diff --git a/eslint-suppressions.json b/eslint-suppressions.json
index e66f3ac2486..d6951a21011 100644
--- a/eslint-suppressions.json
+++ b/eslint-suppressions.json
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@
       "count": 1
     }
   },
-  "packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/notificationPolicies/utils.ts": {
-    "@typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions": {
-      "count": 1
-    }
-  },
   "packages/grafana-data/src/dataframe/ArrayDataFrame.ts": {
     "@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": {
       "count": 1
diff --git a/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/notificationPolicies/hooks/useMatchPolicies.test.ts b/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/notificationPolicies/hooks/useMatchPolicies.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9bf6cd1c7b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/notificationPolicies/hooks/useMatchPolicies.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import { RoutingTree } from '../../api/v0alpha1/api.gen';
+import { LabelMatcherFactory, RouteFactory } from '../../api/v0alpha1/mocks/fakes/Routes';
+import { Label } from '../../matchers/types';
+
+import { matchInstancesToRouteTrees } from './useMatchPolicies';
+
+describe('matchInstancesToRouteTrees', () => {
+  it('should return root route when child routes do not match instances', () => {
+    const route = RouteFactory.build({
+      matchers: [LabelMatcherFactory.build({ label: 'service', type: '=', value: 'web' })],
+      receiver: 'web-team',
+    });
+
+    const treeName = 'test-tree';
+    const trees: RoutingTree[] = [
+      {
+        kind: 'RoutingTree',
+        metadata: { name: treeName },
+        spec: {
+          defaults: {
+            receiver: 'receiver 1',
+          },
+          routes: [route],
+        },
+        status: {},
+      },
+    ];
+
+    const instanceLabels: Label[] = [['service', 'api']];
+    const instances: Label[][] = [instanceLabels]; // Different service - should not match
+
+    const result = matchInstancesToRouteTrees(trees, instances);
+
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result[0].labels).toBe(instanceLabels);
+    expect(result[0].matchedRoutes).toHaveLength(1);
+    // The root route should match as it's a catch-all
+    expect(result[0].matchedRoutes[0].route.receiver).toBe('receiver 1');
+    expect(result[0].matchedRoutes[0].routeTree.metadata.name).toBe(treeName);
+  });
+
+  it('should return matched routes when trees match instances', () => {
+    const route = RouteFactory.build({
+      matchers: [LabelMatcherFactory.build({ label: 'service', type: '=', value: 'web' })],
+      receiver: 'web-team',
+    });
+
+    const treeName = 'test-tree';
+    const trees: RoutingTree[] = [
+      {
+        kind: 'RoutingTree',
+        metadata: { name: treeName },
+        spec: {
+          defaults: {
+            receiver: 'receiver 1',
+          },
+          routes: [route],
+        },
+        status: {},
+      },
+    ];
+
+    const instanceLabels: Label[] = [['service', 'web']];
+    const instances: Label[][] = [instanceLabels];
+
+    const result = matchInstancesToRouteTrees(trees, instances);
+
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result[0].labels).toBe(instanceLabels);
+    expect(result[0].matchedRoutes.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(result[0].matchedRoutes[0].routeTree.metadata.name).toBe(treeName);
+    expect(result[0].matchedRoutes[0].matchDetails.labels).toBe(instanceLabels);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/notificationPolicies/hooks/useMatchPolicies.ts b/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/notificationPolicies/hooks/useMatchPolicies.ts
index 14516375a86..1e830830701 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/notificationPolicies/hooks/useMatchPolicies.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/notificationPolicies/hooks/useMatchPolicies.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { RoutingTree, alertingAPI } from '../../api/v0alpha1/api.gen';
 import { Label } from '../../matchers/types';
 import { USER_DEFINED_TREE_NAME } from '../consts';
 import { Route, RouteWithID } from '../types';
-import { RouteMatchResult, convertRoutingTreeToRoute, matchAlertInstancesToPolicyTree } from '../utils';
+import { RouteMatchResult, TreeMatch, convertRoutingTreeToRoute, matchInstancesToRoute } from '../utils';
 
 export type RouteMatch = {
   route: Route;
@@ -32,11 +32,10 @@ export type InstanceMatchResult = {
  * 2. Compute the inherited properties for each node in the tree
  * 3. Find routes within each tree that match the given set of labels
  *
- * @returns An object containing a `matchInstancesToPolicies` function that takes alert instances
+ * @returns An object containing a `matchInstancesToRoutingTrees` function that takes alert instances
  *          and returns an array of InstanceMatchResult objects, each containing the matched routes and matching details
  */
-export function useMatchAlertInstancesToNotificationPolicies() {
-  // fetch the routing trees from the API
+export function useMatchInstancesToRouteTrees() {
   const { data, ...rest } = alertingAPI.endpoints.listRoutingTree.useQuery(
     {},
     {
@@ -45,52 +44,52 @@ export function useMatchAlertInstancesToNotificationPolicies() {
     }
   );
 
-  const matchInstancesToPolicies = useCallback(
-    (instances: Label[][]): InstanceMatchResult[] => {
-      if (!data) {
-        return [];
-      }
-
-      // the routing trees are returned as an array of items because there can be several
-      const trees = data.items;
-
-      return instances.map<InstanceMatchResult>((labels) => {
-        // Collect all matched routes from all trees
-        const allMatchedRoutes: RouteMatch[] = [];
-
-        // Process each tree for this instance
-        trees.forEach((tree) => {
-          const treeName = tree.metadata.name ?? USER_DEFINED_TREE_NAME;
-          // We have to convert the RoutingTree structure to a Route structure to be able to use the matching functions
-          const rootRoute = convertRoutingTreeToRoute(tree);
-
-          // Match this single instance against the route tree
-          const { expandedTree, matchedPolicies } = matchAlertInstancesToPolicyTree([labels], rootRoute);
-
-          // Process each matched route from the tree
-          matchedPolicies.forEach((results, route) => {
-            // For each match result, create a RouteMatch object
-            results.forEach((matchDetails) => {
-              allMatchedRoutes.push({
-                route,
-                routeTree: {
-                  metadata: { name: treeName },
-                  expandedSpec: expandedTree,
-                },
-                matchDetails,
-              });
-            });
-          });
-        });
-
-        return {
-          labels,
-          matchedRoutes: allMatchedRoutes,
-        };
-      });
-    },
-    [data]
+  const memoizedFunction = useCallback(
+    (instances: Label[][]) => matchInstancesToRouteTrees(data?.items ?? [], instances),
+    [data?.items]
   );
 
-  return { matchInstancesToPolicies, ...rest };
+  return {
+    matchInstancesToRouteTrees: memoizedFunction,
+    ...rest,
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * This function will match a set of labels to multiple routing trees. Assumes a list of routing trees has already been fetched.
+ *
+ * Use "useMatchInstancesToRouteTrees" if you want the hook to automatically fetch the latest definition of routing trees.
+ */
+export function matchInstancesToRouteTrees(trees: RoutingTree[], instances: Label[][]): InstanceMatchResult[] {
+  // Process each tree and get matches for all instances
+  const treeMatches = trees.map<TreeMatch>((tree) => {
+    const rootRoute = convertRoutingTreeToRoute(tree);
+    return matchInstancesToRoute(rootRoute, instances);
+  });
+
+  // Group results by instance
+  return instances.map<InstanceMatchResult>((labels) => {
+    // Collect matches for this specific instance from all trees
+    const allMatchedRoutes = treeMatches.flatMap(({ expandedTree, matchedPolicies }, index) => {
+      const tree = trees[index];
+
+      return Array.from(matchedPolicies.entries()).flatMap(([route, results]) =>
+        results
+          .filter((matchDetails) => matchDetails.labels === labels)
+          .map((matchDetails) => ({
+            route,
+            routeTree: {
+              metadata: { name: tree.metadata.name ?? USER_DEFINED_TREE_NAME },
+              expandedSpec: expandedTree,
+            },
+            matchDetails,
+          }))
+      );
+    });
+
+    return {
+      labels,
+      matchedRoutes: allMatchedRoutes,
+    };
+  });
 }
diff --git a/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/notificationPolicies/utils.test.ts b/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/notificationPolicies/utils.test.ts
index 3911a4ba676..2c23b899a64 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/notificationPolicies/utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/notificationPolicies/utils.test.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   computeInheritedTree,
   findMatchingRoutes,
   getInheritedProperties,
-  matchAlertInstancesToPolicyTree,
+  matchInstancesToRoute,
 } from './utils';
 
 describe('findMatchingRoutes', () => {
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ describe('matchAlertInstancesToPolicyTree', () => {
       ], // Should match parent only
     ];
 
-    const result = matchAlertInstancesToPolicyTree(instances, parentRoute);
+    const result = matchInstancesToRoute(parentRoute, instances);
 
     // Should return expanded tree with identifiers
     expect(result.expandedTree).toHaveProperty('id');
@@ -1109,13 +1109,13 @@ describe('matchAlertInstancesToPolicyTree', () => {
     });
 
     // Empty instances array
-    const result1 = matchAlertInstancesToPolicyTree([], route);
+    const result1 = matchInstancesToRoute(route, []);
     expect(result1.expandedTree).toHaveProperty('id');
     expect(result1.matchedPolicies.size).toBe(0);
 
     // Instances that don't match
     const instances: Label[][] = [[['service', 'api']]];
-    const result2 = matchAlertInstancesToPolicyTree(instances, route);
+    const result2 = matchInstancesToRoute(route, instances);
     expect(result2.expandedTree).toHaveProperty('id');
     expect(result2.matchedPolicies.size).toBe(0);
   });
diff --git a/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/notificationPolicies/utils.ts b/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/notificationPolicies/utils.ts
index 2cf5babe025..444244fe5fe 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/notificationPolicies/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/notificationPolicies/utils.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { groupBy, isArray, pick, reduce, uniqueId } from 'lodash';
 
 import { RoutingTree, RoutingTreeRoute } from '../api/v0alpha1/api.gen';
-import { Label, LabelMatcher } from '../matchers/types';
+import { Label } from '../matchers/types';
 import { LabelMatchDetails, matchLabels } from '../matchers/utils';
 
 import { Route, RouteWithID } from './types';
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ export function addUniqueIdentifier(route: Route): RouteWithID {
   };
 }
 
+// all policies that were matched of a single tree
 export type TreeMatch = {
   /* we'll include the entire expanded policy tree for diagnostics */
   expandedTree: RouteWithID;
@@ -166,13 +167,13 @@ export type TreeMatch = {
  * @param instances - A set of labels for which you want to determine the matching policies
  * @param routingTree - A notification policy tree (or subtree)
  */
-export function matchAlertInstancesToPolicyTree(instances: Label[][], routingTree: Route): TreeMatch {
+export function matchInstancesToRoute(rootRoute: Route, instances: Label[][]): TreeMatch {
   // initially empty map of matches policies
   const matchedPolicies = new Map();
 
   // compute the entire expanded tree for matching routes and diagnostics
   // this will include inherited properties from parent nodes
-  const expandedTree = addUniqueIdentifier(computeInheritedTree(routingTree));
+  const expandedTree = addUniqueIdentifier(computeInheritedTree(rootRoute));
 
   // let's first find all matching routes for the provided instances
   const matchesArray = instances.flatMap((labels) => findMatchingRoutes(expandedTree, labels));
@@ -202,13 +203,6 @@ export function convertRoutingTreeToRoute(routingTree: RoutingTree): Route {
     return routes.map(
       (route): Route => ({
         ...route,
-        matchers: route.matchers?.map(
-          (matcher): LabelMatcher => ({
-            ...matcher,
-            // sadly we use type narrowing for this on Route but the codegen has it as a string
-            type: matcher.type as LabelMatcher['type'],
-          })
-        ),
         routes: route.routes ? convertRoutingTreeRoutes(route.routes) : [],
       })
     );
diff --git a/packages/grafana-alerting/src/unstable.ts b/packages/grafana-alerting/src/unstable.ts
index 5f9bc060350..1b5fd591ee4 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-alerting/src/unstable.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-alerting/src/unstable.ts
@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ export { getContactPointDescription } from './grafana/contactPoints/utils';
 
 // Notification Policies
 export {
-  useMatchAlertInstancesToNotificationPolicies,
+  useMatchInstancesToRouteTrees,
+  matchInstancesToRouteTrees,
   type RouteMatch,
   type InstanceMatchResult,
 } from './grafana/notificationPolicies/hooks/useMatchPolicies';
 export {
   type TreeMatch,
   type RouteMatchResult,
-  matchAlertInstancesToPolicyTree,
+  matchInstancesToRoute,
   findMatchingRoutes,
   getInheritedProperties,
   computeInheritedTree,
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/__mocks__/useRouteGroupsMatcher.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/__mocks__/useRouteGroupsMatcher.ts
index fc4b41be7b7..9d0d7373a82 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/__mocks__/useRouteGroupsMatcher.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/__mocks__/useRouteGroupsMatcher.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ export function useRouteGroupsMatcher() {
     return routeGroupsMatcher.getRouteGroupsMap(route, groups);
   }, []);
 
-  const matchInstancesToRoute = useCallback(async (rootRoute: RouteWithID, instancesToMatch: Labels[]) => {
-    return routeGroupsMatcher.matchInstancesToRoute(rootRoute, instancesToMatch);
+  const matchInstancesToRoutes = useCallback(async (rootRoute: RouteWithID, instancesToMatch: Labels[]) => {
+    return routeGroupsMatcher.matchInstancesToRoutes(rootRoute, instancesToMatch);
   }, []);
 
-  return { getRouteGroupsMap, matchInstancesToRoute };
+  return { getRouteGroupsMap, matchInstancesToRoutes };
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/__snapshots__/NotificationPoliciesPage.test.tsx.snap b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/__snapshots__/NotificationPoliciesPage.test.tsx.snap
index b6c6a2c31fb..89a949d8533 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/__snapshots__/NotificationPoliciesPage.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/__snapshots__/NotificationPoliciesPage.test.tsx.snap
@@ -19,41 +19,101 @@ exports[`findRoutesMatchingFilters should work with all filters 1`] = `
   "filtersApplied": true,
   "matchedRoutesWithPath": Map {
     {
+      "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+      "continue": false,
+      "group_by": undefined,
+      "group_interval": undefined,
+      "group_wait": undefined,
       "id": "1",
-      "matchers": [
-        "hello=world",
-        "foo!=bar",
+      "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+      "object_matchers": [
+        [
+          "hello",
+          "=",
+          "world",
+        ],
+        [
+          "foo",
+          "!=",
+          "bar",
+        ],
       ],
       "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+      "repeat_interval": undefined,
       "routes": [
         {
+          "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+          "continue": false,
+          "group_by": undefined,
+          "group_interval": undefined,
+          "group_wait": undefined,
           "id": "2",
-          "matchers": [
-            "bar=baz",
+          "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+          "object_matchers": [
+            [
+              "bar",
+              "=",
+              "baz",
+            ],
           ],
           "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+          "repeat_interval": undefined,
           "routes": undefined,
         },
       ],
     } => [
       {
+        "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+        "continue": false,
+        "group_by": undefined,
+        "group_interval": undefined,
+        "group_wait": undefined,
         "id": "0",
+        "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+        "object_matchers": [],
         "receiver": "default-receiver",
+        "repeat_interval": undefined,
         "routes": [
           {
+            "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+            "continue": false,
+            "group_by": undefined,
+            "group_interval": undefined,
+            "group_wait": undefined,
             "id": "1",
-            "matchers": [
-              "hello=world",
-              "foo!=bar",
+            "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+            "object_matchers": [
+              [
+                "hello",
+                "=",
+                "world",
+              ],
+              [
+                "foo",
+                "!=",
+                "bar",
+              ],
             ],
             "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+            "repeat_interval": undefined,
             "routes": [
               {
+                "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+                "continue": false,
+                "group_by": undefined,
+                "group_interval": undefined,
+                "group_wait": undefined,
                 "id": "2",
-                "matchers": [
-                  "bar=baz",
+                "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+                "object_matchers": [
+                  [
+                    "bar",
+                    "=",
+                    "baz",
+                  ],
                 ],
                 "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+                "repeat_interval": undefined,
                 "routes": undefined,
               },
             ],
@@ -61,19 +121,45 @@ exports[`findRoutesMatchingFilters should work with all filters 1`] = `
         ],
       },
       {
+        "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+        "continue": false,
+        "group_by": undefined,
+        "group_interval": undefined,
+        "group_wait": undefined,
         "id": "1",
-        "matchers": [
-          "hello=world",
-          "foo!=bar",
+        "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+        "object_matchers": [
+          [
+            "hello",
+            "=",
+            "world",
+          ],
+          [
+            "foo",
+            "!=",
+            "bar",
+          ],
         ],
         "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+        "repeat_interval": undefined,
         "routes": [
           {
+            "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+            "continue": false,
+            "group_by": undefined,
+            "group_interval": undefined,
+            "group_wait": undefined,
             "id": "2",
-            "matchers": [
-              "bar=baz",
+            "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+            "object_matchers": [
+              [
+                "bar",
+                "=",
+                "baz",
+              ],
             ],
             "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+            "repeat_interval": undefined,
             "routes": undefined,
           },
         ],
@@ -95,41 +181,101 @@ exports[`findRoutesMatchingFilters should work with only contact point and inher
   "filtersApplied": true,
   "matchedRoutesWithPath": Map {
     {
+      "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+      "continue": false,
+      "group_by": undefined,
+      "group_interval": undefined,
+      "group_wait": undefined,
       "id": "1",
-      "matchers": [
-        "hello=world",
-        "foo!=bar",
+      "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+      "object_matchers": [
+        [
+          "hello",
+          "=",
+          "world",
+        ],
+        [
+          "foo",
+          "!=",
+          "bar",
+        ],
       ],
       "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+      "repeat_interval": undefined,
       "routes": [
         {
+          "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+          "continue": false,
+          "group_by": undefined,
+          "group_interval": undefined,
+          "group_wait": undefined,
           "id": "2",
-          "matchers": [
-            "bar=baz",
+          "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+          "object_matchers": [
+            [
+              "bar",
+              "=",
+              "baz",
+            ],
           ],
           "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+          "repeat_interval": undefined,
           "routes": undefined,
         },
       ],
     } => [
       {
+        "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+        "continue": false,
+        "group_by": undefined,
+        "group_interval": undefined,
+        "group_wait": undefined,
         "id": "0",
+        "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+        "object_matchers": [],
         "receiver": "default-receiver",
+        "repeat_interval": undefined,
         "routes": [
           {
+            "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+            "continue": false,
+            "group_by": undefined,
+            "group_interval": undefined,
+            "group_wait": undefined,
             "id": "1",
-            "matchers": [
-              "hello=world",
-              "foo!=bar",
+            "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+            "object_matchers": [
+              [
+                "hello",
+                "=",
+                "world",
+              ],
+              [
+                "foo",
+                "!=",
+                "bar",
+              ],
             ],
             "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+            "repeat_interval": undefined,
             "routes": [
               {
+                "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+                "continue": false,
+                "group_by": undefined,
+                "group_interval": undefined,
+                "group_wait": undefined,
                 "id": "2",
-                "matchers": [
-                  "bar=baz",
+                "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+                "object_matchers": [
+                  [
+                    "bar",
+                    "=",
+                    "baz",
+                  ],
                 ],
                 "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+                "repeat_interval": undefined,
                 "routes": undefined,
               },
             ],
@@ -137,50 +283,121 @@ exports[`findRoutesMatchingFilters should work with only contact point and inher
         ],
       },
       {
+        "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+        "continue": false,
+        "group_by": undefined,
+        "group_interval": undefined,
+        "group_wait": undefined,
         "id": "1",
-        "matchers": [
-          "hello=world",
-          "foo!=bar",
+        "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+        "object_matchers": [
+          [
+            "hello",
+            "=",
+            "world",
+          ],
+          [
+            "foo",
+            "!=",
+            "bar",
+          ],
         ],
         "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+        "repeat_interval": undefined,
         "routes": [
           {
+            "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+            "continue": false,
+            "group_by": undefined,
+            "group_interval": undefined,
+            "group_wait": undefined,
             "id": "2",
-            "matchers": [
-              "bar=baz",
+            "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+            "object_matchers": [
+              [
+                "bar",
+                "=",
+                "baz",
+              ],
             ],
             "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+            "repeat_interval": undefined,
             "routes": undefined,
           },
         ],
       },
     ],
     {
+      "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+      "continue": false,
+      "group_by": undefined,
+      "group_interval": undefined,
+      "group_wait": undefined,
       "id": "2",
-      "matchers": [
-        "bar=baz",
+      "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+      "object_matchers": [
+        [
+          "bar",
+          "=",
+          "baz",
+        ],
       ],
       "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+      "repeat_interval": undefined,
       "routes": undefined,
     } => [
       {
+        "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+        "continue": false,
+        "group_by": undefined,
+        "group_interval": undefined,
+        "group_wait": undefined,
         "id": "0",
+        "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+        "object_matchers": [],
         "receiver": "default-receiver",
+        "repeat_interval": undefined,
         "routes": [
           {
+            "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+            "continue": false,
+            "group_by": undefined,
+            "group_interval": undefined,
+            "group_wait": undefined,
             "id": "1",
-            "matchers": [
-              "hello=world",
-              "foo!=bar",
+            "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+            "object_matchers": [
+              [
+                "hello",
+                "=",
+                "world",
+              ],
+              [
+                "foo",
+                "!=",
+                "bar",
+              ],
             ],
             "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+            "repeat_interval": undefined,
             "routes": [
               {
+                "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+                "continue": false,
+                "group_by": undefined,
+                "group_interval": undefined,
+                "group_wait": undefined,
                 "id": "2",
-                "matchers": [
-                  "bar=baz",
+                "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+                "object_matchers": [
+                  [
+                    "bar",
+                    "=",
+                    "baz",
+                  ],
                 ],
                 "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+                "repeat_interval": undefined,
                 "routes": undefined,
               },
             ],
@@ -188,29 +405,66 @@ exports[`findRoutesMatchingFilters should work with only contact point and inher
         ],
       },
       {
+        "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+        "continue": false,
+        "group_by": undefined,
+        "group_interval": undefined,
+        "group_wait": undefined,
         "id": "1",
-        "matchers": [
-          "hello=world",
-          "foo!=bar",
+        "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+        "object_matchers": [
+          [
+            "hello",
+            "=",
+            "world",
+          ],
+          [
+            "foo",
+            "!=",
+            "bar",
+          ],
         ],
         "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+        "repeat_interval": undefined,
         "routes": [
           {
+            "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+            "continue": false,
+            "group_by": undefined,
+            "group_interval": undefined,
+            "group_wait": undefined,
             "id": "2",
-            "matchers": [
-              "bar=baz",
+            "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+            "object_matchers": [
+              [
+                "bar",
+                "=",
+                "baz",
+              ],
             ],
             "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+            "repeat_interval": undefined,
             "routes": undefined,
           },
         ],
       },
       {
+        "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+        "continue": false,
+        "group_by": undefined,
+        "group_interval": undefined,
+        "group_wait": undefined,
         "id": "2",
-        "matchers": [
-          "bar=baz",
+        "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+        "object_matchers": [
+          [
+            "bar",
+            "=",
+            "baz",
+          ],
         ],
         "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+        "repeat_interval": undefined,
         "routes": undefined,
       },
     ],
@@ -223,41 +477,101 @@ exports[`findRoutesMatchingFilters should work with only label matchers 1`] = `
   "filtersApplied": true,
   "matchedRoutesWithPath": Map {
     {
+      "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+      "continue": false,
+      "group_by": undefined,
+      "group_interval": undefined,
+      "group_wait": undefined,
       "id": "1",
-      "matchers": [
-        "hello=world",
-        "foo!=bar",
+      "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+      "object_matchers": [
+        [
+          "hello",
+          "=",
+          "world",
+        ],
+        [
+          "foo",
+          "!=",
+          "bar",
+        ],
       ],
       "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+      "repeat_interval": undefined,
       "routes": [
         {
+          "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+          "continue": false,
+          "group_by": undefined,
+          "group_interval": undefined,
+          "group_wait": undefined,
           "id": "2",
-          "matchers": [
-            "bar=baz",
+          "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+          "object_matchers": [
+            [
+              "bar",
+              "=",
+              "baz",
+            ],
           ],
           "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+          "repeat_interval": undefined,
           "routes": undefined,
         },
       ],
     } => [
       {
+        "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+        "continue": false,
+        "group_by": undefined,
+        "group_interval": undefined,
+        "group_wait": undefined,
         "id": "0",
+        "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+        "object_matchers": [],
         "receiver": "default-receiver",
+        "repeat_interval": undefined,
         "routes": [
           {
+            "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+            "continue": false,
+            "group_by": undefined,
+            "group_interval": undefined,
+            "group_wait": undefined,
             "id": "1",
-            "matchers": [
-              "hello=world",
-              "foo!=bar",
+            "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+            "object_matchers": [
+              [
+                "hello",
+                "=",
+                "world",
+              ],
+              [
+                "foo",
+                "!=",
+                "bar",
+              ],
             ],
             "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+            "repeat_interval": undefined,
             "routes": [
               {
+                "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+                "continue": false,
+                "group_by": undefined,
+                "group_interval": undefined,
+                "group_wait": undefined,
                 "id": "2",
-                "matchers": [
-                  "bar=baz",
+                "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+                "object_matchers": [
+                  [
+                    "bar",
+                    "=",
+                    "baz",
+                  ],
                 ],
                 "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+                "repeat_interval": undefined,
                 "routes": undefined,
               },
             ],
@@ -265,19 +579,45 @@ exports[`findRoutesMatchingFilters should work with only label matchers 1`] = `
         ],
       },
       {
+        "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+        "continue": false,
+        "group_by": undefined,
+        "group_interval": undefined,
+        "group_wait": undefined,
         "id": "1",
-        "matchers": [
-          "hello=world",
-          "foo!=bar",
+        "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+        "object_matchers": [
+          [
+            "hello",
+            "=",
+            "world",
+          ],
+          [
+            "foo",
+            "!=",
+            "bar",
+          ],
         ],
         "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+        "repeat_interval": undefined,
         "routes": [
           {
+            "active_time_intervals": undefined,
+            "continue": false,
+            "group_by": undefined,
+            "group_interval": undefined,
+            "group_wait": undefined,
             "id": "2",
-            "matchers": [
-              "bar=baz",
+            "mute_time_intervals": undefined,
+            "object_matchers": [
+              [
+                "bar",
+                "=",
+                "baz",
+              ],
             ],
             "receiver": "simple-receiver",
+            "repeat_interval": undefined,
             "routes": undefined,
           },
         ],
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertRuleApi.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertRuleApi.ts
index aaee307716b..19f2b95d537 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertRuleApi.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertRuleApi.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { RelativeTimeRange } from '@grafana/data';
 import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
-import { Matcher } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
+import { AlertmanagerAlert, Matcher } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 import { RuleIdentifier, RuleNamespace, RulerDataSourceConfig } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
 import {
   AlertQuery,
@@ -33,11 +33,9 @@ import {
 } from './prometheus';
 import { FetchRulerRulesFilter, rulerUrlBuilder } from './ruler';
 
