diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/database/commands/upgrade-version-command/2-16/add-universal-identifier-and-application-id-to-search-field-metadata-upgrade-command-name.constant.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/database/commands/upgrade-version-command/2-16/add-universal-identifier-and-application-id-to-search-field-metadata-upgrade-command-name.constant.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbbbe28575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/database/commands/upgrade-version-command/2-16/add-universal-identifier-and-application-id-to-search-field-metadata-upgrade-command-name.constant.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export const ADD_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIER_AND_APPLICATION_ID_TO_SEARCH_FIELD_METADATA_UPGRADE_COMMAND_NAME =
+  '2.16.0_AddUniversalIdentifierAndApplicationIdToSearchFieldMetadataFastInstanceCommand_1782200000000';
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/decorators/__tests__/was-introduced-in-upgrade.decorator.spec.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/decorators/__tests__/was-introduced-in-upgrade.decorator.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac2fcc859c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/decorators/__tests__/was-introduced-in-upgrade.decorator.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import {
+  WasIntroducedInUpgrade,
+  getWasIntroducedInUpgradeClassMetadata,
+  getWasIntroducedInUpgradePropertyMetadata,
+} from 'src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/decorators/was-introduced-in-upgrade.decorator';
+
+describe('WasIntroducedInUpgrade', () => {
+  it('records class-level entity introduction metadata', () => {
+    @WasIntroducedInUpgrade({ upgradeCommandName: 'upgrade-step-class' })
+    class Example {}
+
+    expect(getWasIntroducedInUpgradeClassMetadata(Example)).toEqual({
+      upgradeCommandName: 'upgrade-step-class',
+    });
+    expect(getWasIntroducedInUpgradePropertyMetadata(Example)).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it('records property-level metadata keyed by property name', () => {
+    class Example {
+      @WasIntroducedInUpgrade({ upgradeCommandName: 'upgrade-step-foo' })
+      foo!: string;
+
+      @WasIntroducedInUpgrade({ upgradeCommandName: 'upgrade-step-bar' })
+      bar!: string;
+
+      untouched!: string;
+    }
+
+    expect(getWasIntroducedInUpgradePropertyMetadata(Example)).toEqual({
+      foo: { upgradeCommandName: 'upgrade-step-foo' },
+      bar: { upgradeCommandName: 'upgrade-step-bar' },
+    });
+    expect(getWasIntroducedInUpgradeClassMetadata(Example)).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  describe('class-level properties form (for inherited columns)', () => {
+    it('registers the listed properties in the property-introduction map', () => {
+      @WasIntroducedInUpgrade({
+        upgradeCommandName: 'upgrade-step-columns',
+        properties: ['inheritedA', 'inheritedB'],
+      })
+      class Example {}
+
+      expect(getWasIntroducedInUpgradePropertyMetadata(Example)).toEqual({
+        inheritedA: { upgradeCommandName: 'upgrade-step-columns' },
+        inheritedB: { upgradeCommandName: 'upgrade-step-columns' },
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('does not mark the entity itself as introduced', () => {
+      @WasIntroducedInUpgrade({
+        upgradeCommandName: 'upgrade-step-columns',
+        properties: ['inheritedA'],
+      })
+      class Example {}
+
+      expect(getWasIntroducedInUpgradeClassMetadata(Example)).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('merges with property-level decorators on the same entity', () => {
+      @WasIntroducedInUpgrade({
+        upgradeCommandName: 'upgrade-step-inherited',
+        properties: ['inheritedA'],
+      })
+      class Example {
+        @WasIntroducedInUpgrade({ upgradeCommandName: 'upgrade-step-local' })
+        localColumn!: string;
+      }
+
+      expect(getWasIntroducedInUpgradePropertyMetadata(Example)).toEqual({
+        localColumn: { upgradeCommandName: 'upgrade-step-local' },
+        inheritedA: { upgradeCommandName: 'upgrade-step-inherited' },
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('returns an empty map for classes with no decorated properties', () => {
+    class Example {}
+
+    expect(getWasIntroducedInUpgradePropertyMetadata(Example)).toEqual({});
+    expect(getWasIntroducedInUpgradeClassMetadata(Example)).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/decorators/was-introduced-in-upgrade.decorator.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/decorators/was-introduced-in-upgrade.decorator.ts
index 1631391cb9..58e74fde52 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/decorators/was-introduced-in-upgrade.decorator.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/decorators/was-introduced-in-upgrade.decorator.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 import 'reflect-metadata';
 
