diff --git a/.betterer.results b/.betterer.results
index 055f09fc45a..09bf2286471 100644
--- a/.betterer.results
+++ b/.betterer.results
@@ -3453,9 +3453,6 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
     "public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AnnotationKeyInput.tsx:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"]
     ],
-    "public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AnnotationsField.tsx:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"]
-    ],
     "public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/ExpressionEditor.tsx:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"]
     ],
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AnnotationsField.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AnnotationsField.tsx
index 1fce0edf88e..aea0da4ecb8 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AnnotationsField.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AnnotationsField.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
 import React, { FC, useCallback } from 'react';
-import { useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
+import { useFieldArray, useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Button, Field, FieldArray, Input, InputControl, Label, TextArea, useStyles } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Button, Field, Input, InputControl, Label, TextArea, useStyles } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 import { RuleFormValues } from '../../types/rule-form';
 
@@ -16,85 +16,83 @@ const AnnotationsField: FC = () => {
     register,
     watch,
     formState: { errors },
-  } = useFormContext();
-  const annotations = watch('annotations') as RuleFormValues['annotations'];
+  } = useFormContext<RuleFormValues>();
+  const annotations = watch('annotations');
 
   const existingKeys = useCallback(
     (index: number): string[] => annotations.filter((_, idx: number) => idx !== index).map(({ key }) => key),
     [annotations]
   );
 
+  const { fields, append, remove } = useFieldArray({ control, name: 'annotations' });
+
   return (
     <>
       <Label>Summary and annotations</Label>
-      <FieldArray name={'annotations'} control={control}>
-        {({ fields, append, remove }) => {
+      <div className={styles.flexColumn}>
+        {fields.map((annotationField, index) => {
+          const isUrl = annotations[index]?.key?.toLocaleLowerCase().endsWith('url');
+          const ValueInputComponent = isUrl ? Input : TextArea;
+
           return (
-            <div className={styles.flexColumn}>
-              {fields.map((field, index) => {
-                const isUrl = annotations[index]?.key?.toLocaleLowerCase().endsWith('url');
-                const ValueInputComponent = isUrl ? Input : TextArea;
-                return (
-                  <div key={field.id} className={styles.flexRow}>
-                    <Field
-                      className={styles.field}
-                      invalid={!!errors.annotations?.[index]?.key?.message}
-                      error={errors.annotations?.[index]?.key?.message}
-                      data-testid={`annotation-key-${index}`}
-                    >
-                      <InputControl
-                        name={`annotations[${index}].key`}
-                        render={({ field: { ref, ...field } }) => (
-                          <AnnotationKeyInput
-                            {...field}
-                            aria-label={`Annotation detail ${index + 1}`}
-                            existingKeys={existingKeys(index)}
-                            width={18}
-                          />
-                        )}
-                        control={control}
-                        rules={{ required: { value: !!annotations[index]?.value, message: 'Required.' } }}
-                      />
-                    </Field>
-                    <Field
-                      className={cx(styles.flexRowItemMargin, styles.field)}
-                      invalid={!!errors.annotations?.[index]?.value?.message}
-                      error={errors.annotations?.[index]?.value?.message}
-                    >
-                      <ValueInputComponent
-                        data-testid={`annotation-value-${index}`}
-                        className={cx(styles.annotationValueInput, { [styles.textarea]: !isUrl })}
-                        {...register(`annotations[${index}].value`)}
-                        placeholder={isUrl ? 'https://' : `Text`}
-                        defaultValue={field.value}
-                      />
-                    </Field>
-                    <Button
-                      type="button"
-                      className={styles.flexRowItemMargin}
-                      aria-label="delete annotation"
-                      icon="trash-alt"
-                      variant="secondary"
-                      onClick={() => remove(index)}
-                    />
-                  </div>
-                );
-              })}
-              <Button
-                className={styles.addAnnotationsButton}
-                icon="plus-circle"
-                type="button"
-                variant="secondary"
-                onClick={() => {
-                  append({ key: '', value: '' });
-                }}
+            <div key={annotationField.id} className={styles.flexRow}>
+              <Field
+                className={styles.field}
+                invalid={!!errors.annotations?.[index]?.key?.message}
+                error={errors.annotations?.[index]?.key?.message}
+                data-testid={`annotation-key-${index}`}
               >
-                Add info
-              </Button>
+                <InputControl
+                  name={`annotations.${index}.key`}
+                  defaultValue={annotationField.key}
+                  render={({ field: { ref, ...field } }) => (
+                    <AnnotationKeyInput
+                      {...field}
+                      aria-label={`Annotation detail ${index + 1}`}
+                      existingKeys={existingKeys(index)}
+                      width={18}
+                    />
+                  )}
+                  control={control}
+                  rules={{ required: { value: !!annotations[index]?.value, message: 'Required.' } }}
+                />
+              </Field>
+              <Field
+                className={cx(styles.flexRowItemMargin, styles.field)}
+                invalid={!!errors.annotations?.[index]?.value?.message}
+                error={errors.annotations?.[index]?.value?.message}
+              >
+                <ValueInputComponent
+                  data-testid={`annotation-value-${index}`}
+                  className={cx(styles.annotationValueInput, { [styles.textarea]: !isUrl })}
+                  {...register(`annotations.${index}.value`)}
+                  placeholder={isUrl ? 'https://' : `Text`}
+                  defaultValue={annotationField.value}
+                />
+              </Field>
+              <Button
+                type="button"
+                className={styles.flexRowItemMargin}
+                aria-label="delete annotation"
+                icon="trash-alt"
+                variant="secondary"
+                onClick={() => remove(index)}
+              />
             </div>
           );
-        }}
-      </FieldArray>
+        })}
+        <Button
+          className={styles.addAnnotationsButton}
+          icon="plus-circle"
+          type="button"
+          variant="secondary"
+          onClick={() => {
+            append({ key: '', value: '' });
+          }}
+        >
+          Add info
+        </Button>
+      </div>
     </>
   );
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/ExpressionEditor.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/ExpressionEditor.tsx
index e17ce8b6c6a..9427778a4fd 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/ExpressionEditor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/ExpressionEditor.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { noop } from 'lodash';
-import React, { FC, useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { FC, useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { useAsync } from 'react-use';
 