-export type ResponseLabels = {
-  labels: AlertInstances[];
-};
-
-export type PreviewResponse = ResponseLabels[];
+export type PreviewResponse = Array<
+  Pick<AlertmanagerAlert, 'annotations' | 'endsAt' | 'startsAt' | 'generatorURL' | 'labels'>
+>;
 
 export interface Datasource {
   type: string;
@@ -83,8 +81,6 @@ export interface Rule {
   annotations: Annotations;
 }
 
-export type AlertInstances = Record<string, string>;
-
 interface ExportRulesParams {
   format: ExportFormats;
   folderUid?: string;
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/utils.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/utils.ts
index 24441564615..7c75e015412 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { difference, groupBy, take, trim, upperFirst } from 'lodash';
 import { ReactNode } from 'react';
 
+import { computeInheritedTree } from '@grafana/alerting/unstable';
 import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
 import { NotifierDTO, NotifierStatus, ReceiversStateDTO } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/types/alerting';
 import { canAdminEntity, shouldUseK8sApi } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/k8s/utils';
@@ -14,8 +15,8 @@ import {
 } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 
 import { OnCallIntegrationDTO } from '../../api/onCallApi';
-import { computeInheritedTree } from '../../utils/notification-policies';
 import { extractReceivers } from '../../utils/receivers';
+import { routeAdapter } from '../../utils/routeAdapter';
 import { ReceiverTypes } from '../receivers/grafanaAppReceivers/onCall/onCall';
 import { ReceiverPluginMetadata, getOnCallMetadata } from '../receivers/grafanaAppReceivers/useReceiversMetadata';
 
@@ -132,8 +133,10 @@ export function enhanceContactPointsWithMetadata({
   alertmanagerConfiguration,
 }: EnhanceContactPointsArgs): ContactPointWithMetadata[] {
   // compute the entire inherited tree before finding what notification policies are using a particular contact point
-  const fullyInheritedTree = computeInheritedTree(alertmanagerConfiguration?.alertmanager_config?.route ?? {});
-  const usedContactPoints = getUsedContactPoints(fullyInheritedTree);
+  const fullyInheritedTree = computeInheritedTree(
+    routeAdapter.toPackage(alertmanagerConfiguration?.alertmanager_config?.route ?? {})
+  );
+  const usedContactPoints = getUsedContactPoints(routeAdapter.fromPackage(fullyInheritedTree));
   const usedContactPointsByName = groupBy(usedContactPoints, 'receiver');
 
   const enhanced = contactPoints.map((contactPoint) => {
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/export/GrafanaModifyExport.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/export/GrafanaModifyExport.test.tsx
index 93dfdfe1989..93cb7db63da 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/export/GrafanaModifyExport.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/export/GrafanaModifyExport.test.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { byRole, byTestId, byText } from 'testing-library-selector';
 
 import { mockExportApi, setupMswServer } from '../../mockApi';
 import { mockDataSource } from '../../mocks';
-import { grafanaRulerRule } from '../../mocks/grafanaRulerApi';
+import { grafanaRulerRule, mockPreviewApiResponse } from '../../mocks/grafanaRulerApi';
 import { setupDataSources } from '../../testSetup/datasources';
 
 import GrafanaModifyExport from './GrafanaModifyExport';
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ function renderModifyExport(ruleId: string) {
 
 const server = setupMswServer();
 
+beforeEach(() => {
+  mockPreviewApiResponse(server, []);
+});
+
 describe('GrafanaModifyExport', () => {
   setupDataSources(dataSources.default);
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Matchers.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Matchers.tsx
index a82e9dfed4f..b1fcde8caf0 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Matchers.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Matchers.tsx
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ interface MatcherBadgeProps {
   formatter?: MatcherFormatter;
 }
 
-const MatcherBadge: FC<MatcherBadgeProps> = ({ matcher, formatter = 'default' }) => {
+export const MatcherBadge: FC<MatcherBadgeProps> = ({ matcher, formatter = 'default' }) => {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
 
   return (
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/NotificationPoliciesList.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/NotificationPoliciesList.tsx
index 2e57a1960d2..72dace0fc9d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/NotificationPoliciesList.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/NotificationPoliciesList.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { defaults } from 'lodash';
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { useAsyncFn } from 'react-use';
 
+import { computeInheritedTree } from '@grafana/alerting/unstable';
 import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
 import { Alert, Button, Stack } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
@@ -10,12 +11,12 @@ import { AlertmanagerAction, useAlertmanagerAbility } from 'app/features/alertin
 import { FormAmRoute } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/types/amroutes';
 import { addUniqueIdentifierToRoute } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/amroutes';
 import { getErrorCode, stringifyErrorLike } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/misc';
-import { computeInheritedTree } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/notification-policies';
 import { ObjectMatcher, ROUTES_META_SYMBOL, RouteWithID } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 
 import { anyOfRequestState, isError } from '../../hooks/useAsync';
 import { useAlertmanager } from '../../state/AlertmanagerContext';
 import { ERROR_NEWER_CONFIGURATION } from '../../utils/k8s/errors';
+import { routeAdapter } from '../../utils/routeAdapter';
 
 import { alertmanagerApi } from './../../api/alertmanagerApi';
 import { useGetContactPointsState } from './../../api/receiversApi';
@@ -297,7 +298,10 @@ export const findRoutesMatchingFilters = (rootRoute: RouteWithID, filters: Route
   const matchedRoutes: RouteWithID[][] = [];
 
   // compute fully inherited tree so all policies have their inherited receiver
-  const fullRoute = computeInheritedTree(rootRoute);
+  const adaptedRootRoute = routeAdapter.toPackage(rootRoute);
+  const adaptedFullTree = computeInheritedTree(adaptedRootRoute);
+
+  const fullRoute = routeAdapter.fromPackage(adaptedFullTree);
 
   // find all routes for our contact point filter
   const matchingRoutesForContactPoint = contactPointFilter
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Policy.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Policy.tsx
index 2eded5fb40f..abd12efd135 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Policy.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Policy.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import { FC, Fragment, ReactNode, useState } from 'react';
 import { useToggle } from 'react-use';
 
-import { AlertLabel } from '@grafana/alerting/unstable';
+import { InheritableProperties } from '@grafana/alerting/internal';
+import { AlertLabel, getInheritedProperties } from '@grafana/alerting/unstable';
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
 import {
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ import { AlertmanagerAction, useAlertmanagerAbilities, useAlertmanagerAbility }
 import { getAmMatcherFormatter } from '../../utils/alertmanager';
 import { MatcherFormatter, normalizeMatchers } from '../../utils/matchers';
 import { createContactPointLink, createContactPointSearchLink, createMuteTimingLink } from '../../utils/misc';
-import { InheritableProperties, getInheritedProperties } from '../../utils/notification-policies';
+import { routeAdapter } from '../../utils/routeAdapter';
 import { InsertPosition } from '../../utils/routeTree';
 import { Authorize } from '../Authorize';
 import { PopupCard } from '../HoverCard';
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ interface PolicyComponentProps {
   contactPointsState?: ReceiversState;
   readOnly?: boolean;
   provisioned?: boolean;
-  inheritedProperties?: Partial<InheritableProperties>;
+  inheritedProperties?: InheritableProperties;
   routesMatchingFilters?: RoutesMatchingFilters;
 
   matchingInstancesPreview?: {
@@ -346,7 +347,11 @@ const Policy = (props: PolicyComponentProps) => {
         {showPolicyChildren && (
           <>
             {pageOfChildren.map((child) => {
-              const childInheritedProperties = getInheritedProperties(currentRoute, child, inheritedProperties);
+              const childInheritedProperties = getInheritedProperties(
+                routeAdapter.toPackage(currentRoute),
+                routeAdapter.toPackage(child),
+                inheritedProperties
+              );
               // This child is autogenerated if it's the autogenerated root or if it's a child of an autogenerated policy.
               const isThisChildAutoGenerated = isAutoGeneratedRoot(child) || isAutoGenerated;
               /* pass the "readOnly" prop from the parent, because for any child policy , if its parent it's not editable,
@@ -685,7 +690,7 @@ const AllMatchesIndicator: FC = () => {
   );
 };
 
-function DefaultPolicyIndicator() {
+export function DefaultPolicyIndicator() {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
   return (
     <>
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/__snapshots__/useNotificationPolicyRoute.test.tsx.snap b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/__snapshots__/useNotificationPolicyRoute.test.tsx.snap
index cfd5f04b6af..f4e5ae1f88f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/__snapshots__/useNotificationPolicyRoute.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/__snapshots__/useNotificationPolicyRoute.test.tsx.snap
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ exports[`createKubernetesRoutingTreeSpec 1`] = `
       "group_by": [
         "alertname",
       ],
+      "group_interval": undefined,
+      "group_wait": undefined,
       "receiver": "default-receiver",
       "repeat_interval": "4h",
     },
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/useNotificationPolicyRoute.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/useNotificationPolicyRoute.ts
index f927fc49d70..e6a0b7a0cc5 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/useNotificationPolicyRoute.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/useNotificationPolicyRoute.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { pick } from 'lodash';
 import memoize from 'micro-memoize';
 
+import { INHERITABLE_KEYS, type InheritableProperties } from '@grafana/alerting/internal';
 import { BaseAlertmanagerArgs, Skippable } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/types/hooks';
 import { MatcherOperator, ROUTES_META_SYMBOL, Route } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ import { FormAmRoute } from '../../types/amroutes';
 import { addUniqueIdentifierToRoute } from '../../utils/amroutes';
 import { PROVENANCE_NONE, ROOT_ROUTE_NAME } from '../../utils/k8s/constants';
 import { isK8sEntityProvisioned, shouldUseK8sApi } from '../../utils/k8s/utils';
-import { INHERITABLE_KEYS, InheritableProperties } from '../../utils/notification-policies';
+import { routeAdapter } from '../../utils/routeAdapter';
 import {
   InsertPosition,
   addRouteToReferenceRoute,
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ export function routeToK8sSubRoute(route: Route): ComGithubGrafanaGrafanaPkgApis
 export function createKubernetesRoutingTreeSpec(
   rootRoute: Route
 ): ComGithubGrafanaGrafanaPkgApisAlertingNotificationsV0Alpha1RoutingTree {
-  const inheritableDefaultProperties: InheritableProperties = pick(rootRoute, INHERITABLE_KEYS);
+  const inheritableDefaultProperties: InheritableProperties = pick(routeAdapter.toPackage(rootRoute), INHERITABLE_KEYS);
 
   const defaults: ComGithubGrafanaGrafanaPkgApisAlertingNotificationsV0Alpha1RouteDefaults = {
     ...inheritableDefaultProperties,
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/simplifiedRouting/SimplifiedRuleEditor.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/simplifiedRouting/SimplifiedRuleEditor.test.tsx
index 400ea551a25..c5b364a20d9 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/simplifiedRouting/SimplifiedRuleEditor.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/simplifiedRouting/SimplifiedRuleEditor.test.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { MANUAL_ROUTING_KEY, SIMPLIFIED_QUERY_EDITOR_KEY } from 'app/features/al
 import { AlertmanagerChoice } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 import { AccessControlAction } from 'app/types/accessControl';
 
-import { grafanaRulerGroup } from '../../../../mocks/grafanaRulerApi';
+import { grafanaRulerGroup, mockPreviewApiResponse } from '../../../../mocks/grafanaRulerApi';
 
 jest.mock('app/core/components/AppChrome/AppChromeUpdate', () => ({
   AppChromeUpdate: ({ actions }: { actions: ReactNode }) => <div>{actions}</div>,
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ const selectContactPoint = async (contactPointName: string) => {
   await clickSelectOption(contactPointInput, contactPointName);
 };
 
+const server = setupMswServer();
+
 // combobox hack
 beforeEach(() => {
   const mockGetBoundingClientRect = jest.fn(() => ({
@@ -77,9 +79,10 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   Object.defineProperty(Element.prototype, 'getBoundingClientRect', {
     value: mockGetBoundingClientRect,
   });
+
+  mockPreviewApiResponse(server, []);
 });
 
-setupMswServer();
 setupDataSources(dataSources.default, dataSources.am);
 
