diff --git a/public/app/core/components/AppNotifications/AppNotificationList.tsx b/public/app/core/components/AppNotifications/AppNotificationList.tsx
index 046b76668f0..4fe53b56801 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/AppNotifications/AppNotificationList.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/AppNotifications/AppNotificationList.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
 import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
 import AppNotificationItem from './AppNotificationItem';
 import { notifyApp, clearAppNotification } from 'app/core/actions';
+import { selectAll } from 'app/core/reducers/appNotification';
 import { StoreState } from 'app/types';
 
 import {
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ import { VerticalGroup } from '@grafana/ui';
 export interface OwnProps {}
 
 const mapStateToProps = (state: StoreState, props: OwnProps) => ({
-  appNotifications: state.appNotifications.appNotifications,
+  appNotifications: selectAll(state.appNotifications),
 });
 
 const mapDispatchToProps = {
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBarMenu.test.tsx b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBarMenu.test.tsx
index 0c65010c21d..10e4569e239 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBarMenu.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBarMenu.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { NavModelItem } from '@grafana/data';
-import { render, screen } from 'test/redux-rtl';
+import { screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+import { NavModelItem } from '@grafana/data';
+import { render } from 'test/redux-rtl';
 import { NavBarMenu } from './NavBarMenu';
 
 describe('NavBarMenu', () => {
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/Signup/SignupPage.test.tsx b/public/app/core/components/Signup/SignupPage.test.tsx
index 0a480655866..e08bc005f0a 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/Signup/SignupPage.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/Signup/SignupPage.test.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { fireEvent, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+import { render } from 'test/redux-rtl';
 import { getRouteComponentProps } from 'app/core/navigation/__mocks__/routeProps';
 
 import { SignupPage } from './SignupPage';
 
 const postMock = jest.fn();
 jest.mock('@grafana/runtime', () => ({
+  ...jest.requireActual('@grafana/runtime'),
   getBackendSrv: () => ({
     post: postMock,
   }),
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/Signup/SignupPage.tsx b/public/app/core/components/Signup/SignupPage.tsx
index 833b4533e56..4eab139d56b 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/Signup/SignupPage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/Signup/SignupPage.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import React, { FC } from 'react';
 import { Form, Field, Input, Button, HorizontalGroup, LinkButton, FormAPI } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { getConfig } from 'app/core/config';
 import { getBackendSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
-import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
-import { AppEvents } from '@grafana/data';
+import { getConfig } from 'app/core/config';
 import { GrafanaRouteComponentProps } from 'app/core/navigation/types';
+import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
 import { InnerBox, LoginLayout } from '../Login/LoginLayout';
 import { PasswordField } from '../PasswordField/PasswordField';
 
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ interface QueryParams {
 interface Props extends GrafanaRouteComponentProps<{}, QueryParams> {}
 
 export const SignupPage: FC<Props> = (props) => {
+  const notifyApp = useAppNotification();
   const onSubmit = async (formData: SignupDTO) => {
     if (formData.name === '') {
       delete formData.name;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export const SignupPage: FC<Props> = (props) => {
       })
       .catch((err) => {
         const msg = err.data?.message || err;
-        appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertWarning, [msg]);
+        notifyApp.warning(msg);
       });
 
     if (response.code === 'redirect-to-select-org') {
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/Signup/VerifyEmail.tsx b/public/app/core/components/Signup/VerifyEmail.tsx
index 788f4462ac8..ff49e1e8ff2 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/Signup/VerifyEmail.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/Signup/VerifyEmail.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 import React, { FC, useState } from 'react';
 import { Form, Field, Input, Button, Legend, Container, HorizontalGroup, LinkButton } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { getConfig } from 'app/core/config';
 import { getBackendSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
-import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
-import { AppEvents } from '@grafana/data';
+import { getConfig } from 'app/core/config';
+import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
 
 interface EmailDTO {
   email: string;
 }
 
 export const VerifyEmail: FC = () => {
+  const notifyApp = useAppNotification();
   const [emailSent, setEmailSent] = useState(false);
 
   const onSubmit = (formModel: EmailDTO) => {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export const VerifyEmail: FC = () => {
       })
       .catch((err) => {
         const msg = err.data?.message || err;
-        appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertWarning, [msg]);
+        notifyApp.warning(msg);
       });
   };
 
