diff --git a/apps/web-next/src/server/bind-production.ts b/apps/web-next/src/server/bind-production.ts
index 5928c32..591d84a 100644
--- a/apps/web-next/src/server/bind-production.ts
+++ b/apps/web-next/src/server/bind-production.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,12 @@ export async function bindAllProduction(): Promise<void> {
     config: resolvedConfig,
     auditLog,
   });
-  const dsrBinding = bindProductionDsr({ config: resolvedConfig, auditLog });
+  const dsrBinding = bindProductionDsr({
+    config: resolvedConfig,
+    auditLog,
+    // cascade-hard deletions pseudonymize the subject's audit trail (A6)
+    auditErasure: auditLog,
+  });
   complianceBindings = { consentFactory, dsrBinding, auditLog };
 
   const ctx: BindProductionContext = {
diff --git a/packages/core-audit/src/audit-logs-collection.test.ts b/packages/core-audit/src/audit-logs-collection.test.ts
index cd105e1..68eb6fa 100644
--- a/packages/core-audit/src/audit-logs-collection.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core-audit/src/audit-logs-collection.test.ts
@@ -2,17 +2,42 @@ import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
 import { auditLogsCollection } from "./audit-logs-collection";
 
 describe("auditLogsCollection", () => {
+  it("accepts every AuditAction enum value (A6)", () => {
+    const action = (
+      auditLogsCollection.fields as Array<{ name: string; options?: string[] }>
+    ).find((f) => f.name === "action");
+    expect(action?.options).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        "VIEW",
+        "CREATE",
+        "UPDATE",
+        "DELETE",
+        "EXPORT",
+        "PERMISSION_CHANGE",
+        "CONSENT_GRANT",
+        "CONSENT_WITHDRAW",
+        "RESTRICT",
+        "UNRESTRICT",
+      ]),
+    );
+  });
+
   it("uses slug 'audit-logs'", () => {
     expect(auditLogsCollection.slug).toBe("audit-logs");
   });
 
   it("is append-only (update: () => false)", () => {
-    const access = auditLogsCollection.access as Record<string, (() => boolean) | undefined>;
+    const access = auditLogsCollection.access as Record<
+      string,
+      (() => boolean) | undefined
+    >;
     expect(access["update"]?.()).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it("has the required fields", () => {
-    const fieldNames = (auditLogsCollection.fields as Array<{ name: string }>).map((f) => f.name);
+    const fieldNames = (
+      auditLogsCollection.fields as Array<{ name: string }>
+    ).map((f) => f.name);
     // WHO
     expect(fieldNames).toContain("actorId");
     expect(fieldNames).toContain("actorType");
diff --git a/packages/core-audit/src/audit-logs-collection.ts b/packages/core-audit/src/audit-logs-collection.ts
index 7e6123b..143aeb3 100644
--- a/packages/core-audit/src/audit-logs-collection.ts
+++ b/packages/core-audit/src/audit-logs-collection.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,21 @@ export const auditLogsCollection: CollectionConfig = {
     {
       name: "action",
       type: "select",
-      options: ["VIEW", "CREATE", "UPDATE", "DELETE", "EXPORT", "PERMISSION_CHANGE"],
+      // Mirrors the AuditAction enum in @repo/core-shared/audit — the DSR and
+      // consent cores record RESTRICT/UNRESTRICT/CONSENT_* entries, so the
+      // select must accept every enum value or record() fails validation (A6).
+      options: [
+        "VIEW",
+        "CREATE",
+        "UPDATE",
+        "DELETE",
+        "EXPORT",
+        "PERMISSION_CHANGE",
+        "CONSENT_GRANT",
+        "CONSENT_WITHDRAW",
+        "RESTRICT",
+        "UNRESTRICT",
+      ],
       required: true,
       index: true,
     },
diff --git a/packages/core-audit/src/hooks/audit-erasure-hook.test.ts b/packages/core-audit/src/hooks/audit-erasure-hook.test.ts
index 0b7fb4c..b29735e 100644
--- a/packages/core-audit/src/hooks/audit-erasure-hook.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core-audit/src/hooks/audit-erasure-hook.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi } from "vitest";
-import { createAuditErasureHook } from "./audit-erasure-hook";
+import {
+  createAuditErasureHook,
+  createReqScopedAuditErasureHook,
+} from "./audit-erasure-hook";
 import type { IAuditLog } from "../audit-log.interface";
 
