diff --git a/apps/backend/prisma/migrations/20260717000000_backfill_terminal_subscription_ended_at/migration.sql b/apps/backend/prisma/migrations/20260717000000_backfill_terminal_subscription_ended_at/migration.sql
index e569b3230..d4e9c825c 100644
--- a/apps/backend/prisma/migrations/20260717000000_backfill_terminal_subscription_ended_at/migration.sql
+++ b/apps/backend/prisma/migrations/20260717000000_backfill_terminal_subscription_ended_at/migration.sql
@@ -3,14 +3,17 @@
 -- endedAt = NULL. The status-agnostic isSubscriptionInEffect predicate reads
 -- NULL as "entitled forever", so these rows must be closed out.
 --
--- endedAt = LEAST(currentPeriodEnd, NOW()) mirrors getEndedAtForSync's
+-- endedAt = LEAST(currentPeriodEnd, now) mirrors getEndedAtForSync's
 -- fallback when Stripe omits ended_at: the paid-through boundary if it's
--- already past, otherwise now.
+-- already past, otherwise now. NOW() AT TIME ZONE 'UTC' yields a naive UTC
+-- timestamp matching the timezone-less columns (which the app always writes
+-- as UTC); bare NOW() would be shifted by the session offset on non-UTC
+-- sessions when cast into "endedAt".
 --
 -- No batching/temp-index machinery: the affected population was measured in
 -- production at 7 rows (2026-07-17), and a plain UPDATE only takes row locks
 -- on matching rows, so the seq scan is safe regardless of table size.
 UPDATE "Subscription"
-SET "endedAt" = LEAST("currentPeriodEnd", NOW())
+SET "endedAt" = LEAST("currentPeriodEnd", NOW() AT TIME ZONE 'UTC')
 WHERE "status" IN ('canceled', 'incomplete_expired', 'unpaid')
   AND "endedAt" IS NULL;
diff --git a/apps/backend/prisma/migrations/20260717000000_backfill_terminal_subscription_ended_at/tests/backfills-terminal-rows.ts b/apps/backend/prisma/migrations/20260717000000_backfill_terminal_subscription_ended_at/tests/backfills-terminal-rows.ts
index 07e30ff59..4b06f3c72 100644
--- a/apps/backend/prisma/migrations/20260717000000_backfill_terminal_subscription_ended_at/tests/backfills-terminal-rows.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/prisma/migrations/20260717000000_backfill_terminal_subscription_ended_at/tests/backfills-terminal-rows.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const insertSubscription = async (sql: Sql, options: {
       ${sql.json({ displayName: 'Test Product', customerType: 'team' })}, 1,
       ${`sub_${id}`}, ${options.status}::"SubscriptionStatus",
       '2026-01-01', ${options.currentPeriodEnd},
-      false, ${options.endedAt ?? null}, 'PURCHASE_PAGE', NOW(), NOW()
+      false, ${options.endedAt ?? null}, 'PURCHASE_PAGE', NOW() AT TIME ZONE 'UTC', NOW() AT TIME ZONE 'UTC'
     )
   `;
   return id;
@@ -40,22 +40,21 @@ export const preMigration = async (sql: Sql) => {
   const futurePeriodEnd = new Date('2100-01-01T00:00:00Z');
   const futureCanceledId = await insertSubscription(sql, { tenancyId, status: 'canceled', currentPeriodEnd: futurePeriodEnd });
 
-  // The DB's own clock, so the post-migration bound check compares
-  // apples-to-apples (the Subscription timestamp columns have no time zone,
-  // so JS-side Date comparisons would be off by the session's tz offset).
-  const [{ now: dbNowBeforeMigration }] = await sql`SELECT NOW() AS now`;
-
-  return { tenancyId, canceledId, incompleteExpiredId, unpaidId, futureCanceledId, dbNowBeforeMigration: dbNowBeforeMigration as Date };
+  return { tenancyId, canceledId, incompleteExpiredId, unpaidId, futureCanceledId };
 };
 
 export const postMigration = async (sql: Sql, ctx: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof preMigration>>) => {
-  // Compare in SQL so stored values never round-trip through JS Dates.
+  // All comparisons stay server-side in the naive-UTC domain (createdAt was
+  // inserted with NOW() AT TIME ZONE 'UTC', matching the migration's write) —
+  // values never round-trip through JS Dates, whose parse/serialize is
+  // tz-offset-asymmetric for timezone-less columns, and no JS clock is
+  // compared against the server clock.
   const rows = await sql`
     SELECT
       "id",
       ("endedAt" IS NOT NULL) AS "hasEndedAt",
       ("endedAt" = "currentPeriodEnd") AS "matchesPeriodEnd",
-      ("endedAt" >= ${ctx.dbNowBeforeMigration} AND "endedAt" <= NOW() AND "endedAt" < "currentPeriodEnd") AS "cappedAtNow"
+      ("endedAt" >= "createdAt" AND "endedAt" <= NOW() AT TIME ZONE 'UTC' AND "endedAt" < "currentPeriodEnd") AS "cappedAtNow"
     FROM "Subscription" WHERE "tenancyId" = ${ctx.tenancyId}::uuid
   `;
   const byId = new Map(rows.map((row) => [row.id, row]));
diff --git a/apps/backend/prisma/migrations/20260717000000_backfill_terminal_subscription_ended_at/tests/leaves-other-rows-untouched.ts b/apps/backend/prisma/migrations/20260717000000_backfill_terminal_subscription_ended_at/tests/leaves-other-rows-untouched.ts
index f955c5ea9..1eb523ad0 100644
--- a/apps/backend/prisma/migrations/20260717000000_backfill_terminal_subscription_ended_at/tests/leaves-other-rows-untouched.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/prisma/migrations/20260717000000_backfill_terminal_subscription_ended_at/tests/leaves-other-rows-untouched.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const insertSubscription = async (sql: Sql, options: {
       ${sql.json({ displayName: 'Test Product', customerType: 'team' })}, 1,
       ${`sub_${id}`}, ${options.status}::"SubscriptionStatus",
       '2026-01-01', '2026-02-01',
-      false, ${options.endedAt}, 'PURCHASE_PAGE', NOW(), NOW()
+      false, ${options.endedAt}, 'PURCHASE_PAGE', NOW() AT TIME ZONE 'UTC', NOW() AT TIME ZONE 'UTC'
     )
   `;
   return id;