diff --git a/ee/query-service/rules/anomaly.go b/ee/query-service/rules/anomaly.go
index 3fbf1e32b1f2..ff0aa40be8d8 100644
--- a/ee/query-service/rules/anomaly.go
+++ b/ee/query-service/rules/anomaly.go
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import (
 	anomalyV2 "github.com/SigNoz/signoz/ee/anomaly"
 
 	qbtypes "github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types/querybuildertypes/querybuildertypesv5"
-	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -253,10 +252,17 @@ func (r *AnomalyRule) buildAndRunQuery(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, t
 	r.logger.InfoContext(ctx, "anomaly scores", "scores", string(scoresJSON))
 
 	for _, series := range queryResult.AnomalyScores {
-		smpl, shouldAlert := r.ShouldAlert(*series)
-		if shouldAlert {
-			resultVector = append(resultVector, smpl)
+		if r.Condition() != nil && r.Condition().RequireMinPoints {
+			if len(series.Points) < r.Condition().RequiredNumPoints {
+				r.logger.InfoContext(ctx, "not enough data points to evaluate series, skipping", "ruleid", r.ID(), "numPoints", len(series.Points), "requiredPoints", r.Condition().RequiredNumPoints)
+				continue
+			}
 		}
+		results, err := r.Threshold.ShouldAlert(*series)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		resultVector = append(resultVector, results...)
 	}
 	return resultVector, nil
 }
@@ -296,10 +302,17 @@ func (r *AnomalyRule) buildAndRunQueryV5(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID,
 	r.logger.InfoContext(ctx, "anomaly scores", "scores", string(scoresJSON))
 
 	for _, series := range queryResult.AnomalyScores {
-		smpl, shouldAlert := r.ShouldAlert(*series)
-		if shouldAlert {
-			resultVector = append(resultVector, smpl)
+		if r.Condition().RequireMinPoints {
+			if len(series.Points) < r.Condition().RequiredNumPoints {
+				r.logger.InfoContext(ctx, "not enough data points to evaluate series, skipping", "ruleid", r.ID(), "numPoints", len(series.Points), "requiredPoints", r.Condition().RequiredNumPoints)
+				continue
+			}
 		}
+		results, err := r.Threshold.ShouldAlert(*series)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		resultVector = append(resultVector, results...)
 	}
 	return resultVector, nil
 }
@@ -499,7 +512,7 @@ func (r *AnomalyRule) String() string {
 		PreferredChannels: r.PreferredChannels(),
 	}
 
-	byt, err := yaml.Marshal(ar)
+	byt, err := json.Marshal(ar)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("error marshaling alerting rule: %s", err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/contextlinks/alert_link_visitor.go b/pkg/contextlinks/alert_link_visitor.go
index b1166ca0519d..09714553e9e7 100644
--- a/pkg/contextlinks/alert_link_visitor.go
+++ b/pkg/contextlinks/alert_link_visitor.go
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ func PrepareFilterExpression(labels map[string]string, whereClause string, group
 		return ""
 	}
 
+	//delete predefined alert labels
+	for _, label := range PredefinedAlertLabels {
+		delete(labels, label)
+	}
+
 	groupBySet := make(map[string]struct{})
 	for _, item := range groupByItems {
 		groupBySet[item.Name] = struct{}{}
diff --git a/pkg/contextlinks/links.go b/pkg/contextlinks/links.go
index 8412b4757c00..8497cb55de9b 100644
--- a/pkg/contextlinks/links.go
+++ b/pkg/contextlinks/links.go
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ func PrepareLinksToLogs(start, end time.Time, filterItems []v3.FilterItem) strin
 func PrepareFilters(labels map[string]string, whereClauseItems []v3.FilterItem, groupByItems []v3.AttributeKey, keys map[string]v3.AttributeKey) []v3.FilterItem {
 	filterItems := make([]v3.FilterItem, 0)
 
+	//delete predefined alert labels
+	for _, label := range PredefinedAlertLabels {
+		delete(labels, label)
+	}
+
 	added := make(map[string]struct{})
 
 	for _, item := range whereClauseItems {
diff --git a/pkg/contextlinks/types.go b/pkg/contextlinks/types.go
index bfc1ab6abbe0..9edf92a5e541 100644
--- a/pkg/contextlinks/types.go
+++ b/pkg/contextlinks/types.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package contextlinks
 
-import v3 "github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/query-service/model/v3"
+import (
+	v3 "github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/query-service/model/v3"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types/ruletypes"
+)
 
 // TODO(srikanthccv): Fix the URL management
 type URLShareableTimeRange struct {
@@ -38,3 +41,5 @@ type URLShareableOptions struct {
 	Format        string            `json:"format"`
 	SelectColumns []v3.AttributeKey `json:"selectColumns"`
 }
+
+var PredefinedAlertLabels = []string{ruletypes.LabelThresholdName}
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/rules/base_rule.go b/pkg/query-service/rules/base_rule.go
index 40952e4a5059..be14b9133f9b 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/rules/base_rule.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/rules/base_rule.go
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ type BaseRule struct {
 	typ ruletypes.AlertType
 
 	ruleCondition *ruletypes.RuleCondition
+
+	Threshold ruletypes.RuleThreshold
 	// evalWindow is the time window used for evaluating the rule
 	// i.e each time we lookback from the current time, we look at data for the last
 	// evalWindow duration
@@ -123,6 +125,10 @@ func NewBaseRule(id string, orgID valuer.UUID, p *ruletypes.PostableRule, reader
 	if p.RuleCondition == nil || !p.RuleCondition.IsValid() {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid rule condition")
 	}
+	threshold, err := p.RuleCondition.Thresholds.GetRuleThreshold()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	baseRule := &BaseRule{
 		id:                id,
@@ -139,6 +145,7 @@ func NewBaseRule(id string, orgID valuer.UUID, p *ruletypes.PostableRule, reader
 		Active:            map[uint64]*ruletypes.Alert{},
 		reader:            reader,
 		TemporalityMap:    make(map[string]map[v3.Temporality]bool),
+		Threshold:         threshold,
 	}
 
 	if baseRule.evalWindow == 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/rules/manager.go b/pkg/query-service/rules/manager.go
index 341bac74291d..f80686682687 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/rules/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/rules/manager.go
@@ -266,30 +266,17 @@ func (m *Manager) initiate(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 		for _, rec := range storedRules {
 			taskName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-groupname", rec.ID.StringValue())
-			parsedRule, err := ruletypes.ParsePostableRule([]byte(rec.Data))
+			parsedRule := ruletypes.PostableRule{}
 
+			err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(rec.Data), &parsedRule)
 			if err != nil {
-				if errors.Is(err, ruletypes.ErrFailedToParseJSON) {
-					zap.L().Info("failed to load rule in json format, trying yaml now:", zap.String("name", taskName))
-
-					// see if rule is stored in yaml format
-					parsedRule, err = ruletypes.ParsePostableRuleWithKind([]byte(rec.Data), ruletypes.RuleDataKindYaml)
-
-					if err != nil {
-						zap.L().Error("failed to parse and initialize yaml rule", zap.String("name", taskName), zap.Error(err))
-						// just one rule is being parsed so expect just one error
-						loadErrors = append(loadErrors, err)
-						continue
-					}
-				} else {
-					zap.L().Error("failed to parse and initialize rule", zap.String("name", taskName), zap.Error(err))
-					// just one rule is being parsed so expect just one error
-					loadErrors = append(loadErrors, err)
-					continue
-				}
+				zap.L().Info("failed to load rule in json format", zap.String("name", taskName))
+				loadErrors = append(loadErrors, err)
+				continue
 			}
+
 			if !parsedRule.Disabled {
-				err := m.addTask(ctx, org.ID, parsedRule, taskName)
+				err := m.addTask(ctx, org.ID, &parsedRule, taskName)
 				if err != nil {
 					zap.L().Error("failed to load the rule definition", zap.String("name", taskName), zap.Error(err))
 				}
@@ -335,8 +322,8 @@ func (m *Manager) EditRule(ctx context.Context, ruleStr string, id valuer.UUID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
-	parsedRule, err := ruletypes.ParsePostableRule([]byte(ruleStr))
+	parsedRule := ruletypes.PostableRule{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(ruleStr), &parsedRule)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -380,7 +367,7 @@ func (m *Manager) EditRule(ctx context.Context, ruleStr string, id valuer.UUID)
 			return err
 		}
 
-		err = m.syncRuleStateWithTask(ctx, orgID, prepareTaskName(existingRule.ID.StringValue()), parsedRule)
+		err = m.syncRuleStateWithTask(ctx, orgID, prepareTaskName(existingRule.ID.StringValue()), &parsedRule)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -513,8 +500,8 @@ func (m *Manager) CreateRule(ctx context.Context, ruleStr string) (*ruletypes.Ge
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
-	parsedRule, err := ruletypes.ParsePostableRule([]byte(ruleStr))
+	parsedRule := ruletypes.PostableRule{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(ruleStr), &parsedRule)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -567,7 +554,7 @@ func (m *Manager) CreateRule(ctx context.Context, ruleStr string) (*ruletypes.Ge
 		}
 
 		taskName := prepareTaskName(id.StringValue())
-		if err := m.addTask(ctx, orgID, parsedRule, taskName); err != nil {
+		if err := m.addTask(ctx, orgID, &parsedRule, taskName); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
@@ -579,7 +566,7 @@ func (m *Manager) CreateRule(ctx context.Context, ruleStr string) (*ruletypes.Ge
 
 	return &ruletypes.GettableRule{
 		Id:           id.StringValue(),
-		PostableRule: *parsedRule,
+		PostableRule: parsedRule,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -797,8 +784,9 @@ func (m *Manager) ListRuleStates(ctx context.Context) (*ruletypes.GettableRules,
 
 	for _, s := range storedRules {
 
-		ruleResponse := &ruletypes.GettableRule{}
-		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(s.Data), ruleResponse); err != nil { // Parse []byte to go struct pointer
+		ruleResponse := ruletypes.GettableRule{}
+		err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(s.Data), &ruleResponse)
+		if err != nil {
 			zap.L().Error("failed to unmarshal rule from db", zap.String("id", s.ID.StringValue()), zap.Error(err))
 			continue
 		}
@@ -816,7 +804,7 @@ func (m *Manager) ListRuleStates(ctx context.Context) (*ruletypes.GettableRules,
 		ruleResponse.CreatedBy = &s.CreatedBy
 		ruleResponse.UpdatedAt = &s.UpdatedAt
 		ruleResponse.UpdatedBy = &s.UpdatedBy
-		resp = append(resp, ruleResponse)
+		resp = append(resp, &ruleResponse)
 	}
 
 	return &ruletypes.GettableRules{Rules: resp}, nil
@@ -827,8 +815,10 @@ func (m *Manager) GetRule(ctx context.Context, id valuer.UUID) (*ruletypes.Getta
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	r := &ruletypes.GettableRule{}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(s.Data), r); err != nil {
+	r := ruletypes.GettableRule{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(s.Data), &r)
+	if err != nil {
+		zap.L().Error("failed to unmarshal rule from db", zap.String("id", s.ID.StringValue()), zap.Error(err))
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	r.Id = id.StringValue()
@@ -844,7 +834,7 @@ func (m *Manager) GetRule(ctx context.Context, id valuer.UUID) (*ruletypes.Getta
 	r.UpdatedAt = &s.UpdatedAt
 	r.UpdatedBy = &s.UpdatedBy
 
