basalt-26.3.2-rc-20260914: sql/row: TestNextRowPartialColumnFamily failed

sql/row.TestNextRowPartialColumnFamily [failed](https://mesolite.cluster.engflow.com/invocations/default/ea8e7bda-f51e-410c-842a-ebf7815833f1?testReportRun=1&testReportShard=1&testReportAttempt=1#targets-Ly9wa2cvc3FsL3Jvdzpyb3dfdGVzdA==) on basalt-26.3.2-rc-20260914 @ [d3eb08ebdd1dacc8d3dac0b107a7db5929e09969](https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/commits/d3eb08ebdd1dacc8d3dac0b107a7db5929e09969):

```
=== RUN TestNextRowPartialColumnFamily
test_log_scope.go:172: test logs captured to: outputs.zip/logTestNextRowPartialColumnFamily3323764910
test_log_scope.go:82: use -show-logs to present logs inline
test_server_shim.go:168: automatically injected an external process virtual cluster under test; see comment at top of test_server_shim.go for details.
test_server_shim.go:639: DRPC is enabled (via testserver factory defaults)
```

Parameters:
- attempt=1
- race=true
- run=1
- shard=1
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See also: [How To Investigate a Go Test Failure \(internal\)](https://cockroachlabs.atlassian.net/l/c/HgfXfJgM)

Same failure on other branches

- #175421 basalt-26.3.2-rc-20260913: sql/row: TestNextRowPartialColumnFamily failed [OOM] [C-test-failure O-robot T-sql-queries branch-basalt-26.3.2-rc-20260913]
- #174913 basalt-26.3.2-rc-20260908: sql/row: TestNextRowPartialColumnFamily failed [C-test-failure O-robot T-sql-queries branch-basalt-26.3.2-rc-20260908]
- #174741 release-26.3: sql/row: TestNextRowPartialColumnFamily failed [C-test-failure O-robot T-sql-queries branch-release-26.3]
- #174461 basalt-26.3: sql/row: TestNextRowPartialColumnFamily failed [C-test-failure O-robot T-sql-queries branch-basalt-26.3]

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