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/Signup/VerifyEmailPage.test.tsx b/public/app/core/components/Signup/VerifyEmailPage.test.tsx
index fab78b399b2..f03435676b7 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/Signup/VerifyEmailPage.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/Signup/VerifyEmailPage.test.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { fireEvent, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { render } from 'test/redux-rtl';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 
 import { VerifyEmailPage } from './VerifyEmailPage';
 
 const postMock = jest.fn();
 jest.mock('@grafana/runtime', () => ({
+  ...jest.requireActual('@grafana/runtime'),
   getBackendSrv: () => ({
     post: postMock,
   }),
diff --git a/public/app/core/copy/appNotification.ts b/public/app/core/copy/appNotification.ts
index f33ea33471d..2c94b701653 100644
--- a/public/app/core/copy/appNotification.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/copy/appNotification.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-import { AppNotification, AppNotificationSeverity, AppNotificationTimeout } from 'app/types';
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+import { AppNotification, AppNotificationSeverity, AppNotificationTimeout, useDispatch } from 'app/types';
 import { getMessageFromError } from 'app/core/utils/errors';
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
+import { notifyApp } from '../actions';
 
 const defaultSuccessNotification = {
   title: '',
@@ -53,3 +55,28 @@ export const createWarningNotification = (title: string, text = ''): AppNotifica
   text: text,
   id: uuidv4(),
 });
+
+/** Hook for showing toast notifications with varying severity (success, warning error).
+ * @example
+ * const notifyApp = useAppNotification();
+ * notifyApp.success('Success!', 'Some additional text');
+ * notifyApp.warning('Warning!');
+ * notifyApp.error('Error!');
+ */
+export function useAppNotification() {
+  const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  return useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      success: (title: string, text = '') => {
+        dispatch(notifyApp(createSuccessNotification(title, text)));
+      },
+      warning: (title: string, text = '') => {
+        dispatch(notifyApp(createWarningNotification(title, text)));
+      },
+      error: (title: string, text = '') => {
+        dispatch(notifyApp(createErrorNotification(title, text)));
+      },
+    }),
+    [dispatch]
+  );
+}
diff --git a/public/app/core/reducers/appNotification.test.ts b/public/app/core/reducers/appNotification.test.ts
index cc072562838..edbf431ba2e 100644
--- a/public/app/core/reducers/appNotification.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/reducers/appNotification.test.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import { appNotificationsReducer, clearAppNotification, notifyApp } from './appNotification';
-import { AppNotificationSeverity, AppNotificationTimeout } from 'app/types/';
+import { AppNotificationSeverity, AppNotificationsState, AppNotificationTimeout } from 'app/types/';
 
 describe('clear alert', () => {
   it('should filter alert', () => {
     const id1 = '1767d3d9-4b99-40eb-ab46-de734a66f21d';
     const id2 = '4767b3de-12dd-40e7-b58c-f778bd59d675';
 
-    const initialState = {
-      appNotifications: [
-        {
+    const initialState: AppNotificationsState = {
+      byId: {
+        [id1]: {
           id: id1,
           severity: AppNotificationSeverity.Success,
           icon: 'success',
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe('clear alert', () => {
           text: 'test alert',
           timeout: AppNotificationTimeout.Success,
         },
-        {
+        [id2]: {
           id: id2,
           severity: AppNotificationSeverity.Warning,
           icon: 'warning',
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ describe('clear alert', () => {
           text: 'test alert fail 2',
           timeout: AppNotificationTimeout.Warning,
         },
-      ],
+      },
     };
 
     const result = appNotificationsReducer(initialState, clearAppNotification(id2));
 
-    const expectedResult = {
-      appNotifications: [
-        {
+    const expectedResult: AppNotificationsState = {
+      byId: {
+        [id1]: {
           id: id1,
           severity: AppNotificationSeverity.Success,
           icon: 'success',
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe('clear alert', () => {
           text: 'test alert',
           timeout: AppNotificationTimeout.Success,
         },
-      ],
+      },
     };
 
     expect(result).toEqual(expectedResult);
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ describe('notify', () => {
     const id2 = '4477fcd9-246c-45a5-8818-e22a16683dae';
     const id3 = '55be87a8-bbab-45c7-b481-1f9d46f0d2ee';
 