-	return r, nil
+	return &r, nil
 }
 
 // syncRuleStateWithTask ensures that the state of a stored rule matches
@@ -902,20 +892,14 @@ func (m *Manager) PatchRule(ctx context.Context, ruleStr string, id valuer.UUID)
 	}
 
 	// storedRule holds the current stored rule from DB
-	storedRule := ruletypes.PostableRule{}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(storedJSON.Data), &storedRule); err != nil {
+	patchedRule := ruletypes.PostableRule{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(ruleStr), &patchedRule); err != nil {
 		zap.L().Error("failed to unmarshal stored rule with given id", zap.String("id", id.StringValue()), zap.Error(err))
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// patchedRule is combo of stored rule and patch received in the request
-	patchedRule, err := ruletypes.ParseIntoRule(storedRule, []byte(ruleStr), "json")
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	// deploy or un-deploy task according to patched (new) rule state
-	if err := m.syncRuleStateWithTask(ctx, orgID, taskName, patchedRule); err != nil {
+	if err := m.syncRuleStateWithTask(ctx, orgID, taskName, &patchedRule); err != nil {
 		zap.L().Error("failed to sync stored rule state with the task", zap.String("taskName", taskName), zap.Error(err))
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -933,7 +917,7 @@ func (m *Manager) PatchRule(ctx context.Context, ruleStr string, id valuer.UUID)
 
 	err = m.ruleStore.EditRule(ctx, storedJSON, func(ctx context.Context) error { return nil })
 	if err != nil {
-		if err := m.syncRuleStateWithTask(ctx, orgID, taskName, &storedRule); err != nil {
+		if err := m.syncRuleStateWithTask(ctx, orgID, taskName, &patchedRule); err != nil {
 			zap.L().Error("failed to restore rule after patch failure", zap.String("taskName", taskName), zap.Error(err))
 		}
 		return nil, err
@@ -942,7 +926,7 @@ func (m *Manager) PatchRule(ctx context.Context, ruleStr string, id valuer.UUID)
 	// prepare http response
 	response := ruletypes.GettableRule{
 		Id:           id.StringValue(),
-		PostableRule: *patchedRule,
+		PostableRule: patchedRule,
 	}
 
 	// fetch state of rule from memory
@@ -959,15 +943,14 @@ func (m *Manager) PatchRule(ctx context.Context, ruleStr string, id valuer.UUID)
 // TestNotification prepares a dummy rule for given rule parameters and
 // sends a test notification. returns alert count and error (if any)
 func (m *Manager) TestNotification(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, ruleStr string) (int, *model.ApiError) {
-
-	parsedRule, err := ruletypes.ParsePostableRule([]byte(ruleStr))
-
+	parsedRule := ruletypes.PostableRule{}
+	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(ruleStr), &parsedRule)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, model.BadRequest(err)
 	}
 
 	alertCount, apiErr := m.prepareTestRuleFunc(PrepareTestRuleOptions{
-		Rule:             parsedRule,
+		Rule:             &parsedRule,
 		RuleStore:        m.ruleStore,
 		MaintenanceStore: m.maintenanceStore,
 		Logger:           m.logger,
@@ -1001,15 +984,15 @@ func (m *Manager) GetAlertDetailsForMetricNames(ctx context.Context, metricNames
 
 	for _, storedRule := range rules {
 		var rule ruletypes.GettableRule
-		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(storedRule.Data), &rule); err != nil {
-			zap.L().Error("Invalid rule data", zap.Error(err))
+		err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(storedRule.Data), &rule)
+		if err != nil {
+			zap.L().Error("failed to unmarshal rule from db", zap.String("id", storedRule.ID.StringValue()), zap.Error(err))
 			continue
 		}
 
 		if rule.AlertType != ruletypes.AlertTypeMetric || rule.RuleCondition == nil || rule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery == nil {
 			continue
 		}
-
 		rule.Id = storedRule.ID.StringValue()
 		rule.CreatedAt = &storedRule.CreatedAt
 		rule.CreatedBy = &storedRule.CreatedBy
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/rules/prom_rule.go b/pkg/query-service/rules/prom_rule.go
index 90c9d4619c8e..ea07f85e04b7 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/rules/prom_rule.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/rules/prom_rule.go
@@ -16,12 +16,10 @@ import (
 	qslabels "github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/query-service/utils/labels"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/query-service/utils/times"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/query-service/utils/timestamp"
+	qbtypes "github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types/querybuildertypes/querybuildertypesv5"
 	ruletypes "github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types/ruletypes"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/valuer"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql"
-	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
-
-	qbtypes "github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types/querybuildertypes/querybuildertypesv5"
 )
 
 type PromRule struct {
@@ -151,84 +149,87 @@ func (r *PromRule) Eval(ctx context.Context, ts time.Time) (interface{}, error)
 	var alerts = make(map[uint64]*ruletypes.Alert, len(res))
 
 	for _, series := range res {
-		l := make(map[string]string, len(series.Metric))
-		for _, lbl := range series.Metric {
-			l[lbl.Name] = lbl.Value
-		}
 
 		if len(series.Floats) == 0 {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		alertSmpl, shouldAlert := r.ShouldAlert(toCommonSeries(series))
-		if !shouldAlert {
-			continue
-		}
-		r.logger.DebugContext(ctx, "alerting for series", "rule_name", r.Name(), "series", series)
-
-		threshold := valueFormatter.Format(r.targetVal(), r.Unit())
-
-		tmplData := ruletypes.AlertTemplateData(l, valueFormatter.Format(alertSmpl.V, r.Unit()), threshold)
-		// Inject some convenience variables that are easier to remember for users
-		// who are not used to Go's templating system.
-		defs := "{{$labels := .Labels}}{{$value := .Value}}{{$threshold := .Threshold}}"
-
-		expand := func(text string) string {
-
-			tmpl := ruletypes.NewTemplateExpander(
-				ctx,
-				defs+text,
-				"__alert_"+r.Name(),
-				tmplData,
-				times.Time(timestamp.FromTime(ts)),
-				nil,
-			)
-			result, err := tmpl.Expand()
-			if err != nil {
-				result = fmt.Sprintf("<error expanding template: %s>", err)
-				r.logger.WarnContext(ctx, "Expanding alert template failed", "rule_name", r.Name(), "error", err, "data", tmplData)
-			}
-			return result
-		}
-
-		lb := qslabels.NewBuilder(alertSmpl.Metric).Del(qslabels.MetricNameLabel)
-		resultLabels := qslabels.NewBuilder(alertSmpl.Metric).Del(qslabels.MetricNameLabel).Labels()
-
-		for name, value := range r.labels.Map() {
-			lb.Set(name, expand(value))
-		}
-
-		lb.Set(qslabels.AlertNameLabel, r.Name())
-		lb.Set(qslabels.AlertRuleIdLabel, r.ID())
-		lb.Set(qslabels.RuleSourceLabel, r.GeneratorURL())
-
-		annotations := make(qslabels.Labels, 0, len(r.annotations.Map()))
-		for name, value := range r.annotations.Map() {
-			annotations = append(annotations, qslabels.Label{Name: name, Value: expand(value)})
-		}
-
-		lbs := lb.Labels()
-		h := lbs.Hash()
-		resultFPs[h] = struct{}{}
-
-		if _, ok := alerts[h]; ok {
-			err = fmt.Errorf("vector contains metrics with the same labelset after applying alert labels")
-			// We have already acquired the lock above hence using SetHealth and
-			// SetLastError will deadlock.
-			r.health = ruletypes.HealthBad
-			r.lastError = err
+		results, err := r.Threshold.ShouldAlert(toCommonSeries(series))
+		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		alerts[h] = &ruletypes.Alert{
-			Labels:            lbs,
-			QueryResultLables: resultLabels,
-			Annotations:       annotations,
-			ActiveAt:          ts,
-			State:             model.StatePending,
-			Value:             alertSmpl.V,
-			GeneratorURL:      r.GeneratorURL(),
-			Receivers:         r.preferredChannels,
+		for _, result := range results {
+			l := make(map[string]string, len(series.Metric))
+			for _, lbl := range series.Metric {
+				l[lbl.Name] = lbl.Value
+			}
+			r.logger.DebugContext(ctx, "alerting for series", "rule_name", r.Name(), "series", series)
+
+			threshold := valueFormatter.Format(r.targetVal(), r.Unit())
+
+			tmplData := ruletypes.AlertTemplateData(l, valueFormatter.Format(result.V, r.Unit()), threshold)
+			// Inject some convenience variables that are easier to remember for users
+			// who are not used to Go's templating system.
+			defs := "{{$labels := .Labels}}{{$value := .Value}}{{$threshold := .Threshold}}"
+
+			expand := func(text string) string {
+
+				tmpl := ruletypes.NewTemplateExpander(
+					ctx,
+					defs+text,
+					"__alert_"+r.Name(),
+					tmplData,
+					times.Time(timestamp.FromTime(ts)),
+					nil,
+				)
+				result, err := tmpl.Expand()
+				if err != nil {
+					result = fmt.Sprintf("<error expanding template: %s>", err)
+					r.logger.WarnContext(ctx, "Expanding alert template failed", "rule_name", r.Name(), "error", err, "data", tmplData)
+				}
+				return result
+			}
+
+			lb := qslabels.NewBuilder(result.Metric).Del(qslabels.MetricNameLabel)
+			resultLabels := qslabels.NewBuilder(result.Metric).Del(qslabels.MetricNameLabel).Labels()
+
+			for name, value := range r.labels.Map() {
+				lb.Set(name, expand(value))
+			}
+
+			lb.Set(qslabels.AlertNameLabel, r.Name())
+			lb.Set(qslabels.AlertRuleIdLabel, r.ID())
+			lb.Set(qslabels.RuleSourceLabel, r.GeneratorURL())
+
+			annotations := make(qslabels.Labels, 0, len(r.annotations.Map()))
+			for name, value := range r.annotations.Map() {
+				annotations = append(annotations, qslabels.Label{Name: name, Value: expand(value)})
+			}
+
+			lbs := lb.Labels()
+			h := lbs.Hash()
+			resultFPs[h] = struct{}{}
+
+			if _, ok := alerts[h]; ok {
+				err = fmt.Errorf("vector contains metrics with the same labelset after applying alert labels")
+				// We have already acquired the lock above hence using SetHealth and
+				// SetLastError will deadlock.
+				r.health = ruletypes.HealthBad
+				r.lastError = err
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			alerts[h] = &ruletypes.Alert{
+				Labels:            lbs,
+				QueryResultLables: resultLabels,
+				Annotations:       annotations,
+				ActiveAt:          ts,
+				State:             model.StatePending,
+				Value:             result.V,
+				GeneratorURL:      r.GeneratorURL(),
+				Receivers:         r.preferredChannels,
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ func (r *PromRule) String() string {
 		PreferredChannels: r.preferredChannels,
 	}
 
