diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/storage_factory.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/storage_factory.go
index fe4153d57ed..d36dd263ff7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/storage_factory.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/storage_factory.go
@@ -71,15 +71,17 @@ func StorageWithCacher() generic.StorageDecorator {
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, func() {}, err
 		}
+		delegator := cacherstorage.NewCacheDelegator(cacher, s)
 		var once sync.Once
 		destroyFunc := func() {
 			once.Do(func() {
+				delegator.Stop()
 				cacher.Stop()
 				d()
 			})
 		}
 
-		return cacherstorage.NewCacheDelegator(cacher, s), destroyFunc, nil
+		return delegator, destroyFunc, nil
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store_test.go
index 75796170160..24ac2a6c7a4 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store_test.go
@@ -2459,8 +2459,10 @@ func newTestGenericStoreRegistry(t *testing.T, scheme *runtime.Scheme, hasCacheE
 			}
 		}
 		d := destroyFunc
-		s = cacherstorage.NewCacheDelegator(cacher, s)
+		delegator := cacherstorage.NewCacheDelegator(cacher, s)
+		s = delegator
 		destroyFunc = func() {
+			delegator.Stop()
 			cacher.Stop()
 			d()
 		}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go
index b56a59cf553..ec05c9962e7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ type listResp struct {
 }
 
 // GetList implements storage.Interface
-func (c *Cacher) GetList(ctx context.Context, key string, opts storage.ListOptions, listObj runtime.Object, listRV uint64) error {
+func (c *Cacher) GetList(ctx context.Context, key string, opts storage.ListOptions, listObj runtime.Object) error {
 	// For recursive lists, we need to make sure the key ended with "/" so that we only
 	// get children "directories". e.g. if we have key "/a", "/a/b", "/ab", getting keys
 	// with prefix "/a" will return all three, while with prefix "/a/" will return only
@@ -738,6 +738,10 @@ func (c *Cacher) GetList(ctx context.Context, key string, opts storage.ListOptio
 	if opts.Recursive && !strings.HasSuffix(key, "/") {
 		preparedKey += "/"
 	}
+	listRV, err := c.versioner.ParseResourceVersion(opts.ResourceVersion)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	ctx, span := tracing.Start(ctx, "cacher.GetList",
 		attribute.String("audit-id", audit.GetAuditIDTruncated(ctx)),
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher_test.go
index 5b368202eff..9a6538446f5 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher_test.go
@@ -484,10 +484,6 @@ func testSetupWithEtcdServer(t testing.TB, opts ...setupOption) (context.Context
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to initialize cacher: %v", err)
 	}
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	terminate := func() {
-		cacher.Stop()
-		server.Terminate(t)
-	}
 
 	// Since some tests depend on the fact that GetList shouldn't fail,
 	// we wait until the error from the underlying storage is consumed.
@@ -503,8 +499,14 @@ func testSetupWithEtcdServer(t testing.TB, opts ...setupOption) (context.Context
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 	}
+	delegator := NewCacheDelegator(cacher, wrappedStorage)
+	terminate := func() {
+		delegator.Stop()
+		cacher.Stop()
+		server.Terminate(t)
+	}
 
-	return ctx, NewCacheDelegator(cacher, wrappedStorage), server, terminate
+	return ctx, delegator, server, terminate
 }
 
 func testSetupWithEtcdAndCreateWrapper(t *testing.T, opts ...setupOption) (storage.Interface, tearDownFunc) {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher_whitebox_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher_whitebox_test.go
index 4daaf2814d8..1d1007145d4 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher_whitebox_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher_whitebox_test.go
@@ -207,6 +207,15 @@ func (d *dummyStorage) GetCurrentResourceVersion(ctx context.Context) (uint64, e
 	return 100, nil
 }
 
