Notification Rule Processing Engine

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PR Review: Notification Rule Processing Engine

Summary

This PR refactors the alerting rule list view to work exclusively with the Prometheus API, removing dependencies on the Ruler API for Grafana-managed rules. This is a significant architectural change that simplifies the code and improves performance by eliminating redundant API calls.

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🎯 Key Changes

1. New GrafanaPromRuleDTO support in abilities hooks - Added useAllGrafanaPromRuleAbilities and related hooks to work directly with Prometheus DTOs
2. Simplified GrafanaGroupLoader - Removed Ruler API dependency and rule-matching logic (~94 lines deleted)
3. New GrafanaRuleListItem component - Extracted from GrafanaRuleLoader.tsx to handle individual rule rendering
4. Enhanced AlertRuleMenu and RuleActionsButtons - Now support both Ruler and Prometheus rule DTOs for backward compatibility
5. Comprehensive test updates - Added permission checks and action button verification

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✅ Strengths

1. Performance improvement: Eliminates redundant Ruler API calls, reducing network overhead
2. Code simplification: Removes complex rule-matching logic (94 lines removed from GrafanaGroupLoader)
3. Good backward compatibility: Dual support for both RulerRuleDTO and GrafanaPromRuleDTO prevents breaking changes
4. Solid test coverage: Tests verify permissions, button rendering, and menu actions
5. Clear separation of concerns: New GrafanaRuleListItem component is well-structured

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⚠️ Issues & Concerns

Critical Issues

1. Incomplete TODO comment (useAbilities.ts:242-243)

// TODO: Add support for federated rules
// const isFederated = isFederatedRuleGroup();
const isFederated = false;

Issue: Hard-coding isFederated = false could cause incorrect permission checks for federated rules if they're added later.
Recommendation: Either implement federated rule support or add a clearer explanation of why it's not needed for GrafanaPromRuleDTO.

2. Potential null safety issue (GrafanaGroupLoader.tsx:68)

{promResponse.data.groups.at(0)?.rules.map((promRule) => {

Issue: While .at(0)?.rules is safe, if groups[0] is undefined, .map() will throw an error on undefined.
Fix needed:

{promResponse.data.groups.at(0)?.rules?.map((promRule) => {

or better yet:

{(promResponse.data.groups.at(0)?.rules ?? []).map((promRule) => {

Medium Priority Issues

3. Duplicate comment in useAbilities.ts:289

const { isEditable, isRemovable, loading } = useIsGrafanaPromRuleEditable(rule); // duplicate

Issue: The comment "// duplicate" appears to be leftover from development.
Fix: Remove the comment.

4. Missing validation in AlertRuleMenu.tsx:73

const [grafanaPauseAbility, ...] = useGrafanaPromRuleAbilities(
  prometheusRuleType.grafana.rule(promRule) ? promRule : skipToken, [...]
);

Concern: Similar conditional checks are repeated 5 times (lines 73, 81, 85, 89, 93). Consider extracting to a variable:

const grafanaRule = prometheusRuleType.grafana.rule(promRule) ? promRule : skipToken;
const [grafanaPauseAbility, grafanaDeleteAbility, ...] = useGrafanaPromRuleAbilities(grafanaRule, [...]);

5. Inconsistent ability merging logic (AlertRuleMenu.tsx:83-96)

const canPause = (pauseSupported && pauseAllowed) || (grafanaPauseSupported && grafanaPauseAllowed);

Issue: This OR logic means if either Ruler or Prometheus abilities allow an action, it's permitted. This could be a security concern if one API is more permissive than the other.
Question: Is this intentional? Should we use AND logic instead to be more restrictive?

Minor Issues

6. Hard-coded default value (GrafanaGroupLoader.tsx:32)

expectedRulesCount = 3, // 3 is a random number. Usually we get the number of rules from Prometheus response

Issue: Magic number with unclear justification.
Recommendation: Use a named constant like DEFAULT_SKELETON_COUNT = 3 for better maintainability.

7. Type narrowing could be improved (RuleActionsButtons.V2.tsx:139-144)

function getEditableIdentifier(...): EditableRuleIdentifier | undefined {
  if (rule) {
    return ruleId.fromRulerRuleAndGroupIdentifierV2(groupIdentifier, rule);
  }
  if (prometheusRuleType.grafana.rule(promRule)) {
    return { ruleSourceName: 'grafana', uid: promRule.uid } satisfies GrafanaRuleIdentifier;
  }

Issue: TypeScript can't guarantee promRule.uid exists after the type guard.
Safer approach:

if (prometheusRuleType.grafana.rule(promRule) && promRule) {

8. Error boundary consideration
The GrafanaGroupLoader component doesn't have error handling for the case where promResponse exists but groups[0] is missing. Consider adding a fallback or better error message.

9. Translation keys removed (grafana.json)
Two translation keys were removed without visible replacements in the code. Ensure these aren't still referenced elsewhere in the codebase.

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🧪 Testing Observations

Positive:

• Comprehensive test coverage for permission checks
• Tests verify menu action availability
• Tests confirm correct button rendering based on permissions

Suggestions:

• Add tests for the null/undefined edge cases mentioned above
• Consider adding integration tests for the Prometheus-only flow
• Test the transition behavior when Ruler API is unavailable

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📋 Code Quality

Good practices:

• Proper use of useMemo for expensive computations
• Clear deprecation markers (@deprecated JSDoc)
• Meaningful variable names
• Good component composition

Areas for improvement:

• Some functions are quite long (e.g., useAllGrafanaPromRuleAbilities has 50+ lines)
• Consider extracting the permission merging logic into a utility function
• The skipToken pattern is clever but could use better documentation

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🔍 Security Considerations

1. Permission checks: The dual-path permission logic (Ruler + Prometheus) needs careful review to ensure it doesn't inadvertently grant unauthorized access
2. Folder permissions: The new useIsGrafanaPromRuleEditable correctly checks folder-level permissions
3. Admin-only actions: DeletePermanently correctly requires isAdmin() check

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📝 Documentation

Missing:

• No inline documentation explaining why the Ruler API was removed
• The architectural decision to use Prometheus-only should be documented
• The transition strategy for existing consumers should be explained

Suggested additions:

• Add a comment in GrafanaGroupLoader explaining the Prometheus-only approach
• Document the skipToken pattern in the abilities hooks
• Add JSDoc to useAllGrafanaPromRuleAbilities explaining when to use it vs useAllRulerRuleAbilities

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🎬 Recommendations

Before merging:

1. ✅ Fix the critical null safety issue in GrafanaGroupLoader.tsx:68
2. ✅ Remove the "// duplicate" comment
3. ✅ Address or document the federated rules TODO
4. ✅ Review the permission merging logic for security implications
5. ✅ Add tests for edge cases

Nice to have:

• Extract repeated conditional checks in AlertRuleMenu
• Use named constant for skeleton count
• Add architectural decision documentation
• Consider performance impact of multiple hook calls in AlertRuleMenu

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📊 Overall Assessment

Impact: High - This is a significant architectural change affecting core alerting functionality

Risk: Medium - The backward compatibility approach mitigates risk, but the permission logic needs careful validation

Code Quality: Good - Well-structured with appropriate abstractions, but some edge cases need attention

Test Coverage: Good - Comprehensive tests for the happy path, some edge cases could be added

Recommendation: ✅ Approve with changes - Fix the critical null safety issue and review the permission merging logic before merging. The overall direction is solid and represents a meaningful improvement to the codebase.

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