diff --git a/backend/accounts/tests/test_accounts_api.py b/backend/accounts/tests/test_accounts_api.py
index c0830c2f..cf1647df 100644
--- a/backend/accounts/tests/test_accounts_api.py
+++ b/backend/accounts/tests/test_accounts_api.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from django.core.files.uploadedfile import SimpleUploadedFile
 from accounts.models import Account, AccountEmail, AccountEmailLog
 from common.models import Attachments, Comment, Tags, Teams
 from contacts.models import Contact
+from invoices.models import Estimate, Invoice, RecurringInvoice
 
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db
@@ -223,6 +224,38 @@ class TestAccountDetailView:
         assert response.status_code == 200
         assert not Account.objects.filter(id=account.id).exists()
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("model", "extra"),
+        [
+            (Invoice, {"invoice_number": "INV-1"}),
+            (Estimate, {"estimate_number": "EST-1"}),
+            (RecurringInvoice, {"title": "Monthly retainer"}),
+        ],
+        ids=["invoice", "estimate", "recurring-invoice"],
+    )
+    def test_delete_account_with_billing_records_is_refused(
+        self, admin_client, org_a, model, extra
+    ):
+        """Each PROTECT relation answers 409, and the message covers all three.
+
+        Unguarded, the ProtectedError left the view as a 500. The message is
+        asserted on because it is the only thing telling an admin which list to
+        go and empty, and it named two of the three relations for a while.
+        """
+        account = Account.objects.create(name="Has Billing", org=org_a)
+        model.objects.create(org=org_a, account=account, **extra)
+
+        response = admin_client.delete(f"/api/accounts/{account.id}/")
+
+        assert response.status_code == 409
+        body = response.json()
+        assert body["error"] is True
+        assert body["errors"] == (
+            "This account can't be deleted while it still has invoices, "
+            "estimates or recurring invoices linked to it."
+        )
+        assert Account.objects.filter(id=account.id).exists()
+
     def test_get_account_cross_org(self, org_b_client, org_a):
         account = Account.objects.create(name="Org A Account", org=org_a)
         response = org_b_client.get(f"/api/accounts/{account.id}/")
diff --git a/backend/accounts/views.py b/backend/accounts/views.py
index d94489ee..85db43a2 100644
--- a/backend/accounts/views.py
+++ b/backend/accounts/views.py
@@ -571,11 +571,15 @@ class AccountDetailView(APIView):
         try:
             self.object.delete()
         except ProtectedError:
+            # All three of Invoice, Estimate and RecurringInvoice point here with
+            # on_delete=PROTECT, so all three must be named. An account blocked
+            # only by a recurring invoice used to be told to go and look at two
+            # lists that were already empty.
             return Response(
                 {
                     "error": True,
                     "errors": "This account can't be deleted while it still has "
-                    "invoices or estimates linked to it.",
+                    "invoices, estimates or recurring invoices linked to it.",
                 },
                 status=status.HTTP_409_CONFLICT,
             )
diff --git a/backend/cases/kanban_views.py b/backend/cases/kanban_views.py
index ae96a420..854993d2 100644
--- a/backend/cases/kanban_views.py
+++ b/backend/cases/kanban_views.py
@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ class CaseKanbanView(APIView):
             queryset = queryset.filter(tags__id=tags)
         created_at_gte = date_param(params, "created_at__gte")
         if created_at_gte:
-            queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__gte=created_at_gte)
+            queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__date__gte=created_at_gte)
         created_at_lte = date_param(params, "created_at__lte")
         if created_at_lte:
-            queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__lte=created_at_lte)
+            queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__date__lte=created_at_lte)
         return queryset.distinct()
 