-    const initialState = {
-      appNotifications: [
-        {
+    const initialState: AppNotificationsState = {
+      byId: {
+        [id1]: {
           id: id1,
           severity: AppNotificationSeverity.Success,
           icon: 'success',
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe('notify', () => {
           text: 'test alert',
           timeout: AppNotificationTimeout.Success,
         },
-        {
+        [id2]: {
           id: id2,
           severity: AppNotificationSeverity.Warning,
           icon: 'warning',
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ describe('notify', () => {
           text: 'test alert fail 2',
           timeout: AppNotificationTimeout.Warning,
         },
-      ],
+      },
     };
 
     const result = appNotificationsReducer(
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ describe('notify', () => {
       })
     );
 
-    const expectedResult = {
-      appNotifications: [
-        {
+    const expectedResult: AppNotificationsState = {
+      byId: {
+        [id1]: {
           id: id1,
           severity: AppNotificationSeverity.Success,
           icon: 'success',
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ describe('notify', () => {
           text: 'test alert',
           timeout: AppNotificationTimeout.Success,
         },
-        {
+        [id2]: {
           id: id2,
           severity: AppNotificationSeverity.Warning,
           icon: 'warning',
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describe('notify', () => {
           text: 'test alert fail 2',
           timeout: AppNotificationTimeout.Warning,
         },
-        {
+        [id3]: {
           id: id3,
           severity: AppNotificationSeverity.Info,
           icon: 'info',
@@ -111,16 +111,16 @@ describe('notify', () => {
           text: 'test alert info 3',
           timeout: AppNotificationTimeout.Success,
         },
-      ],
+      },
     };
 
     expect(result).toEqual(expectedResult);
   });
 
   it('Dedupe identical alerts', () => {
-    const initialState = {
-      appNotifications: [
-        {
+    const initialState: AppNotificationsState = {
+      byId: {
+        id1: {
           id: 'id1',
           severity: AppNotificationSeverity.Success,
           icon: 'success',
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ describe('notify', () => {
           text: 'test alert',
           timeout: AppNotificationTimeout.Success,
         },
-      ],
+      },
     };
 
     const result = appNotificationsReducer(
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ describe('notify', () => {
       })
     );
 
-    const expectedResult = {
-      appNotifications: [
-        {
+    const expectedResult: AppNotificationsState = {
+      byId: {
+        id1: {
           id: 'id1',
           severity: AppNotificationSeverity.Success,
           icon: 'success',
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ describe('notify', () => {
           text: 'test alert',
           timeout: AppNotificationTimeout.Success,
         },
-      ],
+      },
     };
 
     expect(result).toEqual(expectedResult);
diff --git a/public/app/core/reducers/appNotification.ts b/public/app/core/reducers/appNotification.ts
index a61782ee730..5da53d31c81 100644
--- a/public/app/core/reducers/appNotification.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/reducers/appNotification.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { createSlice, PayloadAction } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import { AppNotification, AppNotificationsState } from 'app/types/';
 
 export const initialState: AppNotificationsState = {
-  appNotifications: [] as AppNotification[],
+  byId: {},
 };
 
 /**
@@ -15,30 +15,31 @@ const appNotificationsSlice = createSlice({
   name: 'appNotifications',
   initialState,
   reducers: {
-    notifyApp: (state, action: PayloadAction<AppNotification>) => {
-      const newAlert = action.payload;
-
-      for (const existingAlert of state.appNotifications) {
-        if (
-          newAlert.icon === existingAlert.icon &&
-          newAlert.severity === existingAlert.severity &&
-          newAlert.text === existingAlert.text &&
-          newAlert.title === existingAlert.title &&
-          newAlert.component === existingAlert.component
-        ) {
-          return;
-        }
+    notifyApp: (state, { payload: newAlert }: PayloadAction<AppNotification>) => {
+      if (Object.values(state.byId).some((alert) => isSimilar(newAlert, alert))) {
+        return;
       }
 