-	byt, err := yaml.Marshal(ar)
+	byt, err := json.Marshal(ar)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("error marshaling alerting rule: %s", err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/rules/promrule_test.go b/pkg/query-service/rules/promrule_test.go
index 1ae753634b9e..a4e0b94d06a9 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/rules/promrule_test.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/rules/promrule_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
+func getVectorValues(vectors []ruletypes.Sample) []float64 {
+	if len(vectors) == 0 {
+		return []float64{} // Return empty slice instead of nil
+	}
+	var values []float64
+	for _, v := range vectors {
+		values = append(values, v.V)
+	}
+	return values
+}
+
 func TestPromRuleShouldAlert(t *testing.T) {
 	postableRule := ruletypes.PostableRule{
 		AlertName:  "Test Rule",
@@ -32,12 +43,13 @@ func TestPromRuleShouldAlert(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	cases := []struct {
-		values              pql.Series
-		expectAlert         bool
-		compareOp           string
-		matchType           string
-		target              float64
-		expectedAlertSample v3.Point
+		values               pql.Series
+		expectAlert          bool
+		compareOp            string
+		matchType            string
+		target               float64
+		expectedAlertSample  v3.Point
+		expectedVectorValues []float64 // Expected values in result vector
 	}{
 		// Test cases for Equals Always
 		{
@@ -50,11 +62,12 @@ func TestPromRuleShouldAlert(t *testing.T) {
 					{F: 0.0},
 				},
 			},
-			expectAlert:         true,
-			compareOp:           "3", // Equals
-			matchType:           "2", // Always
-			target:              0.0,
-			expectedAlertSample: v3.Point{Value: 0.0},
+			expectAlert:          true,
+			compareOp:            "3", // Equals
+			matchType:            "2", // Always
+			target:               0.0,
+			expectedAlertSample:  v3.Point{Value: 0.0},
+			expectedVectorValues: []float64{0.0},
 		},
 		{
 			values: pql.Series{
@@ -66,10 +79,11 @@ func TestPromRuleShouldAlert(t *testing.T) {
 					{F: 1.0},
 				},
 			},
-			expectAlert: false,
-			compareOp:   "3", // Equals
-			matchType:   "2", // Always
-			target:      0.0,
+			expectAlert:          false,
+			compareOp:            "3", // Equals
+			matchType:            "2", // Always
+			target:               0.0,
+			expectedVectorValues: []float64{},
 		},
 		{
 			values: pql.Series{
@@ -81,10 +95,11 @@ func TestPromRuleShouldAlert(t *testing.T) {
 					{F: 1.0},
 				},
 			},
-			expectAlert: false,
-			compareOp:   "3", // Equals
-			matchType:   "2", // Always
-			target:      0.0,
+			expectAlert:          false,
+			compareOp:            "3", // Equals
+			matchType:            "2", // Always
+			target:               0.0,
+			expectedVectorValues: []float64{},
 		},
 		{
 			values: pql.Series{
@@ -112,11 +127,12 @@ func TestPromRuleShouldAlert(t *testing.T) {
 					{F: 0.0},
 				},
 			},
-			expectAlert:         true,
-			compareOp:           "3", // Equals
-			matchType:           "1", // Once
-			target:              0.0,
-			expectedAlertSample: v3.Point{Value: 0.0},
+			expectAlert:          true,
+			compareOp:            "3", // Equals
+			matchType:            "1", // Once
+			target:               0.0,
+			expectedAlertSample:  v3.Point{Value: 0.0},
+			expectedVectorValues: []float64{0.0},
 		},
 		{
 			values: pql.Series{
@@ -160,10 +176,11 @@ func TestPromRuleShouldAlert(t *testing.T) {
 					{F: 1.0},
 				},
 			},
-			expectAlert: false,
-			compareOp:   "3", // Equals
-			matchType:   "1", // Once
-			target:      0.0,
+			expectAlert:          false,
+			compareOp:            "3", // Equals
+			matchType:            "1", // Once
+			target:               0.0,
+			expectedVectorValues: []float64{},
 		},
 		// Test cases for Greater Than Always
 		{
@@ -176,11 +193,12 @@ func TestPromRuleShouldAlert(t *testing.T) {
 					{F: 2.0},
 				},
 			},
-			expectAlert:         true,
-			compareOp:           "1", // Greater Than
-			matchType:           "2", // Always
-			target:              1.5,
-			expectedAlertSample: v3.Point{Value: 2.0},
+			expectAlert:          true,
+			compareOp:            "1", // Greater Than
+			matchType:            "2", // Always
+			target:               1.5,
+			expectedAlertSample:  v3.Point{Value: 2.0},
+			expectedVectorValues: []float64{2.0},
 		},
 		{
 			values: pql.Series{
@@ -240,11 +258,12 @@ func TestPromRuleShouldAlert(t *testing.T) {
 					{F: 2.0},
 				},
 			},
-			expectAlert:         true,
-			compareOp:           "1", // Greater Than
-			matchType:           "1", // Once
-			target:              4.5,
-			expectedAlertSample: v3.Point{Value: 10.0},
+			expectAlert:          true,
+			compareOp:            "1", // Greater Than
+			matchType:            "1", // Once
+			target:               4.5,
+			expectedAlertSample:  v3.Point{Value: 10.0},
+			expectedVectorValues: []float64{10.0},
 		},
 		{
 			values: pql.Series{
@@ -659,13 +678,49 @@ func TestPromRuleShouldAlert(t *testing.T) {
 		postableRule.RuleCondition.CompareOp = ruletypes.CompareOp(c.compareOp)
 		postableRule.RuleCondition.MatchType = ruletypes.MatchType(c.matchType)
 		postableRule.RuleCondition.Target = &c.target
+		postableRule.RuleCondition.Thresholds = &ruletypes.RuleThresholdData{
+			Kind: ruletypes.BasicThresholdKind,
+			Spec: ruletypes.BasicRuleThresholds{
+				{
+					TargetValue: &c.target,
+					MatchType:   ruletypes.MatchType(c.matchType),
+					CompareOp:   ruletypes.CompareOp(c.compareOp),
+				},
+			},
+		}
 
 		rule, err := NewPromRule("69", valuer.GenerateUUID(), &postableRule, logger, nil, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 		}
 
-		_, shoulAlert := rule.ShouldAlert(toCommonSeries(c.values))
-		assert.Equal(t, c.expectAlert, shoulAlert, "Test case %d", idx)
+		resultVectors, err := rule.Threshold.ShouldAlert(toCommonSeries(c.values))
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// Compare full result vector with expected vector
+		actualValues := getVectorValues(resultVectors)
+		if c.expectedVectorValues != nil {
+			// If expected vector values are specified, compare them exactly
+			assert.Equal(t, c.expectedVectorValues, actualValues, "Result vector values don't match expected for case %d", idx)
+		} else {
+			// Fallback to the old logic for cases without expectedVectorValues
+			if c.expectAlert {
+				assert.NotEmpty(t, resultVectors, "Expected alert but got no result vectors for case %d", idx)
+				// Verify at least one of the result vectors matches the expected alert sample
+				if len(resultVectors) > 0 {
+					found := false
+					for _, sample := range resultVectors {
+						if sample.V == c.expectedAlertSample.Value {
+							found = true
+							break
+						}
+					}
+					assert.True(t, found, "Expected alert sample value %.2f not found in result vectors for case %d. Got values: %v", c.expectedAlertSample.Value, idx, actualValues)
+				}
+			} else {
+				assert.Empty(t, resultVectors, "Expected no alert but got result vectors for case %d", idx)
+			}
+		}
+
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/rules/threshold_rule.go b/pkg/query-service/rules/threshold_rule.go
index 6828d3221105..b1ebb069056b 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/rules/threshold_rule.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/rules/threshold_rule.go
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ import (
 	querierV5 "github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/querier"
 
 	qbtypes "github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types/querybuildertypes/querybuildertypesv5"
-
-	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
 type ThresholdRule struct {
@@ -484,10 +482,17 @@ func (r *ThresholdRule) buildAndRunQuery(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID,
 	}
 
 	for _, series := range queryResult.Series {
-		smpl, shouldAlert := r.ShouldAlert(*series)
-		if shouldAlert {
-			resultVector = append(resultVector, smpl)
+		if r.Condition() != nil && r.Condition().RequireMinPoints {
+			if len(series.Points) < r.ruleCondition.RequiredNumPoints {
+				r.logger.InfoContext(ctx, "not enough data points to evaluate series, skipping", "ruleid", r.ID(), "numPoints", len(series.Points), "requiredPoints", r.Condition().RequiredNumPoints)
+				continue
+			}
 		}
+		resultSeries, err := r.Threshold.ShouldAlert(*series)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		resultVector = append(resultVector, resultSeries...)
 	}
 
 	return resultVector, nil
@@ -554,10 +559,17 @@ func (r *ThresholdRule) buildAndRunQueryV5(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUI
 	}
 
 	for _, series := range queryResult.Series {
-		smpl, shouldAlert := r.ShouldAlert(*series)
-		if shouldAlert {
-			resultVector = append(resultVector, smpl)
+		if r.Condition() != nil && r.Condition().RequireMinPoints {
+			if len(series.Points) < r.Condition().RequiredNumPoints {
+				r.logger.InfoContext(ctx, "not enough data points to evaluate series, skipping", "ruleid", r.ID(), "numPoints", len(series.Points), "requiredPoints", r.Condition().RequiredNumPoints)
+				continue
+			}
 		}
+		resultSeries, err := r.Threshold.ShouldAlert(*series)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		resultVector = append(resultVector, resultSeries...)
 	}
 
 	return resultVector, nil
@@ -597,6 +609,7 @@ func (r *ThresholdRule) Eval(ctx context.Context, ts time.Time) (interface{}, er
 		}
 
 		value := valueFormatter.Format(smpl.V, r.Unit())
+		//todo(aniket): handle different threshold
 		threshold := valueFormatter.Format(r.targetVal(), r.Unit())
 		r.logger.DebugContext(ctx, "Alert template data for rule", "rule_name", r.Name(), "formatter", valueFormatter.Name(), "value", value, "threshold", threshold)
 
@@ -777,7 +790,7 @@ func (r *ThresholdRule) String() string {
 		PreferredChannels: r.preferredChannels,
 	}
 
-	byt, err := yaml.Marshal(ar)
+	byt, err := json.Marshal(ar)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("error marshaling alerting rule: %s", err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/rules/threshold_rule_test.go b/pkg/query-service/rules/threshold_rule_test.go
index 94b4f7c5c658..d6bc92c8ab44 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/rules/threshold_rule_test.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/rules/threshold_rule_test.go
@@ -801,9 +801,16 @@ func TestThresholdRuleShouldAlert(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for idx, c := range cases {
-		postableRule.RuleCondition.CompareOp = ruletypes.CompareOp(c.compareOp)
-		postableRule.RuleCondition.MatchType = ruletypes.MatchType(c.matchType)
-		postableRule.RuleCondition.Target = &c.target
+		postableRule.RuleCondition.Thresholds = &ruletypes.RuleThresholdData{
+			Kind: ruletypes.BasicThresholdKind,
+			Spec: ruletypes.BasicRuleThresholds{
+				{
+					TargetValue: &c.target,
+					MatchType:   ruletypes.MatchType(c.matchType),
+					CompareOp:   ruletypes.CompareOp(c.compareOp),
+				},
+			},
+		}
 
 		rule, err := NewThresholdRule("69", valuer.GenerateUUID(), &postableRule, nil, nil, logger, WithEvalDelay(2*time.Minute))
 		if err != nil {
@@ -815,10 +822,24 @@ func TestThresholdRuleShouldAlert(t *testing.T) {
 			values.Points[i].Timestamp = time.Now().UnixMilli()
 		}
 
