diff --git a/src/Database/Database.php b/src/Database/Database.php
index 692908ee6..4769599a9 100644
--- a/src/Database/Database.php
+++ b/src/Database/Database.php
@@ -428,6 +428,8 @@ class Database
 
     protected bool $validate = true;
 
+    protected bool $dropUnknownAttributes = false;
+
     protected bool $preserveDates = false;
 
     protected bool $skipDuplicates = false;
@@ -1495,6 +1497,25 @@ protected function createDocumentInstance(string $collection, array $data): Docu
         return new $className($data);
     }
 
+    public function getDropUnknownAttributes(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->dropUnknownAttributes;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Drop attributes missing from the collection schema instead of rejecting the write.
+     *
+     * Enable this where the schema is owned by the application rather than the caller, so a
+     * deploy that writes an attribute before its migration has run degrades to a warning
+     * instead of failing every write.
+     */
+    public function setDropUnknownAttributes(bool $drop): static
+    {
+        $this->dropUnknownAttributes = $drop;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     public function getPreserveDates(): bool
     {
         return $this->preserveDates;
@@ -6316,6 +6337,11 @@ public function updateDocument(string $collection, string $id, Document $documen
             }
             $document = new Document($document);
 
+            // Ahead of change detection: a dropped attribute is never persisted, so
+            // counting it as a change would bump $updatedAt and fire an update event
+            // for a write that leaves the stored document identical.
+            $document = $this->removeUnknownAttributes($collection, $document);
+
             $attributes = $collection->getAttribute('attributes', []);
 
             $relationships = \array_filter($attributes, function ($attribute) {
@@ -7392,6 +7418,8 @@ public function upsertDocumentsWithIncrease(
         foreach ($documents as $key => $document) {
             $old = $existingDocs[$this->tenantKey($document)] ?? new Document();
 
+            $document = $this->removeUnknownAttributes($collection, $document);
+
             // Extract operators early to avoid comparison issues
             $documentArray = $document->getArrayCopy();
             $extracted = Operator::extractOperators($documentArray);
@@ -9231,9 +9259,57 @@ public static function addFilter(string $name, callable $encode, callable $decod
         ];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Remove attributes the collection schema does not declare.
+     *
+     * Used ahead of change detection on update/upsert so a dropped key is not
+     * counted as a write. Encode also calls this after iterating attributes.
+     *
+     * @param Document $collection
+     * @param Document $document
+     * @param array<string, true>|null $known Attribute ids already collected (e.g. during encode)
+     *
+     * @return Document
+     */
+    protected function removeUnknownAttributes(Document $collection, Document $document, ?array $known = null): Document
+    {
+        if (!$this->dropUnknownAttributes || !$this->adapter->getSupportForAttributes()) {
+            return $document;
+        }
+
+        if ($known === null) {
+            $known = [];
+            foreach ($collection->getAttribute('attributes', []) as $attribute) {
+                $known[$attribute['$id'] ?? ''] = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        $dropped = [];
+        foreach (\array_keys($document->getArrayCopy()) as $key) {
+            if (\str_starts_with($key, '$') || isset($known[$key])) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $dropped[] = $key;
+            $document->removeAttribute($key);
+        }
+
+        if (!empty($dropped)) {
+            Console::warning(
+                'Dropped unknown attributes "' . \implode('", "', $dropped) . '" from collection "' . $collection->getId() . '"'
+                . ($this->adapter->getTenant() === null ? '' : ' on tenant ' . $this->adapter->getTenant())
+            );
+        }
+
+        return $document;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Encode Document
      *
+     * When dropUnknownAttributes is enabled, attributes missing from the
+     * collection schema are removed here while the known set is collected.
+     *
      * @param Document $collection
      * @param Document $document
      * @param bool $applyDefaults Whether to apply default values to null attributes
@@ -9249,8 +9325,10 @@ public function encode(Document $collection, Document $document, bool $applyDefa
             $attributes[] = $attribute;
         }
 
+        $known = [];
         foreach ($attributes as $attribute) {
             $key = $attribute['$id'] ?? '';
+            $known[$key] = true;
             $array = $attribute['array'] ?? false;
             $default = $attribute['default'] ?? null;
             $filters = $attribute['filters'] ?? [];
@@ -9303,7 +9381,7 @@ public function encode(Document $collection, Document $document, bool $applyDefa
             $document->setAttribute($key, $value);
         }
 
-        return $document;
+        return $this->removeUnknownAttributes($collection, $document, $known);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Database/Mirror.php b/src/Database/Mirror.php
index 86beb5d0a..a0151cb92 100644
--- a/src/Database/Mirror.php
+++ b/src/Database/Mirror.php
@@ -130,6 +130,15 @@ public function setTenant(int|string|null $tenant): static
         return $this;
     }
 