-      state.appNotifications.push(newAlert);
+      state.byId[newAlert.id] = newAlert;
+    },
+    clearAppNotification: (state, { payload: alertId }: PayloadAction<string>) => {
+      delete state.byId[alertId];
     },
-    clearAppNotification: (state, action: PayloadAction<string>): AppNotificationsState => ({
-      ...state,
-      appNotifications: state.appNotifications.filter((appNotification) => appNotification.id !== action.payload),
-    }),
   },
 });
 
 export const { notifyApp, clearAppNotification } = appNotificationsSlice.actions;
 
 export const appNotificationsReducer = appNotificationsSlice.reducer;
+
+export const selectAll = (state: AppNotificationsState) => Object.values(state.byId);
+
+function isSimilar(a: AppNotification, b: AppNotification): boolean {
+  return (
+    a.icon === b.icon &&
+    a.severity === b.severity &&
+    a.text === b.text &&
+    a.title === b.title &&
+    a.component === b.component
+  );
+}
diff --git a/public/app/core/reducers/navBarTree.ts b/public/app/core/reducers/navBarTree.ts
index eca2b349f93..6223422bad1 100644
--- a/public/app/core/reducers/navBarTree.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/reducers/navBarTree.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ import config from 'app/core/config';
 const defaultPins = ['home', 'dashboards', 'explore', 'alerting'].join(',');
 const storedPins = (window.localStorage.getItem('pinnedNavItems') ?? defaultPins).split(',');
 
-export const initialState: NavModelItem[] = (config.bootData.navTree as NavModelItem[]).map((n: NavModelItem) => ({
-  ...n,
-  hideFromNavbar: n.id === undefined || !storedPins.includes(n.id),
-}));
+export const initialState: NavModelItem[] = ((config.bootData?.navTree ?? []) as NavModelItem[]).map(
+  (n: NavModelItem) => ({
+    ...n,
+    hideFromNavbar: n.id === undefined || !storedPins.includes(n.id),
+  })
+);
 
 const navTreeSlice = createSlice({
   name: 'navBarTree',
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/state/actions.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/state/actions.ts
index 99b65bbd86c..56b7877fc80 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/state/actions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/state/actions.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { AppEvents } from '@grafana/data';
 import { getBackendSrv, locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
-import { appEvents } from 'app/core/core';
 import { loadAlertRules, loadedAlertRules, notificationChannelLoaded, setNotificationChannels } from './reducers';
 import { AlertRuleDTO, NotifierDTO, ThunkResult } from 'app/types';
+import { createErrorNotification, createSuccessNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
+import { notifyApp } from 'app/core/actions';
 
 export function getAlertRulesAsync(options: { state: string }): ThunkResult<void> {
   return async (dispatch) => {
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ export function togglePauseAlertRule(id: number, options: { paused: boolean }):
   };
 }
 
-export function createNotificationChannel(data: any): ThunkResult<void> {
+export function createNotificationChannel(data: any): ThunkResult<Promise<void>> {
   return async (dispatch) => {
     try {
       await getBackendSrv().post(`/api/alert-notifications`, data);
-      appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertSuccess, ['Notification created']);
+      dispatch(notifyApp(createSuccessNotification('Notification created')));
       locationService.push('/alerting/notifications');
     } catch (error) {
-      appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertError, [error.data.error]);
+      dispatch(notifyApp(createErrorNotification(error.data.error)));
     }
   };
 }
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ export function updateNotificationChannel(data: any): ThunkResult<void> {
   return async (dispatch) => {
     try {
       await getBackendSrv().put(`/api/alert-notifications/${data.id}`, data);
-      appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertSuccess, ['Notification updated']);
+      dispatch(notifyApp(createSuccessNotification('Notification updated')));
     } catch (error) {
-      appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertError, [error.data.error]);
+      dispatch(notifyApp(createErrorNotification(error.data.error)));
     }
   };
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/form/ReceiverForm.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/form/ReceiverForm.tsx
index 516986bb8ee..553a6e13c86 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/form/ReceiverForm.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/form/ReceiverForm.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
-import { GrafanaTheme2, AppEvents } from '@grafana/data';
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Alert, Button, Field, Input, LinkButton, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { useCleanup } from 'app/core/hooks/useCleanup';
 import { AlertManagerCortexConfig } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import { ChannelValues, CommonSettingsComponentType, ReceiverFormValues } from '
 import { makeAMLink } from '../../../utils/misc';
 import { ChannelSubForm } from './ChannelSubForm';
 import { DeletedSubForm } from './fields/DeletedSubform';
-import { appEvents } from 'app/core/core';
 import { isVanillaPrometheusAlertManagerDataSource } from '../../../utils/datasource';
+import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
 
