diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/server/QueryLifecycle.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/server/QueryLifecycle.java
index 6ffc8aff0bba..f5c167360c6a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/server/QueryLifecycle.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/server/QueryLifecycle.java
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ public void emitLogsAndMetrics(
 
       if (e != null) {
         statsMap.put("exception", e.toString());
-        if (baseQuery.context().isDebug() || e.getMessage() == null) {
+        if (shouldLogStackTrace(e, baseQuery.context())) {
           log.warn(e, "Exception while processing queryId [%s]", baseQuery.getId());
         } else {
           log.noStackTrace().warn(e, "Exception while processing queryId [%s]", baseQuery.getId());
@@ -518,4 +518,25 @@ enum State
     DONE
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns whether stack traces should be logged for a particular exception thrown with a particular query context.
+   * Stack traces are logged if {@link QueryContext#isDebug()}, or if the {@link DruidException.Persona} is
+   * {@link DruidException.Persona#DEVELOPER} or {@link DruidException.Persona#OPERATOR}. The idea is that other
+   * personas are meant to interact with the API, not with code or logs, so logging stack traces by default adds
+   * clutter that is not very helpful.
+   *
+   * @param e            exception
+   * @param queryContext query context
+   */
+  public static boolean shouldLogStackTrace(final Throwable e, final QueryContext queryContext)
+  {
+    if (queryContext.isDebug() || e.getMessage() == null) {
+      return true;
+    } else if (e instanceof DruidException) {
+      final DruidException.Persona persona = ((DruidException) e).getTargetPersona();
+      return persona == DruidException.Persona.OPERATOR || persona == DruidException.Persona.DEVELOPER;
+    } else {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sql/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/sql/http/SqlResource.java b/sql/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/sql/http/SqlResource.java
index b53b49f0fcaa..c966b4ec8bd2 100644
--- a/sql/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/sql/http/SqlResource.java
+++ b/sql/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/sql/http/SqlResource.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.apache.druid.java.util.common.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.druid.java.util.common.logger.Logger;
 import org.apache.druid.server.DruidNode;
+import org.apache.druid.server.QueryLifecycle;
 import org.apache.druid.server.QueryResource;
 import org.apache.druid.server.QueryResponse;
 import org.apache.druid.server.QueryResultPusher;
@@ -304,7 +305,7 @@ public void recordSuccess(long numBytes)
         @Override
         public void recordFailure(Exception e)
         {
-          if (sqlQuery.queryContext().isDebug()) {
+          if (QueryLifecycle.shouldLogStackTrace(e, sqlQuery.queryContext())) {
             log.warn(e, "Exception while processing sqlQueryId[%s]", sqlQueryId);
           } else {
             log.noStackTrace().warn(e, "Exception while processing sqlQueryId[%s]", sqlQueryId);