     def _get_status_kanban(self, queryset):
diff --git a/backend/cases/views.py b/backend/cases/views.py
index 6107f964..14b0a31f 100644
--- a/backend/cases/views.py
+++ b/backend/cases/views.py
@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@ def apply_case_list_filters(queryset, params):
         )
     created_at_gte = date_param(params, "created_at__gte")
     if created_at_gte:
-        queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__gte=created_at_gte)
+        queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__date__gte=created_at_gte)
     created_at_lte = date_param(params, "created_at__lte")
     if created_at_lte:
-        queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__lte=created_at_lte)
+        queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__date__lte=created_at_lte)
     if params.get("sla_breached") == "true":
         # Wall-clock approximation matching the mobile card's
         # `isFirstResponseSlaBreached` getter; `Case.is_sla_*_breached` uses
diff --git a/backend/common/tests/test_created_at_filter_end_day.py b/backend/common/tests/test_created_at_filter_end_day.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0a283df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/common/tests/test_created_at_filter_end_day.py
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+"""A `created_at` range includes the day at each end of it.
+
+`created_at` is a DateTimeField and `?created_at__lte=` carries a date, so
+comparing the two directly put the upper bound at midnight and dropped
+everything recorded during the end day itself. A user filtering "up to today"
+saw none of today. Filtering on the date part instead makes the range inclusive
+by calendar day, and resolves it in the org's timezone rather than the server's,
+since `__date` answers in whichever timezone `GetProfileAndOrg` activated.
+
+Every endpoint accepting the pair is covered here rather than in each app's own
+suite, because the defect was one shape repeated eight times. Seven of the eight
+were still live after the first was fixed in isolation, which is the case for
+pinning them together: a new list view that copies the old two lines fails here
+immediately.
+
+Each assertion is paired with its mirror, so a filter that quietly stopped being
+applied at all fails the pair rather than passing the half that only asks
+whether the record is present.
+"""
+
+import datetime
+
+import pytest
+
+from accounts.models import Account
+from cases.models import Case
+from contacts.models import Contact
+from leads.models import Lead
+from opportunity.models import Opportunity
+from tasks.models import Task
+
+# Midday, so the record sits inside its day rather than on either edge. The org
+# fixtures keep the default UTC timezone, so this is the 10th for the filter too.
+CREATED_AT = datetime.datetime(2026, 3, 10, 12, 0, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc)
+THE_DAY = "2026-03-10"
+DAY_BEFORE = "2026-03-09"
+DAY_AFTER = "2026-03-11"
+
+
+def _account(org, user):
+    return Account.objects.create(name="Filter Me", org=org, created_by=user)
+
+
+def _lead(org, user):
+    # `status` is nullable on the model, and the kanban builds one column per
+    # LEAD_STATUS value, so a lead without one is counted by the board and shown
+    # in none of its columns. Set it, or the kanban case would assert nothing.
+    return Lead.objects.create(
+        first_name="Filter", last_name="Me", status="assigned", org=org, created_by=user
+    )
+
+
+def _contact(org, user):
+    return Contact.objects.create(
+        first_name="Filter", last_name="Me", org=org, created_by=user
+    )
+
+
+def _case(org, user):
+    return Case.objects.create(
+        name="Filter Me", status="New", priority="Normal", org=org, created_by=user
+    )
+
+
+def _opportunity(org, user):
+    return Opportunity.objects.create(
+        name="Filter Me", stage="QUALIFICATION", org=org, created_by=user
+    )
+
+
+def _task(org, user):
+    return Task.objects.create(
+        title="Filter Me", status="New", priority="Medium", org=org, created_by=user
+    )
+
+
+ENDPOINTS = [
+    ("/api/accounts/", _account),
+    ("/api/leads/", _lead),
+    ("/api/leads/kanban/", _lead),
+    ("/api/contacts/", _contact),
+    ("/api/cases/", _case),
+    ("/api/cases/kanban/", _case),
+    ("/api/opportunities/", _opportunity),
+    ("/api/tasks/", _task),
+]
+IDS = [url for url, _factory in ENDPOINTS]
+
+
+def _record(factory, org, user):
+    """One record whose `created_at` is a known instant.
+
+    `created_at` is `auto_now_add`, so it can only be moved by an UPDATE that
+    goes around the field's default.
+    """
+    obj = factory(org, user)
+    type(obj).objects.filter(pk=obj.pk).update(created_at=CREATED_AT)
+    return obj
+
+
+def _shows(response, obj):
+    """Whether the record came back.
+
+    Matched on the raw body rather than a results key: the list and kanban
+    endpoints answer with different shapes, and the question here is only
+    whether the filter kept the row.
+    """
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    return str(obj.id) in response.content.decode()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(("url", "factory"), ENDPOINTS, ids=IDS)
+def test_lte_includes_the_end_day(admin_client, org_a, admin_user, url, factory):
+    obj = _record(factory, org_a, admin_user)
+    assert _shows(admin_client.get(f"{url}?created_at__lte={THE_DAY}"), obj)
+    assert not _shows(admin_client.get(f"{url}?created_at__lte={DAY_BEFORE}"), obj)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(("url", "factory"), ENDPOINTS, ids=IDS)
+def test_gte_includes_the_start_day(admin_client, org_a, admin_user, url, factory):
+    obj = _record(factory, org_a, admin_user)
+    assert _shows(admin_client.get(f"{url}?created_at__gte={THE_DAY}"), obj)
+    assert not _shows(admin_client.get(f"{url}?created_at__gte={DAY_AFTER}"), obj)
diff --git a/backend/common/tests/test_healthz.py b/backend/common/tests/test_healthz.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8db92a3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/common/tests/test_healthz.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+"""The liveness probe answers without a tenant.
+
+`RequireOrgContext` 403s any resolvable path with no org context, and
+`/healthz/` has no org to carry: it is fetched by load balancers, uptime
+monitors and container orchestrators, none of which hold a JWT. While it was
+gated, every health check read the service as down.
+
+Paired with a request that must still be refused, so the exemption is pinned as
+narrow rather than as "the middleware stopped enforcing".
+"""
+
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+class TestHealthzNoOrgContext:
+    def test_probe_is_reachable_unauthenticated(self, unauthenticated_client):
+        response = unauthenticated_client.get("/healthz/")
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    def test_other_paths_still_require_org_context(self, unauthenticated_client):
+        # Same client, same absence of a token. Only /healthz/ is exempt.
+        response = unauthenticated_client.get("/api/accounts/")
+        assert response.status_code == 403
diff --git a/backend/common/tests/test_list_filter_params.py b/backend/common/tests/test_list_filter_params.py
index 3dde2cab..100d91e6 100644
--- a/backend/common/tests/test_list_filter_params.py
+++ b/backend/common/tests/test_list_filter_params.py
@@ -88,6 +88,35 @@ class TestAMalformedRangeFilterIsRefusedNotCrashed:
 
