diff --git a/assets/TenancyServiceProvider.stub.php b/assets/TenancyServiceProvider.stub.php
index 1cb358de..915e80c2 100644
--- a/assets/TenancyServiceProvider.stub.php
+++ b/assets/TenancyServiceProvider.stub.php
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ class TenancyServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
                 ])->send(function (Events\TenantCreated $event) {
                     return $event->tenant;
                 })->shouldBeQueued(false),
-
-                // Listeners\CreateTenantStorage::class,
             ],
             Events\SavingTenant::class => [],
             Events\TenantSaved::class => [],
@@ -63,12 +61,11 @@ class TenancyServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
             Events\DeletingTenant::class => [
                 JobPipeline::make([
                     Jobs\DeleteDomains::class,
+                    // Jobs\DeleteTenantStorage::class,
                     // Jobs\RemoveStorageSymlinks::class,
                 ])->send(function (Events\DeletingTenant $event) {
                     return $event->tenant;
                 })->shouldBeQueued(false),
-
-                // Listeners\DeleteTenantStorage::class,
             ],
             Events\TenantDeleted::class => [
                 JobPipeline::make([
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 70a68019..6cc03e12 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ services:
     mssql:
         image: mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2022-latest
         environment:
-          - ACCEPT_EULA=Y
-          - SA_PASSWORD=P@ssword # must be the same as TENANCY_TEST_SQLSRV_PASSWORD
+            ACCEPT_EULA: "Y"
+            SA_PASSWORD: "P@ssword" # must be the same as TENANCY_TEST_SQLSRV_PASSWORD
         healthcheck: # https://github.com/Microsoft/mssql-docker/issues/133#issuecomment-1995615432
             test: timeout 2 bash -c 'cat < /dev/null > /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/1433'
             interval: 10s
diff --git a/src/Concerns/HasTenantOptions.php b/src/Concerns/HasTenantOptions.php
index c1ea221f..3933c469 100644
--- a/src/Concerns/HasTenantOptions.php
+++ b/src/Concerns/HasTenantOptions.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ trait HasTenantOptions
     {
         return array_merge([
            new InputOption('tenants', null, InputOption::VALUE_IS_ARRAY|InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'The tenants to run this command for. Leave empty for all tenants', null),
-           new InputOption('with-pending', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Include pending tenants in query'), // todo@pending should we also offer without-pending? if we add this, mention in docs
+           new InputOption('with-pending', null, InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'Include pending tenants in query if true/1, exclude if false/0. Defaults to the tenancy.pending.include_in_queries config value.'),
         ], parent::getOptions());
     }
 
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ trait HasTenantOptions
                 $query->whereIn(tenancy()->model()->getTenantKeyName(), $this->option('tenants'));
             })
             ->when(tenancy()->model()::hasGlobalScope(PendingScope::class), function ($query) {
-                $query->withPending(config('tenancy.pending.include_in_queries') ?: $this->option('with-pending'));
+                $includePending = $this->input->hasParameterOption('--with-pending')
+                    ? filter_var($this->option('with-pending') ?? true, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN)
+                    : config('tenancy.pending.include_in_queries');
+
+                $query->withPending($includePending);
             });
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Database/Concerns/HasPending.php b/src/Database/Concerns/HasPending.php
index 0a572680..04fcccc1 100644
--- a/src/Database/Concerns/HasPending.php
+++ b/src/Database/Concerns/HasPending.php
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ trait HasPending
     public static function bootHasPending(): void
     {
         static::addGlobalScope(new PendingScope());
+
+        static::creating(function (self $tenant): void {
+            if ($tenant->pending()) {
+                event(new CreatingPendingTenant($tenant));
+            }
+        });
+
+        static::created(function (self $tenant): void {
+            if ($tenant->pending()) {
+                event(new PendingTenantCreated($tenant));
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     /** Initialize the trait. */
@@ -49,22 +61,11 @@ trait HasPending
      */
     public static function createPending(array $attributes = []): Model&Tenant
     {
-        $tenant = null;
-
-        try {
-            $tenant = static::create(array_merge(static::getPendingAttributes($attributes), $attributes));
-            event(new CreatingPendingTenant($tenant));
-        } finally {
-            // Update the pending_since value only after the tenant is created so it's
-            // not marked as pending until after migrations, seeders, etc are run.
-            $tenant?->update([
-                'pending_since' => now()->timestamp,
-            ]);
-        }
-
-        event(new PendingTenantCreated($tenant));
-
-        return $tenant;
+        return static::create(array_merge(
+            static::getPendingAttributes($attributes),
+            $attributes,
+            ['pending_since' => now()->timestamp],
+        ));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Database/Concerns/PendingScope.php b/src/Database/Concerns/PendingScope.php
index 52b8eb19..e8805d8a 100644
--- a/src/Database/Concerns/PendingScope.php
+++ b/src/Database/Concerns/PendingScope.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class PendingScope implements Scope
     /**
      * Apply the scope to a given Eloquent query builder.
      *
-     * @param Builder<Model> $builder
+     * @param Builder<covariant Model> $builder
      *
      * @return void
      */
@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ class PendingScope implements Scope
     {
         $builder->macro('withoutPending', function (Builder $builder) {
             $builder->withoutGlobalScope(static::class)
-                ->whereNull($builder->getModel()->getColumnForQuery('pending_since'))
-                ->orWhereNull($builder->getModel()->getDataColumn());
+                ->where(function (Builder $query) {
+                    $query->whereNull($query->getModel()->getColumnForQuery('pending_since'))
+                        ->orWhereNull($query->getModel()->getDataColumn());
+                });
 