 // Setup plugin extensions hook to prevent setPluginLinksHook errors
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/ConnectionLine.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/ConnectionLine.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9e2881cdc35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/ConnectionLine.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { Box, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+export function ConnectionLine() {
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+
+  return (
+    <Box display="flex" justifyContent="center" alignItems="center" height={4}>
+      <div className={styles.line} />
+    </Box>
+  );
+}
+
+const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
+  line: css({
+    width: '1px',
+    height: '100%',
+    background: theme.colors.border.medium,
+  }),
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/ContactPointGroup.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/ContactPointGroup.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba69db35766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/ContactPointGroup.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import { PropsWithChildren, ReactNode } from 'react';
+import Skeleton from 'react-loading-skeleton';
+import { useToggle } from 'react-use';
+
+import { alertingAPI, getContactPointDescription } from '@grafana/alerting/unstable';
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { Stack, Text, TextLink, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+import { stringifyFieldSelector } from '../../../utils/k8s/utils';
+import { createContactPointLink } from '../../../utils/misc';
+import { CollapseToggle } from '../../CollapseToggle';
+import { MetaText } from '../../MetaText';
+import { ContactPointLink } from '../../rule-viewer/ContactPointLink';
+
+import UnknownContactPointDetails from './UnknownContactPointDetails';
+
+interface ContactPointGroupProps extends PropsWithChildren {
+  name: string;
+  matchedInstancesCount: number;
+}
+
+export function GrafanaContactPointGroup({ name, matchedInstancesCount, children }: ContactPointGroupProps) {
+  // find receiver by name – since this is what we store in the alert rule definition
+  const { data, isLoading } = alertingAPI.endpoints.listReceiver.useQuery({
+    fieldSelector: stringifyFieldSelector([['spec.title', name]]),
+  });
+
+  // grab the first result from the fieldSelector result
+  const contactPoint = data?.items.at(0);
+
+  return (
+    <ContactPointGroup
+      isLoading={isLoading}
+      matchedInstancesCount={matchedInstancesCount}
+      name={
+        contactPoint ? (
+          <ContactPointLink name={name} external color="primary" variant="bodySmall" />
+        ) : (
+          <UnknownContactPointDetails receiverName={name ?? 'unknown'} />
+        )
+      }
+      description={contactPoint ? getContactPointDescription(contactPoint) : null}
+    >
+      {children}
+    </ContactPointGroup>
+  );
+}
+
+export function ExternalContactPointGroup({
+  name,
+  alertmanagerSourceName,
+  matchedInstancesCount,
+  children,
+}: ContactPointGroupProps & { alertmanagerSourceName: string }) {
+  const link = (
+    <TextLink
+      color="primary"
+      variant="bodySmall"
+      external
+      inline={false}
+      href={createContactPointLink(name, alertmanagerSourceName)}
+    >
+      {name}
+    </TextLink>
+  );
+  return (
+    <ContactPointGroup name={link} matchedInstancesCount={matchedInstancesCount}>
+      {children}
+    </ContactPointGroup>
+  );
+}
+
+interface ContactPointGroupInnerProps extends Omit<ContactPointGroupProps, 'name'> {
+  name: NonNullable<ReactNode>;
+  description?: ReactNode;
+  isLoading?: boolean;
+  children: ReactNode;
+}
+
+export function ContactPointGroup({
+  name,
+  description,
+  matchedInstancesCount,
+  isLoading = false,
+  children,
+}: ContactPointGroupInnerProps) {
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+  const [isExpanded, toggleExpanded] = useToggle(false);
+
+  return (
+    <Stack direction="column" role="list" data-testid="matched-contactpoint-group">
+      <div className={styles.contactPointRow}>
+        <Stack direction="row" alignItems="center">
+          <CollapseToggle
+            isCollapsed={!isExpanded}
+            onToggle={() => toggleExpanded()}
+            aria-label={t('alerting.notification-route-header.aria-label-expand-policy-route', 'Expand policy route')}
+          />
+          {isLoading && loader}
+          {!isLoading && (
+            <>
+              {name && (
+                <>
+                  <MetaText icon="at">
+                    <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-route-header.delivered-to">Delivered to</Trans> {name}
+                  </MetaText>
+                  {description && (
+                    <Text variant="bodySmall" color="secondary">
+                      ⋅ {description}
+                    </Text>
+                  )}
+                </>
+              )}
+              {matchedInstancesCount && (
+                <>
+                  <Text color="secondary" variant="bodySmall">
+                    |
+                  </Text>
+                  <MetaText icon="layers-alt">
+                    {/* @TODO pluralization */}
+                    {matchedInstancesCount}{' '}
+                    <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-route-header.instances">instances</Trans>
+                  </MetaText>
+                </>
+              )}
+            </>
+          )}
+        </Stack>
+      </div>
+      {isExpanded && <div className={styles.notificationPolicies}>{children}</div>}
+    </Stack>
+  );
+}
+
+const loader = (
+  <Stack direction="row" gap={1}>
+    <Skeleton height={16} width={128} />
+    <Skeleton height={16} width={64} />
+  </Stack>
+);
+
+const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
+  contactPointRow: css({
+    padding: theme.spacing(0.5),
+
+    ':hover': {
+      background: theme.components.table.rowHoverBackground,
+    },
+  }),
+  notificationPolicies: css({
+    marginLeft: theme.spacing(2),
+    borderLeftStyle: 'solid',
+    borderLeftWidth: 1,
+    borderLeftColor: theme.colors.border.weak,
+  }),
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/JourneyPolicyCard.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/JourneyPolicyCard.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab8bd49ede0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/JourneyPolicyCard.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+
+import { LabelMatcher, RouteWithID } from '@grafana/alerting/unstable';
+
+import { JourneyPolicyCard } from './JourneyPolicyCard';
+
+describe('JourneyPolicyCard', () => {
+  const mockMatchers: LabelMatcher[] = [
+    { label: 'severity', type: '=', value: 'critical' },
+    { label: 'team', type: '=', value: 'backend' },
+  ];
+
+  const mockRoute: RouteWithID = {
+    id: 'test-route',
+    receiver: 'test-receiver',
+    group_by: ['alertname', 'severity'],
+    matchers: mockMatchers,
+    routes: [],
+    continue: false,
+  };
+
+  it('should render basic route information', () => {
+    render(<JourneyPolicyCard route={mockRoute} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText('test-receiver')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('alertname, severity')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('label-matchers')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('should render "No matchers" when route has no matchers', () => {
+    const routeWithoutMatchers: RouteWithID = {
+      id: 'test-route',
+      receiver: 'test-receiver',
+      matchers: [],
+      routes: [],
+      continue: false,
+    };
+
+    render(<JourneyPolicyCard route={routeWithoutMatchers} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText('No matchers')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('label-matchers')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('should show continue matching indicator when route.continue is true', () => {
+    const routeWithContinue: RouteWithID = {
+      ...mockRoute,
+      continue: true,
+    };
+
+    render(<JourneyPolicyCard route={routeWithContinue} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('continue-matching')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('should not show continue matching indicator when route.continue is false or undefined', () => {
+    render(<JourneyPolicyCard route={mockRoute} />);
+
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('continue-matching')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('should not render receiver or group_by when they are not provided', () => {
+    const minimalRoute: RouteWithID = {
+      id: 'test-route',
+      routes: [],
+      continue: false,
+    };
+
+    render(<JourneyPolicyCard route={minimalRoute} />);
+
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/test-receiver/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/alertname/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('should show DefaultPolicyIndicator when isRoot is true', () => {
+    render(<JourneyPolicyCard route={mockRoute} isRoot={true} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Default policy' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  describe('isFinalRoute prop', () => {
+    it('should set aria-current="true" and aria-label when isFinalRoute is true', () => {
+      render(<JourneyPolicyCard route={mockRoute} isFinalRoute={true} />);
+
+      const card = screen.getByRole('article', { current: true });
+      expect(card).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('should not set aria-current when isFinalRoute is false', () => {
+      render(<JourneyPolicyCard route={mockRoute} isFinalRoute={false} />);
+
+      const card = screen.getByRole('article', { current: false });
+      expect(card).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('should not set aria-current when isFinalRoute is undefined (default)', () => {
+      render(<JourneyPolicyCard route={mockRoute} />);
+
+      const card = screen.getByRole('article', { current: false });
+      expect(card).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/JourneyPolicyCard.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/JourneyPolicyCard.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bab2fb31e8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/JourneyPolicyCard.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+
+import { RouteWithID } from '@grafana/alerting/unstable';
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { Trans } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { Icon, Stack, Text, Tooltip, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { ObjectMatcher } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
+
+import { labelMatcherToObjectMatcher } from '../../../utils/routeAdapter';
+import { Matchers } from '../../notification-policies/Matchers';
+import { DefaultPolicyIndicator } from '../../notification-policies/Policy';
+
+interface JourneyPolicyCardProps {
+  route: RouteWithID;
+  isRoot?: boolean;
+  isFinalRoute?: boolean;
+}
+
+export function JourneyPolicyCard({ route, isRoot = false, isFinalRoute = false }: JourneyPolicyCardProps) {
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+
+  // Convert route matchers to ObjectMatcher format
+  const matchers: ObjectMatcher[] = route.matchers?.map(labelMatcherToObjectMatcher) ?? [];
+
+  const hasMatchers = matchers.length > 0;
+  const continueMatching = route.continue ?? false;
+
+  return (
+    <article className={styles.policyWrapper(isFinalRoute)} aria-current={isFinalRoute ? 'true' : 'false'}>
+      {continueMatching && <ContinueMatchingIndicator />}
+      <Stack direction="column" gap={0.5}>
+        {/* root route indicator */}
+        {isRoot && <DefaultPolicyIndicator />}
+
+        {/* Matchers */}
+        {hasMatchers ? (
+          <Matchers matchers={matchers} formatter={undefined} />
+        ) : (
+          <Text variant="bodySmall" color="secondary">
+            <Trans i18nKey="alerting.policies.no-matchers">No matchers</Trans>
+          </Text>
+        )}
+
+        {/* Route metadata */}
+        <Stack direction="row" alignItems="center" gap={1}>
+          {route.receiver && (
+            <Text variant="bodySmall" color="secondary">
+              <Icon name="at" size="xs" /> {route.receiver}
+            </Text>
+          )}
+          {route.group_by && route.group_by.length > 0 && (
+            <Text variant="bodySmall" color="secondary">
+              <Icon name="layer-group" size="xs" /> {route.group_by.join(', ')}
+            </Text>
+          )}
+        </Stack>
+      </Stack>
+    </article>
+  );
+}
+
+const ContinueMatchingIndicator = () => {
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+
+  return (
+    <Tooltip
+      placement="top"
+      content={
+        <Trans i18nKey="alerting.continue-matching-indicator.content-route-continue-matching-other-policies">
+          This route will continue matching other policies
+        </Trans>
+      }
+    >
+      <div className={styles.gutterIcon} data-testid="continue-matching">
+        <Icon name="arrow-down" />
+      </div>
+    </Tooltip>
+  );
+};
+
+const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
+  policyWrapper: (hasFocus = false) =>
+    css({
+      position: 'relative',
+      background: theme.colors.background.secondary,
+      borderRadius: theme.shape.radius.default,
+      border: `solid 1px ${theme.colors.border.weak}`,
+      ...(hasFocus && {
+        borderColor: theme.colors.primary.border,
+        background: theme.colors.primary.transparent,
+      }),
+      padding: theme.spacing(1),
+    }),
+  gutterIcon: css({
+    position: 'absolute',
+    left: `-${theme.spacing(3.5)}`,
+    top: theme.spacing(2.25),
+
+    color: theme.colors.text.secondary,
+    background: theme.colors.background.primary,
+
+    width: '20px',
+    height: '20px',
+
+    display: 'flex',
+    alignItems: 'center',
+    justifyContent: 'center',
+
+    border: `solid 1px ${theme.colors.border.weak}`,
+    borderRadius: theme.shape.radius.default,
+  }),
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/MatchDetails.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/MatchDetails.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..40cbf60da62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/MatchDetails.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+
+import { AlertLabel, LabelMatchDetails } from '@grafana/alerting/unstable';
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { Trans } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { Box, Text, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+import { labelMatcherToObjectMatcher } from '../../../utils/routeAdapter';
+import { MatcherBadge } from '../../notification-policies/Matchers';
+
+interface MatchDetailsProps {
+  matchDetails: LabelMatchDetails[];
+  labels: Array<[string, string]>;
+}
+
+export function MatchDetails({ matchDetails, labels }: MatchDetailsProps) {
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+  const matchingLabels = matchDetails.filter((detail) => detail.match);
+
+  const noMatchingLabels = matchingLabels.length === 0;
+
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.container}>
+      {noMatchingLabels ? (
+        <Text variant="bodySmall" color="secondary">
+          <Trans i18nKey="alerting.match-details.no-matchers-matched">Policy matches all labels</Trans>
+        </Text>
+      ) : (
+        matchingLabels.map((detail) => (
+          <Box key={detail.labelIndex} display="flex" alignItems="center" gap={1}>
+            <AlertLabel labelKey={labels[detail.labelIndex][0]} value={labels[detail.labelIndex][1]} />
+            <Text variant="bodySmall" color="secondary">
+              <Trans i18nKey="alerting.match-details.matched">matched</Trans>
+            </Text>
+            {detail.matcher && <MatcherBadge matcher={labelMatcherToObjectMatcher(detail.matcher)} />}
+          </Box>
+        ))
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
+  container: css({
+    padding: `${theme.spacing(1)} ${theme.spacing(2)}`,
+    display: 'flex',
+    flexDirection: 'column',
+    gap: theme.spacing(1),
+    background: theme.colors.background.secondary,
+    borderRadius: theme.shape.radius.pill,
+    border: `solid 1px ${theme.colors.border.weak}`,
+
+    width: 'fit-content',
+    alignSelf: 'center',
+  }),
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPolicyDrawer.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPolicyDrawer.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e43bb432b82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPolicyDrawer.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import { Fragment, useState } from 'react';
+
+import { AlertLabel, RouteMatchResult, RouteWithID } from '@grafana/alerting/unstable';
+import { Trans } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { Button, Drawer, Text, TextLink } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+import { Stack } from '../../../../../../plugins/datasource/parca/QueryEditor/Stack';
+import { createRelativeUrl } from '../../../utils/url';
+
+import { ConnectionLine } from './ConnectionLine';
+import { JourneyPolicyCard } from './JourneyPolicyCard';
+import { MatchDetails } from './MatchDetails';
+
+type NotificationPolicyDrawerProps = {
+  policyName?: string;
+  matchedRootRoute: boolean;
+  journey: RouteMatchResult<RouteWithID>['matchingJourney'];
+  labels: Array<[string, string]>;
+};
+
+export function NotificationPolicyDrawer({
+  policyName,
+  matchedRootRoute,
+  journey,
+  labels,
+}: NotificationPolicyDrawerProps) {
+  const [isDrawerOpen, setIsDrawerOpen] = useState(false);
+
+  const handleOpenDrawer = () => {
+    setIsDrawerOpen(true);
+  };
+
+  const handleCloseDrawer = () => {
+    setIsDrawerOpen(false);
+  };
+
+  // Process the journey data to extract the information we need
+  const finalRouteMatchInfo = journey.at(-1);
+  const nonMatchingLabels = finalRouteMatchInfo?.matchDetails.filter((detail) => !detail.match) ?? [];
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Button fill="outline" variant="secondary" size="sm" onClick={handleOpenDrawer}>
+        <Trans i18nKey="alerting.instance-match.notification-policy">View route</Trans>
+      </Button>
+
+      {isDrawerOpen && (
+        <Drawer
+          size="md"
+          title={
+            <>
+              <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-route.notification-policy">Notification policy</Trans>
+              {policyName && (
+                <Text color="secondary" variant="bodySmall">
+                  {' '}
+                  ⋅ {policyName}
+                </Text>
+              )}
+            </>
+          }
+          onClose={handleCloseDrawer}
+        >
+          <Stack direction="column" gap={2}>
+            <Stack direction="column" gap={2} alignItems="center">
+              <Stack direction="column" gap={0}>
+                {journey.map((routeInfo, index) => (
+                  <Fragment key={index}>
+                    {index > 0 && (
+                      <>
+                        <ConnectionLine />
+                        <MatchDetails matchDetails={routeInfo.matchDetails} labels={labels} />
+                        <ConnectionLine />
+                      </>
+                    )}
+                    <JourneyPolicyCard
+                      route={routeInfo.route}
+                      isRoot={index === 0}
+                      isFinalRoute={index === journey.length - 1}
+                    />
+                  </Fragment>
+                ))}
+              </Stack>
+
+              {nonMatchingLabels.length > 0 && (
+                <Stack direction="column">
+                  <Text variant="body" color="secondary">
+                    <Trans i18nKey="alerting.instance-match.non-matching-labels">Non-matching labels</Trans>
+                  </Text>
+                  <Stack direction="row" gap={0.5}>
+                    {nonMatchingLabels.map((detail) => (
+                      <Text key={detail.labelIndex} color="secondary" variant="bodySmall">
+                        <AlertLabel labelKey={labels[detail.labelIndex][0]} value={labels[detail.labelIndex][1]} />
+                      </Text>
+                    ))}
+                  </Stack>
+                </Stack>
+              )}
+            </Stack>
+
+            <TextLink href={createRelativeUrl('/alerting/routes')} external inline={false}>
+              <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-policy-drawer.view-notification-policy-tree">
+                View notification policy tree
+              </Trans>
+            </TextLink>
+          </Stack>
+        </Drawer>
+      )}
+    </>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPolicyMatchers.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPolicyMatchers.tsx
index 2da056f7b2a..7ea07fdc3ec 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPolicyMatchers.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPolicyMatchers.tsx
@@ -1,45 +1,23 @@
-import { css } from '@emotion/css';
-
-import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Trans } from '@grafana/i18n';
-import { useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Text } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { ObjectMatcher } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 
 import { MatcherFormatter } from '../../../utils/matchers';
 import { Matchers } from '../../notification-policies/Matchers';
 
-import { RouteWithPath, hasEmptyMatchers, isDefaultPolicy } from './route';
-
 interface Props {
-  route: RouteWithPath;
+  matchers?: ObjectMatcher[];
   matcherFormatter: MatcherFormatter;
 }
 
-export function NotificationPolicyMatchers({ route, matcherFormatter }: Props) {
-  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
-  if (isDefaultPolicy(route)) {
+export function NotificationPolicyMatchers({ matchers = [], matcherFormatter }: Props) {
+  if (matchers.length === 0) {
     return (
-      <div className={styles.defaultPolicy}>
-        <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-policy-matchers.default-policy">Default policy</Trans>
-      </div>
-    );
-  } else if (hasEmptyMatchers(route)) {
-    return (
-      <div className={styles.textMuted}>
+      <Text variant="bodySmall" color="secondary">
         <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-policy-matchers.no-matchers">No matchers</Trans>
-      </div>
+      </Text>
     );
   } else {
-    return <Matchers matchers={route.object_matchers ?? []} formatter={matcherFormatter} />;
+    return <Matchers matchers={matchers} formatter={matcherFormatter} />;
   }
 }
-
-const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
-  defaultPolicy: css({
-    padding: theme.spacing(0.5),
-    background: theme.colors.background.secondary,
-    width: 'fit-content',
-  }),
-  textMuted: css({
-    color: theme.colors.text.secondary,
-  }),
-});
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPreview.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPreview.test.tsx
index fa87aef23a4..ab95bb4b679 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPreview.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPreview.test.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-import { render, screen, waitFor, within } from 'test/test-utils';
-import { byRole, byTestId, byText } from 'testing-library-selector';
+import { render, waitFor, within } from 'test/test-utils';
+import { byRole, byText } from 'testing-library-selector';
 
 import { setAlertmanagerConfig } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/mocks/server/entities/alertmanagers';
 import { AccessControlAction } from 'app/types/accessControl';
 
 import { MatcherOperator } from '../../../../../../plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
-import { Labels } from '../../../../../../types/unified-alerting-dto';
 import { getMockConfig, setupMswServer } from '../../../mockApi';
-import { grantUserPermissions, mockAlertQuery } from '../../../mocks';
+import { grantUserPermissions, mockAlertQuery, mockAlertmanagerAlert } from '../../../mocks';
 import { mockPreviewApiResponse } from '../../../mocks/grafanaRulerApi';
 import { Folder } from '../../../types/rule-form';
 import * as dataSource from '../../../utils/datasource';
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ import {
 } from '../../../utils/datasource';
 
 import { NotificationPreview } from './NotificationPreview';
-import NotificationPreviewByAlertManager from './NotificationPreviewByAlertManager';
 
 jest.mock('../../../useRouteGroupsMatcher');
 
@@ -34,18 +32,14 @@ const getAlertManagerDataSourcesByPermissionAndConfigMock =
   >;
 
 const ui = {
-  route: byTestId('matching-policy-route'),
-  routeButton: byRole('button', { name: /Expand policy route/ }),
-  routeMatchingInstances: byTestId('route-matching-instance'),
-  loadingIndicator: byText(/Loading routing preview/i),
-  previewButton: byRole('button', { name: /preview routing/i }),
+  contactPointGroup: byRole('list'),
   grafanaAlertManagerLabel: byText(/alertmanager:grafana/i),
   otherAlertManagerLabel: byText(/alertmanager:other_am/i),
-  seeDetails: byText(/see details/i),
+  expandButton: byRole('button', { name: 'Expand policy route' }),
+  seeDetails: byRole('button', { name: 'View route' }),
   details: {
-    title: byRole('heading', { name: /routing details/i }),
-    modal: byRole('dialog'),
-    linkToContactPoint: byRole('link', { name: /see details/i }),
+    drawer: byRole('dialog'),
+    linkToPolicyTree: byRole('link', { name: /view notification policy tree/i }),
   },
 };
 
@@ -118,360 +112,91 @@ describe('NotificationPreview', () => {
 
   it('should render notification preview without alert manager label, when having only one alert manager configured to receive alerts', async () => {
     mockOneAlertManager();
-    mockPreviewApiResponse(server, [{ labels: [{ tomato: 'red', avocate: 'green' }] }]);
+    mockPreviewApiResponse(server, [
+      mockAlertmanagerAlert({
+        labels: { tomato: 'red', avocate: 'green' },
+      }),
+    ]);
 
-    const { user } = render(
-      <NotificationPreview alertQueries={[alertQuery]} customLabels={[]} condition="A" folder={folder} />
-    );
+    render(<NotificationPreview alertQueries={[alertQuery]} customLabels={[]} condition="A" folder={folder} />);
 
-    await user.click(ui.previewButton.get());
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(ui.loadingIndicator.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    // wait for loading to finish
+    await waitFor(async () => {
+      const matchingContactPoint = await ui.contactPointGroup.findAll();
+      expect(matchingContactPoint).toHaveLength(1);
     });
 
     // we expect the alert manager label to be missing as there is only one alert manager configured to receive alerts
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(ui.grafanaAlertManagerLabel.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-    });
+    expect(ui.grafanaAlertManagerLabel.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(ui.otherAlertManagerLabel.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
 
-    const matchingPoliciesElements = ui.route.queryAll;
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(matchingPoliciesElements()).toHaveLength(1);
-    });
-    expect(matchingPoliciesElements()[0]).toHaveTextContent(/tomato = red/);
+    const matchingContactPoint = await ui.contactPointGroup.findAll();
+    expect(matchingContactPoint[0]).toHaveTextContent(/Delivered to slack/);
+    expect(matchingContactPoint[0]).toHaveTextContent(/1 instance/);
   });
+
   it('should render notification preview with alert manager sections, when having more than one alert manager configured to receive alerts', async () => {
     // two alert managers configured  to receive alerts
     mockTwoAlertManagers();
-    mockPreviewApiResponse(server, [{ labels: [{ tomato: 'red', avocate: 'green' }] }]);
+    mockPreviewApiResponse(server, [
+      mockAlertmanagerAlert({
+        labels: { tomato: 'red', avocate: 'green' },
+      }),
+    ]);
 
-    const { user } = render(
-      <NotificationPreview alertQueries={[alertQuery]} customLabels={[]} condition="A" folder={folder} />
-    );
+    render(<NotificationPreview alertQueries={[alertQuery]} customLabels={[]} condition="A" folder={folder} />);
 
-    await user.click(await ui.previewButton.find());
+    // wait for loading to finish
+    await waitFor(async () => {
+      const matchingContactPoint = await ui.contactPointGroup.findAll();
+      expect(matchingContactPoint).toHaveLength(2);
+    });
 
