Implement soft deletes for the records in my app that users can delete but the business might need back: user-generated content, accounts, projects, orders where audit trails matter. Tell me first which models you're including and why. Implement: a deleted_at timestamp (nullable) on each included model; every query in the app updated to exclude soft-deleted records by default (this is the part everyone misses: list pages, counts, exports, admin views, uniqueness checks, and the 'load one record' path all need it); a deliberate way to include deleted records where they're legitimately needed (admin restore view); and a purge job or manual process that hard-deletes records after a retention window, since soft-deleted data kept forever is a privacy liability, not a feature. Update unique constraints to account for soft deletes (a deleted user's email shouldn't block a new signup with that email if that's the intended behavior; tell me which way you chose). Do not soft-delete records that are sensitive enough to require real deletion on request. Deliver: the model list, every query updated (show me the count before and after so we know none were missed), the purge plan, and verification: delete a record, confirm it vanishes from every list and count, restore it, and confirm the purge path actually removes it.