diff --git a/data/sql/updates/pending_db_auth/rev_1739664850515709200.sql b/data/sql/updates/pending_db_auth/rev_1739664850515709200.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17f145d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/sql/updates/pending_db_auth/rev_1739664850515709200.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--
+ALTER TABLE `updates`
+    CHANGE COLUMN `state` `state` ENUM('RELEASED','CUSTOM','MODULE','ARCHIVED','PENDING') NOT NULL DEFAULT 'RELEASED' COMMENT 'defines if an update is released or archived.' COLLATE 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci' AFTER `hash`;
+
+ALTER TABLE `updates_include`
+    CHANGE COLUMN `state` `state` ENUM('RELEASED','ARCHIVED','CUSTOM','PENDING') NOT NULL DEFAULT 'RELEASED' COMMENT 'defines if the directory contains released or archived updates.' COLLATE 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci' AFTER `path`;
+
+DELETE FROM `updates_include` WHERE `path` = '$/data/sql/updates/pending_db_auth';
+INSERT INTO `updates_include` (`path`, `state`) VALUES
+('$/data/sql/updates/pending_db_auth', 'PENDING');
diff --git a/data/sql/updates/pending_db_characters/rev_1739664807403132000.sql b/data/sql/updates/pending_db_characters/rev_1739664807403132000.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..249070e21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/sql/updates/pending_db_characters/rev_1739664807403132000.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--
+ALTER TABLE `updates`
+    CHANGE COLUMN `state` `state` ENUM('RELEASED','CUSTOM','MODULE','ARCHIVED','PENDING') NOT NULL DEFAULT 'RELEASED' COMMENT 'defines if an update is released or archived.' COLLATE 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci' AFTER `hash`;
+
+ALTER TABLE `updates_include`
+    CHANGE COLUMN `state` `state` ENUM('RELEASED','ARCHIVED','CUSTOM','PENDING') NOT NULL DEFAULT 'RELEASED' COMMENT 'defines if the directory contains released or archived updates.' COLLATE 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci' AFTER `path`;
+
+DELETE FROM `updates_include` WHERE `path` = '$/data/sql/updates/pending_db_characters';
+INSERT INTO `updates_include` (`path`, `state`) VALUES
+('$/data/sql/updates/pending_db_characters', 'PENDING');
diff --git a/data/sql/updates/pending_db_world/rev_1739663978360122100.sql b/data/sql/updates/pending_db_world/rev_1739663978360122100.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e2f9c5c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/sql/updates/pending_db_world/rev_1739663978360122100.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--
+ALTER TABLE `updates`
+    CHANGE COLUMN `state` `state` ENUM('RELEASED','CUSTOM','MODULE','ARCHIVED','PENDING') NOT NULL DEFAULT 'RELEASED' COMMENT 'defines if an update is released or archived.' COLLATE 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci' AFTER `hash`;
+
+ALTER TABLE `updates_include`
+    CHANGE COLUMN `state` `state` ENUM('RELEASED','ARCHIVED','CUSTOM','PENDING') NOT NULL DEFAULT 'RELEASED' COMMENT 'defines if the directory contains released or archived updates.' COLLATE 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci' AFTER `path`;
+
+DELETE FROM `updates_include` WHERE `path` = '$/data/sql/updates/pending_db_world';
+INSERT INTO `updates_include` (`path`, `state`) VALUES
+('$/data/sql/updates/pending_db_world', 'PENDING');
diff --git a/src/server/apps/worldserver/worldserver.conf.dist b/src/server/apps/worldserver/worldserver.conf.dist
index 4e32c5807..d0597bfc2 100644
--- a/src/server/apps/worldserver/worldserver.conf.dist
+++ b/src/server/apps/worldserver/worldserver.conf.dist
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ FlashAtStart = 1
 #           DATABASE_CHARACTER = 2, // Character database
 #           DATABASE_WORLD     = 4, // World database
 #
-#        Default:     7 - (All enabled)
+#        Default:     7  - (All enabled)
 #                     4  - (Enable world only)
 #                     0  - (All disabled)
 
diff --git a/src/server/database/Updater/UpdateFetcher.cpp b/src/server/database/Updater/UpdateFetcher.cpp
index 79e288d1e..67d7e393e 100644
--- a/src/server/database/Updater/UpdateFetcher.cpp
+++ b/src/server/database/Updater/UpdateFetcher.cpp
@@ -157,9 +157,7 @@ UpdateFetcher::DirectoryStorage UpdateFetcher::ReceiveIncludedDirectories() cons
         std::vector<std::string> moduleList;
 
         for (auto const& itr : Acore::Tokenize(_modulesList, ',', true))
-        {
             moduleList.emplace_back(itr);
-        }
 
         // data/sql
         for (auto const& itr : moduleList)
@@ -168,9 +166,7 @@ UpdateFetcher::DirectoryStorage UpdateFetcher::ReceiveIncludedDirectories() cons
 
             Path const p(path);
             if (!is_directory(p))
-            {
                 continue;
-            }
 
             DirectoryEntry const entry = { p, AppliedFileEntry::StateConvert("MODULE") };
             directories.push_back(entry);
@@ -386,14 +382,14 @@ UpdateResult UpdateFetcher::Update(bool const redundancyChecks,
     // Apply default updates
     for (auto const& availableQuery : available)
     {
-        if (availableQuery.second != CUSTOM && availableQuery.second != MODULE)
+        if (availableQuery.second != PENDING && availableQuery.second != CUSTOM && availableQuery.second != MODULE)
             ApplyUpdateFile(availableQuery);
     }
 
-    // Apply only custom/module updates
+    // Apply only pending/custom/module updates
     for (auto const& availableQuery : available)
     {
-        if (availableQuery.second == CUSTOM || availableQuery.second == MODULE)
+        if (availableQuery.second == PENDING || availableQuery.second == CUSTOM || availableQuery.second == MODULE)
             ApplyUpdateFile(availableQuery);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/server/database/Updater/UpdateFetcher.h b/src/server/database/Updater/UpdateFetcher.h
index ca7d8c2d8..2f9027bdb 100644
--- a/src/server/database/Updater/UpdateFetcher.h
+++ b/src/server/database/Updater/UpdateFetcher.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ private:
     {
         RELEASED,
         CUSTOM,
+        PENDING,
         MODULE,
         ARCHIVED
     };
@@ -92,6 +93,8 @@ private:
                 return RELEASED;
             else if (state == "CUSTOM")
                 return CUSTOM;
+            else if (state == "PENDING")
+                return PENDING;
             else if (state == "MODULE")
                 return MODULE;
 
@@ -106,6 +109,8 @@ private:
                     return "RELEASED";
                 case CUSTOM:
                     return "CUSTOM";
+                case PENDING:
+                    return "PENDING";
                 case MODULE:
                     return "MODULE";
                 case ARCHIVED: