diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler.go
index 1ab6d12295d..90def1eb650 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler.go
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@ func toGettableExtendedRuleNode(r ngmodels.AlertRule, provenanceRecords map[stri
 			Provenance:           apimodels.Provenance(provenance),
 			IsPaused:             r.IsPaused,
 			NotificationSettings: AlertRuleNotificationSettingsFromNotificationSettings(r.NotificationSettings),
+			Record:               ApiRecordFromModelRecord(r.Record),
 		},
 	}
 	forDuration := model.Duration(r.For)
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler_validation.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler_validation.go
index 203c4930458..bd5f64caff9 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler_validation.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler_validation.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	ngmodels "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/models"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/store"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
+	prommodels "github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 )
 
 type RuleLimits struct {
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ func validateRuleNode(
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("not Grafana managed alert rule")
 	}
 
+	isRecordingRule := ruleNode.GrafanaManagedAlert.Record != nil
 	// if UID is specified then we can accept partial model. Therefore, some validation can be skipped as it will be patched later
 	canPatch := ruleNode.GrafanaManagedAlert.UID != ""
 
@@ -59,46 +61,6 @@ func validateRuleNode(
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("alert rule title is too long. Max length is %d", store.AlertRuleMaxTitleLength)
 	}
 
-	noDataState := ngmodels.NoData
-	if ruleNode.GrafanaManagedAlert.NoDataState == "" && canPatch {
-		noDataState = ""
-	}
-
-	if ruleNode.GrafanaManagedAlert.NoDataState != "" {
-		noDataState, err = ngmodels.NoDataStateFromString(string(ruleNode.GrafanaManagedAlert.NoDataState))
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	errorState := ngmodels.AlertingErrState
-
-	if ruleNode.GrafanaManagedAlert.ExecErrState == "" && canPatch {
-		errorState = ""
-	}
-
-	if ruleNode.GrafanaManagedAlert.ExecErrState != "" {
-		errorState, err = ngmodels.ErrStateFromString(string(ruleNode.GrafanaManagedAlert.ExecErrState))
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(ruleNode.GrafanaManagedAlert.Data) == 0 {
-		if canPatch {
-			if ruleNode.GrafanaManagedAlert.Condition != "" {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: query is not specified by condition is. You must specify both query and condition to update existing alert rule", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation)
-			}
-		} else {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: no queries or expressions are found", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation)
-		}
-	} else {
-		err = validateCondition(ruleNode.GrafanaManagedAlert.Condition, ruleNode.GrafanaManagedAlert.Data)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation, err.Error())
-		}
-	}
-
 	queries := AlertQueriesFromApiAlertQueries(ruleNode.GrafanaManagedAlert.Data)
 
 	newAlertRule := ngmodels.AlertRule{
@@ -110,21 +72,13 @@ func validateRuleNode(
 		IntervalSeconds: intervalSeconds,
 		NamespaceUID:    namespaceUID,
 		RuleGroup:       groupName,
-		NoDataState:     noDataState,
-		ExecErrState:    errorState,
-		// Recording Rule fields will be implemented in the future.
-		// For now, no rules can be recording rules. So, we force these to be empty.
-		Record: nil,
 	}
 
-	if ruleNode.GrafanaManagedAlert.NotificationSettings != nil {
-		newAlertRule.NotificationSettings, err = validateNotificationSettings(ruleNode.GrafanaManagedAlert.NotificationSettings)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
+	if isRecordingRule {
+		newAlertRule, err = validateRecordingRuleFields(ruleNode, newAlertRule, limits, canPatch)
+	} else {
+		newAlertRule, err = validateAlertingRuleFields(ruleNode, newAlertRule, canPatch)
 	}
-
-	newAlertRule.For, err = validateForInterval(ruleNode)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -145,6 +99,89 @@ func validateRuleNode(
 	return &newAlertRule, nil
 }
 
+// validateAlertingRuleFields validates only the fields on a rule that are specific to Alerting rules.
+// it will load fields that pass validation onto newRule and return the result.