 interface Props<R extends ChannelValues> {
   config: AlertManagerCortexConfig;
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export function ReceiverForm<R extends ChannelValues>({
   takenReceiverNames,
   commonSettingsComponent,
 }: Props<R>): JSX.Element {
+  const notifyApp = useAppNotification();
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
   const readOnly = isVanillaPrometheusAlertManagerDataSource(alertManagerSourceName);
   const defaultValues = initialValues || {
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ export function ReceiverForm<R extends ChannelValues>({
   };
 
   const onInvalid = () => {
-    appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertError, ['There are errors in the form. Please correct them and try again!']);
+    notifyApp.error('There are errors in the form. Please correct them and try again!');
   };
 
   return (
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AlertRuleForm.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AlertRuleForm.tsx
index a4741fa17dc..9d18b639290 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AlertRuleForm.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AlertRuleForm.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React, { FC, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
-import { GrafanaTheme2, AppEvents } from '@grafana/data';
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { PageToolbar, Button, useStyles2, CustomScrollbar, Spinner, ConfirmModal } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import { useCleanup } from 'app/core/hooks/useCleanup';
 import { rulerRuleToFormValues, getDefaultFormValues, getDefaultQueries } from '../../utils/rule-form';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useQueryParams } from 'app/core/hooks/useQueryParams';
+import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
 
-import { appEvents } from 'app/core/core';
 import { CloudConditionsStep } from './CloudConditionsStep';
 import { GrafanaConditionsStep } from './GrafanaConditionsStep';
 import * as ruleId from '../../utils/rule-id';
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type Props = {
 export const AlertRuleForm: FC<Props> = ({ existing }) => {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  const notifyApp = useAppNotification();
   const [queryParams] = useQueryParams();
 
   const returnTo: string = (queryParams['returnTo'] as string | undefined) ?? '/alerting/list';
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ export const AlertRuleForm: FC<Props> = ({ existing }) => {
   };
 
   const onInvalid = () => {
-    appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertError, ['There are errors in the form. Please correct them and try again!']);
+    notifyApp.error('There are errors in the form. Please correct them and try again!');
   };
 
   return (
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetailsActionButtons.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetailsActionButtons.tsx
index 1d7aea69627..ab7b69e781e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetailsActionButtons.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetailsActionButtons.tsx
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ import React, { FC, Fragment, useState } from 'react';
 import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
-import { AppEvents, GrafanaTheme2, urlUtil } from '@grafana/data';
+import { GrafanaTheme2, urlUtil } from '@grafana/data';
 import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { Button, ConfirmModal, ClipboardButton, HorizontalGroup, LinkButton, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
-import { appEvents } from 'app/core/core';
+import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
 import { useIsRuleEditable } from '../../hooks/useIsRuleEditable';
 import { Annotation } from '../../utils/constants';
 import { getRulesSourceName, isCloudRulesSource, isGrafanaRulesSource } from '../../utils/datasource';
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ interface Props {
 export const RuleDetailsActionButtons: FC<Props> = ({ rule, rulesSource }) => {
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const location = useLocation();
+  const notifyApp = useAppNotification();
   const style = useStyles2(getStyles);
   const { namespace, group, rulerRule } = rule;
   const [ruleToDelete, setRuleToDelete] = useState<CombinedRule>();
@@ -189,10 +190,10 @@ export const RuleDetailsActionButtons: FC<Props> = ({ rule, rulesSource }) => {
         <ClipboardButton
           key="copy"
           onClipboardCopy={() => {
-            appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertSuccess, ['URL copied!']);
+            notifyApp.success('URL copied!');
           }}
           onClipboardError={(e) => {
-            appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertError, ['Error while copying URL', e.text]);
+            notifyApp.error('Error while copying URL', e.text);
           }}
           className={style.button}
           size="sm"
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DeleteDashboard/useDashboardDelete.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DeleteDashboard/useDashboardDelete.tsx
index 9d1526b6063..263c45f7c1e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DeleteDashboard/useDashboardDelete.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DeleteDashboard/useDashboardDelete.tsx
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useAsyncFn } from 'react-use';
-import { AppEvents } from '@grafana/data';
-import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
+import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
 import { deleteDashboard } from 'app/features/manage-dashboards/state/actions';
 import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
 
 export const useDashboardDelete = (uid: string) => {
   const [state, onDeleteDashboard] = useAsyncFn(() => deleteDashboard(uid, false), []);
+  const notifyApp = useAppNotification();
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (state.value) {
       locationService.replace('/');
-      appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertSuccess, ['Dashboard Deleted', state.value.title + ' has been deleted']);
+      notifyApp.success('Dashboard Deleted', `${state.value.title} has been deleted`);
     }
-  }, [state]);
+  }, [state, notifyApp]);
 
