coa-server-manager/changelog.d/20261028-existing-character-update-validation.md

area, type, audience, title

area	type	audience	title
manager	fixed	admins	Existing unsupported character records no longer block unrelated server updates

Updates compare each affected character with its saved pre-update state. Unchanged older problems are reported as warnings without changing characters. Newly missing race/class data still blocks the update and triggers recovery; schema and identity checks remain enforced.