+import { isDefined } from 'twenty-shared/utils';
+
 import { defineUpgradeMetadataOnClassOrProperty } from 'src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/decorators/upgrade-decorator-metadata.util';
 
 export type WasIntroducedInUpgradeOptions = {
   upgradeCommandName: string;
+  // Class-level escape hatch for columns inherited from a base entity (e.g.
+  // SyncableEntity.universalIdentifier) that cannot carry a property decorator
+  // in place
+  properties?: readonly string[];
+};
+
+export type WasIntroducedInUpgradeClassMetadata = {
+  upgradeCommandName: string;
 };
 
 export const WAS_INTRODUCED_IN_UPGRADE_CLASS_METADATA_KEY =
@@ -14,24 +24,64 @@ export const WAS_INTRODUCED_IN_UPGRADE_PROPERTIES_METADATA_KEY =
 
 export type WasIntroducedInUpgradePropertyMap = Record<
   string,
-  WasIntroducedInUpgradeOptions
+  WasIntroducedInUpgradeClassMetadata
 >;
 
 export const WasIntroducedInUpgrade =
   (options: WasIntroducedInUpgradeOptions) =>
   (target: object, propertyKey?: string | symbol): void => {
+    const value: WasIntroducedInUpgradeClassMetadata = {
+      upgradeCommandName: options.upgradeCommandName,
+    };
+
+    if (!isDefined(propertyKey) && isDefined(options.properties)) {
+      defineIntroducedPropertiesOnClass({
+        entityClass: target as Function,
+        propertyNames: options.properties,
+        value,
+      });
+
+      return;
+    }
+
     defineUpgradeMetadataOnClassOrProperty({
       classMetadataKey: WAS_INTRODUCED_IN_UPGRADE_CLASS_METADATA_KEY,
       propertyMetadataKey: WAS_INTRODUCED_IN_UPGRADE_PROPERTIES_METADATA_KEY,
-      value: options,
+      value,
       target,
       propertyKey,
     });
   };
 
+const defineIntroducedPropertiesOnClass = ({
+  entityClass,
+  propertyNames,
+  value,
+}: {
+  entityClass: Function;
+  propertyNames: readonly string[];
+  value: WasIntroducedInUpgradeClassMetadata;
+}): void => {
+  const existing: WasIntroducedInUpgradePropertyMap =
+    Reflect.getMetadata(
+      WAS_INTRODUCED_IN_UPGRADE_PROPERTIES_METADATA_KEY,
+      entityClass,
+    ) ?? {};
+
+  const additions: WasIntroducedInUpgradePropertyMap = Object.fromEntries(
+    propertyNames.map((propertyName) => [propertyName, value]),
+  );
+
+  Reflect.defineMetadata(
+    WAS_INTRODUCED_IN_UPGRADE_PROPERTIES_METADATA_KEY,
+    { ...existing, ...additions },
+    entityClass,
+  );
+};
+
 export const getWasIntroducedInUpgradeClassMetadata = (
   target: Function,
-): WasIntroducedInUpgradeOptions | undefined =>
+): WasIntroducedInUpgradeClassMetadata | undefined =>
   Reflect.getMetadata(WAS_INTRODUCED_IN_UPGRADE_CLASS_METADATA_KEY, target);
 
