Alerting: Fix saving advanced mode toggle state in the alert rule editor (#95924)

pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler_validation.go

@@ -313,13 +313,16 @@ func ValidateRuleGroup(
 			uids[rule.UID] = idx
 		}
 
-		var hasPause, isPaused bool
+		var hasPause, isPaused, hasMetadata bool
 		original := ruleGroupConfig.Rules[idx]
 		if alert := original.GrafanaManagedAlert; alert != nil {
 			if alert.IsPaused != nil {
 				isPaused = *alert.IsPaused
 				hasPause = true
 			}
+			if alert.Metadata != nil {
+				hasMetadata = true
+			}
 		}
 
 		ruleWithOptionals := ngmodels.AlertRuleWithOptionals{}
@@ -327,6 +330,7 @@ func ValidateRuleGroup(
 		rule.RuleGroupIndex = idx + 1
 		ruleWithOptionals.AlertRule = *rule
 		ruleWithOptionals.HasPause = hasPause
+		ruleWithOptionals.HasMetadata = hasMetadata
 
 		result = append(result, &ruleWithOptionals)
 	}

pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule.go

@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@ type AlertRuleWithOptionals struct {
 	AlertRule
 	// This parameter is to know if an optional API field was sent and, therefore, patch it with the current field from
 	// DB in case it was not sent.
-	HasPause bool
+	HasPause    bool
+	HasMetadata bool
 }
 
 // AlertsRulesBy is a function that defines the ordering of alert rules.
@@ -809,7 +810,7 @@ func PatchPartialAlertRule(existingRule *AlertRule, ruleToPatch *AlertRuleWithOp
 	// Currently metadata contains only editor settings, so we can just copy it.
 	// If we add more fields to metadata, we might need to handle them separately,
 	// and/or merge or update their values.
-	if ruleToPatch.Metadata == (AlertRuleMetadata{}) {
+	if !ruleToPatch.HasMetadata {
 		ruleToPatch.Metadata = existingRule.Metadata
 	}
 }

pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule_test.go

@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ func TestPatchPartialAlertRule(t *testing.T) {
 				name: "No metadata",
 				mutator: func(r *AlertRuleWithOptionals) {
 					r.Metadata = AlertRuleMetadata{}
+					r.HasMetadata = false
 				},
 			},
 		}

pkg/tests/api/alerting/api_ruler_test.go

@@ -895,7 +895,28 @@ func TestIntegrationAlertRuleEditorSettings(t *testing.T) {
 
 		updatedRuleGroup := apiClient.GetRulesGroup(t, folderName, groupName).GettableRuleGroupConfig
 		require.Len(t, updatedRuleGroup.Rules, 1)
-		require.False(t, false, updatedRuleGroup.Rules[0].GrafanaManagedAlert.Metadata.EditorSettings.SimplifiedQueryAndExpressionsSection)
+		require.True(t, updatedRuleGroup.Rules[0].GrafanaManagedAlert.Metadata.EditorSettings.SimplifiedQueryAndExpressionsSection)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("disable simplified query editor in editor settings", func(t *testing.T) {
+		metadata := &apimodels.AlertRuleMetadata{
+			EditorSettings: apimodels.AlertRuleEditorSettings{
+				SimplifiedQueryAndExpressionsSection: true,
+			},
+		}
+		createdRuleGroup := createAlertInGrafana(metadata)
+
+		rulesWithUID := convertGettableRuleGroupToPostable(createdRuleGroup)
+
+		// disabling the editor
+		rulesWithUID.Rules[0].GrafanaManagedAlert.Metadata.EditorSettings.SimplifiedQueryAndExpressionsSection = false
+
+		_, status, _ := apiClient.PostRulesGroupWithStatus(t, folderName, &rulesWithUID)
+		assert.Equal(t, http.StatusAccepted, status)
+
+		updatedRuleGroup := apiClient.GetRulesGroup(t, folderName, groupName).GettableRuleGroupConfig
+		require.Len(t, updatedRuleGroup.Rules, 1)
+		require.False(t, updatedRuleGroup.Rules[0].GrafanaManagedAlert.Metadata.EditorSettings.SimplifiedQueryAndExpressionsSection)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("post alert without metadata", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -903,7 +924,7 @@ func TestIntegrationAlertRuleEditorSettings(t *testing.T) {
 
 		createdRuleGroup := apiClient.GetRulesGroup(t, folderName, groupName).GettableRuleGroupConfig
 		require.Len(t, createdRuleGroup.Rules, 1)
-		require.False(t, false, createdRuleGroup.Rules[0].GrafanaManagedAlert.Metadata.EditorSettings.SimplifiedQueryAndExpressionsSection)
+		require.False(t, createdRuleGroup.Rules[0].GrafanaManagedAlert.Metadata.EditorSettings.SimplifiedQueryAndExpressionsSection)
 	})
 }