diff --git a/packages/kbn-alerts-ui-shared/src/alerts_search_bar/index.test.tsx b/packages/kbn-alerts-ui-shared/src/alerts_search_bar/index.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7e11a4ee8759a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kbn-alerts-ui-shared/src/alerts_search_bar/index.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the "Elastic License
+ * 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", and the "Server Side
+ * Public License v 1"; you may not use this file except in compliance with, at
+ * your election, the "Elastic License 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public
+ * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { dataPluginMock } from '@kbn/data-plugin/public/mocks';
+import { httpServiceMock, notificationServiceMock } from '@kbn/core/public/mocks';
+import { Filter } from '@kbn/es-query';
+import { useLoadRuleTypesQuery, useAlertsDataView, useRuleAADFields } from '../common/hooks';
+import { AlertsSearchBar } from '.';
+
+jest.mock('../common/hooks/use_load_rule_types_query');
+jest.mock('../common/hooks/use_rule_aad_fields');
+jest.mock('../common/hooks/use_alerts_data_view');
+
+jest.mocked(useAlertsDataView).mockReturnValue({
+  isLoading: false,
+  dataView: {
+    title: '.alerts-*',
+    fields: [
+      {
+        name: 'event.action',
+        type: 'string',
+        aggregatable: true,
+        searchable: true,
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+});
+
+jest.mocked(useLoadRuleTypesQuery).mockReturnValue({
+  ruleTypesState: {
+    isInitialLoad: false,
+    data: new Map(),
+    isLoading: false,
+    error: null,
+  },
+  authorizedToReadAnyRules: false,
+  hasAnyAuthorizedRuleType: false,
+  authorizedRuleTypes: [],
+  authorizedToCreateAnyRules: false,
+  isSuccess: false,
+});
+
+jest.mocked(useRuleAADFields).mockReturnValue({
+  aadFields: [],
+  loading: false,
+});
+
+const mockDataPlugin = dataPluginMock.createStartContract();
+const unifiedSearchBarMock = jest.fn().mockImplementation((props) => (
+  <button
+    data-test-subj="querySubmitButton"
+    onClick={() => props.onQuerySubmit({ dateRange: { from: 'now', to: 'now' } })}
+    type="button"
+  >
+    {'Hello world'}
+  </button>
+));
+const httpMock = httpServiceMock.createStartContract();
+const toastsMock = notificationServiceMock.createStartContract().toasts;
+
+describe('AlertsSearchBar', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('renders correctly', () => {
+    render(
+      <AlertsSearchBar
+        rangeFrom="now/d"
+        rangeTo="now/d"
+        query=""
+        onQuerySubmit={jest.fn()}
+        initialFilters={[]}
+        onFiltersUpdated={jest.fn()}
+        appName={'test'}
+        dataService={mockDataPlugin}
+        featureIds={['observability', 'stackAlerts']}
+        unifiedSearchBar={unifiedSearchBarMock}
+        http={httpMock}
+        toasts={toastsMock}
+      />
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('querySubmitButton')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('renders initial filters correctly', () => {
+    const filters = [
+      {
+        meta: {
+          negate: false,
+          alias: null,
+          disabled: false,
+          type: 'custom',
+          key: 'query',
+        },
+        query: { match_phrase: { 'host.name': 'testValue' } },
+        $state: { store: 'appState' },
+      },
+    ] as Filter[];
+
+    render(
+      <AlertsSearchBar
+        rangeFrom="now/d"
+        rangeTo="now/d"
+        query=""
+        onQuerySubmit={jest.fn()}
+        initialFilters={filters}
+        onFiltersUpdated={jest.fn()}
+        appName={'test'}
+        dataService={mockDataPlugin}
+        featureIds={['observability', 'stackAlerts']}
+        unifiedSearchBar={unifiedSearchBarMock}
+        http={httpMock}
+        toasts={toastsMock}
+      />
+    );
+
+    expect(mockDataPlugin.query.filterManager.addFilters).toHaveBeenCalledWith(filters);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/kbn-alerts-ui-shared/src/alerts_search_bar/index.tsx b/packages/kbn-alerts-ui-shared/src/alerts_search_bar/index.tsx
index 46478167d14067..f466bd3159f3ab 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-alerts-ui-shared/src/alerts_search_bar/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/kbn-alerts-ui-shared/src/alerts_search_bar/index.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 import { useCallback, useMemo, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
 import type { Query, TimeRange } from '@kbn/es-query';
 import type { SuggestionsAbstraction } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/public/typeahead/suggestions_component';
 import { AlertConsumers, ValidFeatureId } from '@kbn/rule-data-utils';
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ import { NO_INDEX_PATTERNS } from './constants';
 import { SEARCH_BAR_PLACEHOLDER } from './translations';
 import type { AlertsSearchBarProps, QueryLanguageType } from './types';
 import { useLoadRuleTypesQuery, useAlertsDataView, useRuleAADFields } from '../common/hooks';
-import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
 
 const SA_ALERTS = { type: 'alerts', fields: {} } as SuggestionsAbstraction;
 
@@ -110,11 +110,6 @@ export const AlertsSearchBar = ({
     let isFirstRender = true;
 
     if (initialFilters?.length && isFirstRender) {
-      console.log('adding filter', {
-        initialFilters,
-        isFirstRender,
-        getFilters: dataService.query.filterManager.getFilters(),
-      });
       dataService.query.filterManager.addFilters(cloneDeep(initialFilters));
     }
 