 export const getWasIntroducedInUpgradePropertyMetadata = (
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/utils/__tests__/resolve-entity-shape-at-upgrade-cursor.util.spec.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/utils/__tests__/resolve-entity-shape-at-upgrade-cursor.util.spec.ts
index 9fb1a2bd97..c992c65961 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/utils/__tests__/resolve-entity-shape-at-upgrade-cursor.util.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/utils/__tests__/resolve-entity-shape-at-upgrade-cursor.util.spec.ts
@@ -169,6 +169,58 @@ describe('resolveEntityShapeAtUpgradeCursor', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('class-level properties form (inherited columns)', () => {
+    @WasIntroducedInUpgrade({
+      upgradeCommandName: PROP_INTRODUCE_CMD,
+      properties: ['inheritedColumn', 'localColumn'],
+    })
+    class EntityWithInheritedColumns {}
+
+    const currentColumns = [
+      { propertyName: 'inheritedColumn', databaseName: 'inheritedColumn' },
+      { propertyName: 'localColumn', databaseName: 'localColumn' },
+      { propertyName: 'baselineColumn', databaseName: 'baselineColumn' },
+    ];
+
+    it('hides the listed inherited columns before introduction applied', () => {
+      const result = resolveEntityShapeAtUpgradeCursor({
+        entityClass: EntityWithInheritedColumns,
+        currentTableName: 'entityWithInheritedColumns',
+        currentColumns,
+        isStepApplied: buildPredicate([]),
+      });
+
+      expect(result.isAvailable).toBe(true);
+      expect(result.hiddenPropertyNames).toEqual(
+        new Set(['inheritedColumn', 'localColumn']),
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('exposes the listed columns once introduction applied', () => {
+      const result = resolveEntityShapeAtUpgradeCursor({
+        entityClass: EntityWithInheritedColumns,
+        currentTableName: 'entityWithInheritedColumns',
+        currentColumns,
+        isStepApplied: buildPredicate([PROP_INTRODUCE_CMD]),
+      });
+
+      expect(result.hiddenPropertyNames.size).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    it('never hides undecorated baseline columns', () => {
+      for (const applied of [[], [PROP_INTRODUCE_CMD]] as string[][]) {
+        const result = resolveEntityShapeAtUpgradeCursor({
+          entityClass: EntityWithInheritedColumns,
+          currentTableName: 'entityWithInheritedColumns',
+          currentColumns,
+          isStepApplied: buildPredicate(applied),
+        });
+
+        expect(result.hiddenPropertyNames.has('baselineColumn')).toBe(false);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('property-level @WasRemovedInUpgrade', () => {
     class EntityWithRemovedColumn {
       @WasRemovedInUpgrade({ upgradeCommandName: PROP_REMOVE_CMD })
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/utils/__tests__/validate-upgrade-aware-entity-decorators.util.spec.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/utils/__tests__/validate-upgrade-aware-entity-decorators.util.spec.ts
index 1c20e9f730..896b7d1975 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/utils/__tests__/validate-upgrade-aware-entity-decorators.util.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/utils/__tests__/validate-upgrade-aware-entity-decorators.util.spec.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,92 @@ describe('validateUpgradeAwareEntityDecorators', () => {
     expect(problems).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  describe('column property name validation', () => {
+    it('reports an introduced property name that does not exist on the entity', () => {
+      @WasIntroducedInUpgrade({
+        upgradeCommandName: KNOWN_CMD,
+        properties: ['universalIdentifier', 'typoColumn'],
+      })
+      class EntityWithTypo {}
+
+      const problems = validateUpgradeAwareEntityDecorators({
+        entityClasses: [EntityWithTypo],
+        stepNameToIndex: buildStepNameToIndex([KNOWN_CMD]),
+        columnPropertyNamesByEntityClass: new Map([
+          [EntityWithTypo, new Set(['universalIdentifier', 'position'])],
+        ]),
+      });
+
+      expect(problems).toEqual([
+        {
+          kind: 'unknown-property-name',
+          entityName: 'EntityWithTypo',
+          decorator: '@WasIntroducedInUpgrade',
+          propertyName: 'typoColumn',
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('reports a relation property name (resolution only acts on columns)', () => {
+      @WasIntroducedInUpgrade({
+        upgradeCommandName: KNOWN_CMD,
+        properties: ['application'],
+      })
+      class EntityTargetingRelation {}
+
+      const problems = validateUpgradeAwareEntityDecorators({
+        entityClasses: [EntityTargetingRelation],
+        stepNameToIndex: buildStepNameToIndex([KNOWN_CMD]),
+        // 'application' is a relation, not a column, so it is not in the set.
+        columnPropertyNamesByEntityClass: new Map([
+          [EntityTargetingRelation, new Set(['applicationId'])],
+        ]),
+      });
+
+      expect(problems).toEqual([
+        {
+          kind: 'unknown-property-name',
+          entityName: 'EntityTargetingRelation',
+          decorator: '@WasIntroducedInUpgrade',
+          propertyName: 'application',
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('reports no problem when all introduced property names are columns', () => {
+      @WasIntroducedInUpgrade({
+        upgradeCommandName: KNOWN_CMD,
+        properties: ['universalIdentifier', 'position'],
+      })
+      class ValidEntity {}
+
+      const problems = validateUpgradeAwareEntityDecorators({
+        entityClasses: [ValidEntity],
+        stepNameToIndex: buildStepNameToIndex([KNOWN_CMD]),
+        columnPropertyNamesByEntityClass: new Map([
+          [ValidEntity, new Set(['universalIdentifier', 'position'])],
+        ]),
+      });
+
+      expect(problems).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('skips property name validation when no column property names are provided', () => {
+      @WasIntroducedInUpgrade({
+        upgradeCommandName: KNOWN_CMD,
+        properties: ['anythingGoes'],
+      })
+      class UnvalidatedEntity {}
+
+      const problems = validateUpgradeAwareEntityDecorators({
+        entityClasses: [UnvalidatedEntity],
+        stepNameToIndex: buildStepNameToIndex([KNOWN_CMD]),
+      });
+
+      expect(problems).toEqual([]);
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should report a rename history that is out of order versus the sequence', () => {
     @WasRenamedInUpgrade([
       { previousName: 'first', upgradeCommandName: KNOWN_LATER_RENAME_CMD },
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/utils/validate-upgrade-aware-entity-decorators.util.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/utils/validate-upgrade-aware-entity-decorators.util.ts
index 4ee9508167..7fe29d3a0b 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/utils/validate-upgrade-aware-entity-decorators.util.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/utils/validate-upgrade-aware-entity-decorators.util.ts
@@ -38,19 +38,29 @@ export type UpgradeAwareDecoratorReferenceProblem =
       scope: 'class' | `property:${string}`;
       introductionUpgradeCommandName: string;
       removalUpgradeCommandName: string;
+    }
+  | {
+      kind: 'unknown-property-name';
+      entityName: string;
+      decorator: '@WasIntroducedInUpgrade';
+      propertyName: string;
     };
 