 function makeAuditLog(): IAuditLog {
@@ -25,7 +28,10 @@ describe("createAuditErasureHook", () => {
     const auditLog = makeAuditLog();
     const hook = createAuditErasureHook({ auditLog });
     await hook(hookArgs("user_1") as never);
-    expect(auditLog.eraseSubject).toHaveBeenCalledWith("user_1", "pseudonymize");
+    expect(auditLog.eraseSubject).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "user_1",
+      "pseudonymize",
+    );
   });
 
   it("respects explicit mode='delete'", async () => {
@@ -63,3 +69,78 @@ describe("createAuditErasureHook", () => {
     expect(auditLog.eraseSubject).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
+
+describe("createReqScopedAuditErasureHook (A6)", () => {
+  function makeReqPayload(withAuditCollection: boolean) {
+    const find = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ docs: [{ id: "log-1" }] });
+    const update = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({});
+    const del = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({});
+    const payload = {
+      config: {
+        collections: withAuditCollection ? [{ slug: "audit-logs" }] : [],
+      },
+      find,
+      update,
+      delete: del,
+    };
+    return { payload, find, update, del };
+  }
+
+  function reqHookArgs(id: unknown, payload: unknown) {
+    return {
+      doc: { id },
+      req: { payload } as never,
+      id: String(id),
+      collection: {} as never,
+      context: {},
+    };
+  }
+
+  it("pseudonymizes the deleted subject's audit entries via req.payload", async () => {
+    const { payload, find, update } = makeReqPayload(true);
+    const hook = createReqScopedAuditErasureHook();
+    await hook(reqHookArgs("user_1", payload) as never);
+
+    expect(find).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        collection: "audit-logs",
+        where: { actorId: { equals: "user_1" } },
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(update).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        collection: "audit-logs",
+        id: "log-1",
+        data: { actorId: expect.stringMatching(/^erased-/) },
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("respects mode='delete'", async () => {
+    const { payload, del } = makeReqPayload(true);
+    const hook = createReqScopedAuditErasureHook({ mode: "delete" });
+    await hook(reqHookArgs("user_2", payload) as never);
+    expect(del).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        collection: "audit-logs",
+        where: { actorId: { equals: "user_2" } },
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("no-ops when the audit-logs collection is not registered", async () => {
+    const { payload, find, update, del } = makeReqPayload(false);
+    const hook = createReqScopedAuditErasureHook();
+    await hook(reqHookArgs("user_1", payload) as never);
+    expect(find).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(del).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("skips invalid doc ids", async () => {
+    const { payload, find } = makeReqPayload(true);
+    const hook = createReqScopedAuditErasureHook();
+    await hook(reqHookArgs(undefined, payload) as never);
+    expect(find).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core-audit/src/hooks/audit-erasure-hook.ts b/packages/core-audit/src/hooks/audit-erasure-hook.ts
index c6001ed..8bb6025 100644
--- a/packages/core-audit/src/hooks/audit-erasure-hook.ts
+++ b/packages/core-audit/src/hooks/audit-erasure-hook.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { CollectionAfterDeleteHook } from "payload";
 import type { IAuditLog } from "../audit-log.interface";
+import { PayloadAuditLog } from "../payload-audit-log";
 
