diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_pageserver_secondary.py b/test_runner/regress/test_pageserver_secondary.py
index e5908de363..8d18311f3d 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_pageserver_secondary.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_pageserver_secondary.py
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ def test_location_conf_churn(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder, make_httpserver,
                 ".*downloading failed, possibly for shutdown",
                 # {tenant_id=... timeline_id=...}:handle_pagerequests:handle_get_page_at_lsn_request{rel=1664/0/1260 blkno=0 req_lsn=0/149F0D8}: error reading relation or page version: Not found: will not become active.  Current state: Stopping\n'
                 ".*page_service.*will not become active.*",
+                # the following errors are possible when pageserver tries to ingest wal records despite being in unreadable state
+                ".*wal_connection_manager.*layer file download failed: No file found.*",
+                ".*wal_connection_manager.*could not ingest record.*",
             ]
         )