diff --git a/ingester/src/ingest_state.rs b/ingester/src/ingest_state.rs
index 6769d0b9e8..4c5030eaee 100644
--- a/ingester/src/ingest_state.rs
+++ b/ingester/src/ingest_state.rs
@@ -132,11 +132,12 @@ impl IngestState {
     ///
     /// # Precedence
     ///
-    /// If more than one error state it set, a single error is returned based on
+    /// If more than one error state is set, a single error is returned based on
     /// the following precedence (ordered by highest priority to lowest):
     ///
     ///   1. [`IngestStateError::GracefulStop`]
-    ///   2. [`IngestStateError::PersistSaturated`].
+    ///   2. [`IngestStateError::DiskFull`]
+    ///   3. [`IngestStateError::PersistSaturated`].
     ///
     pub(crate) fn read(&self) -> Result<(), IngestStateError> {
         let current = self.state.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
@@ -149,13 +150,37 @@ impl IngestState {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    /// Return the current [`IngestStateError`], if any, filtering out any
+    /// contained within the given list of `exceptions`.
+    ///
+    /// # Precedence
+    ///
+    /// If more than one error state is set, this follows the same precedence
+    /// rules as [`IngestState::read()`].
+    pub(crate) fn read_with_exceptions<const N: usize>(
+        &self,
+        exceptions: [IngestStateError; N],
+    ) -> Result<(), IngestStateError> {
+        let exception_mask = exceptions
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(IngestStateError::as_bits)
+            .fold(0, std::ops::BitOr::bitor);
+        let current = self.state.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
+
+        if current & !exception_mask != 0 {
+            return as_err(current & !exception_mask);
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 /// Map `state` to exactly one [`IngestStateError`].
 ///
 /// Shutdown always takes precedence, ensuring that once set, this is the error
 /// the user always sees (instead of potentially flip-flopping between "shutting
-/// down" and "persist saturated").
+/// down", "persist saturated" & "disk full").
 #[cold]
 fn as_err(state: usize) -> Result<(), IngestStateError> {
     if state & IngestStateError::GracefulStop.as_bits() != 0 {
@@ -308,5 +333,27 @@ mod tests {
                 prop_assert!(!state.set(error_a));
             }
         }
+
+        /// For every [`IngestStateError`] pair, this test checks that setting
+        /// the LHS on an [`IngestState`], then reading from it with an ignore
+        /// exception of the RHS produces the correct result. If the exception
+        /// matches the error set on the state then it should be filtered and
+        /// return `Ok`, while an error state that isn't in the exception list
+        /// is returned.
+        #[test]
+        fn test_read_with_exceptions(set_error in ingest_state_errors(), except_error in ingest_state_errors()) {
+            let state = IngestState::default();
+
+            assert!(state.set(set_error));
+
+            // Assert the exception filter returns results as expected.
+            if std::mem::discriminant(&set_error) == std::mem::discriminant(&except_error) {
+                assert_matches!(state.read_with_exceptions([except_error]), Ok(()));
+            } else {
+                assert_matches!(state.read_with_exceptions([except_error]), Err(got_err) => {
+                    prop_assert_eq!(std::mem::discriminant(&set_error), std::mem::discriminant(&got_err));
+                })
+            }
+        }
     }
 }