     // we expect the alert manager label to be present as there is more than one alert manager configured to receive alerts
     expect(await ui.grafanaAlertManagerLabel.find()).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(await ui.otherAlertManagerLabel.find()).toBeInTheDocument();
 
-    const matchingPoliciesElements = await ui.route.findAll();
+    const matchingContactPoint = await ui.contactPointGroup.findAll();
 
-    expect(matchingPoliciesElements).toHaveLength(2);
-    expect(matchingPoliciesElements[0]).toHaveTextContent(/tomato = red/);
-    expect(matchingPoliciesElements[1]).toHaveTextContent(/tomato = red/);
+    expect(matchingContactPoint).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(matchingContactPoint[0]).toHaveTextContent(/Delivered to slack/);
+    expect(matchingContactPoint[0]).toHaveTextContent(/1 instance/);
+
+    expect(matchingContactPoint[1]).toHaveTextContent(/Delivered to slack/);
+    expect(matchingContactPoint[1]).toHaveTextContent(/1 instance/);
   });
-  it('should render details modal when clicking see details button', async () => {
-    // two alert managers configured  to receive alerts
-    mockOneAlertManager();
-    mockPreviewApiResponse(server, [{ labels: [{ tomato: 'red', avocate: 'green' }] }]);
+
+  it('should render details when clicking see details button', async () => {
     mockHasEditPermission(true);
-
-    const { user } = render(
-      <NotificationPreview alertQueries={[alertQuery]} customLabels={[]} condition="A" folder={folder} />
-    );
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(ui.loadingIndicator.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-    });
-
-    await user.click(ui.previewButton.get());
-    await user.click(await ui.seeDetails.find());
-    expect(ui.details.title.query()).toBeInTheDocument();
-    //we expect seeing the default policy
-    expect(screen.getByText(/default policy/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
-    const matchingPoliciesElements = within(ui.details.modal.get()).getAllByTestId('label-matchers');
-    expect(matchingPoliciesElements).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(matchingPoliciesElements[0]).toHaveTextContent(/tomato = red/);
-    expect(within(ui.details.modal.get()).getByText(/slack/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(ui.details.linkToContactPoint.get()).toBeInTheDocument();
-  });
-  it('should not render contact point link in details modal if user has no permissions for editing contact points', async () => {
-    // two alert managers configured  to receive alerts
     mockOneAlertManager();
-    mockPreviewApiResponse(server, [{ labels: [{ tomato: 'red', avocate: 'green' }] }]);
-    mockHasEditPermission(false);
+    mockPreviewApiResponse(server, [
+      mockAlertmanagerAlert({
+        labels: { tomato: 'red', avocate: 'green' },
+      }),
+    ]);
 
     const { user } = render(
       <NotificationPreview alertQueries={[alertQuery]} customLabels={[]} condition="A" folder={folder} />
     );
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(ui.loadingIndicator.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    // wait for loading to finish
+    await waitFor(async () => {
+      const matchingContactPoint = await ui.contactPointGroup.findAll();
+      expect(matchingContactPoint).toHaveLength(1);
     });
 
-    await user.click(ui.previewButton.get());
+    // expand the matching contact point to show instances
+    await user.click(await ui.expandButton.find());
+
+    // click "view route"
     await user.click(await ui.seeDetails.find());
-    expect(ui.details.title.query()).toBeInTheDocument();
-    //we expect seeing the default policy
-    expect(screen.getByText(/default policy/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
-    const matchingPoliciesElements = within(ui.details.modal.get()).getAllByTestId('label-matchers');
-    expect(matchingPoliciesElements).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(matchingPoliciesElements[0]).toHaveTextContent(/tomato = red/);
-    expect(within(ui.details.modal.get()).getByText(/slack/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(ui.details.linkToContactPoint.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-  });
-});
-
-describe('NotificationPreviewByAlertmanager', () => {
-  it('should render route matching preview for alertmanager', async () => {
-    const potentialInstances: Labels[] = [
-      { foo: 'bar', severity: 'critical' },
-      { job: 'prometheus', severity: 'warning' },
-    ];
-
-    const mockConfig = getMockConfig((amConfigBuilder) =>
-      amConfigBuilder
-        .withRoute((routeBuilder) =>
-          routeBuilder
-            .withReceiver('email')
-            .addRoute((rb) => rb.withReceiver('slack').addMatcher('severity', MatcherOperator.equal, 'critical'))
-            .addRoute((rb) => rb.withReceiver('opsgenie').addMatcher('team', MatcherOperator.equal, 'operations'))
-        )
-        .addReceivers((b) => b.withName('email').addEmailConfig((eb) => eb.withTo('test@example.com')))
-        .addReceivers((b) => b.withName('slack'))
-        .addReceivers((b) => b.withName('opsgenie'))
-    );
-    setAlertmanagerConfig(GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME, mockConfig);
-
-    const { user } = render(
-      <NotificationPreviewByAlertManager
-        alertManagerSource={grafanaAlertManagerDataSource}
-        potentialInstances={potentialInstances}
-        onlyOneAM={true}
-      />
-    );
-
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(ui.loadingIndicator.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-    });
-
-    const routeElements = ui.route.getAll();
-
-    expect(routeElements).toHaveLength(2);
-    expect(routeElements[0]).toHaveTextContent(/slack/);
-    expect(routeElements[1]).toHaveTextContent(/email/);
-
-    await user.click(ui.routeButton.get(routeElements[0]));
-    await user.click(ui.routeButton.get(routeElements[1]));
-
-    const matchingInstances0 = ui.routeMatchingInstances.get(routeElements[0]);
-    const matchingInstances1 = ui.routeMatchingInstances.get(routeElements[1]);
-
-    expect(matchingInstances0).toHaveTextContent(/severity=critical/);
-    expect(matchingInstances0).toHaveTextContent(/foo=bar/);
-
-    expect(matchingInstances1).toHaveTextContent(/job=prometheus/);
-    expect(matchingInstances1).toHaveTextContent(/severity=warning/);
-  });
-  it('should render route matching preview for alertmanager without errors if receiver is inherited from parent route (no receiver) ', async () => {
-    const potentialInstances: Labels[] = [
-      { foo: 'bar', severity: 'critical' },
-      { job: 'prometheus', severity: 'warning' },
-    ];
-
-    const mockConfig = getMockConfig((amConfigBuilder) =>
-      amConfigBuilder
-        .withRoute((routeBuilder) =>
-          routeBuilder
-            .withReceiver('email')
-            .addRoute((rb) => {
-              rb.addRoute((rb) => rb.withoutReceiver().addMatcher('foo', MatcherOperator.equal, 'bar'));
-              return rb.withReceiver('slack').addMatcher('severity', MatcherOperator.equal, 'critical');
-            })
-            .addRoute((rb) => rb.withReceiver('opsgenie').addMatcher('team', MatcherOperator.equal, 'operations'))
-        )
-        .addReceivers((b) => b.withName('email').addEmailConfig((eb) => eb.withTo('test@example.com')))
-        .addReceivers((b) => b.withName('slack'))
-        .addReceivers((b) => b.withName('opsgenie'))
-    );
-    setAlertmanagerConfig(GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME, mockConfig);
-
-    const { user } = render(
-      <NotificationPreviewByAlertManager
-        alertManagerSource={grafanaAlertManagerDataSource}
-        potentialInstances={potentialInstances}
-        onlyOneAM={true}
-      />
-    );
-
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(ui.loadingIndicator.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-    });
-
-    const routeElements = ui.route.getAll();
-
-    expect(routeElements).toHaveLength(2);
-    expect(routeElements[0]).toHaveTextContent(/slack/);
-    expect(routeElements[1]).toHaveTextContent(/email/);
-
-    await user.click(ui.routeButton.get(routeElements[0]));
-    await user.click(ui.routeButton.get(routeElements[1]));
-
-    const matchingInstances0 = ui.routeMatchingInstances.get(routeElements[0]);
-    const matchingInstances1 = ui.routeMatchingInstances.get(routeElements[1]);
-
-    expect(matchingInstances0).toHaveTextContent(/severity=critical/);
-    expect(matchingInstances0).toHaveTextContent(/foo=bar/);
-
-    expect(matchingInstances1).toHaveTextContent(/job=prometheus/);
-    expect(matchingInstances1).toHaveTextContent(/severity=warning/);
-  });
-  it('should render route matching preview for alertmanager without errors if receiver is inherited from parent route (empty string receiver)', async () => {
-    const potentialInstances: Labels[] = [
-      { foo: 'bar', severity: 'critical' },
-      { job: 'prometheus', severity: 'warning' },
-    ];
-
-    const mockConfig = getMockConfig((amConfigBuilder) =>
-      amConfigBuilder
-        .withRoute((routeBuilder) =>
-          routeBuilder
-            .withReceiver('email')
-            .addRoute((rb) => {
-              rb.addRoute((rb) => rb.withEmptyReceiver().addMatcher('foo', MatcherOperator.equal, 'bar'));
-              return rb.withReceiver('slack').addMatcher('severity', MatcherOperator.equal, 'critical');
-            })
-            .addRoute((rb) => rb.withReceiver('opsgenie').addMatcher('team', MatcherOperator.equal, 'operations'))
-        )
-        .addReceivers((b) => b.withName('email').addEmailConfig((eb) => eb.withTo('test@example.com')))
-        .addReceivers((b) => b.withName('slack'))
-        .addReceivers((b) => b.withName('opsgenie'))
-    );
-
-    setAlertmanagerConfig(GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME, mockConfig);
-
-    const { user } = render(
-      <NotificationPreviewByAlertManager
-        alertManagerSource={grafanaAlertManagerDataSource}
-        potentialInstances={potentialInstances}
-        onlyOneAM={true}
-      />
-    );
-
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(ui.loadingIndicator.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-    });
-
-    const routeElements = ui.route.getAll();
-
-    expect(routeElements).toHaveLength(2);
-    expect(routeElements[0]).toHaveTextContent(/slack/);
-    expect(routeElements[1]).toHaveTextContent(/email/);
-
-    await user.click(ui.routeButton.get(routeElements[0]));
-    await user.click(ui.routeButton.get(routeElements[1]));
-
-    const matchingInstances0 = ui.routeMatchingInstances.get(routeElements[0]);
-    const matchingInstances1 = ui.routeMatchingInstances.get(routeElements[1]);
-
-    expect(matchingInstances0).toHaveTextContent(/severity=critical/);
-    expect(matchingInstances0).toHaveTextContent(/foo=bar/);
-
-    expect(matchingInstances1).toHaveTextContent(/job=prometheus/);
-    expect(matchingInstances1).toHaveTextContent(/severity=warning/);
-  });
-
-  describe('regex matching', () => {
-    it('does not match regex in middle of the word as alertmanager will anchor when queried via API', async () => {
-      const potentialInstances: Labels[] = [{ regexfield: 'foobarfoo' }];
-
-      const mockConfig = getMockConfig((amConfigBuilder) =>
-        amConfigBuilder
-          .addReceivers((b) => b.withName('email'))
-          .withRoute((routeBuilder) =>
-            routeBuilder
-              .withReceiver('email')
-              .addRoute((rb) => rb.withReceiver('email').addMatcher('regexfield', MatcherOperator.regex, 'bar'))
-          )
-      );
-
-      setAlertmanagerConfig(GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME, mockConfig);
-
-      render(
-        <NotificationPreviewByAlertManager
-          alertManagerSource={grafanaAlertManagerDataSource}
-          potentialInstances={potentialInstances}
-          onlyOneAM={true}
-        />
-      );
-
-      expect(await screen.findByText(/default policy/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
-      expect(screen.queryByText(/regexfield/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-    });
-
-    it('matches regex at the start of the word', async () => {
-      const potentialInstances: Labels[] = [{ regexfield: 'baaaaaaah' }];
-
-      const mockConfig = getMockConfig((amConfigBuilder) =>
-        amConfigBuilder
-          .addReceivers((b) => b.withName('email'))
-          .withRoute((routeBuilder) =>
-            routeBuilder
-              .withReceiver('email')
-              .addRoute((rb) => rb.withReceiver('email').addMatcher('regexfield', MatcherOperator.regex, 'ba.*h'))
-          )
-      );
-      setAlertmanagerConfig(GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME, mockConfig);
-
-      render(
-        <NotificationPreviewByAlertManager
-          alertManagerSource={grafanaAlertManagerDataSource}
-          potentialInstances={potentialInstances}
-          onlyOneAM={true}
-        />
-      );
-
-      expect(await screen.findByText(/regexfield/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
-    });
-
-    it('handles negated regex correctly', async () => {
-      const potentialInstances: Labels[] = [{ regexfield: 'thing' }];
-
-      const mockConfig = getMockConfig((amConfigBuilder) =>
-        amConfigBuilder
-          .addReceivers((b) => b.withName('email'))
-          .withRoute((routeBuilder) =>
-            routeBuilder
-              .withReceiver('email')
-              .addRoute((rb) => rb.withReceiver('email').addMatcher('regexfield', MatcherOperator.notRegex, 'thing'))
-          )
-      );
-      setAlertmanagerConfig(GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME, mockConfig);
-
-      render(
-        <NotificationPreviewByAlertManager
-          alertManagerSource={grafanaAlertManagerDataSource}
-          potentialInstances={potentialInstances}
-          onlyOneAM={true}
-        />
-      );
-
-      expect(await screen.findByText(/default policy/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
-      expect(screen.queryByText(/regexfield/i)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-    });
-  });
-  it('matches regex with flags', async () => {
-    const potentialInstances: Labels[] = [{ regexfield: 'baaaaaaah' }];
-
-    const mockConfig = getMockConfig((amConfigBuilder) =>
-      amConfigBuilder
-        .addReceivers((b) => b.withName('email'))
-        .withRoute((routeBuilder) =>
-          routeBuilder
-            .withReceiver('email')
-            .addRoute((rb) => rb.withReceiver('email').addMatcher('regexfield', MatcherOperator.regex, '(?i)BA.*h'))
-        )
-    );
-    setAlertmanagerConfig(GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME, mockConfig);
-
-    render(
-      <NotificationPreviewByAlertManager
-        alertManagerSource={grafanaAlertManagerDataSource}
-        potentialInstances={potentialInstances}
-        onlyOneAM={true}
-      />
-    );
-
-    expect(await screen.findByText(/regexfield/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    // grab drawer and assert within
+    const drawer = ui.details.drawer.getAll()[0];
+    expect(drawer).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    // assert within the drawer
+    expect(within(drawer).getByRole('heading', { name: 'Default policy' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(within(drawer).getByText(/non-matching labels/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(ui.details.linkToPolicyTree.get()).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPreview.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPreview.tsx
index 248ef0c00c2..c1396464c86 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPreview.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPreview.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
-import { compact } from 'lodash';
-import { Suspense, lazy } from 'react';
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import { Fragment, Suspense, lazy } from 'react';
+import { useEffectOnce } from 'react-use';
 
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
-import { Button, LoadingPlaceholder, Stack, Text } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Button, LoadingPlaceholder, Stack, Text, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { alertRuleApi } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertRuleApi';
-import { AlertQuery } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
+import { AlertQuery, Labels } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
 
 import { Folder, KBObjectArray } from '../../../types/rule-form';
 import { useGetAlertManagerDataSourcesByPermissionAndConfig } from '../../../utils/datasource';
 
 const NotificationPreviewByAlertManager = lazy(() => import('./NotificationPreviewByAlertManager'));
+const NotificationPreviewForGrafanaManaged = lazy(() => import('./NotificationPreviewGrafanaManaged'));
 
 interface NotificationPreviewProps {
   customLabels: KBObjectArray;
@@ -20,6 +23,8 @@ interface NotificationPreviewProps {
   alertUid?: string;
 }
 
+const { preview } = alertRuleApi.endpoints;
+
 // TODO the scroll position keeps resetting when we preview
 // this is to be expected because the list of routes dissapears as we start the request but is very annoying
 export const NotificationPreview = ({
@@ -30,15 +35,20 @@ export const NotificationPreview = ({
   alertName,
   alertUid,
 }: NotificationPreviewProps) => {
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
   const disabled = !condition || !folder;
 
-  const previewEndpoint = alertRuleApi.endpoints.preview;
-
-  const [trigger, { data = [], isLoading, isUninitialized: previewUninitialized }] = previewEndpoint.useMutation();
+  const [trigger, { data = [], isLoading, isUninitialized: previewUninitialized }] = preview.useMutation();
 
   // potential instances are the instances that are going to be routed to the notification policies
   // convert data to list of labels: are the representation of the potential instances
-  const potentialInstances = compact(data.flatMap((label) => label?.labels));
+  const potentialInstances = data.reduce<Labels[]>((acc = [], instance) => {
+    if (instance.labels) {
+      acc.push(instance.labels);
+    }
+
+    return acc;
+  }, []);
 
   const onPreview = () => {
     if (!folder || !condition) {
@@ -56,10 +66,13 @@ export const NotificationPreview = ({
     });
   };
 
+  useEffectOnce(() => {
+    onPreview();
+  });
+
   //  Get alert managers's data source information
   const alertManagerDataSources = useGetAlertManagerDataSourcesByPermissionAndConfig('notification');
-
-  const onlyOneAM = alertManagerDataSources.length === 1;
+  const singleAlertManagerConfigured = alertManagerDataSources.length === 1;
 
   return (
     <Stack direction="column">
@@ -93,22 +106,63 @@ export const NotificationPreview = ({
           <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-preview.preview-routing">Preview routing</Trans>
         </Button>
       </Stack>
-      {!isLoading && !previewUninitialized && potentialInstances.length > 0 && (
+      {potentialInstances.length > 0 && (
         <Suspense
           fallback={
             <LoadingPlaceholder text={t('alerting.notification-preview.text-loading-preview', 'Loading preview...')} />
           }
         >
           {alertManagerDataSources.map((alertManagerSource) => (
-            <NotificationPreviewByAlertManager
-              alertManagerSource={alertManagerSource}
-              potentialInstances={potentialInstances}
-              onlyOneAM={onlyOneAM}
-              key={alertManagerSource.name}
-            />
+            <Fragment key={alertManagerSource.name}>
+              {!singleAlertManagerConfigured && (
+                <Stack direction="row" alignItems="center">
+                  <div className={styles.firstAlertManagerLine} />
+                  <div className={styles.alertManagerName}>
+                    <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-preview.alertmanager">Alertmanager:</Trans>
+                    <img src={alertManagerSource.imgUrl} alt="" className={styles.img} />
+                    {alertManagerSource.name}
+                  </div>
+                  <div className={styles.secondAlertManagerLine} />
+                </Stack>
+              )}
+              {alertManagerSource.name === 'grafana' ? (
+                <NotificationPreviewForGrafanaManaged
+                  alertManagerSource={alertManagerSource}
+                  instances={potentialInstances}
+                />
+              ) : (
+                <NotificationPreviewByAlertManager
+                  alertManagerSource={alertManagerSource}
+                  instances={potentialInstances}
+                />
+              )}
+            </Fragment>
           ))}
         </Suspense>
       )}
     </Stack>
   );
 };
+
+const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
+  firstAlertManagerLine: css({
+    height: '1px',
+    width: theme.spacing(4),
+    backgroundColor: theme.colors.secondary.main,
+  }),
+  alertManagerName: css({
+    width: 'fit-content',
+  }),
+  secondAlertManagerLine: css({
+    height: '1px',
+    width: '100%',
+    flex: 1,
+    backgroundColor: theme.colors.secondary.main,
+  }),
+  img: css({
+    marginLeft: theme.spacing(2),
+    width: theme.spacing(3),
+    height: theme.spacing(3),
+    marginRight: theme.spacing(1),
+  }),
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPreviewByAlertManager.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPreviewByAlertManager.tsx
index d40f2f3de67..564b8eb3a92 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPreviewByAlertManager.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPreviewByAlertManager.tsx
@@ -1,31 +1,29 @@
-import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import { groupBy } from 'lodash';
 
-import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
-import { Alert, LoadingPlaceholder, useStyles2, withErrorBoundary } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { Alert, Box, LoadingPlaceholder, withErrorBoundary } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { stringifyErrorLike } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/misc';
 
 import { Stack } from '../../../../../../plugins/datasource/parca/QueryEditor/Stack';
 import { Labels } from '../../../../../../types/unified-alerting-dto';
 import { AlertManagerDataSource } from '../../../utils/datasource';
 
-import { NotificationRoute } from './NotificationRoute';
+import { ExternalContactPointGroup } from './ContactPointGroup';
+import { InstanceMatch } from './NotificationRoute';
 import { useAlertmanagerNotificationRoutingPreview } from './useAlertmanagerNotificationRoutingPreview';
 
+const UNKNOWN_RECEIVER = 'unknown';
+
 function NotificationPreviewByAlertManager({
   alertManagerSource,
-  potentialInstances,
-  onlyOneAM,
+  instances,
 }: {
   alertManagerSource: AlertManagerDataSource;
-  potentialInstances: Labels[];
-  onlyOneAM: boolean;
+  instances: Labels[];
 }) {
-  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
-
-  const { routesByIdMap, receiversByName, matchingMap, loading, error } = useAlertmanagerNotificationRoutingPreview(
+  const { treeMatchingResults, isLoading, error } = useAlertmanagerNotificationRoutingPreview(
     alertManagerSource.name,
-    potentialInstances
+    instances
   );
 
   if (error) {
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ function NotificationPreviewByAlertManager({
     );
   }
 
