diff --git a/backend/routes/allowlist.py b/backend/routes/allowlist.py
index 414c205b2b3..869d8bf1ebb 100644
--- a/backend/routes/allowlist.py
+++ b/backend/routes/allowlist.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ BACKEND_PATH_PREFIXES: tuple[str, ...] = (
     "/v1/rust_control_plane/",
     # Alerting / email / IP allowlist
     "/alerting/",
-    "/issues/",
+    "/alerts/",
     "/email/",
     "/add/allowed_ip",
     "/delete/allowed_ip",
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ BACKEND_EXACT_PATHS: frozenset[str] = frozenset(
     {
         "/",
         "/routes",
-        "/issues",
+        "/alerts",
         "/lens",
         "/openapi.json",
         "/docs",
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/alerting_endpoints/test_usage_alerts.py b/tests/unit/proxy/alerting_endpoints/test_usage_alerts.py
index 5107e55743a..c6934066551 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/alerting_endpoints/test_usage_alerts.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/alerting_endpoints/test_usage_alerts.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def test_activity_link_escapes_entity_identity_and_includes_baseline() -> None:
     assert query["activity_model"] == ["provider/model?foo=bar&other=1"]
     assert query["activity_from"] == ["2026-10-28"]
     assert query["activity_to"] == ["2026-11-04"]
-    assert query["alert"] == ["qa-alert"]
+    assert query["signal"] == ["qa-alert"]
     assert query["detail_tab"] == ["activity"]