diff --git a/.betterer.eslint.config.js b/.betterer.eslint.config.js
index 8d742ae5187..bbd5842a3c8 100644
--- a/.betterer.eslint.config.js
+++ b/.betterer.eslint.config.js
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ module.exports = [
       '**/__mocks__/**',
       '**/public/test/**',
       '**/mocks.{ts,tsx}',
+      '**/mocks/**/*.{ts,tsx}',
       '**/spec/**/*.{ts,tsx}',
     ],
     rules: {
diff --git a/.betterer.results b/.betterer.results
index 5b4e262dced..e84c90caa42 100644
--- a/.betterer.results
+++ b/.betterer.results
@@ -489,9 +489,6 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "6"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "7"]
     ],
-    "packages/grafana-prometheus/src/test/mocks/datasource.ts:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"]
-    ],
     "packages/grafana-prometheus/src/types.ts:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "1"],
@@ -961,9 +958,6 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not re-export imported variable (\`profiler\`)", "6"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not re-export imported variable (\`updateLegendValues\`)", "7"]
     ],
-    "public/app/core/navigation/mocks/routeProps.ts:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"]
-    ],
     "public/app/core/navigation/types.ts:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"]
     ],
@@ -1555,9 +1549,6 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
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       [0, 0, 0, "Add noMargin prop to Card components to remove built-in margins. Use layout components like Stack or Grid with the gap prop instead for consistent spacing.", "0"]
     ],
-    "public/app/features/correlations/mocks/useCorrelations.mocks.ts:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"]
-    ],
     "public/app/features/correlations/types.ts:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "1"]
@@ -2522,16 +2513,6 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
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       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"]
     ],
-    "public/app/features/plugins/admin/mocks/catalogPlugin.mock.ts:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "1"]
-    ],
-    "public/app/features/plugins/admin/mocks/localPlugin.mock.ts:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"]
-    ],
-    "public/app/features/plugins/admin/mocks/remotePlugin.mock.ts:5381": [
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-    ],
     "public/app/features/plugins/admin/pages/Browse.tsx:5381": [
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@@ -2882,12 +2863,6 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "2"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "3"]
     ],
-    "public/app/features/users/mocks/userMocks.ts:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "1"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "2"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "3"]
-    ],
     "public/app/features/variables/adapters.ts:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "1"],
@@ -3108,21 +3083,6 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
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-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/mocks/datasource.ts:5381": [
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-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/mocks/panelData.ts:5381": [
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-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "1"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "2"]
-    ],
-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/mocks/utils.ts:5381": [
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-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "1"]
-    ],
-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/mocks/variables.ts:5381": [
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-    ],
     "public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/types/query.ts:5381": [
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@@ -3165,14 +3125,6 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "1"]
     ],
-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/mocks/cloudMonitoringDatasource.ts:5381": [
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-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "1"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "2"]
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-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/mocks/cloudMonitoringInstanceSettings.ts:5381": [
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     "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/types/query.ts:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not re-export imported variable (\`../dataquery.gen\`)", "0"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not re-export imported variable (\`../dataquery.gen\`)", "1"],
@@ -3221,124 +3173,6 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
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       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "2"]
     ],
-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/mocks/CloudWatchVariables.ts:5381": [
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-    ],
-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/mocks/cloudwatch-logs-sql-test-data/commentOnlyQuery.ts:5381": [
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-    ],
-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/mocks/cloudwatch-logs-sql-test-data/multiLineFullQuery.ts:5381": [
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-    ],
-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/mocks/cloudwatch-logs-sql-test-data/multiLineFullQueryWithCaseClause.ts:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"]
-    ],
-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/mocks/cloudwatch-logs-sql-test-data/partialQueryWithFunction.ts:5381": [
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-    ],
-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/mocks/cloudwatch-logs-sql-test-data/partialQueryWithSubquery.ts:5381": [
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-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/mocks/cloudwatch-logs-sql-test-data/singleLineFullQuery.ts:5381": [
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-    ],
-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/mocks/cloudwatch-logs-sql-test-data/whitespaceQuery.ts:5381": [
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-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/mocks/cloudwatch-logs-test-data/commentOnlyQuery.ts:5381": [
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-    ],
-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/mocks/cloudwatch-logs-test-data/filterQuery.ts:5381": [
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-    ],
-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/mocks/cloudwatch-logs-test-data/newCommandQuery.ts:5381": [
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-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/mocks/cloudwatch-logs-test-data/singleLineFullQuery.ts:5381": [
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-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/mocks/cloudwatch-logs-test-data/whitespaceQuery.ts:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"]
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-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/mocks/cloudwatch-ppl-test-data/multilineQueries.ts:5381": [
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-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "1"]
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-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/mocks/cloudwatch-ppl-test-data/singleLineQueries.ts:5381": [
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-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/mocks/dynamic-label-test-data/afterLabelValue.ts:5381": [
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-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/mocks/dynamic-label-test-data/insideLabelValue.ts:5381": [
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-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/mocks/metric-math-test-data/secondArgAfterSearchQuery.ts:5381": [
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-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/mocks/metric-math-test-data/secondArgQuery.ts:5381": [
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-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/mocks/metric-math-test-data/withinStringQuery.ts:5381": [
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       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use export all (\`export * from ...\`)", "0"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "1"],
@@ -3411,9 +3245,6 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
     "public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/components/QueryEditor/MetricAggregationsEditor/state/reducer.ts:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"]
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     "public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.ts:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "1"],
@@ -3623,10 +3454,6 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
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       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "8"]
     ],
-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/mocks/datasource.ts:5381": [
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-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "1"]
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       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "1"],
@@ -3694,13 +3521,6 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
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-    "public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/mocks/datasource.ts:5381": [
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