+func validateAlertingRuleFields(in *apimodels.PostableExtendedRuleNode, newRule ngmodels.AlertRule, canPatch bool) (ngmodels.AlertRule, error) {
+	var err error
+
+	if in.GrafanaManagedAlert.Record != nil {
+		return ngmodels.AlertRule{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: rule cannot be simultaneously an alerting and recording rule", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation)
+	}
+
+	noDataState := ngmodels.NoData
+	if in.GrafanaManagedAlert.NoDataState == "" && canPatch {
+		noDataState = ""
+	}
+	if in.GrafanaManagedAlert.NoDataState != "" {
+		noDataState, err = ngmodels.NoDataStateFromString(string(in.GrafanaManagedAlert.NoDataState))
+		if err != nil {
+			return ngmodels.AlertRule{}, err
+		}
+	}
+	newRule.NoDataState = noDataState
+
+	errorState := ngmodels.AlertingErrState
+	if in.GrafanaManagedAlert.ExecErrState == "" && canPatch {
+		errorState = ""
+	}
+	if in.GrafanaManagedAlert.ExecErrState != "" {
+		errorState, err = ngmodels.ErrStateFromString(string(in.GrafanaManagedAlert.ExecErrState))
+		if err != nil {
+			return ngmodels.AlertRule{}, err
+		}
+	}
+	newRule.ExecErrState = errorState
+
+	err = validateCondition(in.GrafanaManagedAlert.Condition, in.GrafanaManagedAlert.Data, canPatch)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ngmodels.AlertRule{}, err
+	}
+
+	if in.GrafanaManagedAlert.NotificationSettings != nil {
+		newRule.NotificationSettings, err = validateNotificationSettings(in.GrafanaManagedAlert.NotificationSettings)
+		if err != nil {
+			return ngmodels.AlertRule{}, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	newRule.For, err = validateForInterval(in)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ngmodels.AlertRule{}, err
+	}
+
+	return newRule, nil
+}
+
+// validateRecordingRuleFields validates only the fields on a rule that are specific to Recording rules.
+// it will load fields that pass validation onto newRule and return the result.
+func validateRecordingRuleFields(in *apimodels.PostableExtendedRuleNode, newRule ngmodels.AlertRule, limits RuleLimits, canPatch bool) (ngmodels.AlertRule, error) {
+	if !limits.RecordingRulesAllowed {
+		return ngmodels.AlertRule{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: recording rules cannot be created on this instance", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation)
+	}
+
+	err := validateCondition(in.GrafanaManagedAlert.Record.From, in.GrafanaManagedAlert.Data, canPatch)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ngmodels.AlertRule{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation, err.Error())
+	}
+
+	metricName := prommodels.LabelValue(in.GrafanaManagedAlert.Record.Metric)
+	if !metricName.IsValid() {
+		return ngmodels.AlertRule{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation, "metric name for recording rule must be a valid utf8 string")
+	}
+	if !prommodels.IsValidMetricName(metricName) {
+		return ngmodels.AlertRule{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation, "metric name for recording rule must be a valid Prometheus metric name")
+	}
+	newRule.Record = ModelRecordFromApiRecord(in.GrafanaManagedAlert.Record)
+
+	newRule.NoDataState = ""
+	newRule.ExecErrState = ""
+	newRule.Condition = ""
+	newRule.For = 0
+	newRule.NotificationSettings = nil
+
+	return newRule, nil
+}
+
 func validateLabels(l map[string]string) error {
 	for key := range l {
 		if _, ok := ngmodels.LabelsUserCannotSpecify[key]; ok {
@@ -154,20 +191,34 @@ func validateLabels(l map[string]string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func validateCondition(condition string, queries []apimodels.AlertQuery) error {
+func validateCondition(condition string, queries []apimodels.AlertQuery, canPatch bool) error {
+	if canPatch {
+		// Patch requests may leave both query and condition blank. If a request supplies one, it must supply the other.
