diff --git a/client/src/hooks/forms/UseInitNotificationsChannelForm.tsx b/client/src/hooks/forms/UseInitNotificationsChannelForm.tsx
index c0b1ba95c..e215d6f52 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/forms/UseInitNotificationsChannelForm.tsx
+++ b/client/src/hooks/forms/UseInitNotificationsChannelForm.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { notificationChannelSchema } from "@/validation/zod";
+import { notificationChannelSchema } from "@/validation";
 import { useMemo } from "react";
 
 import { z } from "zod";
diff --git a/client/src/pages/infrastructure/InfraConfig.tsx b/client/src/pages/infrastructure/InfraConfig.tsx
index 0d640e416..e0d0956d5 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/infrastructure/InfraConfig.tsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/infrastructure/InfraConfig.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { monitorSchemaInfra } from "@/validation";
 import { useGet, usePatch } from "@/hooks/UseApi";
 import { InfraForm } from "@/pages/infrastructure/InfraForm";
 
diff --git a/client/src/pages/notification-channels/NotificationChannelsConfig.tsx b/client/src/pages/notification-channels/NotificationChannelsConfig.tsx
index 5b71fd47a..7cb12d9c4 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/notification-channels/NotificationChannelsConfig.tsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/notification-channels/NotificationChannelsConfig.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { useNavigate } from "react-router";
 import { z } from "zod";
 import { usePatch, useGet } from "@/hooks/UseApi";
 import type { ApiResponse } from "@/types/api";
-import { notificationChannelSchema } from "@/validation/zod";
+import { notificationChannelSchema } from "@/validation";
 import type { INotificationChannel } from "@/types/notification-channel";
 
 type FormValues = z.infer<typeof notificationChannelSchema>;
diff --git a/client/src/pages/notification-channels/NotificationChannelsCreate.tsx b/client/src/pages/notification-channels/NotificationChannelsCreate.tsx
index 0890f410b..bbfc0c0cc 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/notification-channels/NotificationChannelsCreate.tsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/notification-channels/NotificationChannelsCreate.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { NotificationChannelsForm } from "./NotificationChannelsForm";
 import { useNavigate } from "react-router";
 import { z } from "zod";
 import { usePost } from "@/hooks/UseApi";
-import { notificationChannelSchema } from "@/validation/zod";
+import { notificationChannelSchema } from "@/validation";
 import type { INotificationChannel } from "@/types/notification-channel";
 
 type FormValues = z.infer<typeof notificationChannelSchema>;
diff --git a/client/src/pages/notification-channels/NotificationChannelsForm.tsx b/client/src/pages/notification-channels/NotificationChannelsForm.tsx
index 422c6dd6c..155106b83 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/notification-channels/NotificationChannelsForm.tsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/notification-channels/NotificationChannelsForm.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { ChannelTypes } from "@/types/notification-channel";
 import { zodResolver } from "@hookform/resolvers/zod";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { z } from "zod";
-import { notificationChannelSchema } from "@/validation/zod";
+import { notificationChannelSchema } from "@/validation";
 import { useForm, Controller, type SubmitHandler } from "react-hook-form";
 import { useEffect } from "react";
 import { useInitForm } from "@/hooks/forms/UseInitNotificationsChannelForm";
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ export const NotificationChannelsForm = ({
           <Controller
             name="name"
             control={control}
+            defaultValue={defaults.name}
             render={({ field }) => (
               <TextInput
                 {...field}
diff --git a/client/src/validation/index.ts b/client/src/validation/index.ts
index 3d3737a96..156e7f5cb 100644
--- a/client/src/validation/index.ts
+++ b/client/src/validation/index.ts
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ export * from "./monitor";
 export * from "./pagespeed";
 export * from "./infra";
 export * from "./utils";
+export * from "./notification-channel";
diff --git a/client/src/validation/notification-channel.ts b/client/src/validation/notification-channel.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68b13164c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/validation/notification-channel.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { z } from "zod";
+import { ChannelTypes } from "@/types/notification-channel";
+import { urlRegex } from "@/validation/utils";
+
+export const notificationChannelSchema = z
+  .object({
+    name: z.string().min(1, "Channel name is required"),
+    type: z.enum(ChannelTypes, { error: "Invalid channel type" }),
+    config: z.object({
+      url: z
+        .string()
+        .regex(urlRegex, "Invalid URL")
+        .or(z.literal(""))
+        .optional(),
+      emailAddress: z
+        .email("Invalid email address")
+        .or(z.literal(""))
+        .optional(),
+    }),
+  })
+  .superRefine((data, ctx) => {
+    const { type, config } = data;
+    if (!config.url && !config.emailAddress) {
+      ctx.addIssue({
+        code: "custom",
+        message: "Either a URL or an email address must be provided.",
+        path: ["config"],
+      });
+    }
+
+    if (type === "email" && !config.emailAddress) {
+      ctx.addIssue({
+        code: "custom",
+        message: "Email address is required for email-type channels.",
+        path: ["config", "emailAddress"],
+      });
+    } else if (type !== "email" && !config.url) {
+      ctx.addIssue({
+        code: "custom",
+        message: "URL is required for non-email-type channels.",
+        path: ["config", "url"],
+      });
+    }
+  });
diff --git a/client/src/validation/zod.ts b/client/src/validation/zod.ts
index c7378636e..b2e0f17a2 100644
--- a/client/src/validation/zod.ts
+++ b/client/src/validation/zod.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 import { z } from "zod";
 // humanInterval moved to split schema files
-import { ChannelTypes } from "@/types/notification-channel";
 import { MaintenanceRepeats } from "@/types/maintenance";
 
-const urlRegex =
-  /^(https?:\/\/)?(localhost|([a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}|[a-zA-Z0-9-]+|(\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3})(:\d{1,5})?(\/.*)?$/;
+// urlRegex moved to client/src/validation/utils.ts
 
 // monitor duration schema moved to client/src/validation/monitor.ts
 // pagespeed duration schema moved to client/src/validation/pagespeed.ts
@@ -41,46 +39,7 @@ export const inviteSchema = z.object({
   orgRoleId: z.string().optional(),
 });
 
-export const notificationChannelSchema = z
-  .object({
-    name: z.string().min(1, "Channel name is required"),
-    type: z.enum(ChannelTypes, { error: "Invalid channel type" }),
-    config: z.object({
-      url: z
-        .string()
-        .regex(urlRegex, "Invalid URL")
-        .or(z.literal(""))
-        .optional(),
-      emailAddress: z
-        .email("Invalid email address")
-        .or(z.literal(""))
-        .optional(),
-    }),
-  })
-  .superRefine((data, ctx) => {
-    const { type, config } = data;
-    if (!config.url && !config.emailAddress) {
-      ctx.addIssue({
-        code: "custom",
-        message: "Either a URL or an email address must be provided.",
-        path: ["config"],
-      });
-    }
-
-    if (type === "email" && !config.emailAddress) {
-      ctx.addIssue({
-        code: "custom",
-        message: "Email address is required for email-type channels.",
-        path: ["config", "emailAddress"],
-      });
-    } else if (type !== "email" && !config.url) {
-      ctx.addIssue({
-        code: "custom",
-        message: "URL is required for non-email-type channels.",
-        path: ["config", "url"],
-      });
-    }
-  });
+// moved to client/src/validation/notification-channel.ts
 
 export const maintenanceSchema = z
   .object({