 export const validateUpgradeAwareEntityDecorators = ({
   entityClasses,
   stepNameToIndex,
+  columnPropertyNamesByEntityClass,
 }: {
   entityClasses: Function[];
   stepNameToIndex: ReadonlyMap<string, number>;
+  columnPropertyNamesByEntityClass?: ReadonlyMap<Function, ReadonlySet<string>>;
 }): UpgradeAwareDecoratorReferenceProblem[] => {
   const problems: UpgradeAwareDecoratorReferenceProblem[] = [];
 
   for (const entityClass of entityClasses) {
     const entityName = entityClass.name;
+    const columnPropertyNames =
+      columnPropertyNamesByEntityClass?.get(entityClass);
 
     const classIntroduced = getWasIntroducedInUpgradeClassMetadata(entityClass);
 
@@ -115,6 +125,18 @@ export const validateUpgradeAwareEntityDecorators = ({
           upgradeCommandName: options.upgradeCommandName,
         });
       }
+
+      if (
+        isDefined(columnPropertyNames) &&
+        !columnPropertyNames.has(propertyName)
+      ) {
+        problems.push({
+          kind: 'unknown-property-name',
+          entityName,
+          decorator: '@WasIntroducedInUpgrade',
+          propertyName,
+        });
+      }
     }
 
     const propRemovedMap = getWasRemovedInUpgradePropertyMetadata(entityClass);
@@ -251,6 +273,10 @@ export const formatUpgradeAwareDecoratorReferenceProblems = (
         return `  - ${problem.entityName} @WasRenamedInUpgrade (${problem.scope}): "${problem.offendingUpgradeCommandName}" must come after "${problem.precedingUpgradeCommandName}" in the upgrade sequence`;
       }
 