+		if len(queries) == 0 && condition == "" {
+			return nil
+		}
+		if len(queries) == 0 && condition != "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%w: query is not specified but condition is. You must specify both query and condition to update existing alert rule", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation)
+		}
+		if len(queries) > 0 && condition == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%w: condition is not specified but query is. You must specify both query and condition to update existing alert rule", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation)
+		}
+	}
+
 	if condition == "" {
-		return errors.New("condition cannot be empty")
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: condition cannot be empty", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation)
 	}
 	if len(queries) == 0 {
-		return errors.New("no query/expressions specified")
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: no queries or expressions are found", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation)
 	}
+
 	refIDs := make(map[string]int, len(queries))
 	for idx, query := range queries {
 		if query.RefID == "" {
-			return fmt.Errorf("refID is not specified for data query/expression at index %d", idx)
+			return fmt.Errorf("%w: refID is not specified for data query/expression at index %d", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation, idx)
 		}
 		if usedIdx, ok := refIDs[query.RefID]; ok {
-			return fmt.Errorf("refID '%s' is already used by query/expression at index %d", query.RefID, usedIdx)
+			return fmt.Errorf("%w: refID '%s' is already used by query/expression at index %d", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation, query.RefID, usedIdx)
 		}
 		refIDs[query.RefID] = idx
 	}
@@ -177,7 +228,7 @@ func validateCondition(condition string, queries []apimodels.AlertQuery) error {
 			ids = append(ids, id)
 		}
 		sort.Strings(ids)
-		return fmt.Errorf("condition %s does not exist, must be one of [%s]", condition, strings.Join(ids, ","))
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: condition %s does not exist, must be one of [%s]", ngmodels.ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation, condition, strings.Join(ids, ","))
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler_validation_test.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler_validation_test.go
index 728fab3e568..4d70960da5c 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler_validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler_validation_test.go
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ func makeLimits(cfg *setting.UnifiedAlertingSettings) RuleLimits {
 	return RuleLimitsFromConfig(cfg, baseToggles)
 }
 
+func allowRecording(lim RuleLimits) *RuleLimits {
+	lim.RecordingRulesAllowed = true
+	return &lim
+}
+
 func validRule() apimodels.PostableExtendedRuleNode {
 	forDuration := model.Duration(rand.Int63n(1000))
 	uid := util.GenerateShortUID()
@@ -125,7 +130,7 @@ func TestValidateCondition(t *testing.T) {
 			name:      "error when data is empty",
 			condition: "A",
 			data:      []apimodels.AlertQuery{},
-			errorMsg:  "no query/expressions specified",
+			errorMsg:  "no queries or expressions are found",
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "error when condition does not exist",
@@ -182,7 +187,7 @@ func TestValidateCondition(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tc := range testcases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			err := validateCondition(tc.condition, tc.data)
+			err := validateCondition(tc.condition, tc.data, false)
 			if tc.errorMsg == "" {
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			} else {
@@ -321,6 +326,7 @@ func TestValidateRuleNode_NoUID(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name   string
 		rule   func() *apimodels.PostableExtendedRuleNode
+		limits *RuleLimits
 		assert func(t *testing.T, model *apimodels.PostableExtendedRuleNode, rule *models.AlertRule)
 	}{
 		{
@@ -403,14 +409,79 @@ func TestValidateRuleNode_NoUID(t *testing.T) {
 				require.Equal(t, int64(panelId), *alert.PanelID)
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:   "accepts and converts recording rule when toggle is enabled",
+			limits: allowRecording(limits),
+			rule: func() *apimodels.PostableExtendedRuleNode {
+				r := validRule()
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.Record = &apimodels.Record{Metric: "some_metric", From: "A"}
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.Condition = ""
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.NoDataState = ""
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.ExecErrState = ""
