-          params: [],
-        },
-        reducer: {
-          params: [],
-          type: 'last',
-        },
-      },
-    ],
-    expression: inputRefId,
-  };
-
-  return {
-    refId: thresholdRefId,
-    datasourceUid: ExpressionDatasourceUID,
-    queryType: '',
-    model: thresholdExpression,
-  };
-}
-
 const dataQueriesToGrafanaQueries = async (
   queries: DataQuery[],
   relativeTimeRange: RelativeTimeRange,
@@ -783,24 +765,15 @@ export const panelToRuleFormValues = async (
     return undefined;
   }
 
-  const lastQuery = queries.at(-1);
-  if (!lastQuery) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-
+  // Add default expression queries if they don't exist
   if (!queries.find((query) => query.datasourceUid === ExpressionDatasourceUID)) {
-    const reduceExpression = getDefaultReduceExpression({
-      inputRefId: lastQuery.refId,
-      reduceRefId: getNextRefId(queries),
-    });
-    queries.push(reduceExpression);
-
-    const thresholdExpression = getDefaultThresholdExpression({
-      inputRefId: reduceExpression.refId,
-      thresholdRefId: getNextRefId(queries),
-    });
-
-    queries.push(thresholdExpression);
+    // Get the last data query's refId to use as the source for the reduce expression
+    const lastDataQueryRefId = queries[queries.length - 1].refId;
+    const reduceRefId = getNextRefId(queries);
+    const queriesWithReduce = [...queries, { refId: reduceRefId, datasourceUid: '', queryType: '', model: {} }];
+    const thresholdRefId = getNextRefId(queriesWithReduce);
+    const expressions = getDefaultExpressions(reduceRefId, thresholdRefId, lastDataQueryRefId);
+    queries.push(...expressions);
   }
 
   const { folderTitle, folderUid } = dashboard.meta;
@@ -870,24 +843,15 @@ export const scenesPanelToRuleFormValues = async (vizPanel: VizPanel): Promise<P
     return undefined;
   }
 
-  const lastQuery = grafanaQueries.at(-1);
-  if (!lastQuery) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-
+  // Add default expression queries if they don't exist
   if (!grafanaQueries.find((query) => query.datasourceUid === ExpressionDatasourceUID)) {
-    const reduceExpression = getDefaultReduceExpression({
-      inputRefId: lastQuery.refId,
-      reduceRefId: getNextRefId(grafanaQueries),
-    });
-    grafanaQueries.push(reduceExpression);
-
-    const thresholdExpression = getDefaultThresholdExpression({
-      inputRefId: reduceExpression.refId,
-      thresholdRefId: getNextRefId(grafanaQueries),
-    });
-
-    grafanaQueries.push(thresholdExpression);
+    // Get the last data query's refId to use as the source for the reduce expression
+    const lastDataQueryRefId = grafanaQueries[grafanaQueries.length - 1].refId;
+    const reduceRefId = getNextRefId(grafanaQueries);
+    const queriesWithReduce = [...grafanaQueries, { refId: reduceRefId, datasourceUid: '', queryType: '', model: {} }];
+    const thresholdRefId = getNextRefId(queriesWithReduce);
+    const expressions = getDefaultExpressions(reduceRefId, thresholdRefId, lastDataQueryRefId);
+    grafanaQueries.push(...expressions);
   }
 
   const { folderTitle, folderUid } = dashboard.state.meta;

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelDataPane/NewAlertRuleButton.tsx

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
+import { useState } from 'react';
 import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom-v5-compat';
 import { useAsync } from 'react-use';
 
-import { urlUtil } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
-import { locationService, logInfo } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { VizPanel } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { Alert, Button } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { LogMessages } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/Analytics';
+import { LogMessages, logInfo } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/Analytics';
+import { AlertRuleDrawerForm } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/components/AlertRuleDrawerForm';
+import { createPanelAlertRuleNavigation } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/navigation';
 import { scenesPanelToRuleFormValues } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form';
 
 interface ScenesNewRuleFromPanelButtonProps {
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ export const ScenesNewRuleFromPanelButton = ({ panel, className }: ScenesNewRule
   const location = useLocation();
 
   const { loading, value: formValues } = useAsync(() => scenesPanelToRuleFormValues(panel), [panel]);
+  const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false);
 
   if (loading) {
     return (
@@ -42,22 +44,30 @@ export const ScenesNewRuleFromPanelButton = ({ panel, className }: ScenesNewRule
     );
   }
 
-  const onClick = async () => {
-    logInfo(LogMessages.alertRuleFromPanel);
-
-    const updateToDateFormValues = await scenesPanelToRuleFormValues(panel);
-
-    const ruleFormUrl = urlUtil.renderUrl('/alerting/new', {
-      defaults: JSON.stringify(updateToDateFormValues),
-      returnTo: location.pathname + location.search,
-    });
-
-    locationService.push(ruleFormUrl);
-  };
+  const { onContinueInAlertingFromDrawer } = createPanelAlertRuleNavigation(
+    () => scenesPanelToRuleFormValues(panel),
+    location
+  );
 
   return (
-    <Button icon="bell" onClick={onClick} className={className} data-testid="create-alert-rule-button">
-      <Trans i18nKey="dashboard-scene.scenes-new-rule-from-panel-button.new-alert-rule">New alert rule</Trans>
-    </Button>
+    <>
+      <Button
+        icon="bell"
+        className={className}
+        data-testid="create-alert-rule-button-drawer"
+        onClick={() => {
+          logInfo(LogMessages.alertRuleFromPanel);
+          setIsOpen(true);
+        }}
+      >
+        <Trans i18nKey="alerting.new-rule-from-panel-button.new-alert-rule">New alert rule</Trans>
+      </Button>
+      <AlertRuleDrawerForm
+        isOpen={isOpen}
+        onClose={() => setIsOpen(false)}
+        onContinueInAlerting={onContinueInAlertingFromDrawer}
+        prefill={formValues ?? undefined}
+      />
+    </>
   );
 };