-		smpl, shoulAlert := rule.ShouldAlert(c.values)
-		assert.Equal(t, c.expectAlert, shoulAlert, "Test case %d", idx)
-		if shoulAlert {
-			assert.Equal(t, c.expectedAlertSample.Value, smpl.V, "Test case %d", idx)
+		resultVectors, err := rule.Threshold.ShouldAlert(c.values)
+		assert.NoError(t, err, "Test case %d", idx)
+
+		// Compare result vectors with expected behavior
+		if c.expectAlert {
+			assert.NotEmpty(t, resultVectors, "Expected alert but got no result vectors for case %d", idx)
+			if len(resultVectors) > 0 {
+				found := false
+				for _, sample := range resultVectors {
+					if sample.V == c.expectedAlertSample.Value {
+						found = true
+						break
+					}
+				}
+				assert.True(t, found, "Expected alert sample value %.2f not found in result vectors for case %d. Got values: %v", c.expectedAlertSample.Value, idx, getVectorValues(resultVectors))
+			}
+		} else {
+			assert.Empty(t, resultVectors, "Expected no alert but got result vectors for case %d", idx)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -894,7 +915,16 @@ func TestPrepareLinksToLogs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	logger := instrumentationtest.New().Logger()
-
+	postableRule.RuleCondition.Thresholds = &ruletypes.RuleThresholdData{
+		Kind: ruletypes.BasicThresholdKind,
+		Spec: ruletypes.BasicRuleThresholds{
+			{
+				TargetValue: postableRule.RuleCondition.Target,
+				MatchType:   ruletypes.MatchType(postableRule.RuleCondition.MatchType),
+				CompareOp:   ruletypes.CompareOp(postableRule.RuleCondition.CompareOp),
+			},
+		},
+	}
 	rule, err := NewThresholdRule("69", valuer.GenerateUUID(), &postableRule, nil, nil, logger, WithEvalDelay(2*time.Minute))
 	if err != nil {
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -944,7 +974,16 @@ func TestPrepareLinksToLogsV5(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	logger := instrumentationtest.New().Logger()
-
+	postableRule.RuleCondition.Thresholds = &ruletypes.RuleThresholdData{
+		Kind: ruletypes.BasicThresholdKind,
+		Spec: ruletypes.BasicRuleThresholds{
+			{
+				TargetValue: postableRule.RuleCondition.Target,
+				MatchType:   ruletypes.MatchType(postableRule.RuleCondition.MatchType),
+				CompareOp:   ruletypes.CompareOp(postableRule.RuleCondition.CompareOp),
+			},
+		},
+	}
 	rule, err := NewThresholdRule("69", valuer.GenerateUUID(), &postableRule, nil, nil, logger, WithEvalDelay(2*time.Minute))
 	if err != nil {
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -994,7 +1033,16 @@ func TestPrepareLinksToTracesV5(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	logger := instrumentationtest.New().Logger()
-
+	postableRule.RuleCondition.Thresholds = &ruletypes.RuleThresholdData{
+		Kind: ruletypes.BasicThresholdKind,
+		Spec: ruletypes.BasicRuleThresholds{
+			{
+				TargetValue: postableRule.RuleCondition.Target,
+				MatchType:   ruletypes.MatchType(postableRule.RuleCondition.MatchType),
+				CompareOp:   ruletypes.CompareOp(postableRule.RuleCondition.CompareOp),
+			},
+		},
+	}
 	rule, err := NewThresholdRule("69", valuer.GenerateUUID(), &postableRule, nil, nil, logger, WithEvalDelay(2*time.Minute))
 	if err != nil {
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -1037,7 +1085,16 @@ func TestPrepareLinksToTraces(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	logger := instrumentationtest.New().Logger()
-
+	postableRule.RuleCondition.Thresholds = &ruletypes.RuleThresholdData{
+		Kind: ruletypes.BasicThresholdKind,
+		Spec: ruletypes.BasicRuleThresholds{
+			{
+				TargetValue: postableRule.RuleCondition.Target,
+				MatchType:   ruletypes.MatchType(postableRule.RuleCondition.MatchType),
+				CompareOp:   ruletypes.CompareOp(postableRule.RuleCondition.CompareOp),
+			},
+		},
+	}
 	rule, err := NewThresholdRule("69", valuer.GenerateUUID(), &postableRule, nil, nil, logger, WithEvalDelay(2*time.Minute))
 	if err != nil {
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -1111,9 +1168,16 @@ func TestThresholdRuleLabelNormalization(t *testing.T) {
 	logger := instrumentationtest.New().Logger()
 
 	for idx, c := range cases {
-		postableRule.RuleCondition.CompareOp = ruletypes.CompareOp(c.compareOp)
-		postableRule.RuleCondition.MatchType = ruletypes.MatchType(c.matchType)
-		postableRule.RuleCondition.Target = &c.target
+		postableRule.RuleCondition.Thresholds = &ruletypes.RuleThresholdData{
+			Kind: ruletypes.BasicThresholdKind,
+			Spec: ruletypes.BasicRuleThresholds{
+				{
+					TargetValue: &c.target,
+					MatchType:   ruletypes.MatchType(c.matchType),
+					CompareOp:   ruletypes.CompareOp(c.compareOp),
+				},
+			},
+		}
 
 		rule, err := NewThresholdRule("69", valuer.GenerateUUID(), &postableRule, nil, nil, logger, WithEvalDelay(2*time.Minute))
 		if err != nil {
@@ -1125,12 +1189,26 @@ func TestThresholdRuleLabelNormalization(t *testing.T) {
 			values.Points[i].Timestamp = time.Now().UnixMilli()
 		}
 
-		sample, shoulAlert := rule.ShouldAlert(c.values)
+		vector, err := rule.Threshold.ShouldAlert(c.values)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
 		for name, value := range c.values.Labels {
-			assert.Equal(t, value, sample.Metric.Get(name))
+			for _, sample := range vector {
+				assert.Equal(t, value, sample.Metric.Get(name))
+			}
 		}
 
-		assert.Equal(t, c.expectAlert, shoulAlert, "Test case %d", idx)
+		// Get result vectors from threshold evaluation
+		resultVectors, err := rule.Threshold.ShouldAlert(c.values)
+		assert.NoError(t, err, "Test case %d", idx)
+
+		// Compare result vectors with expected behavior
+		if c.expectAlert {
+			assert.NotEmpty(t, resultVectors, "Expected alert but got no result vectors for case %d", idx)
+			// For this test, we don't have expectedAlertSample, so just verify vectors exist
+		} else {
+			assert.Empty(t, resultVectors, "Expected no alert but got result vectors for case %d", idx)
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1152,6 +1230,16 @@ func TestThresholdRuleEvalDelay(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 	}
+	postableRule.RuleCondition.Thresholds = &ruletypes.RuleThresholdData{
+		Kind: ruletypes.BasicThresholdKind,
+		Spec: ruletypes.BasicRuleThresholds{
+			{
+				TargetValue: postableRule.RuleCondition.Target,
+				MatchType:   ruletypes.MatchType(postableRule.RuleCondition.MatchType),
+				CompareOp:   ruletypes.CompareOp(postableRule.RuleCondition.CompareOp),
+			},
+		},
+	}
 
 	// 01:39:47
 	ts := time.Unix(1717205987, 0)
@@ -1169,6 +1257,7 @@ func TestThresholdRuleEvalDelay(t *testing.T) {
 	logger := instrumentationtest.New().Logger()
 
 	for idx, c := range cases {
+
 		rule, err := NewThresholdRule("69", valuer.GenerateUUID(), &postableRule, nil, nil, logger) // no eval delay
 		if err != nil {
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -1202,6 +1291,16 @@ func TestThresholdRuleClickHouseTmpl(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 	}
+	postableRule.RuleCondition.Thresholds = &ruletypes.RuleThresholdData{
+		Kind: ruletypes.BasicThresholdKind,
+		Spec: ruletypes.BasicRuleThresholds{
+			{
+				TargetValue: postableRule.RuleCondition.Target,
+				MatchType:   ruletypes.MatchType(postableRule.RuleCondition.MatchType),
+				CompareOp:   ruletypes.CompareOp(postableRule.RuleCondition.CompareOp),
+			},
+		},
+	}
 
