diff --git a/.betterer.results b/.betterer.results
index d7fb11a15f9..07d8e8267e8 100644
--- a/.betterer.results
+++ b/.betterer.results
@@ -2280,9 +2280,7 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
       [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "5"]
     ],
     "public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/GrafanaRules.tsx:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "0"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "1"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "2"]
+      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "0"]
     ],
     "public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleConfigStatus.tsx:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "0"],
@@ -2328,10 +2326,7 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
     ],
     "public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleState.tsx:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "0"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "1"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "2"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "3"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "4"]
+      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "1"]
     ],
     "public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleStats.tsx:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "0"]
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/Analytics.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/Analytics.ts
index a58c0d2b503..f96e20cd918 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/Analytics.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/Analytics.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export const LogMessages = {
   cancelSavingAlertRule: 'user canceled alert rule creation',
   successSavingAlertRule: 'alert rule saved successfully',
   unknownMessageFromError: 'unknown messageFromError',
+  grafanaRecording: 'creating Grafana recording rule from scratch',
   loadedCentralAlertStateHistory: 'loaded central alert state history',
 };
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleEditor.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleEditor.tsx
index 5e58a5dd206..4dfa212e4e3 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleEditor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleEditor.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ import { fetchRulesSourceBuildInfoAction } from './state/actions';
 import { useRulesAccess } from './utils/accessControlHooks';
 import * as ruleId from './utils/rule-id';
 
-type RuleEditorProps = GrafanaRouteComponentProps<{ id?: string; type?: 'recording' | 'alerting' }>;
+type RuleEditorProps = GrafanaRouteComponentProps<{
+  id?: string;
+  type?: 'recording' | 'alerting' | 'grafana-recording';
+}>;
 
 const defaultPageNav: Partial<NavModelItem> = {
   icon: 'bell',
@@ -25,8 +28,8 @@ const defaultPageNav: Partial<NavModelItem> = {
 };
 
 // sadly we only get the "type" when a new rule is being created, when editing an existing recording rule we can't actually know it from the URL
-const getPageNav = (identifier?: RuleIdentifier, type?: 'recording' | 'alerting') => {
-  if (type === 'recording') {
+const getPageNav = (identifier?: RuleIdentifier, type?: 'recording' | 'alerting' | 'grafana-recording') => {
+  if (type === 'recording' || type === 'grafana-recording') {
     if (identifier) {
       // this branch should never trigger actually, the type param isn't used when editing rules
       return { ...defaultPageNav, id: 'alert-rule-edit', text: 'Edit recording rule' };
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/__snapshots__/PanelAlertTabContent.test.tsx.snap b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/__snapshots__/PanelAlertTabContent.test.tsx.snap
index eecab06dfdb..bb0d4a46ec3 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/__snapshots__/PanelAlertTabContent.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/__snapshots__/PanelAlertTabContent.test.tsx.snap
@@ -112,6 +112,6 @@ exports[`PanelAlertTabContent Will render alerts belonging to panel and a button
       "refId": "C",
     },
   ],
-  "type": "grafana",
+  "type": "grafana-alerting",
 }
 `;
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AlertRuleNameInput.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AlertRuleNameInput.tsx
index 983d6c781e2..746783adebd 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AlertRuleNameInput.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AlertRuleNameInput.tsx
@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
 import { useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
 
 import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
-import { Field, Input, Text } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Field, Input, Stack, Text } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 import { RuleFormType, RuleFormValues } from '../../types/rule-form';
+import { isCloudRecordingRuleByType, isGrafanaRecordingRuleByType, isRecordingRuleByType } from '../../utils/rules';
 
 import { RuleEditorSection } from './RuleEditorSection';
 
-const recordingRuleNameValidationPattern = {
-  message:
-    'Recording rule name must be valid metric name. It may only contain letters, numbers, and colons. It may not contain whitespace.',
+const recordingRuleNameValidationPattern = (type: RuleFormType) => ({
+  message: isGrafanaRecordingRuleByType(type)
+    ? 'Recording rule metric must be valid metric name. It may only contain letters, numbers, and colons. It may not contain whitespace.'
+    : 'Recording rule name must be valid metric name. It may only contain letters, numbers, and colons. It may not contain whitespace.',
   value: /^[a-zA-Z_:][a-zA-Z0-9_:]*$/,
-};
+});
 
-export const AlertRuleNameInput = () => {
+/**
+ *  This component renders the input for the alert rule name.
+ *  In case of recording rule, it also renders the input for the recording rule metric, and it validates this value.
+ */
+export const AlertRuleNameAndMetric = () => {
   const {
     register,
     watch,
@@ -21,8 +27,14 @@ export const AlertRuleNameInput = () => {
   } = useFormContext<RuleFormValues>();
 
   const ruleFormType = watch('type');
-  const entityName = ruleFormType === RuleFormType.cloudRecording ? 'recording rule' : 'alert rule';
-
+  if (!ruleFormType) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const isRecording = isRecordingRuleByType(ruleFormType);
+  const isGrafanaRecordingRule = isGrafanaRecordingRuleByType(ruleFormType);
+  const isCloudRecordingRule = isCloudRecordingRuleByType(ruleFormType);
+  const recordingLabel = isGrafanaRecordingRule ? 'recording rule and metric' : 'recording rule';
+  const entityName = isRecording ? recordingLabel : 'alert rule';
   return (
     <RuleEditorSection
       stepNo={1}
@@ -33,19 +45,37 @@ export const AlertRuleNameInput = () => {
         </Text>
       }
     >
-      <Field label="Name" error={errors?.name?.message} invalid={!!errors.name?.message}>
-        <Input
-          data-testid={selectors.components.AlertRules.ruleNameField}
-          id="name"
-          width={35}
-          {...register('name', {
-            required: { value: true, message: 'Must enter a name' },
-            pattern: ruleFormType === RuleFormType.cloudRecording ? recordingRuleNameValidationPattern : undefined,
-          })}
-          aria-label="name"
-          placeholder={`Give your ${entityName} a name`}
-        />
-      </Field>
+      <Stack direction="column">
+        <Field label="Name" 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: 'Must enter a name' },
+              pattern: isCloudRecordingRule
+                ? recordingRuleNameValidationPattern(RuleFormType.cloudRecording)
+                : undefined,
+            })}
+            aria-label="name"
+            placeholder={`Give your ${entityName} a name`}
+          />
+        </Field>
+        {isGrafanaRecordingRule && (
+          <Field label="Metric" error={errors?.metric?.message} invalid={!!errors.metric?.message}>
+            <Input
+              id="metric"
+              width={38}
+              {...register('metric', {
+                required: { value: true, message: 'Must enter a metric name' },
+                pattern: recordingRuleNameValidationPattern(RuleFormType.grafanaRecording),
+              })}
+              aria-label="metric"
+              placeholder={`Give your metric a name`}
+            />
+          </Field>
+        )}
+      </Stack>
     </RuleEditorSection>
   );
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/GrafanaEvaluationBehavior.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/GrafanaEvaluationBehavior.tsx
index b98c50e6c40..35ad15987c1 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/GrafanaEvaluationBehavior.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/GrafanaEvaluationBehavior.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Controller, RegisterOptions, useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
 import { GrafanaTheme2, SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Field, Icon, IconButton, Input, Label, Stack, Switch, Text, Tooltip, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { Trans, t } from 'app/core/internationalization';
+import { isGrafanaAlertingRuleByType } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules';
 
 import { CombinedRuleGroup, CombinedRuleNamespace } from '../../../../../types/unified-alerting';
 import { LogMessages, logInfo } from '../../Analytics';
@@ -290,6 +291,9 @@ export function GrafanaEvaluationBehavior({
   const { watch, setValue } = useFormContext<RuleFormValues>();
 
   const isPaused = watch('isPaused');
+  const type = watch('type');
+
+  const isGrafanaAlertingRule = isGrafanaAlertingRuleByType(type);
 
   return (
     // TODO remove "and alert condition" for recording rules
@@ -300,7 +304,8 @@ export function GrafanaEvaluationBehavior({
           evaluateEvery={evaluateEvery}
           enableProvisionedGroups={enableProvisionedGroups}
         />
-        <ForInput evaluateEvery={evaluateEvery} />
+        {/* Show the pending period input only for Grafana alerting rules */}
+        {isGrafanaAlertingRule && <ForInput evaluateEvery={evaluateEvery} />}
 
