diff --git a/test/rekt/features/broker_deleted_recreated.go b/test/rekt/features/broker_deleted_recreated.go
index 4a1f52ab91..cc88eb02ff 100644
--- a/test/rekt/features/broker_deleted_recreated.go
+++ b/test/rekt/features/broker_deleted_recreated.go
@@ -17,10 +17,20 @@
 package features
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"math"
+	"strconv"
+
+	cetest "github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2/test"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 	kafkabroker "knative.dev/eventing-kafka-broker/control-plane/pkg/reconciler/broker"
 	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka-broker/test/e2e_new/bogus_config"
 	"knative.dev/eventing-kafka-broker/test/rekt/resources/kafkatopic"
+	eventingduck "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/apis/duck/v1"
+	"knative.dev/reconciler-test/pkg/environment"
+	"knative.dev/reconciler-test/pkg/eventshub/assert"
 
 	"knative.dev/pkg/system"
 
@@ -36,15 +46,88 @@ import (
 	brokerconfigmap "knative.dev/eventing-kafka-broker/test/rekt/resources/configmap/broker"
 )
 
+func compose(steps ...feature.StepFn) feature.StepFn {
+	return func(ctx context.Context, t feature.T) {
+		for _, s := range steps {
+			s(ctx, t)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// BrokerDeletedRecreated tests that when a broker and trigger is deleted and re-created, the original sink will eventually stop receiving events
 func BrokerDeletedRecreated() *feature.Feature {
 	f := feature.NewFeatureNamed("broker deleted and recreated")
 
 	brokerName := feature.MakeRandomK8sName("broker")
 	triggerName := feature.MakeRandomK8sName("trigger")
 
-	f.Setup("test broker", featuressteps.BrokerSmokeTest(brokerName, triggerName))
+	sink1 := feature.MakeRandomK8sName("asink")
+	sink2 := feature.MakeRandomK8sName("bsink")
+
+	event := cetest.FullEvent()
+	event.SetID(uuid.New().String())
+
+	eventMatchers := []cetest.EventMatcher{
+		cetest.HasId(event.ID()),
+		cetest.HasSource(event.Source()),
+		cetest.HasType(event.Type()),
+		cetest.HasSubject(event.Subject()),
+	}
+
+	backoffPolicy := eventingduck.BackoffPolicyLinear
+
+	f.Setup("test broker", compose(
+		eventshub.Install(sink1, eventshub.StartReceiver),
+		broker.Install(brokerName, broker.WithEnvConfig()...),
+		broker.IsReady(brokerName),
+		trigger.Install(
+			triggerName,
+			trigger.WithBrokerName(brokerName),
+			trigger.WithRetry(3, &backoffPolicy, ptr.To("PT1S")),
+			trigger.WithSubscriber(service.AsKReference(sink1), ""),
+		),
+		trigger.IsReady(triggerName),
+		eventshub.Install(
+			feature.MakeRandomK8sName("source"),
+			eventshub.StartSenderToResource(broker.GVR(), brokerName),
+			eventshub.AddSequence,
+			eventshub.InputEvent(event),
+			// We want to send 1 event/s until the timeout
+			func(ctx context.Context, envs map[string]string) error {
+				_, timeout := environment.PollTimingsFromContext(ctx)
+				envs["PERIOD"] = "1" // in seconds
+				envs["MAX_MESSAGES"] = strconv.Itoa(int(math.Ceil(timeout.Seconds())))
+				return nil
+			},
+		),
+		assert.OnStore(sink1).MatchEvent(eventMatchers...).AtLeast(1),
+	))
+
 	f.Requirement("delete broker", featuressteps.DeleteBroker(brokerName))
-	f.Assert("test broker after deletion", featuressteps.BrokerSmokeTest(brokerName, triggerName))
+	f.Assert("test broker after deletion", compose(
+		eventshub.Install(sink2, eventshub.StartReceiver),
+		broker.Install(brokerName, broker.WithEnvConfig()...),
+		broker.IsReady(brokerName),
+		trigger.Install(
+			triggerName,
+			trigger.WithBrokerName(brokerName),
+			trigger.WithRetry(3, &backoffPolicy, ptr.To("PT1S")),
+			trigger.WithSubscriber(service.AsKReference(sink2), ""),
+		),
+		trigger.IsReady(triggerName),
+		// We need to check both that
+		// 1. sink1 eventually stops receiving new events
+		// 2. sink2 eventually starts receiving all events
+		// therefore, we check that eventually, the last few events sent (16 for no particular reason) are all received by the sink2 only
+		// and contain an uninterrupted (without any missing sequence numbers) source sequence as sent by the source with eventshub.AddSequence
+		EventSequenceOnStores(sink1, sink2).
+			MatchingReceived(eventMatchers...).  // ... when ...
+			OrderedBySourceSequence().           // ..., and taken the ...
+			LastN(16).                           // ... events, the sequence...
+			ContainsOnlyEventsObservedBy(sink2). // ...and...
+			IsAnUninterruptedSourceSequence().
+			Eventually(),
+	))
 
