diff --git a/src/backend/clients/event/types.ts b/src/backend/clients/event/types.ts
index ed4a1b464..33b3b5745 100644
--- a/src/backend/clients/event/types.ts
+++ b/src/backend/clients/event/types.ts
@@ -160,6 +160,15 @@ export type EventMap = {
         new_username: string;
     };
     'user.email-changed': { user_id: number; new_email: string };
+    // Fired after an account is torn down (self-serve, admin, or temp-user
+    // logout cleanup). Listeners purge external state tied to the account —
+    // e.g. the marketplace extension cancels the user's Stripe subscriptions.
+    // The row is already gone by emit time, so identifiers ride the payload.
+    'user.delete': {
+        user_id: number;
+        user_uuid?: string;
+        stripe_customer_id?: string | null;
+    };
 
     // ---- Filesystem ----
     'fs.copy.node': {
diff --git a/src/backend/controllers/auth/AuthController.test.ts b/src/backend/controllers/auth/AuthController.test.ts
index d0b2ef975..ea650b137 100644
--- a/src/backend/controllers/auth/AuthController.test.ts
+++ b/src/backend/controllers/auth/AuthController.test.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ type SignupValidateOverride = (data: {
 
 let signupValidateOverride: SignupValidateOverride | null = null;
 const heardSignupSuccess: Array<Record<string, unknown>> = [];
+const heardUserDelete: Array<Record<string, unknown>> = [];
 
 const installSharedListeners = () => {
     eventClient.on('puter.signup.validate', (_k: unknown, data: unknown) => {
@@ -86,6 +87,9 @@ const installSharedListeners = () => {
     eventClient.on('puter.signup.success', (_k: unknown, data: unknown) => {
         heardSignupSuccess.push(data as Record<string, unknown>);
     });
+    eventClient.on('user.delete', (_k: unknown, data: unknown) => {
+        heardUserDelete.push(data as Record<string, unknown>);
+    });
 };
 
 const withSignupValidateOverride = async <T>(
@@ -2682,6 +2686,35 @@ describe('AuthController.handleDeleteOwnUser', () => {
         });
         expect(after).toBeFalsy();
     });
+
+    it('emits user.delete with the uuid + stripe customer id for downstream teardown', async () => {
+        // `stripe_customer_id` ships in the MySQL/Postgres migrations but not
+        // the sqlite ones the test harness runs — add it so the delete path
+        // captures it (it's how the marketplace extension cancels the sub).
+        try {
+            await server.clients.db.write(
+                'ALTER TABLE user ADD COLUMN stripe_customer_id TEXT',
+                [],
+            );
+        } catch {
+            /* already exists */
+        }
+        const { user, actor } = await makeUserAndActor();
+        await server.clients.db.write(
+            'UPDATE user SET stripe_customer_id = ? WHERE id = ?',
+            ['cus_delete_test', user.id],
+        );
+
+        heardUserDelete.length = 0;
+        await controller.handleDeleteOwnUser(makeReq({}, { actor }), makeRes());
+
+        const evt = heardUserDelete.find((e) => e.user_id === user.id);
+        expect(evt).toMatchObject({
+            user_id: user.id,
+            user_uuid: user.uuid,
+            stripe_customer_id: 'cus_delete_test',
+        });
+    });
 });
 
 // ── Additional branch coverage ─────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/src/backend/controllers/auth/AuthController.ts b/src/backend/controllers/auth/AuthController.ts
index cc78b3fe7..7ec17c8f7 100644
--- a/src/backend/controllers/auth/AuthController.ts
+++ b/src/backend/controllers/auth/AuthController.ts
@@ -2820,6 +2820,22 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
     // -- Private helpers ----------------------------------------------
 
     async #cascadeDeleteUser(userId: number): Promise<void> {
+        // Capture the identifiers downstream teardown needs before the row is
+        // gone — the marketplace extension cancels the user's Stripe
+        // subscriptions off `user.delete`, keyed by uuid / customer id.
+        let userUuid: string | undefined;
+        let stripeCustomerId: string | null = null;
+        try {
+            const rows = (await this.clients.db.read(
+                'SELECT `uuid`, `stripe_customer_id` FROM `user` WHERE `id` = ?',
+                [userId],
+            )) as Array<{ uuid?: string; stripe_customer_id?: string | null }>;
+            userUuid = rows[0]?.uuid;
+            stripeCustomerId = rows[0]?.stripe_customer_id ?? null;
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.warn('[cascade-delete-user] identifier lookup failed:', e);
+        }
+
         try {
             await this.services.fs.removeAllForUser(userId);
         } catch (e) {
@@ -2837,6 +2853,24 @@ export class AuthController extends PuterController {
             userId,
         ]);
         await this.stores.user.invalidateById(userId);
+
+        // Fire-and-forget: let listeners purge external state tied to the
+        // account (Stripe subscriptions are cancelled immediately, without
+        // proration). Emitted after the row delete — listeners key off the
+        // payload, not the DB row.
+        try {
+            this.clients.event?.emit(
+                'user.delete',
+                {
+                    user_id: userId,
+                    user_uuid: userUuid,
+                    stripe_customer_id: stripeCustomerId,
+                },
+                {},
+            );
+        } catch {
+            // ignore — event emission shouldn't block deletion
+        }
     }
 
     async #generateRandomUsername(): Promise<string> {