         {existing && (
           <Field htmlFor="pause-alert-switch">
@@ -327,44 +332,48 @@ export function GrafanaEvaluationBehavior({
           </Field>
         )}
       </Stack>
-      <CollapseToggle
-        isCollapsed={!showErrorHandling}
-        onToggle={(collapsed) => setShowErrorHandling(!collapsed)}
-        text="Configure no data and error handling"
-      />
-      {showErrorHandling && (
+      {isGrafanaAlertingRule && (
         <>
-          <NeedHelpInfoForConfigureNoDataError />
-          <Field htmlFor="no-data-state-input" label="Alert state if no data or all values are null">
-            <Controller
-              render={({ field: { onChange, ref, ...field } }) => (
-                <GrafanaAlertStatePicker
-                  {...field}
-                  inputId="no-data-state-input"
-                  width={42}
-                  includeNoData={true}
-                  includeError={false}
-                  onChange={(value) => onChange(value?.value)}
+          <CollapseToggle
+            isCollapsed={!showErrorHandling}
+            onToggle={(collapsed) => setShowErrorHandling(!collapsed)}
+            text="Configure no data and error handling"
+          />
+          {showErrorHandling && (
+            <>
+              <NeedHelpInfoForConfigureNoDataError />
+              <Field htmlFor="no-data-state-input" label="Alert state if no data or all values are null">
+                <Controller
+                  render={({ field: { onChange, ref, ...field } }) => (
+                    <GrafanaAlertStatePicker
+                      {...field}
+                      inputId="no-data-state-input"
+                      width={42}
+                      includeNoData={true}
+                      includeError={false}
+                      onChange={(value) => onChange(value?.value)}
+                    />
+                  )}
+                  name="noDataState"
                 />
-              )}
-              name="noDataState"
-            />
-          </Field>
-          <Field htmlFor="exec-err-state-input" label="Alert state if execution error or timeout">
-            <Controller
-              render={({ field: { onChange, ref, ...field } }) => (
-                <GrafanaAlertStatePicker
-                  {...field}
-                  inputId="exec-err-state-input"
-                  width={42}
-                  includeNoData={false}
-                  includeError={true}
-                  onChange={(value) => onChange(value?.value)}
+              </Field>
+              <Field htmlFor="exec-err-state-input" label="Alert state if execution error or timeout">
+                <Controller
+                  render={({ field: { onChange, ref, ...field } }) => (
+                    <GrafanaAlertStatePicker
+                      {...field}
+                      inputId="exec-err-state-input"
+                      width={42}
+                      includeNoData={false}
+                      includeError={true}
+                      onChange={(value) => onChange(value?.value)}
+                    />
+                  )}
+                  name="execErrState"
                 />
-              )}
-              name="execErrState"
-            />
-          </Field>
+              </Field>
+            </>
+          )}
         </>
       )}
     </RuleEditorSection>
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/NotificationsStep.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/NotificationsStep.tsx
index 03cfdf33161..3a780463010 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/NotificationsStep.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/NotificationsStep.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { AlertmanagerChoice } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 import { alertmanagerApi } from '../../api/alertmanagerApi';
 import { RuleFormType, RuleFormValues } from '../../types/rule-form';
 import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from '../../utils/datasource';
+import { isRecordingRuleByType } from '../../utils/rules';
 
 import { NeedHelpInfo } from './NeedHelpInfo';
 import { RuleEditorSection } from './RuleEditorSection';
@@ -62,11 +63,14 @@ export const NotificationsStep = ({ alertUid }: NotificationsStepProps) => {
     }
     setShowLabelsEditor(false);
   }
+  if (!type) {
+    return null;
+  }
 
   return (
     <RuleEditorSection
       stepNo={4}
-      title={type === RuleFormType.cloudRecording ? 'Add labels' : 'Configure labels and notifications'}
+      title={isRecordingRuleByType(type) ? 'Add labels' : 'Configure labels and notifications'}
       description={
         <Stack direction="row" gap={0.5} alignItems="center">
           {type === RuleFormType.cloudRecording ? (
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/PreviewRule.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/PreviewRule.tsx
index 170b849e030..d5d1de46056 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/PreviewRule.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/PreviewRule.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
-import { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
 import * as React from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
 import { useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
 import { useMountedState } from 'react-use';
 import { takeWhile } from 'rxjs/operators';
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { previewAlertRule } from '../../api/preview';
 import { useAlertQueriesStatus } from '../../hooks/useAlertQueriesStatus';
 import { PreviewRuleRequest, PreviewRuleResponse } from '../../types/preview';
 import { RuleFormType, RuleFormValues } from '../../types/rule-form';
+import { isDataSourceManagedRuleByType } from '../../utils/rules';
 
 import { PreviewRuleResult } from './PreviewRuleResult';
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ export function PreviewRule(): React.ReactElement | null {
   const [type, condition, queries] = watch(['type', 'condition', 'queries']);
   const { allDataSourcesAvailable } = useAlertQueriesStatus(queries);
 
-  if (type === RuleFormType.cloudRecording || type === RuleFormType.cloudAlerting) {
+  if (!type || isDataSourceManagedRuleByType(type)) {
     return null;
   }
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/AlertRuleForm.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/AlertRuleForm.tsx
index c587a9d87b2..8c80bdaecd7 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/AlertRuleForm.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/AlertRuleForm.tsx
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ import { useQueryParams } from 'app/core/hooks/useQueryParams';
 import InfoPausedRule from 'app/features/alerting/unified/components/InfoPausedRule';
 import {
   getRuleGroupLocationFromRuleWithLocation,
+  isGrafanaManagedRuleByType,
   isGrafanaRulerRule,
   isGrafanaRulerRulePaused,
+  isRecordingRuleByType,
 } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules';
 import { useDispatch } from 'app/types';
 import { RuleWithLocation } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
@@ -23,8 +25,8 @@ import { RuleWithLocation } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
 import {
   LogMessages,
   logInfo,
-  trackAlertRuleFormError,
   trackAlertRuleFormCancelled,
+  trackAlertRuleFormError,
   trackAlertRuleFormSaved,
 } from '../../../Analytics';
 import { useDeleteRuleFromGroup } from '../../../hooks/ruleGroup/useDeleteRuleFromGroup';
@@ -33,8 +35,8 @@ import { saveRuleFormAction } from '../../../state/actions';
 import { RuleFormType, RuleFormValues } from '../../../types/rule-form';
 import { initialAsyncRequestState } from '../../../utils/redux';
 import {
-  MANUAL_ROUTING_KEY,
   DEFAULT_GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL,
+  MANUAL_ROUTING_KEY,
   formValuesFromExistingRule,
   getDefaultFormValues,
   getDefaultQueries,
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ import {
   normalizeDefaultAnnotations,
 } from '../../../utils/rule-form';
 import { GrafanaRuleExporter } from '../../export/GrafanaRuleExporter';
-import { AlertRuleNameInput } from '../AlertRuleNameInput';
+import { AlertRuleNameAndMetric } from '../AlertRuleNameInput';
 import AnnotationsStep from '../AnnotationsStep';
 import { CloudEvaluationBehavior } from '../CloudEvaluationBehavior';
 import { GrafanaEvaluationBehavior } from '../GrafanaEvaluationBehavior';
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ export const AlertRuleForm = ({ existing, prefill }: Props) => {
   const type = watch('type');
   const dataSourceName = watch('dataSourceName');
 
-  const showDataSourceDependantStep = Boolean(type && (type === RuleFormType.grafana || !!dataSourceName));
+  const showDataSourceDependantStep = Boolean(type && (isGrafanaManagedRuleByType(type) || !!dataSourceName));
 
   const submitState = useUnifiedAlertingSelector((state) => state.ruleForm.saveRule) || initialAsyncRequestState;
   useCleanup((state) => (state.unifiedAlerting.ruleForm.saveRule = initialAsyncRequestState));
@@ -233,6 +235,9 @@ export const AlertRuleForm = ({ existing, prefill }: Props) => {
   );
 
   const isPaused = existing && isGrafanaRulerRule(existing.rule) && isGrafanaRulerRulePaused(existing.rule);
+  if (!type) {
+    return null;
+  }
   return (
     <FormProvider {...formAPI}>
       <AppChromeUpdate actions={actionButtons} />
@@ -242,14 +247,14 @@ export const AlertRuleForm = ({ existing, prefill }: Props) => {
           <CustomScrollbar autoHeightMin="100%" hideHorizontalTrack={true}>
             <Stack direction="column" gap={3}>
               {/* Step 1 */}
-              <AlertRuleNameInput />
+              <AlertRuleNameAndMetric />
               {/* Step 2 */}
               <QueryAndExpressionsStep editingExistingRule={!!existing} onDataChange={checkAlertCondition} />
               {/* Step 3-4-5 */}
               {showDataSourceDependantStep && (
                 <>
                   {/* Step 3 */}
-                  {type === RuleFormType.grafana && (
+                  {isGrafanaManagedRuleByType(type) && (
                     <GrafanaEvaluationBehavior
                       evaluateEvery={evaluateEvery}
                       setEvaluateEvery={setEvaluateEvery}
@@ -266,7 +271,7 @@ export const AlertRuleForm = ({ existing, prefill }: Props) => {
                   {/* Notifications step*/}
                   <NotificationsStep alertUid={uidFromParams} />
                   {/* Annotations only for cloud and Grafana */}
-                  {type !== RuleFormType.cloudRecording && <AnnotationsStep />}
+                  {!isRecordingRuleByType(type) && <AnnotationsStep />}
                 </>
               )}
             </Stack>
@@ -285,7 +290,7 @@ export const AlertRuleForm = ({ existing, prefill }: Props) => {
         />
       ) : null}
       {showEditYaml ? (
-        type === RuleFormType.grafana ? (
+        isGrafanaManagedRuleByType(type) ? (
           <GrafanaRuleExporter alertUid={uidFromParams} onClose={() => setShowEditYaml(false)} />
         ) : (
           <RuleInspector onClose={() => setShowEditYaml(false)} />
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/ModifyExportRuleForm.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/ModifyExportRuleForm.tsx
index 3efe5311328..3304bd0e9d8 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/ModifyExportRuleForm.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/ModifyExportRuleForm.tsx
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import { DEFAULT_GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL, formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO } fr
 import { isGrafanaRulerRule } from '../../../utils/rules';
 import { FileExportPreview } from '../../export/FileExportPreview';
 import { GrafanaExportDrawer } from '../../export/GrafanaExportDrawer';
-import { allGrafanaExportProviders, ExportFormats } from '../../export/providers';
-import { AlertRuleNameInput } from '../AlertRuleNameInput';
+import { ExportFormats, allGrafanaExportProviders } from '../../export/providers';
+import { AlertRuleNameAndMetric } from '../AlertRuleNameInput';
 import AnnotationsStep from '../AnnotationsStep';
 import { GrafanaEvaluationBehavior } from '../GrafanaEvaluationBehavior';
 import { NotificationsStep } from '../NotificationsStep';
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export function ModifyExportRuleForm({ ruleForm, alertUid }: ModifyExportRuleFor
             <CustomScrollbar autoHeightMin="100%" hideHorizontalTrack={true}>
               <Stack direction="column" gap={3}>
                 {/* Step 1 */}
-                <AlertRuleNameInput />
+                <AlertRuleNameAndMetric />
                 {/* Step 2 */}
                 <QueryAndExpressionsStep editingExistingRule={existing} onDataChange={checkAlertCondition} />
                 {/* Step 3-4-5 */}
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/getPayloadToExport.test.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/getPayloadToExport.test.ts
index cedaff19f6d..402de30ce0d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/getPayloadToExport.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/getPayloadToExport.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { RulerRuleDTO, RulerRuleGroupDTO } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
 