 	return f
 }
diff --git a/test/rekt/features/sequence_assertions.go b/test/rekt/features/sequence_assertions.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6862afb5e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rekt/features/sequence_assertions.go
@@ -0,0 +1,251 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 The Knative 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 features
+
+import (
+	"cmp"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"knative.dev/reconciler-test/pkg/eventshub/assert"
+
+	"slices"
+
+	cetest "github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2/test"
+	types2 "github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2/types"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	"knative.dev/reconciler-test/pkg/environment"
+	"knative.dev/reconciler-test/pkg/eventshub"
+	"knative.dev/reconciler-test/pkg/feature"
+)
+
+type sequenceTransformationOrAssertion func(ctx context.Context, events []eventshub.EventInfo) ([]eventshub.EventInfo, error)
+
+type SequenceAssertionBuilder struct {
+	storeNames             []string
+	matchers               []eventshub.EventInfoMatcherCtx
+	transformsOrAssertions []sequenceTransformationOrAssertion
+}
+
+func getEventInfoSourceSequenceNumber(eventInfo eventshub.EventInfo) (int32, error) {
+	sequenceExtension, ok := eventInfo.Event.Extensions()["sequence"]
+	if !ok {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("event does not contain a sequence extension: %s", eventInfo.String())
+	}
+
+	sequenceNumber, err := types2.ToInteger(sequenceExtension)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("event \"sequence\" extension value %q is not a number: %s", sequenceExtension, eventInfo.String())
+	}
+
+	return sequenceNumber, nil
+}
+
+func orderBySourceSequence(ctx context.Context, events []eventshub.EventInfo) ([]eventshub.EventInfo, error) {
+	sorted := slices.Clone(events)
+
+	var conversionError error
+
+	slices.SortFunc(sorted, func(a, b eventshub.EventInfo) int {
+		var err error
+		var an, bn int32
+		an, err = getEventInfoSourceSequenceNumber(a)
+		if err != nil {
+			conversionError = err
+			return 0
+		}
+
+		bn, err = getEventInfoSourceSequenceNumber(b)
+		if err != nil {
+			conversionError = err
+			return 0
+		}
+
+		return cmp.Compare(an, bn)
+	})
+
+	if conversionError != nil {
+		return nil, conversionError
+	}
+
+	return sorted, nil
+}
+
+func reverse(ctx context.Context, events []eventshub.EventInfo) ([]eventshub.EventInfo, error) {
+	reversed := slices.Clone(events)
+	slices.Reverse(reversed)
+	return reversed, nil
+}
+
+func firstN(n int, events []eventshub.EventInfo) ([]eventshub.EventInfo, error) {
+	if len(events) < n {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected at least %d events, got %d", n, len(events))
+	}
+
+	return events[:n], nil
+}
+
+func lastN(n int, events []eventshub.EventInfo) ([]eventshub.EventInfo, error) {
+	if len(events) < n {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected at least %d events, got %d", n, len(events))
+	}
+
+	return events[len(events)-n:], nil
+}
+
+// EventSequenceOnStores starts an assertion about sequence of events received by the given named stores
+// The assertions are specially designed for checking sequences as generated by sources with eventshub.AddSequence
+func EventSequenceOnStores(names ...string) SequenceAssertionBuilder {
+	return SequenceAssertionBuilder{
+		storeNames: names,
+	}
+}
+
+func (b SequenceAssertionBuilder) MatchingReceived(matchers ...cetest.EventMatcher) SequenceAssertionBuilder {
+	b.matchers = append(b.matchers, assert.MatchKind(eventshub.EventReceived).WithContext())
+	b.matchers = append(b.matchers, assert.MatchEvent(matchers...).WithContext())
+	return b
+}
+
+func (b SequenceAssertionBuilder) Reversed() SequenceAssertionBuilder {