   return { state, onDeleteDashboard };
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/SaveDashboard/forms/SaveProvisionedDashboardForm.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/SaveDashboard/forms/SaveProvisionedDashboardForm.tsx
index 0bf291f0de0..8d8f5104152 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/SaveDashboard/forms/SaveProvisionedDashboardForm.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/SaveDashboard/forms/SaveProvisionedDashboardForm.tsx
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { saveAs } from 'file-saver';
 import { Button, ClipboardButton, Modal, stylesFactory, TextArea, useTheme } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { SaveDashboardFormProps } from '../types';
-import { AppEvents, GrafanaTheme } from '@grafana/data';
-import appEvents from '../../../../../core/app_events';
+import { GrafanaTheme } from '@grafana/data';
+import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
 
 export const SaveProvisionedDashboardForm: React.FC<SaveDashboardFormProps> = ({ dashboard, onCancel }) => {
   const theme = useTheme();
+  const notifyApp = useAppNotification();
   const [dashboardJSON, setDashboardJson] = useState(() => {
     const clone = dashboard.getSaveModelClone();
     delete clone.id;
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@ export const SaveProvisionedDashboardForm: React.FC<SaveDashboardFormProps> = ({
   }, [dashboard.title, dashboardJSON]);
 
   const onCopyToClipboardSuccess = useCallback(() => {
-    appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertSuccess, ['Dashboard JSON copied to clipboard']);
-  }, []);
+    notifyApp.success('Dashboard JSON copied to clipboard');
+  }, [notifyApp]);
 
   const styles = getStyles(theme);
   return (
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/SaveDashboard/useDashboardSave.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/SaveDashboard/useDashboardSave.tsx
index 7245e3029e6..59d0d10e9d1 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/SaveDashboard/useDashboardSave.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/SaveDashboard/useDashboardSave.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
 import useAsyncFn from 'react-use/lib/useAsyncFn';
-import { AppEvents, locationUtil } from '@grafana/data';
+import { locationUtil } from '@grafana/data';
 import { SaveDashboardOptions } from './types';
 import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
+import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
 import { DashboardModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state';
 import { saveDashboard as saveDashboardApiCall } from 'app/features/manage-dashboards/state/actions';
 import { locationService, reportInteraction } from '@grafana/runtime';
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ export const useDashboardSave = (dashboard: DashboardModel) => {
     []
   );
 
+  const notifyApp = useAppNotification();
   useEffect(() => {
     if (state.value) {
       dashboard.version = state.value.version;
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ export const useDashboardSave = (dashboard: DashboardModel) => {
 
       // important that these happen before location redirect below
       appEvents.publish(new DashboardSavedEvent());
-      appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertSuccess, ['Dashboard saved']);
+      notifyApp.success('Dashboard saved');
       reportInteraction(`Dashboard ${dashboard.id ? 'saved' : 'created'}`, {
         name: dashboard.title,
         url: state.value.url,
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ export const useDashboardSave = (dashboard: DashboardModel) => {
         setTimeout(() => locationService.replace(newUrl));
       }
     }
-  }, [dashboard, state]);
+  }, [dashboard, state, notifyApp]);
 