-  if (loading) {
+  if (isLoading) {
     return (
       <LoadingPlaceholder
         text={t(
@@ -50,76 +48,48 @@ function NotificationPreviewByAlertManager({
     );
   }
 
-  const matchingPoliciesFound = matchingMap.size > 0;
+  const matchingPoliciesFound = treeMatchingResults.some((result) => result.matchedRoutes.length > 0);
+
+  // Group results by receiver name
+  // We need to flatten the structure first to group by receiver
+  const flattenedResults = treeMatchingResults.flatMap(({ labels, matchedRoutes }) => {
+    return Array.from(matchedRoutes).map(({ route, routeTree, matchDetails }) => ({
+      labels,
+      receiver: route.receiver || UNKNOWN_RECEIVER,
+      routeTree,
+      matchDetails,
+    }));
+  });
+
+  const contactPointGroups = groupBy(flattenedResults, 'receiver');
 
   return matchingPoliciesFound ? (
-    <div className={styles.alertManagerRow}>
-      {!onlyOneAM && (
-        <Stack direction="row" alignItems="center">
-          <div className={styles.firstAlertManagerLine} />
-          <div className={styles.alertManagerName}>
-            <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-preview.alertmanager">Alertmanager:</Trans>
-            <img src={alertManagerSource.imgUrl} alt="" className={styles.img} />
-            {alertManagerSource.name}
-          </div>
-          <div className={styles.secondAlertManagerLine} />
-        </Stack>
-      )}
-      <Stack gap={1} direction="column">
-        {Array.from(matchingMap.entries()).map(([routeId, instanceMatches]) => {
-          const route = routesByIdMap.get(routeId);
-          const receiver = route?.receiver && receiversByName.get(route.receiver);
-
-          if (!route) {
-            return null;
-          }
-          return (
-            <NotificationRoute
-              instanceMatches={instanceMatches}
-              route={route}
-              // If we can't find a receiver, it might just be because the user doesn't have access
-              receiver={receiver ? receiver : undefined}
-              receiverNameFromRoute={route?.receiver ? route.receiver : undefined}
-              key={routeId}
-              routesByIdMap={routesByIdMap}
-              alertManagerSourceName={alertManagerSource.name}
-            />
-          );
-        })}
+    <Box display="flex" direction="column" gap={1} width="100%">
+      <Stack direction="column" gap={0}>
+        {Object.entries(contactPointGroups).map(([receiver, resultsForReceiver]) => (
+          <ExternalContactPointGroup
+            key={receiver}
+            name={receiver}
+            matchedInstancesCount={resultsForReceiver.length}
+            alertmanagerSourceName={alertManagerSource.name}
+          >
+            <Stack direction="column" gap={0}>
+              {resultsForReceiver.map(({ routeTree, matchDetails }) => (
+                <InstanceMatch
+                  key={matchDetails.labels.join(',')}
+                  matchedInstance={matchDetails}
+                  policyTreeSpec={routeTree.expandedSpec}
+                  policyTreeMetadata={routeTree.metadata}
+                />
+              ))}
+            </Stack>
+          </ExternalContactPointGroup>
+        ))}
       </Stack>
-    </div>
+    </Box>
   ) : null;
 }
 
 // export default because we want to load the component dynamically using React.lazy
 // Due to loading of the web worker we don't want to load this component when not necessary
 export default withErrorBoundary(NotificationPreviewByAlertManager);
-
-const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
-  alertManagerRow: css({
-    display: 'flex',
-    flexDirection: 'column',
-    gap: theme.spacing(1),
-    width: '100%',
-  }),
-  firstAlertManagerLine: css({
-    height: '1px',
-    width: theme.spacing(4),
-    backgroundColor: theme.colors.secondary.main,
-  }),
-  alertManagerName: css({
-    width: 'fit-content',
-  }),
-  secondAlertManagerLine: css({
-    height: '1px',
-    width: '100%',
-    flex: 1,
-    backgroundColor: theme.colors.secondary.main,
-  }),
-  img: css({
-    marginLeft: theme.spacing(2),
-    width: theme.spacing(3),
-    height: theme.spacing(3),
-    marginRight: theme.spacing(1),
-  }),
-});
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPreviewGrafanaManaged.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPreviewGrafanaManaged.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2a5cc020996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationPreviewGrafanaManaged.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import { groupBy } from 'lodash';
+
+import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { Alert, Box, LoadingPlaceholder, withErrorBoundary } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { stringifyErrorLike } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/misc';
+
+import { Stack } from '../../../../../../plugins/datasource/parca/QueryEditor/Stack';
+import { Labels } from '../../../../../../types/unified-alerting-dto';
+import { AlertManagerDataSource } from '../../../utils/datasource';
+
+import { GrafanaContactPointGroup } from './ContactPointGroup';
+import { InstanceMatch } from './NotificationRoute';
+import { useAlertmanagerNotificationRoutingPreview } from './useAlertmanagerNotificationRoutingPreview';
+
+const UNKNOWN_RECEIVER = 'unknown';
+
+function NotificationPreviewGrafanaManaged({
+  alertManagerSource,
+  instances,
+}: {
+  alertManagerSource: AlertManagerDataSource;
+  instances: Labels[];
+}) {
+  const { treeMatchingResults, isLoading, error } = useAlertmanagerNotificationRoutingPreview(
+    alertManagerSource.name,
+    instances
+  );
+
+  if (error) {
+    const title = t('alerting.notification-preview.error', 'Could not load routing preview for {{alertmanager}}', {
+      alertmanager: alertManagerSource.name,
+    });
+    return (
+      <Alert title={title} severity="error">
+        {stringifyErrorLike(error)}
+      </Alert>
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (isLoading) {
+    return (
+      <LoadingPlaceholder
+        text={t(
+          'alerting.notification-preview-by-alert-manager.text-loading-routing-preview',
+          'Loading routing preview...'
+        )}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+
+  const matchingPoliciesFound = treeMatchingResults.some((result) => result.matchedRoutes.length > 0);
+
+  // Group results by receiver name
+  // We need to flatten the structure first to group by receiver
+  const flattenedResults = treeMatchingResults.flatMap(({ labels, matchedRoutes }) => {
+    return Array.from(matchedRoutes).map(({ route, routeTree, matchDetails }) => ({
+      labels,
+      receiver: route.receiver || UNKNOWN_RECEIVER,
+      routeTree,
+      matchDetails,
+    }));
+  });
+
+  const contactPointGroups = groupBy(flattenedResults, 'receiver');
+
+  return matchingPoliciesFound ? (
+    <Box display="flex" direction="column" gap={1} width="100%">
+      <Stack direction="column" gap={0}>
+        {Object.entries(contactPointGroups).map(([receiver, resultsForReceiver]) => (
+          <GrafanaContactPointGroup key={receiver} name={receiver} matchedInstancesCount={resultsForReceiver.length}>
+            <Stack direction="column" gap={0}>
+              {resultsForReceiver.map(({ routeTree, matchDetails }) => (
+                <InstanceMatch
+                  key={matchDetails.labels.join(',')}
+                  matchedInstance={matchDetails}
+                  policyTreeSpec={routeTree.expandedSpec}
+                  policyTreeMetadata={routeTree.metadata}
+                />
+              ))}
+            </Stack>
+          </GrafanaContactPointGroup>
+        ))}
+      </Stack>
+    </Box>
+  ) : null;
+}
+
+// export default because we want to load the component dynamically using React.lazy
+// Due to loading of the web worker we don't want to load this component when not necessary
+export default withErrorBoundary(NotificationPreviewGrafanaManaged);
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationRoute.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationRoute.tsx
index 421c25b2ec3..67bdce2d4d2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationRoute.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationRoute.tsx
@@ -1,263 +1,66 @@
-import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
-import { uniqueId } from 'lodash';
-import pluralize from 'pluralize';
-import { useState } from 'react';
-import { useToggle } from 'react-use';
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 
+import { AlertLabels, RouteMatchResult, RouteWithID } from '@grafana/alerting/unstable';
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
-import { Button, TagList, getTagColorIndexFromName, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Trans } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { Text, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 
-import { Receiver } from '../../../../../../plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 import { Stack } from '../../../../../../plugins/datasource/parca/QueryEditor/Stack';
-import { getAmMatcherFormatter } from '../../../utils/alertmanager';
-import { AlertInstanceMatch } from '../../../utils/notification-policies';
-import { CollapseToggle } from '../../CollapseToggle';
-import { MetaText } from '../../MetaText';
+import { arrayLabelsToObject } from '../../../utils/labels';
 import { Spacer } from '../../Spacer';
 
-import { NotificationPolicyMatchers } from './NotificationPolicyMatchers';
-import { NotificationRouteDetailsModal } from './NotificationRouteDetailsModal';
-import UnknownContactPointDetails from './UnknownContactPointDetails';
-import { RouteWithPath } from './route';
+import { NotificationPolicyDrawer } from './NotificationPolicyDrawer';
 
-export interface ReceiverNameProps {
-  /** Receiver name taken from route definition. Used as a fallback when full receiver details cannot be found (in case of RBAC restrictions) */
-  receiverNameFromRoute?: string;
-}
+type TreeMeta = {
+  name?: string;
+};
 
-interface NotificationRouteHeaderProps extends ReceiverNameProps {
-  route: RouteWithPath;
-  receiver?: Receiver;
-  routesByIdMap: Map<string, RouteWithPath>;
-  instancesCount: number;
-  alertManagerSourceName: string;
-  expandRoute: boolean;
-  onExpandRouteClick: (expand: boolean) => void;
-}
+type InstanceMatchProps = {
+  matchedInstance: RouteMatchResult<RouteWithID>;
+  policyTreeSpec: RouteWithID;
+  policyTreeMetadata: TreeMeta;
+};
 
-function NotificationRouteHeader({
-  route,
-  receiver,
-  receiverNameFromRoute,
-  routesByIdMap,
-  instancesCount,
-  alertManagerSourceName,
-  expandRoute,
-  onExpandRouteClick,
-}: NotificationRouteHeaderProps) {
+export function InstanceMatch({ matchedInstance, policyTreeSpec, policyTreeMetadata }: InstanceMatchProps) {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
-  const [showDetails, setShowDetails] = useState(false);
 
-  const onClickDetails = () => {
-    setShowDetails(true);
-  };
+  const { labels, matchingJourney, route } = matchedInstance;
 
-  // @TODO: re-use component ContactPointsHoverDetails from Policy once we have it for cloud AMs.
-
-  return (
-    <div className={styles.routeHeader}>
-      <CollapseToggle
-        isCollapsed={!expandRoute}
-        onToggle={(isCollapsed) => onExpandRouteClick(!isCollapsed)}
-        aria-label={t('alerting.notification-route-header.aria-label-expand-policy-route', 'Expand policy route')}
-      />
-
-      <Stack flexGrow={1} gap={1}>
-        {/* TODO: fix keyboard a11y */}
-        {/* eslint-disable-next-line jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events, jsx-a11y/no-static-element-interactions */}
-        <div onClick={() => onExpandRouteClick(!expandRoute)} className={styles.expandable}>
-          <Stack gap={1} direction="row" alignItems="center">
-            <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-route-header.notification-policy">Notification policy</Trans>
-            <NotificationPolicyMatchers
-              route={route}
-              matcherFormatter={getAmMatcherFormatter(alertManagerSourceName)}
-            />
-          </Stack>
-        </div>
-        <Spacer />
-        <Stack gap={2} direction="row" alignItems="center">
-          <MetaText icon="layers-alt" data-testid="matching-instances">
-            {instancesCount ?? '-'} {pluralize('instance', instancesCount)}
-          </MetaText>
-          <Stack gap={1} direction="row" alignItems="center">
-            <div>
-              <span className={styles.textMuted}>
-                <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-route-header.delivered-to">@ Delivered to</Trans>
-              </span>{' '}
-              {receiver ? receiver.name : <UnknownContactPointDetails receiverName={receiverNameFromRoute} />}
-            </div>
-
-            <div className={styles.verticalBar} />
-
-            <Button type="button" onClick={onClickDetails} variant="secondary" fill="outline" size="sm">
-              <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-route-header.see-details">See details</Trans>
-            </Button>
-          </Stack>
-        </Stack>
-      </Stack>
-      {showDetails && (
-        <NotificationRouteDetailsModal
-          onClose={() => setShowDetails(false)}
-          route={route}
-          receiver={receiver}
-          receiverNameFromRoute={receiverNameFromRoute}
-          routesByIdMap={routesByIdMap}
-          alertManagerSourceName={alertManagerSourceName}
-        />
-      )}
-    </div>
+  // Get all match details from the final matched route in the journey
+  const finalRouteMatchInfo = matchingJourney.at(-1);
+  const routeMatchLabels = arrayLabelsToObject(
+    finalRouteMatchInfo?.matchDetails.map((detail) => labels[detail.labelIndex]) ?? []
   );
-}
-
-interface NotificationRouteProps extends ReceiverNameProps {
-  route: RouteWithPath;
-  receiver?: Receiver;
-  instanceMatches: AlertInstanceMatch[];
-  routesByIdMap: Map<string, RouteWithPath>;
-  alertManagerSourceName: string;
-}
-
-export function NotificationRoute({
-  route,
-  instanceMatches,
-  receiver,
-  receiverNameFromRoute,
-  routesByIdMap,
-  alertManagerSourceName,
-}: NotificationRouteProps) {
-  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
-  const [expandRoute, setExpandRoute] = useToggle(false);
-  // @TODO: The color index might be updated at some point in the future.Maybe we should roll our own tag component,
-  // one that supports a custom function to define the color and allow manual color overrides
-  const GREY_COLOR_INDEX = 9;
+  const matchedRootRoute = route.id === policyTreeSpec.id;
 
   return (
-    <div data-testid="matching-policy-route">
-      <NotificationRouteHeader
-        route={route}
-        receiver={receiver}
-        receiverNameFromRoute={receiverNameFromRoute}
-        routesByIdMap={routesByIdMap}
-        instancesCount={instanceMatches.length}
-        alertManagerSourceName={alertManagerSourceName}
-        expandRoute={expandRoute}
-        onExpandRouteClick={setExpandRoute}
-      />
-      {expandRoute && (
-        <Stack gap={1} direction="column">
-          <div className={styles.routeInstances} data-testid="route-matching-instance">
-            {instanceMatches.map((instanceMatch) => {
-              const matchArray = Array.from(instanceMatch.labelsMatch);
-              const matchResult = matchArray.map(([label, matchResult]) => ({
-                label: `${label[0]}=${label[1]}`,
-                match: matchResult.match,
-                colorIndex: matchResult.match ? getTagColorIndexFromName(label[0]) : GREY_COLOR_INDEX,
-              }));
-
-              const matchingLabels = matchResult.filter((mr) => mr.match);
-              const nonMatchingLabels = matchResult.filter((mr) => !mr.match);
-
-              return (
-                <div className={styles.tagListCard} key={uniqueId()}>
-                  {matchArray.length > 0 ? (
-                    <>
-                      {matchingLabels.length > 0 ? (
-                        <TagList
-                          tags={matchingLabels.map((mr) => mr.label)}
-                          className={styles.labelList}
-                          getColorIndex={(_, index) => matchingLabels[index].colorIndex}
-                        />
-                      ) : (
-                        <div className={cx(styles.textMuted, styles.textItalic)}>
-                          <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-route.no-matching-labels">No matching labels</Trans>
-                        </div>
-                      )}
-                      <div className={styles.labelSeparator} />
-                      <TagList
-                        tags={nonMatchingLabels.map((mr) => mr.label)}
-                        className={styles.labelList}
-                        getColorIndex={(_, index) => nonMatchingLabels[index].colorIndex}
-                      />
-                    </>
-                  ) : (
-                    <div className={styles.textMuted}>
-                      <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-route.no-labels">No labels</Trans>
-                    </div>
-                  )}
-                </div>
-              );
-            })}
-          </div>
-        </Stack>
-      )}
+    <div className={styles.instanceListItem}>
+      <Stack direction="row" gap={2} alignItems="center">
+        {labels.length > 0 ? (
+          <AlertLabels size="sm" labels={routeMatchLabels} />
+        ) : (
+          <Text color="secondary">
+            <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-route.no-labels">No labels</Trans>
+          </Text>
+        )}
+        <Spacer />
+        <NotificationPolicyDrawer
+          labels={labels}
+          policyName={policyTreeMetadata.name}
+          matchedRootRoute={matchedRootRoute}
+          journey={matchingJourney}
+        />
+      </Stack>
     </div>
   );
 }
 
