diff --git a/lib/pacemaker/tests/pcmk_ticket/Makefile.am b/lib/pacemaker/tests/pcmk_ticket/Makefile.am
index adb6195bb4..46c7819214 100644
--- a/lib/pacemaker/tests/pcmk_ticket/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/pacemaker/tests/pcmk_ticket/Makefile.am
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
#
# Copyright 2024 the Pacemaker project contributors
#
# The version control history for this file may have further details.
#
# This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
# or later (GPLv2+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
#
include $(top_srcdir)/mk/tap.mk
include $(top_srcdir)/mk/unittest.mk
LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/pacemaker/libpacemaker.la
LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/cib/libcib.la
# Add "_test" to the end of all test program names to simplify .gitignore.
-check_PROGRAMS = pcmk_ticket_constraints_test \
+check_PROGRAMS = pcmk__get_ticket_state_test \
+ pcmk_ticket_constraints_test \
pcmk_ticket_get_attr_test \
pcmk_ticket_info_test
TESTS = $(check_PROGRAMS)
diff --git a/lib/pacemaker/tests/pcmk_ticket/pcmk__get_ticket_state_test.c b/lib/pacemaker/tests/pcmk_ticket/pcmk__get_ticket_state_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdff91987d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pacemaker/tests/pcmk_ticket/pcmk__get_ticket_state_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 the Pacemaker project contributors
+ *
+ * The version control history for this file may have further details.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
+ * or later (GPLv2+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
+ */
+
+#include <crm_internal.h>
+
+#include <crm/cib/internal.h>
+#include <crm/common/unittest_internal.h>
+#include <crm/common/xml.h>
+#include <pacemaker.h>
+
+#include <pacemaker-internal.h>
+
+static char *cib_path = NULL;
+
+static void
+cib_not_connected(void **state)
+{
+ xmlNode *xml = NULL;
+ cib_t *cib = cib_new();
+
+ /* Without any special setup, cib_new() here will use the native CIB which
+ * means IPC calls. But there's nothing listening for those calls, so
+ * signon() will return ENOTCONN. Check that we handle that.
+ */
+ assert_int_equal(pcmk__get_ticket_state(cib, "ticketA", &xml), ENOTCONN);
+ cib__clean_up_connection(&cib);
+}
+
+static int
+setup_test(void **state)
+{
+ cib_path = pcmk__cib_test_copy_cib("tickets.xml");
+
+ if (cib_path == NULL) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+teardown_test(void **state)
+{
+ pcmk__cib_test_cleanup(cib_path);
+ cib_path = NULL;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+bad_arguments(void **state)
+{
+ xmlNode *xml = NULL;
+ cib_t *cib = cib_new();
+
+ cib->cmds->signon(cib, crm_system_name, cib_command);
+
+ pcmk__assert_asserts(pcmk__get_ticket_state(NULL, "ticketA", &xml));
+ pcmk__assert_asserts(pcmk__get_ticket_state(cib, "ticketA", NULL));
+
+ cib__clean_up_connection(&cib);
+}
+
+static void
+unknown_ticket(void **state)
+{
+ xmlNode *xml = NULL;
+ cib_t *cib = cib_new();
+
+ cib->cmds->signon(cib, crm_system_name, cib_command);
+
+ assert_int_equal(pcmk__get_ticket_state(cib, "XYZ", &xml), ENXIO);
+
+ free_xml(xml);
+ cib__clean_up_connection(&cib);
+}
+
+static void
+ticket_exists(void **state)
+{
+ xmlNode *xml = NULL;
+ xmlXPathObject *xpath_obj = NULL;
+ cib_t *cib = cib_new();
+
+ cib->cmds->signon(cib, crm_system_name, cib_command);
+
+ assert_int_equal(pcmk__get_ticket_state(cib, "ticketA", &xml), pcmk_rc_ok);
+
+ /* Verify that the XML result has only one <ticket>, and that its ID is
+ * what we asked for.