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.NotificationSettings = nil
+				r.ApiRuleNode.For = nil
+				return &r
+			},
+			assert: func(t *testing.T, api *apimodels.PostableExtendedRuleNode, alert *models.AlertRule) {
+				// Shared fields
+				require.Equal(t, int64(0), alert.ID)
+				require.Equal(t, orgId, alert.OrgID)
+				require.Equal(t, api.GrafanaManagedAlert.Title, alert.Title)
+				require.Equal(t, AlertQueriesFromApiAlertQueries(api.GrafanaManagedAlert.Data), alert.Data)
+				require.Equal(t, time.Time{}, alert.Updated)
+				require.Equal(t, int64(interval.Seconds()), alert.IntervalSeconds)
+				require.Equal(t, int64(0), alert.Version)
+				require.Equal(t, api.GrafanaManagedAlert.UID, alert.UID)
+				require.Equal(t, folder.UID, alert.NamespaceUID)
+				require.Nil(t, alert.DashboardUID)
+				require.Nil(t, alert.PanelID)
+				require.Equal(t, name, alert.RuleGroup)
+				require.Equal(t, api.ApiRuleNode.Annotations, alert.Annotations)
+				require.Equal(t, api.ApiRuleNode.Labels, alert.Labels)
+				// Alerting fields
+				require.Empty(t, alert.Condition)
+				require.Empty(t, alert.NoDataState)
+				require.Empty(t, alert.ExecErrState)
+				require.Nil(t, alert.NotificationSettings)
+				require.Zero(t, alert.For)
+				// Recording fields
+				require.Equal(t, api.GrafanaManagedAlert.Record.From, alert.Record.From)
+				require.Equal(t, api.GrafanaManagedAlert.Record.Metric, alert.Record.Metric)
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "recording rules ignore fields that only make sense for Alerting rules",
+			limits: allowRecording(limits),
+			rule: func() *apimodels.PostableExtendedRuleNode {
+				r := validRule()
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.Record = &apimodels.Record{Metric: "some_metric", From: "A"}
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.Condition = "A"
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.NoDataState = apimodels.OK
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.ExecErrState = apimodels.AlertingErrState
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.NotificationSettings = &apimodels.AlertRuleNotificationSettings{}
+				r.ApiRuleNode.For = func() *model.Duration { five := model.Duration(time.Second * 5); return &five }()
+				return &r
+			},
+			assert: func(t *testing.T, api *apimodels.PostableExtendedRuleNode, alert *models.AlertRule) {
+				require.Empty(t, alert.Condition)
+				require.Empty(t, alert.NoDataState)
+				require.Empty(t, alert.ExecErrState)
+				require.Nil(t, alert.NotificationSettings)
+				require.Zero(t, alert.For)
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, testCase := range testCases {
 		t.Run(testCase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			r := testCase.rule()
 			r.GrafanaManagedAlert.UID = ""
+			lim := limits
+			if testCase.limits != nil {
+				lim = *testCase.limits
+			}
 
-			alert, err := validateRuleNode(r, name, interval, orgId, folder.UID, limits)
+			alert, err := validateRuleNode(r, name, interval, orgId, folder.UID, lim)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			testCase.assert(t, r, alert)
 		})
@@ -434,6 +505,8 @@ func TestValidateRuleNodeFailures_NoUID(t *testing.T) {
 		name           string
 		interval       *time.Duration
 		rule           func() *apimodels.PostableExtendedRuleNode
+		limits         *RuleLimits
+		expErr         string
 		assert         func(t *testing.T, model *apimodels.PostableExtendedRuleNode, err error)
 		allowedIfNoUId bool
 	}{
@@ -558,6 +631,65 @@ func TestValidateRuleNodeFailures_NoUID(t *testing.T) {
 				return &r
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "rejects valid recording rules if toggle is disabled",
+			rule: func() *apimodels.PostableExtendedRuleNode {
+				r := validRule()
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.Record = &apimodels.Record{Metric: "some_metric", From: "A"}
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.Condition = ""
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.NoDataState = ""
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.ExecErrState = ""
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.NotificationSettings = nil
+				r.ApiRuleNode.For = nil
+				return &r
+			},
+			expErr: "recording rules cannot be created",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "rejects recording rule with invalid metric name",
+			limits: allowRecording(limits),
+			rule: func() *apimodels.PostableExtendedRuleNode {
+				r := validRule()
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.Record = &apimodels.Record{Metric: "", From: "A"}
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.Condition = ""
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.NoDataState = ""