 	// 01:39:47
 	ts := time.Unix(1717205987, 0)
@@ -1380,6 +1479,20 @@ func TestThresholdRuleUnitCombinations(t *testing.T) {
 		postableRule.RuleCondition.Target = &c.target
 		postableRule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.Unit = c.yAxisUnit
 		postableRule.RuleCondition.TargetUnit = c.targetUnit
+		postableRule.RuleCondition.Thresholds = &ruletypes.RuleThresholdData{
+			Kind: ruletypes.BasicThresholdKind,
+			Spec: ruletypes.BasicRuleThresholds{
+				{
+					Name:          postableRule.AlertName,
+					TargetValue:   &c.target,
+					TargetUnit:    c.targetUnit,
+					RuleUnit:      postableRule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.Unit,
+					MatchType:     ruletypes.MatchType(c.matchType),
+					CompareOp:     ruletypes.CompareOp(c.compareOp),
+					SelectedQuery: postableRule.RuleCondition.SelectedQuery,
+				},
+			},
+		}
 		postableRule.Annotations = map[string]string{
 			"description": "This alert is fired when the defined metric (current value: {{$value}}) crosses the threshold ({{$threshold}})",
 			"summary":     "The rule threshold is set to {{$threshold}}, and the observed metric value is {{$value}}",
@@ -1475,9 +1588,19 @@ func TestThresholdRuleNoData(t *testing.T) {
 			ExpectQuery(queryString).
 			WillReturnRows(rows)
 		var target float64 = 0
-		postableRule.RuleCondition.CompareOp = ruletypes.ValueIsEq
-		postableRule.RuleCondition.MatchType = ruletypes.AtleastOnce
-		postableRule.RuleCondition.Target = &target
+		postableRule.RuleCondition.Thresholds = &ruletypes.RuleThresholdData{
+			Kind: ruletypes.BasicThresholdKind,
+			Spec: ruletypes.BasicRuleThresholds{
+				{
+					Name:          postableRule.AlertName,
+					TargetValue:   &target,
+					RuleUnit:      postableRule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.Unit,
+					MatchType:     ruletypes.AtleastOnce,
+					CompareOp:     ruletypes.ValueIsEq,
+					SelectedQuery: postableRule.RuleCondition.SelectedQuery,
+				},
+			},
+		}
 		postableRule.Annotations = map[string]string{
 			"description": "This alert is fired when the defined metric (current value: {{$value}}) crosses the threshold ({{$threshold}})",
 			"summary":     "The rule threshold is set to {{$threshold}}, and the observed metric value is {{$value}}",
@@ -1585,6 +1708,20 @@ func TestThresholdRuleTracesLink(t *testing.T) {
 		postableRule.RuleCondition.Target = &c.target
 		postableRule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.Unit = c.yAxisUnit
 		postableRule.RuleCondition.TargetUnit = c.targetUnit
+		postableRule.RuleCondition.Thresholds = &ruletypes.RuleThresholdData{
+			Kind: ruletypes.BasicThresholdKind,
+			Spec: ruletypes.BasicRuleThresholds{
+				{
+					Name:          postableRule.AlertName,
+					TargetValue:   &c.target,
+					TargetUnit:    c.targetUnit,
+					RuleUnit:      postableRule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.Unit,
+					MatchType:     ruletypes.MatchType(c.matchType),
+					CompareOp:     ruletypes.CompareOp(c.compareOp),
+					SelectedQuery: postableRule.RuleCondition.SelectedQuery,
+				},
+			},
+		}
 		postableRule.Annotations = map[string]string{
 			"description": "This alert is fired when the defined metric (current value: {{$value}}) crosses the threshold ({{$threshold}})",
 			"summary":     "The rule threshold is set to {{$threshold}}, and the observed metric value is {{$value}}",
@@ -1708,6 +1845,20 @@ func TestThresholdRuleLogsLink(t *testing.T) {
 		postableRule.RuleCondition.Target = &c.target
 		postableRule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.Unit = c.yAxisUnit
 		postableRule.RuleCondition.TargetUnit = c.targetUnit
+		postableRule.RuleCondition.Thresholds = &ruletypes.RuleThresholdData{
+			Kind: ruletypes.BasicThresholdKind,
+			Spec: ruletypes.BasicRuleThresholds{
+				{
+					Name:          postableRule.AlertName,
+					TargetValue:   &c.target,
+					TargetUnit:    c.targetUnit,
+					RuleUnit:      postableRule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.Unit,
+					MatchType:     ruletypes.MatchType(c.matchType),
+					CompareOp:     ruletypes.CompareOp(c.compareOp),
+					SelectedQuery: postableRule.RuleCondition.SelectedQuery,
+				},
+			},
+		}
 		postableRule.Annotations = map[string]string{
 			"description": "This alert is fired when the defined metric (current value: {{$value}}) crosses the threshold ({{$threshold}})",
 			"summary":     "The rule threshold is set to {{$threshold}}, and the observed metric value is {{$value}}",
@@ -1756,6 +1907,16 @@ func TestThresholdRuleShiftBy(t *testing.T) {
 		EvalWindow: ruletypes.Duration(5 * time.Minute),
 		Frequency:  ruletypes.Duration(1 * time.Minute),
 		RuleCondition: &ruletypes.RuleCondition{
+			Thresholds: &ruletypes.RuleThresholdData{
+				Kind: ruletypes.BasicThresholdKind,
+				Spec: ruletypes.BasicRuleThresholds{
+					{
+						TargetValue: &target,
+						CompareOp:   ruletypes.ValueAboveOrEq,
+						MatchType:   ruletypes.AtleastOnce,
+					},
+				},
+			},
 			CompositeQuery: &v3.CompositeQuery{
 				QueryType: v3.QueryTypeBuilder,
 				BuilderQueries: map[string]*v3.BuilderQuery{
@@ -1787,8 +1948,6 @@ func TestThresholdRuleShiftBy(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			Target:    &target,
-			CompareOp: ruletypes.ValueAboveOrEq,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -1811,3 +1970,188 @@ func TestThresholdRuleShiftBy(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(t, int64(10), params.CompositeQuery.BuilderQueries["A"].ShiftBy)
 }
+
+func TestMultipleThresholdRule(t *testing.T) {
+	postableRule := ruletypes.PostableRule{
+		AlertName:  "Mulitple threshold test",
+		AlertType:  ruletypes.AlertTypeMetric,
+		RuleType:   ruletypes.RuleTypeThreshold,
+		EvalWindow: ruletypes.Duration(5 * time.Minute),
+		Frequency:  ruletypes.Duration(1 * time.Minute),
+		RuleCondition: &ruletypes.RuleCondition{
+			CompositeQuery: &v3.CompositeQuery{
+				QueryType: v3.QueryTypeBuilder,
+				BuilderQueries: map[string]*v3.BuilderQuery{
+					"A": {
+						QueryName:    "A",
+						StepInterval: 60,
+						AggregateAttribute: v3.AttributeKey{
+							Key: "signoz_calls_total",
+						},
+						AggregateOperator: v3.AggregateOperatorSumRate,
+						DataSource:        v3.DataSourceMetrics,
+						Expression:        "A",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	telemetryStore := telemetrystoretest.New(telemetrystore.Config{}, &queryMatcherAny{})
+
+	cols := make([]cmock.ColumnType, 0)
+	cols = append(cols, cmock.ColumnType{Name: "value", Type: "Float64"})
+	cols = append(cols, cmock.ColumnType{Name: "attr", Type: "String"})
+	cols = append(cols, cmock.ColumnType{Name: "timestamp", Type: "String"})
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		targetUnit   string
+		yAxisUnit    string
+		values       [][]interface{}
+		expectAlerts int
+		compareOp    string
+		matchType    string
+		target       float64
+		secondTarget float64
+		summaryAny   []string
+	}{
+		{
+			targetUnit: "s",
+			yAxisUnit:  "ns",
+			values: [][]interface{}{
+				{float64(572588400), "attr", time.Now()},                              // 0.57 seconds
+				{float64(572386400), "attr", time.Now().Add(1 * time.Second)},         // 0.57 seconds
+				{float64(300947400), "attr", time.Now().Add(2 * time.Second)},         // 0.3 seconds
+				{float64(299316000), "attr", time.Now().Add(3 * time.Second)},         // 0.3 seconds
+				{float64(66640400.00000001), "attr", time.Now().Add(4 * time.Second)}, // 0.06 seconds
+			},
+			expectAlerts: 2,
+			compareOp:    "1", // Above
+			matchType:    "1", // Once
+			target:       1,   // 1 second
+			secondTarget: .5,
+			summaryAny: []string{
+				"observed metric value is 573 ms",
+				"observed metric value is 572 ms",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			targetUnit: "ms",
+			yAxisUnit:  "ns",
+			values: [][]interface{}{
+				{float64(572588400), "attr", time.Now()},                              // 572.58 ms
+				{float64(572386400), "attr", time.Now().Add(1 * time.Second)},         // 572.38 ms
+				{float64(300947400), "attr", time.Now().Add(2 * time.Second)},         // 300.94 ms
+				{float64(299316000), "attr", time.Now().Add(3 * time.Second)},         // 299.31 ms
+				{float64(66640400.00000001), "attr", time.Now().Add(4 * time.Second)}, // 66.64 ms
+			},
+			expectAlerts: 6,   // Expects 6 values exceed 200ms (572.58, 572.38, 300.94, 299.31) + 2 values exceed 500ms (572.58, 572.38)
+			compareOp:    "1", // Above
+			matchType:    "1", // Once
+			target:       200, // 200 ms
+			secondTarget: 500,
+			summaryAny: []string{
+				"observed metric value is 299 ms",
+				"the observed metric value is 573 ms",
+				"the observed metric value is 572 ms",
+				"the observed metric value is 301 ms",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			targetUnit: "decgbytes",
+			yAxisUnit:  "bytes",
+			values: [][]interface{}{
+				{float64(2863284053), "attr", time.Now()},                             // 2.86 GB
+				{float64(2863388842), "attr", time.Now().Add(1 * time.Second)},        // 2.86 GB
+				{float64(300947400), "attr", time.Now().Add(2 * time.Second)},         // 0.3 GB
+				{float64(299316000), "attr", time.Now().Add(3 * time.Second)},         // 0.3 GB
+				{float64(66640400.00000001), "attr", time.Now().Add(4 * time.Second)}, // 66.64 MB
+			},
+			expectAlerts: 2,
+			compareOp:    "1", // Above
+			matchType:    "1", // Once
+			target:       200, // 200 GB
+			secondTarget: 2,   // 2GB
+			summaryAny: []string{
+				"observed metric value is 2.7 GiB",
+				"the observed metric value is 0.3 GB",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	logger := instrumentationtest.New().Logger()
+
+	for idx, c := range cases {
+		rows := cmock.NewRows(cols, c.values)
+		// We are testing the eval logic after the query is run
+		// so we don't care about the query string here
+		queryString := "SELECT any"
+		telemetryStore.Mock().
+			ExpectQuery(queryString).
+			WillReturnRows(rows)
+		postableRule.RuleCondition.CompareOp = ruletypes.CompareOp(c.compareOp)
+		postableRule.RuleCondition.MatchType = ruletypes.MatchType(c.matchType)
+		postableRule.RuleCondition.Target = &c.target
+		postableRule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.Unit = c.yAxisUnit
+		postableRule.RuleCondition.TargetUnit = c.targetUnit
+		postableRule.RuleCondition.Thresholds = &ruletypes.RuleThresholdData{
+			Kind: ruletypes.BasicThresholdKind,
+			Spec: ruletypes.BasicRuleThresholds{
+				{
+					Name:          "first_threshold",
+					TargetValue:   &c.target,
+					TargetUnit:    c.targetUnit,
+					RuleUnit:      postableRule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.Unit,
+					MatchType:     ruletypes.MatchType(c.matchType),
+					CompareOp:     ruletypes.CompareOp(c.compareOp),
+					SelectedQuery: postableRule.RuleCondition.SelectedQuery,
+				},
+				{
+					Name:          "second_threshold",
+					TargetValue:   &c.secondTarget,
+					TargetUnit:    c.targetUnit,
+					RuleUnit:      postableRule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.Unit,
+					MatchType:     ruletypes.MatchType(c.matchType),
+					CompareOp:     ruletypes.CompareOp(c.compareOp),
+					SelectedQuery: postableRule.RuleCondition.SelectedQuery,
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		postableRule.Annotations = map[string]string{
+			"description": "This alert is fired when the defined metric (current value: {{$value}}) crosses the threshold ({{$threshold}})",
+			"summary":     "The rule threshold is set to {{$threshold}}, and the observed metric value is {{$value}}",
+		}
+
+		options := clickhouseReader.NewOptions("", "", "archiveNamespace")
+		readerCache, err := cachetest.New(cache.Config{Provider: "memory", Memory: cache.Memory{TTL: DefaultFrequency}})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		reader := clickhouseReader.NewReaderFromClickhouseConnection(options, nil, telemetryStore, prometheustest.New(instrumentationtest.New().Logger(), prometheus.Config{}), "", time.Duration(time.Second), readerCache)
+		rule, err := NewThresholdRule("69", valuer.GenerateUUID(), &postableRule, reader, nil, logger)
+		rule.TemporalityMap = map[string]map[v3.Temporality]bool{
+			"signoz_calls_total": {
+				v3.Delta: true,
+			},
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+		}
+
+		retVal, err := rule.Eval(context.Background(), time.Now())
+		if err != nil {
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+		}
+
+		assert.Equal(t, c.expectAlerts, retVal.(int), "case %d", idx)
+		if c.expectAlerts != 0 {
+			foundCount := 0
+			for _, item := range rule.Active {
+				for _, summary := range c.summaryAny {
+					if strings.Contains(item.Annotations.Get("summary"), summary) {
+						foundCount++
+						break
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			assert.Equal(t, c.expectAlerts, foundCount, "case %d", idx)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/types/ruletypes/alerting.go b/pkg/types/ruletypes/alerting.go
index 32f276163651..52f56c479905 100644
--- a/pkg/types/ruletypes/alerting.go
+++ b/pkg/types/ruletypes/alerting.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/query-service/model"
 	v3 "github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/query-service/model/v3"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/query-service/utils/labels"
-
 	qbtypes "github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types/querybuildertypes/querybuildertypesv5"
 )
 
