diff --git a/requirements-swh.txt b/requirements-swh.txt
--- a/requirements-swh.txt
+++ b/requirements-swh.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 swh.model >= 0.4.0
 swh.storage >= 0.22.0
 swh.scheduler >= 0.0.39
-swh.loader.core >= 0.16.0
+swh.loader.core >= 0.17.0
diff --git a/swh/loader/mercurial/tests/test_loader.py b/swh/loader/mercurial/tests/test_loader.py
--- a/swh/loader/mercurial/tests/test_loader.py
+++ b/swh/loader/mercurial/tests/test_loader.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 
     archive_name = "hello"
     archive_path = os.path.join(datadir, f"{archive_name}.tgz")
-    # Ensure archive loader yields the same snapshot
+
     loader = HgArchiveBundle20Loader(
         url=archive_path, visit_date="2016-05-03 15:16:32+00",
     )
@@ -205,7 +205,29 @@
     }
     # That visit yields the same snapshot
     assert_last_visit_matches(
-        loader.storage, archive_path, status="partial", type="hg", snapshot=None
+        loader.storage, archive_path, status="failed", type="hg", snapshot=None
+    )
+
+
+def test_visit_error_with_snapshot_partial(swh_config, datadir, tmp_path, mocker):
+    """Incomplete ingestion leads to a 'partial' ingestion status"""
+    mock = mocker.patch("swh.loader.mercurial.loader.HgBundle20Loader.store_metadata")
+    mock.side_effect = ValueError
+
+    archive_name = "the-sandbox"
+    archive_path = os.path.join(datadir, f"{archive_name}.tgz")
+    repo_url = prepare_repository_from_archive(archive_path, archive_name, tmp_path)
+
+    loader = HgBundle20Loader(repo_url)
+
+    assert loader.load() == {"status": "failed"}
+
+    assert_last_visit_matches(
+        loader.storage,
+        repo_url,
+        status="partial",
+        type="hg",
+        snapshot=hash_to_bytes("3b8fe58e467deb7597b12a5fd3b2c096b8c02028"),
     )