         assert resp.status_code == http.HTTP_200_OK
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("url,param", DATE_PARAMS)
+    def test_a_day_that_does_not_exist_is_a_400(self, admin_client, org_a, url, param):
+        """A date-shaped value for a day that never happened.
+
+        `parse_date` raises `ValueError` on it rather than answering None, so it
+        went straight past the check that was only looking for None and took the
+        endpoint down the same way "banana" used to.
+        """
+        resp = admin_client.get(url, {param: "2026-02-30"})
+
+        assert resp.status_code == http.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
+        assert param in resp.data
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("url,param", DATE_PARAMS)
+    def test_a_full_timestamp_still_filters(self, admin_client, org_a, url, param):
+        """A date-valued filter also has to take a timestamp.
+
+        `mobile/lib/providers/tickets_provider.dart` sends
+        `createdAfter.toUtc().toIso8601String()`, so this is the live shape of
+        the ticket list's date filter, not a hypothetical one. Neither lookup
+        will parse it out of the query string: a DateField raises on anything
+        that is not YYYY-MM-DD, and so does the `__date` lookup the datetime
+        columns are filtered through. `date_param` resolves the calendar day
+        before either sees it.
+        """
+        resp = admin_client.get(url, {param: "2026-08-01T12:00:00.000Z"})
+
+        assert resp.status_code == http.HTTP_200_OK
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("url,param", NUMBER_PARAMS)
     def test_a_word_where_a_number_belongs_is_a_400(
         self, admin_client, org_a, url, param
diff --git a/backend/common/tests/test_users.py b/backend/common/tests/test_users.py
index a1a822d7..cd21d027 100644
--- a/backend/common/tests/test_users.py
+++ b/backend/common/tests/test_users.py
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ Tests for user management views: list users, user detail, update user, status.
 Run with: pytest common/tests/test_users.py -v
 """
 
