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ALTER TABLE MODIFY COLUMN incorrectly reports data truncated for multibyte characters

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## Bug Report

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### 1. Minimal reproduce step (Required)

``` sql
tidb8.5.5>
create table test_3 (
id bigint not null primary key auto_increment,
topics varchar(3000) default NULL
);

insert test_3 select 1,"[登陆少年,刘凌硕,tf三代,top登陆少年刘凌硕,登陆计划,登陆少年团,登陆少年团刘凌硕,时代少年团刘凌硕,易烊千玺,王一博,丁程鑫,刘耀文,马嘉祺,朱志鑫,左航,张极,苏新皓,王俊凯,偶像练习生,TOP登录少年,EXO,鹿晗,张艺兴,黄子韬,登陆少年刘凌硕,何秋亨,k总,男团,陈冠希,范丞丞,陈立农,周震南,赵露思,宋茜,虞书欣,刘德华,周雨彤,时代峰峻,异人之下2,王者荣耀,英雄联盟,侯明昊,汪苏泷,辛巴,小杨哥,疯狂小杨哥,华为,苹果,湖南,长沙,深圳,五一广场,ifs国金中心,黄轩,杨颖,杨紫,陈赫,邓超,李飞,张元英,张婧怡,张凌赫,刘亦菲,赵今麦,李沁,赵丽颖,欧阳娜娜,三只羊,孙恩盛,肖战,王嘉尔,鞠婧祎,程潇,何洛洛,贺峻霖,刘雨昕,刘诗诗,焦俊艳,吴宣仪,孟美岐,宋雨琦,马思纯,威薇,谭维维,张一山,李现,李汶翰,欧豪,成毅,吴磊,刘学义,胡一天,于适,欧豪,白敬亭,邓为,张彬彬,陈翔,魏大勋,罗一舟,胡先煦,王鹤棣,林彦俊,彭昱畅,宋威龙,彭于晏,李荣浩,朱一龙,华晨宇,冯绍峰,管虎,张译,付辛博,林更新,刘宇宁,张亮,邓超,蔡徐坤,屈楚萧,许光汉,刘凌硕,帅吗帅也不是你的,刘凌硕,偶像练习生,姐妹,闺蜜,同桌,偶像练习生刘凌硕,女神,精神小伙,蔡徐坤,时代少年团,同桌,爱你一万年,土味情话,精神小伙,帅哥,高中生,大学生,校园,初中生,男神,班主任,恋爱,黑神话悟空,舞蹈,扒舞日常,一起练舞的日常,街舞课堂日常,舞蹈vlog,韩系甜酷风的舞蹈推荐,日常练舞记录,氛围感舞蹈,日常尬舞,上热门最火舞蹈推荐,练舞花絮,韩舞翻跳,默契转圈舞,浅挑一下扭胯舞,零基础跳舞,零基础爵士舞,甜妹打call舞挑战,零基础学习舞蹈,韩系舞蹈,第五人格,挑战带粉丝逛街,精神小伙卡点,王源,檀健次,阳康训练比心舞,阳光帅气的宝藏男孩,帅哥安利,00后当老板,00后创业日常,打工人的壮态,打工人的故事,IFS国金中心,全网最帅动作,剧终卡点挑战,街拍vlog,一种很新的手势舞,奇葩出圈方式,切土豆手势舞,梅子手势舞,北漂vlog,我的旅行VLOG生,广场曳步舞,舞蹈vlog,手势舞,黑神话,黑神话悟空游戏,杨颖,杨紫,陈赫,邓超,李飞,张元英,张婧怡,张凌赫,刘亦菲,赵今麦,李沁,赵丽颖,欧阳娜娜,三只羊,孙恩盛,肖战,王嘉尔,鞠婧祎,程潇,何洛洛,贺峻霖,刘雨昕,刘诗诗#王楚然]";

select char_length(topics) from test_3;
+---------------------+
| char_length(topics) |
+---------------------+
| 1007 |
+---------------------+

alter table test_3 modify column topics varchar(2000) default NULL;
ERROR 1265 (01000): Data truncated for column 'topics', value is '[登陆少年,刘凌硕,tf三代,top登陆少年刘凌硕,登陆计划,登陆少年团,登陆少年团刘凌硕,时代少年团刘凌硕,易烊千玺,王一博,丁程鑫,刘耀文,马嘉祺,朱志鑫,左航,张极,苏新皓,王俊凯,偶像练习生,TOP登录少年,EXO,鹿晗,张艺兴,黄子韬,登陆少年刘凌硕,何秋亨,k总,男团,陈冠希,范丞丞,陈立农,周震南,赵露思,宋茜�
```

### 2. What did you expect to see? (Required)
Query OK, 0 rows affected

### 3. What did you see instead (Required)
alter table test_3 modify column topics varchar(2000) default NULL;
ERROR 1265 (01000): Data truncated for column 'topics', value is '[登陆少年,刘凌硕,tf三代,top登陆少年刘凌硕,登陆计划,登陆少年团,登陆少年团刘凌硕,时代少年团刘凌硕,易烊千玺,王一博,丁程鑫,刘耀文,马嘉祺,朱志鑫,左航,张极,苏新皓,王俊凯,偶像练习生,TOP登录少年,EXO,鹿晗,张艺兴,黄子韬,登陆少年刘凌硕,何秋亨,k总,男团,陈冠希,范丞丞,陈立农,周震南,赵露思,宋茜�

### 4. What is your TiDB version? (Required)
tidb_version(): Release Version: v8.5.5
Edition: Community
Git Commit Hash: 1fa258b833ff113883beeba40bc130be7ce66610
Git Branch: HEAD
UTC Build Time: 2026-03-23 14:08:54
GoVersion: go1.25.5
Race Enabled: false
Check Table Before Drop: false
Store: tikv

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