@@ -106,18 +105,19 @@ const (
 )
 
 type RuleCondition struct {
-	CompositeQuery    *v3.CompositeQuery `json:"compositeQuery,omitempty" yaml:"compositeQuery,omitempty"`
-	CompareOp         CompareOp          `yaml:"op,omitempty" json:"op,omitempty"`
-	Target            *float64           `yaml:"target,omitempty" json:"target,omitempty"`
-	AlertOnAbsent     bool               `yaml:"alertOnAbsent,omitempty" json:"alertOnAbsent,omitempty"`
-	AbsentFor         uint64             `yaml:"absentFor,omitempty" json:"absentFor,omitempty"`
+	CompositeQuery    *v3.CompositeQuery `json:"compositeQuery,omitempty"`
+	CompareOp         CompareOp          `json:"op,omitempty"`
+	Target            *float64           `json:"target,omitempty"`
+	AlertOnAbsent     bool               `json:"alertOnAbsent,omitempty"`
+	AbsentFor         uint64             `json:"absentFor,omitempty"`
 	MatchType         MatchType          `json:"matchType,omitempty"`
 	TargetUnit        string             `json:"targetUnit,omitempty"`
 	Algorithm         string             `json:"algorithm,omitempty"`
 	Seasonality       string             `json:"seasonality,omitempty"`
 	SelectedQuery     string             `json:"selectedQueryName,omitempty"`
-	RequireMinPoints  bool               `yaml:"requireMinPoints,omitempty" json:"requireMinPoints,omitempty"`
-	RequiredNumPoints int                `yaml:"requiredNumPoints,omitempty" json:"requiredNumPoints,omitempty"`
+	RequireMinPoints  bool               `json:"requireMinPoints,omitempty"`
+	RequiredNumPoints int                `json:"requiredNumPoints,omitempty"`
+	Thresholds        *RuleThresholdData `json:"thresholds,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (rc *RuleCondition) GetSelectedQueryName() string {
@@ -188,10 +188,7 @@ func (rc *RuleCondition) IsValid() bool {
 	}
 
 	if rc.QueryType() == v3.QueryTypeBuilder {
-		if rc.Target == nil {
-			return false
-		}
-		if rc.CompareOp == "" {
+		if rc.Thresholds == nil {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/types/ruletypes/api_params.go b/pkg/types/ruletypes/api_params.go
index b6be66d93149..f4ad6b55cd2b 100644
--- a/pkg/types/ruletypes/api_params.go
+++ b/pkg/types/ruletypes/api_params.go
@@ -3,18 +3,15 @@ package ruletypes
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
 	"time"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
+	signozError "github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/query-service/model"
 	v3 "github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/query-service/model/v3"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/query-service/utils/times"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/query-service/utils/timestamp"
-	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
 type AlertType string
@@ -30,30 +27,20 @@ type RuleDataKind string
 
 const (
 	RuleDataKindJson RuleDataKind = "json"
-	RuleDataKindYaml RuleDataKind = "yaml"
 )
 
-var (
-	ErrFailedToParseJSON = errors.New("failed to parse json")
-	ErrFailedToParseYAML = errors.New("failed to parse yaml")
-	ErrInvalidDataType   = errors.New("invalid data type")
-)
-
-// this file contains api request and responses to be
-// served over http
-
 // PostableRule is used to create alerting rule from HTTP api
 type PostableRule struct {
-	AlertName   string    `yaml:"alert,omitempty" json:"alert,omitempty"`
-	AlertType   AlertType `yaml:"alertType,omitempty" json:"alertType,omitempty"`
-	Description string    `yaml:"description,omitempty" json:"description,omitempty"`
-	RuleType    RuleType  `yaml:"ruleType,omitempty" json:"ruleType,omitempty"`
-	EvalWindow  Duration  `yaml:"evalWindow,omitempty" json:"evalWindow,omitempty"`
-	Frequency   Duration  `yaml:"frequency,omitempty" json:"frequency,omitempty"`
+	AlertName   string    `json:"alert,omitempty"`
+	AlertType   AlertType `json:"alertType,omitempty"`
+	Description string    `json:"description,omitempty"`
+	RuleType    RuleType  `json:"ruleType,omitempty"`
+	EvalWindow  Duration  `json:"evalWindow,omitempty"`
+	Frequency   Duration  `json:"frequency,omitempty"`
 
-	RuleCondition *RuleCondition    `yaml:"condition,omitempty" json:"condition,omitempty"`
-	Labels        map[string]string `yaml:"labels,omitempty" json:"labels,omitempty"`
-	Annotations   map[string]string `yaml:"annotations,omitempty" json:"annotations,omitempty"`
+	RuleCondition *RuleCondition    `json:"condition,omitempty"`
+	Labels        map[string]string `json:"labels,omitempty"`
+	Annotations   map[string]string `json:"annotations,omitempty"`
 
 	Disabled bool `json:"disabled"`
 
@@ -63,84 +50,65 @@ type PostableRule struct {
 	PreferredChannels []string `json:"preferredChannels,omitempty"`
 
 	Version string `json:"version,omitempty"`
-
-	// legacy
-	Expr    string `yaml:"expr,omitempty" json:"expr,omitempty"`
-	OldYaml string `json:"yaml,omitempty"`
 }
 
-func ParsePostableRule(content []byte) (*PostableRule, error) {
-	return ParsePostableRuleWithKind(content, "json")
-}
+func (r *PostableRule) processRuleDefaults() error {
 
-func ParsePostableRuleWithKind(content []byte, kind RuleDataKind) (*PostableRule, error) {
-	return ParseIntoRule(PostableRule{}, content, kind)
-}
-
-// parseIntoRule loads the content (data) into PostableRule and also
-// validates the end result
-func ParseIntoRule(initRule PostableRule, content []byte, kind RuleDataKind) (*PostableRule, error) {
-	rule := &initRule
-
-	var err error
-	if kind == RuleDataKindJson {
-		if err = json.Unmarshal(content, rule); err != nil {
-			return nil, ErrFailedToParseJSON
-		}
-	} else if kind == RuleDataKindYaml {
-		if err = yaml.Unmarshal(content, rule); err != nil {
-			return nil, ErrFailedToParseYAML
-		}
-	} else {
-		return nil, ErrInvalidDataType
+	if r.EvalWindow == 0 {
+		r.EvalWindow = Duration(5 * time.Minute)
 	}
 
-	if rule.RuleCondition == nil && rule.Expr != "" {
-		// account for legacy rules
-		rule.RuleType = RuleTypeProm
-		rule.EvalWindow = Duration(5 * time.Minute)
-		rule.Frequency = Duration(1 * time.Minute)
-		rule.RuleCondition = &RuleCondition{
-			CompositeQuery: &v3.CompositeQuery{
-				QueryType: v3.QueryTypePromQL,
-				PromQueries: map[string]*v3.PromQuery{
-					"A": {
-						Query: rule.Expr,
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		}
+	if r.Frequency == 0 {
+		r.Frequency = Duration(1 * time.Minute)
 	}
 
-	if rule.EvalWindow == 0 {
-		rule.EvalWindow = Duration(5 * time.Minute)
-	}
-
-	if rule.Frequency == 0 {
-		rule.Frequency = Duration(1 * time.Minute)
-	}
-
-	if rule.RuleCondition != nil {
-		if rule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.QueryType == v3.QueryTypeBuilder {
-			if rule.RuleType == "" {
-				rule.RuleType = RuleTypeThreshold
+	if r.RuleCondition != nil {
+		if r.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.QueryType == v3.QueryTypeBuilder {
+			if r.RuleType == "" {
+				r.RuleType = RuleTypeThreshold
 			}
-		} else if rule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.QueryType == v3.QueryTypePromQL {
-			rule.RuleType = RuleTypeProm
+		} else if r.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.QueryType == v3.QueryTypePromQL {
+			r.RuleType = RuleTypeProm
 		}
 
-		for qLabel, q := range rule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.BuilderQueries {
+		for qLabel, q := range r.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.BuilderQueries {
 			if q.AggregateAttribute.Key != "" && q.Expression == "" {
 				q.Expression = qLabel
 			}
 		}
+		//added alerts v2 fields
+		if r.RuleCondition.Thresholds == nil {
+			thresholdName := CriticalThresholdName
+			if r.Labels != nil {
+				if severity, ok := r.Labels["severity"]; ok {
+					thresholdName = severity
+				}
+			}
+			thresholdData := RuleThresholdData{
+				Kind: BasicThresholdKind,
+				Spec: BasicRuleThresholds{{
+					Name:        thresholdName,
+					RuleUnit:    r.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.Unit,
+					TargetUnit:  r.RuleCondition.TargetUnit,
+					TargetValue: r.RuleCondition.Target,
+					MatchType:   r.RuleCondition.MatchType,
+					CompareOp:   r.RuleCondition.CompareOp,
+				}},
+			}
+			r.RuleCondition.Thresholds = &thresholdData
+		}
 	}
 
-	if err := rule.Validate(); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	return r.Validate()
+}
 
-	return rule, nil
+func (r *PostableRule) UnmarshalJSON(bytes []byte) error {
+	type Alias PostableRule
+	aux := (*Alias)(r)
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes, aux); err != nil {
+		return signozError.NewInvalidInputf(signozError.CodeInvalidInput, "failed to parse json: %v", err)
+	}
+	return r.processRuleDefaults()
 }
 
 func isValidLabelName(ln string) bool {
@@ -204,47 +172,35 @@ func (r *PostableRule) Validate() error {
 
 	if r.RuleCondition == nil {
 		// will get panic if we try to access CompositeQuery, so return here
-		return errors.Errorf("rule condition is required")
+		return signozError.NewInvalidInputf(signozError.CodeInvalidInput, "rule condition is required")
 	} else {
 		if r.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery == nil {
-			errs = append(errs, errors.Errorf("composite metric query is required"))
+			errs = append(errs, signozError.NewInvalidInputf(signozError.CodeInvalidInput, "composite metric query is required"))
 		}
 	}
 
 	if isAllQueriesDisabled(r.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery) {
-		errs = append(errs, errors.Errorf("all queries are disabled in rule condition"))
-	}
-
-	if r.RuleType == RuleTypeThreshold {
-		if r.RuleCondition.Target == nil {
-			errs = append(errs, errors.Errorf("rule condition missing the threshold"))
-		}
-		if r.RuleCondition.CompareOp == "" {
-			errs = append(errs, errors.Errorf("rule condition missing the compare op"))
-		}
-		if r.RuleCondition.MatchType == "" {
-			errs = append(errs, errors.Errorf("rule condition missing the match option"))
-		}
+		errs = append(errs, signozError.NewInvalidInputf(signozError.CodeInvalidInput, "all queries are disabled in rule condition"))
 	}
 
 	for k, v := range r.Labels {
 		if !isValidLabelName(k) {
-			errs = append(errs, errors.Errorf("invalid label name: %s", k))
+			errs = append(errs, signozError.NewInvalidInputf(signozError.CodeInvalidInput, "invalid label name: %s", k))
 		}
 
 		if !isValidLabelValue(v) {
-			errs = append(errs, errors.Errorf("invalid label value: %s", v))
+			errs = append(errs, signozError.NewInvalidInputf(signozError.CodeInvalidInput, "invalid label value: %s", v))
 		}
 	}
 
 	for k := range r.Annotations {
 		if !isValidLabelName(k) {
-			errs = append(errs, errors.Errorf("invalid annotation name: %s", k))
+			errs = append(errs, signozError.NewInvalidInputf(signozError.CodeInvalidInput, "invalid annotation name: %s", k))
 		}
 	}
 
 	errs = append(errs, testTemplateParsing(r)...)
-	return multierr.Combine(errs...)
+	return signozError.Join(errs...)
 }
 