   return { state, onDashboardSave };
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/VersionHistory/useDashboardRestore.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/VersionHistory/useDashboardRestore.tsx
index 25f4eb3aacb..f2422cc850d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/VersionHistory/useDashboardRestore.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/VersionHistory/useDashboardRestore.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 import { useAsyncFn } from 'react-use';
-import { AppEvents, locationUtil } from '@grafana/data';
-import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
+import { locationUtil } from '@grafana/data';
 import { StoreState } from 'app/types';
+import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
 import { historySrv } from './HistorySrv';
 import { DashboardModel } from '../../state';
 import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const restoreDashboard = async (version: number, dashboard: DashboardModel) => {
 export const useDashboardRestore = (version: number) => {
   const dashboard = useSelector((state: StoreState) => state.dashboard.getModel());
   const [state, onRestoreDashboard] = useAsyncFn(async () => await restoreDashboard(version, dashboard!), []);
+  const notifyApp = useAppNotification();
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (state.value) {
@@ -26,8 +27,8 @@ export const useDashboardRestore = (version: number) => {
         pathname: newUrl,
         state: { routeReloadCounter: prevState ? prevState + 1 : 1 },
       });
-      appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertSuccess, ['Dashboard restored', 'Restored from version ' + version]);
+      notifyApp.success('Dashboard restored', `Restored from version ${version}`);
     }
-  }, [state, version]);
+  }, [state, version, notifyApp]);
   return { state, onRestoreDashboard };
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/folders/state/actions.ts b/public/app/features/folders/state/actions.ts
index 4ef5b6bf2f0..ebda4e3b1ea 100644
--- a/public/app/features/folders/state/actions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/folders/state/actions.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-import { AppEvents, locationUtil } from '@grafana/data';
+import { locationUtil } from '@grafana/data';
 import { getBackendSrv, locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { backendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv';
 import { FolderState, ThunkResult } from 'app/types';
 import { DashboardAcl, DashboardAclUpdateDTO, NewDashboardAclItem, PermissionLevel } from 'app/types/acl';
 import { notifyApp, updateNavIndex } from 'app/core/actions';
+import { createSuccessNotification, createWarningNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
 import { buildNavModel } from './navModel';
-import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
 import { loadFolder, loadFolderPermissions, setCanViewFolderPermissions } from './reducers';
 import { lastValueFrom } from 'rxjs';
-import { createWarningNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
 
 export function getFolderByUid(uid: string): ThunkResult<void> {
   return async (dispatch) => {
@@ -25,8 +24,7 @@ export function saveFolder(folder: FolderState): ThunkResult<void> {
       version: folder.version,
     });
 
-    // this should be redux action at some point
-    appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertSuccess, ['Folder saved']);
+    dispatch(notifyApp(createSuccessNotification('Folder saved')));
     locationService.push(`${res.url}/settings`);
   };
 }
@@ -143,9 +141,9 @@ export function addFolderPermission(newItem: NewDashboardAclItem): ThunkResult<v
 }
 
 export function createNewFolder(folderName: string): ThunkResult<void> {
-  return async () => {
+  return async (dispatch) => {
     const newFolder = await getBackendSrv().post('/api/folders', { title: folderName });
-    appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertSuccess, ['Folder Created', 'OK']);
+    dispatch(notifyApp(createSuccessNotification('Folder Created', 'OK')));
     locationService.push(locationUtil.stripBaseFromUrl(newFolder.url));
   };
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/live/pages/AddNewRule.tsx b/public/app/features/live/pages/AddNewRule.tsx
index 27a1c23bfa5..5fa392361d0 100644
--- a/public/app/features/live/pages/AddNewRule.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/live/pages/AddNewRule.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import { Input, Field, Button, ValuePicker, HorizontalGroup } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { DataSourcePicker, getBackendSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
-import { AppEvents, DataSourceRef, LiveChannelScope, SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
-import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
+import { DataSourceRef, LiveChannelScope, SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
+import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
 import { Rule } from './types';
 
 interface Props {
@@ -29,14 +29,15 @@ export function AddNewRule({ onRuleAdded }: Props) {
   const [pattern, setPattern] = useState<string>();
   const [patternPrefix, setPatternPrefix] = useState<string>('');
   const [datasource, setDatasource] = useState<DataSourceRef>();
+  const notifyApp = useAppNotification();
 