+type dummyCacher struct {
+	dummyStorage
+	ready bool
+}
+
+func (d *dummyCacher) Ready() bool {
+	return d.ready
+}
+
 func TestGetListCacheBypass(t *testing.T) {
 	type opts struct {
 		ResourceVersion      string
@@ -326,6 +335,7 @@ func testGetListCacheBypass(t *testing.T, options storage.ListOptions, expectByp
 	}
 	defer cacher.Stop()
 	delegator := NewCacheDelegator(cacher, backingStorage)
+	defer delegator.Stop()
 	result := &example.PodList{}
 	if !utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.ResilientWatchCacheInitialization) {
 		if err := cacher.ready.wait(context.Background()); err != nil {
@@ -450,6 +460,7 @@ apiserver_watch_cache_consistent_read_total{fallback="true", resource="pods", su
 			}
 			defer cacher.Stop()
 			delegator := NewCacheDelegator(cacher, backingStorage)
+			defer delegator.Stop()
 			if err := cacher.ready.wait(context.Background()); err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("unexpected error waiting for the cache to be ready")
 			}
@@ -533,6 +544,7 @@ func TestGetListNonRecursiveCacheBypass(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer cacher.Stop()
 	delegator := NewCacheDelegator(cacher, backingStorage)
+	defer delegator.Stop()
 
 	pred := storage.SelectionPredicate{
 		Limit: 500,
@@ -572,6 +584,7 @@ func TestGetCacheBypass(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer cacher.Stop()
 	delegator := NewCacheDelegator(cacher, backingStorage)
+	defer delegator.Stop()
 
 	result := &example.Pod{}
 
@@ -608,6 +621,7 @@ func TestWatchCacheBypass(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer cacher.Stop()
 	delegator := NewCacheDelegator(cacher, backingStorage)
+	defer delegator.Stop()
 
 	if !utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.ResilientWatchCacheInitialization) {
 		if err := cacher.ready.wait(context.Background()); err != nil {
@@ -645,6 +659,7 @@ func TestTooManyRequestsNotReturned(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer cacher.Stop()
 	delegator := NewCacheDelegator(cacher, backingStorage)
+	defer delegator.Stop()
 
 	opts := storage.ListOptions{
 		ResourceVersion: "0",
@@ -890,6 +905,7 @@ func TestCacherDontAcceptRequestsStopped(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Couldn't create cacher: %v", err)
 	}
 	delegator := NewCacheDelegator(cacher, backingStorage)
+	defer delegator.Stop()
 
 	if !utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.ResilientWatchCacheInitialization) {
 		if err := cacher.ready.wait(context.Background()); err != nil {
@@ -2326,6 +2342,7 @@ func BenchmarkCacher_GetList(b *testing.B) {
 				}
 				defer cacher.Stop()
 				delegator := NewCacheDelegator(cacher, store)
+				defer delegator.Stop()
 
 				// prepare result and pred
 				parsedField, err := fields.ParseSelector("spec.nodeName=node-0")
@@ -3207,6 +3224,7 @@ func TestRetryAfterForUnreadyCache(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	result := &example.PodList{}
 	delegator := NewCacheDelegator(cacher, backingStorage)
+	defer delegator.Stop()
 	err = delegator.GetList(context.TODO(), "/pods/ns", opts, result)
 
 	if !apierrors.IsTooManyRequests(err) {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/delegator.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/delegator.go
index b1a5044598d..84d96b8d3b7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/delegator.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/delegator.go
@@ -18,12 +18,20 @@ package cacher
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"hash"
+	"hash/fnv"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features"
@@ -35,16 +43,45 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
 
+var (
+	// ConsistencyCheckPeriod is the period of checking consistency between etcd and cache.
+	// 5 minutes were proposed to match the default compaction period. It's magnitute higher than
+	// List latency SLO (30 seconds) and timeout (1 minute).
+	ConsistencyCheckPeriod = 5 * time.Minute
+	// ConsistencyCheckerEnabled enables the consistency checking mechanism for cache.
+	// Based on KUBE_WATCHCACHE_CONSISTANCY_CHECKER environment variable.
+	ConsistencyCheckerEnabled = false
+)
+
+func init() {
+	ConsistencyCheckerEnabled, _ = strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv("KUBE_WATCHCACHE_CONSISTANCY_CHECKER"))
+}
+
 func NewCacheDelegator(cacher *Cacher, storage storage.Interface) *CacheDelegator {
-	return &CacheDelegator{
+	d := &CacheDelegator{
 		cacher:  cacher,
 		storage: storage,
+		stopCh:  make(chan struct{}),
 	}
+	if ConsistencyCheckerEnabled {
+		d.checker = newConsistencyChecker(cacher.resourcePrefix, cacher.newListFunc, cacher, storage)
+		d.wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer d.wg.Done()
+			d.checker.startChecking(d.stopCh)
+		}()
+	}
+	return d
 }
 