 func testTemplateParsing(rl *PostableRule) (errs []error) {
@@ -272,7 +228,7 @@ func testTemplateParsing(rl *PostableRule) (errs []error) {
 	for _, val := range rl.Labels {
 		err := parseTest(val)
 		if err != nil {
-			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("msg=%s", err.Error()))
+			errs = append(errs, signozError.NewInvalidInputf(signozError.CodeInvalidInput, "template parsing error: %s", err.Error()))
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -280,7 +236,7 @@ func testTemplateParsing(rl *PostableRule) (errs []error) {
 	for _, val := range rl.Annotations {
 		err := parseTest(val)
 		if err != nil {
-			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("msg=%s", err.Error()))
+			errs = append(errs, signozError.NewInvalidInputf(signozError.CodeInvalidInput, "template parsing error: %s", err.Error()))
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/types/ruletypes/api_params_test.go b/pkg/types/ruletypes/api_params_test.go
index 44968e3fd137..27ec5883714e 100644
--- a/pkg/types/ruletypes/api_params_test.go
+++ b/pkg/types/ruletypes/api_params_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package ruletypes
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	v3 "github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/query-service/model/v3"
 )
@@ -84,3 +87,307 @@ func TestIsAllQueriesDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestParseIntoRule(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		initRule    PostableRule
+		content     []byte
+		kind        RuleDataKind
+		expectError bool
+		validate    func(*testing.T, *PostableRule)
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "valid JSON with complete rule",
+			initRule: PostableRule{},
+			content: []byte(`{
+				"alert": "TestAlert",
+				"alertType": "METRIC_BASED_ALERT",
+				"description": "Test description",
+				"ruleType": "threshold_rule",
+				"evalWindow": "5m",
+				"frequency": "1m",
+				"condition": {
+					"compositeQuery": {
+						"queryType": "builder",
+						"builderQueries": {
+							"A": {
+								"expression": "A",
+								"disabled": false,
+								"aggregateAttribute": {
+									"key": "test_metric"
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					},
+					"target": 10.0,
+					"matchType": "1",
+					"op": "1",
+					"selectedQuery": "A"
+				}
+			}`),
+			kind:        RuleDataKindJson,
+			expectError: false,
+			validate: func(t *testing.T, rule *PostableRule) {
+				if rule.AlertName != "TestAlert" {
+					t.Errorf("Expected alert name 'TestAlert', got '%s'", rule.AlertName)
+				}
+				if rule.RuleType != RuleTypeThreshold {
+					t.Errorf("Expected rule type '%s', got '%s'", RuleTypeThreshold, rule.RuleType)
+				}
+				if rule.RuleCondition.Thresholds.Kind.IsZero() {
+					t.Error("Expected thresholds to be populated")
+				}
+				if rule.RuleCondition.Target == nil {
+					t.Error("Expected target to be populated")
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "rule with default values applied",
+			initRule: PostableRule{},
+			content: []byte(`{
+				"alert": "DefaultsRule",
+				"ruleType": "threshold_rule",
+				"condition": {
+					"compositeQuery": {
+						"queryType": "builder",
+						"builderQueries": {
+							"A": {
+								"disabled": false,
+								"aggregateAttribute": {
+									"key": "test_metric"
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					},
+					"target": 5.0,
+					"matchType": "1",
+					"op": "1",
+					"selectedQuery": "A"
+				}
+			}`),
+			kind:        RuleDataKindJson,
+			expectError: false,
+			validate: func(t *testing.T, rule *PostableRule) {
+				if rule.EvalWindow != Duration(5*time.Minute) {
+					t.Errorf("Expected default eval window '5m', got '%v'", rule.EvalWindow)
+				}
+				if rule.Frequency != Duration(1*time.Minute) {
+					t.Errorf("Expected default frequency '1m', got '%v'", rule.Frequency)
+				}
+				if rule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.BuilderQueries["A"].Expression != "A" {
+					t.Errorf("Expected expression 'A', got '%s'", rule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.BuilderQueries["A"].Expression)
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "PromQL rule type detection",
+			initRule: PostableRule{},
+			content: []byte(`{
+				"alert": "PromQLRule",
+				"condition": {
+					"compositeQuery": {
+						"queryType": "promql",
+						"promQueries": {
+							"A": {
+								"query": "rate(http_requests_total[5m])",
+								"disabled": false
+							}
+						}
+					},
+					"target": 10.0,
+					"matchType": "1",
+					"op": "1",
+					"selectedQuery": "A"
+				}
+			}`),
+			kind:        RuleDataKindJson,
+			expectError: false,
+			validate: func(t *testing.T, rule *PostableRule) {
+				if rule.RuleType != RuleTypeProm {
+					t.Errorf("Expected rule type 'PROM_QL_RULE', got '%s'", rule.RuleType)
+				}
+				if rule.RuleCondition.Thresholds.Kind.IsZero() {
+					t.Error("Expected thresholds to be populated")
+				}
+				if rule.RuleCondition.Target == nil {
+					t.Error("Expected target to be populated")
+				}
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := json.Unmarshal(tt.content, &tt.initRule)
+			if tt.expectError {
+				if err == nil {
+					t.Error("Expected error but got none")
+				}
+				return
+			}
+
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			if tt.validate != nil {
+				tt.validate(t, &tt.initRule)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseIntoRuleThresholdGeneration(t *testing.T) {
+	content := []byte(`{
+		"alert": "TestThresholds",
+		"condition": {
+			"compositeQuery": {
+				"queryType": "builder",
+				"builderQueries": {
+					"A": {
+						"expression": "A",
+						"disabled": false,
+						"aggregateAttribute": {
+							"key": "response_time"
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			},
+			"target": 100.0,
+			"matchType": "1",
+			"op": "1",
+			"selectedQuery": "A",
+			"targetUnit": "ms",
+			"thresholds": {
+				"kind": "basic",
+				"spec": [
+					{
+						"name": "CRITICAL",
+						"target": 100.0,
+						"targetUnit": "ms",
+						"ruleUnit": "s",
+						"matchType": "1",
+						"op": "1",
+						"selectedQuery": "A"
+					}
+				]
+			}
+		}
+	}`)
+	rule := PostableRule{}
+	err := json.Unmarshal(content, &rule)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Check that thresholds were parsed correctly
+	if rule.RuleCondition.Thresholds.Kind != BasicThresholdKind {
+		t.Errorf("Expected threshold kind 'basic', got '%s'", rule.RuleCondition.Thresholds.Kind)
+	}
+
+	// Get the threshold and test functionality
+	threshold, err := rule.RuleCondition.Thresholds.GetRuleThreshold()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to get threshold: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Test that threshold can evaluate properly
+	vector, err := threshold.ShouldAlert(v3.Series{
+		Points: []v3.Point{{Value: 0.15, Timestamp: 1000}}, // 150ms in seconds
+		Labels: map[string]string{"test": "label"},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error in ShouldAlert: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(vector) == 0 {
+		t.Error("Expected alert to be triggered for value above threshold")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseIntoRuleMultipleThresholds(t *testing.T) {
+	content := []byte(`{
+		"alert": "MultiThresholdAlert",
+		"ruleType": "threshold_rule",
+		"condition": {
+			"compositeQuery": {
+				"queryType": "builder",
+				"unit": "%",
+				"builderQueries": {
+					"A": {
+						"expression": "A",
+						"disabled": false,
+						"aggregateAttribute": {
+							"key": "cpu_usage"
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			},
+			"target": 90.0,
+			"matchType": "1",
+			"op": "1",
+			"selectedQuery": "A",
+			"thresholds": {
+				"kind": "basic",
+				"spec": [
+					{
+						"name": "WARNING",
+						"target": 70.0,
+						"targetUnit": "%",
+						"ruleUnit": "%",
+						"matchType": "1",
+						"op": "1",
+						"selectedQuery": "A"
+					},
+					{
+						"name": "CRITICAL",
+						"target": 90.0,
+						"targetUnit": "%",
+						"ruleUnit": "%",
+						"matchType": "1",
+						"op": "1",
+						"selectedQuery": "A"
+					}
+				]
+			}
+		}
+	}`)
+	rule := PostableRule{}
+	err := json.Unmarshal(content, &rule)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if rule.RuleCondition.Thresholds.Kind != BasicThresholdKind {
+		t.Errorf("Expected threshold kind 'basic', got '%s'", rule.RuleCondition.Thresholds.Kind)
+	}
+
+	threshold, err := rule.RuleCondition.Thresholds.GetRuleThreshold()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to get threshold: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Test with a value that should trigger both WARNING and CRITICAL thresholds
+	vector, err := threshold.ShouldAlert(v3.Series{
+		Points: []v3.Point{{Value: 95.0, Timestamp: 1000}}, // 95% CPU usage
+		Labels: map[string]string{"service": "test"},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error in ShouldAlert: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(vector))
+
+	vector, err = threshold.ShouldAlert(v3.Series{
+		Points: []v3.Point{{Value: 75.0, Timestamp: 1000}}, // 75% CPU usage
+		Labels: map[string]string{"service": "test"},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error in ShouldAlert: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(vector))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/types/ruletypes/constants.go b/pkg/types/ruletypes/constants.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1851ef919a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/types/ruletypes/constants.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package ruletypes
+
+const CriticalThresholdName = "CRITICAL"
+const LabelThresholdName = "threshold.name"
diff --git a/pkg/types/ruletypes/threshold.go b/pkg/types/ruletypes/threshold.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4c47c790dc40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/types/ruletypes/threshold.go
@@ -0,0 +1,419 @@
+package ruletypes
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/query-service/converter"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/query-service/model/v3"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/query-service/utils/labels"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/valuer"
+	"math"
+	"sort"
+)
+
+type ThresholdKind struct {
+	valuer.String
+}
+
+var (
+	BasicThresholdKind = ThresholdKind{valuer.NewString("basic")}
+)
+
+type RuleThresholdData struct {
+	Kind ThresholdKind `json:"kind"`
+	Spec any           `json:"spec"`
+}
+
+func (r *RuleThresholdData) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	var raw map[string]json.RawMessage
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &raw); err != nil {
+		return errors.NewInvalidInputf(errors.CodeInvalidInput, "failed to unmarshal raw rule threshold json: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw["kind"], &r.Kind); err != nil {
+		return errors.NewInvalidInputf(errors.CodeInvalidInput, "failed to unmarshal rule threshold kind: %v", err)
+	}
+	switch r.Kind {
+	case BasicThresholdKind:
+		var basicThresholds BasicRuleThresholds
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(raw["spec"], &basicThresholds); err != nil {
+			return errors.NewInvalidInputf(errors.CodeInvalidInput, "failed to unmarshal rule threhsold spec: %v", err)