-import { mockRulerGrafanaRule } from '../../../mocks';
-import { RuleFormValues } from '../../../types/rule-form';
+import { mockRulerGrafanaRecordingRule, mockRulerGrafanaRule } from '../../../mocks';
+import { RuleFormType, RuleFormValues } from '../../../types/rule-form';
 import { Annotation } from '../../../utils/constants';
 import { getDefaultFormValues } from '../../../utils/rule-form';
 
@@ -34,10 +34,19 @@ const rule3 = mockRulerGrafanaRule(
   { uid: 'uid-rule-3', title: 'Rule3', data: [] }
 );
 
+const rule4 = mockRulerGrafanaRecordingRule(
+  {
+    labels: { severity: 'notcritical4', region: 'region4' },
+    annotations: { [Annotation.summary]: 'This grafana rule4' },
+  },
+  { uid: 'uid-rule-4', title: 'Rule4', data: [] }
+);
+
 // Prepare the form values for rule2 updated
 const defaultValues = getDefaultFormValues();
 const formValuesForRule2Updated: RuleFormValues = {
   ...defaultValues,
+  type: RuleFormType.grafana,
   queries: [
     {
       refId: 'A',
@@ -56,6 +65,26 @@ const formValuesForRule2Updated: RuleFormValues = {
   labels: [{ key: 'newLabel', value: 'newLabel' }],
   annotations: [{ key: 'summary', value: 'This grafana rule2 updated' }],
 };
+const formValuesForRecordingRule4Updated: RuleFormValues = {
+  ...defaultValues,
+  type: RuleFormType.grafanaRecording,
+  queries: [
+    {
+      refId: 'A',
+      relativeTimeRange: { from: 900, to: 1000 },
+      datasourceUid: 'dsuid',
+      model: {
+        refId: 'A',
+        hide: true,
+      },
+      queryType: 'query',
+    },
+  ],
+  condition: 'A',
+  name: 'Rule4 updated',
+  labels: [{ key: 'newLabel', value: 'newLabel' }],
+  annotations: [{ key: 'summary', value: 'This grafana rule4 updated' }],
+};
 
 const expectedModifiedRule2 = (uid: string) => ({
   annotations: {
@@ -90,24 +119,81 @@ const expectedModifiedRule2 = (uid: string) => ({
   },
 });
 
+const expectedModifiedRule4 = (uid: string) => ({
+  annotations: {
+    summary: 'This grafana rule4 updated',
+  },
+  grafana_alert: {
+    condition: 'A',
+    data: [
+      {
+        datasourceUid: 'dsuid',
+        model: {
+          refId: 'A',
+          hide: true,
+        },
+        queryType: 'query',
+        refId: 'A',
+        relativeTimeRange: {
+          from: 900,
+          to: 1000,
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+    is_paused: false,
+    notification_settings: undefined,
+    record: {
+      metric: 'Rule4 updated',
+      from: 'A',
+    },
+    title: 'Rule4 updated',
+    uid: uid,
+  },
+  labels: {
+    newLabel: 'newLabel',
+  },
+});
+
 describe('getPayloadFromDto', () => {
   const groupDto: RulerRuleGroupDTO<RulerRuleDTO> = {
     name: 'Test Group',
-    rules: [rule1, rule2, rule3],
+    rules: [rule1, rule2, rule3, rule4],
   };
 
   it('should return a ModifyExportPayload with the updated rule added to a group with this rule belongs, in the same position', () => {
-    const result = getPayloadToExport('uid-rule-2', formValuesForRule2Updated, groupDto);
-    expect(result).toEqual({
+    // for alerting rule
+    const resultForAlerting = getPayloadToExport('uid-rule-2', formValuesForRule2Updated, groupDto);
+    expect(resultForAlerting).toEqual({
       name: 'Test Group',
-      rules: [rule1, expectedModifiedRule2('uid-rule-2'), rule3],
+      rules: [rule1, expectedModifiedRule2('uid-rule-2'), rule3, rule4],
+    });
+    // for recording rule
+    const resultForRecording = getPayloadToExport(
+      'uid-rule-4',
+      { ...formValuesForRecordingRule4Updated, type: RuleFormType.grafanaRecording },
+      groupDto
+    );
+    expect(resultForRecording).toEqual({
+      name: 'Test Group',
+      rules: [rule1, rule2, rule3, expectedModifiedRule4('uid-rule-4')],
     });
   });
   it('should return a ModifyExportPayload with the updated rule added to a non empty rule where this rule does not belong, in the last position', () => {
+    // for alerting rule
     const result = getPayloadToExport('uid-rule-5', formValuesForRule2Updated, groupDto);
     expect(result).toEqual({
       name: 'Test Group',
-      rules: [rule1, rule2, rule3, expectedModifiedRule2('uid-rule-5')],
+      rules: [rule1, rule2, rule3, rule4, expectedModifiedRule2('uid-rule-5')],
+    });
+    // for recording rule
+    const resultForRecording = getPayloadToExport(
+      'uid-rule-5',
+      { ...formValuesForRecordingRule4Updated, type: RuleFormType.grafanaRecording },
+      groupDto
+    );
+    expect(resultForRecording).toEqual({
+      name: 'Test Group',
+      rules: [rule1, rule2, rule3, rule4, expectedModifiedRule4('uid-rule-5')],
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/query-and-alert-condition/QueryAndExpressionsStep.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/query-and-alert-condition/QueryAndExpressionsStep.tsx
index a5c9ebac579..ed2f94a7542 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/query-and-alert-condition/QueryAndExpressionsStep.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/query-and-alert-condition/QueryAndExpressionsStep.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useReducer, useState } from 'react';
-import { useFormContext, Controller } from 'react-hook-form';
+import { Controller, useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
 
 import { getDefaultRelativeTimeRange, GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ import { fetchAllPromBuildInfoAction } from '../../../state/actions';
 import { RuleFormType, RuleFormValues } from '../../../types/rule-form';
 import { getDefaultOrFirstCompatibleDataSource } from '../../../utils/datasource';
 import { isPromOrLokiQuery, PromOrLokiQuery } from '../../../utils/rule-form';
+import {
+  isCloudAlertingRuleByType,
+  isCloudRecordingRuleByType,
+  isDataSourceManagedRuleByType,
+  isGrafanaAlertingRuleByType,
+  isGrafanaManagedRuleByType,
+} from '../../../utils/rules';
 import { ExpressionEditor } from '../ExpressionEditor';
 import { ExpressionsEditor } from '../ExpressionsEditor';
 import { NeedHelpInfo } from '../NeedHelpInfo';
@@ -70,9 +77,9 @@ export const QueryAndExpressionsStep = ({ editingExistingRule, onDataChange }: P
   const [{ queries }, dispatch] = useReducer(queriesAndExpressionsReducer, initialState);
   const [type, condition, dataSourceName] = watch(['type', 'condition', 'dataSourceName']);
 
-  const isGrafanaManagedType = type === RuleFormType.grafana;
-  const isRecordingRuleType = type === RuleFormType.cloudRecording;
-  const isCloudAlertRuleType = type === RuleFormType.cloudAlerting;
+  const isGrafanaAlertingType = isGrafanaAlertingRuleByType(type);
+  const isRecordingRuleType = isCloudRecordingRuleByType(type);
+  const isCloudAlertRuleType = isCloudAlertingRuleByType(type);
 
   const dispatchReduxAction = useDispatch();
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -114,9 +121,9 @@ export const QueryAndExpressionsStep = ({ editingExistingRule, onDataChange }: P
   const emptyQueries = queries.length === 0;
 