 type CacheDelegator struct {
 	cacher  *Cacher
 	storage storage.Interface
+	checker *consistencyChecker
+
+	wg       sync.WaitGroup
+	stopOnce sync.Once
+	stopCh   chan struct{}
 }
 
 var _ storage.Interface = (*CacheDelegator)(nil)
@@ -168,14 +205,18 @@ func (c *CacheDelegator) GetList(ctx context.Context, key string, opts storage.L
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		// Setting resource version for consistent read in cache based on current ResourceVersion in etcd.
+		opts.ResourceVersion = strconv.FormatInt(int64(listRV), 10)
 	}
-	err = c.cacher.GetList(ctx, key, opts, listObj, listRV)
+	err = c.cacher.GetList(ctx, key, opts, listObj)
 	success := "true"
 	fallback := "false"
 	if err != nil {
 		if consistentRead {
 			if storage.IsTooLargeResourceVersion(err) {
 				fallback = "true"
+				// Reset resourceVersion during fallback from consistent read.
+				opts.ResourceVersion = ""
 				err = c.storage.GetList(ctx, key, opts, listObj)
 			}
 			if err != nil {
@@ -258,3 +299,156 @@ func (c *CacheDelegator) ReadinessCheck() error {
 func (c *CacheDelegator) RequestWatchProgress(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return c.storage.RequestWatchProgress(ctx)
 }
+
+func (c *CacheDelegator) Stop() {
+	c.stopOnce.Do(func() {
+		close(c.stopCh)
+	})
+	c.wg.Wait()
+}
+
+func newConsistencyChecker(resourcePrefix string, newListFunc func() runtime.Object, cacher getListerReady, etcd getLister) *consistencyChecker {
+	return &consistencyChecker{
+		resourcePrefix: resourcePrefix,
+		newListFunc:    newListFunc,
+		cacher:         cacher,
+		etcd:           etcd,
+	}
+}
+
+type consistencyChecker struct {
+	resourcePrefix string
+	newListFunc    func() runtime.Object
+
+	cacher getListerReady
+	etcd   getLister
+}
+
+type getListerReady interface {
+	getLister
+	Ready() bool
+}
+
+type getLister interface {
+	GetList(ctx context.Context, key string, opts storage.ListOptions, listObj runtime.Object) error
+}
+
+func (c consistencyChecker) startChecking(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
+	err := wait.PollUntilContextCancel(wait.ContextForChannel(stopCh), ConsistencyCheckPeriod, false, func(ctx context.Context) (done bool, err error) {
+		c.check(ctx)
+		return false, nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.InfoS("Cache consistency check exiting", "resource", c.resourcePrefix, "err", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *consistencyChecker) check(ctx context.Context) {
+	digests, err := c.calculateDigests(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.ErrorS(err, "Cache consistentency check error", "resource", c.resourcePrefix)
+		metrics.StorageConsistencyCheckTotal.WithLabelValues(c.resourcePrefix, "error").Inc()
+		return
+	}
+	if digests.CacheDigest == digests.EtcdDigest {
+		klog.V(3).InfoS("Cache consistentency check passed", "resource", c.resourcePrefix, "resourceVersion", digests.ResourceVersion, "digest", digests.CacheDigest)
+		metrics.StorageConsistencyCheckTotal.WithLabelValues(c.resourcePrefix, "success").Inc()
+	} else {
+		klog.ErrorS(nil, "Cache consistentency check failed", "resource", c.resourcePrefix, "resourceVersion", digests.ResourceVersion, "etcdDigest", digests.EtcdDigest, "cacheDigest", digests.CacheDigest)
+		metrics.StorageConsistencyCheckTotal.WithLabelValues(c.resourcePrefix, "failure").Inc()
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *consistencyChecker) calculateDigests(ctx context.Context) (*storageDigest, error) {
+	if !c.cacher.Ready() {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cache is not ready")
+	}
+	cacheDigest, resourceVersion, err := c.calculateStoreDigest(ctx, c.cacher, storage.ListOptions{
+		ResourceVersion:      "0",
+		Predicate:            storage.Everything,
+		ResourceVersionMatch: metav1.ResourceVersionMatchNotOlderThan,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed calculating cache digest: %w", err)
+	}
+	etcdDigest, _, err := c.calculateStoreDigest(ctx, c.etcd, storage.ListOptions{
+		ResourceVersion:      resourceVersion,
+		Predicate:            storage.Everything,
+		ResourceVersionMatch: metav1.ResourceVersionMatchExact,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed calculating etcd digest: %w", err)
+	}
+	return &storageDigest{
+		ResourceVersion: resourceVersion,
+		CacheDigest:     cacheDigest,
