diff --git a/src/hyperlight_host/src/hypervisor/hyperv_linux.rs b/src/hyperlight_host/src/hypervisor/hyperv_linux.rs
index 64074b5f9..0b001f453 100644
--- a/src/hyperlight_host/src/hypervisor/hyperv_linux.rs
+++ b/src/hyperlight_host/src/hypervisor/hyperv_linux.rs
@@ -805,21 +805,31 @@ impl Hypervisor for HypervLinuxDriver {
                         HyperlightExit::Cancelled()
                     } else {
                         #[cfg(gdb)]
-                        if debug_interrupt {
-                            self.interrupt_handle
-                                .debug_interrupt
-                                .store(false, Ordering::Relaxed);
-
-                            // If the vCPU was stopped because of an interrupt, we need to
-                            // return a special exit reason so that the gdb thread can handle it
-                            // and resume execution
-                            HyperlightExit::Debug(VcpuStopReason::Interrupt)
-                        } else {
-                            HyperlightExit::Retry()
+                        {
+                            if debug_interrupt {
+                                self.interrupt_handle
+                                    .debug_interrupt
+                                    .store(false, Ordering::Relaxed);
+
+                                // If the vCPU was stopped because of an interrupt, we need to
+                                // return a special exit reason so that the gdb thread can handle it
+                                // and resume execution
+                                HyperlightExit::Debug(VcpuStopReason::Interrupt)
+                            } else {
+                                // Track erroneous vCPU kick - stale signal from previous call
+                                metrics::counter!(crate::metrics::METRIC_ERRONEOUS_VCPU_KICK)
+                                    .increment(1);
+                                HyperlightExit::Retry()
+                            }
                         }
 
                         #[cfg(not(gdb))]
-                        HyperlightExit::Retry()
+                        {
+                            // Track erroneous vCPU kick - stale signal from previous call
+                            metrics::counter!(crate::metrics::METRIC_ERRONEOUS_VCPU_KICK)
+                                .increment(1);
+                            HyperlightExit::Retry()
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 libc::EAGAIN => HyperlightExit::Retry(),
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_host/src/hypervisor/hyperv_windows.rs b/src/hyperlight_host/src/hypervisor/hyperv_windows.rs
index ca1f75997..1baa1e98a 100644
--- a/src/hyperlight_host/src/hypervisor/hyperv_windows.rs
+++ b/src/hyperlight_host/src/hypervisor/hyperv_windows.rs
@@ -662,25 +662,29 @@ impl Hypervisor for HypervWindowsDriver {
             WHV_RUN_VP_EXIT_REASON(8193i32) => {
                 debug!("HyperV Cancelled Details :\n {:#?}", &self);
                 #[cfg(gdb)]
-                if debug_interrupt {
-                    self.interrupt_handle
-                        .debug_interrupt
-                        .store(false, Ordering::Relaxed);
-
-                    // If the vCPU was stopped because of an interrupt, we need to
-                    // return a special exit reason so that the gdb thread can handle it
-                    // and resume execution
-                    HyperlightExit::Debug(VcpuStopReason::Interrupt)
-                } else if !cancel_was_requested_manually {
-                    // This was an internal cancellation
-                    // The virtualization stack can use this function to return the control
-                    // of a virtual processor back to the virtualization stack in case it
-                    // needs to change the state of a VM or to inject an event into the processor
-                    // see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/api/hypervisor-platform/funcs/whvcancelrunvirtualprocessor#remarks
-                    debug!("Internal cancellation detected, returning Retry error");
-                    HyperlightExit::Retry()
-                } else {
-                    HyperlightExit::Cancelled()
+                {
+                    if debug_interrupt {
+                        self.interrupt_handle
+                            .debug_interrupt
+                            .store(false, Ordering::Relaxed);
+
+                        // If the vCPU was stopped because of an interrupt, we need to
+                        // return a special exit reason so that the gdb thread can handle it
+                        // and resume execution
+                        HyperlightExit::Debug(VcpuStopReason::Interrupt)
+                    } else if !cancel_was_requested_manually {
+                        // This was an internal cancellation
+                        // The virtualization stack can use this function to return the control
+                        // of a virtual processor back to the virtualization stack in case it
+                        // needs to change the state of a VM or to inject an event into the processor
+                        // see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/api/hypervisor-platform/funcs/whvcancelrunvirtualprocessor#remarks
+                        debug!("Internal cancellation detected, returning Retry error");
+                        // Track erroneous vCPU kick - internal cancellation not requested by user
+                        metrics::counter!(crate::metrics::METRIC_ERRONEOUS_VCPU_KICK).increment(1);
+                        HyperlightExit::Retry()
+                    } else {
+                        HyperlightExit::Cancelled()
+                    }
                 }
 