 import { CoreApp, DataQuery } from '@grafana/data';
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ export interface ExpressionEditorProps {
 
 export const ExpressionEditor: FC<ExpressionEditorProps> = ({ value, onChange, dataSourceName }) => {
   const { mapToValue, mapToQuery } = useQueryMappers(dataSourceName);
-  const [query, setQuery] = useState(mapToQuery({ refId: 'A', hide: false }, value));
+  const query = mapToQuery({ refId: 'A', hide: false }, value);
+
   const {
     error,
     loading,
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ export const ExpressionEditor: FC<ExpressionEditorProps> = ({ value, onChange, d
 
   const onChangeQuery = useCallback(
     (query: DataQuery) => {
-      setQuery(query);
       onChange(mapToValue(query));
     },
     [onChange, mapToValue]
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/LabelsField.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/LabelsField.tsx
index 9c209fc9235..7d4d96d4943 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/LabelsField.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/LabelsField.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
 import React, { FC } from 'react';
-import { useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
+import { useFieldArray, useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Button, Field, FieldArray, Input, InlineLabel, Label, useStyles } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Button, Field, Input, InlineLabel, Label, useStyles } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+import { RuleFormValues } from '../../types/rule-form';
 
 interface Props {
   className?: string;
@@ -16,81 +18,78 @@ const LabelsField: FC<Props> = ({ className }) => {
     control,
     watch,
     formState: { errors },
-  } = useFormContext();
+  } = useFormContext<RuleFormValues>();
   const labels = watch('labels');
+
+  const { fields, append, remove } = useFieldArray({ control, name: 'labels' });
+
   return (
     <div className={cx(className, styles.wrapper)}>
       <Label>Custom Labels</Label>
-      <FieldArray control={control} name="labels">
-        {({ fields, append, remove }) => {
-          return (
-            <>
-              <div className={styles.flexRow}>
-                <InlineLabel width={18}>Labels</InlineLabel>
-                <div className={styles.flexColumn}>
-                  {fields.map((field, index) => {
-                    return (
-                      <div key={field.id}>
-                        <div className={cx(styles.flexRow, styles.centerAlignRow)}>
-                          <Field
-                            className={styles.labelInput}
-                            invalid={!!errors.labels?.[index]?.key?.message}
-                            error={errors.labels?.[index]?.key?.message}
-                          >
-                            <Input
-                              {...register(`labels[${index}].key`, {
-                                required: { value: !!labels[index]?.value, message: 'Required.' },
-                              })}
-                              placeholder="key"
-                              data-testid={`label-key-${index}`}
-                              defaultValue={field.key}
-                            />
-                          </Field>
-                          <InlineLabel className={styles.equalSign}>=</InlineLabel>
-                          <Field
-                            className={styles.labelInput}
-                            invalid={!!errors.labels?.[index]?.value?.message}
-                            error={errors.labels?.[index]?.value?.message}
-                          >
-                            <Input
-                              {...register(`labels[${index}].value`, {
-                                required: { value: !!labels[index]?.key, message: 'Required.' },
-                              })}
-                              placeholder="value"
-                              data-testid={`label-value-${index}`}
-                              defaultValue={field.value}
-                            />
-                          </Field>
-                          <Button
-                            className={styles.deleteLabelButton}
-                            aria-label="delete label"
-                            icon="trash-alt"
-                            variant="secondary"
-                            onClick={() => {
-                              remove(index);
-                            }}
-                          />
-                        </div>
-                      </div>
-                    );
-                  })}
-                  <Button
-                    className={styles.addLabelButton}
-                    icon="plus-circle"
-                    type="button"
-                    variant="secondary"
-                    onClick={() => {
-                      append({});