+		EtcdDigest:      etcdDigest,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+type storageDigest struct {
+	ResourceVersion string
+	CacheDigest     string
+	EtcdDigest      string
+}
+
+func (c *consistencyChecker) calculateStoreDigest(ctx context.Context, store getLister, opts storage.ListOptions) (digest, rv string, err error) {
+	// TODO: Implement pagination
+	resp := c.newListFunc()
+	err = store.GetList(ctx, c.resourcePrefix, opts, resp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", "", err
+	}
+	digest, err = listDigest(resp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", "", err
+	}
+	list, err := meta.ListAccessor(resp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", "", err
+	}
+	return digest, list.GetResourceVersion(), nil
+}
+
+func listDigest(list runtime.Object) (string, error) {
+	h := fnv.New64()
+	err := meta.EachListItem(list, func(obj runtime.Object) error {
+		objectMeta, err := meta.Accessor(obj)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		err = addObjectToDigest(h, objectMeta)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", h.Sum64()), nil
+}
+
+func addObjectToDigest(h hash.Hash64, objectMeta metav1.Object) error {
+	_, err := h.Write([]byte(objectMeta.GetNamespace()))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = h.Write([]byte("/"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = h.Write([]byte(objectMeta.GetName()))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = h.Write([]byte("/"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = h.Write([]byte(objectMeta.GetResourceVersion()))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/delegator_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/delegator_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f812e169f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/delegator_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2025 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package cacher
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/example"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage"
+)
+
+func TestCalculateDigest(t *testing.T) {
+	newListFunc := func() runtime.Object { return &example.PodList{} }
+	testCases := []struct {
+		desc            string
+		resourceVersion string
+		cacherReady     bool
+		cacherItems     []example.Pod
+		etcdItems       []example.Pod
+		resourcePrefix  string
+
+		expectListKey string
+		expectDigest  storageDigest
+		expectErr     bool
+	}{
+		{
+			desc:            "not ready",
+			cacherReady:     false,
+			resourceVersion: "1",
+			expectErr:       true,
+		},
+		{
+			desc:            "empty",
+			resourceVersion: "1",
+			cacherReady:     true,
+			expectDigest: storageDigest{
+				ResourceVersion: "1",
+				CacheDigest:     "cbf29ce484222325",
+				EtcdDigest:      "cbf29ce484222325",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			desc:            "with one element equal",
+			resourceVersion: "2",
+			cacherReady:     true,
+			cacherItems: []example.Pod{
+				{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Namespace: "default", Name: "pod", ResourceVersion: "2"}},
+			},
+			etcdItems: []example.Pod{
+				{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Namespace: "default", Name: "pod", ResourceVersion: "2"}},
+			},
+			expectDigest: storageDigest{
+				ResourceVersion: "2",
+				CacheDigest:     "86bf3a5e80d1c5cb",
+				EtcdDigest:      "86bf3a5e80d1c5cb",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			desc:            "namespace changes digest",
+			resourceVersion: "2",
+			cacherReady:     true,
+			cacherItems: []example.Pod{
+				{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Namespace: "kube-system", Name: "pod", ResourceVersion: "2"}},
+			},
+			etcdItems: []example.Pod{
+				{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Namespace: "kube-public", Name: "pod", ResourceVersion: "2"}},
+			},
+			expectDigest: storageDigest{
+				ResourceVersion: "2",
+				CacheDigest:     "4ae4e750bd825b17",
+				EtcdDigest:      "f940a60af965b03",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			desc:            "name changes digest",
+			resourceVersion: "2",
+			cacherReady:     true,
+			cacherItems: []example.Pod{
+				{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Namespace: "default", Name: "pod2", ResourceVersion: "2"}},
+			},
+			etcdItems: []example.Pod{
