diff --git a/cameleer-server-app/src/test/java/com/cameleer/server/app/alerting/controller/AlertRuleControllerIT.java b/cameleer-server-app/src/test/java/com/cameleer/server/app/alerting/controller/AlertRuleControllerIT.java
index 8757bda9..76392912 100644
--- a/cameleer-server-app/src/test/java/com/cameleer/server/app/alerting/controller/AlertRuleControllerIT.java
+++ b/cameleer-server-app/src/test/java/com/cameleer/server/app/alerting/controller/AlertRuleControllerIT.java
@@ -246,6 +246,61 @@ class AlertRuleControllerIT extends AbstractPostgresIT {
         assertThat(preview.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
     }
 
+    // --- PER_EXCHANGE cross-field validation + empty-targets validation ---
+    // RED tests: today's controller accepts these bodies; Task 3.3 adds the validator.
+
+    @Test
+    void createPerExchangeRule_withReNotifyMinutesNonZero_returns400() {
+        String body = perExchangeRuleBodyWithExtras(
+                "per-exchange-renotify",
+                /*reNotifyMinutes*/ 60,
+                /*forDurationSeconds*/ null);
+
+        ResponseEntity<String> resp = restTemplate.exchange(
+                "/api/v1/environments/" + envSlug + "/alerts/rules",
+                HttpMethod.POST,
+                new HttpEntity<>(body, securityHelper.authHeaders(operatorJwt)),
+                String.class);
+
+        assertThat(resp.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST);
+        assertThat(resp.getBody()).contains("reNotifyMinutes");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void createPerExchangeRule_withForDurationSecondsNonZero_returns400() {
+        String body = perExchangeRuleBodyWithExtras(
+                "per-exchange-forduration",
+                /*reNotifyMinutes*/ null,
+                /*forDurationSeconds*/ 60);
+
+        ResponseEntity<String> resp = restTemplate.exchange(
+                "/api/v1/environments/" + envSlug + "/alerts/rules",
+                HttpMethod.POST,
+                new HttpEntity<>(body, securityHelper.authHeaders(operatorJwt)),
+                String.class);
+
+        assertThat(resp.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST);
+        assertThat(resp.getBody()).contains("forDurationSeconds");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void createAnyRule_withEmptyWebhooksAndTargets_returns400() {
+        // baseValidPerExchangeRuleRequest() already produces no webhooks / no targets — that's
+        // precisely the "empty webhooks + empty targets" shape this test pins as a 400.
+        String body = baseValidPerExchangeRuleRequest("no-sinks");
+
+        ResponseEntity<String> resp = restTemplate.exchange(
+                "/api/v1/environments/" + envSlug + "/alerts/rules",
+                HttpMethod.POST,
+                new HttpEntity<>(body, securityHelper.authHeaders(operatorJwt)),
+                String.class);
+
+        assertThat(resp.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST);
+        assertThat(resp.getBody()).satisfiesAnyOf(
+                s -> assertThat(s).contains("webhook"),
+                s -> assertThat(s).contains("target"));
+    }
+
     // --- Unknown env returns 404 ---
 
     @Test
@@ -275,4 +330,41 @@ class AlertRuleControllerIT extends AbstractPostgresIT {
                    "metric":"ERROR_RATE","comparator":"GT","threshold":0.05,"windowSeconds":60}}
                 """.formatted(name);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Produces a request body for a valid PER_EXCHANGE rule (baseline) — no webhooks,
+     * no targets, no reNotifyMinutes, no forDurationSeconds. The controller currently
+     * accepts this shape; Task 3.3 tightens that (empty sinks will 400).
+     */
+    private static String baseValidPerExchangeRuleRequest(String name) {
+        return """
+                {"name":"%s","severity":"WARNING","conditionKind":"EXCHANGE_MATCH",
+                 "condition":{"kind":"EXCHANGE_MATCH","scope":{},
+                   "filter":{"status":"FAILED","attributes":{}},
+                   "fireMode":"PER_EXCHANGE"}}
+                """.formatted(name);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Variant of {@link #baseValidPerExchangeRuleRequest(String)} that sets
+     * reNotifyMinutes and/or forDurationSeconds at the top-level request. Used to pin
+     * the PER_EXCHANGE cross-field validation contract (Task 3.3).
+     */
+    private static String perExchangeRuleBodyWithExtras(String name,
+                                                        Integer reNotifyMinutes,
+                                                        Integer forDurationSeconds) {
+        StringBuilder extras = new StringBuilder();
+        if (reNotifyMinutes != null) {
+            extras.append(",\"reNotifyMinutes\":").append(reNotifyMinutes);
+        }
+        if (forDurationSeconds != null) {
+            extras.append(",\"forDurationSeconds\":").append(forDurationSeconds);
+        }
+        return """
+                {"name":"%s","severity":"WARNING","conditionKind":"EXCHANGE_MATCH",
+                 "condition":{"kind":"EXCHANGE_MATCH","scope":{},
+                   "filter":{"status":"FAILED","attributes":{}},
+                   "fireMode":"PER_EXCHANGE"}%s}
+                """.formatted(name, extras.toString());
+    }
 }