diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
+- Add Atlas app-configuration alerts to check unexpected configmaps and secrets.
 - add new node inhibitions to avoid paging for daemonsets when nodes are not ready/unschedulable.
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/helm/prometheus-rules/templates/platform/atlas/alerting-rules/app-configuration.yml b/helm/prometheus-rules/templates/platform/atlas/alerting-rules/app-configuration.yml
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@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+kind: PrometheusRule
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    {{- include "labels.common" . | nindent 4 }}
+  name: atlas-app-configuration.rules
+  namespace: {{ .Values.namespace }}
+spec:
+  groups:
+  - name: atlas-app-configuration
+    rules:
+    # Coming from https://gigantic.slack.com/archives/C07A03AN9JM
+    # This alert ensures our app has no unexpected configmaps.
+    - alert: ConfigmapUnexpected
+      annotations:
+        description: '{{`{{ $labels.configmap }} configmap is not expected.`}}'
+        opsrecipe: atlas-app-configuration/
+      expr: |
+        kube_configmap_info{cluster_type="management_cluster", configmap=~".*(loki|mimir|prometheus-agent)-user-values"} > 0
+      for: 2d
+      labels:
+        area: platform
+        cancel_if_outside_working_hours: "true"
+        severity: notify
+        team: atlas
+        topic: observability
+    # This alert ensures our app has no unexpected secrets.
+    - alert: SecretUnexpected
+      annotations:
+        description: '{{`{{ $labels.secret }} secret is not expected.`}}'
+        opsrecipe: atlas-app-configuration/
+      expr: |
+        kube_secret_info{cluster_type="management_cluster", secret=~".*(loki|mimir|prometheus-agent)-user-values"} > 0
+      for: 2d
+      labels:
+        area: platform
+        cancel_if_outside_working_hours: "true"
+        severity: notify
+        team: atlas
+        topic: observability