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
 import pytest
+from django.utils import timezone
 from rest_framework import status
 
+from cases.approvals import Approval, ApprovalRule
+from cases.models import Case, TimeEntry
 from common.models import Address, Profile
 from common.permissions import is_org_admin
 
@@ -431,6 +436,53 @@ class TestUserDetailView:
         response = user_client.delete(self._url(admin_user.id))
         assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN
 
+    @patch("common.views.user_views.send_email_user_delete")
+    def test_delete_user_tells_them_they_were_removed(
+        self, send_email, admin_client, org_a, regular_user, user_profile
+    ):
+        """The notice goes out, and only once the removal has actually happened."""
+        response = admin_client.delete(self._url(regular_user.id))
+
+        assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
+        send_email.delay.assert_called_once_with(
+            regular_user.email, deleted_by="admin@test.com"
+        )
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("relation", ["time-entry", "approval"])
+    @patch("common.views.user_views.send_email_user_delete")
+    def test_delete_user_with_protected_history_is_refused(
+        self, send_email, admin_client, org_a, regular_user, user_profile, relation
+    ):
+        """A member who logged time or raised an approval cannot be deleted.
+
+        Both relations are on_delete=PROTECT, so the delete raises and the view
+        used to answer 500. The email assertion is the other half of it: the
+        notice was sent before the delete was attempted, so a user who was still
+        in the org was told they had been removed from it.
+        """
+        case = Case.objects.create(
+            name="Blocking Case", status="New", priority="Normal", org=org_a
+        )
+        if relation == "time-entry":
+            TimeEntry.objects.create(
+                org=org_a, case=case, profile=user_profile, started_at=timezone.now()
+            )
+        else:
+            rule = ApprovalRule.objects.create(name="Discount sign-off", org=org_a)
+            Approval.objects.create(
+                org=org_a, case=case, rule=rule, requested_by=user_profile
+            )
+
+        response = admin_client.delete(self._url(regular_user.id))
+
+        assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_409_CONFLICT
+        assert response.data["errors"] == (
+            "This user can't be deleted while they still have time entries or "
+            "approvals linked to them."
+        )
+        assert Profile.objects.filter(id=user_profile.id).exists()
+        send_email.delay.assert_not_called()
+
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 class TestUserStatusView:
diff --git a/backend/common/validators.py b/backend/common/validators.py
index 08d7b2c5..89917800 100644
--- a/backend/common/validators.py
+++ b/backend/common/validators.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Common validators for CRM models.
 """
 
+import datetime
 import json
 import re
 import uuid as uuid_module
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ from zoneinfo import available_timezones
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError as DjangoValidationError
 from django.core.validators import RegexValidator
+from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.dateparse import parse_date, parse_datetime
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ValidationError as DRFValidationError
@@ -129,30 +131,49 @@ def uuid_list_param(params, field: str) -> list:
     return validate_uuid_list(params.get(field), field)
 
 
-def validate_date(value, field: str) -> str:
-    """Return ``value`` unchanged if the ORM will be able to parse it as a date.
+def validate_date(value, field: str) -> datetime.date:
+    """The calendar day a date-valued query parameter names.
 
