diff --git a/pkg/serviceaccount/legacy.go b/pkg/serviceaccount/legacy.go
index 9fbc6639c64..37210959fe6 100644
--- a/pkg/serviceaccount/legacy.go
+++ b/pkg/serviceaccount/legacy.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit"
 	apiserverserviceaccount "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/serviceaccount"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/warning"
 	applyv1 "k8s.io/client-go/applyconfigurations/core/v1"
@@ -144,12 +145,26 @@ func (v *legacyValidator) Validate(ctx context.Context, tokenData string, public
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("ServiceAccount UID (%s) does not match claim (%s)", serviceAccount.UID, serviceAccountUID)
 		}
 
+		// Track secret-based long-lived service account tokens and add audit annotations and metrics.
+		autoGenerated := false
+
+		// Check if it is an auto-generated secret-based token
 		for _, ref := range serviceAccount.Secrets {
 			if ref.Name == secret.Name {
+				autoGenerated = true
 				warning.AddWarning(ctx, "", "Use tokens from the TokenRequest API or manually created secret-based tokens instead of auto-generated secret-based tokens.")
+				audit.AddAuditAnnotation(ctx, "authentication.k8s.io/legacy-token-autogenerated-secret", secret.Name)
+				autoGeneratedTokensTotal.WithContext(ctx).Inc()
 				break
 			}
 		}
+
+		// Check if it's a manually created secret-based token
+		if !autoGenerated {
+			audit.AddAuditAnnotation(ctx, "authentication.k8s.io/legacy-token-manual-secret", secret.Name)
+			manuallyCreatedTokensTotal.WithContext(ctx).Inc()
+		}
+
 		now := time.Now().UTC()
 		today := now.Format("2006-01-02")
 		tomorrow := now.AddDate(0, 0, 1).Format("2006-01-02")
diff --git a/pkg/serviceaccount/metrics.go b/pkg/serviceaccount/metrics.go
index 2c614a9f930..4b317b8fd55 100644
--- a/pkg/serviceaccount/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/serviceaccount/metrics.go
@@ -47,6 +47,26 @@ var (
 		},
 	)
 
+	// mauallyCreatedTokensTotal is the number of manually created secret-based long lived tokens.
+	manuallyCreatedTokensTotal = metrics.NewCounter(
+		&metrics.CounterOpts{
+			Subsystem:      kubeServiceAccountSubsystem,
+			Name:           "legacy_manual_token_uses_total",
+			Help:           "Cumulative manually created legacy tokens used",
+			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
+		},
+	)
+
+	// autoGeneratedTokensTotal is the number of automatically generated secret-based long lived tokens.
+	autoGeneratedTokensTotal = metrics.NewCounter(
+		&metrics.CounterOpts{
+			Subsystem:      kubeServiceAccountSubsystem,
+			Name:           "legacy_auto_token_uses_total",
+			Help:           "Cumulative auto-generated legacy tokens used",
+			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
+		},
+	)
+
 	// ValidTokensTotal is the number of valid projected tokens used.
 	validTokensTotal = metrics.NewCounter(
 		&metrics.CounterOpts{
@@ -64,6 +84,8 @@ func RegisterMetrics() {
 	registerMetricsOnce.Do(func() {
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(legacyTokensTotal)
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(staleTokensTotal)
+		legacyregistry.MustRegister(manuallyCreatedTokensTotal)
+		legacyregistry.MustRegister(autoGeneratedTokensTotal)
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(validTokensTotal)
 	})
 }