+    public function setDropUnknownAttributes(bool $drop): static
+    {
+        $this->delegate(__FUNCTION__, \func_get_args());
+
+        $this->dropUnknownAttributes = $drop;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     public function setPreserveDates(bool $preserve): static
     {
         $this->delegate(__FUNCTION__, \func_get_args());
diff --git a/tests/e2e/Adapter/Scopes/DocumentTests.php b/tests/e2e/Adapter/Scopes/DocumentTests.php
index 7cf1b9ede..50671db36 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/Adapter/Scopes/DocumentTests.php
+++ b/tests/e2e/Adapter/Scopes/DocumentTests.php
@@ -9149,4 +9149,98 @@ public function testCreateDocumentsSkipDuplicatesRelationships(): void
         $this->assertSame(['existingChild', 'newChild', 'retryChild'], $allChildIds);
     }
 
+
+    public function testDropUnknownAttributes(): void
+    {
+        /** @var Database $database */
+        $database = $this->getDatabase();
+
+        if (!$database->getAdapter()->getSupportForAttributes()) {
+            $this->expectNotToPerformAssertions();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $permissions = [
+            Permission::read(Role::any()),
+            Permission::create(Role::any()),
+            Permission::update(Role::any()),
+            Permission::delete(Role::any()),
+        ];
+
+        $database->createCollection(__FUNCTION__);
+        $this->assertEquals(true, $database->createAttribute(__FUNCTION__, 'known', Database::VAR_STRING, 128, false));
+
+        try {
+            $database->createDocument(__FUNCTION__, new Document([
+                '$id' => 'strict',
+                '$permissions' => $permissions,
+                'known' => 'kept',
+                'unknown' => 'dropped',
+            ]));
+            $this->fail('Unknown attribute was accepted while dropping is disabled');
+        } catch (StructureException $e) {
+            $this->assertEquals('Invalid document structure: Unknown attribute: "unknown"', $e->getMessage());
+        }
+
+        $database->setDropUnknownAttributes(true);
+
+        try {
+            $collection = $database->getCollection(__FUNCTION__);
+            $encoded = $database->encode($collection, new Document([
+                '$id' => 'encoded',
+                '$collection' => __FUNCTION__,
+                'known' => 'kept',
+                'unknown' => 'dropped',
+            ]));
+            $this->assertEquals('kept', $encoded->getAttribute('known'));
+            $this->assertNull($encoded->getAttribute('unknown'), 'Unknown attribute survived encode');
+
+            $created = $database->createDocument(__FUNCTION__, new Document([
+                '$id' => 'lenient',
+                '$permissions' => $permissions,
+                'known' => 'kept',
+                'unknown' => 'dropped',
+            ]));
+
+            $this->assertEquals('kept', $created->getAttribute('known'));
+            $this->assertNull($created->getAttribute('unknown'), 'Unknown attribute survived the create');
+
+            $database->purgeCachedDocument(__FUNCTION__, 'lenient');
+            $stored = $database->getDocument(__FUNCTION__, 'lenient');
+            $this->assertEquals('kept', $stored->getAttribute('known'));
+            $this->assertNull($stored->getAttribute('unknown'), 'Unknown attribute reached storage on create');
+
+            $updated = $database->updateDocument(__FUNCTION__, 'lenient', new Document([
+                '$id' => 'lenient',
+                '$permissions' => $permissions,
+                'known' => 'changed',
+                'unknown' => 'dropped',
+            ]));
+
+            $this->assertEquals('changed', $updated->getAttribute('known'));
+            $this->assertNull($updated->getAttribute('unknown'), 'Unknown attribute survived the update');
+
+            $database->purgeCachedDocument(__FUNCTION__, 'lenient');
+            $stored = $database->getDocument(__FUNCTION__, 'lenient');
+            $this->assertEquals('changed', $stored->getAttribute('known'));
+            $this->assertNull($stored->getAttribute('unknown'), 'Unknown attribute reached storage on update');
+
+            \usleep(5000);
+
+            $unchanged = $database->updateDocument(__FUNCTION__, 'lenient', new Document([
+                '$id' => 'lenient',
+                '$permissions' => $permissions,
+                'known' => 'changed',
+                'unknown' => 'dropped',
+            ]));
+
+            $this->assertEquals(
+                $stored->getUpdatedAt(),
+                $unchanged->getUpdatedAt(),
+                'A write carrying only a dropped attribute counted as a change'
+            );
+        } finally {
+            $database->setDropUnknownAttributes(false);
+        }
+    }
 }