diff --git a/api/jobs/manager.py b/api/jobs/manager.py
index 8f29e7f..d1fbf8a 100644
--- a/api/jobs/manager.py
+++ b/api/jobs/manager.py
@@ -566,16 +566,25 @@ def delete(self, job_id: str, _evict_only: bool = False) -> bool:
         record — used by capacity eviction on the Postgres backend so trimming
         RAM never destroys job history (the JSON backend has no such distinction
         and always removes the file).
+
+        User deletes (_evict_only=False) must hit Postgres even when the job is
+        no longer in `_jobs`. get()/list() serve cache-evicted history from the
+        DB without rehydrating the cache, so a cache miss is the common case
+        for SaaS history — not a reason to no-op the durable delete.
         """
         with self._lock:
-            if job_id not in self._jobs:
-                return False
-            del self._jobs[job_id]
+            present = job_id in self._jobs
+            if present:
+                del self._jobs[job_id]
 
         if self._pg and self._pg_store is not None:
-            if not _evict_only:
-                self._pg_store.delete_sync(job_id)   # explicit user delete only
-            return True
+            if _evict_only:
+                return present
+            deleted = self._pg_store.delete_sync(job_id)
+            return present or deleted
+
+        if not present:
+            return False
 
         # JSON backend: remove the on-disk record (never follow a malicious job_id).
         path = self.store._safe_path(job_id) if self.store else None
diff --git a/test_pg_jobs.py b/test_pg_jobs.py
index 6e46456..f7993a7 100644
--- a/test_pg_jobs.py
+++ b/test_pg_jobs.py
@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@
   • the store + manager are import-safe and fail soft when psycopg is absent
     (so a misconfigured/unreachable DB degrades, never crashes a scan),
   • the 0003 migration SQL parses into executable statements.
+  • user DELETE reaches Postgres even after the job has been cache-evicted
+    (get/list serve history from the DB without rehydrating `_jobs`).
 """
 import threading
+import time
 from pathlib import Path
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
-import pytest
-
+from api.jobs.manager import JobManager, ScanJob
+from api.models.scan_request import ScanRequest
 from api.storage.pg_store import PgScanStore
 
 
@@ -58,3 +62,98 @@ def test_scan_jobs_migration_parses():
     stmts = _split_sql(sql)
     assert any("CREATE TABLE scan_jobs" in s for s in stmts)
     assert any("scan_jobs_org_created_idx" in s for s in stmts)
+
+
+# ── User delete vs cache-evicted Postgres history ──────────────────────────────
+
+
+class _FakePgStore:
+    """In-memory stand-in for PgScanStore so delete/get paths can be asserted
+    without a live database."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.records: dict[str, dict] = {}
+        self.delete_calls: list[str] = []
+
+    def get_sync(self, job_id: str):
+        rec = self.records.get(job_id)
+        return dict(rec) if rec is not None else None
+
+    def list_sync(self, limit: int = 50, org_id: str = ""):
+        rows = list(self.records.values())
+        if org_id:
+            rows = [r for r in rows if r.get("org_id") == org_id]
+        rows.sort(key=lambda r: r.get("created_at") or 0, reverse=True)
+        return [dict(r) for r in rows[:limit]]
+
+    def load_recent_sync(self, limit: int = 500):
+        return self.list_sync(limit=limit)
+
+    def delete_sync(self, job_id: str) -> bool:
+        self.delete_calls.append(job_id)
+        return self.records.pop(job_id, None) is not None
+
+    def save_sync(self, record: dict) -> None:
+        jid = record.get("job_id")
+        if jid:
+            self.records[jid] = dict(record)
+
+
+def _pg_manager(store: _FakePgStore) -> JobManager:
+    m = JobManager.__new__(JobManager)
+    m._jobs = {}
+    m._lock = threading.RLock()
+    m._pg = True
+    m._pg_store = store
+    m.store = MagicMock()
+    return m
+
+
+def _completed_job(job_id: str = "job-evicted", org_id: str = "org-a") -> ScanJob:
+    job = ScanJob(
+        job_id=job_id,
+        config=ScanRequest(target="scanme.example.com"),
+        org_id=org_id,
+        status="completed",
+        created_at=time.time() - 13 * 3600,
+        completed_at=time.time() - 100,
+    )
+    return job
+
+
+def test_delete_cache_evicted_job_removes_postgres_row():
+    """SaaS history lives in Postgres after RAM eviction. DELETE must still
+    remove the durable row — otherwise the API returns 204 and the scan
+    reappears on the next list/get."""
+    store = _FakePgStore()
+    mgr = _pg_manager(store)
+    job = _completed_job()
+    store.save_sync(job.to_dict())
+    # Simulate TTL/capacity eviction: gone from RAM, row still in PG.
+    assert job.job_id not in mgr._jobs
+
+    assert mgr.get(job.job_id, org_id=job.org_id) is not None
+    assert mgr.delete(job.job_id) is True
+    assert store.delete_calls == [job.job_id]
+    assert store.get_sync(job.job_id) is None
+    assert mgr.get(job.job_id, org_id=job.org_id) is None
+
+
+def test_delete_missing_postgres_job_returns_false():
+    store = _FakePgStore()
+    mgr = _pg_manager(store)
+    assert mgr.delete("no-such-job") is False
+    assert store.delete_calls == ["no-such-job"]
+
+
+def test_evict_only_does_not_delete_postgres_row():
+    store = _FakePgStore()
+    mgr = _pg_manager(store)
+    job = _completed_job("job-cached")
+    store.save_sync(job.to_dict())
+    mgr._jobs[job.job_id] = job
+
+    assert mgr.delete(job.job_id, _evict_only=True) is True
+    assert job.job_id not in mgr._jobs
+    assert store.delete_calls == []
+    assert store.get_sync(job.job_id) is not None