diff --git a/pkg/monitortests/kubeapiserver/auditloganalyzer/handle_apiserver_paniced.go b/pkg/monitortests/kubeapiserver/auditloganalyzer/handle_apiserver_paniced.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..822fba6e2497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/monitortests/kubeapiserver/auditloganalyzer/handle_apiserver_paniced.go
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+package auditloganalyzer
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	auditv1 "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit/v1"
+)
+
+type panicEvent struct {
+	auditID   types.UID
+	timestamp time.Time
+}
+
+func (p panicEvent) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("auditID %s at %s", p.auditID, p.timestamp.String())
+}
+
+type PanicEventByTimestamp []panicEvent
+
+func (n PanicEventByTimestamp) Len() int {
+	return len(n)
+}
+func (n PanicEventByTimestamp) Swap(i, j int) {
+	n[i], n[j] = n[j], n[i]
+}
+func (n PanicEventByTimestamp) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	diff := n[i].timestamp.Compare(n[j].timestamp)
+	switch {
+	case diff < 0:
+		return true
+	case diff > 0:
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return strings.Compare(string(n[i].auditID), string(n[j].auditID)) < 0
+}
+
+type panicEventsForEndpoint struct {
+	panicEvents map[string]sets.Set[panicEvent]
+}
+
+func NewPanicEventsForEndpoint() panicEventsForEndpoint {
+	return panicEventsForEndpoint{
+		panicEvents: make(map[string]sets.Set[panicEvent]),
+	}
+}
+
+func (p panicEventsForEndpoint) Insert(endpoint string, pe panicEvent) {
+	events, ok := p.panicEvents[endpoint]
+	if !ok {
+		events = sets.New[panicEvent]()
+	}
+	events.Insert(pe)
+	p.panicEvents[endpoint] = events
+}
+
+func (p panicEventsForEndpoint) String() string {
+	result := ""
+	for endpoint, events := range p.panicEvents {
+		sortedEvents := events.UnsortedList()
+		sort.Sort(PanicEventByTimestamp(sortedEvents))
+		eventsAsStrings := []string{}
+		for _, event := range sortedEvents {
+			eventsAsStrings = append(eventsAsStrings, event.String())
+		}
+		eventString := fmt.Sprintf("  %s", strings.Join(eventsAsStrings, "\n  "))
+		result = fmt.Sprintf("%s\nFound %d panics for endpoint %q:\n%s", result, len(events), endpoint, eventString)
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
+func (p panicEventsForEndpoint) Len() int {
+	sum := 0
+	for _, endpoints := range p.panicEvents {
+		sum += endpoints.Len()
+	}
+	return sum
+}
+
+type panicEventsForUserAgent struct {
+	panicEvents map[string]panicEventsForEndpoint
+}
+
+func NewPanicEventsForUserAgent() panicEventsForUserAgent {
+	return panicEventsForUserAgent{
+		panicEvents: make(map[string]panicEventsForEndpoint),
+	}
+}
+
+func (p panicEventsForUserAgent) Insert(useragent string, endpoint string, pe panicEvent) {
+	events, ok := p.panicEvents[useragent]
+	if !ok {
+		events = NewPanicEventsForEndpoint()
+	}
+	events.Insert(endpoint, pe)
+	p.panicEvents[useragent] = events
+}
+
+type apiserverPaniced struct {
+	lock                    sync.Mutex
+	panicEventsPerUserAgent panicEventsForUserAgent
+}
+
+func CheckForApiserverPaniced() *apiserverPaniced {
+	return &apiserverPaniced{
+		panicEventsPerUserAgent: NewPanicEventsForUserAgent(),
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *apiserverPaniced) HandleAuditLogEvent(auditEvent *auditv1.Event, beginning, end *metav1.MicroTime) {
+	if beginning != nil && auditEvent.RequestReceivedTimestamp.Before(beginning) || end != nil && end.Before(&auditEvent.RequestReceivedTimestamp) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if auditEvent.ResponseStatus == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if auditEvent.ResponseStatus.Code != 500 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	s.lock.Lock()
+	defer s.lock.Unlock()
+
+	pe := panicEvent{
+		auditID:   auditEvent.AuditID,
+		timestamp: auditEvent.RequestReceivedTimestamp.Time,
+	}
+	s.panicEventsPerUserAgent.Insert(auditEvent.UserAgent, auditEvent.RequestURI, pe)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/monitortests/kubeapiserver/auditloganalyzer/handle_excessive_applies.go b/pkg/monitortests/kubeapiserver/auditloganalyzer/handle_excessive_applies.go
index 68992f48289f..0cc8d3d68b8e 100644
--- a/pkg/monitortests/kubeapiserver/auditloganalyzer/handle_excessive_applies.go
+++ b/pkg/monitortests/kubeapiserver/auditloganalyzer/handle_excessive_applies.go
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 package auditloganalyzer
 
 import (
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	auditv1 "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/serviceaccount"
-	"strings"
-	"sync"
 )
 
 type excessiveApplies struct {
diff --git a/pkg/monitortests/kubeapiserver/auditloganalyzer/monitortest.go b/pkg/monitortests/kubeapiserver/auditloganalyzer/monitortest.go
index 2eed46b25ffa..9e9a4305549e 100644
--- a/pkg/monitortests/kubeapiserver/auditloganalyzer/monitortest.go
+++ b/pkg/monitortests/kubeapiserver/auditloganalyzer/monitortest.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type auditLogAnalyzer struct {
 	invalidRequestsChecker        *invalidRequests
 	requestsDuringShutdownChecker *lateRequestTracking
 	violationChecker              *auditViolations
+	apiserverPanicChecker         *apiserverPaniced
 
 	countsForInstall *CountsForRun
 }
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ func NewAuditLogAnalyzer() monitortestframework.MonitorTest {
 		invalidRequestsChecker:        CheckForInvalidMutations(),
 		requestsDuringShutdownChecker: CheckForRequestsDuringShutdown(),
 		violationChecker:              CheckForViolations(),
+		apiserverPanicChecker:         CheckForApiserverPaniced(),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ func (w *auditLogAnalyzer) CollectData(ctx context.Context, storageDir string, b
 		w.invalidRequestsChecker,
 		w.requestsDuringShutdownChecker,
 		w.violationChecker,
+		w.apiserverPanicChecker,
 	}
 	if w.requestCountTracking != nil {
 		auditLogHandlers = append(auditLogHandlers, w.requestCountTracking)
@@ -367,6 +370,37 @@ func (w *auditLogAnalyzer) EvaluateTestsFromConstructedIntervals(ctx context.Con
 
 	ret = append(ret, w.violationChecker.CreateJunits()...)
 
+	for userAgent, userAgentPanics := range w.apiserverPanicChecker.panicEventsPerUserAgent.panicEvents {
+		testName := fmt.Sprintf("user %s must not produce too many apiserver handler panics", userAgent)
+
+		failures := []string{}
+		if userAgentPanics.Len() > 5 {
+			failures := append(failures, userAgentPanics.String())
+			ret = append(ret,
+				&junitapi.JUnitTestCase{
+					Name: testName,
+					FailureOutput: &junitapi.FailureOutput{
+						Message: strings.Join(failures, "\n"),
+						Output:  "details in audit log",
+					},
+				},
+			)
+			// Add success again to make it a flake
+			ret = append(ret,
+				&junitapi.JUnitTestCase{
+					Name: testName,
+				},
+			)
+		} else {
+			ret = append(ret,
+				&junitapi.JUnitTestCase{
+					Name: testName,
+				},
+			)
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	return ret, nil
 }