diff --git a/databricks/sdk/service/_internal.py b/databricks/sdk/service/_internal.py
index 2800293b0..e4f0ea94c 100644
--- a/databricks/sdk/service/_internal.py
+++ b/databricks/sdk/service/_internal.py
@@ -21,30 +21,56 @@ def _repeated_dict(d: Dict[str, any], field: str, cls: Type) -> any:
     return [from_dict(v) for v in d[field]]
 
 
-def _get_enum_value(cls: Type, value: str) -> Optional[Type]:
-    return next(
+class UnknownEnumValue:
+    """Wraps an enum value sent by the server that this version of the SDK does not know.
+
+    Generated enums are produced from a versioned OpenAPI spec and can lag behind the
+    service (e.g. a newly released SQL warehouse type). Previously such values were
+    coerced to ``None``, which then dropped the field entirely from ``as_dict()`` and
+    silently lost data the server actually returned. Preserving the raw value keeps it
+    accessible to callers and lets it round-trip through ``as_dict()`` via ``.value``,
+    while remaining clearly distinguishable from a known enum member.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, value: str):
+        self.value = value
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, UnknownEnumValue):
+            return self.value == other.value
+        return NotImplemented
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return hash(self.value)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return f"UnknownEnumValue({self.value!r})"
+
+
+def _get_enum_value(cls: Type, value: str) -> any:
+    member = next(
         (v for v in getattr(cls, "__members__").values() if v.value == value),
         None,
     )
+    if member is not None:
+        return member
+    # The server returned a value this SDK version doesn't know about. Preserve it
+    # rather than dropping it, so the field still appears in as_dict() output.
+    return UnknownEnumValue(value)
 
 
 def _enum(d: Dict[str, any], field: str, cls: Type) -> any:
-    """Unknown enum values are returned as None."""
+    """Unknown enum values are preserved as an UnknownEnumValue wrapper (was: dropped to None)."""
     if field not in d or not d[field]:
         return None
     return _get_enum_value(cls, d[field])
 
 
 def _repeated_enum(d: Dict[str, any], field: str, cls: Type) -> any:
-    """For now, unknown enum values are not included in the response."""
+    """Unknown enum values are preserved as UnknownEnumValue wrappers (was: silently skipped)."""
     if field not in d or not d[field]:
         return None
-    res = []
-    for e in d[field]:
-        val = _get_enum_value(cls, e)
-        if val:
-            res.append(val)
-    return res
+    return [_get_enum_value(cls, e) for e in d[field]]
 
 
 def _escape_multi_segment_path_parameter(param: str) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/test_internal.py b/tests/test_internal.py
index e3261867f..6a1530528 100644
--- a/tests/test_internal.py
+++ b/tests/test_internal.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 from databricks.sdk.common.types.fieldmask import FieldMask
 from databricks.sdk.service._internal import (
+    UnknownEnumValue,
     _duration,
     _enum,
     _escape_multi_segment_path_parameter,
@@ -31,7 +32,19 @@ def test_enum():
 
 
 def test_enum_unknown():
-    assert _enum({"field": "c"}, "field", A) is None
+    # Unknown values are preserved (not dropped to None) so data the server sent isn't lost.
+    result = _enum({"field": "c"}, "field", A)
+    assert isinstance(result, UnknownEnumValue)
+    assert result.value == "c"
+
+
+def test_enum_missing_field():
+    assert _enum({}, "field", A) is None
+
+
+def test_enum_unknown_roundtrips_through_value():
+    # as_dict() emits `self.field.value`; the wrapper must expose .value to round-trip.
+    assert _enum({"field": "c"}, "field", A).value == "c"
 
 
 def test_repeated_enum():
@@ -39,7 +52,8 @@ def test_repeated_enum():
 
 
 def test_repeated_enum_unknown():
-    assert _repeated_enum({"field": ["a", "c"]}, "field", A) == [A.a]
+    result = _repeated_enum({"field": ["a", "c"]}, "field", A)
+    assert result == [A.a, UnknownEnumValue("c")]
 
 
 @dataclass