 const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
-  textMuted: css({
-    color: theme.colors.text.secondary,
-  }),
-  textItalic: css({
-    fontStyle: 'italic',
-  }),
-  expandable: css({
-    cursor: 'pointer',
-  }),
-  routeHeader: css({
-    display: 'flex',
-    flexDirection: 'row',
-    gap: theme.spacing(1),
-    alignItems: 'center',
-    borderBottom: `1px solid ${theme.colors.border.weak}`,
-    padding: theme.spacing(0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0),
+  instanceListItem: css({
+    padding: theme.spacing(1, 2),
+
     '&:hover': {
       backgroundColor: theme.components.table.rowHoverBackground,
     },
   }),
-  labelList: css({
-    flex: '0 1 auto',
-    justifyContent: 'flex-start',
-  }),
-  labelSeparator: css({
-    width: '1px',
-    backgroundColor: theme.colors.border.weak,
-  }),
-  tagListCard: css({
-    display: 'flex',
-    flexDirection: 'row',
-    gap: theme.spacing(2),
-
-    position: 'relative',
-    background: theme.colors.background.secondary,
-    padding: theme.spacing(1),
-
-    borderRadius: theme.shape.borderRadius(2),
-    border: `solid 1px ${theme.colors.border.weak}`,
-  }),
-  routeInstances: css({
-    padding: theme.spacing(1, 0, 1, 4),
-    position: 'relative',
-
-    display: 'flex',
-    flexDirection: 'column',
-    gap: theme.spacing(1),
-
-    '&:before': {
-      content: '""',
-      position: 'absolute',
-      left: theme.spacing(2),
-      height: `calc(100% - ${theme.spacing(2)})`,
-      width: theme.spacing(4),
-      borderLeft: `solid 1px ${theme.colors.border.weak}`,
-    },
-  }),
-  verticalBar: css({
-    width: '1px',
-    height: '20px',
-    backgroundColor: theme.colors.secondary.main,
-    marginLeft: theme.spacing(1),
-    marginRight: theme.spacing(1),
-  }),
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationRouteDetailsModal.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationRouteDetailsModal.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 74394a57677..00000000000
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/NotificationRouteDetailsModal.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,200 +0,0 @@
-import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
-import { compact } from 'lodash';
-
-import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
-import { Button, Modal, Stack, TextLink, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
-
-import { Receiver } from '../../../../../../plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
-import { AlertmanagerAction } from '../../../hooks/useAbilities';
-import { AlertmanagerProvider } from '../../../state/AlertmanagerContext';
-import { getAmMatcherFormatter } from '../../../utils/alertmanager';
-import { MatcherFormatter } from '../../../utils/matchers';
-import { createContactPointSearchLink } from '../../../utils/misc';
-import { Authorize } from '../../Authorize';
-import { Matchers } from '../../notification-policies/Matchers';
-
-import { ReceiverNameProps } from './NotificationRoute';
-import UnknownContactPointDetails from './UnknownContactPointDetails';
-import { RouteWithPath, hasEmptyMatchers, isDefaultPolicy } from './route';
-
-interface Props {
-  routesByIdMap: Map<string, RouteWithPath>;
-  route: RouteWithPath;
-  matcherFormatter: MatcherFormatter;
-}
-
-function PolicyPath({ route, routesByIdMap, matcherFormatter }: Props) {
-  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
-  const routePathIds = route.path?.slice(1) ?? [];
-  const routePathObjects = [...compact(routePathIds.map((id) => routesByIdMap.get(id))), route];
-
-  return (
-    <div className={styles.policyPathWrapper}>
-      <div className={styles.defaultPolicy}>
-        <Trans i18nKey="alerting.policy-path.default-policy">Default policy</Trans>
-      </div>
-      {routePathObjects.map((pathRoute, index) => {
-        return (
-          <div key={pathRoute.id}>
-            <div className={styles.policyInPath(index, index === routePathObjects.length - 1)}>
-              {hasEmptyMatchers(pathRoute) ? (
-                <div className={styles.textMuted}>
-                  <Trans i18nKey="alerting.policy-path.no-matchers">No matchers</Trans>
-                </div>
-              ) : (
-                <Matchers matchers={pathRoute.object_matchers ?? []} formatter={matcherFormatter} />
-              )}
-            </div>
-          </div>
-        );
-      })}
-    </div>
-  );
-}
-
-interface NotificationRouteDetailsModalProps extends ReceiverNameProps {
-  onClose: () => void;
-  route: RouteWithPath;
-  receiver?: Receiver;
-  routesByIdMap: Map<string, RouteWithPath>;
-  alertManagerSourceName: string;
-}
-
-export function NotificationRouteDetailsModal({
-  onClose,
-  route,
-  receiver,
-  receiverNameFromRoute,
-  routesByIdMap,
-  alertManagerSourceName,
-}: NotificationRouteDetailsModalProps) {
-  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
-
-  const isDefault = isDefaultPolicy(route);
-
-  return (
-    <AlertmanagerProvider accessType="notification" alertmanagerSourceName={alertManagerSourceName}>
-      <Modal
-        className={styles.detailsModal}
-        isOpen={true}
-        title={t('alerting.notification-route-details-modal.title-routing-details', 'Routing details')}
-        onDismiss={onClose}
-        onClickBackdrop={onClose}
-      >
-        <Stack gap={0} direction="column">
-          <div className={cx(styles.textMuted, styles.marginBottom(2))}>
-            <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-route-details-modal.alert-instances-routed-follows">
-              Your alert instances are routed as follows.
-            </Trans>
-          </div>
-          <div>
-            <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-route-details-modal.notification-policy-path">
-              Notification policy path
-            </Trans>
-          </div>
-          {isDefault && (
-            <div className={styles.textMuted}>
-              <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-route-details-modal.default-policy">Default policy</Trans>
-            </div>
-          )}
-          <div className={styles.separator(1)} />
-          {!isDefault && (
-            <PolicyPath
-              route={route}
-              routesByIdMap={routesByIdMap}
-              matcherFormatter={getAmMatcherFormatter(alertManagerSourceName)}
-            />
-          )}
-          <div className={styles.separator(4)} />
-          <div className={styles.contactPoint}>
-            <Stack gap={1} direction="column">
-              <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-route-details-modal.contact-point">Contact point</Trans>
-
-              <span className={styles.textMuted}>
-                {receiver ? receiver.name : <UnknownContactPointDetails receiverName={receiverNameFromRoute} />}
-              </span>
-            </Stack>
-            <Authorize actions={[AlertmanagerAction.UpdateContactPoint]}>
-              <Stack gap={1} direction="row" alignItems="center">
-                {receiver ? (
-                  <TextLink href={createContactPointSearchLink(receiver.name, alertManagerSourceName)} external>
-                    <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-route-details-modal.see-details-link">See details</Trans>
-                  </TextLink>
-                ) : null}
-              </Stack>
-            </Authorize>
-          </div>
-          <div className={styles.button}>
-            <Button variant="primary" type="button" onClick={onClose}>
-              <Trans i18nKey="alerting.notification-route-details-modal.close">Close</Trans>
-            </Button>
-          </div>
-        </Stack>
-      </Modal>
-    </AlertmanagerProvider>
-  );
-}
-
-const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
-  textMuted: css({
-    color: theme.colors.text.secondary,
-  }),
-  link: css({
-    display: 'block',
-    color: theme.colors.text.link,
-  }),
-  button: css({
-    justifyContent: 'flex-end',
-    display: 'flex',
-  }),
-  detailsModal: css({
-    maxWidth: '560px',
-  }),
-  defaultPolicy: css({
-    padding: theme.spacing(0.5),
-    background: theme.colors.background.secondary,
-    width: 'fit-content',
-  }),
-  contactPoint: css({
-    display: 'flex',
-    flexDirection: 'row',
-    gap: theme.spacing(1),
-    alignItems: 'center',
-    justifyContent: 'space-between',
-    marginBottom: theme.spacing(1),
-  }),
-  policyPathWrapper: css({
-    display: 'flex',
-    flexDirection: 'column',
-    marginTop: theme.spacing(1),
-  }),
-  separator: (units: number) =>
-    css({
-      marginTop: theme.spacing(units),
-    }),
-  marginBottom: (units: number) =>
-    css({
-      marginBottom: theme.spacing(theme.spacing(units)),
-    }),
-  policyInPath: (index = 0, highlight = false) =>
-    css({
-      marginLeft: `${30 + index * 30}px`,
-      padding: theme.spacing(1),
-      marginTop: theme.spacing(1),
-      border: `solid 1px ${highlight ? theme.colors.info.border : theme.colors.border.weak}`,
-      background: theme.colors.background.secondary,
-      width: 'fit-content',
-      position: 'relative',
-      '&:before': {
-        content: '""',
-        position: 'absolute',
-        height: 'calc(100% - 10px)',
-        width: theme.spacing(1),
-        borderLeft: `solid 1px ${theme.colors.border.weak}`,
-        borderBottom: `solid 1px ${theme.colors.border.weak}`,
-        marginTop: theme.spacing(-2),
-        marginLeft: `-17px`,
-      },
-    }),
-});
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/route.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/route.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e2647400be..00000000000
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/route.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import { RouteWithID } from '../../../../../../plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
-
-export interface RouteWithPath extends RouteWithID {
-  path: string[]; // path from root route to this route
-}
-
-export function isDefaultPolicy(route: RouteWithPath) {
-  return route.path?.length === 0;
-}
-
-// we traverse the whole tree and we create a map with <id , RouteWithPath>
-export function getRoutesByIdMap(rootRoute: RouteWithID): Map<string, RouteWithPath> {
-  const map = new Map<string, RouteWithPath>();
-
-  function addRoutesToMap(route: RouteWithID, path: string[] = []) {
-    map.set(route.id, { ...route, path: path });
-    route.routes?.forEach((r) => addRoutesToMap(r, [...path, route.id]));
-  }
-
-  addRoutesToMap(rootRoute, []);
-  return map;
-}
-
-export function hasEmptyMatchers(route: RouteWithID) {
-  return route.object_matchers?.length === 0;
-}
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/useAlertmanagerNotificationRoutingPreview.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/useAlertmanagerNotificationRoutingPreview.ts
index aeec03ffea1..2f95fe40d52 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/useAlertmanagerNotificationRoutingPreview.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/notificaton-preview/useAlertmanagerNotificationRoutingPreview.ts
@@ -1,36 +1,23 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
 import { useAsync } from 'react-use';
 
-import { useContactPointsWithStatus } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/useContactPoints';
 import { useNotificationPolicyRoute } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/useNotificationPolicyRoute';
 
-import { Receiver } from '../../../../../../plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 import { Labels } from '../../../../../../types/unified-alerting-dto';
 import { useRouteGroupsMatcher } from '../../../useRouteGroupsMatcher';
 import { addUniqueIdentifierToRoute } from '../../../utils/amroutes';
 import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from '../../../utils/datasource';
-import { AlertInstanceMatch, computeInheritedTree, normalizeRoute } from '../../../utils/notification-policies';
+import { normalizeRoute } from '../../../utils/notification-policies';
 
-import { RouteWithPath, getRoutesByIdMap } from './route';
-
-export const useAlertmanagerNotificationRoutingPreview = (alertmanager: string, potentialInstances: Labels[]) => {
+export const useAlertmanagerNotificationRoutingPreview = (alertmanager: string, instances: Labels[]) => {
   const {
     data: currentData,
     isLoading: isPoliciesLoading,
     error: policiesError,
   } = useNotificationPolicyRoute({ alertmanager });
 
-  const {
-    contactPoints,
-    isLoading: contactPointsLoading,
-    error: contactPointsError,
-  } = useContactPointsWithStatus({
-    alertmanager,
-    fetchPolicies: false,
-    fetchStatuses: false,
-  });
-
-  const { matchInstancesToRoute } = useRouteGroupsMatcher();
+  // this function will use a web worker to compute matching routes
+  const { matchInstancesToRoutes } = useRouteGroupsMatcher();
 
   const [defaultPolicy] = currentData ?? [];
   const rootRoute = useMemo(() => {
@@ -40,27 +27,9 @@ export const useAlertmanagerNotificationRoutingPreview = (alertmanager: string,
     return normalizeRoute(addUniqueIdentifierToRoute(defaultPolicy));
   }, [defaultPolicy]);
 
-  // create maps for routes to be get by id, this map also contains the path to the route
-  // ⚠️ don't forget to compute the inherited tree before using this map
-  const routesByIdMap = rootRoute
-    ? getRoutesByIdMap(computeInheritedTree(rootRoute))
-    : new Map<string, RouteWithPath>();
-
-  // to create the list of matching contact points we need to first get the rootRoute
-  const receiversByName = useMemo(() => {
-    if (!contactPoints) {
-      return new Map<string, Receiver>();
-    }
-
-    // create map for receivers to be get by name
-    return contactPoints.reduce((map, receiver) => {
-      return map.set(receiver.name, receiver);
-    }, new Map<string, Receiver>());
-  }, [contactPoints]);
-
   // match labels in the tree => map of notification policies and the alert instances (list of labels) in each one
   const {
-    value: matchingMap = new Map<string, AlertInstanceMatch[]>(),
+    value: treeMatchingResults = [],
     loading: matchingLoading,
     error: matchingError,
   } = useAsync(async () => {
@@ -68,16 +37,14 @@ export const useAlertmanagerNotificationRoutingPreview = (alertmanager: string,
       return;
     }
 
-    return await matchInstancesToRoute(rootRoute, potentialInstances, {
+    return await matchInstancesToRoutes(rootRoute, instances, {
       unquoteMatchers: alertmanager !== GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME,
     });
-  }, [rootRoute, potentialInstances]);
+  }, [rootRoute, instances]);
 
   return {
-    routesByIdMap,
-    receiversByName,
-    matchingMap,
-    loading: isPoliciesLoading || contactPointsLoading || matchingLoading,
-    error: policiesError ?? contactPointsError ?? matchingError,
+    treeMatchingResults,
+    isLoading: isPoliciesLoading || matchingLoading,
+    error: policiesError ?? matchingError,
   };
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/routeGroupsMatcher.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/routeGroupsMatcher.ts
index bce330c7f78..61b74cea8ff 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/routeGroupsMatcher.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/routeGroupsMatcher.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
+import { InstanceMatchResult, matchInstancesToRoute } from '@grafana/alerting/unstable';
+
 import { AlertmanagerGroup, RouteWithID } from '../../../plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 import { Labels } from '../../../types/unified-alerting-dto';
 
-import {
-  AlertInstanceMatch,
-  findMatchingAlertGroups,
-  findMatchingRoutes,
-  normalizeRoute,
-  unquoteRouteMatchers,
-} from './utils/notification-policies';
+import { findMatchingAlertGroups, normalizeRoute, unquoteRouteMatchers } from './utils/notification-policies';
+import { routeAdapter } from './utils/routeAdapter';
 
 export interface MatchOptions {
   unquoteMatchers?: boolean;
@@ -34,29 +31,39 @@ export const routeGroupsMatcher = {
     return routeGroupsMap;
   },
 
-  matchInstancesToRoute(
-    routeTree: RouteWithID,
-    instancesToMatch: Labels[],
-    options?: MatchOptions
-  ): Map<string, AlertInstanceMatch[]> {
-    const result = new Map<string, AlertInstanceMatch[]>();
+  matchInstancesToRoutes(routeTree: RouteWithID, instances: Labels[], options?: MatchOptions): InstanceMatchResult[] {
+    const normalizedRouteTree = getNormalizedRoute(routeTree, options);
 
-    const normalizedRootRoute = getNormalizedRoute(routeTree, options);
+    // Convert all instances to labels format and match them all at once
+    const allLabels = instances.map((instance) => Object.entries(instance));
 
-    instancesToMatch.forEach((instance) => {
-      const matchingRoutes = findMatchingRoutes(normalizedRootRoute, Object.entries(instance));
-      matchingRoutes.forEach(({ route, labelsMatch }) => {
-        const currentRoute = result.get(route.id);
+    // Convert the RouteWithID to the alerting package format to ensure compatibility
+    const convertedRoute = routeAdapter.toPackage(normalizedRouteTree);
+    const { expandedTree, matchedPolicies } = matchInstancesToRoute(convertedRoute, allLabels);
 
-        if (currentRoute) {
-          currentRoute.push({ instance, labelsMatch });
-        } else {
-          result.set(route.id, [{ instance, labelsMatch }]);
-        }
-      });
+    // Group results by instance
+    return instances.map<InstanceMatchResult>((instance, index) => {
+      const labels = allLabels[index];
+
+      // Collect matches for this specific instance
+      const allMatchedRoutes = Array.from(matchedPolicies.entries()).flatMap(([route, results]) =>
+        results
+          .filter((matchDetails) => matchDetails.labels === labels)
+          .map((matchDetails) => ({
+            route,
+            routeTree: {
+              metadata: { name: 'user-defined' },
+              expandedSpec: expandedTree,
+            },
+            matchDetails,
+          }))
+      );
+
+      return {
+        labels,
+        matchedRoutes: allMatchedRoutes,
+      };
     });
-
-    return result;
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/rule-editor/CloneRuleEditor.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/rule-editor/CloneRuleEditor.test.tsx
index 8bd3b28e933..8b31e3a946a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/rule-editor/CloneRuleEditor.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/rule-editor/CloneRuleEditor.test.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
   mockRulerGrafanaRule,
   mockRulerRuleGroup,
 } from '../mocks';
-import { grafanaRulerRule } from '../mocks/grafanaRulerApi';
+import { grafanaRulerRule, mockPreviewApiResponse } from '../mocks/grafanaRulerApi';
 import { mockRulerRulesApiResponse, mockRulerRulesGroupApiResponse } from '../mocks/rulerApi';
 import { setFolderResponse } from '../mocks/server/configure';
 import { AlertingQueryRunner } from '../state/AlertingQueryRunner';
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ describe('CloneRuleEditor', function () {
     };
     setupDataSources(dataSources.default);
     setFolderResponse(mockFolder(folder));
+    mockPreviewApiResponse(server, []);
   });
 
   describe('Grafana-managed rules', function () {
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/rule-editor/RuleEditorExisting.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/rule-editor/RuleEditorExisting.test.tsx
index eab7a703499..073fca99df5 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/rule-editor/RuleEditorExisting.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/rule-editor/RuleEditorExisting.test.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { AccessControlAction } from 'app/types/accessControl';
 
 import { setupMswServer } from '../mockApi';
 import { grantUserPermissions, mockDataSource, mockFolder } from '../mocks';
-import { grafanaRulerRule } from '../mocks/grafanaRulerApi';
+import { grafanaRulerRule, mockPreviewApiResponse } from '../mocks/grafanaRulerApi';
 import { MIMIR_DATASOURCE_UID } from '../mocks/server/constants';
 import { setupDataSources } from '../testSetup/datasources';
 import { Annotation } from '../utils/constants';
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jest.mock('app/core/components/AppChrome/AppChromeUpdate', () => ({
 
 jest.setTimeout(60 * 1000);
 
-setupMswServer();
+const server = setupMswServer();
 
 function renderRuleEditor(identifier: string) {
   return render(
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ describe('RuleEditor grafana managed rules', () => {
     setupDataSources(dataSources.default);
     setFolderResponse(mockFolder(folder));
     setFolderResponse(mockFolder(slashedFolder));
+    mockPreviewApiResponse(server, []);
   });
 
   it('can edit grafana managed rule', async () => {
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/rule-editor/RuleEditorGrafanaRules.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/rule-editor/RuleEditorGrafanaRules.test.tsx
index 1e8d537b3b7..d5ed0d39b6b 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/rule-editor/RuleEditorGrafanaRules.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/rule-editor/RuleEditorGrafanaRules.test.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ import { DashboardSearchItemType } from 'app/features/search/types';
 import { AccessControlAction } from 'app/types/accessControl';
 
 import { grantUserPermissions, mockDataSource, mockFolder } from '../mocks';
-import { grafanaRulerGroup, grafanaRulerGroup2, grafanaRulerRule } from '../mocks/grafanaRulerApi';
+import {
+  grafanaRulerGroup,
+  grafanaRulerGroup2,
+  grafanaRulerRule,
+  mockPreviewApiResponse,
+} from '../mocks/grafanaRulerApi';
 import { setFolderResponse } from '../mocks/server/configure';
 import { captureRequests, serializeRequests } from '../mocks/server/events';
 import { setupDataSources } from '../testSetup/datasources';
@@ -25,7 +30,7 @@ jest.mock('app/core/components/AppChrome/AppChromeUpdate', () => ({
 
 jest.setTimeout(60 * 1000);
 
-setupMswServer();
+const server = setupMswServer();
 
 const dataSources = {
   default: mockDataSource(
@@ -62,6 +67,8 @@ describe('RuleEditor grafana managed rules', () => {
       AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleExternalRead,
       AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleExternalWrite,
     ]);
+
+    mockPreviewApiResponse(server, []);
   });
 
   it('can create new grafana managed alert', async () => {
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/useRouteGroupsMatcher.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/useRouteGroupsMatcher.ts
index 421afe78bde..3a157b66534 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/useRouteGroupsMatcher.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/useRouteGroupsMatcher.ts
@@ -75,19 +75,19 @@ export function useRouteGroupsMatcher() {
     []
   );
 
-  const matchInstancesToRoute = useCallback(
-    async (rootRoute: RouteWithID, instancesToMatch: Labels[], options?: MatchOptions) => {
+  const matchInstancesToRoutes = useCallback(
+    async (rootRoute: RouteWithID, instances: Labels[], options?: MatchOptions) => {
       validateWorker(routeMatcher);
 
       const startTime = performance.now();
 
-      const result = await routeMatcher.matchInstancesToRoute(rootRoute, instancesToMatch, options);
+      const result = await routeMatcher.matchInstancesToRoutes(rootRoute, instances, options);
 
       const timeSpent = performance.now() - startTime;
 
       logInfo(`Instances Matched in  ${timeSpent} ms`, {
         matchingTime: timeSpent.toString(),
-        instancesToMatchCount: instancesToMatch.length.toString(),
+        instancesToMatchCount: instances.length.toString(),
         // Counting all nested routes might be too time-consuming, so we only count the first level
         topLevelRoutesCount: rootRoute.routes?.length.toString() ?? '0',
       });
@@ -97,5 +97,5 @@ export function useRouteGroupsMatcher() {
     []
   );
 
-  return { getRouteGroupsMap, matchInstancesToRoute };
+  return { getRouteGroupsMap, matchInstancesToRoutes };
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/__snapshots__/notification-policies.test.ts.snap b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/__snapshots__/notification-policies.test.ts.snap
deleted file mode 100644
index 891dc986133..00000000000
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/__snapshots__/notification-policies.test.ts.snap
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
-
-exports[`matchLabels should match with non-equal matchers 1`] = `
-Map {
-  [
-    "team",
-    "operations",
-  ] => {
-    "match": true,
-    "matcher": [
-      "team",
-      "=",
-      "operations",
-    ],
-  },
-}
-`;
-
-exports[`matchLabels should match with non-matching matchers 1`] = `
-Map {
-  [
-    "team",
-    "operations",
-  ] => {
-    "match": true,
-    "matcher": [
-      "team",
-      "=",
-      "operations",
-    ],
-  },
-}
-`;
-
-exports[`matchLabels should not match with a set of matchers 1`] = `
-Map {
-  [
-    "team",
-    "operations",
-  ] => {
-    "match": true,
-    "matcher": [
-      "team",
-      "=",
-      "operations",
-    ],
-  },
-  [
-    "foo",
-    "bar",
-  ] => {
-    "match": false,
-    "matcher": null,
-  },
-}
-`;
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/alertmanager.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/alertmanager.ts
index 7b2e4f163b7..b7b3f28576a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/alertmanager.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/alertmanager.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { isEqual, uniqWith } from 'lodash';
 
+import { matchLabelsSet } from '@grafana/alerting/unstable';
 import { SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
 import {
   AlertManagerCortexConfig,
@@ -17,7 +18,12 @@ import { MatcherFieldValue } from '../types/silence-form';
 import { getAllDataSources } from './config';
 import { DataSourceType, GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from './datasource';
 import { objectLabelsToArray } from './labels';
-import { MatcherFormatter, matchLabelsSet, parsePromQLStyleMatcherLooseSafe, unquoteWithUnescape } from './matchers';
+import {
+  MatcherFormatter,
+  convertObjectMatcherToAlertingPackageMatcher,
+  parsePromQLStyleMatcherLooseSafe,
+  unquoteWithUnescape,
+} from './matchers';
 
 export function addDefaultsToAlertmanagerConfig(config: AlertManagerCortexConfig): AlertManagerCortexConfig {
   // add default receiver if it does not exist
@@ -127,9 +133,9 @@ export function matcherToObjectMatcher(matcher: Matcher): ObjectMatcher {
 
 export function labelsMatchMatchers(labels: Labels, matchers: Matcher[]): boolean {
   const labelsArray = objectLabelsToArray(labels);
-  const objectMatchers = matchers.map(matcherToObjectMatcher);
+  const labelMatchers = matchers.map(matcherToObjectMatcher).map(convertObjectMatcherToAlertingPackageMatcher);
 
-  return matchLabelsSet(objectMatchers, labelsArray);
+  return matchLabelsSet(labelMatchers, labelsArray);
 }
 
 export function combineMatcherStrings(...matcherStrings: string[]): string {
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/k8s/utils.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/k8s/utils.ts
index 1a99f52b522..e75818cde66 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/k8s/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/k8s/utils.ts
@@ -49,3 +49,8 @@ export const canDeleteEntity = (k8sEntity: EntityToCheck) =>
 export const encodeFieldSelector = (value: string): string => {
   return value.replaceAll(/\\/g, '\\\\').replaceAll(/\=/g, '\\=').replaceAll(/,/g, '\\,');
 };
+
+type FieldSelector = [string, string] | [string, string, '=' | '!='];
+export const stringifyFieldSelector = (fieldSelectors: FieldSelector[]): string => {
+  return fieldSelectors.map(([key, value, operator = '=']) => `${key}${operator}${value}`).join(',');
+};
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/matchers.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/matchers.ts
index 32e0f08555a..2103ee71eb4 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/matchers.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/matchers.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import { chain, compact } from 'lodash';
 