             return $builder;
         });
diff --git a/src/Database/ParentModelScope.php b/src/Database/ParentModelScope.php
index 44f4ac12..9268fea9 100644
--- a/src/Database/ParentModelScope.php
+++ b/src/Database/ParentModelScope.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Scope;
 class ParentModelScope implements Scope
 {
     /**
-     * @param Builder<Model> $builder
+     * @param Builder<covariant Model> $builder
      */
     public function apply(Builder $builder, Model $model): void
     {
diff --git a/src/Database/TenantScope.php b/src/Database/TenantScope.php
index 94ff4572..c6ce5f09 100644
--- a/src/Database/TenantScope.php
+++ b/src/Database/TenantScope.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use Stancl\Tenancy\Tenancy;
 class TenantScope implements Scope
 {
     /**
-     * @param Builder<Model> $builder
+     * @param Builder<covariant Model> $builder
      */
     public function apply(Builder $builder, Model $model)
     {
diff --git a/src/Features/UserImpersonation.php b/src/Features/UserImpersonation.php
index d286b8ba..be2b01fd 100644
--- a/src/Features/UserImpersonation.php
+++ b/src/Features/UserImpersonation.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace Stancl\Tenancy\Features;
 
+use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
@@ -61,9 +62,9 @@ class UserImpersonation implements Feature
 
         Auth::guard($token->auth_guard)->loginUsingId($token->user_id, $token->remember);
 
-        $token->delete();
+        session()->put('tenancy_impersonation_guard', $token->auth_guard);
 
-        session()->put('tenancy_impersonating', true);
+        $token->delete();
 
         return redirect($token->redirect_url);
     }
@@ -76,16 +77,30 @@ class UserImpersonation implements Feature
 
     public static function isImpersonating(): bool
     {
-        return session()->has('tenancy_impersonating');
+        return session()->has('tenancy_impersonation_guard');
     }
 
     /**
-     * Logout from the current domain and forget impersonation session.
+     * Stop user impersonation by forgetting the impersonation session.
+     *
+     * When $logout is true, the user will also be logged out
+     * from the impersonation guard stored in the session.
+     *
+     * Throws an exception if impersonation is not active
+     * (= the impersonation guard is not in the session).
      */
-    public static function stopImpersonating(): void
+    public static function stopImpersonating(bool $logout = true): void
     {
-        auth()->logout();
+        if (! static::isImpersonating()) {
+            throw new Exception('Not currently impersonating any user.');
+        }
 
-        session()->forget('tenancy_impersonating');
+        if ($logout) {
+            $guard = session()->get('tenancy_impersonation_guard');
+
+            auth($guard)->logout();
+        }
+
+        session()->forget('tenancy_impersonation_guard');
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Jobs/DeleteDatabase.php b/src/Jobs/DeleteDatabase.php
index b59a1c05..ad022fda 100644
--- a/src/Jobs/DeleteDatabase.php
+++ b/src/Jobs/DeleteDatabase.php
@@ -22,12 +22,34 @@ class DeleteDatabase implements ShouldQueue
         protected TenantWithDatabase&Model $tenant,
     ) {}
 