+				{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Namespace: "default", Name: "pod3", ResourceVersion: "2"}},
+			},
+			expectDigest: storageDigest{
+				ResourceVersion: "2",
+				CacheDigest:     "c9120494e4c1897d",
+				EtcdDigest:      "c9156494e4c46274",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			desc:            "resourceVersion changes digest",
+			resourceVersion: "2",
+			cacherReady:     true,
+			cacherItems: []example.Pod{
+				{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Namespace: "default", Name: "pod", ResourceVersion: "3"}},
+			},
+			etcdItems: []example.Pod{
+				{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Namespace: "default", Name: "pod", ResourceVersion: "4"}},
+			},
+			expectDigest: storageDigest{
+				ResourceVersion: "2",
+				CacheDigest:     "86bf3a5e80d1c5ca",
+				EtcdDigest:      "86bf3a5e80d1c5cd",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			desc:            "watch missed write event",
+			resourceVersion: "3",
+			cacherReady:     true,
+			cacherItems: []example.Pod{
+				{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Namespace: "Default", Name: "pod", ResourceVersion: "2"}},
+			},
+			etcdItems: []example.Pod{
+				{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Namespace: "Default", Name: "pod", ResourceVersion: "2"}},
+				{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Namespace: "Default", Name: "pod", ResourceVersion: "3"}},
+			},
+			expectDigest: storageDigest{
+				ResourceVersion: "3",
+				CacheDigest:     "1859bac707c2cb2b",
+				EtcdDigest:      "11d147fc800df0e0",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			etcd := &dummyStorage{
+				getListFn: func(_ context.Context, key string, opts storage.ListOptions, listObj runtime.Object) error {
+					if key != tc.expectListKey {
+						t.Fatalf("Expect GetList key %q, got %q", tc.expectListKey, key)
+					}
+					if opts.ResourceVersion != tc.resourceVersion {
+						t.Fatalf("Expect GetList resourceVersion %q, got %q", tc.resourceVersion, opts.ResourceVersion)
+					}
+					if opts.ResourceVersionMatch != metav1.ResourceVersionMatchExact {
+						t.Fatalf("Expect GetList match exact, got %q", opts.ResourceVersionMatch)
+					}
+					podList := listObj.(*example.PodList)
+					podList.Items = tc.etcdItems
+					podList.ResourceVersion = tc.resourceVersion
+					return nil
+				},
+			}
+			cacher := &dummyCacher{
+				ready: tc.cacherReady,
+				dummyStorage: dummyStorage{
+					getListFn: func(_ context.Context, key string, opts storage.ListOptions, listObj runtime.Object) error {
+						if key != tc.expectListKey {
+							t.Fatalf("Expect GetList key %q, got %q", tc.expectListKey, key)
+						}
+						if opts.ResourceVersion != "0" {
+							t.Fatalf("Expect GetList resourceVersion 0, got %q", opts.ResourceVersion)
+						}
+						if opts.ResourceVersionMatch != metav1.ResourceVersionMatchNotOlderThan {
+							t.Fatalf("Expect GetList match not older than, got %q", opts.ResourceVersionMatch)
+						}
+						podList := listObj.(*example.PodList)
+						podList.Items = tc.cacherItems
+						podList.ResourceVersion = tc.resourceVersion
+						return nil
+					},
+				},
+			}
+			checker := newConsistencyChecker(tc.resourcePrefix, newListFunc, cacher, etcd)
+			digest, err := checker.calculateDigests(context.Background())
+			if (err != nil) != tc.expectErr {
+				t.Fatalf("Expect error: %v, got: %v", tc.expectErr, err)
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			if *digest != tc.expectDigest {
+				t.Errorf("Expect: %+v Got: %+v", &tc.expectDigest, *digest)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/metrics/metrics.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/metrics/metrics.go
index dd77febb930..0559708d296 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -176,6 +176,14 @@ var (
 			Help:           "Counter for consistent reads from cache.",
 			StabilityLevel: compbasemetrics.ALPHA,
 		}, []string{"resource", "success", "fallback"})
+
+	StorageConsistencyCheckTotal = compbasemetrics.NewCounterVec(
+		&compbasemetrics.CounterOpts{
+			Namespace:      namespace,
+			Name:           "storage_consistency_checks_total",
+			Help:           "Counter for status of consistency checks between etcd and watch cache",
+			StabilityLevel: compbasemetrics.INTERNAL,
+		}, []string{"resource", "status"})
 )
 
