diff --git a/tests/robustness/README.md b/tests/robustness/README.md
index ebea3b45098..36c8415cb86 100644
--- a/tests/robustness/README.md
+++ b/tests/robustness/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Upon failure tests generate a report that can be used to attribute whether failu
       It is recommended to run tests multiple times with failfast enabled. this can be done by setting `GO_TEST_FLAGS='--count=100 --failfast'`.
     * `EXPECT_DEBUG=true` - to get logs from the cluster.
     * `RESULTS_DIR` - to change location where results report will be saved.
+    * `PERSIST_RESULTS` - to persist the results report of the test. By default this will not be persisted in the case of a successful run.
 
 ## Analysing failure
 
diff --git a/tests/robustness/model/replay.go b/tests/robustness/model/replay.go
index 03df65cb700..38968e35198 100644
--- a/tests/robustness/model/replay.go
+++ b/tests/robustness/model/replay.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-func NewReplay(eventHistory []WatchEvent) *EtcdReplay {
+func NewReplay(eventHistory []PersistedEvent) *EtcdReplay {
 	var lastEventRevision int64 = 1
 	for _, event := range eventHistory {
 		if event.Revision > lastEventRevision && event.Revision != lastEventRevision+1 {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func NewReplay(eventHistory []WatchEvent) *EtcdReplay {
 }
 
 type EtcdReplay struct {
-	eventHistory []WatchEvent
+	eventHistory []PersistedEvent
 
 	// Cached state and event index used for it's calculation
 	cachedState       *EtcdState
diff --git a/tests/robustness/report/report.go b/tests/robustness/report/report.go
index 3c41bc02dcc..fb376fcc75b 100644
--- a/tests/robustness/report/report.go
+++ b/tests/robustness/report/report.go
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ func testResultsDirectory(t *testing.T) string {
 
 func (r *TestReport) Report(t *testing.T, force bool) {
 	path := testResultsDirectory(t)
-	if t.Failed() || force {
+	_, ok := os.LookupEnv("PERSIST_RESULTS")
+	if t.Failed() || force || ok {
 		for _, member := range r.Cluster.Procs {
 			memberDataDir := filepath.Join(path, fmt.Sprintf("server-%s", member.Config().Name))
 			persistMemberDataDir(t, r.Logger, member, memberDataDir)
diff --git a/tests/robustness/validate/operations.go b/tests/robustness/validate/operations.go
index c692e54d590..9f63182d9ab 100644
--- a/tests/robustness/validate/operations.go
+++ b/tests/robustness/validate/operations.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func validateLinearizableOperationsAndVisualize(lg *zap.Logger, operations []por
 	}
 }
 
-func validateSerializableOperations(t *testing.T, lg *zap.Logger, operations []porcupine.Operation, totalEventHistory []model.WatchEvent) {
+func validateSerializableOperations(t *testing.T, lg *zap.Logger, operations []porcupine.Operation, totalEventHistory []model.PersistedEvent) {
 	lg.Info("Validating serializable operations")
 	staleReads := filterSerializableReads(operations)
 	if len(staleReads) == 0 {
diff --git a/tests/robustness/validate/validate.go b/tests/robustness/validate/validate.go
index d2606e54a40..d2688179944 100644
--- a/tests/robustness/validate/validate.go
+++ b/tests/robustness/validate/validate.go
@@ -51,27 +51,27 @@ type Config struct {
 	ExpectRevisionUnique bool
 }
 
