diff --git a/cmd/background-controller/main.go b/cmd/background-controller/main.go
index e1ed7c5b17..57505082f4 100644
--- a/cmd/background-controller/main.go
+++ b/cmd/background-controller/main.go
@@ -111,8 +111,9 @@ func main() {
 	flagset.IntVar(&maxQueuedEvents, "maxQueuedEvents", 1000, "Maximum events to be queued.")
 	flagset.StringVar(&omitEvents, "omitEvents", "", "Set this flag to a comma sperated list of PolicyViolation, PolicyApplied, PolicyError, PolicySkipped to disable events, e.g. --omitEvents=PolicyApplied,PolicyViolation")
 	flagset.Int64Var(&maxAPICallResponseLength, "maxAPICallResponseLength", 2*1000*1000, "Maximum allowed response size from API Calls. A value of 0 bypasses checks (not recommended).")
+	flagset.IntVar(&maxBackgroundReports, "maxBackgroundReports", 10000, "Maximum number of ephemeralreports created for the background policies.")
 	flagset.BoolVar(&backgroundReports, "backgroundReports", true, "Enables or disables reports for mutate existing and generate rules.")
-	flagset.IntVar(&maxBackgroundReports, "maxBackgroundReports", 10000, "Maximum number of background reports before we stop creating new ones")
+
 	// config
 	appConfig := internal.NewConfiguration(
 		internal.WithProfiling(),
diff --git a/cmd/reports-controller/main.go b/cmd/reports-controller/main.go
index 8bd41178a1..5096ef26a3 100644
--- a/cmd/reports-controller/main.go
+++ b/cmd/reports-controller/main.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/internal"
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/breaker"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
 	kyvernoinformer "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/client/informers/externalversions"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/clients/dclient"
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ func createReportControllers(
 	configuration config.Configuration,
 	jp jmespath.Interface,
 	eventGenerator event.Interface,
+	reportsBreaker breaker.Breaker,
 ) ([]internal.Controller, func(context.Context) error) {
 	var ctrls []internal.Controller
 	var warmups []func(context.Context) error
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ func createReportControllers(
 				jp,
 				eventGenerator,
 				policyReports,
+				reportsBreaker,
 			)
 			ctrls = append(ctrls, internal.NewController(
 				backgroundscancontroller.ControllerName,
@@ -160,6 +163,7 @@ func createrLeaderControllers(
 	jp jmespath.Interface,
 	eventGenerator event.Interface,
 	backgroundScanInterval time.Duration,
+	reportsBreaker breaker.Breaker,
 ) ([]internal.Controller, func(context.Context) error, error) {
 	reportControllers, warmup := createReportControllers(
 		eng,
@@ -179,6 +183,7 @@ func createrLeaderControllers(
 		configuration,
 		jp,
 		eventGenerator,
+		reportsBreaker,
 	)
 	return reportControllers, warmup, nil
 }
@@ -197,6 +202,7 @@ func main() {
 		omitEvents                       string
 		skipResourceFilters              bool
 		maxAPICallResponseLength         int64
+		maxBackgroundReports             int
 	)
 	flagset := flag.NewFlagSet("reports-controller", flag.ExitOnError)
 	flagset.BoolVar(&backgroundScan, "backgroundScan", true, "Enable or disable background scan.")
@@ -211,6 +217,7 @@ func main() {
 	flagset.StringVar(&omitEvents, "omitEvents", "", "Set this flag to a comma separated list of PolicyViolation, PolicyApplied, PolicyError, PolicySkipped to disable events, e.g. --omitEvents=PolicyApplied,PolicyViolation")
 	flagset.BoolVar(&skipResourceFilters, "skipResourceFilters", true, "If true, resource filters wont be considered.")
 	flagset.Int64Var(&maxAPICallResponseLength, "maxAPICallResponseLength", 2*1000*1000, "Maximum allowed response size from API Calls. A value of 0 bypasses checks (not recommended).")
+	flagset.IntVar(&maxBackgroundReports, "maxBackgroundReports", 10000, "Maximum number of ephemeralreports created for the background policies before we stop creating new ones")
 	// config
 	appConfig := internal.NewConfiguration(
 		internal.WithProfiling(),
@@ -309,6 +316,20 @@ func main() {
 			setup.Logger.Error(errors.New("failed to wait for cache sync"), "failed to wait for cache sync")
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
+		ephrs, err := breaker.StartBackgroundReportsCounter(ctx, setup.MetadataClient)
+		if err != nil {
+			setup.Logger.Error(err, "failed to start background-scan reports watcher")
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+
+		// create the circuit breaker
+		reportsBreaker := breaker.NewBreaker("background scan reports", func(context.Context) bool {
+			count, isRunning := ephrs.Count()
+			if !isRunning {
+				return true
+			}
+			return count > maxBackgroundReports
+		})
 		// setup leader election
 		le, err := leaderelection.New(
 			setup.Logger.WithName("leader-election"),
@@ -343,6 +364,7 @@ func main() {
 					setup.Jp,
 					eventGenerator,
 					backgroundScanInterval,
+					reportsBreaker,
 				)
 				if err != nil {
 					logger.Error(err, "failed to create leader controllers")
diff --git a/pkg/breaker/breaker.go b/pkg/breaker/breaker.go
index 580f8e0229..7c2b701411 100644
--- a/pkg/breaker/breaker.go
+++ b/pkg/breaker/breaker.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type breaker struct {
 }
 
 func NewBreaker(name string, open func(context.Context) bool) *breaker {
-	logger := logging.WithName("cricuit-breaker")
+	logger := logging.WithName("circuit-breaker")
 	meter := otel.GetMeterProvider().Meter(metrics.MeterName)
 	drops, err := meter.Int64Counter(
 		"kyverno_breaker_drops",
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/report/background/controller.go b/pkg/controllers/report/background/controller.go
index 1259077bd1..5ea6896a13 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/report/background/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/report/background/controller.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	kyvernov2 "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/api/kyverno/v2"
 	policyreportv1alpha2 "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/api/policyreport/v1alpha2"
 	reportsv1 "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/api/reports/v1"
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/breaker"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
 	kyvernov1informers "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/client/informers/externalversions/kyverno/v1"
 	kyvernov2informers "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/client/informers/externalversions/kyverno/v2"
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ type controller struct {
 	jp            jmespath.Interface
 	eventGen      event.Interface
 	policyReports bool
+	breaker       breaker.Breaker
 }
 
 func NewController(
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ func NewController(
 	jp jmespath.Interface,
 	eventGen event.Interface,
 	policyReports bool,
+	breaker breaker.Breaker,
 ) controllers.Controller {
 	ephrInformer := metadataFactory.ForResource(reportsv1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource("ephemeralreports"))
 	cephrInformer := metadataFactory.ForResource(reportsv1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource("clusterephemeralreports"))
@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@ func NewController(
 		jp:             jp,
 		eventGen:       eventGen,
 		policyReports:  policyReports,
+		breaker:        breaker,
 	}
 	if vapInformer != nil {
 		c.vapLister = vapInformer.Lister()
@@ -462,7 +466,13 @@ func (c *controller) storeReport(ctx context.Context, observed, desired reportsv
 	if !hasReport && !wantsReport {
 		return nil
 	} else if !hasReport && wantsReport {
-		_, err = reportutils.CreateReport(ctx, desired, c.kyvernoClient)
+		err = c.breaker.Do(ctx, func(context.Context) error {
+			_, err := reportutils.CreateReport(ctx, desired, c.kyvernoClient)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return nil
+		})
 		return err
 	} else if hasReport && !wantsReport {
 		if observed.GetNamespace() == "" {