     The same defect ``validate_uuid`` closes, wearing a different type. Range
     filters (``due_date__gte``, ``created_at__lte``, ``close_date__gte``, ...)
-    take raw query-string text and hand it to a date or datetime lookup.
-    Django parses it while building the query and raises
+    take raw query-string text and hand it to a date lookup. Django parses it
+    while building the query and raises
     ``django.core.exceptions.ValidationError`` on anything malformed, which
     DRF's handler does not translate, so ``?due_date__gte=banana`` answered 500
-    rather than 400.
+    rather than 400. ``2026-02-30`` is the same 500 by a different route:
+    ``parse_date`` raises ``ValueError`` on a day that does not exist rather
+    than answering ``None``, so a check looking only for ``None`` walks past it.
 
-    Accepts a plain date and a full timestamp alike, because the datetime
-    columns here (``created_at``) are filtered with both. The value is returned
-    as text rather than as a parsed object so the lookup keeps behaving exactly
-    as it did: passing a ``date`` into a ``DateTimeField`` lookup changes how
-    Django interprets midnight, and this is a 500-to-400 fix, not a semantics
-    change.
+    A full timestamp is accepted as well as a plain date, because callers send
+    both: ``mobile/lib/providers/tickets_provider.dart`` sends
+    ``toUtc().toIso8601String()``. Neither column type will take that text.
+    A DateField parses only ``YYYY-MM-DD``, and the datetime columns are
+    filtered through ``__date`` so their range covers the end day, which parses
+    only ``YYYY-MM-DD`` too. Resolving the day here rather than returning the
+    text is what lets one parameter serve both.
+
+    An aware timestamp resolves in the active timezone, the org's, which is the
+    timezone ``__date`` resolves the rows against.
     """
     text = str(value).strip()
-    if parse_date(text) is None and parse_datetime(text) is None:
+    try:
+        day = parse_date(text)
+        if day is None:
+            moment = parse_datetime(text)
+            if moment is not None:
+                day = (
+                    timezone.localtime(moment).date()
+                    if timezone.is_aware(moment)
+                    else moment.date()
+                )
+    except ValueError:
+        # Well formed, no such moment: "2026-02-30", "2026-02-30T10:00:00".
+        day = None
+    if day is None:
         raise DRFValidationError(
             {field: [f"'{value}' is not a valid date. Use YYYY-MM-DD."]}
         ) from None
-    return text
+    return day
 
 
 def date_param(params, field: str):
diff --git a/backend/common/views/user_views.py b/backend/common/views/user_views.py
index b2182889..8c7ebe09 100644
--- a/backend/common/views/user_views.py
+++ b/backend/common/views/user_views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import IntegrityError, transaction
-from django.db.models import Count, Q
+from django.db.models import Count, ProtectedError, Q
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django.utils import timezone
 from drf_spectacular.utils import extend_schema, inline_serializer
@@ -520,11 +520,24 @@ class UserDetailView(APIView):
                 status=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
             )
         deleted_by = self.request.profile.user.email
-        send_email_user_delete.delay(
-            self.object.user.email,
-            deleted_by=deleted_by,
-        )
-        self.object.delete()
+        recipient = self.object.user.email
+        try:
+            self.object.delete()
+        except ProtectedError:
+            # TimeEntry.profile, Approval.requested_by and Approval.approver all
+            # point here with on_delete=PROTECT, so a member who has logged time
+            # or touched an approval cannot be removed. Unguarded this was a 500,
+            # and the notice below had already gone out by then: the user was
+            # told they had been removed from an org they were still in.
+            return Response(
+                {
+                    "error": True,
+                    "errors": "This user can't be deleted while they still have "
+                    "time entries or approvals linked to them.",
+                },
+                status=status.HTTP_409_CONFLICT,
+            )
+        send_email_user_delete.delay(recipient, deleted_by=deleted_by)
         return Response({"status": "success"}, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
 