-                    }}
-                  >
-                    Add label
-                  </Button>
+      <>
+        <div className={styles.flexRow}>
+          <InlineLabel width={18}>Labels</InlineLabel>
+          <div className={styles.flexColumn}>
+            {fields.map((field, index) => {
+              return (
+                <div key={field.id}>
+                  <div className={cx(styles.flexRow, styles.centerAlignRow)}>
+                    <Field
+                      className={styles.labelInput}
+                      invalid={!!errors.labels?.[index]?.key?.message}
+                      error={errors.labels?.[index]?.key?.message}
+                    >
+                      <Input
+                        {...register(`labels.${index}.key`, {
+                          required: { value: !!labels[index]?.value, message: 'Required.' },
+                        })}
+                        placeholder="key"
+                        data-testid={`label-key-${index}`}
+                        defaultValue={field.key}
+                      />
+                    </Field>
+                    <InlineLabel className={styles.equalSign}>=</InlineLabel>
+                    <Field
+                      className={styles.labelInput}
+                      invalid={!!errors.labels?.[index]?.value?.message}
+                      error={errors.labels?.[index]?.value?.message}
+                    >
+                      <Input
+                        {...register(`labels.${index}.value`, {
+                          required: { value: !!labels[index]?.key, message: 'Required.' },
+                        })}
+                        placeholder="value"
+                        data-testid={`label-value-${index}`}
+                        defaultValue={field.value}
+                      />
+                    </Field>
+                    <Button
+                      className={styles.deleteLabelButton}
+                      aria-label="delete label"
+                      icon="trash-alt"
+                      variant="secondary"
+                      onClick={() => {
+                        remove(index);
+                      }}
+                    />
+                  </div>
                 </div>
-              </div>
-            </>
-          );
-        }}
-      </FieldArray>
+              );
+            })}
+            <Button
+              className={styles.addLabelButton}
+              icon="plus-circle"
+              type="button"
+              variant="secondary"
+              onClick={() => {
+                append({});
+              }}
+            >
+              Add label
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </>
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/RuleInspector.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/RuleInspector.tsx
index 1b50995dc61..52828b993a2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/RuleInspector.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/RuleInspector.tsx
@@ -5,9 +5,16 @@ import { useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
 import AutoSizer from 'react-virtualized-auto-sizer';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Button, CodeEditor, Drawer, Tab, TabsBar, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Button, CodeEditor, Drawer, Icon, Tab, TabsBar, useStyles2, Tooltip } from '@grafana/ui';
 
+import { RulerRuleDTO } from '../../../../../types/unified-alerting-dto';
 import { RuleFormValues } from '../../types/rule-form';
+import {
+  alertingRulerRuleToRuleForm,
+  formValuesToRulerRuleDTO,
+  recordingRulerRuleToRuleForm,
+} from '../../utils/rule-form';
+import { isAlertingRulerRule, isRecordingRulerRule } from '../../utils/rules';
 
 interface Props {
   onClose: () => void;
@@ -75,10 +82,16 @@ interface YamlTabProps {
 const InspectorYamlTab: FC<YamlTabProps> = ({ onSubmit }) => {
   const styles = useStyles2(yamlTabStyle);
   const { getValues } = useFormContext<RuleFormValues>();
-  const [alertRuleAsYaml, setAlertRuleAsYaml] = useState(dump(getValues()));
+
+  const yamlValues = formValuesToRulerRuleDTO(getValues());
+  const [alertRuleAsYaml, setAlertRuleAsYaml] = useState(dump(yamlValues));
 
   const onApply = () => {
-    onSubmit(load(alertRuleAsYaml) as RuleFormValues);
+    const rulerRule = load(alertRuleAsYaml) as RulerRuleDTO;
+    const currentFormValues = getValues();
+
+    const yamlFormValues = rulerRuleToRuleFormValues(rulerRule);
+    onSubmit({ ...currentFormValues, ...yamlFormValues });
   };
 
   return (
@@ -87,6 +100,9 @@ const InspectorYamlTab: FC<YamlTabProps> = ({ onSubmit }) => {
         <Button type="button" onClick={onApply}>
           Apply
         </Button>
+        <Tooltip content={<YamlContentInfo />} theme="info" placement="left-start" interactive={true}>
+          <Icon name="exclamation-triangle" size="xl" />
+        </Tooltip>
       </div>
 