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.ExecErrState = ""
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.NotificationSettings = nil
+				r.ApiRuleNode.For = nil
+				return &r
+			},
+			expErr: "must be a valid Prometheus metric name",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "rejects recording rule with empty from",
+			limits: allowRecording(limits),
+			rule: func() *apimodels.PostableExtendedRuleNode {
+				r := validRule()
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.Record = &apimodels.Record{Metric: "my_metric", From: ""}
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.Condition = ""
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.NoDataState = ""
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.ExecErrState = ""
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.NotificationSettings = nil
+				r.ApiRuleNode.For = nil
+				return &r
+			},
+			expErr: "cannot be empty",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "rejects recording rule with from not matching",
+			limits: allowRecording(limits),
+			rule: func() *apimodels.PostableExtendedRuleNode {
+				r := validRule()
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.Record = &apimodels.Record{Metric: "my_metric", From: "NOTEXIST"}
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.Condition = ""
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.NoDataState = ""
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.ExecErrState = ""
+				r.GrafanaManagedAlert.NotificationSettings = nil
+				r.ApiRuleNode.For = nil
+				return &r
+			},
+			expErr: "NOTEXIST does not exist",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, testCase := range testCases {
@@ -572,8 +704,16 @@ func TestValidateRuleNodeFailures_NoUID(t *testing.T) {
 				interval = *testCase.interval
 			}
 
-			_, err := validateRuleNode(r, "", interval, orgId, folder.UID, limits)
+			lim := limits
+			if testCase.limits != nil {
+				lim = *testCase.limits
+			}
+
+			_, err := validateRuleNode(r, "", interval, orgId, folder.UID, lim)
 			require.Error(t, err)
+			if testCase.expErr != "" {
+				require.ErrorContains(t, err, testCase.expErr)
+			}
 			if testCase.assert != nil {
 				testCase.assert(t, r, err)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/compat.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/compat.go
index 5c0ea9fedc2..054373b99c2 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/compat.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/compat.go
@@ -455,3 +455,23 @@ func NotificationSettingsFromAlertRuleNotificationSettings(ns *definitions.Alert
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+func ApiRecordFromModelRecord(r *models.Record) *definitions.Record {
+	if r == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return &definitions.Record{
+		Metric: r.Metric,
+		From:   r.From,
+	}
+}
+
+func ModelRecordFromApiRecord(r *definitions.Record) *models.Record {
+	if r == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return &models.Record{
+		Metric: r.Metric,
+		From:   r.From,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/tooling/api.json b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/tooling/api.json
index ea45ed05448..db28b0c5d5a 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/tooling/api.json
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/tooling/api.json
@@ -1573,6 +1573,9 @@
     "provenance": {
      "$ref": "#/definitions/Provenance"
     },
+    "record": {
+     "$ref": "#/definitions/Record"
+    },
     "rule_group": {
      "type": "string"
     },
@@ -2730,6 +2733,9 @@
     "notification_settings": {
      "$ref": "#/definitions/AlertRuleNotificationSettings"
     },
+    "record": {
+     "$ref": "#/definitions/Record"
+    },
     "title": {
      "type": "string"
     },
@@ -3247,6 +3253,18 @@
    "title": "ReceiverExport is the provisioned file export of alerting.ReceiverV1.",
    "type": "object"
   },
+  "Record": {
+   "properties": {
+    "from": {
+     "type": "string"
+    },
+    "metric": {
+     "type": "string"
+    }
+   },
+   "title": "Record defines how data produced by a recording rule is written.",
+   "type": "object"
+  },
   "RelativeTimeRange": {
    "description": "RelativeTimeRange is the per query start and end time\nfor requests.",
    "properties": {
@@ -4417,6 +4435,7 @@
    "type": "object"
   },
   "alertGroup": {
+   "description": "AlertGroup alert group",
    "properties": {
     "alerts": {
      "description": "alerts",
@@ -4545,7 +4564,6 @@
    "type": "object"
   },
   "gettableAlert": {
-   "description": "GettableAlert gettable alert",
    "properties": {
     "annotations": {
      "$ref": "#/definitions/labelSet"
