diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/exception/GlobalExceptionHandler.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/exception/GlobalExceptionHandler.java
index 7a029955..686ef457 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/exception/GlobalExceptionHandler.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/exception/GlobalExceptionHandler.java
@@ -68,19 +68,35 @@ public class GlobalExceptionHandler {
     /**
      * Backstop for any database integrity violation that slips past the explicit upstream
      * guards (e.g. a future constraint, or the import path emitting a bad range). Turns it into
-     * a clean 400 instead of a 500 + Sentry alert. Deliberately generic: it does NOT inspect the
-     * exception to identify the constraint — that inspection is the brittle thing we avoid, and the
-     * known date-range cases are already caught upstream and never reach here.
+     * a clean 400 instead of a 500 + Sentry alert. The known date-range cases are caught upstream
+     * and never reach here; this only catches the unanticipated ones — so it logs the constraint
+     * NAME at WARN to stay debuggable, without re-leaking SQL and without branching the response
+     * on it (the response stays generic, which is the non-brittle part).
      */
     @ExceptionHandler(DataIntegrityViolationException.class)
     public ResponseEntity<ErrorResponse> handleDataIntegrityViolation(DataIntegrityViolationException ex) {
-        // Fixed message only: ex.getMessage() embeds the constraint name + SQL (CWE-209), and
-        // passing ex to the logger would dump the same into Loki — so do neither, and no Sentry.
-        log.warn("Rejected a request that violated a database integrity constraint");
+        // Log the constraint NAME only — schema metadata, safe for Loki, and enough to tell which
+        // constraint fired at 2am. Never pass `ex` / `ex.getMessage()`: those embed the SQL + the
+        // offending values (CWE-209). No Sentry: an integrity violation is a 400, not a system fault.
+        log.warn("Rejected a request that violated a database integrity constraint: {}", constraintNameOf(ex));
         return ResponseEntity.badRequest()
                 .body(new ErrorResponse(ErrorCode.VALIDATION_ERROR, "The submitted data violated a database constraint"));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the offending constraint's name from the cause chain, or {@code "unknown"}.
+     * Reads only the name (a non-sensitive schema identifier) — never the SQL or the values.
+     */
+    private static String constraintNameOf(Throwable ex) {
+        for (Throwable t = ex; t != null && t != t.getCause(); t = t.getCause()) {
+            if (t instanceof org.hibernate.exception.ConstraintViolationException cve
+                    && cve.getConstraintName() != null) {
+                return cve.getConstraintName();
+            }
+        }
+        return "unknown";
+    }
+
     @ExceptionHandler(Exception.class)
     public ResponseEntity<ErrorResponse> handleGeneric(Exception ex) {
         Sentry.captureException(ex);
diff --git a/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/exception/GlobalExceptionHandlerTest.java b/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/exception/GlobalExceptionHandlerTest.java
index 3a51993f..c75e9fae 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/exception/GlobalExceptionHandlerTest.java
+++ b/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/exception/GlobalExceptionHandlerTest.java
@@ -72,9 +72,48 @@ class GlobalExceptionHandlerTest {
                 .as("logs a WARN line")
                 .anySatisfy(e -> assertThat(e.getLevel()).isEqualTo(Level.WARN));
         assertThat(appender.list)
-                .as("never logs the constraint name / SQL (would re-leak to Loki)")
+                .as("never logs the SQL statement / values (would re-leak to Loki)")
                 .noneSatisfy(e -> {
-                    assertThat(e.getFormattedMessage()).contains("chk_");
+                    assertThat(e.getFormattedMessage()).contains("could not execute statement");
                 });
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void handleDataIntegrityViolation_logsConstraintName_butNotTheSql() {
+        // Debuggability (DevOps): the WARN must name *which* constraint fired so an
+        // unanticipated violation isn't a silent mystery — but it must carry the name only,
+        // never the SQL statement or the offending values that the SQLException message holds.
+        java.sql.SQLException sql = new java.sql.SQLException(
+                "ERROR: violates check constraint; could not execute statement; values (1917-01-10)");
+        org.hibernate.exception.ConstraintViolationException cve =
+                new org.hibernate.exception.ConstraintViolationException(
+                        "constraint violation", sql, "chk_meta_date_end_after_start");
+        DataIntegrityViolationException ex = new DataIntegrityViolationException("wrapper", cve);
+
+        Logger handlerLogger = (Logger) LoggerFactory.getLogger(GlobalExceptionHandler.class);
+        ListAppender<ILoggingEvent> appender = new ListAppender<>();
+        appender.start();
+        handlerLogger.addAppender(appender);
+
+        try (MockedStatic<Sentry> sentryMock = mockStatic(Sentry.class)) {
+            ResponseEntity<GlobalExceptionHandler.ErrorResponse> response =
+                    handler.handleDataIntegrityViolation(ex);
+
+            // Response stays generic and leak-free (CWE-209) regardless of what we log.
+            assertThat(response.getStatusCode().value()).isEqualTo(400);
+            assertThat(response.getBody().message())
+                    .doesNotContain("chk_")
+                    .doesNotContain("meta_date");
+            sentryMock.verifyNoInteractions();
+        } finally {
+            handlerLogger.detachAppender(appender);
+        }
+
+        assertThat(appender.list)
+                .as("WARN names the constraint for debuggability")
+                .anySatisfy(e -> assertThat(e.getFormattedMessage()).contains("chk_meta_date_end_after_start"));
+        assertThat(appender.list)
+                .as("but never the SQL statement or values")
+                .noneSatisfy(e -> assertThat(e.getFormattedMessage()).contains("could not execute statement"));
+    }
 }