       <div className={styles.content}>
@@ -111,6 +127,32 @@ const InspectorYamlTab: FC<YamlTabProps> = ({ onSubmit }) => {
   );
 };
 
+function YamlContentInfo() {
+  return (
+    <div>
+      The YAML content in the editor only contains alert rule configuration <br />
+      To configure Prometheus, you need to provide the rest of the{' '}
+      <a
+        href="https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/alerting_rules/"
+        target="_blank"
+        rel="noreferrer"
+      >
+        configuration file content.
+      </a>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function rulerRuleToRuleFormValues(rulerRule: RulerRuleDTO): Partial<RuleFormValues> {
+  if (isAlertingRulerRule(rulerRule)) {
+    return alertingRulerRuleToRuleForm(rulerRule);
+  } else if (isRecordingRulerRule(rulerRule)) {
+    return recordingRulerRuleToRuleForm(rulerRule);
+  }
+
+  return {};
+}
+
 const yamlTabStyle = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
   content: css`
     flex-grow: 1;
@@ -120,7 +162,11 @@ const yamlTabStyle = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
   `,
   applyButton: css`
     display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    align-items: center;
     flex-grow: 0;
+    margin-bottom: ${theme.spacing(2)};
   `,
 });
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.ts
index bd03002c23c..321216323da 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import {
   GrafanaAlertStateDecision,
   Labels,
   PostableRuleGrafanaRuleDTO,
+  RulerAlertingRuleDTO,
+  RulerRecordingRuleDTO,
   RulerRuleDTO,
 } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
 
@@ -136,32 +138,26 @@ export function rulerRuleToFormValues(ruleWithLocation: RuleWithLocation): RuleF
     }
   } else {
     if (isAlertingRulerRule(rule)) {
-      const [forTime, forTimeUnit] = rule.for
-        ? parseInterval(rule.for)
-        : [defaultFormValues.forTime, defaultFormValues.forTimeUnit];
+      const alertingRuleValues = alertingRulerRuleToRuleForm(rule);
+
       return {
         ...defaultFormValues,
-        name: rule.alert,
+        ...alertingRuleValues,
         type: RuleFormType.cloudAlerting,
         dataSourceName: ruleSourceName,
         namespace,
         group: group.name,
-        expression: rule.expr,
-        forTime,
-        forTimeUnit,
-        annotations: listifyLabelsOrAnnotations(rule.annotations),
-        labels: listifyLabelsOrAnnotations(rule.labels),
       };
     } else if (isRecordingRulerRule(rule)) {
+      const recordingRuleValues = recordingRulerRuleToRuleForm(rule);
+
       return {
         ...defaultFormValues,
-        name: rule.record,
+        ...recordingRuleValues,
         type: RuleFormType.cloudRecording,
         dataSourceName: ruleSourceName,
         namespace,
         group: group.name,
-        expression: rule.expr,
-        labels: listifyLabelsOrAnnotations(rule.labels),
       };
     } else {
       throw new Error('Unexpected type of rule for cloud rules source');
@@ -169,6 +165,35 @@ export function rulerRuleToFormValues(ruleWithLocation: RuleWithLocation): RuleF
   }
 }
 
+export function alertingRulerRuleToRuleForm(
+  rule: RulerAlertingRuleDTO
+): Pick<RuleFormValues, 'name' | 'forTime' | 'forTimeUnit' | 'expression' | 'annotations' | 'labels'> {
+  const defaultFormValues = getDefaultFormValues();
+
+  const [forTime, forTimeUnit] = rule.for
+    ? parseInterval(rule.for)
+    : [defaultFormValues.forTime, defaultFormValues.forTimeUnit];
+
+  return {
+    name: rule.alert,
+    expression: rule.expr,
+    forTime,
+    forTimeUnit,
+    annotations: listifyLabelsOrAnnotations(rule.annotations),
+    labels: listifyLabelsOrAnnotations(rule.labels),
+  };
+}
+
+export function recordingRulerRuleToRuleForm(
+  rule: RulerRecordingRuleDTO
+): Pick<RuleFormValues, 'name' | 'expression' | 'labels'> {
+  return {
+    name: rule.record,
+    expression: rule.expr,
+    labels: listifyLabelsOrAnnotations(rule.labels),
+  };
+}
+
 export const getDefaultQueries = (): AlertQuery[] => {
   const dataSource = getDefaultOrFirstCompatibleDataSource();