                 #[cfg(not(gdb))]
@@ -692,6 +696,8 @@ impl Hypervisor for HypervWindowsDriver {
                         // needs to change the state of a VM or to inject an event into the processor
                         // see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/api/hypervisor-platform/funcs/whvcancelrunvirtualprocessor#remarks
                         debug!("Internal cancellation detected, returning Retry error");
+                        // Track erroneous vCPU kick - internal cancellation not requested by user
+                        metrics::counter!(crate::metrics::METRIC_ERRONEOUS_VCPU_KICK).increment(1);
                         HyperlightExit::Retry()
                     } else {
                         HyperlightExit::Cancelled()
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_host/src/hypervisor/kvm.rs b/src/hyperlight_host/src/hypervisor/kvm.rs
index 04b8ed60f..e62e624b5 100644
--- a/src/hyperlight_host/src/hypervisor/kvm.rs
+++ b/src/hyperlight_host/src/hypervisor/kvm.rs
@@ -750,21 +750,31 @@ impl Hypervisor for KVMDriver {
                         HyperlightExit::Cancelled()
                     } else {
                         #[cfg(gdb)]
-                        if debug_interrupt {
-                            self.interrupt_handle
-                                .debug_interrupt
-                                .store(false, Ordering::Relaxed);
-
-                            // If the vCPU was stopped because of an interrupt, we need to
-                            // return a special exit reason so that the gdb thread can handle it
-                            // and resume execution
-                            HyperlightExit::Debug(VcpuStopReason::Interrupt)
-                        } else {
-                            HyperlightExit::Retry()
+                        {
+                            if debug_interrupt {
+                                self.interrupt_handle
+                                    .debug_interrupt
+                                    .store(false, Ordering::Relaxed);
+
+                                // If the vCPU was stopped because of an interrupt, we need to
+                                // return a special exit reason so that the gdb thread can handle it
+                                // and resume execution
+                                HyperlightExit::Debug(VcpuStopReason::Interrupt)
+                            } else {
+                                // Track erroneous vCPU kick - stale signal from previous call
+                                metrics::counter!(crate::metrics::METRIC_ERRONEOUS_VCPU_KICK)
+                                    .increment(1);
+                                HyperlightExit::Retry()
+                            }
                         }
 
                         #[cfg(not(gdb))]
-                        HyperlightExit::Retry()
+                        {
+                            // Track erroneous vCPU kick - stale signal from previous call
+                            metrics::counter!(crate::metrics::METRIC_ERRONEOUS_VCPU_KICK)
+                                .increment(1);
+                            HyperlightExit::Retry()
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 libc::EAGAIN => HyperlightExit::Retry(),
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_host/src/metrics/mod.rs b/src/hyperlight_host/src/metrics/mod.rs
index 3a630fa44..033936e8f 100644
--- a/src/hyperlight_host/src/metrics/mod.rs
+++ b/src/hyperlight_host/src/metrics/mod.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ pub(crate) static METRIC_GUEST_ERROR_LABEL_CODE: &str = "code";
 // Counter metric that counts the number of times a guest function was called due to timing out
 pub(crate) static METRIC_GUEST_CANCELLATION: &str = "guest_cancellations_total";
 
+// Counter metric that counts the number of times a vcpu was kicked by a stale signal
+pub(crate) static METRIC_ERRONEOUS_VCPU_KICK: &str = "erroneous_vcpu_kicks_total";
+
 // Histogram metric that measures the duration of guest function calls
 #[cfg(feature = "function_call_metrics")]
 pub(crate) static METRIC_GUEST_FUNC_DURATION: &str = "guest_call_duration_seconds";
@@ -196,4 +199,33 @@ mod tests {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_erroneous_vcpu_kick_metric_exists() {
+        // This test verifies that the metric can be incremented without errors.
+        // The actual scenario where this metric is incremented (stale signal delivery)
+        // is a race condition that's difficult to reliably reproduce in a test.
+        let recorder = metrics_util::debugging::DebuggingRecorder::new();
+        let snapshotter = recorder.snapshotter();
+
+        let snapshot = with_local_recorder(&recorder, || {
+            // Manually increment the metric to verify it works
+            metrics::counter!(METRIC_ERRONEOUS_VCPU_KICK).increment(1);
+            snapshotter.snapshot()
+        });
+
+        // Verify the metric was recorded
+        #[expect(clippy::mutable_key_type)]
+        let snapshot = snapshot.into_hashmap();
+
+        let counter_key = CompositeKey::new(
+            metrics_util::MetricKind::Counter,
+            Key::from_name(METRIC_ERRONEOUS_VCPU_KICK),
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            snapshot.get(&counter_key).unwrap().2,
+            metrics_util::debugging::DebugValue::Counter(1),
+            "Erroneous vCPU kick metric should be recorded"
+        );
+    }
 }