+      if (problem.kind === 'unknown-property-name') {
+        return `  - ${problem.entityName} ${problem.decorator} (property:${problem.propertyName}): "${problem.propertyName}" is not a known property on the entity (check the spelling in the properties array)`;
+      }
+
       return `  - ${problem.entityName} @WasRemovedInUpgrade (${problem.scope}): removal step "${problem.removalUpgradeCommandName}" must come after introduction step "${problem.introductionUpgradeCommandName}" in the upgrade sequence`;
     })
     .join('\n');
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/search-field-metadata/search-field-metadata.entity.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/search-field-metadata/search-field-metadata.entity.ts
index 10dcbc08af..ea6a12d814 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/search-field-metadata/search-field-metadata.entity.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/search-field-metadata/search-field-metadata.entity.ts
@@ -11,11 +11,18 @@ import {
   UpdateDateColumn,
 } from 'typeorm';
 
+import { ADD_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIER_AND_APPLICATION_ID_TO_SEARCH_FIELD_METADATA_UPGRADE_COMMAND_NAME } from 'src/database/commands/upgrade-version-command/2-16/add-universal-identifier-and-application-id-to-search-field-metadata-upgrade-command-name.constant';
+import { WasIntroducedInUpgrade } from 'src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/decorators/was-introduced-in-upgrade.decorator';
 import { FieldMetadataEntity } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/field-metadata.entity';
 import { ObjectMetadataEntity } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/object-metadata/object-metadata.entity';
 import { SyncableEntity } from 'src/engine/workspace-manager/types/syncable-entity.interface';
 
 @Entity({ name: 'searchFieldMetadata', schema: 'core' })
+@WasIntroducedInUpgrade({
+  upgradeCommandName:
+    ADD_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIER_AND_APPLICATION_ID_TO_SEARCH_FIELD_METADATA_UPGRADE_COMMAND_NAME,
+  properties: ['universalIdentifier', 'applicationId', 'position'],
+})
 @Unique('IDX_SEARCH_FIELD_METADATA_OBJECT_FIELD_UNIQUE', [
   'objectMetadataId',
   'fieldMetadataId',
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/twenty-orm/upgrade-aware/upgrade-aware-entity-metadata.adapter.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/twenty-orm/upgrade-aware/upgrade-aware-entity-metadata.adapter.ts
index 88cee8685f..ff09bc5a10 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/twenty-orm/upgrade-aware/upgrade-aware-entity-metadata.adapter.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/twenty-orm/upgrade-aware/upgrade-aware-entity-metadata.adapter.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import { InjectDataSource } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 import { type ColumnMetadata } from 'typeorm/metadata/ColumnMetadata';
 import { type EntityMetadata } from 'typeorm/metadata/EntityMetadata';
 
-import { DataSource } from 'typeorm';
 import { isDefined } from 'twenty-shared/utils';
+import { DataSource } from 'typeorm';
 
 import { UpgradeMigrationService } from 'src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/services/upgrade-migration.service';
 import { UpgradeSequenceReaderService } from 'src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/services/upgrade-sequence-reader.service';
@@ -346,13 +346,28 @@ export class UpgradeAwareEntityMetadataAdapter implements OnModuleInit {
   }
 
   private validateDecoratorsAgainstSequence(): void {
-    const entityClasses = this.coreDataSource.entityMetadatas
-      .map((metadata) => metadata.target)
-      .filter((target): target is Function => typeof target === 'function');
+    const entityClasses: Function[] = [];
+    const columnPropertyNamesByEntityClass = new Map<
+      Function,
+      ReadonlySet<string>
+    >();
+
+    for (const metadata of this.coreDataSource.entityMetadatas) {
+      if (typeof metadata.target !== 'function') {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      entityClasses.push(metadata.target);
+      columnPropertyNamesByEntityClass.set(
+        metadata.target,
+        new Set(metadata.columns.map((column) => column.propertyName)),
+      );
+    }
 
     const problems = validateUpgradeAwareEntityDecorators({
       entityClasses,
       stepNameToIndex: this.stepNameToIndex,
+      columnPropertyNamesByEntityClass,
     });
 
     if (problems.length === 0) {