   // apply some validations and asserts to the results of the evaluation when creating or editing
-  // Grafana-managed alert rules
+  // Grafana-managed alert rules and Grafa-managed recording rules
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!isGrafanaManagedType) {
+    if (type && !isGrafanaManagedRuleByType(type)) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -133,7 +140,7 @@ export const QueryAndExpressionsStep = ({ editingExistingRule, onDataChange }: P
     const error = errorFromPreviewData(previewData) ?? errorFromCurrentCondition(previewData);
 
     onDataChange(error?.message || '');
-  }, [queryPreviewData, getValues, onDataChange, isGrafanaManagedType]);
+  }, [queryPreviewData, getValues, onDataChange, type]);
 
   const handleSetCondition = useCallback(
     (refId: string | null) => {
@@ -361,7 +368,9 @@ export const QueryAndExpressionsStep = ({ editingExistingRule, onDataChange }: P
   ]);
 
   const { sectionTitle, helpLabel, helpContent, helpLink } = DESCRIPTIONS[type ?? RuleFormType.grafana];
-
+  if (!type) {
+    return null;
+  }
   return (
     <RuleEditorSection
       stepNo={2}
@@ -381,7 +390,7 @@ export const QueryAndExpressionsStep = ({ editingExistingRule, onDataChange }: P
       }
     >
       {/* This is the cloud data source selector */}
-      {(type === RuleFormType.cloudRecording || type === RuleFormType.cloudAlerting) && (
+      {isDataSourceManagedRuleByType(type) && (
         <CloudDataSourceSelector onChangeCloudDatasource={onChangeCloudDatasource} disabled={editingExistingRule} />
       )}
 
@@ -429,8 +438,8 @@ export const QueryAndExpressionsStep = ({ editingExistingRule, onDataChange }: P
         </Stack>
       )}
 
-      {/* This is the editor for Grafana managed rules */}
-      {isGrafanaManagedType && (
+      {/* This is the editor for Grafana managed rules and Grafana managed recording rules */}
+      {isGrafanaManagedRuleByType(type) && (
         <Stack direction="column">
           {/* Data Queries */}
           <QueryEditor
@@ -457,12 +466,15 @@ export const QueryAndExpressionsStep = ({ editingExistingRule, onDataChange }: P
               Add query
             </Button>
           </Tooltip>
-          <SmartAlertTypeDetector
-            editingExistingRule={editingExistingRule}
-            rulesSourcesWithRuler={rulesSourcesWithRuler}
-            queries={queries}
-            onClickSwitch={onClickSwitch}
-          />
+          {/* We only show Switch for Grafana managed alerts */}
+          {isGrafanaAlertingType && (
+            <SmartAlertTypeDetector
+              editingExistingRule={editingExistingRule}
+              rulesSourcesWithRuler={rulesSourcesWithRuler}
+              queries={queries}
+              onClickSwitch={onClickSwitch}
+            />
+          )}
           {/* Expression Queries */}
           <Stack direction="column" gap={0}>
             <Text element="h5">Expressions</Text>
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/query-and-alert-condition/descriptions.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/query-and-alert-condition/descriptions.tsx
index fced3fa06a5..861b4fd9f96 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/query-and-alert-condition/descriptions.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/query-and-alert-condition/descriptions.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ export const DESCRIPTIONS: Record<RuleFormType, FormDescriptions> = {
       'Pre-compute frequently needed or computationally expensive expressions and save their result as a new set of time series.',
     helpLink: '',
   },
+  [RuleFormType.grafanaRecording]: {
+    sectionTitle: 'Define recording rule',
+    helpLabel: 'Define your recording rule',
+    helpContent:
+      'Pre-compute frequently needed or computationally expensive expressions and save their result as a new set of time series.',
+    helpLink: '',
+  },
   [RuleFormType.grafana]: {
     sectionTitle: 'Define query and alert condition',
     helpLabel: 'Define query and alert condition',
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/util.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/util.ts
index 258ffc74964..7c09766a2db 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/util.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/util.ts
@@ -327,6 +327,10 @@ export function translateRouteParamToRuleType(param = ''): RuleFormType {
     return RuleFormType.cloudRecording;
   }
 
+  if (param === 'grafana-recording') {
+    return RuleFormType.grafanaRecording;
+  }
+
   return RuleFormType.grafana;
 }
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/RuleViewer.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/RuleViewer.tsx
index 13922c65f58..a7d8db1a21b 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/RuleViewer.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/RuleViewer.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   getRulePluginOrigin,
   isAlertingRule,
   isFederatedRuleGroup,
+  isGrafanaRecordingRule,
   isGrafanaRulerRule,
   isGrafanaRulerRulePaused,
   isRecordingRule,
@@ -192,6 +193,13 @@ const createMetadata = (rule: CombinedRule): PageInfoItem[] => {
       ),
     });
   }
+  if (isGrafanaRecordingRule(rule.rulerRule)) {
+    const metric = rule.rulerRule?.grafana_alert.record?.metric ?? '';
+    metadata.push({
+      label: 'Metric name',
+      value: <Text color="primary">{metric}</Text>,
+    });
+  }
 
   if (interval) {
     metadata.push({
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/tabs/Details.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/tabs/Details.tsx
index 6999e5a18ea..5c723326abb 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/tabs/Details.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/tabs/Details.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { formatDistanceToNowStrict } from 'date-fns';
 import { useCallback } from 'react';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Text, Stack, useStyles2, ClipboardButton, TextLink } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { ClipboardButton, Stack, Text, TextLink, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { CombinedRule } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
 import { Annotations } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
 
@@ -98,18 +98,21 @@ const Details = ({ rule }: DetailsProps) => {
         </MetaText>
 
         {/* nodata and execution error state mapping */}
-        {isGrafanaRulerRule(rule.rulerRule) && (
-          <>
-            <MetaText direction="column">
-              Alert state if no data or all values are null
-              <Text color="primary">{rule.rulerRule.grafana_alert.no_data_state}</Text>
-            </MetaText>
-            <MetaText direction="column">
-              Alert state if execution error or timeout
-              <Text color="primary">{rule.rulerRule.grafana_alert.exec_err_state}</Text>
-            </MetaText>
-          </>
-        )}
+        {isGrafanaRulerRule(rule.rulerRule) &&
+          // grafana recording rules don't have these fields
+          rule.rulerRule.grafana_alert.no_data_state &&
+          rule.rulerRule.grafana_alert.exec_err_state && (
+            <>
+              <MetaText direction="column">
+                Alert state if no data or all values are null
+                <Text color="primary">{rule.rulerRule.grafana_alert.no_data_state}</Text>
+              </MetaText>
+              <MetaText direction="column">
+                Alert state if execution error or timeout
+                <Text color="primary">{rule.rulerRule.grafana_alert.exec_err_state}</Text>
+              </MetaText>
+            </>
+          )}
       </div>
 
       {/* annotations go here */}
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/CloudRules.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/CloudRules.tsx
index 54cb3493cce..e7bf42ea817 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/CloudRules.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/CloudRules.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { useMemo } from 'react';
 import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2, urlUtil } from '@grafana/data';
-import { LinkButton, LoadingPlaceholder, Pagination, Spinner, useStyles2, Text } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { LinkButton, LoadingPlaceholder, Pagination, Spinner, Text, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { CombinedRuleNamespace } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
 
 import { DEFAULT_PER_PAGE_PAGINATION } from '../../../../../core/constants';
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ export function CreateRecordingRuleButton() {
         href={urlUtil.renderUrl(`alerting/new/recording`, {
           returnTo: location.pathname + location.search,
         })}
+        tooltip="Create new Data source-managed recording rule"
         icon="plus"
         variant="secondary"
       >
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/EditRuleGroupModal.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/EditRuleGroupModal.tsx
index 93df670343b..d119d68b47a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/EditRuleGroupModal.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/EditRuleGroupModal.tsx
@@ -4,24 +4,24 @@ import { useMemo } from 'react';
 import { FormProvider, RegisterOptions, useForm, useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Badge, Button, Field, Input, Label, LinkButton, Modal, useStyles2, Stack, Alert } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Alert, Badge, Button, Field, Input, Label, LinkButton, Modal, Stack, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
 import { dispatch } from 'app/store/store';
 import { CombinedRuleGroup, CombinedRuleNamespace, RuleGroupIdentifier } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
 import { RulerRuleDTO } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
 
 import {
-  useUpdateRuleGroupConfiguration,
-  useRenameRuleGroup,
   useMoveRuleGroup,
+  useRenameRuleGroup,
+  useUpdateRuleGroupConfiguration,
 } from '../../hooks/ruleGroup/useUpdateRuleGroup';
 import { anyOfRequestState } from '../../hooks/useAsync';
 import { fetchRulerRulesAction, rulesInSameGroupHaveInvalidFor } from '../../state/actions';
 import { checkEvaluationIntervalGlobalLimit } from '../../utils/config';
-import { getRulesSourceName, GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from '../../utils/datasource';
+import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME, getRulesSourceName } from '../../utils/datasource';
 import { stringifyErrorLike } from '../../utils/misc';
 import { DEFAULT_GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL } from '../../utils/rule-form';
-import { AlertInfo, getAlertInfo, isRecordingRulerRule } from '../../utils/rules';
+import { AlertInfo, getAlertInfo, isGrafanaOrDataSourceRecordingRule } from '../../utils/rules';
 import { formatPrometheusDuration, parsePrometheusDuration, safeParsePrometheusDuration } from '../../utils/time';
 import { DynamicTable, DynamicTableColumnProps, DynamicTableItemProps } from '../DynamicTable';
 import { EvaluationIntervalLimitExceeded } from '../InvalidIntervalWarning';
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ export const RulesForGroupTable = ({ rulesWithoutRecordingRules }: { rulesWithou
     }))
     .sort(
       (alert1, alert2) =>
-        safeParsePrometheusDuration(alert1.data.forDuration) - safeParsePrometheusDuration(alert2.data.forDuration)
+        safeParsePrometheusDuration(alert1.data.forDuration ?? '') -
+        safeParsePrometheusDuration(alert2.data.forDuration ?? '')
     );
 