@@ -4601,6 +4619,7 @@
    "type": "object"
   },
   "gettableAlerts": {
+   "description": "GettableAlerts gettable alerts",
    "items": {
     "$ref": "#/definitions/gettableAlert"
    },
@@ -4655,13 +4674,13 @@
    "type": "object"
   },
   "gettableSilences": {
+   "description": "GettableSilences gettable silences",
    "items": {
     "$ref": "#/definitions/gettableSilence"
    },
    "type": "array"
   },
   "integration": {
-   "description": "Integration integration",
    "properties": {
     "lastNotifyAttempt": {
      "description": "A timestamp indicating the last attempt to deliver a notification regardless of the outcome.\nFormat: date-time",
@@ -4805,7 +4824,6 @@
    "type": "array"
   },
   "postableSilence": {
-   "description": "PostableSilence postable silence",
    "properties": {
     "comment": {
      "description": "comment",
@@ -4843,6 +4861,7 @@
    "type": "object"
   },
   "receiver": {
+   "description": "Receiver receiver",
    "properties": {
     "active": {
      "description": "active",
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/tooling/definitions/cortex-ruler.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/tooling/definitions/cortex-ruler.go
index b1e7d145f33..b16523cbc7d 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/tooling/definitions/cortex-ruler.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/tooling/definitions/cortex-ruler.go
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ type PostableGrafanaRule struct {
 	ExecErrState         ExecutionErrorState            `json:"exec_err_state" yaml:"exec_err_state"`
 	IsPaused             *bool                          `json:"is_paused" yaml:"is_paused"`
 	NotificationSettings *AlertRuleNotificationSettings `json:"notification_settings" yaml:"notification_settings"`
+	Record               *Record                        `json:"record" yaml:"record"`
 }
 
 // swagger:model
@@ -507,6 +508,7 @@ type GettableGrafanaRule struct {
 	Provenance           Provenance                     `json:"provenance,omitempty" yaml:"provenance,omitempty"`
 	IsPaused             bool                           `json:"is_paused" yaml:"is_paused"`
 	NotificationSettings *AlertRuleNotificationSettings `json:"notification_settings,omitempty" yaml:"notification_settings,omitempty"`
+	Record               *Record                        `json:"record,omitempty" yaml:"record,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // AlertQuery represents a single query associated with an alert definition.
@@ -576,6 +578,12 @@ func (d *Duration) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(any) error) error {
 	}
 }
 
+// Record defines how data produced by a recording rule is written.
+type Record struct {
+	Metric string `json:"metric" yaml:"metric"`
+	From   string `json:"from" yaml:"from"`
+}
+
 // swagger:model
 type UpdateRuleGroupResponse struct {
 	Message string   `json:"message"`
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/tooling/post.json b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/tooling/post.json
index 7d9b58d2b0f..8fcf6f3c609 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/tooling/post.json
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/tooling/post.json
@@ -1573,6 +1573,9 @@
     "provenance": {
      "$ref": "#/definitions/Provenance"
     },
+    "record": {
+     "$ref": "#/definitions/Record"
+    },
     "rule_group": {
      "type": "string"
     },
@@ -2730,6 +2733,9 @@
     "notification_settings": {
      "$ref": "#/definitions/AlertRuleNotificationSettings"
     },
+    "record": {
+     "$ref": "#/definitions/Record"
+    },
     "title": {
      "type": "string"
     },
@@ -3247,6 +3253,18 @@
    "title": "ReceiverExport is the provisioned file export of alerting.ReceiverV1.",
    "type": "object"
   },
+  "Record": {
+   "properties": {
+    "from": {
+     "type": "string"
+    },
+    "metric": {
+     "type": "string"
+    }
+   },
+   "title": "Record defines how data produced by a recording rule is written.",
+   "type": "object"
+  },
   "RelativeTimeRange": {
    "description": "RelativeTimeRange is the per query start and end time\nfor requests.",
    "properties": {
@@ -4418,6 +4436,7 @@
    "type": "object"
   },
   "alertGroup": {
+   "description": "AlertGroup alert group",
    "properties": {
     "alerts": {
      "description": "alerts",
@@ -4441,7 +4460,6 @@
    "type": "object"
   },
   "alertGroups": {
-   "description": "AlertGroups alert groups",
    "items": {
     "$ref": "#/definitions/alertGroup"
    },
@@ -4602,12 +4620,14 @@
    "type": "object"
   },
   "gettableAlerts": {
+   "description": "GettableAlerts gettable alerts",
    "items": {
     "$ref": "#/definitions/gettableAlert"
