diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/database/commands/upgrade-version-command/2-13/2-13-instance-command-fast-1781277453604-rename-is-ui-read-only-to-is-ui-editable.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/database/commands/upgrade-version-command/2-13/2-13-instance-command-fast-1781277453604-rename-is-ui-read-only-to-is-ui-editable.ts
index d9dcf4a89f..98c99f563c 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/database/commands/upgrade-version-command/2-13/2-13-instance-command-fast-1781277453604-rename-is-ui-read-only-to-is-ui-editable.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/database/commands/upgrade-version-command/2-13/2-13-instance-command-fast-1781277453604-rename-is-ui-read-only-to-is-ui-editable.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,19 @@ import { QueryRunner } from 'typeorm';
 import { RegisteredInstanceCommand } from 'src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/decorators/registered-instance-command.decorator';
 import { FastInstanceCommand } from 'src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/interfaces/fast-instance-command.interface';
 
-// Replaces the negative isUIReadOnly flag with the positive isUIEditable flag
-// (inverted polarity) on both objectMetadata and fieldMetadata, and adds the
+// Adds the positive isUIEditable flag (inverted polarity of the legacy
+// isUIReadOnly flag) on both objectMetadata and fieldMetadata, and adds the
 // object-level isUICreatable flag.
+//
+// The legacy isUIReadOnly column is intentionally NOT dropped here. The
+// migration runs in an ArgoCD PreSync hook before the new pods roll out, so the
+// previous release's pods keep serving while the schema changes — and they
+// still SELECT isUIReadOnly on every fieldMetadata read. Dropping it in the
+// same release that stops using it makes those pods throw "column isUIReadOnly
+// does not exist" until the rollout completes. isUIReadOnly stays a plain
+// column on both entities (no longer @WasRemovedInUpgrade, so it isn't
+// dropped); its removal — decorator + physical drop — is deferred to a later
+// release once no running code references it (core-team-issues#2542).
 @RegisteredInstanceCommand('2.13.0', 1781277453604)
 export class RenameIsUiReadOnlyToIsUiEditableFastInstanceCommand
   implements FastInstanceCommand
@@ -17,9 +27,6 @@ export class RenameIsUiReadOnlyToIsUiEditableFastInstanceCommand
     await queryRunner.query(
       `UPDATE "core"."objectMetadata" SET "isUIEditable" = false WHERE "isUIReadOnly" = true`,
     );
-    await queryRunner.query(
-      'ALTER TABLE "core"."objectMetadata" DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS "isUIReadOnly"',
-    );
 
     await queryRunner.query(
       'ALTER TABLE "core"."objectMetadata" ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS "isUICreatable" boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT true',
@@ -31,18 +38,9 @@ export class RenameIsUiReadOnlyToIsUiEditableFastInstanceCommand
     await queryRunner.query(
       `UPDATE "core"."fieldMetadata" SET "isUIEditable" = false WHERE "isUIReadOnly" = true`,
     );
-    await queryRunner.query(
-      'ALTER TABLE "core"."fieldMetadata" DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS "isUIReadOnly"',
-    );
   }
 
   public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
-    await queryRunner.query(
-      'ALTER TABLE "core"."fieldMetadata" ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS "isUIReadOnly" boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT false',
-    );
-    await queryRunner.query(
-      `UPDATE "core"."fieldMetadata" SET "isUIReadOnly" = true WHERE "isUIEditable" = false`,
-    );
     await queryRunner.query(
       'ALTER TABLE "core"."fieldMetadata" DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS "isUIEditable"',
     );
@@ -50,13 +48,6 @@ export class RenameIsUiReadOnlyToIsUiEditableFastInstanceCommand
     await queryRunner.query(
       'ALTER TABLE "core"."objectMetadata" DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS "isUICreatable"',
     );
-
-    await queryRunner.query(
-      'ALTER TABLE "core"."objectMetadata" ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS "isUIReadOnly" boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT false',
-    );
-    await queryRunner.query(
-      `UPDATE "core"."objectMetadata" SET "isUIReadOnly" = true WHERE "isUIEditable" = false`,
-    );
     await queryRunner.query(
       'ALTER TABLE "core"."objectMetadata" DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS "isUIEditable"',
     );
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/field-metadata.entity.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/field-metadata.entity.ts
index 969862ae7e..00b59f461f 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/field-metadata.entity.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/field-metadata.entity.ts
@@ -129,10 +129,10 @@ export class FieldMetadataEntity<
   @Column({ default: true })
   isUIEditable: boolean;
 
-  @WasRemovedInUpgrade({
-    upgradeCommandName:
-      RENAME_IS_UI_READ_ONLY_TO_IS_UI_EDITABLE_UPGRADE_COMMAND_NAME,
-  })
+  // Superseded by isUIEditable. Intentionally NOT @WasRemovedInUpgrade: dropping
+  // it in 2.13 would break the previous release's pods mid rolling-deploy, since
+  // they still SELECT it. The WasRemovedInUpgrade<T> type is kept so callers may
+  // omit it; the decorator + physical drop are deferred (core-team-issues#2542).
   @Column({ type: 'boolean', default: false })
   isUIReadOnly: WasRemovedInUpgrade<boolean>;
 
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-field-metadata/constants/flat-field-metadata-relation-properties-to-compare.constant.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-field-metadata/constants/flat-field-metadata-relation-properties-to-compare.constant.ts
index e68ca9d714..153c1541e7 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-field-metadata/constants/flat-field-metadata-relation-properties-to-compare.constant.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-field-metadata/constants/flat-field-metadata-relation-properties-to-compare.constant.ts
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ export const FLAT_FIELD_METADATA_RELATION_PROPERTIES_TO_COMPARE = [
   'icon',
   'name',
   'universalSettings',
+  'isUIEditable',
 ] as const satisfies (typeof ALL_UNIVERSAL_FLAT_ENTITY_PROPERTIES_TO_COMPARE_AND_STRINGIFY.fieldMetadata.propertiesToCompare)[number][];
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/object-metadata/object-metadata.entity.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/object-metadata/object-metadata.entity.ts
index 077471d39d..9721c55a4e 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/object-metadata/object-metadata.entity.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/object-metadata/object-metadata.entity.ts
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ export class ObjectMetadataEntity
   @Column({ default: true })
   isUIEditable: boolean;
 
-  @WasRemovedInUpgrade({
-    upgradeCommandName:
-      RENAME_IS_UI_READ_ONLY_TO_IS_UI_EDITABLE_UPGRADE_COMMAND_NAME,
-  })
+  // Superseded by isUIEditable. Intentionally NOT @WasRemovedInUpgrade: dropping
+  // it in 2.13 would break the previous release's pods mid rolling-deploy, since
+  // they still SELECT it. The WasRemovedInUpgrade<T> type is kept so callers may
+  // omit it; the decorator + physical drop are deferred (core-team-issues#2542).
   @Column({ type: 'boolean', default: false })
   isUIReadOnly: WasRemovedInUpgrade<boolean>;