   const columns: AlertsWithForTableColumnProps[] = useMemo(() => {
@@ -154,9 +155,11 @@ export const evaluateEveryValidationOptions = (rules: RulerRuleDTO[]): RegisterO
       } else {
         const rulePendingPeriods = rules.map((rule) => {
           const { forDuration } = getAlertInfo(rule, evaluateEvery);
-          return safeParsePrometheusDuration(forDuration);
+          return forDuration ? safeParsePrometheusDuration(forDuration) : null;
         });
-        const largestPendingPeriod = Math.min(...rulePendingPeriods);
+        const largestPendingPeriod = Math.min(
+          ...rulePendingPeriods.filter((period): period is number => period !== null)
+        );
         return `Evaluation interval should be smaller or equal to "pending period" values for existing rules in this rule group. Choose a value smaller than or equal to "${formatPrometheusDuration(largestPendingPeriod)}".`;
       }
     } catch (error) {
@@ -262,7 +265,7 @@ export function EditCloudGroupModal(props: ModalProps): React.ReactElement {
   };
 
   const rulesWithoutRecordingRules = compact(
-    group.rules.map((r) => r.rulerRule).filter((rule) => !isRecordingRulerRule(rule))
+    group.rules.map((r) => r.rulerRule).filter((rule) => !isGrafanaOrDataSourceRecordingRule(rule))
   );
   const hasSomeNoRecordingRules = rulesWithoutRecordingRules.length > 0;
   const modalTitle =
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/GrafanaRules.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/GrafanaRules.tsx
index 3cf53dc6e6a..22468e81c0d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/GrafanaRules.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/GrafanaRules.tsx
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { useToggle } from 'react-use';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Button, LoadingPlaceholder, Pagination, Spinner, useStyles2, Text } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { Button, LinkButton, LoadingPlaceholder, Pagination, Spinner, Stack, Text, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { useQueryParams } from 'app/core/hooks/useQueryParams';
+import { Trans, t } from 'app/core/internationalization';
 import { CombinedRuleNamespace } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
 
 import { DEFAULT_PER_PAGE_PAGINATION } from '../../../../../core/constants';
+import { LogMessages, logInfo } from '../../Analytics';
 import { AlertingAction, useAlertingAbility } from '../../hooks/useAbilities';
 import { flattenGrafanaManagedRules } from '../../hooks/useCombinedRuleNamespaces';
 import { usePagination } from '../../hooks/usePagination';
@@ -14,6 +17,7 @@ import { useUnifiedAlertingSelector } from '../../hooks/useUnifiedAlertingSelect
 import { getPaginationStyles } from '../../styles/pagination';
 import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from '../../utils/datasource';
 import { initialAsyncRequestState } from '../../utils/redux';
+import { createUrl } from '../../utils/url';
 import { GrafanaRulesExporter } from '../export/GrafanaRulesExporter';
 
 import { RulesGroup } from './RulesGroup';
@@ -53,26 +57,47 @@ export const GrafanaRules = ({ namespaces, expandAll }: Props) => {
   const [showExportDrawer, toggleShowExportDrawer] = useToggle(false);
   const hasGrafanaAlerts = namespaces.length > 0;
 
+  const grafanaRecordingRulesEnabled = config.featureToggles.grafanaManagedRecordingRules;
+
   return (
     <section className={styles.wrapper}>
       <div className={styles.sectionHeader}>
         <div className={styles.headerRow}>
           <Text element="h2" variant="h5">
-            Grafana
+            <Trans i18nKey="alerting.grafana-rules.title">Grafana</Trans>
           </Text>
-          {loading ? <LoadingPlaceholder className={styles.loader} text="Loading..." /> : <div />}
-          {hasGrafanaAlerts && canExportRules && (
-            <Button
-              aria-label="export all grafana rules"
-              data-testid="export-all-grafana-rules"
-              icon="download-alt"
-              tooltip="Export all Grafana-managed rules"
-              onClick={toggleShowExportDrawer}
-              variant="secondary"
-            >
-              Export rules
-            </Button>
+          {loading ? (
+            <LoadingPlaceholder className={styles.loader} text={t('alerting.grafana-rules.loading', 'Loading...')} />
+          ) : (
+            <div />
           )}
+          <Stack direction="row" alignItems="center" justifyContent="flex-end">
+            {hasGrafanaAlerts && canExportRules && (
+              <Button
+                aria-label="export all grafana rules"
+                data-testid="export-all-grafana-rules"
+                icon="download-alt"
+                tooltip="Export all Grafana-managed rules"
+                onClick={toggleShowExportDrawer}
+                variant="secondary"
+              >
+                <Trans i18nKey="alerting.grafana-rules.export-rules">Export rules</Trans>
+              </Button>
+            )}
+            {grafanaRecordingRulesEnabled && (
+              <LinkButton
+                href={createUrl('/alerting/new/grafana-recording', {
+                  returnTo: '/alerting/list' + location.search,
+                })}
+                icon="plus"
+                variant="secondary"
+                tooltip="Create new Grafana-managed recording rule"
+                onClick={() => logInfo(LogMessages.grafanaRecording)}
+              >
+                <Trans i18nKey="alerting.grafana-rules.new-recording-rule">New recording rule</Trans>
+              </LinkButton>
+            )}
+          </Stack>
         </div>
       </div>
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleActionsButtons.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleActionsButtons.tsx
index 2d7b45ba56b..33b1dd051a5 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleActionsButtons.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleActionsButtons.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { useState } from 'react';
 import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { LinkButton, useStyles2, Stack } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { LinkButton, Stack, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import AlertRuleMenu from 'app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/AlertRuleMenu';
 import { useDeleteModal } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/DeleteModal';
 import { INSTANCES_DISPLAY_LIMIT } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetails';
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { fetchPromAndRulerRulesAction } from '../../state/actions';
 import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME, getRulesSourceName } from '../../utils/datasource';
 import { createViewLink } from '../../utils/misc';
 import * as ruleId from '../../utils/rule-id';
-import { isGrafanaRulerRule } from '../../utils/rules';
+import { isGrafanaAlertingRule, isGrafanaRulerRule } from '../../utils/rules';
 import { createUrl } from '../../utils/url';
 
 import { RedirectToCloneRule } from './CloneRule';
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export const RuleActionsButtons = ({ compact, showViewButton, showCopyLinkButton
         }}
       />
       {deleteModal}
-      {isGrafanaRulerRule(rule.rulerRule) && showSilenceDrawer && (
+      {isGrafanaAlertingRule(rule.rulerRule) && showSilenceDrawer && (
         <AlertmanagerProvider accessType="instance">
           <SilenceGrafanaRuleDrawer rulerRule={rule.rulerRule} onClose={() => setShowSilenceDrawer(false)} />
         </AlertmanagerProvider>
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetails.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetails.tsx
index db62f8e624f..16086353b99 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetails.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetails.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2, dateTime, dateTimeFormat } from '@grafana/data';
-import { useStyles2, Tooltip } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Tooltip, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { Time } from 'app/features/explore/Time';
 import { CombinedRule } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
 
 import { useCleanAnnotations } from '../../utils/annotations';
-import { isRecordingRulerRule } from '../../utils/rules';
+import { isGrafanaRecordingRule, isRecordingRulerRule } from '../../utils/rules';
 import { isNullDate } from '../../utils/time';
 import { AlertLabels } from '../AlertLabels';
 import { DetailsField } from '../DetailsField';
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ const EvaluationBehaviorSummary = ({ rule }: EvaluationBehaviorSummaryProps) =>
   let every = rule.group.interval;
   let lastEvaluation = rule.promRule?.lastEvaluation;
   let lastEvaluationDuration = rule.promRule?.evaluationTime;
+  const metric = isGrafanaRecordingRule(rule.rulerRule) ? rule.rulerRule?.grafana_alert.record?.metric : undefined;
 
   // recording rules don't have a for duration
   if (!isRecordingRulerRule(rule.rulerRule)) {
@@ -76,6 +77,11 @@ const EvaluationBehaviorSummary = ({ rule }: EvaluationBehaviorSummaryProps) =>
 
   return (
     <>
+      {metric && (
+        <DetailsField label="Metric" horizontal={true}>
+          {metric}
+        </DetailsField>
+      )}
       {every && (
         <DetailsField label="Evaluate" horizontal={true}>
           Every {every}
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetailsButtons.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetailsButtons.tsx
index 558ae99315c..079a26dcf48 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetailsButtons.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetailsButtons.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { useStateHistoryModal } from '../../hooks/useStateHistoryModal';
 import { Annotation } from '../../utils/constants';
 import { isCloudRulesSource } from '../../utils/datasource';
 import { createExploreLink } from '../../utils/misc';
-import { isFederatedRuleGroup, isGrafanaRulerRule } from '../../utils/rules';
+import { isFederatedRuleGroup, isGrafanaAlertingRule, isGrafanaRulerRule } from '../../utils/rules';
 
 interface Props {
   rule: CombinedRule;
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ const RuleDetailsButtons = ({ rule, rulesSource }: Props) => {
     }
   }
 