+ */
+ xpath_obj = xpath_search(xml, "//" PCMK__XE_TICKET_STATE "[@" PCMK_XA_ID "=\"ticketA\"]");
+ assert_int_equal(numXpathResults(xpath_obj), 1);
+
+ freeXpathObject(xpath_obj);
+ free_xml(xml);
+ cib__clean_up_connection(&cib);
+}
+
+static void
+multiple_tickets(void **state)
+{
+ xmlNode *xml = NULL;
+ xmlNode *ticket_node = NULL;
+ xmlXPathObject *xpath_obj = NULL;
+ cib_t *cib = cib_new();
+
+ cib->cmds->signon(cib, crm_system_name, cib_command);
+
+ assert_int_equal(pcmk__get_ticket_state(cib, NULL, &xml), pcmk_rc_ok);
+
+ /* Verify that the XML result has four <ticket> elements, and that their
+ * IDs are as expected.
+ */
+ xpath_obj = xpath_search(xml, "//" PCMK__XE_TICKET_STATE);
+
+ assert_int_equal(numXpathResults(xpath_obj), 4);
+
+ ticket_node = getXpathResult(xpath_obj, 0);
+ assert_string_equal(crm_element_value(ticket_node, PCMK_XA_ID), "ticketA");
+
+ ticket_node = getXpathResult(xpath_obj, 1);
+ assert_string_equal(crm_element_value(ticket_node, PCMK_XA_ID), "ticketB");
+
+ ticket_node = getXpathResult(xpath_obj, 2);
+ assert_string_equal(crm_element_value(ticket_node, PCMK_XA_ID), "ticketC");
+
+ ticket_node = getXpathResult(xpath_obj, 3);
+ assert_string_equal(crm_element_value(ticket_node, PCMK_XA_ID), "ticketC");
+
+ freeXpathObject(xpath_obj);
+ free_xml(xml);
+ cib__clean_up_connection(&cib);
+}
+
+static void
+duplicate_tickets(void **state)
+{
+ xmlNode *xml = NULL;
+ xmlXPathObject *xpath_obj = NULL;
+ cib_t *cib = cib_new();
+
+ cib->cmds->signon(cib, crm_system_name, cib_command);
+
+ assert_int_equal(pcmk__get_ticket_state(cib, "ticketC", &xml), pcmk_rc_duplicate_id);
+
+ /* Verify that the XML result has two <ticket> elements, and that their
+ * IDs are as expected.
+ */
+ xpath_obj = xpath_search(xml, "//" PCMK__XE_TICKET_STATE "[@" PCMK_XA_ID "=\"ticketC\"]");
+
+ assert_int_equal(numXpathResults(xpath_obj), 2);
+ freeXpathObject(xpath_obj);
+ free_xml(xml);
+ cib__clean_up_connection(&cib);
+}
+
+/* There are two kinds of tests in this file:
+ *
+ * (1) Those that test what happens if the CIB is not set up correctly, and
+ * (2) Those that test what happens when run against a CIB.
+ *
+ * Therefore, we need two kinds of setup/teardown functions. We only do
+ * minimal overall setup for the entire group, and then setup the CIB for
+ * those tests that need it.
+ */
+PCMK__UNIT_TEST(pcmk__cib_test_setup_group, NULL,
+ cmocka_unit_test_setup_teardown(cib_not_connected, setup_test, teardown_test),
+ cmocka_unit_test_setup_teardown(bad_arguments, setup_test, teardown_test),
+ cmocka_unit_test_setup_teardown(unknown_ticket, setup_test, teardown_test),
+ cmocka_unit_test_setup_teardown(ticket_exists, setup_test, teardown_test),
+ cmocka_unit_test_setup_teardown(multiple_tickets, setup_test, teardown_test),
+ cmocka_unit_test_setup_teardown(duplicate_tickets, setup_test, teardown_test))