 export type AuditErasureHookOpts = {
   /** The audit log impl that will perform the erasure. */
@@ -36,3 +37,35 @@ export function createAuditErasureHook(
     }
   };
 }
+
+export type ReqScopedAuditErasureHookOpts = {
+  /** Erasure mode — see AuditErasureHookOpts. Defaults to "pseudonymize". */
+  mode?: "pseudonymize" | "delete";
+};
+
+/**
+ * Variant of `createAuditErasureHook` for config-composition time (audit
+ * finding A6): a Payload collection config is built before any `IAuditLog`
+ * can exist (binding the audit log needs the built config), so this hook
+ * constructs a `PayloadAuditLog` lazily from the running instance on
+ * `req.payload` when the delete fires. No-ops when the `audit-logs`
+ * collection is not registered.
+ */
+export function createReqScopedAuditErasureHook(
+  opts: ReqScopedAuditErasureHookOpts = {},
+): CollectionAfterDeleteHook {
+  const mode = opts.mode ?? "pseudonymize";
+  return async ({ doc, req }) => {
+    if (typeof doc.id !== "string" && typeof doc.id !== "number") return;
+    const payload = req.payload;
+    const hasAuditCollection = payload.config.collections?.some(
+      (c) => c.slug === "audit-logs",
+    );
+    if (!hasAuditCollection) return;
+    const auditLog = new PayloadAuditLog(
+      payload.config,
+      async () => payload as never,
+    );
+    await auditLog.eraseSubject(String(doc.id), mode);
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/core-audit/src/hooks/index.ts b/packages/core-audit/src/hooks/index.ts
index 11dcd14..168eda4 100644
--- a/packages/core-audit/src/hooks/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core-audit/src/hooks/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 export {
   createAuditErasureHook,
+  createReqScopedAuditErasureHook,
   type AuditErasureHookOpts,
+  type ReqScopedAuditErasureHookOpts,
 } from "./audit-erasure-hook";
 export {
   createAuditAfterReadHook,
diff --git a/packages/core-audit/src/index.ts b/packages/core-audit/src/index.ts
index a6d1edb..b04912b 100644
--- a/packages/core-audit/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core-audit/src/index.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ export { AUDIT_SYMBOLS } from "./di/symbols";
 export { pseudonymize } from "./pseudonymize";
 export {
   createAuditErasureHook,
+  createReqScopedAuditErasureHook,
   type AuditErasureHookOpts,
+  type ReqScopedAuditErasureHookOpts,
 } from "./hooks/audit-erasure-hook";
 // VIEW capture
 export { createAuditAfterReadHook, type AuditAfterReadHookOpts } from "./hooks";
diff --git a/packages/core-cms/src/payload.config.test.ts b/packages/core-cms/src/payload.config.test.ts
index 9d3c6b3..2322f08 100644
--- a/packages/core-cms/src/payload.config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core-cms/src/payload.config.test.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ describe("payloadConfig composition", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("registers the audit-logs collection (A6)", async () => {
+    const resolved = await config;
+    const slugs = resolved.collections?.map((c) => c.slug) ?? [];
+    expect(slugs).toContain("audit-logs");
+  });
+
+  it("wires the audit erasure afterDelete hook on users (A6)", async () => {
+    const resolved = await config;
+    const users = resolved.collections?.find((c) => c.slug === "users");
+    expect(users?.hooks?.afterDelete?.length ?? 0).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+
   it("registers all feature globals", async () => {
     const resolved = await config;
     const slugs = resolved.globals?.map((g) => g.slug) ?? [];
diff --git a/packages/core-cms/src/payload.config.ts b/packages/core-cms/src/payload.config.ts
index 86c68f5..c4260fd 100644
--- a/packages/core-cms/src/payload.config.ts
+++ b/packages/core-cms/src/payload.config.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ import {
   withRetentionTombstone,
   buildRetentionPurgeTask,
 } from "@repo/core-shared/payload";
-import { users } from "@repo/auth/cms";
+import {
+  auditLogsCollection,
+  createReqScopedAuditErasureHook,
+} from "@repo/core-audit";
+import { users as usersBase } from "@repo/auth/cms";
 import { articles } from "@repo/blog/cms";
 import { media } from "@repo/media/cms";
 import { pages, siteSettings } from "@repo/marketing-pages/cms";
@@ -17,10 +21,28 @@ import { header } from "@repo/navigation/cms";
 const filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const dirname = path.dirname(filename);
 