+	b.transformsOrAssertions = append(b.transformsOrAssertions, reverse)
+	return b
+}
+
+func (b SequenceAssertionBuilder) OrderedBySourceSequence() SequenceAssertionBuilder {
+	b.transformsOrAssertions = append(b.transformsOrAssertions, orderBySourceSequence)
+	return b
+}
+
+func (b SequenceAssertionBuilder) FirstN(n int) SequenceAssertionBuilder {
+	b.transformsOrAssertions = append(b.transformsOrAssertions, func(ctx context.Context, events []eventshub.EventInfo) ([]eventshub.EventInfo, error) {
+		return firstN(n, events)
+	})
+	return b
+}
+
+func (b SequenceAssertionBuilder) LastN(n int) SequenceAssertionBuilder {
+	b.transformsOrAssertions = append(b.transformsOrAssertions, func(ctx context.Context, events []eventshub.EventInfo) ([]eventshub.EventInfo, error) {
+		return lastN(n, events)
+	})
+	return b
+}
+
+func (b SequenceAssertionBuilder) ContainsOnly(matcher eventshub.EventInfoMatcher) SequenceAssertionBuilder {
+	b.transformsOrAssertions = append(b.transformsOrAssertions, func(ctx context.Context, events []eventshub.EventInfo) ([]eventshub.EventInfo, error) {
+		for _, event := range events {
+			err := matcher(event)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+
+		return events, nil
+	})
+	return b
+}
+
+func (b SequenceAssertionBuilder) ContainsOnlyEventsObservedBy(observerName string) SequenceAssertionBuilder {
+	return b.ContainsOnly(func(info eventshub.EventInfo) error {
+		if info.Observer != observerName {
+			return fmt.Errorf("expected observer to be %s, got %s", observerName, info.Observer)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+}
+
+func (b SequenceAssertionBuilder) IsAnUninterruptedSourceSequence() SequenceAssertionBuilder {
+	b.transformsOrAssertions = append(b.transformsOrAssertions, func(ctx context.Context, events []eventshub.EventInfo) ([]eventshub.EventInfo, error) {
+		if len(events) == 0 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("no events received")
+		}
+
+		firstSequenceNumber, err := getEventInfoSourceSequenceNumber(events[0])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		expectedSequenceNumber := firstSequenceNumber - 1
+		for _, event := range events {
+			expectedSequenceNumber++
+
+			sequenceNumber, err := getEventInfoSourceSequenceNumber(event)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			if sequenceNumber != expectedSequenceNumber {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected sequence number %d, got %d", expectedSequenceNumber, sequenceNumber)
+			}
+		}
+
+		return events, nil
+	})
+	return b
+}
+
+func (b SequenceAssertionBuilder) Eventually() feature.StepFn {
+	return func(ctx context.Context, t feature.T) {
+		retryInterval, retryTimeout := environment.PollTimingsFromContext(ctx)
+
+		var internalErr error
+
+		err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, retryInterval, retryTimeout, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+			events := make([]eventshub.EventInfo, 0)
+			for _, storeName := range b.storeNames {
+				store := eventshub.StoreFromContext(ctx, storeName)
+
+				storeEvents, _, _, err := store.Find(func(info eventshub.EventInfo) error {
+					for _, matcher := range b.matchers {
+						err := matcher.WithContext(ctx)(info)
+						if err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+					}
+					return nil
+				})
+
+				if err != nil {
+					internalErr = err
+					return false, nil
+				}
+
+				events = append(events, storeEvents...)
+			}
+
+			for _, transformOrAssertion := range b.transformsOrAssertions {
+				var err error
+				events, err = transformOrAssertion(ctx, events)
+				if err != nil {
+					internalErr = err
+					return false, nil
+				}
+			}
+
+			internalErr = nil
+			return true, nil
+		})
+
+		if internalErr != nil {
+			t.Fatal(internalErr)
+		}
+
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+}