+    /** Skip database deletion if the create_database internal attribute is false. */
+    public static bool $skipWhenCreateDatabaseIsFalse = true;
+
+    /** Ignore exceptions thrown during database deletion and continue execution. */
+    public static bool $ignoreFailures = false;
+
     public function handle(): void
     {
+        if (static::$skipWhenCreateDatabaseIsFalse && $this->tenant->getInternal('create_database') === false) {
+            // If database creation was skipped, we presume deletion should also be skipped.
+            // To avoid this skip, either unset the `create_database` attribute (or make it true), or
+            // set the $skipWhenCreateDatabaseIsFalse static property to false.
+            return;
+        }
+
         event(new DeletingDatabase($this->tenant));
 
-        $this->tenant->database()->manager()->deleteDatabase($this->tenant);
+        $deleted = false;
 
-        event(new DatabaseDeleted($this->tenant));
+        try {
+            $this->tenant->database()->manager()->deleteDatabase($this->tenant);
+            $deleted = true;
+        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            if (! static::$ignoreFailures) {
+                throw $e;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ($deleted) event(new DatabaseDeleted($this->tenant));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Jobs/DeleteTenantStorage.php b/src/Jobs/DeleteTenantStorage.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36a0d326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Jobs/DeleteTenantStorage.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Stancl\Tenancy\Jobs;
+
+use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;
+use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
+use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Contracts\Tenant;
+
+class DeleteTenantStorage implements ShouldQueue
+{
+    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
+
+    public function __construct(
+        public Tenant $tenant,
+    ) {}
+
+    public function handle(): void
+    {
+        if (config('tenancy.filesystem.suffix_storage_path') === false) {
+            // Skip storage deletion if path suffixing is disabled
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $centralStoragePath = tenancy()->central(fn () => storage_path());
+        $tenantStoragePath = tenancy()->run($this->tenant, fn () => storage_path());
+
+        if ($tenantStoragePath === $centralStoragePath) {
+            // Check again to ensure the tenant storage path is distinct from the central storage path
+            // to avoid any accidental central storage path deletion
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (is_dir($tenantStoragePath)) {
+            File::deleteDirectory($tenantStoragePath);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Jobs/MigrateDatabase.php b/src/Jobs/MigrateDatabase.php
index 424dacc9..b090b70a 100644
--- a/src/Jobs/MigrateDatabase.php
+++ b/src/Jobs/MigrateDatabase.php
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ class MigrateDatabase implements ShouldQueue
 {
     use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
 
+    /**
+     * Should pending tenants be included while migrating,
+     * regardless of the tenancy.pending.include_in_queries config value.
+     *
+     * If false, pending tenants will be specifically excluded.
+     *
+     * If null, default to tenancy.pending.include_in_queries config.
+     */
+    public static ?bool $includePending = true;
+
     public function __construct(
         protected TenantWithDatabase&Model $tenant,
     ) {}
@@ -25,6 +35,7 @@ class MigrateDatabase implements ShouldQueue
     {
         Artisan::call('tenants:migrate', [
             '--tenants' => [$this->tenant->getTenantKey()],
+            '--with-pending' => static::$includePending ?? config('tenancy.pending.include_in_queries'),
         ]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Jobs/SeedDatabase.php b/src/Jobs/SeedDatabase.php
index 9958695e..85058b5d 100644
--- a/src/Jobs/SeedDatabase.php
+++ b/src/Jobs/SeedDatabase.php
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ class SeedDatabase implements ShouldQueue
 {
     use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
 
+    /**
+     * Should pending tenants be included while seeding,
+     * regardless of the tenancy.pending.include_in_queries config value.
+     *
+     * If false, pending tenants will be specifically excluded.
+     *
+     * If null, default to tenancy.pending.include_in_queries config.
+     */
+    public static ?bool $includePending = true;
+
     public function __construct(
         protected TenantWithDatabase&Model $tenant,
     ) {}
@@ -25,6 +35,7 @@ class SeedDatabase implements ShouldQueue
     {
         Artisan::call('tenants:seed', [
             '--tenants' => [$this->tenant->getTenantKey()],
+            '--with-pending' => static::$includePending ?? config('tenancy.pending.include_in_queries'),
         ]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Listeners/CreateTenantStorage.php b/src/Listeners/CreateTenantStorage.php
index 3bebb731..0ffdef60 100644
--- a/src/Listeners/CreateTenantStorage.php
+++ b/src/Listeners/CreateTenantStorage.php
@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@ namespace Stancl\Tenancy\Listeners;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Events\Contracts\TenantEvent;
 