   const onSubmit = () => {
     if (!pattern) {
-      appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertError, ['Enter path']);
+      notifyApp.error('Enter path');
       return;
     }
     if (patternType === 'ds' && !patternPrefix.length) {
-      appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertError, ['Select datasource']);
+      notifyApp.error('Select datasource');
       return;
     }
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ export function AddNewRule({ onRuleAdded }: Props) {
         onRuleAdded(v.rule);
       })
       .catch((e) => {
-        appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertError, ['Error adding rule', e]);
+        notifyApp.error('Error adding rule', e);
         e.isHandled = true;
       });
   };
diff --git a/public/app/features/manage-dashboards/state/actions.ts b/public/app/features/manage-dashboards/state/actions.ts
index fecd628bcd5..99499d4960c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/manage-dashboards/state/actions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/manage-dashboards/state/actions.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { AppEvents, DataSourceInstanceSettings, locationUtil } from '@grafana/data';
+import { DataSourceInstanceSettings, locationUtil } from '@grafana/data';
 import {
   clearDashboard,
   fetchDashboard,
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ import {
   setLibraryPanelInputs,
 } from './reducers';
 import { DashboardDataDTO, DashboardDTO, FolderInfo, PermissionLevelString, ThunkResult } from 'app/types';
-import { appEvents } from '../../../core/core';
+import { createErrorNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
+import { notifyApp } from 'app/core/actions';
 import { dashboardWatcher } from 'app/features/live/dashboard/dashboardWatcher';
 import { getDataSourceSrv, locationService, getBackendSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { DashboardSearchHit } from '../../search/types';
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export function fetchGcomDashboard(id: string): ThunkResult<void> {
       dispatch(processElements(dashboard.json));
     } catch (error) {
       dispatch(fetchFailed());
-      appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertError, [error.data.message || error]);
+      dispatch(notifyApp(createErrorNotification(error.data.message || error)));
     }
   };
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/components/MoveToFolderModal.tsx b/public/app/features/search/components/MoveToFolderModal.tsx
index 13d6b155d8e..dac46e5ae31 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/components/MoveToFolderModal.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/search/components/MoveToFolderModal.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import React, { FC, useState } from 'react';
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { Button, HorizontalGroup, Modal, stylesFactory, useTheme } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { AppEvents, GrafanaTheme } from '@grafana/data';
+import { GrafanaTheme } from '@grafana/data';
 import { FolderInfo } from 'app/types';
 import { FolderPicker } from 'app/core/components/Select/FolderPicker';
-import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
+import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
 import { DashboardSection, OnMoveItems } from '../types';
 import { getCheckedDashboards } from '../utils';
 import { moveDashboards } from 'app/features/manage-dashboards/state/actions';
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export const MoveToFolderModal: FC<Props> = ({ results, onMoveItems, isOpen, onD
   const theme = useTheme();
   const styles = getStyles(theme);
   const selectedDashboards = getCheckedDashboards(results);
+  const notifyApp = useAppNotification();
 
   const moveTo = () => {
     if (folder && selectedDashboards.length) {
@@ -31,11 +32,11 @@ export const MoveToFolderModal: FC<Props> = ({ results, onMoveItems, isOpen, onD
           const ending = result.successCount === 1 ? '' : 's';
           const header = `Dashboard${ending} Moved`;
           const msg = `${result.successCount} dashboard${ending} moved to ${folderTitle}`;
-          appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertSuccess, [header, msg]);
+          notifyApp.success(header, msg);
         }
 
         if (result.totalCount === result.alreadyInFolderCount) {
-          appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertError, ['Error', `Dashboard already belongs to folder ${folderTitle}`]);
+          notifyApp.error('Error', `Dashboard already belongs to folder ${folderTitle}`);
         } else {
           onMoveItems(selectedDashboards, folder);
         }
diff --git a/public/app/types/appNotifications.ts b/public/app/types/appNotifications.ts
index 96dcd33fe9f..7976b447986 100644
--- a/public/app/types/appNotifications.ts
+++ b/public/app/types/appNotifications.ts
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ export enum AppNotificationTimeout {
 }
 
 export interface AppNotificationsState {
-  appNotifications: AppNotification[];
+  byId: Record<string, AppNotification>;
 }
diff --git a/public/app/types/store.ts b/public/app/types/store.ts
index e94d1b9e1a8..7b03dc2b890 100644
--- a/public/app/types/store.ts
+++ b/public/app/types/store.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export type ThunkResult<R> = ThunkAction<R, StoreState, undefined, PayloadAction
 
 export type ThunkDispatch = GenericThunkDispatch<StoreState, undefined, Action>;
 
+// Typed useDispatch & useSelector hooks
 export type AppDispatch = ReturnType<typeof configureStore>['dispatch'];
 export const useDispatch = () => useDispatchUntyped<AppDispatch>();
 export const useSelector: TypedUseSelectorHook<StoreState> = useSelectorUntyped;
diff --git a/public/test/redux-rtl.tsx b/public/test/redux-rtl.tsx
index d37501e3569..0c8b33148ef 100644
--- a/public/test/redux-rtl.tsx
+++ b/public/test/redux-rtl.tsx
@@ -31,5 +31,4 @@ function render(
   return rtlRender(ui, { wrapper: Wrapper, ...renderOptions });
 }
 
-export * from '@testing-library/react';
 export { render };