 
diff --git a/backend/contacts/views.py b/backend/contacts/views.py
index 4756b512..d3883b4a 100644
--- a/backend/contacts/views.py
+++ b/backend/contacts/views.py
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ class ContactsListView(APIView, LimitOffsetPagination):
                 )
             created_at_gte = date_param(params, "created_at__gte")
             if created_at_gte:
-                queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__gte=created_at_gte)
+                queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__date__gte=created_at_gte)
             created_at_lte = date_param(params, "created_at__lte")
             if created_at_lte:
-                queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__lte=created_at_lte)
+                queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__date__lte=created_at_lte)
             # Custom-field filters: ?cf_<key>=<value> -> custom_fields contains pair.
             for raw_key, raw_value in params.items():
                 if raw_key.startswith("cf_") and raw_value:
diff --git a/backend/leads/views/kanban_views.py b/backend/leads/views/kanban_views.py
index d8ba3662..79cf4dc2 100644
--- a/backend/leads/views/kanban_views.py
+++ b/backend/leads/views/kanban_views.py
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ class LeadKanbanView(APIView):
             queryset = queryset.filter(source=params.get("source"))
         created_at_gte = date_param(params, "created_at__gte")
         if created_at_gte:
-            queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__gte=created_at_gte)
+            queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__date__gte=created_at_gte)
         created_at_lte = date_param(params, "created_at__lte")
         if created_at_lte:
-            queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__lte=created_at_lte)
+            queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__date__lte=created_at_lte)
         return queryset
 
     def _get_status_kanban(self, queryset):
diff --git a/backend/leads/views/lead_views.py b/backend/leads/views/lead_views.py
index 8ab0a059..29dfef56 100644
--- a/backend/leads/views/lead_views.py
+++ b/backend/leads/views/lead_views.py
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@ class LeadListView(APIView, LimitOffsetPagination):
                 )
             created_at_gte = date_param(params, "created_at__gte")
             if created_at_gte:
-                queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__gte=created_at_gte)
+                queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__date__gte=created_at_gte)
             created_at_lte = date_param(params, "created_at__lte")
             if created_at_lte:
-                queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__lte=created_at_lte)
+                queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__date__lte=created_at_lte)
             close_date_gte = date_param(params, "close_date__gte")
             if close_date_gte:
                 queryset = queryset.filter(close_date__gte=close_date_gte)
diff --git a/backend/opportunity/views/opportunity_views.py b/backend/opportunity/views/opportunity_views.py
index 183e645d..eb254605 100644
--- a/backend/opportunity/views/opportunity_views.py
+++ b/backend/opportunity/views/opportunity_views.py
@@ -172,10 +172,10 @@ class OpportunityListView(APIView, LimitOffsetPagination):
                 queryset = queryset.filter(name__icontains=params.get("search"))
             created_at_gte = date_param(params, "created_at__gte")
             if created_at_gte:
-                queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__gte=created_at_gte)
+                queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__date__gte=created_at_gte)
             created_at_lte = date_param(params, "created_at__lte")
             if created_at_lte:
-                queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__lte=created_at_lte)
+                queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__date__lte=created_at_lte)
             closed_on_gte = date_param(params, "closed_on__gte")
             if closed_on_gte:
                 queryset = queryset.filter(closed_on__gte=closed_on_gte)
diff --git a/backend/tasks/views/task_views.py b/backend/tasks/views/task_views.py
index 7a0e8c9c..53392ea1 100644
--- a/backend/tasks/views/task_views.py
+++ b/backend/tasks/views/task_views.py
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ class TaskListView(APIView, LimitOffsetPagination):
                 queryset = queryset.filter(due_date__lte=due_date_lte)
             created_at_gte = date_param(params, "created_at__gte")
             if created_at_gte:
-                queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__gte=created_at_gte)
+                queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__date__gte=created_at_gte)
             created_at_lte = date_param(params, "created_at__lte")
             if created_at_lte:
-                queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__lte=created_at_lte)
+                queryset = queryset.filter(created_at__date__lte=created_at_lte)
             for related in ("account", "opportunity", "case", "lead"):
                 related_id = uuid_param(params, related)
                 if related_id:
diff --git a/backend/uv.lock b/backend/uv.lock
index f8bcf3bc..6dc95932 100644
--- a/backend/uv.lock
+++ b/backend/uv.lock
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "django-crm"
-version = "1.3.1"
+version = "1.4.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "cairocffi" },