From 8cd4ee232e45eb2e044916c5b679fbafbb375c8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Opolka <7090372+martialblog@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 15:53:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Include active alert labels in alert subcommand

---
 cmd/alert.go                 | 13 +++++++++----
 internal/alert/alert.go      | 14 +++++++++++++-
 internal/alert/alert_test.go |  3 +--
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/alert.go b/cmd/alert.go
index f6a68f1..75dc87d 100644
--- a/cmd/alert.go
+++ b/cmd/alert.go
@@ -71,13 +71,18 @@ inactive = 0`,
 		// We use the Rules endpoint since it contains
 		// the state of inactive Alert Rules, unlike the Alert endpoint
 		// Search requested Alert in all Groups and all Rules
-		alerts, err := c.API.Rules(ctx)
-		if err != nil {
-			check.ExitError(err)
+		alertrules, errR := c.API.Rules(ctx)
+		if errR != nil {
+			check.ExitError(errR)
+		}
+
+		alerts, errA := c.API.Alerts(ctx)
+		if errA != nil {
+			check.ExitError(errA)
 		}
 
 		// Get all rules from all groups into a single list
-		rules := alert.FlattenRules(alerts.Groups, cliAlertConfig.Group)
+		rules := alert.FlattenRules(alertrules.Groups, cliAlertConfig.Group, alerts.Alerts)
 
 		// If there are no rules we can exit early
 		if len(rules) == 0 {
diff --git a/internal/alert/alert.go b/internal/alert/alert.go
index 841ab37..1d640c9 100644
--- a/internal/alert/alert.go
+++ b/internal/alert/alert.go
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 )
 
+const (
+	alertnameLabelKey = "alertname"
+)
+
 // Internal representation of Prometheus Rules.
 // Alert attribute will be used when iterating over multiple AlertingRules.
 type Rule struct {
@@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ type Rule struct {
 	Alert        *v1.Alert
 }
 
-func FlattenRules(groups []v1.RuleGroup, wantedGroups []string) []Rule {
+func FlattenRules(groups []v1.RuleGroup, wantedGroups []string, alerts []v1.Alert) []Rule {
 	// Flattens a list of RuleGroup containing a list of Rules into
 	// a list of internal Alertingrules.
 	var l int
@@ -50,6 +54,14 @@ func FlattenRules(groups []v1.RuleGroup, wantedGroups []string) []Rule {
 			// since RecodingRules can simply be queried.
 			if _, ok := rl.(v1.AlertingRule); ok {
 				r.AlertingRule = rl.(v1.AlertingRule)
+				// Merge labels from active alerts
+				for _, al := range alerts {
+					alertName := al.Labels[alertnameLabelKey]
+					if r.AlertingRule.Name == string(alertName) {
+						r.AlertingRule.Labels = r.AlertingRule.Labels.Merge(al.Labels)
+					}
+				}
+
 				rules = append(rules, r)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/internal/alert/alert_test.go b/internal/alert/alert_test.go
index 0d3ca5b..ed689c3 100644
--- a/internal/alert/alert_test.go
+++ b/internal/alert/alert_test.go
@@ -226,9 +226,8 @@ func TestFlattenRules(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	fr := FlattenRules(rg, nil)
+	fr := FlattenRules(rg, nil, []v1.Alert{})
 	if len(fr) != 1 {
 		t.Error("\nActual: ", fr)
 	}
-
 }

From 98ce46530588e6dbd06c1b1931f886d6682d510e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Opolka <7090372+martialblog@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 16:11:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] [squash]

---
 internal/alert/alert_test.go | 16 +++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/alert/alert_test.go b/internal/alert/alert_test.go
index ed689c3..9fd25ac 100644
--- a/internal/alert/alert_test.go
+++ b/internal/alert/alert_test.go
@@ -183,6 +183,15 @@ func TestGetOutput(t *testing.T) {
 func TestFlattenRules(t *testing.T) {
 	testTime := time.Now()
 
+	alerts := []v1.Alert{
+		v1.Alert{
+			Labels: model.LabelSet{
+				"alertname": "HighRequestLatency",
+				"instance":  "node01",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
 	rg := []v1.RuleGroup{
 		{
 			Name:     "example",
@@ -226,8 +235,9 @@ func TestFlattenRules(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	fr := FlattenRules(rg, nil, []v1.Alert{})
-	if len(fr) != 1 {
-		t.Error("\nActual: ", fr)
+	actual := FlattenRules(rg, nil, alerts)
+
+	if len(actual) != 1 {
+		t.Error("\nActual: ", actual)
 	}
 }