diff --git a/packages/core-audit/src/hooks/audit-erasure-hook.ts b/packages/core-audit/src/hooks/audit-erasure-hook.ts
index 8bb6025..ee9f85c 100644
--- a/packages/core-audit/src/hooks/audit-erasure-hook.ts
+++ b/packages/core-audit/src/hooks/audit-erasure-hook.ts
@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ export function createReqScopedAuditErasureHook(
   return async ({ doc, req }) => {
     if (typeof doc.id !== "string" && typeof doc.id !== "number") return;
     const payload = req.payload;
+    // `slug as string`: apps with generated CollectionSlug types narrow slug
+    // to their registered union, which need not include "audit-logs".
     const hasAuditCollection = payload.config.collections?.some(
-      (c) => c.slug === "audit-logs",
+      (c) => (c.slug as string) === "audit-logs",
     );
     if (!hasAuditCollection) return;
     const auditLog = new PayloadAuditLog(
diff --git a/packages/core-shared/src/payload/retention-purge/retention-purge.job.ts b/packages/core-shared/src/payload/retention-purge/retention-purge.job.ts
index ec57dab..b84a193 100644
--- a/packages/core-shared/src/payload/retention-purge/retention-purge.job.ts
+++ b/packages/core-shared/src/payload/retention-purge/retention-purge.job.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ export function buildPurgeHandler(
     );
   }
 
+  // Re-bind after the guard: narrowing does not flow into hoisted closures.
+  const targetCollection = collection;
+
   const taskSlug = `retention-purge--${collectionSlug}`;
 
   async function applyAction(
@@ -120,7 +123,7 @@ export function buildPurgeHandler(
 
     if (action === "pseudonymize") {
       const piiFields: Record<string, null> = {};
-      for (const field of collection.fields) {
+      for (const field of targetCollection.fields) {
         const f = field as { name?: string; custom?: { pii?: unknown } };
         if (f.name && f.custom?.pii) {
           piiFields[f.name] = null;