 var registerMetrics sync.Once
@@ -198,6 +206,7 @@ func Register() {
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(WatchCacheInitializations)
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(WatchCacheReadWait)
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(ConsistentReadTotal)
+		legacyregistry.MustRegister(StorageConsistencyCheckTotal)
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/test/integration/metrics/metrics_test.go b/test/integration/metrics/metrics_test.go
index dd1328a40d4..c65d80cf6e0 100644
--- a/test/integration/metrics/metrics_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/metrics/metrics_test.go
@@ -20,16 +20,22 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
 	"runtime"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
+	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
+	"github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	admissionregistrationv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1beta1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/metrics"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	compbasemetrics "k8s.io/component-base/metrics"
@@ -619,3 +625,108 @@ func sampleExistsInSamples(s *model.Sample, samples model.Samples) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+func TestWatchCacheConsistencyCheckMetrics(t *testing.T) {
+	period := time.Second
+	clean := overrideConsistencyCheckerTimings(period)
+	defer clean()
+	server := kubeapiservertesting.StartTestServerOrDie(t, nil, framework.DefaultTestServerFlags(), framework.SharedEtcd())
+	defer server.TearDownFn()
+
+	rt, err := restclient.TransportFor(server.ClientConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, server.ClientConfig.Host+"/metrics", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	// Do at least 2 scrape cycles to require 2 successes
+	delay := 2 * period
+	time.Sleep(delay)
+	resp, err := rt.RoundTrip(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		err := resp.Body.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}()
+	statuses, err := parseConsistencyCheckMetric(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	resourceSuccesses := 0
+	for status, count := range statuses {
+		switch status.status {
+		case "success":
+			if count >= 2 {
+				resourceSuccesses++
+			}
+		case "failure":
+			t.Errorf("Failure checking consistency of resource %q", status.resource)
+		case "error":
+			t.Errorf("Error when checking consistency of resource %q", status.resource)
+		default:
+			t.Errorf("Unknown status of resource %q, status: %q", status.resource, status.status)
+		}
+	}
+	if resourceSuccesses <= 10 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected at least 10 resources with success, got: %d", resourceSuccesses)
+	}
+}
+
+func overrideConsistencyCheckerTimings(period time.Duration) func() {
+	tmpPeriod := cacher.ConsistencyCheckPeriod
+	tmpEnabled := cacher.ConsistencyCheckerEnabled
+	cacher.ConsistencyCheckPeriod = period
+	cacher.ConsistencyCheckerEnabled = true
+	return func() {
+		cacher.ConsistencyCheckPeriod = tmpPeriod
+		cacher.ConsistencyCheckerEnabled = tmpEnabled
+	}
+}
+
+func parseConsistencyCheckMetric(r io.Reader) (map[consistencyCheckStatus]float64, error) {
+	statuses := map[consistencyCheckStatus]float64{}
+	metric, err := parseMetric(r, "apiserver_storage_consistency_checks_total")
+	if err != nil {
+		return statuses, err
+	}
+	for _, m := range metric.GetMetric() {
+		status := consistencyCheckStatus{}
+		for _, label := range m.GetLabel() {
+			switch label.GetName() {
+			case "resource":
+				status.resource = label.GetValue()
+			case "status":
+				status.status = label.GetValue()
+			default:
+				return statuses, fmt.Errorf("Unknown label: %v", label.GetName())
+			}
+		}
+		statuses[status] = m.GetCounter().GetValue()
+	}
+	return statuses, nil
+}
+
+type consistencyCheckStatus struct {
+	resource string
+	status   string
+}
+
+func parseMetric(r io.Reader, name string) (*dto.MetricFamily, error) {
+	var parser expfmt.TextParser
+	mfs, err := parser.TextToMetricFamilies(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	for metricName, metric := range mfs {
+		if metricName == name {
+			return metric, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Metric not found %q", name)
+}