diff --git a/test/extended/two_node/tnf_recovery.go b/test/extended/two_node/tnf_recovery.go
index 2fe727bbd02c..2159d987e949 100644
--- a/test/extended/two_node/tnf_recovery.go
+++ b/test/extended/two_node/tnf_recovery.go
@@ -169,6 +169,47 @@ var _ = g.Describe("[sig-etcd][apigroup:config.openshift.io][OCPFeatureGate:Dual
 			memberPromotedVotingTimeout, pollInterval)
 
 	})
+
+	g.It("should recover from etcd process crash", func() {
+		// Note: This test kills the etcd process/container on one node to simulate
+		// a process crash, testing Pacemaker's ability to detect and restart etcd
+		survivedNode := peerNode
+		g.GinkgoT().Printf("Randomly selected %s (%s) for etcd process crash and %s (%s) to survive\n",
+			targetNode.Name, targetNode.Status.Addresses[0].Address, peerNode.Name, peerNode.Status.Addresses[0].Address)
+
+		g.By(fmt.Sprintf("Killing etcd process/container on %s", targetNode.Name))
+		// Try multiple methods to kill etcd - container kill, process kill, or service stop
+		_, err := util.DebugNodeRetryWithOptionsAndChroot(oc, targetNode.Name, "openshift-etcd",
+			"bash", "-c", "podman kill etcd 2>/dev/null || pkill -9 etcd 2>/dev/null || systemctl stop etcd 2>/dev/null || true")
+		o.Expect(err).To(o.BeNil(), "Expected to kill etcd process without command errors")
+
+		g.By("Waiting for Pacemaker to detect etcd failure and begin recovery")
+		// Give Pacemaker time to detect the failure and start recovery
+		time.Sleep(30 * time.Second)
+
+		g.By(fmt.Sprintf("Ensuring %s becomes leader and %s rejoins as learner", peerNode.Name, targetNode.Name))
+		validateEtcdRecoveryState(etcdClientFactory,
+			&survivedNode, true, false, // survivedNode expected started == true, learner == false
+			&targetNode, false, true, // targetNode expected started == false, learner == true
+			memberIsLeaderTimeout, pollInterval)
+
+		g.By(fmt.Sprintf("Ensuring %s rejoins as learner", targetNode.Name))
+		validateEtcdRecoveryState(etcdClientFactory,
+			&survivedNode, true, false, // survivedNode expected started == true, learner == false
+			&targetNode, true, true, // targetNode expected started == true, learner == true
+			memberRejoinedLearnerTimeout, pollInterval)
+
+		g.By(fmt.Sprintf("Ensuring %s is promoted back to voting member", targetNode.Name))
+		validateEtcdRecoveryState(etcdClientFactory,
+			&survivedNode, true, false, // survivedNode expected started == true, learner == false
+			&targetNode, true, false, // targetNode expected started == true, learner == false
+			memberPromotedVotingTimeout, pollInterval)
+
+		g.By("Ensuring etcd cluster operator is healthy after recovery")
+		o.Eventually(func() error {
+			return ensureEtcdOperatorHealthy(oc)
+		}, etcdOperatorIsHealthyTimeout, pollInterval).ShouldNot(o.HaveOccurred(), "etcd cluster operator should be healthy after recovery")
+	})
 })
 
 func getMembers(etcdClientFactory helpers.EtcdClientCreator) ([]*etcdserverpb.Member, error) {