@@ -152,6 +147,7 @@ export const AlertsSearchBar = ({
     submitOnBlur,
     onQueryChange: onSearchQueryChange,
     suggestionsAbstraction: isSecurity ? undefined : SA_ALERTS,
+    filters: initialFilters,
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/sections/alerts_search_bar/alerts_search_bar.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/sections/alerts_search_bar/alerts_search_bar.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f0a818121cac84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/sections/alerts_search_bar/alerts_search_bar.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { useAlertsDataView } from '@kbn/alerts-ui-shared/src/common/hooks/use_alerts_data_view';
+import { dataPluginMock } from '@kbn/data-plugin/public/mocks';
+import { Filter } from '@kbn/es-query';
+import { NotificationsStart } from '@kbn/core-notifications-browser';
+import { useLoadRuleTypesQuery } from '../../hooks/use_load_rule_types_query';
+import { useRuleAADFields } from '../../hooks/use_rule_aad_fields';
+import { AlertsSearchBar } from './alerts_search_bar';
+
+const mockDataPlugin = dataPluginMock.createStartContract();
+jest.mock('../../hooks/use_load_rule_types_query');
+jest.mock('../../hooks/use_rule_aad_fields');
+jest.mock('@kbn/alerts-ui-shared/src/common/hooks/use_alerts_data_view');
+jest.mock('@kbn/kibana-react-plugin/public', () => {
+  const original = jest.requireActual('@kbn/kibana-react-plugin/public');
+  return {
+    useKibana: () => ({
+      services: {
+        ...original.useKibana().services,
+        data: mockDataPlugin,
+        unifiedSearch: {
+          ui: {
+            SearchBar: jest.fn().mockImplementation((props) => (
+              <button
+                data-test-subj="querySubmitButton"
+                onClick={() => props.onQuerySubmit({ dateRange: { from: 'now', to: 'now' } })}
+                type="button"
+              >
+                {'Hello world'}
+              </button>
+            )),
+          },
+        },
+        notifications: { toasts: { addWarning: jest.fn() } } as unknown as NotificationsStart,
+      },
+    }),
+  };
+});
+jest.mocked(useAlertsDataView).mockReturnValue({
+  isLoading: false,
+  dataView: {
+    title: '.alerts-*',
+    fields: [
+      {
+        name: 'event.action',
+        type: 'string',
+        aggregatable: true,
+        searchable: true,
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+});
+
+jest.mocked(useLoadRuleTypesQuery).mockReturnValue({
+  ruleTypesState: {
+    initialLoad: false,
+    data: new Map(),
+    isLoading: false,
+    error: undefined,
+  },
+  authorizedToReadAnyRules: false,
+  hasAnyAuthorizedRuleType: false,
+  authorizedRuleTypes: [],
+  authorizedToCreateAnyRules: false,
+  isSuccess: false,
+});
+
+jest.mocked(useRuleAADFields).mockReturnValue({
+  aadFields: [],
+  loading: false,
+});
+
+describe('AlertsSearchBar', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('renders correctly', () => {
+    render(
+      <AlertsSearchBar
+        rangeFrom="now/d"
+        rangeTo="now/d"
+        query=""
+        onQuerySubmit={jest.fn()}
+        initialFilters={[]}
+        onFiltersUpdated={jest.fn()}
+        onSavedQueryUpdated={jest.fn()}
+        onClearSavedQuery={jest.fn()}
+        appName={'test'}
+        featureIds={['observability', 'stackAlerts']}
+      />
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('querySubmitButton')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('renders initial filters correctly', () => {
+    const filters = [
+      {
+        meta: {
+          negate: false,
+          alias: null,
+          disabled: false,
+          type: 'custom',
+          key: 'query',
+        },
+        query: { match_phrase: { 'host.name': 'testValue' } },
+        $state: { store: 'appState' },
+      },
+    ] as Filter[];
+
+    render(
+      <AlertsSearchBar
+        rangeFrom="now/d"
+        rangeTo="now/d"
+        query=""
+        onQuerySubmit={jest.fn()}
+        initialFilters={filters}
+        onFiltersUpdated={jest.fn()}
+        onSavedQueryUpdated={jest.fn()}
+        onClearSavedQuery={jest.fn()}
+        appName={'test'}
+        featureIds={['observability', 'stackAlerts']}
+      />
+    );
+
+    expect(mockDataPlugin.query.filterManager.addFilters).toHaveBeenCalledWith(filters);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/sections/alerts_search_bar/alerts_search_bar.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/sections/alerts_search_bar/alerts_search_bar.tsx
index 22856f9ad35bc5..72e9268752f2d1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/sections/alerts_search_bar/alerts_search_bar.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/sections/alerts_search_bar/alerts_search_bar.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { SuggestionsAbstraction } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/public/typeah
 import { AlertConsumers, ValidFeatureId } from '@kbn/rule-data-utils';
 import { EuiContextMenuPanelDescriptor, EuiContextMenuPanelItemDescriptor } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { useAlertsDataView } from '@kbn/alerts-ui-shared/src/common/hooks/use_alerts_data_view';
+import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
 import { isQuickFiltersGroup, QuickFiltersMenuItem } from './quick_filters';
 import { NO_INDEX_PATTERNS } from './constants';
 import { SEARCH_BAR_PLACEHOLDER } from './translations';
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ import { AlertsSearchBarProps, QueryLanguageType } from './types';
 import { TriggersAndActionsUiServices } from '../../..';
 import { useRuleAADFields } from '../../hooks/use_rule_aad_fields';
 import { useLoadRuleTypesQuery } from '../../hooks/use_load_rule_types_query';
-import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
 
 const SA_ALERTS = { type: 'alerts', fields: {} } as SuggestionsAbstraction;
 const EMPTY_FEATURE_IDS: ValidFeatureId[] = [];