diff --git a/.chloggen/consumererror_partial_success.yaml b/.chloggen/consumererror_partial_success.yaml
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+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: consumererror
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Add new partial error type to consumererror to allow consumers to report partial successes.
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [13423]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: []
diff --git a/consumer/consumererror/partial.go b/consumer/consumererror/partial.go
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+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package consumererror // import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror"
+
+import "errors"
+
+type partialError struct {
+	inner  error
+	failed int
+}
+
+var _ error = partialError{}
+
+func (pe partialError) Error() string {
+	return pe.inner.Error()
+}
+
+func (pe partialError) Unwrap() error {
+	return pe.inner
+}
+
+func (pe partialError) Failed() int {
+	return pe.failed
+}
+
+// NewPartial creates a new partial error. This is used by consumers
+// to report errors where only a subset of the total items failed
+// to be written, but it is not possible to tell which particular items
+// failed.
+func NewPartial(err error, failed int) error {
+	return NewPermanent(partialError{
+		inner:  err,
+		failed: failed,
+	})
+}
+
+// AsPartial checks if an error was wrapped with the NewPartial function,
+// or if it contains one such error in its Unwrap() tree.
+func AsPartial(err error) (partialError, bool) {
+	var pe partialError
+	ok := errors.As(err, &pe)
+	return pe, ok
+}
diff --git a/consumer/consumererror/partial_test.go b/consumer/consumererror/partial_test.go
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+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package consumererror
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestPartial(t *testing.T) {
+	internalErr := errors.New("some points failed")
+	err := NewPartial(internalErr, 5)
+	assert.True(t, IsPermanent(err))
+	partialErr, ok := AsPartial(err)
+	assert.True(t, ok)
+	assert.Equal(t, 5, partialErr.Failed())
+	assert.Equal(t, internalErr, partialErr.Unwrap())
+	assert.Equal(t, internalErr.Error(), partialErr.Error())
+}