We have many guards making sure that there are always at least two instances of the kube-apiserver. If we ever reach a single kube-apiserver and it causes disruption for the clients, other alerts such as KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn will fire.
KubeAPIDown is here to make sure that Prometheus and really any client can reach the kube-apiserver, which they can even when there is only one instance of kube-apiserver running. If they can't or that availability is disrupted, `KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn` will fire.
Comment 23058588 by Marcel Härri at 2023-09-19T06:57:07.949+0000

Mar 12 18:52:24.937 - 58s E namespace/openshift-kube-apiserver alert/KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn alertstate/firing severity/critical ALERTS
{alertname="KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn", alertstate="firing", long="1h", namespace="openshift-kube-apiserver", prometheus="openshift-monitoring/k8s", severity="critical", short="5m"}

# [bz-kube-apiserver][invariant] alert/KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn should not be at or above pending
KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn was at or above pending for at least 26s on platformidentification.JobType{Release:"4.13", FromRelease:"", Platform:"azure", Architecture:"amd64", Network:"ovn", Topology:"ha"} (maxAllowed=0s): pending for 26s, firing for 0s:
Apr 26 15:32:16.494 - 26s   I alert/KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn ns/openshift-kube-apiserver ALERTS{alertname="KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn", alertstate="pending", long="3d", namespace="openshift-kube-apiserver", prometheus="openshift-monitoring/k8s", severity="warning", short="6h"}

# [bz-kube-apiserver][invariant] alert/KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn should not be at or above pending
KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn was at or above pending for at least 5m14s on platformidentification.JobType{Release:"4.13", FromRelease:"", Platform:"azure", Architecture:"amd64", Network:"ovn", Topology:"ha"} (maxAllowed=0s): pending for 5m14s, firing for 0s:
Apr 24 04:04:32.748 - 82s   I alert/KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn ns/openshift-kube-apiserver ALERTS{alertname="KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn", alertstate="pending", long="1d", namespace="openshift-kube-apiserver", prometheus="openshift-monitoring/k8s", severity="warning", short="2h"}
Apr 24 04:04:32.748 - 232s  I alert/KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn ns/openshift-kube-apiserver ALERTS{alertname="KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn", alertstate="pending", long="3d", namespace="openshift-kube-apiserver", prometheus="openshift-monitoring/k8s", severity="warning", short="6h"}

# [bz-kube-apiserver][invariant] alert/KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn should not be at or above pending
KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn was at or above pending for at least 4m46s on platformidentification.JobType{Release:"4.13", FromRelease:"", Platform:"azure", Architecture:"amd64", Network:"ovn", Topology:"ha"} (maxAllowed=0s): pending for 4m46s, firing for 0s:
Apr 23 16:20:39.024 - 54s   I alert/KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn ns/openshift-kube-apiserver ALERTS{alertname="KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn", alertstate="pending", long="1d", namespace="openshift-kube-apiserver", prometheus="openshift-monitoring/k8s", severity="warning", short="2h"}
Apr 23 16:20:39.024 - 204s  I alert/KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn ns/openshift-kube-apiserver ALERTS{alertname="KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn", alertstate="pending", long="3d", namespace="openshift-kube-apiserver", prometheus="openshift-monitoring/k8s", severity="warning", short="6h"}
Apr 23 16:25:35.024 - 28s   I alert/KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn ns/openshift-kube-apiserver ALERTS{alertname="KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn", alertstate="pending", long="3d", namespace="openshift-kube-apiserver", prometheus="openshift-monitoring/k8s", severity="warning", short="6h"}

# [bz-kube-apiserver][invariant] alert/KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn should not be at or above pending
KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn was at or above pending for at least 1m50s on platformidentification.JobType{Release:"4.13", FromRelease:"", Platform:"azure", Architecture:"amd64", Network:"ovn", Topology:"ha"} (maxAllowed=0s): pending for 1m50s, firing for 0s:
Apr 23 10:16:52.720 - 110s  I alert/KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn ns/openshift-kube-apiserver ALERTS{alertname="KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn", alertstate="pending", long="3d", namespace="openshift-kube-apiserver", prometheus="openshift-monitoring/k8s", severity="warning", short="6h"}

# [bz-kube-apiserver][invariant] alert/KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn should not be at or above pending
KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn was at or above pending for at least 21m58s on platformidentification.JobType{Release:"4.13", FromRelease:"", Platform:"azure", Architecture:"amd64", Network:"ovn", Topology:"ha"} (maxAllowed=0s): pending for 21m58s, firing for 0s:
Apr 19 07:23:59.243 - 48s   I alert/KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn ns/openshift-kube-apiserver ALERTS{alertname="KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn", alertstate="pending", long="6h", namespace="openshift-kube-apiserver", prometheus="openshift-monitoring/k8s", severity="critical", short="30m"}
Apr 19 07:23:59.243 - 200s  I alert/KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn ns/openshift-kube-apiserver ALERTS{alertname="KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn", alertstate="pending", long="1d", namespace="openshift-kube-apiserver", prometheus="openshift-monitoring/k8s", severity="warning", short="2h"}
Apr 19 07:23:59.243 - 1070s I alert/KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn ns/openshift-kube-apiserver ALERTS{alertname="KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn", alertstate="pending", long="3d", namespace="openshift-kube-apiserver", prometheus="openshift-monitoring/k8s", severity="warning", short="6h"}

# [bz-kube-apiserver][invariant] alert/KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn should not be at or above pending
KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn was at or above pending for at least 5m16s on platformidentification.JobType{Release:"4.13", FromRelease:"", Platform:"azure", Architecture:"amd64", Network:"ovn", Topology:"ha"} (maxAllowed=0s): pending for 5m16s, firing for 0s:
Apr 18 15:07:45.745 - 230s  I alert/KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn ns/openshift-kube-apiserver ALERTS{alertname="KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn", alertstate="pending", long="3d", namespace="openshift-kube-apiserver", prometheus="openshift-monitoring/k8s", severity="warning", short="6h"}
Apr 18 15:08:37.745 - 58s   I alert/KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn ns/openshift-kube-apiserver ALERTS{alertname="KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn", alertstate="pending", long="1d", namespace="openshift-kube-apiserver", prometheus="openshift-monitoring/k8s", severity="warning", short="2h"}
Apr 18 15:13:07.745 - 28s   I alert/KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn ns/openshift-kube-apiserver ALERTS{alertname="KubeAPIErrorBudgetBurn", alertstate="pending", long="3d", namespace="openshift-kube-apiserver", prometheus="openshift-monitoring/k8s", severity="warning", short="6h"}