I have created (in ArcGIS Pro 3.1.3) four point feature classes in a .gdb-file, and to each seperately added a text field called 'existence' that contains a status description ("NEW", "UNCHANGED", "UPDATED" or "DELETED").
The fields are correct when I open their attribute tables.
When I merge these feature classes they merge correctly, apart from the text field 'existence' which is truncated to the first letter only ("N", "D" or "U").
I have tried changing the field properties Length to 32, and changed the Merge rule from 'First' to 'Maximum' (just to try something), but that doesn't seem to change anything. Does someone have an idea what could be wrong?