-func mergeWatchEventHistory(reports []report.ClientReport) ([]model.WatchEvent, error) {
+func mergeWatchEventHistory(reports []report.ClientReport) ([]model.PersistedEvent, error) {
 	type revisionEvents struct {
-		events   []model.WatchEvent
+		events   []model.PersistedEvent
 		revision int64
 		clientId int
 	}
 	revisionToEvents := map[int64]revisionEvents{}
 	var lastClientId = 0
 	var lastRevision int64
-	events := []model.WatchEvent{}
+	events := []model.PersistedEvent{}
 	for _, r := range reports {
 		for _, op := range r.Watch {
 			for _, resp := range op.Responses {
 				for _, event := range resp.Events {
 					if event.Revision == lastRevision && lastClientId == r.ClientId {
-						events = append(events, event)
+						events = append(events, event.PersistedEvent)
 					} else {
 						if prev, found := revisionToEvents[lastRevision]; found {
 							// This assumes that there are txn that would be observed differently by two watches.
 							// TODO: Implement merging events from multiple watches about single revision based on operations.
-							if diff := cmp.Diff(prev.events, events, cmp.Comparer(compareWatchEvents)); diff != "" {
+							if diff := cmp.Diff(prev.events, events); diff != "" {
 								return nil, fmt.Errorf("events between clients %d and %d don't match, revision: %d, diff: %s", prev.clientId, lastClientId, lastRevision, diff)
 							}
 						} else {
@@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ func mergeWatchEventHistory(reports []report.ClientReport) ([]model.WatchEvent,
 						}
 						lastClientId = r.ClientId
 						lastRevision = event.Revision
-						events = []model.WatchEvent{event}
+						events = []model.PersistedEvent{event.PersistedEvent}
 					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	if prev, found := revisionToEvents[lastRevision]; found {
-		if diff := cmp.Diff(prev.events, events, cmp.Comparer(compareWatchEvents)); diff != "" {
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(prev.events, events); diff != "" {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("events between clients %d and %d don't match, revision: %d, diff: %s", prev.clientId, lastClientId, lastRevision, diff)
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -100,23 +100,9 @@ func mergeWatchEventHistory(reports []report.ClientReport) ([]model.WatchEvent,
 	sort.Slice(allRevisionEvents, func(i, j int) bool {
 		return allRevisionEvents[i].revision < allRevisionEvents[j].revision
 	})
-	var eventHistory []model.WatchEvent
+	var eventHistory []model.PersistedEvent
 	for _, revEvents := range allRevisionEvents {
 		eventHistory = append(eventHistory, revEvents.events...)
 	}
 	return eventHistory, nil
 }
-
-func compareWatchEvents(x, y []model.WatchEvent) bool {
-	if len(x) != len(y) {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	for i := 0; i < len(x); i++ {
-		if x[i].PersistedEvent != y[i].PersistedEvent {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-
-	return true
-}
diff --git a/tests/robustness/validate/validate_test.go b/tests/robustness/validate/validate_test.go
index 11c963e38a3..42964185132 100644
--- a/tests/robustness/validate/validate_test.go
+++ b/tests/robustness/validate/validate_test.go
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ func TestValidateWatch(t *testing.T) {
 													},
 												},
 												Revision: 2,
+												IsCreate: true,
 											},
 										},
 									},
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ func TestValidateWatch(t *testing.T) {
 													},
 												},
 												Revision: 2,
+												IsCreate: true,
 											},
 										},
 									},
@@ -182,6 +184,7 @@ func TestValidateWatch(t *testing.T) {
 													},
 												},
 												Revision: 2,
+												IsCreate: true,
 											},
 										},
 									},
@@ -207,6 +210,7 @@ func TestValidateWatch(t *testing.T) {
 													},
 												},
 												Revision: 2,
+												IsCreate: true,
 											},
 										},
 									},
diff --git a/tests/robustness/validate/watch.go b/tests/robustness/validate/watch.go
index 9e0d434392f..32aeca97bc1 100644
--- a/tests/robustness/validate/watch.go
+++ b/tests/robustness/validate/watch.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/tests/v3/robustness/report"
 )
 
-func validateWatch(t *testing.T, lg *zap.Logger, cfg Config, reports []report.ClientReport, eventHistory []model.WatchEvent) {
+func validateWatch(t *testing.T, lg *zap.Logger, cfg Config, reports []report.ClientReport, eventHistory []model.PersistedEvent) {
 	lg.Info("Validating watch")
 	// Validate etcd watch properties defined in https://etcd.io/docs/v3.6/learning/api_guarantees/#watch-apis
 	for _, r := range reports {
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ func validateWatch(t *testing.T, lg *zap.Logger, cfg Config, reports []report.Cl
 			validateReliable(t, eventHistory, r)
 			validateResumable(t, eventHistory, r)
 			validatePrevKV(t, r, eventHistory)
+			validateCreateEvent(t, r, eventHistory)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ func validateAtomic(t *testing.T, report report.ClientReport) {
 	}
 }
 