 /**
- * Can be used to manually create framework directories in the tenant storage when storage_path() is scoped.
- *
- * Useful when using real-time facades which use the framework/cache directory.
- *
- * Generally not needed anymore as the directory is also created by the FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper.
+ * @deprecated FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper creates the path automatically when suffix_storage_path is enabled.
  */
 class CreateTenantStorage
 {
diff --git a/src/Listeners/DeleteTenantStorage.php b/src/Listeners/DeleteTenantStorage.php
index ec360073..06f20454 100644
--- a/src/Listeners/DeleteTenantStorage.php
+++ b/src/Listeners/DeleteTenantStorage.php
@@ -7,14 +7,29 @@ namespace Stancl\Tenancy\Listeners;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Events\Contracts\TenantEvent;
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Use Stancl\Tenancy\Jobs\DeleteTenantStorage in a job pipeline instead.
+ */
 class DeleteTenantStorage
 {
     public function handle(TenantEvent $event): void
     {
-        $path = tenancy()->run($event->tenant, fn () => storage_path());
+        if (config('tenancy.filesystem.suffix_storage_path') === false) {
+            // Skip storage deletion if path suffixing is disabled
+            return;
+        }
 
-        if (is_dir($path)) {
-            File::deleteDirectory($path);
+        $centralStoragePath = tenancy()->central(fn () => storage_path());
+        $tenantStoragePath = tenancy()->run($event->tenant, fn () => storage_path());
+
+        if ($tenantStoragePath === $centralStoragePath) {
+            // Check again to ensure the tenant storage path is distinct from the central storage path
+            // to avoid any accidental central storage path deletion
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (is_dir($tenantStoragePath)) {
+            File::deleteDirectory($tenantStoragePath);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Middleware/PreventAccessFromUnwantedDomains.php b/src/Middleware/PreventAccessFromUnwantedDomains.php
index cdfa3b2c..7f628583 100644
--- a/src/Middleware/PreventAccessFromUnwantedDomains.php
+++ b/src/Middleware/PreventAccessFromUnwantedDomains.php
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ class PreventAccessFromUnwantedDomains
     {
         $route = tenancy()->getRoute($request);
 
-        if ($this->shouldBeSkipped($route) || tenancy()->routeIsUniversal($route)) {
+        if ($this->shouldBeSkipped($route)) {
             return $next($request);
         }
 
+        // If the route is universal, neither of these checks will pass and the logic will
+        // fall through to the $next($request) call at the end.
         if ($this->accessingTenantRouteFromCentralDomain($request, $route) || $this->accessingCentralRouteFromTenantDomain($request, $route)) {
             $abortRequest = static::$abortRequest ?? function () {
                 abort(404);
diff --git a/src/Resolvers/DomainTenantResolver.php b/src/Resolvers/DomainTenantResolver.php
index 9535cdf2..59ebb81f 100644
--- a/src/Resolvers/DomainTenantResolver.php
+++ b/src/Resolvers/DomainTenantResolver.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ namespace Stancl\Tenancy\Resolvers;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\Relation;
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Contracts\Domain;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Contracts\SingleDomainTenant;
@@ -58,7 +59,19 @@ class DomainTenantResolver extends Contracts\CachedTenantResolver
 
     public static function isSubdomain(string $domain): bool
     {
-        return Str::endsWith($domain, config('tenancy.identification.central_domains'));
+        $centralDomains = Arr::wrap(config('tenancy.identification.central_domains'));
+
+        if (in_array($domain, $centralDomains, true)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        foreach ($centralDomains as $centralDomain) {
+            if (Str::endsWith($domain, '.' . $centralDomain)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
     }
 
     public function resolved(Tenant $tenant, mixed ...$args): void
diff --git a/tests/Bootstrappers/FilesystemTenancyBootstrapperTest.php b/tests/Bootstrappers/FilesystemTenancyBootstrapperTest.php
index 628b974e..4e834917 100644
--- a/tests/Bootstrappers/FilesystemTenancyBootstrapperTest.php
+++ b/tests/Bootstrappers/FilesystemTenancyBootstrapperTest.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use Stancl\Tenancy\Events\TenancyInitialized;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Jobs\CreateStorageSymlinks;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Jobs\RemoveStorageSymlinks;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Listeners\BootstrapTenancy;
-use Stancl\Tenancy\Listeners\DeleteTenantStorage;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Jobs\DeleteTenantStorage;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Listeners\RevertToCentralContext;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Bootstrappers\FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper;
 use function Stancl\Tenancy\Tests\pest;
@@ -184,21 +184,63 @@ test('create and delete storage symlinks jobs work', function() {
     $this->assertDirectoryDoesNotExist(public_path("public-$tenantKey"));
 });
 