+// GDPR audit erasure (audit finding A6): when a users row is hard-deleted
+// (admin expunge, DSR cascade-hard, retention purge), pseudonymize that
+// subject's audit-log entries so the trail keeps its shape without PII linkage.
+const users = {
+  ...usersBase,
+  hooks: {
+    ...usersBase.hooks,
+    afterDelete: [
+      ...(usersBase.hooks?.afterDelete ?? []),
+      createReqScopedAuditErasureHook(),
+    ],
+  },
+};
+
 // Collections declaring custom.retention.postDeletion get the soft-delete
 // tombstone field (`deletedAt`) so the DSR soft delete can stamp rows and the
 // retention purge job can grace-purge them (audit finding A2).
-const collections = [users, articles, pages, media].map(withRetentionTombstone);
+const collections = [
+  ...[users, articles, pages, media].map(withRetentionTombstone),
+  // Local audit sink (A6) — required for PayloadAuditLog.record() to work.
+  auditLogsCollection,
+];
 
 export default buildConfig({
   editor: lexicalEditor(),
diff --git a/packages/core-dsr/src/__tests__/payload-data-delete.test.ts b/packages/core-dsr/src/__tests__/payload-data-delete.test.ts
index 908d36f..d9986e0 100644
--- a/packages/core-dsr/src/__tests__/payload-data-delete.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core-dsr/src/__tests__/payload-data-delete.test.ts
@@ -513,3 +513,67 @@ describe("PayloadDataDelete", () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe("cascade-hard audit erasure (A6)", () => {
+  it("calls auditErasure.eraseSubject with pseudonymize after cascade-hard", async () => {
+    const auditLog = new RecordingAuditLog();
+    const mockPayload = {
+      find: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ docs: [{ id: "alice" }] }),
+      update: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+      delete: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+    };
+    const eraseSubject = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    const config = {
+      collections: [
+        {
+          slug: "users",
+          custom: {
+            subject: { field: "id", kind: "self" },
+            pii: { email: { exportable: true } },
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    } as unknown as SanitizedConfig;
+
+    const deleter = new PayloadDataDelete(
+      config,
+      auditLog,
+      vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockPayload),
+      { eraseSubject },
+    );
+    await deleter.deleteSubjectData("alice", "cascade-hard");
+
+    expect(eraseSubject).toHaveBeenCalledWith("alice", "pseudonymize");
+  });
+
+  it("does not erase audit entries on soft delete", async () => {
+    const auditLog = new RecordingAuditLog();
+    const mockPayload = {
+      find: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ docs: [{ id: "alice" }] }),
+      update: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+      delete: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+    };
+    const eraseSubject = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    const config = {
+      collections: [
+        {
+          slug: "users",
+          custom: {
+            subject: { field: "id", kind: "self" },
+            pii: { email: { exportable: true } },
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    } as unknown as SanitizedConfig;
+
+    const deleter = new PayloadDataDelete(
+      config,
+      auditLog,
+      vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockPayload),
+      { eraseSubject },
+    );
+    await deleter.deleteSubjectData("alice", "soft");
+
+    expect(eraseSubject).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core-dsr/src/di/bind-production.ts b/packages/core-dsr/src/di/bind-production.ts
index dced427..d8d3394 100644
--- a/packages/core-dsr/src/di/bind-production.ts
+++ b/packages/core-dsr/src/di/bind-production.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type { IDataDelete } from "../data-delete.interface";
 import type { IDataRectify } from "../data-rectify.interface";
 import type { IProcessingRestriction } from "../processing-restriction.interface";
 import { PayloadDataExport } from "../payload-data-export";
-import { PayloadDataDelete } from "../payload-data-delete";
+import { PayloadDataDelete, type AuditErasure } from "../payload-data-delete";
 import { PayloadDataRectify } from "../payload-data-rectify";
 import { PayloadProcessingRestriction } from "../payload-processing-restriction";
 