-func validateReliable(t *testing.T, events []model.WatchEvent, report report.ClientReport) {
+func validateReliable(t *testing.T, events []model.PersistedEvent, report report.ClientReport) {
 	for _, op := range report.Watch {
 		index := 0
 		revision := firstRevision(op)
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ func validateReliable(t *testing.T, events []model.WatchEvent, report report.Cli
 		}
 		for _, resp := range op.Responses {
 			for _, event := range resp.Events {
-				if events[index].Match(op.Request) && events[index].PersistedEvent != event.PersistedEvent {
+				if events[index].Match(op.Request) && events[index] != event.PersistedEvent {
 					t.Errorf("Broke watch guarantee: Reliable - a sequence of events will never drop any subsequence of events; if there are events ordered in time as a < b < c, then if the watch receives events a and c, it is guaranteed to receive b, event missing: %+v, got: %+v", events[index], event)
 				}
 				index++
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ func validateReliable(t *testing.T, events []model.WatchEvent, report report.Cli
 	}
 }
 
-func validateResumable(t *testing.T, events []model.WatchEvent, report report.ClientReport) {
+func validateResumable(t *testing.T, events []model.PersistedEvent, report report.ClientReport) {
 	for _, op := range report.Watch {
 		index := 0
 		revision := op.Request.Revision
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ func validateResumable(t *testing.T, events []model.WatchEvent, report report.Cl
 		}
 		firstEvent := firstWatchEvent(op)
 		// If watch is resumable, first event it gets should the first event that happened after the requested revision.
-		if firstEvent != nil && events[index].PersistedEvent != firstEvent.PersistedEvent {
+		if firstEvent != nil && events[index] != firstEvent.PersistedEvent {
 			t.Errorf("Resumable - A broken watch can be resumed by establishing a new watch starting after the last revision received in a watch event before the break, so long as the revision is in the history window, watch request: %+v, event missing: %+v, got: %+v", op.Request, events[index], *firstEvent)
 		}
 	}
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ func validateResumable(t *testing.T, events []model.WatchEvent, report report.Cl
 
 // validatePrevKV ensures that a watch response (if configured with WithPrevKV()) returns
 // the appropriate response.
-func validatePrevKV(t *testing.T, report report.ClientReport, history []model.WatchEvent) {
+func validatePrevKV(t *testing.T, report report.ClientReport, history []model.PersistedEvent) {
 	replay := model.NewReplay(history)
 	for _, op := range report.Watch {
 		if !op.Request.WithPrevKV {
@@ -171,11 +172,6 @@ func validatePrevKV(t *testing.T, report report.ClientReport, history []model.Wa
 				// i.e. prevKV is nil iff the event is a create event, we cannot reliably
 				// check that without knowing if compaction has run.
 
-				// A create event will not have an entry in our history and a non-create
-				// event *should* have an entry in our history.
-				if _, prevKeyExists := state.KeyValues[event.Key]; event.IsCreate == prevKeyExists {
-					t.Errorf("PrevKV - unexpected event ecountered, create event should not be in event history and update/delete event should be, event already exists: %t, is create event: %t, event: %+v", prevKeyExists, event.IsCreate, event)
-				}
 				// We allow PrevValue to be nil since in the face of compaction, etcd does not
 				// guarantee its presence.
 				if event.PrevValue != nil && *event.PrevValue != state.KeyValues[event.Key] {
@@ -186,6 +182,26 @@ func validatePrevKV(t *testing.T, report report.ClientReport, history []model.Wa
 	}
 }
 
+func validateCreateEvent(t *testing.T, report report.ClientReport, history []model.PersistedEvent) {
+	replay := model.NewReplay(history)
+	for _, op := range report.Watch {
+		for _, resp := range op.Responses {
+			for _, event := range resp.Events {
+				// Get state state just before the current event.
+				state, err := replay.StateForRevision(event.Revision - 1)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Error(err)
+				}
+				// A create event will not have an entry in our history and a non-create
+				// event *should* have an entry in our history.
+				if _, prevKeyExists := state.KeyValues[event.Key]; event.IsCreate == prevKeyExists {
+					t.Errorf("CreateEvent - unexpected event ecountered, create event should not be in event history and update/delete event should be, event already exists: %t, is create event: %t, event: %+v", prevKeyExists, event.IsCreate, event)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func firstRevision(op model.WatchOperation) int64 {
 	for _, resp := range op.Responses {
 		for _, event := range resp.Events {