-  if (isGrafanaRulerRule(rule.rulerRule)) {
+  if (isGrafanaAlertingRule(rule.rulerRule)) {
     buttons.push(
       <Fragment key="history">
         <Button
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleState.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleState.tsx
index 975093f1448..48912322e54 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleState.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleState.tsx
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2, intervalToAbbreviatedDurationString } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Spinner, useStyles2, Stack } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Icon, Spinner, Stack, Tooltip, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Trans } from 'app/core/internationalization';
 import { CombinedRule } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
 import { PromAlertingRuleState } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
 
-import { isAlertingRule, isRecordingRule, getFirstActiveAt } from '../../utils/rules';
+import { getFirstActiveAt, isAlertingRule, isGrafanaRecordingRule, isRecordingRule } from '../../utils/rules';
+import { StateTag } from '../StateTag';
 
 import { AlertStateTag } from './AlertStateTag';
 
@@ -19,9 +21,22 @@ interface Props {
 
 export const RuleState = ({ rule, isDeleting, isCreating, isPaused }: Props) => {
   const style = useStyles2(getStyle);
-  const { promRule } = rule;
-
+  const { promRule, rulerRule } = rule;
   // return how long the rule has been in its firing state, if any
+  const RecordingRuleState = () => {
+    if (isPaused && isGrafanaRecordingRule(rulerRule)) {
+      return (
+        <Tooltip content={'Recording rule evaluation is currently paused'} placement="top">
+          <StateTag state="warning">
+            <Icon name="pause" size="xs" />
+            <Trans i18nKey="alerting.rule-state.paused">Paused</Trans>
+          </StateTag>
+        </Tooltip>
+      );
+    } else {
+      return <Trans i18nKey="alerting.rule-state.recording-rule">Recording rule</Trans>;
+    }
+  };
   const forTime = useMemo(() => {
     if (
       promRule &&
@@ -55,14 +70,14 @@ export const RuleState = ({ rule, isDeleting, isCreating, isPaused }: Props) =>
     return (
       <Stack gap={1}>
         <Spinner />
-        Deleting
+        <Trans i18nKey="alerting.rule-state.deleting">Deleting</Trans>
       </Stack>
     );
   } else if (isCreating) {
     return (
       <Stack gap={1}>
         <Spinner />
-        Creating
+        <Trans i18nKey="alerting.rule-state.creating">Creating</Trans>
       </Stack>
     );
   } else if (promRule && isAlertingRule(promRule)) {
@@ -73,7 +88,7 @@ export const RuleState = ({ rule, isDeleting, isCreating, isPaused }: Props) =>
       </Stack>
     );
   } else if (promRule && isRecordingRule(promRule)) {
-    return <>Recording rule</>;
+    return <RecordingRuleState />;
   }
   return <>n/a</>;
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/hooks/useAbilities.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/hooks/useAbilities.ts
index 0c3bebba8b1..12a10278774 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/hooks/useAbilities.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/hooks/useAbilities.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { useAlertmanager } from '../state/AlertmanagerContext';
 import { getInstancesPermissions, getNotificationsPermissions, getRulesPermissions } from '../utils/access-control';
 import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from '../utils/datasource';
 import { isAdmin } from '../utils/misc';
-import { isFederatedRuleGroup, isGrafanaRulerRule, isPluginProvidedRule } from '../utils/rules';
+import { isFederatedRuleGroup, isGrafanaRecordingRule, isGrafanaRulerRule, isPluginProvidedRule } from '../utils/rules';
 
 import { useIsRuleEditable } from './useIsRuleEditable';
 
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ export function useAlertmanagerAbilities(actions: AlertmanagerAction[]): Ability
 function useCanSilence(rule: CombinedRule): [boolean, boolean] {
   const rulesSource = rule.namespace.rulesSource;
   const isGrafanaManagedRule = rulesSource === GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME;
+  const isGrafanaRecording = isGrafanaRecordingRule(rule.rulerRule);
 
   const { currentData: amConfigStatus, isLoading } =
     alertmanagerApi.endpoints.getGrafanaAlertingConfigurationStatus.useQuery(undefined, {
@@ -293,9 +294,9 @@ function useCanSilence(rule: CombinedRule): [boolean, boolean] {
   const folderUID = isGrafanaRulerRule(rule.rulerRule) ? rule.rulerRule.grafana_alert.namespace_uid : undefined;
   const { loading: folderIsLoading, folder } = useFolder(folderUID);
 
-  // we don't support silencing when the rule is not a Grafana managed rule
+  // we don't support silencing when the rule is not a Grafana managed alerting rule
   // we simply don't know what Alertmanager the ruler is sending alerts to
-  if (!isGrafanaManagedRule || isLoading || folderIsLoading || !folder) {
+  if (!isGrafanaManagedRule || isGrafanaRecording || isLoading || folderIsLoading || !folder) {
     return [false, false];
   }
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mocks.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mocks.ts
index 2d737ef6a74..699252137db 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mocks.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mocks.ts
@@ -142,6 +142,42 @@ export const mockRulerGrafanaRule = (
     ...partial,
   };
 };
+export const mockRulerGrafanaRecordingRule = (
+  partial: Partial<RulerGrafanaRuleDTO> = {},
+  partialDef: Partial<GrafanaRuleDefinition> = {}
+): RulerGrafanaRuleDTO => {
+  return {
+    grafana_alert: {
+      uid: '123',
+      title: 'myalert',
+      namespace_uid: '123',
+      rule_group: 'my-group',
+      condition: 'A',
+      record: {
+        metric: 'myalert',
+        from: 'A',
+      },
+      data: [
+        {
+          datasourceUid: '123',
+          refId: 'A',
+          queryType: 'huh',
+          model: {
+            refId: '',
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+      ...partialDef,
+    },
+    annotations: {
+      message: 'alert with severity "{{.warning}}}"',
+    },
+    labels: {
+      severity: 'warning',
+    },
+    ...partial,
+  };
+};
 
 export const mockRulerAlertingRule = (partial: Partial<RulerAlertingRuleDTO> = {}): RulerAlertingRuleDTO => ({
   alert: 'alert1',
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts
index 85cc93988ea..60f9af1a4ac 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import { discoverFeatures } from '../api/buildInfo';
 import { fetchNotifiers } from '../api/grafana';
 import { FetchPromRulesFilter, fetchRules } from '../api/prometheus';
 import { FetchRulerRulesFilter, deleteRulerRulesGroup, fetchRulerRules, setRulerRuleGroup } from '../api/ruler';
-import { RuleFormType, RuleFormValues } from '../types/rule-form';
+import { RuleFormValues } from '../types/rule-form';
 import { addDefaultsToAlertmanagerConfig, removeMuteTimingFromRoute } from '../utils/alertmanager';
 import {
   GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME,
@@ -64,7 +64,13 @@ import { makeAMLink } from '../utils/misc';
 import { AsyncRequestMapSlice, withAppEvents, withSerializedError } from '../utils/redux';
 import * as ruleId from '../utils/rule-id';
 import { getRulerClient } from '../utils/rulerClient';
-import { getAlertInfo, isGrafanaRulerRule, isRulerNotSupportedResponse } from '../utils/rules';
+import {
+  getAlertInfo,
+  isDataSourceManagedRuleByType,
+  isGrafanaManagedRuleByType,
+  isGrafanaRulerRule,
+  isRulerNotSupportedResponse,
+} from '../utils/rules';
 import { safeParsePrometheusDuration } from '../utils/time';
 
 function getDataSourceConfig(getState: () => unknown, rulesSourceName: string) {
@@ -357,13 +363,16 @@ export const saveRuleFormAction = createAsyncThunk(
       withSerializedError(
         (async () => {
           const { type } = values;
+          if (!type) {
+            return;
+          }
 
           // TODO getRulerConfig should be smart enough to provide proper rulerClient implementation
           // For the dataSourceName specified
           // in case of system (cortex/loki)
           let identifier: RuleIdentifier;
 
-          if (type === RuleFormType.cloudAlerting || type === RuleFormType.cloudRecording) {
+          if (isDataSourceManagedRuleByType(type)) {
             if (!values.dataSourceName) {
               throw new Error('The Data source has not been defined.');
             }
@@ -372,8 +381,8 @@ export const saveRuleFormAction = createAsyncThunk(
             const rulerClient = getRulerClient(rulerConfig);
             identifier = await rulerClient.saveLotexRule(values, evaluateEvery, existing);
             await thunkAPI.dispatch(fetchRulerRulesAction({ rulesSourceName: values.dataSourceName }));
-            // in case of grafana managed
-          } else if (type === RuleFormType.grafana) {
+            // in case of grafana managed rules or grafana-managed recording rules
+          } else if (isGrafanaManagedRuleByType(type)) {
             const rulerConfig = getDataSourceRulerConfig(thunkAPI.getState, GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME);
             const rulerClient = getRulerClient(rulerConfig);
             identifier = await rulerClient.saveGrafanaRule(values, evaluateEvery, existing);
@@ -656,10 +665,10 @@ export const testReceiversAction = createAsyncThunk(
 export const rulesInSameGroupHaveInvalidFor = (rules: RulerRuleDTO[], everyDuration: string) => {
   return rules.filter((rule: RulerRuleDTO) => {
     const { forDuration } = getAlertInfo(rule, everyDuration);
-    const forNumber = safeParsePrometheusDuration(forDuration);
+    const forNumber = forDuration ? safeParsePrometheusDuration(forDuration) : null;
     const everyNumber = safeParsePrometheusDuration(everyDuration);
 
