diff --git a/ingester/src/lifecycle.rs b/ingester/src/lifecycle.rs
index 1004a0aa33..b46b84dde7 100644
--- a/ingester/src/lifecycle.rs
+++ b/ingester/src/lifecycle.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 //! some absolute number and individual Parquet files that get persisted below some number. It
 //! is expected that they may be above or below the absolute thresholds.
 
+pub mod mock_handle;
+
 use std::{collections::BTreeMap, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
 use data_types::{NamespaceId, PartitionId, SequenceNumber, ShardId, TableId};
diff --git a/ingester/src/lifecycle/mock_handle.rs b/ingester/src/lifecycle/mock_handle.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5b889c4af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ingester/src/lifecycle/mock_handle.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+//! A mock [`LifecycleHandle`] impl for testing.
+
+use data_types::{NamespaceId, PartitionId, SequenceNumber, ShardId, TableId};
+
+use super::LifecycleHandle;
+
+/// Special [`LifecycleHandle`] that never persists and always accepts more data.
+///
+/// This is useful to control persists manually.
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct NoopLifecycleHandle;
+
+impl LifecycleHandle for NoopLifecycleHandle {
+    fn log_write(
+        &self,
+        _partition_id: PartitionId,
+        _shard_id: ShardId,
+        _namespace_id: NamespaceId,
+        _table_id: TableId,
+        _sequence_number: SequenceNumber,
+        _bytes_written: usize,
+        _rows_written: usize,
+    ) -> bool {
+        // do NOT pause ingest
+        false
+    }
+
+    fn can_resume_ingest(&self) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+}
diff --git a/query_tests/src/scenarios/util.rs b/query_tests/src/scenarios/util.rs
index d39e716a59..f9a687f03a 100644
--- a/query_tests/src/scenarios/util.rs
+++ b/query_tests/src/scenarios/util.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ use super::DbScenario;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use backoff::BackoffConfig;
 use data_types::{
-    DeletePredicate, IngesterMapping, NamespaceId, NonEmptyString, ParquetFileId, PartitionId,
-    PartitionKey, Sequence, SequenceNumber, ShardId, ShardIndex, TableId, TombstoneId,
+    DeletePredicate, IngesterMapping, NonEmptyString, ParquetFileId, PartitionId, PartitionKey,
+    Sequence, SequenceNumber, ShardIndex, TombstoneId,
 };
 use dml::{DmlDelete, DmlMeta, DmlOperation, DmlWrite};
 use futures::StreamExt;
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use ingester::{
         partition::resolver::CatalogPartitionResolver, FlatIngesterQueryResponse, IngesterData,
         IngesterQueryResponse, Persister,
     },
-    lifecycle::LifecycleHandle,
+    lifecycle::mock_handle::NoopLifecycleHandle,
     querier_handler::prepare_data_to_querier,
 };
 use iox_catalog::interface::get_schema_by_name;
@@ -964,31 +964,6 @@ impl MockIngester {
     }
 }
 
-/// Special [`LifecycleHandle`] that never persists and always accepts more data.
-///
-/// This is useful to control persists manually.
-struct NoopLifecycleHandle {}
-
-impl LifecycleHandle for NoopLifecycleHandle {
-    fn log_write(
-        &self,
-        _partition_id: PartitionId,
-        _shard_id: ShardId,
-        _namespace_id: NamespaceId,
-        _table_id: TableId,
-        _sequence_number: SequenceNumber,
-        _bytes_written: usize,
-        _rows_written: usize,
-    ) -> bool {
-        // do NOT pause ingest
-        false
-    }
-
-    fn can_resume_ingest(&self) -> bool {
-        true
-    }
-}
-
 #[async_trait]
 impl IngesterFlightClient for MockIngester {
     async fn query(