The query which fetches alert rules in a paginated manner ordered by `rule_group` can result in strange and inconsistent ordering when the database uses a case-insensitive collation for the `rule_group` column. This can lead to scenarios where rules from different groups are interleaved in the results, making pagination unreliable and the returned number of rule_groups incorrect.
Related to #88990
Moustafa Baiou
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