diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/incremental/per_partition_cursor.py b/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/incremental/per_partition_cursor.py
index 4babf99e4a0d..e54264fa86c7 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/incremental/per_partition_cursor.py
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/incremental/per_partition_cursor.py
@@ -6,12 +6,10 @@
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from typing import Any, Callable, Iterable, Mapping, Optional, Union
 
-from airbyte_cdk.models import FailureType
 from airbyte_cdk.sources.declarative.incremental.declarative_cursor import DeclarativeCursor
 from airbyte_cdk.sources.declarative.partition_routers.partition_router import PartitionRouter
 from airbyte_cdk.sources.streams.checkpoint.per_partition_key_serializer import PerPartitionKeySerializer
 from airbyte_cdk.sources.types import Record, StreamSlice, StreamState
-from airbyte_cdk.utils import AirbyteTracedException
 
 
 class CursorFactory:
@@ -48,6 +46,7 @@ class PerPartitionCursor(DeclarativeCursor):
     _NO_CURSOR_STATE: Mapping[str, Any] = {}
     _KEY = 0
     _VALUE = 1
+    _state_to_migrate_from: Mapping[str, Any] = {}
 
     def __init__(self, cursor_factory: CursorFactory, partition_router: PartitionRouter):
         self._cursor_factory = cursor_factory
@@ -65,7 +64,8 @@ def stream_slices(self) -> Iterable[StreamSlice]:
 
             cursor = self._cursor_per_partition.get(self._to_partition_key(partition.partition))
             if not cursor:
-                cursor = self._create_cursor(self._NO_CURSOR_STATE)
+                partition_state = self._state_to_migrate_from if self._state_to_migrate_from else self._NO_CURSOR_STATE
+                cursor = self._create_cursor(partition_state)
                 self._cursor_per_partition[self._to_partition_key(partition.partition)] = cursor
 
             for cursor_slice in cursor.stream_slices():
@@ -113,15 +113,13 @@ def set_initial_state(self, stream_state: StreamState) -> None:
             return
 
         if "states" not in stream_state:
-            raise AirbyteTracedException(
-                internal_message=f"Could not sync parse the following state: {stream_state}",
-                message="The state for is format invalid. Validate that the migration steps included a reset and that it was performed "
-                "properly. Otherwise, please contact Airbyte support.",
-                failure_type=FailureType.config_error,
-            )
+            # We assume that `stream_state` is in a global format that can be applied to all partitions.
+            # Example: {"global_state_format_key": "global_state_format_value"}
+            self._state_to_migrate_from = stream_state
 
-        for state in stream_state["states"]:
-            self._cursor_per_partition[self._to_partition_key(state["partition"])] = self._create_cursor(state["cursor"])
+        else:
+            for state in stream_state["states"]:
+                self._cursor_per_partition[self._to_partition_key(state["partition"])] = self._create_cursor(state["cursor"])
 
         # Set parent state for partition routers based on parent streams
         self._partition_router.set_initial_state(stream_state)
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/python/unit_tests/sources/declarative/incremental/test_per_partition_cursor.py b/airbyte-cdk/python/unit_tests/sources/declarative/incremental/test_per_partition_cursor.py
index b2c8d5faf46d..823405cb5152 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/python/unit_tests/sources/declarative/incremental/test_per_partition_cursor.py
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/python/unit_tests/sources/declarative/incremental/test_per_partition_cursor.py
@@ -6,12 +6,10 @@
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 import pytest
-from airbyte_cdk.models import FailureType
 from airbyte_cdk.sources.declarative.incremental.declarative_cursor import DeclarativeCursor
 from airbyte_cdk.sources.declarative.incremental.per_partition_cursor import PerPartitionCursor, PerPartitionKeySerializer, StreamSlice
 from airbyte_cdk.sources.declarative.partition_routers.partition_router import PartitionRouter
 from airbyte_cdk.sources.types import Record
-from airbyte_cdk.utils import AirbyteTracedException
 
 PARTITION = {
     "partition_key string": "partition value",
@@ -519,10 +517,37 @@ def test_get_stream_state_includes_parent_state(mocked_cursor_factory, mocked_pa
     assert stream_state == expected_state
 
 
-def test_given_invalid_state_when_set_initial_state_then_raise_config_error(mocked_cursor_factory, mocked_partition_router) -> None:
-    cursor = PerPartitionCursor(mocked_cursor_factory, mocked_partition_router)
-
-    with pytest.raises(AirbyteTracedException) as exception:
-        cursor.set_initial_state({"invalid_state": 1})
+def test_per_partition_state_when_set_initial_global_state(mocked_cursor_factory, mocked_partition_router) -> None:
+    first_partition = {"first_partition_key": "first_partition_value"}
+    second_partition = {"second_partition_key": "second_partition_value"}
+    global_state = {"global_state_format_key": "global_state_format_value"}
 
-    assert exception.value.failure_type == FailureType.config_error
+    mocked_partition_router.stream_slices.return_value = [
+        StreamSlice(partition=first_partition, cursor_slice={}),
+        StreamSlice(partition=second_partition, cursor_slice={}),
+    ]
+    mocked_cursor_factory.create.side_effect = [
+        MockedCursorBuilder().with_stream_state(global_state).build(),
+        MockedCursorBuilder().with_stream_state(global_state).build(),
+    ]
+    cursor = PerPartitionCursor(mocked_cursor_factory, mocked_partition_router)
+    global_state = {"global_state_format_key": "global_state_format_value"}
+    cursor.set_initial_state(global_state)
+    assert cursor._state_to_migrate_from == global_state
+    list(cursor.stream_slices())
+    assert cursor._cursor_per_partition['{"first_partition_key":"first_partition_value"}'].set_initial_state.call_count == 1
+    assert cursor._cursor_per_partition['{"first_partition_key":"first_partition_value"}'].set_initial_state.call_args[0] == (
+        {"global_state_format_key": "global_state_format_value"},
+    )
+    assert cursor._cursor_per_partition['{"second_partition_key":"second_partition_value"}'].set_initial_state.call_count == 1
+    assert cursor._cursor_per_partition['{"second_partition_key":"second_partition_value"}'].set_initial_state.call_args[0] == (
+        {"global_state_format_key": "global_state_format_value"},
+    )
+    expected_state = [
+        {"cursor": {"global_state_format_key": "global_state_format_value"}, "partition": {"first_partition_key": "first_partition_value"}},
+        {
+            "cursor": {"global_state_format_key": "global_state_format_value"},
+            "partition": {"second_partition_key": "second_partition_value"},
+        },
+    ]
+    assert cursor.get_stream_state()["states"] == expected_state