-    return forNumber !== 0 && forNumber < everyNumber;
+    return forNumber ? forNumber !== 0 && forNumber < everyNumber : false;
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/types/rule-form.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/types/rule-form.ts
index e4c787f7e21..3e65e2ca556 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/types/rule-form.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/types/rule-form.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import { AlertQuery, GrafanaAlertStateDecision } from 'app/types/unified-alertin
 import { Folder } from '../components/rule-editor/RuleFolderPicker';
 
 export enum RuleFormType {
-  grafana = 'grafana',
+  grafana = 'grafana-alerting',
+  grafanaRecording = 'grafana-recording',
   cloudAlerting = 'cloud-alerting',
   cloudRecording = 'cloud-recording',
 }
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ export interface RuleFormValues {
   isPaused?: boolean;
   manualRouting: boolean; // if true contactPoints are used. This field will not be used for saving the rule
   contactPoints?: AlertManagerManualRouting;
+  metric?: string;
 
   // cortex / loki rules
   namespace: string;
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/__snapshots__/rule-form.test.ts.snap b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/__snapshots__/rule-form.test.ts.snap
index 972dd0ff608..746e34f15e6 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/__snapshots__/rule-form.test.ts.snap
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/__snapshots__/rule-form.test.ts.snap
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
-exports[`formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO should correctly convert rule form values 1`] = `
+exports[`formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO should correctly convert rule form values for grafana alerting rule 1`] = `
 {
   "annotations": {
     "description": "",
@@ -23,6 +23,29 @@ exports[`formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO should correctly convert rule form valu
 }
 `;
 
+exports[`formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO should correctly convert rule form values for grafana recording rule 1`] = `
+{
+  "annotations": {
+    "description": "",
+    "runbook_url": "",
+    "summary": "",
+  },
+  "grafana_alert": {
+    "condition": "A",
+    "data": [],
+    "is_paused": false,
+    "record": {
+      "from": "A",
+      "metric": "",
+    },
+    "title": "",
+  },
+  "labels": {
+    "": "",
+  },
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO should not save both instant and range type queries 1`] = `
 {
   "annotations": {
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/query.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/query.ts
index 49ec1464a93..cebef12e2e8 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/query.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/query.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export function alertRuleToQueries(combinedRule: CombinedRule | undefined | null
 
   if (isGrafanaRulerRule(rulerRule)) {
     const query = rulerRule.grafana_alert.data;
-    return widenRelativeTimeRanges(query, rulerRule.for, combinedRule.group.interval);
+    return widenRelativeTimeRanges(query, rulerRule.for ?? '', combinedRule.group.interval);
   }
 
   if (isCloudRulesSource(rulesSource)) {
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.test.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.test.ts
index 72a708d8581..0b7bfa3d09d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.test.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,21 @@ import {
 } from './rule-form';
 
 describe('formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO', () => {
-  it('should correctly convert rule form values', () => {
+  it('should correctly convert rule form values for grafana alerting rule', () => {
     const formValues: RuleFormValues = {
       ...getDefaultFormValues(),
       condition: 'A',
+      type: RuleFormType.grafana,
+    };
+
+    expect(formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO(formValues)).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  it('should correctly convert rule form values for grafana recording rule', () => {
+    const formValues: RuleFormValues = {
+      ...getDefaultFormValues(),
+      condition: 'A',
+      type: RuleFormType.grafanaRecording,
     };
 
     expect(formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO(formValues)).toMatchSnapshot();
@@ -31,6 +42,7 @@ describe('formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO', () => {
 
     const values: RuleFormValues = {
       ...defaultValues,
+      type: RuleFormType.grafana,
       queries: [
         {
           refId: 'A',
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.ts
index 9d304f3b5df..960e24e07da 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,13 @@ import { getRulesAccess } from './access-control';
 import { Annotation, defaultAnnotations } from './constants';
 import { getDefaultOrFirstCompatibleDataSource, GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME, isGrafanaRulesSource } from './datasource';
 import { arrayToRecord, recordToArray } from './misc';
-import { isAlertingRulerRule, isGrafanaRulerRule, isRecordingRulerRule } from './rules';
+import {
+  isAlertingRulerRule,
+  isGrafanaAlertingRuleByType,
+  isGrafanaRecordingRule,
+  isGrafanaRulerRule,
+  isRecordingRulerRule,
+} from './rules';
 import { formatPrometheusDuration, parseInterval, safeParsePrometheusDuration } from './time';
 
 export type PromOrLokiQuery = PromQuery | LokiQuery;
@@ -194,28 +200,61 @@ export function getNotificationSettingsForDTO(
 }
 
 export function formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO(values: RuleFormValues): PostableRuleGrafanaRuleDTO {
-  const { name, condition, noDataState, execErrState, evaluateFor, queries, isPaused, contactPoints, manualRouting } =
-    values;
+  const {
+    name,
+    condition,
+    noDataState,
+    execErrState,
+    evaluateFor,
+    queries,
+    isPaused,
+    contactPoints,
+    manualRouting,
+    type,
+    metric,
+  } = values;
   if (condition) {
     const notificationSettings: GrafanaNotificationSettings | undefined = getNotificationSettingsForDTO(
       manualRouting,
       contactPoints
     );
+    if (isGrafanaAlertingRuleByType(type)) {
+      return {
+        grafana_alert: {
+          title: name,
+          condition,
+          data: queries.map(fixBothInstantAndRangeQuery),
+          is_paused: Boolean(isPaused),
 
-    return {
-      grafana_alert: {
-        title: name,
-        condition,
-        no_data_state: noDataState,
-        exec_err_state: execErrState,
-        data: queries.map(fixBothInstantAndRangeQuery),
-        is_paused: Boolean(isPaused),
-        notification_settings: notificationSettings,
-      },
-      for: evaluateFor,
-      annotations: arrayToRecord(values.annotations || []),
-      labels: arrayToRecord(values.labels || []),
-    };
+          // Alerting rule specific
+          no_data_state: noDataState,
+          exec_err_state: execErrState,
+          notification_settings: notificationSettings,
+        },
+        annotations: arrayToRecord(values.annotations || []),
+        labels: arrayToRecord(values.labels || []),
+
+        // Alerting rule specific
+        for: evaluateFor,
+      };
+    } else {
+      return {
+        grafana_alert: {
+          title: name,
+          condition,
+          data: queries.map(fixBothInstantAndRangeQuery),
+          is_paused: Boolean(isPaused),
+
+          // Recording rule specific
+          record: {
+            metric: metric ?? name,
+            from: condition,
+          },
+        },
+        annotations: arrayToRecord(values.annotations || []),
+        labels: arrayToRecord(values.labels || []),
+      };
+    }
   }
   throw new Error('Cannot create rule without specifying alert condition');
 }
@@ -251,34 +290,56 @@ export function rulerRuleToFormValues(ruleWithLocation: RuleWithLocation): RuleF
 
   const defaultFormValues = getDefaultFormValues();
   if (isGrafanaRulesSource(ruleSourceName)) {
-    if (isGrafanaRulerRule(rule)) {
+    // GRAFANA-MANAGED RULES
+    if (isGrafanaRecordingRule(rule)) {
+      // grafana recording rule
       const ga = rule.grafana_alert;
-
-      const routingSettings: AlertManagerManualRouting | undefined = getContactPointsFromDTO(ga);
-
       return {
         ...defaultFormValues,
         name: ga.title,
-        type: RuleFormType.grafana,
+        type: RuleFormType.grafanaRecording,
         group: group.name,
         evaluateEvery: group.interval || defaultFormValues.evaluateEvery,
-        evaluateFor: rule.for || '0',
-        noDataState: ga.no_data_state,
-        execErrState: ga.exec_err_state,
         queries: ga.data,
         condition: ga.condition,
         annotations: normalizeDefaultAnnotations(listifyLabelsOrAnnotations(rule.annotations, false)),
         labels: listifyLabelsOrAnnotations(rule.labels, true),
         folder: { title: namespace, uid: ga.namespace_uid },
         isPaused: ga.is_paused,
-
-        contactPoints: routingSettings,
-        manualRouting: Boolean(routingSettings),
+        metric: ga.record?.metric,
       };
+    } else if (isGrafanaRulerRule(rule)) {
+      // grafana alerting rule
+      const ga = rule.grafana_alert;
+      const routingSettings: AlertManagerManualRouting | undefined = getContactPointsFromDTO(ga);
+      if (ga.no_data_state !== undefined && ga.exec_err_state !== undefined) {
+        return {
+          ...defaultFormValues,
+          name: ga.title,
+          type: RuleFormType.grafana,
+          group: group.name,
+          evaluateEvery: group.interval || defaultFormValues.evaluateEvery,
+          evaluateFor: rule.for || '0',
+          noDataState: ga.no_data_state,
+          execErrState: ga.exec_err_state,
+          queries: ga.data,
+          condition: ga.condition,
+          annotations: normalizeDefaultAnnotations(listifyLabelsOrAnnotations(rule.annotations, false)),
+          labels: listifyLabelsOrAnnotations(rule.labels, true),
+          folder: { title: namespace, uid: ga.namespace_uid },
+          isPaused: ga.is_paused,
+
+          contactPoints: routingSettings,
+          manualRouting: Boolean(routingSettings),
+        };
+      } else {
+        throw new Error('Unexpected type of rule for grafana rules source');
+      }
     } else {
       throw new Error('Unexpected type of rule for grafana rules source');
     }
   } else {
+    // DATASOURCE-MANAGED RULES
     if (isAlertingRulerRule(rule)) {
       const datasourceUid = getDataSourceSrv().getInstanceSettings(ruleSourceName)?.uid ?? '';
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules.ts
index 9fe19c10bf4..1de6d2fbce2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules.ts
@@ -10,19 +10,18 @@ import {
   CombinedRuleGroup,
   CombinedRuleWithLocation,
   GrafanaRuleIdentifier,
-  PrometheusRuleIdentifier,
   PromRuleWithLocation,
+  PrometheusRuleIdentifier,
   RecordingRule,
   Rule,
-  RuleIdentifier,
   RuleGroupIdentifier,
+  RuleIdentifier,
   RuleNamespace,
   RuleWithLocation,
 } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
 import {
   GrafanaAlertState,
   GrafanaAlertStateWithReason,
-  mapStateWithReasonToBaseState,
   PostableRuleDTO,
   PromAlertingRuleState,
   PromRuleType,
@@ -31,11 +30,13 @@ import {
   RulerGrafanaRuleDTO,
   RulerRecordingRuleDTO,
   RulerRuleDTO,
+  mapStateWithReasonToBaseState,
 } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
 