+		}
+		if err := basicThresholds.Validate(); err != nil {
+			return errors.NewInvalidInputf(errors.CodeInvalidInput, "invalid rule threshold spec: %v", err)
+		}
+		r.Spec = basicThresholds
+
+	default:
+		return errors.NewInvalidInputf(errors.CodeUnsupported, "unknown threshold kind")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+type RuleThreshold interface {
+	ShouldAlert(series v3.Series) (Vector, error)
+}
+
+type BasicRuleThreshold struct {
+	Name           string    `json:"name"`
+	TargetValue    *float64  `json:"target"`
+	TargetUnit     string    `json:"targetUnit"`
+	RuleUnit       string    `json:"ruleUnit"`
+	RecoveryTarget *float64  `json:"recoveryTarget"`
+	MatchType      MatchType `json:"matchType"`
+	CompareOp      CompareOp `json:"op"`
+	SelectedQuery  string    `json:"selectedQuery"`
+}
+
+type BasicRuleThresholds []BasicRuleThreshold
+
+func (r BasicRuleThresholds) Validate() error {
+	var errs []error
+	for _, basicThreshold := range r {
+		if err := basicThreshold.Validate(); err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, err)
+		}
+	}
+	return errors.Join(errs...)
+}
+
+func (r BasicRuleThresholds) ShouldAlert(series v3.Series) (Vector, error) {
+	var resultVector Vector
+	thresholds := []BasicRuleThreshold(r)
+	sort.Slice(thresholds, func(i, j int) bool {
+		compareOp := thresholds[i].GetCompareOp()
+		targetI := thresholds[i].Target()
+		targetJ := thresholds[j].Target()
+
+		switch compareOp {
+		case ValueIsAbove, ValueAboveOrEq, ValueOutsideBounds:
+			// For "above" operations, sort descending (higher values first)
+			return targetI > targetJ
+		case ValueIsBelow, ValueBelowOrEq:
+			// For "below" operations, sort ascending (lower values first)
+			return targetI < targetJ
+		default:
+			// For equal/not equal operations, use descending as default
+			return targetI > targetJ
+		}
+	})
+	for _, threshold := range thresholds {
+		smpl, shouldAlert := threshold.ShouldAlert(series)
+		if shouldAlert {
+			resultVector = append(resultVector, smpl)
+		}
+	}
+	return resultVector, nil
+}
+
+func (b BasicRuleThreshold) GetName() string {
+	return b.Name
+}
+
+func (b BasicRuleThreshold) Target() float64 {
+	unitConverter := converter.FromUnit(converter.Unit(b.TargetUnit))
+	// convert the target value to the y-axis unit
+	value := unitConverter.Convert(converter.Value{
+		F: *b.TargetValue,
+		U: converter.Unit(b.TargetUnit),
+	}, converter.Unit(b.RuleUnit))
+	return value.F
+}
+
+func (b BasicRuleThreshold) GetRecoveryTarget() float64 {
+	if b.RecoveryTarget == nil {
+		return 0
+	} else {
+		return *b.RecoveryTarget
+	}
+}
+
+func (b BasicRuleThreshold) GetMatchType() MatchType {
+	return b.MatchType
+}
+
+func (b BasicRuleThreshold) GetCompareOp() CompareOp {
+	return b.CompareOp
+}
+
+func (b BasicRuleThreshold) GetSelectedQuery() string {
+	return b.SelectedQuery
+}
+
+func (b BasicRuleThreshold) Validate() error {
+	var errs []error
+	if b.Name == "" {
+		errs = append(errs, errors.NewInvalidInputf(errors.CodeInvalidInput, "threshold name cannot be empty"))
+	}
+
+	if b.TargetValue == nil {
+		errs = append(errs, errors.NewInvalidInputf(errors.CodeInvalidInput, "target value cannot be nil"))
+	}
+
+	switch b.CompareOp {
+	case ValueIsAbove, ValueIsBelow, ValueIsEq, ValueIsNotEq, ValueAboveOrEq, ValueBelowOrEq, ValueOutsideBounds:
+		// valid compare operations
+	case CompareOpNone:
+		errs = append(errs, errors.NewInvalidInputf(errors.CodeInvalidInput, "compare operation cannot be none"))
+	default:
+		errs = append(errs, errors.NewInvalidInputf(errors.CodeInvalidInput, "invalid compare operation: %s", string(b.CompareOp)))
+	}
+
+	switch b.MatchType {
+	case AtleastOnce, AllTheTimes, OnAverage, InTotal, Last:
+		// valid match types
+	case MatchTypeNone:
+		errs = append(errs, errors.NewInvalidInputf(errors.CodeInvalidInput, "match type cannot be none"))
+	default:
+		errs = append(errs, errors.NewInvalidInputf(errors.CodeInvalidInput, "invalid match type: %s", string(b.MatchType)))
+	}
+
+	return errors.Join(errs...)
+}
+
+func removeGroupinSetPoints(series v3.Series) []v3.Point {
+	var result []v3.Point
+	for _, s := range series.Points {
+		if s.Timestamp >= 0 && !math.IsNaN(s.Value) && !math.IsInf(s.Value, 0) {
+			result = append(result, s)
+		}
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
+func (b BasicRuleThreshold) ShouldAlert(series v3.Series) (Sample, bool) {
+	var shouldAlert bool
+	var alertSmpl Sample
+	var lbls labels.Labels
+
+	for name, value := range series.Labels {
+		lbls = append(lbls, labels.Label{Name: name, Value: value})
+	}
+
+	lbls = append(lbls, labels.Label{Name: LabelThresholdName, Value: b.Name})
+
+	series.Points = removeGroupinSetPoints(series)
+
+	// nothing to evaluate
+	if len(series.Points) == 0 {
+		return alertSmpl, false
+	}
+
+	switch b.MatchType {
+	case AtleastOnce:
+		// If any sample matches the condition, the rule is firing.
+		if b.CompareOp == ValueIsAbove {
+			for _, smpl := range series.Points {
+				if smpl.Value > b.Target() {
+					alertSmpl = Sample{Point: Point{V: smpl.Value}, Metric: lbls}
+					shouldAlert = true
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		} else if b.CompareOp == ValueIsBelow {
+			for _, smpl := range series.Points {
+				if smpl.Value < b.Target() {
+					alertSmpl = Sample{Point: Point{V: smpl.Value}, Metric: lbls}
+					shouldAlert = true
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		} else if b.CompareOp == ValueIsEq {
+			for _, smpl := range series.Points {
+				if smpl.Value == b.Target() {
+					alertSmpl = Sample{Point: Point{V: smpl.Value}, Metric: lbls}
+					shouldAlert = true
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		} else if b.CompareOp == ValueIsNotEq {
+			for _, smpl := range series.Points {
+				if smpl.Value != b.Target() {
+					alertSmpl = Sample{Point: Point{V: smpl.Value}, Metric: lbls}
+					shouldAlert = true
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		} else if b.CompareOp == ValueOutsideBounds {
+			for _, smpl := range series.Points {
+				if math.Abs(smpl.Value) >= b.Target() {
+					alertSmpl = Sample{Point: Point{V: smpl.Value}, Metric: lbls}
+					shouldAlert = true
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	case AllTheTimes:
+		// If all samples match the condition, the rule is firing.
+		shouldAlert = true
+		alertSmpl = Sample{Point: Point{V: b.Target()}, Metric: lbls}
+		if b.CompareOp == ValueIsAbove {
+			for _, smpl := range series.Points {
+				if smpl.Value <= b.Target() {
+					shouldAlert = false
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			// use min value from the series
+			if shouldAlert {
+				var minValue float64 = math.Inf(1)
+				for _, smpl := range series.Points {
+					if smpl.Value < minValue {
+						minValue = smpl.Value
+					}
+				}
+				alertSmpl = Sample{Point: Point{V: minValue}, Metric: lbls}
+			}
+		} else if b.CompareOp == ValueIsBelow {
+			for _, smpl := range series.Points {
+				if smpl.Value >= b.Target() {
+					shouldAlert = false
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if shouldAlert {
+				var maxValue float64 = math.Inf(-1)
+				for _, smpl := range series.Points {
+					if smpl.Value > maxValue {
+						maxValue = smpl.Value
+					}
+				}
+				alertSmpl = Sample{Point: Point{V: maxValue}, Metric: lbls}
+			}
+		} else if b.CompareOp == ValueIsEq {
+			for _, smpl := range series.Points {
+				if smpl.Value != b.Target() {
+					shouldAlert = false
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		} else if b.CompareOp == ValueIsNotEq {
+			for _, smpl := range series.Points {
+				if smpl.Value == b.Target() {
+					shouldAlert = false
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			// use any non-inf or nan value from the series
+			if shouldAlert {
+				for _, smpl := range series.Points {
+					if !math.IsInf(smpl.Value, 0) && !math.IsNaN(smpl.Value) {
+						alertSmpl = Sample{Point: Point{V: smpl.Value}, Metric: lbls}
+						break
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		} else if b.CompareOp == ValueOutsideBounds {
+			for _, smpl := range series.Points {
+				if math.Abs(smpl.Value) < b.Target() {
+					alertSmpl = Sample{Point: Point{V: smpl.Value}, Metric: lbls}
+					shouldAlert = false
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	case OnAverage:
+		// If the average of all samples matches the condition, the rule is firing.
+		var sum, count float64
+		for _, smpl := range series.Points {
+			if math.IsNaN(smpl.Value) || math.IsInf(smpl.Value, 0) {
+				continue
+			}
+			sum += smpl.Value
+			count++
+		}
+		avg := sum / count
+		alertSmpl = Sample{Point: Point{V: avg}, Metric: lbls}
+		if b.CompareOp == ValueIsAbove {
+			if avg > b.Target() {
+				shouldAlert = true
+			}
+		} else if b.CompareOp == ValueIsBelow {
+			if avg < b.Target() {
+				shouldAlert = true
+			}
+		} else if b.CompareOp == ValueIsEq {
+			if avg == b.Target() {
+				shouldAlert = true
+			}
+		} else if b.CompareOp == ValueIsNotEq {
+			if avg != b.Target() {
+				shouldAlert = true
+			}
+		} else if b.CompareOp == ValueOutsideBounds {
+			if math.Abs(avg) >= b.Target() {
+				shouldAlert = true
+			}
+		}
+	case InTotal:
+		// If the sum of all samples matches the condition, the rule is firing.
+		var sum float64
+
+		for _, smpl := range series.Points {
+			if math.IsNaN(smpl.Value) || math.IsInf(smpl.Value, 0) {
+				continue
+			}
+			sum += smpl.Value
+		}
+		alertSmpl = Sample{Point: Point{V: sum}, Metric: lbls}
+		if b.CompareOp == ValueIsAbove {
+			if sum > b.Target() {
+				shouldAlert = true
+			}
+		} else if b.CompareOp == ValueIsBelow {
+			if sum < b.Target() {
+				shouldAlert = true
+			}
+		} else if b.CompareOp == ValueIsEq {
+			if sum == b.Target() {
+				shouldAlert = true
+			}
+		} else if b.CompareOp == ValueIsNotEq {
+			if sum != b.Target() {
+				shouldAlert = true
+			}
+		} else if b.CompareOp == ValueOutsideBounds {
+			if math.Abs(sum) >= b.Target() {
+				shouldAlert = true
+			}
+		}
+	case Last:
+		// If the last sample matches the condition, the rule is firing.
+		shouldAlert = false
+		alertSmpl = Sample{Point: Point{V: series.Points[len(series.Points)-1].Value}, Metric: lbls}
+		if b.CompareOp == ValueIsAbove {
+			if series.Points[len(series.Points)-1].Value > b.Target() {
+				shouldAlert = true
+			}
+		} else if b.CompareOp == ValueIsBelow {
+			if series.Points[len(series.Points)-1].Value < b.Target() {
+				shouldAlert = true
+			}
+		} else if b.CompareOp == ValueIsEq {
+			if series.Points[len(series.Points)-1].Value == b.Target() {
+				shouldAlert = true
+			}
+		} else if b.CompareOp == ValueIsNotEq {
+			if series.Points[len(series.Points)-1].Value != b.Target() {
+				shouldAlert = true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return alertSmpl, shouldAlert
+}
+
+func (r *RuleThresholdData) GetRuleThreshold() (RuleThreshold, error) {
+	if r == nil {
+		return nil, errors.NewInvalidInputf(errors.CodeInvalidInput, "rule threshold is nil")
+	}
+	switch r.Kind {
+	case BasicThresholdKind:
+		if thresholds, ok := r.Spec.(BasicRuleThresholds); ok {
+			basic := BasicRuleThresholds(thresholds)
+			return basic, nil
+		}
+		return nil, errors.NewInvalidInputf(errors.CodeInvalidInput, "invalid rule threshold spec")
+	default:
+		return nil, errors.NewInvalidInputf(errors.CodeUnsupported, "unknown threshold kind")
+	}
+}