-import { parseFlags } from '@grafana/data';
+import { type LabelMatcher } from '@grafana/alerting/unstable';
 import { Matcher, MatcherOperator, ObjectMatcher, Route } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 
 import { Labels } from '../../../../types/unified-alerting-dto';
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ export const matcherFormatter = {
   },
 } as const;
 
+export type MatcherFormatter = keyof typeof matcherFormatter;
+
 export function isPromQLStyleMatcher(input: string): boolean {
   return input.startsWith('{') && input.endsWith('}');
 }
@@ -251,81 +253,12 @@ function matcherToOperator(matcher: Matcher): MatcherOperator {
   }
 }
 
-// Compare set of matchers to set of label
-export function matchLabelsSet(matchers: ObjectMatcher[], labels: Label[]): boolean {
-  for (const matcher of matchers) {
-    if (!isLabelMatchInSet(matcher, labels)) {
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
-  return true;
+export function convertObjectMatcherToAlertingPackageMatcher(matcher: ObjectMatcher): LabelMatcher {
+  const [label, type, value] = matcher;
+
+  return {
+    label,
+    type,
+    value,
+  };
 }
-
-type OperatorPredicate = (labelValue: string, matcherValue: string) => boolean;
-const OperatorFunctions: Record<MatcherOperator, OperatorPredicate> = {
-  [MatcherOperator.equal]: (lv, mv) => lv === mv,
-  [MatcherOperator.notEqual]: (lv, mv) => lv !== mv,
-  // At the time of writing, Alertmanager compiles to another (anchored) Regular Expression,
-  // so we should also anchor our UI matches for consistency with this behaviour
-  // https://github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/blob/fd37ce9c95898ca68be1ab4d4529517174b73c33/pkg/labels/matcher.go#L69
-  [MatcherOperator.regex]: (lv, mv) => {
-    const valueWithFlagsParsed = parseFlags(`^(?:${mv})$`);
-    const re = new RegExp(valueWithFlagsParsed.cleaned, valueWithFlagsParsed.flags);
-    return re.test(lv);
-  },
-  [MatcherOperator.notRegex]: (lv, mv) => {
-    const valueWithFlagsParsed = parseFlags(`^(?:${mv})$`);
-    const re = new RegExp(valueWithFlagsParsed.cleaned, valueWithFlagsParsed.flags);
-    return !re.test(lv);
-  },
-};
-
-function isLabelMatchInSet(matcher: ObjectMatcher, labels: Label[]): boolean {
-  const [matcherKey, operator, matcherValue] = matcher;
-
-  let labelValue = ''; // matchers that have no labels are treated as empty string label values
-  const labelForMatcher = Object.fromEntries(labels)[matcherKey];
-  if (labelForMatcher) {
-    labelValue = labelForMatcher;
-  }
-
-  const matchFunction = OperatorFunctions[operator];
-  if (!matchFunction) {
-    throw new Error(`no such operator: ${operator}`);
-  }
-
-  try {
-    // This can throw because the regex operators use the JavaScript regex engine
-    // and "new RegExp()" throws on invalid regular expressions.
-    //
-    // This is usually a user-error (because matcher values are taken from user input)
-    // but we're still logging this as a warning because it _might_ be a programmer error.
-    return matchFunction(labelValue, matcherValue);
-  } catch (err) {
-    console.warn(err);
-    return false;
-  }
-}
-
-// ⚠️ DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION FOR ROUTE SELECTION ALGORITHM
-// for route selection algorithm, always compare a single matcher to the entire label set
-// see "matchLabelsSet"
-export function isLabelMatch(matcher: ObjectMatcher, label: Label): boolean {
-  const [labelKey, labelValue] = label;
-  const [matcherKey, operator, matcherValue] = matcher;
-
-  if (labelKey !== matcherKey) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  const matchFunction = OperatorFunctions[operator];
-  if (!matchFunction) {
-    throw new Error(`no such operator: ${operator}`);
-  }
-
-  return matchFunction(labelValue, matcherValue);
-}
-
-export type MatcherFormatter = keyof typeof matcherFormatter;
-
-export type Label = [string, string];
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/navigation.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/navigation.ts
index 259207f41b7..a77828af2c6 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/navigation.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/navigation.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { ObjectMatcher } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 import { RuleGroupIdentifierV2, RuleIdentifier } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
 
 import { createReturnTo } from '../hooks/useReturnTo';
@@ -89,3 +90,12 @@ export const rulesNav = {
       { skipSubPath: options?.skipSubPath }
     ),
 };
+
+export const notificationPolicies = {
+  viewLink: (matchers: ObjectMatcher[], alertmanagerSourceName?: string) => {
+    return createRelativeUrl('/alerting/routes', {
+      queryString: matchers.map((matcher) => matcher.join('')).join(','),
+      alertmanager: alertmanagerSourceName ?? 'grafana',
+    });
+  },
+};
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/notification-policies.test.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/notification-policies.test.ts
index d6b83406edb..05e19092012 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/notification-policies.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/notification-policies.test.ts
@@ -1,399 +1,6 @@
-import { MatcherOperator, Route, RouteWithID } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
+import { MatcherOperator, RouteWithID } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 
-import {
-  InheritableProperties,
-  computeInheritedTree,
-  findMatchingRoutes,
-  getInheritedProperties,
-  matchLabels,
-  normalizeRoute,
-  unquoteRouteMatchers,
-} from './notification-policies';
-
-const CATCH_ALL_ROUTE: Route = {
-  receiver: 'ALL',
-  object_matchers: [],
-};
-
-describe('findMatchingRoutes', () => {
-  const policies: Route = {
-    receiver: 'ROOT',
-    group_by: ['grafana_folder'],
-    object_matchers: [],
-    routes: [
-      {
-        receiver: 'A',
-        object_matchers: [['team', MatcherOperator.equal, 'operations']],
-        routes: [
-          {
-            receiver: 'B1',
-            object_matchers: [['region', MatcherOperator.equal, 'europe']],
-          },
-          {
-            receiver: 'B2',
-            object_matchers: [['region', MatcherOperator.equal, 'nasa']],
-          },
-        ],
-      },
-      {
-        receiver: 'C',
-        object_matchers: [['foo', MatcherOperator.equal, 'bar']],
-      },
-    ],
-    group_wait: '10s',
-    group_interval: '1m',
-  };
-
-  it('should match root route with no matching labels', () => {
-    const matches = findMatchingRoutes(policies, []);
-    expect(matches).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(matches[0].route).toHaveProperty('receiver', 'ROOT');
-  });
-
-  it('should match parent route with no matching children', () => {
-    const matches = findMatchingRoutes(policies, [['team', 'operations']]);
-    expect(matches).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(matches[0].route).toHaveProperty('receiver', 'A');
-  });
-
-  it('should match route with negative matchers', () => {
-    const policiesWithNegative = {
-      ...policies,
-      routes: policies.routes?.concat({
-        receiver: 'D',
-        object_matchers: [['name', MatcherOperator.notEqual, 'gilles']],
-      }),
-    };
-    const matches = findMatchingRoutes(policiesWithNegative, [['name', 'konrad']]);
-    expect(matches).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(matches[0].route).toHaveProperty('receiver', 'D');
-  });
-
-  it('should match child route of matching parent', () => {
-    const matches = findMatchingRoutes(policies, [
-      ['team', 'operations'],
-      ['region', 'europe'],
-    ]);
-    expect(matches).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(matches[0].route).toHaveProperty('receiver', 'B1');
-  });
-
-  it('should match simple policy', () => {
-    const matches = findMatchingRoutes(policies, [['foo', 'bar']]);
-    expect(matches).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(matches[0].route).toHaveProperty('receiver', 'C');
-  });
-
-  it('should match catch-all route', () => {
-    const policiesWithAll: Route = {
-      ...policies,
-      routes: [CATCH_ALL_ROUTE, ...(policies.routes ?? [])],
-    };
-
-    const matches = findMatchingRoutes(policiesWithAll, []);
-    expect(matches).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(matches[0].route).toHaveProperty('receiver', 'ALL');
-  });
-
-  it('should match multiple routes with continue', () => {
-    const policiesWithAll: Route = {
-      ...policies,
-      routes: [
-        {
-          ...CATCH_ALL_ROUTE,
-          continue: true,
-        },
-        ...(policies.routes ?? []),
-      ],
-    };
-
-    const matches = findMatchingRoutes(policiesWithAll, [['foo', 'bar']]);
-    expect(matches).toHaveLength(2);
-    expect(matches[0].route).toHaveProperty('receiver', 'ALL');
-    expect(matches[1].route).toHaveProperty('receiver', 'C');
-  });
-
-  it('should not match grandchild routes with same labels as parent', () => {
-    const policies: Route = {
-      receiver: 'PARENT',
-      group_by: ['grafana_folder'],
-      object_matchers: [['foo', MatcherOperator.equal, 'bar']],
-      routes: [
-        {
-          receiver: 'CHILD',
-          object_matchers: [['baz', MatcherOperator.equal, 'qux']],
-          routes: [
-            {
-              receiver: 'GRANDCHILD',
-              object_matchers: [['foo', MatcherOperator.equal, 'bar']],
-            },
-          ],
-        },
-      ],
-      group_wait: '10s',
-      group_interval: '1m',
-    };
-
-    const matches = findMatchingRoutes(policies, [['foo', 'bar']]);
-    expect(matches).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(matches[0].route).toHaveProperty('receiver', 'PARENT');
-  });
-});
-
-describe('getInheritedProperties()', () => {
-  describe('group_by: []', () => {
-    it('should get group_by: [] from parent', () => {
-      const parent: Route = {
-        receiver: 'PARENT',
-        group_by: ['label'],
-      };
-
-      const child: Route = {
-        receiver: 'CHILD',
-        group_by: [],
-      };
-
-      const childInherited = getInheritedProperties(parent, child);
-      expect(childInherited).toHaveProperty('group_by', ['label']);
-    });
-
-    it('should get group_by: [] from parent inherited properties', () => {
-      const parent: Route = {
-        receiver: 'PARENT',
-        group_by: [],
-      };
-
-      const child: Route = {
-        receiver: 'CHILD',
-        group_by: [],
-      };
-
-      const parentInherited = { group_by: ['label'] };
-
-      const childInherited = getInheritedProperties(parent, child, parentInherited);
-      expect(childInherited).toHaveProperty('group_by', ['label']);
-    });
-
-    it('should not inherit if the child overrides an inheritable value (group_by)', () => {
-      const parent: Route = {
-        receiver: 'PARENT',
-        group_by: ['parentLabel'],
-      };
-
-      const child: Route = {
-        receiver: 'CHILD',
-        group_by: ['childLabel'],
-      };
-
-      const childInherited = getInheritedProperties(parent, child);
-      expect(childInherited).not.toHaveProperty('group_by');
-    });
-
-    it('should inherit if group_by is undefined', () => {
-      const parent: Route = {
-        receiver: 'PARENT',
-        group_by: ['label'],
-      };
-
-      const child: Route = {
-        receiver: 'CHILD',
-        group_by: undefined,
-      };
-
-      const childInherited = getInheritedProperties(parent, child);
-      expect(childInherited).toHaveProperty('group_by', ['label']);
-    });
-
-    it('should inherit from grandparent when parent is inheriting', () => {
-      const parentInheritedProperties: InheritableProperties = { receiver: 'grandparent' };
-      const parent: Route = { receiver: null, group_by: ['foo'] };
-      const child: Route = { receiver: null };
-
-      const childInherited = getInheritedProperties(parent, child, parentInheritedProperties);
-      expect(childInherited).toHaveProperty('receiver', 'grandparent');
-      expect(childInherited.group_by).toEqual(['foo']);
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('regular "undefined" or "null" values', () => {
-    it('should compute inherited properties being undefined', () => {
-      const parent: Route = {
-        receiver: 'PARENT',
-        group_wait: '10s',
-      };
-
-      const child: Route = {
-        receiver: 'CHILD',
-      };
-
-      const childInherited = getInheritedProperties(parent, child);
-      expect(childInherited).toHaveProperty('group_wait', '10s');
-    });
-
-    it('should compute inherited properties being null', () => {
-      const parent: Route = {
-        receiver: 'PARENT',
-        group_wait: '10s',
-      };
-
-      const child: Route = {
-        receiver: null,
-      };
-
-      const childInherited = getInheritedProperties(parent, child);
-      expect(childInherited).toHaveProperty('receiver', 'PARENT');
-    });
-
-    it('should compute inherited properties being undefined from parent inherited properties', () => {
-      const parent: Route = {
-        receiver: 'PARENT',
-      };
-
-      const child: Route = {
-        receiver: 'CHILD',
-      };
-
-      const childInherited = getInheritedProperties(parent, child, { group_wait: '10s' });
-      expect(childInherited).toHaveProperty('group_wait', '10s');
-    });
-
-    it('should not inherit if the child overrides an inheritable value', () => {
-      const parent: Route = {
-        receiver: 'PARENT',
-        group_wait: '10s',
-      };
-
-      const child: Route = {
-        receiver: 'CHILD',
-        group_wait: '30s',
-      };
-
-      const childInherited = getInheritedProperties(parent, child);
-      expect(childInherited).not.toHaveProperty('group_wait');
-    });
-
-    it('should not inherit if the child overrides an inheritable value and the parent inherits', () => {
-      const parent: Route = {
-        receiver: 'PARENT',
-      };
-
-      const child: Route = {
-        receiver: 'CHILD',
-        group_wait: '30s',
-      };
-
-      const childInherited = getInheritedProperties(parent, child, { group_wait: '60s' });
-      expect(childInherited).not.toHaveProperty('group_wait');
-    });
-
-    it('should inherit if the child property is an empty string', () => {
-      const parent: Route = {
-        receiver: 'PARENT',
-      };
-
-      const child: Route = {
-        receiver: '',
-        group_wait: '30s',
-      };
-
-      const childInherited = getInheritedProperties(parent, child);
-      expect(childInherited).toHaveProperty('receiver', 'PARENT');
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('timing options', () => {
-    it('should inherit timing options', () => {
-      const parent: Route = {
-        receiver: 'PARENT',
-        group_wait: '1m',
-        group_interval: '2m',
-      };
-
-      const child: Route = {
-        repeat_interval: '999s',
-      };
-
-      const childInherited = getInheritedProperties(parent, child);
-      expect(childInherited).toHaveProperty('group_wait', '1m');
-      expect(childInherited).toHaveProperty('group_interval', '2m');
-    });
-  });
-  it('should not inherit mute timings from parent route', () => {
-    const parent: Route = {
-      receiver: 'PARENT',
-      group_by: ['parentLabel'],
-      mute_time_intervals: ['Mon-Fri 09:00-17:00'],
-    };
-
-    const child: Route = {
-      receiver: 'CHILD',
-      group_by: ['childLabel'],
-    };
-
-    const childInherited = getInheritedProperties(parent, child);
-    expect(childInherited).not.toHaveProperty('mute_time_intervals');
-  });
-});
-
-describe('computeInheritedTree', () => {
-  it('should merge properties from parent', () => {
-    const parent: Route = {
-      receiver: 'PARENT',
-      group_wait: '1m',
-      group_interval: '2m',
-      repeat_interval: '3m',
-      routes: [
-        {
-          repeat_interval: '999s',
-        },
-      ],
-    };
-
-    const treeRoot = computeInheritedTree(parent);
-    expect(treeRoot).toHaveProperty('group_wait', '1m');
-    expect(treeRoot).toHaveProperty('group_interval', '2m');
-    expect(treeRoot).toHaveProperty('repeat_interval', '3m');
-
-    expect(treeRoot).toHaveProperty('routes.0.group_wait', '1m');
-    expect(treeRoot).toHaveProperty('routes.0.group_interval', '2m');
-    expect(treeRoot).toHaveProperty('routes.0.repeat_interval', '999s');
-  });
-
-  it('should not regress #73573', () => {
-    const parent: Route = {
-      routes: [
-        {
-          group_wait: '1m',
-          group_interval: '2m',
-          repeat_interval: '3m',
-          routes: [
-            {
-              group_wait: '10m',
-              group_interval: '20m',
-              repeat_interval: '30m',
-            },
-            {
-              repeat_interval: '999m',
-            },
-          ],
-        },
-      ],
-    };
-
-    const treeRoot = computeInheritedTree(parent);
-    expect(treeRoot).toHaveProperty('routes.0.group_wait', '1m');
-    expect(treeRoot).toHaveProperty('routes.0.group_interval', '2m');
-    expect(treeRoot).toHaveProperty('routes.0.repeat_interval', '3m');
-
-    expect(treeRoot).toHaveProperty('routes.0.routes.0.group_wait', '10m');
-    expect(treeRoot).toHaveProperty('routes.0.routes.0.group_interval', '20m');
-    expect(treeRoot).toHaveProperty('routes.0.routes.0.repeat_interval', '30m');
-
-    expect(treeRoot).toHaveProperty('routes.0.routes.1.group_wait', '1m');
-    expect(treeRoot).toHaveProperty('routes.0.routes.1.group_interval', '2m');
-    expect(treeRoot).toHaveProperty('routes.0.routes.1.repeat_interval', '999m');
-  });
-});
+import { normalizeRoute, unquoteRouteMatchers } from './notification-policies';
 
 describe('normalizeRoute', () => {
   it('should map matchers property to object_matchers', function () {
@@ -432,66 +39,6 @@ describe('normalizeRoute', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('matchLabels', () => {
-  it('should match with non-matching matchers', () => {
-    const result = matchLabels(
-      [
-        ['foo', MatcherOperator.equal, ''],
-        ['team', MatcherOperator.equal, 'operations'],
-      ],
-      [['team', 'operations']]
-    );
-
-    expect(result).toHaveProperty('matches', true);
-    expect(result.labelsMatch).toMatchSnapshot();
-  });
-
-  it('should match with non-equal matchers', () => {
-    const result = matchLabels(
-      [
-        ['foo', MatcherOperator.notEqual, 'bar'],
-        ['team', MatcherOperator.equal, 'operations'],
-      ],
-      [['team', 'operations']]
-    );
-
-    expect(result).toHaveProperty('matches', true);
-    expect(result.labelsMatch).toMatchSnapshot();
-  });
-
-  it('should not match with a set of matchers', () => {
-    const result = matchLabels(
-      [
-        ['foo', MatcherOperator.notEqual, 'bar'],
-        ['team', MatcherOperator.equal, 'operations'],
-      ],
-      [
-        ['team', 'operations'],
-        ['foo', 'bar'],
-      ]
-    );
-
-    expect(result).toHaveProperty('matches', false);
-    expect(result.labelsMatch).toMatchSnapshot();
-  });
-
-  it('does not match unanchored regular expressions', () => {
-    const result = matchLabels([['foo', MatcherOperator.regex, 'bar']], [['foo', 'barbarbar']]);
-    // This may seem unintuitive, but this is how Alertmanager matches, as it anchors the regex
-    expect(result.matches).toEqual(false);
-  });
-
-  it('matches regular expressions with wildcards', () => {
-    const result = matchLabels([['foo', MatcherOperator.regex, '.*bar.*']], [['foo', 'barbarbar']]);
-    expect(result.matches).toEqual(true);
-  });
-
-  it('does match regular expressions with flags', () => {
-    const result = matchLabels([['foo', MatcherOperator.regex, '(?i).*BAr.*']], [['foo', 'barbarbar']]);
-    expect(result.matches).toEqual(true);
-  });
-});
-
 describe('unquoteRouteMatchers', () => {
   it('should unquote and unescape matchers values', () => {
     const route: RouteWithID = {
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/notification-policies.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/notification-policies.ts
index dc7f4923ed8..7f2e0437b3b 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/notification-policies.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/notification-policies.ts
@@ -1,100 +1,12 @@
-import { isArray, pick, reduce } from 'lodash';
+import { findMatchingRoutes } from '@grafana/alerting/unstable';
+import { AlertmanagerGroup, Route } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 
-import { AlertmanagerGroup, ObjectMatcher, Route, RouteWithID } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
-import { Labels } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
-
-import { Label, isLabelMatch, matchLabelsSet, normalizeMatchers, unquoteWithUnescape } from './matchers';
-
-// If a policy has no matchers it still can be a match, hence matchers can be empty and match can be true
-// So we cannot use null as an indicator of no match
-interface LabelMatchResult {
-  match: boolean;
-  matcher: ObjectMatcher | null;
-}
-
-export const INHERITABLE_KEYS = ['receiver', 'group_by', 'group_wait', 'group_interval', 'repeat_interval'] as const;
-export type InheritableKeys = typeof INHERITABLE_KEYS;
-export type InheritableProperties = Pick<Route, InheritableKeys[number]>;
-
-type LabelsMatch = Map<Label, LabelMatchResult>;
-
-interface MatchingResult {
-  matches: boolean;
-  labelsMatch: LabelsMatch;
-}
-
-// returns a match results for given set of matchers (from a policy for instance) and a set of labels
-export function matchLabels(matchers: ObjectMatcher[], labels: Label[]): MatchingResult {
-  const matches = matchLabelsSet(matchers, labels);
-
-  // create initial map of label => match result
-  const labelsMatch: LabelsMatch = new Map(labels.map((label) => [label, { match: false, matcher: null }]));
-
-  // for each matcher, check which label it matched for
-  matchers.forEach((matcher) => {
-    const matchingLabel = labels.find((label) => isLabelMatch(matcher, label));
-
-    // record that matcher for the label
-    if (matchingLabel) {
-      labelsMatch.set(matchingLabel, {
-        match: true,
-        matcher,
-      });
-    }
-  });
-
-  return { matches, labelsMatch };
-}
-
-export interface AlertInstanceMatch {
-  instance: Labels;
-  labelsMatch: LabelsMatch;
-}
-
-export interface RouteMatchResult<T extends Route> {
-  route: T;
-  labelsMatch: LabelsMatch;
-}
-
-// Match does a depth-first left-to-right search through the route tree
-// and returns the matching routing nodes.
-
-// If the current node is not a match, return nothing
-// Normalization should have happened earlier in the code
-function findMatchingRoutes<T extends Route>(route: T, labels: Label[]): Array<RouteMatchResult<T>> {
-  let childMatches: Array<RouteMatchResult<T>> = [];
-
-  // If the current node is not a match, return nothing
-  const matchResult = matchLabels(route.object_matchers ?? [], labels);
-  if (!matchResult.matches) {
-    return [];
-  }
-
-  // If the current node matches, recurse through child nodes
-  if (route.routes) {
-    for (const child of route.routes) {
-      const matchingChildren = findMatchingRoutes(child, labels);
-      // TODO how do I solve this typescript thingy? It looks correct to me /shrug
-      // @ts-ignore
-      childMatches = childMatches.concat(matchingChildren);
-      // we have matching children and we don't want to continue, so break here
-      if (matchingChildren.length && !child.continue) {
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  // If no child nodes were matches, the current node itself is a match.
-  if (childMatches.length === 0) {
-    childMatches.push({ route, labelsMatch: matchResult.labelsMatch });
-  }
-
-  return childMatches;
-}
+import { normalizeMatchers, unquoteWithUnescape } from './matchers';
+import { routeAdapter } from './routeAdapter';
 