    },
    "type": "array"
   },
   "gettableSilence": {
+   "description": "GettableSilence gettable silence",
    "properties": {
     "comment": {
      "description": "comment",
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/tooling/spec.json b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/tooling/spec.json
index c5f511d7a75..380f88e6fc5 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/tooling/spec.json
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/tooling/spec.json
@@ -5088,6 +5088,9 @@
         "provenance": {
           "$ref": "#/definitions/Provenance"
         },
+        "record": {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/Record"
+        },
         "rule_group": {
           "type": "string"
         },
@@ -6246,6 +6249,9 @@
         "notification_settings": {
           "$ref": "#/definitions/AlertRuleNotificationSettings"
         },
+        "record": {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/Record"
+        },
         "title": {
           "type": "string"
         },
@@ -6762,6 +6768,18 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "Record": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "title": "Record defines how data produced by a recording rule is written.",
+      "properties": {
+        "from": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "metric": {
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "RelativeTimeRange": {
       "description": "RelativeTimeRange is the per query start and end time\nfor requests.",
       "type": "object",
@@ -7933,6 +7951,7 @@
       }
     },
     "alertGroup": {
+      "description": "AlertGroup alert group",
       "type": "object",
       "required": [
         "alerts",
@@ -7957,7 +7976,6 @@
       "$ref": "#/definitions/alertGroup"
     },
     "alertGroups": {
-      "description": "AlertGroups alert groups",
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
         "$ref": "#/definitions/alertGroup"
@@ -8120,6 +8138,7 @@
       "$ref": "#/definitions/gettableAlert"
     },
     "gettableAlerts": {
+      "description": "GettableAlerts gettable alerts",
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
         "$ref": "#/definitions/gettableAlert"
@@ -8127,6 +8146,7 @@
       "$ref": "#/definitions/gettableAlerts"
     },
     "gettableSilence": {
+      "description": "GettableSilence gettable silence",
       "type": "object",
       "required": [
         "comment",
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule.go
index bd9d0dec2cf..89254bb7ac8 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule.go
@@ -337,6 +337,12 @@ func (alertRule *AlertRule) GetLabels(opts ...LabelOption) map[string]string {
 }
 
 func (alertRule *AlertRule) GetEvalCondition() Condition {
+	if alertRule.IsRecordingRule() {
+		return Condition{
+			Condition: alertRule.Record.From,
+			Data:      alertRule.Data,
+		}
+	}
 	return Condition{
 		Condition: alertRule.Condition,
 		Data:      alertRule.Data,
diff --git a/pkg/tests/api/alerting/api_alertmanager_test.go b/pkg/tests/api/alerting/api_alertmanager_test.go
index 539645fbb8f..7039e8c2fb7 100644
--- a/pkg/tests/api/alerting/api_alertmanager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tests/api/alerting/api_alertmanager_test.go
@@ -908,8 +908,9 @@ func TestIntegrationAlertRuleCRUD(t *testing.T) {
 						Annotations: map[string]string{"annotation1": "val1"},
 					},
 					GrafanaManagedAlert: &apimodels.PostableGrafanaRule{
-						Title: "AlwaysFiring",
-						Data:  []apimodels.AlertQuery{},
+						Title:     "AlwaysFiring",
+						Condition: "A",
+						Data:      []apimodels.AlertQuery{},
 					},
 				},
 				expectedMessage: "invalid rule specification at index [0]: invalid alert rule: no queries or expressions are found",
diff --git a/public/api-merged.json b/public/api-merged.json
index c91b7532803..e024b785ca4 100644
--- a/public/api-merged.json
+++ b/public/api-merged.json
@@ -15319,6 +15319,9 @@
         "provenance": {
           "$ref": "#/definitions/Provenance"
         },
+        "record": {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/Record"
+        },
         "rule_group": {
           "type": "string"
         },
@@ -17529,6 +17532,9 @@
         "notification_settings": {
           "$ref": "#/definitions/AlertRuleNotificationSettings"
         },
+        "record": {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/Record"
+        },
         "title": {
           "type": "string"
         },
@@ -18337,6 +18343,18 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "Record": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "title": "Record defines how data produced by a recording rule is written.",