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelDataPane/PanelDataPane.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions */
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
@@ -39,9 +40,9 @@ export class PanelDataPane extends SceneObjectBase<PanelDataPaneState> {
       new PanelDataTransformationsTab({ panelRef }),
     ];
 
-    if (shouldShowAlertingTab(panel.state.pluginId)) {
-      tabs.push(new PanelDataAlertingTab({ panelRef }));
-    }
+    // if (shouldShowAlertingTab(panel.state.pluginId)) {
+    tabs.push(new PanelDataAlertingTab({ panelRef }));
+    // }
 
     return new PanelDataPane({
       panelRef,

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelDataPane/__snapshots__/PanelDataAlertingTab.test.tsx.snap

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ exports[`PanelAlertTabContent Will render alerts belonging to panel and a button
         "refId": "B",
         "type": "reduce",
       },
-      "queryType": "",
+      "queryType": "expression",
       "refId": "B",
     },
     {
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ exports[`PanelAlertTabContent Will render alerts belonging to panel and a button
               "type": "and",
             },
             "query": {
-              "params": [],
+              "params": [
+                "C",
+              ],
             },
             "reducer": {
               "params": [],
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ exports[`PanelAlertTabContent Will render alerts belonging to panel and a button
         "refId": "C",
         "type": "threshold",
       },
-      "queryType": "",
+      "queryType": "expression",
       "refId": "C",
     },
   ],

public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/export/exporters.test.ts

@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ jest.mock('@grafana/runtime', () => ({
     featureToggles: {
       newVariables: false,
     },
+    unifiedAlerting: {
+      minInterval: '10s',
+    },
   },
 }));
 

public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashExportModal/DashboardExporter.test.ts

@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ jest.mock('@grafana/runtime', () => ({
     featureToggles: {
       newVariables: false,
     },
+    unifiedAlerting: {
+      minInterval: '10s',
+    },
   },
 }));
 

public/app/features/plugins/components/AppRootPage.test.tsx

@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ jest.mock('@grafana/runtime', () => ({
         },
       },
     },
+    unifiedAlerting: {
+      minInterval: '10s',
+    },
   },
 }));
 

public/locales/en-US/grafana.json

@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@
       "metric-aria-label-metric": "metric",
       "metric-placeholder-recorded-metric": "Give the name of the new recorded metric",
       "placeholder-name": "Give your {{namePlaceholder}} a name",
+      "recording-rule-pattern": "Recording rule name must be valid metric name. It may only contain letters, numbers, and colons. It may not contain whitespace.",
       "title-section": "Enter {{entityName}} name"
     },
     "alert-rules": {
@@ -858,6 +859,8 @@
       "export-all": "Export all",
       "learn-more": "Learn more",
       "loading": "Loading...",
+      "optional": "(optional)",
+      "refresh": "Refresh",
       "search-by-matchers": "Search by matchers",
       "titles": {
         "notification-templates": "Notification Templates"
@@ -1804,6 +1807,8 @@
     "manual-and-automatic-routing": {
       "routing-options": {
         "label": {
+          "contact-point": "Contact point",
+          "notification-policy": "Notification policy",
           "select-contact-point": "Select contact point",
           "use-notification-policy": "Use notification policy"
         }
@@ -2758,6 +2763,7 @@
       "title-the-selected-alertmanager-has-no-configuration": "The selected Alertmanager has no configuration"
     },
     "simple-condition-editor": {
+      "aria-label-reducer": "Select reducer function",
       "label-of-query": "OF QUERY",
       "label-when": "WHEN",
       "label-when-query": "WHEN QUERY"
@@ -2765,6 +2771,47 @@
     "simpleCondition": {
       "alertCondition": "Alert condition"
     },
+    "simplified": {
+      "condition": {
+        "title": "Condition"
+      },
+      "continue-in-alerting": "Continue in Alerting",
+      "create": "Create",
+      "evaluation": {
+        "immediate-warning": "Immediate firing might lead to unnecessary alerts being sent for temporary issues"
+      },
+      "notification": {
+        "contact-point-selected": "Notifications for firing alerts are routed to a selected contact point.",
+        "description": {
+          "aria-label": "Description",
+          "label": "Description (optional)",
+          "placeholder": "Enter a description of what the alert rule does…"
+        },
+        "manual-routing": {
+          "aria": "Toggle manual routing"
+        },
+        "policy-selected": "Notifications for firing alerts are routed to contact points based on matching labels and the notification policy tree.",
+        "recipient": {
+          "label": "Recipient"
+        },
+        "refresh-error": "Failed to refresh contact points",
+        "runbook-url": {
+          "aria-label": "Runbook URL",
+          "invalid-format": "Invalid URL format. Please enter a valid URL.",
+          "invalid-protocol": "Invalid URL protocol. Please use http or https.",
+          "label": "Runbook URL (optional)",
+          "placeholder": "Enter the webpage where you keep your runbook for the alert…"
+        },
+        "select-contact-point": "Select a contact point...",
+        "summary": {
+          "aria-label": "Summary",
+          "label": "Summary (optional)",
+          "placeholder": "Enter a summary of what happened and why…"
+        },
+        "title": "Notification"
+      },
+      "rule-definition": "Rule Definition"
+    },
     "smart-alert-type-detector": {
       "data-source-managed": "Data source-managed",
       "data-sourcemanaged-alert-rules": "Data source-managed alert rules",