diff --git a/doc/userguide/firewall/firewall-design.rst b/doc/userguide/firewall/firewall-design.rst
index d3f5cfb475..0849e36891 100644
--- a/doc/userguide/firewall/firewall-design.rst
+++ b/doc/userguide/firewall/firewall-design.rst
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ alert
 action in firewall rules. The effect will be the creation of an alert event when the
 firewall rule matches.
 
+For application layer transactions the alert event carries a ``firewall`` object with
+the resolved ``policy`` and, when the protocol registers a state name callback, the
+``hook`` the rule was registered at. Protocols without such a callback (``quic``,
+``modbus``, ``rdp``) omit the ``hook`` key; the policy is still reported.
+
 config
 ~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/src/detect-parse.c b/src/detect-parse.c
index 714a7de33f..abd3ae60e2 100644
--- a/src/detect-parse.c
+++ b/src/detect-parse.c
@@ -1575,6 +1575,8 @@ static int SigParseProtoHookApp(
             s->init_data->hook.t.app.app_progress);
 
     s->app_progress_hook = s->init_data->hook.t.app.app_progress;
+    /* the hook parser only accepts known sub states of the protocol */
+    s->sub_state = s->init_data->hook.t.app.sub_state;
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -4187,6 +4189,7 @@ static int AddAppPolicySignature(struct DetectFirewallAppPolicy *pol)
         return -1;
     }
     s->app_progress_hook = pol->progress;
+    s->sub_state = pol->sub_state;
     s->action = pol->policy.action;
     s->action_scope = pol->policy.action_scope;
     s->alproto = pol->alproto;
diff --git a/src/detect.h b/src/detect.h
index 075ce7564c..e688529af7 100644
--- a/src/detect.h
+++ b/src/detect.h
@@ -727,6 +727,10 @@ typedef struct Signature_ {
 
     /** firewall: progress value for this signature */
     uint8_t app_progress_hook;
+    /** firewall: sub state (transaction type) of the hook on protocols with sub
+     *  states (http2 stream/global, DoH2); 0 when the hook has no sub state.
+     *  Signatures are zero initialized, so unused stays 0. */
+    uint8_t sub_state;
 
     DetectMatchAddressIPv4 *addr_dst_match4;
     DetectMatchAddressIPv4 *addr_src_match4;
diff --git a/src/output-json-alert.c b/src/output-json-alert.c
index 6937c4933a..5837f63a09 100644
--- a/src/output-json-alert.c
+++ b/src/output-json-alert.c
@@ -662,20 +662,35 @@ static void AlertJsonAddFirewall(SCJsonBuilder *jb, const Signature *s)
     const char *hook = NULL;
     char hook_string[256];
     switch (s->detect_table) {
-        case DETECT_TABLE_APP_FILTER:
-            if (s->flags & SIG_FLAG_TOSERVER) {
-                hook = AppLayerParserGetStateNameById(
-                        IPPROTO_TCP, s->alproto, s->app_progress_hook, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-            } else {
-                hook = AppLayerParserGetStateNameById(
-                        IPPROTO_TCP, s->alproto, s->app_progress_hook, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
+        case DETECT_TABLE_APP_FILTER: {
+            const uint8_t dir_flag =
+                    (s->flags & SIG_FLAG_TOSERVER) ? STREAM_TOSERVER : STREAM_TOCLIENT;
+            if (s->sub_state != 0 && AppLayerParserSupportsSubStates(s->alproto)) {
+                /* sub state rules (http2 stream/global): resolve the state in
+                 * the sub state table and keep the sub state in the name */
+                const char *state = AppLayerParserGetSubStateProgressName(
+                        s->alproto, s->sub_state, s->app_progress_hook, dir_flag);
+                const char *sub_state_name =
+                        AppLayerParserGetSubStateName(s->alproto, s->sub_state);
+                if (state != NULL && sub_state_name != NULL) {
+                    snprintf(hook_string, sizeof(hook_string), "%s:%s:%s",
+                            AppProtoToString(s->alproto), sub_state_name, state);
+                    hook = hook_string;
+                }
             }
-            if (hook) {
-                snprintf(hook_string, sizeof(hook_string), "%s:%s", AppProtoToString(s->alproto),
-                        hook);
-                hook = hook_string;
+            if (hook == NULL) {
+                /* no sub state, or the sub state lookup failed: fall back to
+                 * the plain per-protocol state name */
+                hook = AppLayerParserGetStateNameById(
+                        IPPROTO_TCP, s->alproto, s->app_progress_hook, dir_flag);
+                if (hook != NULL) {
+                    snprintf(hook_string, sizeof(hook_string), "%s:%s",
+                            AppProtoToString(s->alproto), hook);
+                    hook = hook_string;
+                }
             }
             break;
+        }
         case DETECT_TABLE_PACKET_FILTER:
             hook = "packet:filter";
             break;