+      "properties": {
+        "from": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "metric": {
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "RecordingRuleJSON": {
       "description": "RecordingRuleJSON is the external representation of a recording rule",
       "type": "object",
@@ -21288,6 +21306,7 @@
       }
     },
     "alertGroup": {
+      "description": "AlertGroup alert group",
       "type": "object",
       "required": [
         "alerts",
@@ -21444,7 +21463,6 @@
       }
     },
     "gettableAlert": {
-      "description": "GettableAlert gettable alert",
       "type": "object",
       "required": [
         "labels",
@@ -21500,6 +21518,7 @@
       }
     },
     "gettableAlerts": {
+      "description": "GettableAlerts gettable alerts",
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
         "$ref": "#/definitions/gettableAlert"
@@ -21554,13 +21573,13 @@
       }
     },
     "gettableSilences": {
+      "description": "GettableSilences gettable silences",
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
         "$ref": "#/definitions/gettableSilence"
       }
     },
     "integration": {
-      "description": "Integration integration",
       "type": "object",
       "required": [
         "name",
@@ -21704,7 +21723,6 @@
       }
     },
     "postableSilence": {
-      "description": "PostableSilence postable silence",
       "type": "object",
       "required": [
         "comment",
@@ -21770,6 +21788,7 @@
       }
     },
     "receiver": {
+      "description": "Receiver receiver",
       "type": "object",
       "required": [
         "active",
diff --git a/public/openapi3.json b/public/openapi3.json
index a1e76d0e2f4..bcbe3454fec 100644
--- a/public/openapi3.json
+++ b/public/openapi3.json
@@ -5839,6 +5839,9 @@
           "provenance": {
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Provenance"
           },
+          "record": {
+            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Record"
+          },
           "rule_group": {
             "type": "string"
           },
@@ -8049,6 +8052,9 @@
           "notification_settings": {
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/AlertRuleNotificationSettings"
           },
+          "record": {
+            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Record"
+          },
           "title": {
             "type": "string"
           },
@@ -8858,6 +8864,18 @@
         "title": "ReceiverExport is the provisioned file export of alerting.ReceiverV1.",
         "type": "object"
       },
+      "Record": {
+        "properties": {
+          "from": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "metric": {
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        },
+        "title": "Record defines how data produced by a recording rule is written.",
+        "type": "object"
+      },
       "RecordingRuleJSON": {
         "description": "RecordingRuleJSON is the external representation of a recording rule",
         "properties": {
@@ -11808,6 +11826,7 @@
         "type": "object"
       },
       "alertGroup": {
+        "description": "AlertGroup alert group",
         "properties": {
           "alerts": {
             "description": "alerts",
@@ -11964,7 +11983,6 @@
         "type": "object"
       },
       "gettableAlert": {
-        "description": "GettableAlert gettable alert",
         "properties": {
           "annotations": {
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/labelSet"
@@ -12020,6 +12038,7 @@
         "type": "object"
       },
       "gettableAlerts": {
+        "description": "GettableAlerts gettable alerts",
         "items": {
           "$ref": "#/components/schemas/gettableAlert"
         },
@@ -12074,13 +12093,13 @@
         "type": "object"
       },
       "gettableSilences": {
+        "description": "GettableSilences gettable silences",
         "items": {
           "$ref": "#/components/schemas/gettableSilence"
         },
         "type": "array"
       },
       "integration": {
-        "description": "Integration integration",
         "properties": {
           "lastNotifyAttempt": {
             "description": "A timestamp indicating the last attempt to deliver a notification regardless of the outcome.\nFormat: date-time",
@@ -12224,7 +12243,6 @@
         "type": "array"
       },
       "postableSilence": {
-        "description": "PostableSilence postable silence",
         "properties": {
           "comment": {
             "description": "comment",
@@ -12290,6 +12308,7 @@
         "type": "object"
       },
       "receiver": {
+        "description": "Receiver receiver",
         "properties": {
           "active": {
             "description": "active",