diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/prompt-soft-delete-filter.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/prompt-soft-delete-filter.test.ts
index f37ced16d..c26ee7d95 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/prompt-soft-delete-filter.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/prompt-soft-delete-filter.test.ts
@@ -50,4 +50,44 @@ describe("prompt reads exclude tombstoned rows", () => {
     expect(intakeRead).not.toBeNull();
     expect(intakeRead![0]).toContain("deletedAt: null");
   });
+  // A soft delete has to be able to reach the CACHE GATE as well as the
+  // prompt. `buildStatusInputHash` fingerprints "how much data is there and
+  // how new is it"; a tombstoned row that still counts leaves the fingerprint
+  // unchanged, the gate re-dates yesterday's assessment, and text reasoning
+  // over a deleted reading is served as today's. The measurement arm of that
+  // same query already filters, which is what makes the two that did not so
+  // easy to miss.
+  it("the status input hash filters its mood aggregate", () => {
+    const src = read("../status-cache.ts");
+    const moodRead = src.match(
+      /moodEntry\s*\n?\s*\.aggregate\(\{[\s\S]{0,800}?where:\s*\{[^}]*\}/,
+    );
+    expect(moodRead).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(moodRead![0]).toContain("deletedAt: null");
+  });
+
+  it("the status input hash filters its custom-metric entry reads", () => {
+    const src = read("../status-cache.ts");
+    // Both the count and the newest-entry probe: either one left unfiltered
+    // keeps the fingerprint still after a delete.
+    expect(src).toMatch(
+      /_count:\s*\{\s*select:\s*\{\s*entries:\s*\{[\s\S]{0,200}?deletedAt:\s*null/,
+    );
+    const newest = src.match(
+      /entries:\s*\{\s*where:\s*\{[^}]*\}[\s\S]{0,200}?take:\s*1/,
+    );
+    expect(newest).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(newest![0]).toContain("deletedAt: null");
+  });
+
+  it("the custom-metric correlation channel filters its entry read", () => {
+    // The parent metric's own tombstone is filtered; its entries' were not,
+    // so a reading the person deleted still shaped the correlation cards.
+    const src = read("../correlation-channel-series.ts");
+    const entryRead = src.match(
+      /entries:\s*\{[\s\S]{0,400}?where:\s*\{[^}]*\}/,
+    );
+    expect(entryRead).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(entryRead![0]).toContain("deletedAt: null");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/correlation-channel-series.ts b/src/lib/insights/correlation-channel-series.ts
index 7e1be8512..1c695579e 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/correlation-channel-series.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/correlation-channel-series.ts
@@ -288,7 +288,10 @@ export async function fetchCustomMetricBehaviourSeries(
       name: true,
       unit: true,
       entries: {
-        where: { measuredAt: { gte: since } },
+        // The parent metric's tombstone is filtered above; the entries' own
+        // one has to be too, or a reading the person deleted keeps shaping
+        // the correlation they are shown.
+        where: { deletedAt: null, measuredAt: { gte: since } },
         orderBy: [{ measuredAt: "desc" }, { id: "desc" }],
         take: 2000,
         select: { value: true, unit: true, measuredAt: true },
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/status-cache.ts b/src/lib/insights/status-cache.ts
index 6d6408d67..645b46724 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/status-cache.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/status-cache.ts
@@ -324,7 +324,12 @@ export async function computeStatusInputFingerprint(args: {
     }),
     args.includeMood
       ? prisma.moodEntry.aggregate({
-          where: { userId: args.userId },
+          // Tombstoned rows are excluded here for the same reason they are in
+          // the measurement arm above: this aggregate IS the freshness
+          // fingerprint, so a deletion that leaves the count and the newest
+          // timestamp untouched cannot invalidate the cached assessment, and
+          // yesterday's text gets re-dated as today's over data that is gone.
+          where: { userId: args.userId, deletedAt: null },
           _count: { _all: true },
           _max: { moodLoggedAt: true },
         })
@@ -342,8 +347,9 @@ export async function computeStatusInputFingerprint(args: {
             id: true,
             unit: true,
             updatedAt: true,
-            _count: { select: { entries: true } },
+            _count: { select: { entries: { where: { deletedAt: null } } } },
             entries: {
+              where: { deletedAt: null },
               orderBy: [{ measuredAt: "desc" }, { id: "desc" }],
               take: 1,
               select: { measuredAt: true, unit: true },