diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1c00c62918..febcba6291 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5257,6 +5257,7 @@ checksum = "b248f5224d1d606005e02c97f5aa4e88eeb230488bcc03bc9ca4d7991399f2b5"
 name = "infra_utils"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "nix 0.20.2",
  "num-traits 0.2.19",
  "pretty_assertions",
  "regex",
diff --git a/crates/infra_utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/infra_utils/Cargo.toml
index 4f086f55a0..08741a3f4f 100644
--- a/crates/infra_utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/infra_utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 num-traits.workspace = true
 regex.workspace = true
-tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["process", "time"] }
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["process", "rt", "time"] }
 tracing.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+nix.workspace = true
 pretty_assertions.workspace = true
 rstest.workspace = true
-tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt", "sync"] }
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt", "signal", "sync"] }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/crates/infra_utils/src/lib.rs b/crates/infra_utils/src/lib.rs
index 2a6f8ed8e6..548702976e 100644
--- a/crates/infra_utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/infra_utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ pub mod command;
 pub mod metrics;
 pub mod path;
 pub mod run_until;
+pub mod tasks;
 pub mod tracing;
 pub mod type_name;
diff --git a/crates/infra_utils/src/tasks.rs b/crates/infra_utils/src/tasks.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f40bf7e29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/infra_utils/src/tasks.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+use std::future::Future;
+
+use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
+use tracing::error;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[path = "tasks_test.rs"]
+mod tasks_test;
+
+/// Spawns a monitored asynchronous task in Tokio.
+///
+/// This function spawns two tasks:
+/// 1. The first task executes the provided future.
+/// 2. The second task awaits the completion of the first task.
+///    - If the first task completes successfully, then it returns its result.
+///    - If the first task panics, it logs the error and terminates the process with exit code 1.
+///
+/// # Type Parameters
+///
+/// - `F`: The type of the future to be executed. Must implement `Future` and be `Send + 'static`.
+/// - `T`: The output type of the future. Must be `Send + 'static`.
+///
+/// # Arguments
+///
+/// - `future`: The future to be executed by the spawned task.
+///
+/// # Returns
+///
+/// A `JoinHandle<T>` of the second monitoring task.
+pub fn spawn_with_exit_on_panic<F, T>(future: F) -> JoinHandle<T>
+where
+    F: Future<Output = T> + Send + 'static,
+    T: Send + 'static,
+{
+    inner_spawn_with_exit_on_panic(future, exit_process)
+}
+
+// Use an inner function to enable injecting the exit function for testing.
+pub(crate) fn inner_spawn_with_exit_on_panic<F, E, T>(future: F, on_exit_f: E) -> JoinHandle<T>
+where
+    F: Future<Output = T> + Send + 'static,
+    E: FnOnce() + Send + 'static,
+    T: Send + 'static,
+{
+    // Spawn the first task to execute the future
+    let monitored_task = tokio::spawn(future);
+
+    // Spawn the second task to await the first task and assert its completion
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        match monitored_task.await {
+            Ok(res) => res,
+            Err(err) => {
+                error!("Monitored task failed: {:?}", err);
+                on_exit_f();
+                unreachable!()
+            }
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn exit_process() {
+    std::process::exit(1);
+}
diff --git a/crates/infra_utils/src/tasks_test.rs b/crates/infra_utils/src/tasks_test.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25d93437bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/infra_utils/src/tasks_test.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use rstest::rstest;
+use tokio::signal::unix::{signal, SignalKind};
+use tokio::time::{sleep, timeout, Duration};
+
+use crate::tasks::{inner_spawn_with_exit_on_panic, spawn_with_exit_on_panic};
+
+#[rstest]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_spawn_with_exit_on_panic_success() {
+    let handle = spawn_with_exit_on_panic(async {
+        sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+    });
+
+    // Await the monitoring task
+    handle.await.unwrap();
+}
+
+#[rstest]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_spawn_with_exit_on_panic_failure() {
+    // Mock exit process function: instead of calling `std::process::exit(1)`, send 'SIGTERM' to
+    // self.
+    let mock_exit_process = || {
+        // Use fully-qualified nix modules to avoid ambiguity with the tokio ones.
+        let pid = nix::unistd::getpid();
+        nix::sys::signal::kill(pid, nix::sys::signal::Signal::SIGTERM)
+            .expect("Failed to send signal");
+    };
+
+    // Set up a SIGTERM handler.
+    let mut sigterm = signal(SignalKind::terminate()).expect("Failed to set up SIGTERM handler");
+
+    // Spawn a task that panics, and uses the SIGTERM mocked exit process function.
+    inner_spawn_with_exit_on_panic(
+        async {
+            panic!("This task will fail!");
+        },
+        mock_exit_process,
+    );
+
+    // Assert the task failure is detected and that the mocked exit process function is called by
+    // awaiting for the SIGTERM signal. Bound the timeout to ensure the test does not hang
+    // indefinitely.
+    assert!(
+        timeout(Duration::from_millis(10), sigterm.recv()).await.is_ok(),
+        "Did not receive SIGTERM signal."
+    );
+}