 import { CombinedRuleNamespace } from '../../../../types/unified-alerting';
 import { State } from '../components/StateTag';
 import { RuleHealth } from '../search/rulesSearchParser';
+import { RuleFormType } from '../types/rule-form';
 
 import { RULER_NOT_SUPPORTED_MSG } from './constants';
 import { getRulesSourceName, isGrafanaRulesSource } from './datasource';
@@ -59,10 +60,29 @@ export function isRecordingRulerRule(rule?: RulerRuleDTO): rule is RulerRecordin
   return typeof rule === 'object' && 'record' in rule;
 }
 
+export function isGrafanaOrDataSourceRecordingRule(rule?: RulerRuleDTO) {
+  return (
+    (typeof rule === 'object' && isRecordingRulerRule(rule)) ||
+    (isGrafanaRulerRule(rule) && 'record' in rule.grafana_alert)
+  );
+}
+
+export function isGrafanaRecordingRule(rule?: RulerRuleDTO): rule is RulerGrafanaRuleDTO {
+  return typeof rule === 'object' && isGrafanaOrDataSourceRecordingRule(rule) && isGrafanaRulerRule(rule);
+}
+
+export function isGrafanaAlertingRule(rule?: RulerRuleDTO): rule is RulerGrafanaRuleDTO {
+  return typeof rule === 'object' && isGrafanaRulerRule(rule) && !isGrafanaOrDataSourceRecordingRule(rule);
+}
+
 export function isGrafanaRulerRule(rule?: RulerRuleDTO | PostableRuleDTO): rule is RulerGrafanaRuleDTO {
   return typeof rule === 'object' && 'grafana_alert' in rule;
 }
 
+export function isGrafanaRecordingRulerRule(rule?: RulerRuleDTO) {
+  return typeof rule === 'object' && 'grafana_alert' in rule && 'record' in rule.grafana_alert;
+}
+
 export function isCloudRulerRule(rule?: RulerRuleDTO | PostableRuleDTO): rule is RulerCloudRuleDTO {
   return typeof rule === 'object' && !isGrafanaRulerRule(rule);
 }
@@ -254,8 +274,8 @@ export function getRuleName(rule: RulerRuleDTO) {
 
 export interface AlertInfo {
   alertName: string;
-  forDuration: string;
-  evaluationsToFire: number;
+  forDuration?: string;
+  evaluationsToFire: number | null;
 }
 
 export const getAlertInfo = (alert: RulerRuleDTO, currentEvaluation: string): AlertInfo => {
@@ -268,7 +288,7 @@ export const getAlertInfo = (alert: RulerRuleDTO, currentEvaluation: string): Al
     return {
       alertName: alert.grafana_alert.title,
       forDuration: alert.for,
-      evaluationsToFire: getNumberEvaluationsToStartAlerting(alert.for, currentEvaluation),
+      evaluationsToFire: alert.for ? getNumberEvaluationsToStartAlerting(alert.for, currentEvaluation) : null,
     };
   }
   if (isAlertingRulerRule(alert)) {
@@ -329,3 +349,31 @@ export function getRuleGroupLocationFromRuleWithLocation(rule: RuleWithLocation)
     groupName,
   };
 }
+
+export function isGrafanaAlertingRuleByType(type?: RuleFormType) {
+  return type === RuleFormType.grafana;
+}
+
+export function isGrafanaRecordingRuleByType(type: RuleFormType) {
+  return type === RuleFormType.grafanaRecording;
+}
+
+export function isCloudAlertingRuleByType(type?: RuleFormType) {
+  return type === RuleFormType.cloudAlerting;
+}
+
+export function isCloudRecordingRuleByType(type?: RuleFormType) {
+  return type === RuleFormType.cloudRecording;
+}
+
+export function isGrafanaManagedRuleByType(type: RuleFormType) {
+  return isGrafanaAlertingRuleByType(type) || isGrafanaRecordingRuleByType(type);
+}
+
+export function isRecordingRuleByType(type: RuleFormType) {
+  return isGrafanaRecordingRuleByType(type) || isCloudRecordingRuleByType(type);
+}
+
+export function isDataSourceManagedRuleByType(type: RuleFormType) {
+  return isCloudAlertingRuleByType(type) || isCloudRecordingRuleByType(type);
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelDataPane/__snapshots__/PanelDataAlertingTab.test.tsx.snap b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelDataPane/__snapshots__/PanelDataAlertingTab.test.tsx.snap
index c6d28162c50..8710a533fdd 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelDataPane/__snapshots__/PanelDataAlertingTab.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelDataPane/__snapshots__/PanelDataAlertingTab.test.tsx.snap
@@ -108,6 +108,6 @@ exports[`PanelAlertTabContent Will render alerts belonging to panel and a button
       "refId": "C",
     },
   ],
-  "type": "grafana",
+  "type": "grafana-alerting",
 }
 `;
diff --git a/public/app/types/unified-alerting-dto.ts b/public/app/types/unified-alerting-dto.ts
index f1503e356b2..663a128b726 100644
--- a/public/app/types/unified-alerting-dto.ts
+++ b/public/app/types/unified-alerting-dto.ts
@@ -222,11 +222,15 @@ export interface PostableGrafanaRuleDefinition {
   uid?: string;
   title: string;
   condition: string;
-  no_data_state: GrafanaAlertStateDecision;
-  exec_err_state: GrafanaAlertStateDecision;
+  no_data_state?: GrafanaAlertStateDecision;
+  exec_err_state?: GrafanaAlertStateDecision;
   data: AlertQuery[];
   is_paused?: boolean;
   notification_settings?: GrafanaNotificationSettings;
+  record?: {
+    metric: string;
+    from: string;
+  };
 }
 export interface GrafanaRuleDefinition extends PostableGrafanaRuleDefinition {
   id?: string;
@@ -238,7 +242,7 @@ export interface GrafanaRuleDefinition extends PostableGrafanaRuleDefinition {
 
 export interface RulerGrafanaRuleDTO<T = GrafanaRuleDefinition> {
   grafana_alert: T;
-  for: string;
+  for?: string;
   annotations: Annotations;
   labels: Labels;
 }
diff --git a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
index e4b1cf778ce..33afbe97169 100644
--- a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@
       "used-by_one": "Used by {{ count }} notification policy",
       "used-by_other": "Used by {{ count }} notification policies"
     },
+    "grafana-rules": {
+      "export-rules": "Export rules",
+      "loading": "Loading...",
+      "new-recording-rule": "New recording rule",
+      "title": "Grafana"
+    },
     "policies": {
       "metadata": {
         "timingOptions": {
@@ -144,6 +150,12 @@
         "success": "Successfully updated rule group"
       }
     },
+    "rule-state": {
+      "creating": "Creating",
+      "deleting": "Deleting",
+      "paused": "Paused",
+      "recording-rule": "Recording rule"
+    },
     "rules": {
       "delete-rule": {
         "success": "Rule successfully deleted"
diff --git a/public/locales/pseudo-LOCALE/grafana.json b/public/locales/pseudo-LOCALE/grafana.json
index dbf3d6cde42..dbdee0e3787 100644
--- a/public/locales/pseudo-LOCALE/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/pseudo-LOCALE/grafana.json
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@
       "used-by_one": "Ůşęđ þy {{ count }} ʼnőŧįƒįčäŧįőʼn pőľįčy",
       "used-by_other": "Ůşęđ þy {{ count }} ʼnőŧįƒįčäŧįőʼn pőľįčįęş"
     },
+    "grafana-rules": {
+      "export-rules": "Ēχpőřŧ řūľęş",
+      "loading": "Ŀőäđįʼnģ...",
+      "new-recording-rule": "Ńęŵ řęčőřđįʼnģ řūľę",
+      "title": "Ğřäƒäʼnä"
+    },
     "policies": {
       "metadata": {
         "timingOptions": {
@@ -144,6 +150,12 @@
         "success": "Ŝūččęşşƒūľľy ūpđäŧęđ řūľę ģřőūp"
       }
     },
+    "rule-state": {
+      "creating": "Cřęäŧįʼnģ",
+      "deleting": "Đęľęŧįʼnģ",
+      "paused": "Päūşęđ",
+      "recording-rule": "Ŗęčőřđįʼnģ řūľę"
+    },
     "rules": {
       "delete-rule": {
         "success": "Ŗūľę şūččęşşƒūľľy đęľęŧęđ"