 // This is a performance improvement to normalize matchers only once and use the normalized version later on
-export function normalizeRoute(rootRoute: RouteWithID): RouteWithID {
-  function normalizeRoute(route: RouteWithID) {
+export function normalizeRoute<T extends Route>(rootRoute: T): T {
+  function normalizeRoute<T extends Route>(route: T) {
     route.object_matchers = normalizeMatchers(route);
     delete route.matchers;
     delete route.match;
@@ -108,8 +20,8 @@ export function normalizeRoute(rootRoute: RouteWithID): RouteWithID {
   return normalizedRootRoute;
 }
 
-export function unquoteRouteMatchers(route: RouteWithID): RouteWithID {
-  function unquoteRoute(route: RouteWithID) {
+export function unquoteRouteMatchers<T extends Route>(route: T): T {
+  function unquoteRoute(route: Route) {
     route.object_matchers = route.object_matchers?.map(([name, operator, value]) => {
       return [unquoteWithUnescape(name), operator, unquoteWithUnescape(value)];
     });
@@ -137,7 +49,11 @@ function findMatchingAlertGroups(
     // find matching alerts in the current group
     const matchingAlerts = group.alerts.filter((alert) => {
       const labels = Object.entries(alert.labels);
-      return findMatchingRoutes(routeTree, labels).some((matchingRoute) => matchingRoute.route === route);
+      const alertingRouteTree = routeAdapter.toPackage(routeTree);
+      const alertingRoute = routeAdapter.toPackage(route);
+      return findMatchingRoutes(alertingRouteTree, labels).some(
+        (matchingRoute) => matchingRoute.route === alertingRoute
+      );
     });
 
     // if the groups has any alerts left after matching, add it to the results
@@ -152,66 +68,6 @@ function findMatchingAlertGroups(
   }, matchingGroups);
 }
 
-// inherited properties are config properties that exist on the parent route (or its inherited properties) but not on the child route
-function getInheritedProperties(
-  parentRoute: Route,
-  childRoute: Route,
-  propertiesParentInherited?: InheritableProperties
-): InheritableProperties {
-  const propsFromParent: InheritableProperties = pick(parentRoute, INHERITABLE_KEYS);
-  const inheritableProperties: InheritableProperties = {
-    ...propsFromParent,
-    ...propertiesParentInherited,
-  };
-
-  const inherited = reduce(
-    inheritableProperties,
-    (inheritedProperties: InheritableProperties, parentValue, property) => {
-      const parentHasValue = parentValue != null;
-
-      const inheritableValues = [undefined, '', null];
-      // @ts-ignore
-      const childIsInheriting = inheritableValues.some((value) => childRoute[property] === value);
-      const inheritFromValue = childIsInheriting && parentHasValue;
-
-      const inheritEmptyGroupByFromParent =
-        property === 'group_by' &&
-        parentHasValue &&
-        isArray(childRoute[property]) &&
-        childRoute[property]?.length === 0;
-
-      const inheritFromParent = inheritFromValue || inheritEmptyGroupByFromParent;
-
-      if (inheritFromParent) {
-        // @ts-ignore
-        inheritedProperties[property] = parentValue;
-      }
-
-      return inheritedProperties;
-    },
-    {}
-  );
-
-  return inherited;
-}
-
-/**
- * This function will compute the full tree with inherited properties – this is mostly used for search and filtering
- */
-export function computeInheritedTree<T extends Route>(parent: T): T {
-  return {
-    ...parent,
-    routes: parent.routes?.map((child) => {
-      const inheritedProperties = getInheritedProperties(parent, child);
-
-      return computeInheritedTree({
-        ...child,
-        ...inheritedProperties,
-      });
-    }),
-  };
-}
-
 // recursive function to rename receivers in all routes (notification policies)
 function renameReceiverInRoute(route: Route, oldName: string, newName: string) {
   const updated: Route = {
@@ -229,4 +85,4 @@ function renameReceiverInRoute(route: Route, oldName: string, newName: string) {
   return updated;
 }
 
-export { findMatchingAlertGroups, findMatchingRoutes, getInheritedProperties, renameReceiverInRoute };
+export { findMatchingAlertGroups, renameReceiverInRoute };
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/routeAdapter.test.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/routeAdapter.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f0239ca621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/routeAdapter.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,267 @@
+import { Factory } from 'fishery';
+
+import { RouteFactory } from '@grafana/alerting/testing';
+import { RouteWithID as AlertingRouteWithID } from '@grafana/alerting/unstable';
+import { MatcherOperator, ObjectMatcher, Route, RouteWithID } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
+
+import { routeAdapter } from './routeAdapter';
+
+describe('routeAdapter', () => {
+  // Create RouteWithID factory that extends the base RouteFactory
+  const RouteWithIDFactory = Factory.define<AlertingRouteWithID>(({ sequence }) => ({
+    ...RouteFactory.build(),
+    id: `route-${sequence}`,
+    routes: [],
+  }));
+
+  const mockObjectMatchers: ObjectMatcher[] = [['severity', MatcherOperator.equal, 'critical']];
+  const mockLabelMatchers = [
+    {
+      label: 'severity',
+      type: '=' as const,
+      value: 'critical',
+    },
+  ];
+
+  describe('toPackage', () => {
+    it('should convert basic Route to AlertingRoute', () => {
+      const route: Route = {
+        receiver: 'test-receiver',
+        continue: true,
+        group_by: ['alertname'],
+        object_matchers: mockObjectMatchers,
+        routes: [],
+      };
+
+      const result = routeAdapter.toPackage(route);
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        receiver: 'test-receiver',
+        continue: true,
+        group_by: ['alertname'],
+        matchers: mockLabelMatchers,
+        routes: [],
+        group_wait: undefined,
+        group_interval: undefined,
+        repeat_interval: undefined,
+        mute_time_intervals: undefined,
+        active_time_intervals: undefined,
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should convert RouteWithID to AlertingRouteWithID', () => {
+      const routeWithId: RouteWithID = {
+        id: 'test-id',
+        receiver: 'test-receiver',
+        continue: false,
+        object_matchers: mockObjectMatchers,
+        routes: [],
+      };
+
+      const result = routeAdapter.toPackage(routeWithId);
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        id: 'test-id',
+        receiver: 'test-receiver',
+        continue: false,
+        matchers: mockLabelMatchers,
+        routes: [],
+        group_by: undefined,
+        group_wait: undefined,
+        group_interval: undefined,
+        repeat_interval: undefined,
+        mute_time_intervals: undefined,
+        active_time_intervals: undefined,
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should handle undefined continue as false', () => {
+      const route: Route = {
+        receiver: 'test-receiver',
+        object_matchers: mockObjectMatchers,
+        routes: [],
+      };
+
+      const result = routeAdapter.toPackage(route);
+
+      expect(result.continue).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle null receiver as undefined', () => {
+      const route: Route = {
+        receiver: null,
+        object_matchers: mockObjectMatchers,
+        routes: [],
+      };
+
+      const result = routeAdapter.toPackage(route);
+
+      expect(result.receiver).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('should recursively convert child routes', () => {
+      const route: RouteWithID = {
+        id: 'parent',
+        receiver: 'parent-receiver',
+        routes: [
+          {
+            id: 'child',
+            receiver: 'child-receiver',
+            object_matchers: mockObjectMatchers,
+            routes: [],
+          },
+        ],
+      };
+
+      const result = routeAdapter.toPackage(route);
+
+      expect(result.routes).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(result.routes[0]).toEqual({
+        id: 'child',
+        receiver: 'child-receiver',
+        continue: false,
+        matchers: mockLabelMatchers,
+        routes: [],
+        group_by: undefined,
+        group_wait: undefined,
+        group_interval: undefined,
+        repeat_interval: undefined,
+        mute_time_intervals: undefined,
+        active_time_intervals: undefined,
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('fromPackage', () => {
+    it('should convert basic AlertingRoute to Route', () => {
+      const alertingRoute = RouteFactory.build({
+        receiver: 'test-receiver',
+        continue: true,
+        group_by: ['alertname'],
+        matchers: mockLabelMatchers,
+        routes: [],
+      });
+
+      const result = routeAdapter.fromPackage(alertingRoute);
+
+      expect(result.receiver).toBe('test-receiver');
+      expect(result.continue).toBe(true);
+      expect(result.group_by).toEqual(['alertname']);
+      expect(result.object_matchers).toEqual(mockObjectMatchers);
+      expect(result.routes).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('should convert AlertingRouteWithID to RouteWithID', () => {
+      const alertingRouteWithId = RouteWithIDFactory.build({
+        id: 'test-id',
+        receiver: 'test-receiver',
+        continue: false,
+        matchers: mockLabelMatchers,
+        routes: [],
+      });
+
+      const result = routeAdapter.fromPackage(alertingRouteWithId);
+
+      expect(result.id).toBe('test-id');
+      expect(result.receiver).toBe('test-receiver');
+      expect(result.continue).toBe(false);
+      expect(result.object_matchers).toEqual(mockObjectMatchers);
+      expect(result.routes).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('should handle undefined receiver as null', () => {
+      const alertingRoute = RouteFactory.build();
+      // Override receiver to undefined after building
+      const alertingRouteWithUndefinedReceiver = {
+        ...alertingRoute,
+        receiver: undefined,
+      };
+
+      const result = routeAdapter.fromPackage(alertingRouteWithUndefinedReceiver);
+
+      expect(result.receiver).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('should recursively convert child routes', () => {
+      const childRoute = RouteWithIDFactory.build({
+        id: 'child',
+        receiver: 'child-receiver',
+        continue: true,
+        matchers: mockLabelMatchers,
+        routes: [],
+      });
+
+      const alertingRoute = RouteWithIDFactory.build({
+        id: 'parent',
+        receiver: 'parent-receiver',
+        continue: false,
+        routes: [childRoute],
+      });
+
+      const result = routeAdapter.fromPackage(alertingRoute);
+
+      expect(result.routes).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(result.routes![0].id).toBe('child');
+      expect(result.routes![0].receiver).toBe('child-receiver');
+      expect(result.routes![0].continue).toBe(true);
+      expect(result.routes![0].object_matchers).toEqual(mockObjectMatchers);
+      expect(result.routes![0].routes).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('should handle routes without matchers', () => {
+      const alertingRoute = RouteFactory.build();
+      // Override matchers to undefined after building
+      const alertingRouteWithoutMatchers = {
+        ...alertingRoute,
+        matchers: undefined,
+      };
+
+      const result = routeAdapter.fromPackage(alertingRouteWithoutMatchers);
+
+      expect(result.object_matchers).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('round-trip conversion', () => {
+    it('should maintain data integrity through round-trip conversion', () => {
+      const childRoute: RouteWithID = {
+        id: 'child-route',
+        receiver: 'child-receiver',
+        continue: false,
+        object_matchers: [['environment', MatcherOperator.equal, 'prod']],
+        routes: [],
+      };
+
+      const originalRoute: RouteWithID = {
+        id: 'test-route',
+        receiver: 'test-receiver',
+        continue: true,
+        group_by: ['alertname', 'severity'],
+        group_wait: '10s',
+        group_interval: '5m',
+        repeat_interval: '1h',
+        object_matchers: [
+          ['severity', MatcherOperator.equal, 'critical'],
+          ['team', MatcherOperator.regex, 'frontend|backend'],
+        ],
+        mute_time_intervals: ['maintenance'],
+        active_time_intervals: ['business-hours'],
+        routes: [childRoute],
+      };
+
+      // Convert to package format and back
+      const packageRoute = routeAdapter.toPackage(originalRoute);
+      const backToOriginal = routeAdapter.fromPackage(packageRoute);
+
+      expect(backToOriginal).toEqual({
+        ...originalRoute,
+        routes: [
+          {
+            ...childRoute,
+            routes: undefined, // fromPackage doesn't add routes array if empty
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/routeAdapter.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/routeAdapter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e08c2fb7486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/routeAdapter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+import {
+  Route as AlertingRoute,
+  RouteWithID as AlertingRouteWithID,
+  type LabelMatcher,
+} from '@grafana/alerting/unstable';
+import {
+  MatcherOperator,
+  type ObjectMatcher,
+  type Route,
+  type RouteWithID,
+} from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
+
+import { convertObjectMatcherToAlertingPackageMatcher, matcherToObjectMatcher, parseMatcherToArray } from './matchers';
+
+/**
+ * Enhanced type guards using infer-based utility types
+ */
+function hasId<T extends Route | RouteWithID>(route: T): route is T & RouteWithID {
+  return 'id' in route && typeof route.id === 'string';
+}
+
+function hasAlertingId<T extends AlertingRoute | AlertingRouteWithID>(route: T): route is T & AlertingRouteWithID {
+  return 'id' in route && typeof route.id === 'string';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts from package route format to alertmanager route format
+ */
+function fromPackageRoute(route: AlertingRouteWithID): RouteWithID;
+function fromPackageRoute(route: AlertingRoute): Route;
+function fromPackageRoute(route: AlertingRoute | AlertingRouteWithID): Route | RouteWithID {
+  // Convert matchers from LabelMatcher[] to ObjectMatcher[]
+  const object_matchers = route.matchers?.map(labelMatcherToObjectMatcher);
+
+  // Recursively convert child routes
+  const routes = route.routes?.length ? route.routes.map(fromPackageRoute) : undefined;
+
+  const baseRoute = {
+    receiver: route.receiver || null,
+    group_by: route.group_by,
+    continue: route.continue,
+    group_wait: route.group_wait,
+    group_interval: route.group_interval,
+    repeat_interval: route.repeat_interval,
+    mute_time_intervals: route.mute_time_intervals,
+    active_time_intervals: route.active_time_intervals,
+  };
+
+  const convertedRoute = {
+    ...baseRoute,
+    object_matchers,
+    routes,
+  };
+
+  // If the input route has an ID, include it in the output
+  if (hasAlertingId(route)) {
+    return {
+      ...convertedRoute,
+      id: route.id,
+    };
+  }
+
+  return convertedRoute;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts from alertmanager route format to package route format
+ */
+function toPackageRoute(route: RouteWithID): AlertingRouteWithID;
+function toPackageRoute(route: Route): AlertingRoute;
+function toPackageRoute(route: Route | RouteWithID): AlertingRoute | AlertingRouteWithID {
+  // Convert matchers
+  let matchers: LabelMatcher[] = [];
+
+  if (route.object_matchers) {
+    matchers = route.object_matchers.map(convertObjectMatcherToAlertingPackageMatcher);
+  } else if (route.matchers) {
+    matchers = [];
+    route.matchers.forEach((matcher) => {
+      const parsedMatchers = parseMatcherToArray(matcher)
+        .map(matcherToObjectMatcher)
+        .map(convertObjectMatcherToAlertingPackageMatcher);
+      matchers.push(...parsedMatchers);
+    });
+  }
+
+  // Recursively convert child routes
+  const routes = route.routes?.length ? route.routes.map(toPackageRoute) : [];
+
+  const baseRoute = {
+    receiver: route.receiver ?? undefined,
+    group_by: route.group_by,
+    continue: route.continue ?? false,
+    group_wait: route.group_wait,
+    group_interval: route.group_interval,
+    repeat_interval: route.repeat_interval,
+    mute_time_intervals: route.mute_time_intervals,
+    active_time_intervals: route.active_time_intervals,
+  };
+
+  const convertedRoute = {
+    ...baseRoute,
+    matchers,
+    routes,
+  };
+
+  // If the input route has an ID, include it in the output
+  if (hasId(route)) {
+    return {
+      ...convertedRoute,
+      id: route.id,
+    };
+  }
+
+  return convertedRoute;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts routes between alertmanager and package formats
+ */
+export const routeAdapter = {
+  /**
+   * Converts from package route format to alertmanager route format
+   * Handles both Route and RouteWithID variants
+   */
+  fromPackage: fromPackageRoute,
+
+  /**
+   * Converts from alertmanager route format to package route format
+   * Handles both Route and RouteWithID variants
+   */
+  toPackage: toPackageRoute,
+};
+
+/**
+ * Safely converts a LabelMatcher type to MatcherOperator
+ */
+function convertToMatcherOperator(type: LabelMatcher['type']): MatcherOperator {
+  switch (type) {
+    case '=':
+      return MatcherOperator.equal;
+    case '!=':
+      return MatcherOperator.notEqual;
+    case '=~':
+      return MatcherOperator.regex;
+    case '!~':
+      return MatcherOperator.notRegex;
+    default:
+      const exhaustiveCheck: never = type;
+      throw new Error(`Unknown matcher type: ${exhaustiveCheck}`);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts a LabelMatcher from the alerting package format to an ObjectMatcher for alertmanager format
+ */
+export function labelMatcherToObjectMatcher(matcher: LabelMatcher): ObjectMatcher {
+  return [matcher.label, convertToMatcherOperator(matcher.type), matcher.value];
+}
diff --git a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
index 298ac1a1e84..752658e887d 100644
--- a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
@@ -1671,6 +1671,10 @@
     "inspector-yaml-tab": {
       "apply": "Apply"
     },
+    "instance-match": {
+      "non-matching-labels": "Non-matching labels",
+      "notification-policy": "View route"
+    },
     "irm-integration": {
       "connection-method": "How to connect to IRM",
       "disabled-description": "Enable IRM through a Webhook integration",
@@ -1813,6 +1817,10 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "match-details": {
+      "matched": "matched",
+      "no-matchers-matched": "Policy matches all labels"
+    },
     "matcher-filter": {
       "filter-alerts-using-label-querying-without-braces": "Filter alerts using label querying without braces, ex:",
       "filter-alerts-using-label-querying-without-spaces": "Filter alerts using label querying without spaces, ex:",
@@ -1975,8 +1983,10 @@
       "label-notification-policies": "Notification Policies",
       "label-time-intervals": "Time intervals"
     },
+    "notification-policy-drawer": {
+      "view-notification-policy-tree": "View notification policy tree"
+    },
     "notification-policy-matchers": {
-      "default-policy": "Default policy",
       "no-matchers": "No matchers"
     },
     "notification-preview": {
@@ -1993,22 +2003,12 @@
     },
     "notification-route": {
       "no-labels": "No labels",
-      "no-matching-labels": "No matching labels"
-    },
-    "notification-route-details-modal": {
-      "alert-instances-routed-follows": "Your alert instances are routed as follows.",
-      "close": "Close",
-      "contact-point": "Contact point",
-      "default-policy": "Default policy",
-      "notification-policy-path": "Notification policy path",
-      "see-details-link": "See details",
-      "title-routing-details": "Routing details"
+      "notification-policy": "Notification policy"
     },
     "notification-route-header": {
       "aria-label-expand-policy-route": "Expand policy route",
-      "delivered-to": "@ Delivered to",
-      "notification-policy": "Notification policy",
-      "see-details": "See details"
+      "delivered-to": "Delivered to",
+      "instances": "instances"
     },
     "notification-templates": {
       "duplicate": {
@@ -2137,10 +2137,6 @@
       "label-new-sibling-above": "New sibling above",
       "label-new-sibling-below": "New sibling below"
     },
-    "policy-path": {
-      "default-policy": "Default policy",
-      "no-matchers": "No matchers"
-    },
     "preview-rule": {
       "body-preview-is-not-available": "Cannot display the query preview. Some of the data sources used in the queries are not available.",
       "preview-alerts": "Preview alerts",