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ export type DsrBinding = {
 export type BindProductionDsrOpts = {
   config: SanitizedConfig;
   auditLog?: AuditLogProtocol;
+  /**
+   * Privileged audit-erasure surface (core-audit's IAuditLog satisfies it).
+   * When present, cascade-hard deletions pseudonymize the subject's
+   * audit-log entries (A6).
+   */
+  auditErasure?: AuditErasure;
 };
 
 const noopAuditLog: AuditLogProtocol = { record: async () => {} };
@@ -34,7 +40,12 @@ export function bindProductionDsr(opts: BindProductionDsrOpts): DsrBinding {
   const auditLog = opts.auditLog ?? noopAuditLog;
   return {
     dataExport: new PayloadDataExport(opts.config, auditLog),
-    dataDelete: new PayloadDataDelete(opts.config, auditLog),
+    dataDelete: new PayloadDataDelete(
+      opts.config,
+      auditLog,
+      undefined,
+      opts.auditErasure,
+    ),
     dataRectify: new PayloadDataRectify(opts.config, auditLog),
     processingRestriction: new PayloadProcessingRestriction(
       opts.config,
diff --git a/packages/core-dsr/src/index.ts b/packages/core-dsr/src/index.ts
index a61c2b5..44bc795 100644
--- a/packages/core-dsr/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core-dsr/src/index.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export type {
 
 export { PayloadDataExport } from "./payload-data-export";
 export { PayloadDataDelete } from "./payload-data-delete";
+export type { AuditErasure } from "./payload-data-delete";
 export { PayloadDataRectify } from "./payload-data-rectify";
 export { PayloadProcessingRestriction } from "./payload-processing-restriction";
 
diff --git a/packages/core-dsr/src/payload-data-delete.ts b/packages/core-dsr/src/payload-data-delete.ts
index 096aa42..eed93b8 100644
--- a/packages/core-dsr/src/payload-data-delete.ts
+++ b/packages/core-dsr/src/payload-data-delete.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ type PayloadAPI = {
 
 type GetPayload = (args: { config: SanitizedConfig }) => Promise<PayloadAPI>;
 
+/**
+ * Privileged audit-erasure surface (structural subset of core-audit's
+ * IAuditLog — core-dsr must not depend on the optional audit package).
+ * Wired by the app binder; used on the cascade-hard path (A6).
+ */
+export type AuditErasure = {
+  eraseSubject(actorId: string, mode: "pseudonymize" | "delete"): Promise<void>;
+};
+
 function buildWhere(field: string, subjectId: string): Record<string, unknown> {
   return field === "id"
     ? { id: { equals: subjectId } }
@@ -112,6 +121,7 @@ export class PayloadDataDelete implements IDataDelete {
     private readonly config: SanitizedConfig,
     private readonly auditLog: AuditLogProtocol,
     private readonly getPayloadFn: GetPayload = _getPayload as unknown as GetPayload,
+    private readonly auditErasure?: AuditErasure,
   ) {}
 
   async deleteSubjectData(
@@ -162,6 +172,14 @@ export class PayloadDataDelete implements IDataDelete {
       }
     }
 
+    if (mode === "cascade-hard" && this.auditErasure) {
+      // Erase the subject's audit-log linkage (A6): pseudonymize rather than
+      // delete so the audit trail keeps its shape for compliance sampling.
+      // The users afterDelete hook covers Payload-initiated deletes; this
+      // covers the DSR cascade explicitly and is idempotent with the hook.
+      await this.auditErasure.eraseSubject(subjectId, "pseudonymize");
+    }
+
     return this.buildCertificate(
       subjectId,
       mode,