-test('tenant storage can get deleted after the tenant when DeletingTenant listens to DeleteTenantStorage', function() {
-    Event::listen(DeletingTenant::class, DeleteTenantStorage::class);
+test('tenant storage gets deleted during tenant deletion when the DeletingTenant pipeline contains DeleteTenantStorage', function() {
+    Event::listen(DeletingTenant::class,
+        JobPipeline::make([DeleteTenantStorage::class])->send(function (DeletingTenant $event) {
+            return $event->tenant;
+        })->shouldBeQueued(false)->toListener()
+    );
+
+    $centralStoragePath = storage_path();
+    tenancy()->initialize(Tenant::create());
+
+    // FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper not enabled,
+    // tenant and central storage path is the same,
+    // the storage deletion will be skipped.
+    $tenantStoragePath = storage_path();
+    expect($tenantStoragePath)->toBe($centralStoragePath);
+    expect(File::isDirectory($centralStoragePath))->toBeTrue();
+    tenant()->delete();
+
+    expect(File::isDirectory($centralStoragePath))->toBeTrue();
+
+    config([
+        'tenancy.bootstrappers' => [FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper::class],
+        'tenancy.filesystem.suffix_storage_path' => false,
+    ]);
+
+    tenancy()->initialize(Tenant::create());
+
+    $tenantStoragePath = storage_path();
+
+    // FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper enabled,
+    // but tenant and central storage path is still the same
+    // because suffix_storage_path is false.
+    // The storage deletion will be skipped.
+    expect($tenantStoragePath)->toBe($centralStoragePath);
+    expect(File::isDirectory($centralStoragePath))->toBeTrue();
+    tenant()->delete();
+
+    expect(File::isDirectory($centralStoragePath))->toBeTrue();
+
+    config([
+        'tenancy.bootstrappers' => [FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper::class],
+        'tenancy.filesystem.suffix_storage_path' => true,
+    ]);
 
     tenancy()->initialize(Tenant::create());
     $tenantStoragePath = storage_path();
 
-    Storage::fake('test');
-
+    // FilesystemTenancyBootstrapper enabled,
+    // suffix_storage_path enabled, so the two paths are distinct.
+    // Tenant storage will be deleted.
+    expect($tenantStoragePath)->not()->toBe($centralStoragePath);
     expect(File::isDirectory($tenantStoragePath))->toBeTrue();
 
-    Storage::put('test.txt', 'testing file');
-
     tenant()->delete();
 
     expect(File::isDirectory($tenantStoragePath))->toBeFalse();
+    expect(File::isDirectory($centralStoragePath))->toBeTrue();
 });
 
 test('the framework/cache directory is created when storage_path is scoped', function (bool $suffixStoragePath) {
@@ -256,4 +298,3 @@ test('scoped disks are scoped per tenant', function () {
     expect(file_get_contents(storage_path() . "/app/public/scoped_disk_prefix/foo.txt"))->toBe('central2');
     expect(file_get_contents(storage_path() . "/tenant{$tenant->id}/app/public/scoped_disk_prefix/foo.txt"))->toBe('tenant');
 });
-
diff --git a/tests/DatabasePreparationTest.php b/tests/DatabasePreparationTest.php
index 1f3a4f09..ccf7eb2e 100644
--- a/tests/DatabasePreparationTest.php
+++ b/tests/DatabasePreparationTest.php
@@ -2,17 +2,27 @@
 
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
+use Illuminate\Database\QueryException;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 use Stancl\JobPipeline\JobPipeline;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Events\TenantCreated;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Events\TenantDeleted;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Jobs\CreateDatabase;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Jobs\DeleteDatabase;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Jobs\MigrateDatabase;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Jobs\SeedDatabase;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Tests\Etc\Tenant;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticable;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Tests\Etc\TestSeeder;
 
+beforeEach($cleanup = function () {
+    DeleteDatabase::$ignoreFailures = false;
+    DeleteDatabase::$skipWhenCreateDatabaseIsFalse = true;
+});
+
+afterEach($cleanup);
+
 test('database can be created after tenant creation', function () {
     config(['tenancy.database.template_tenant_connection' => 'mysql']);
 
@@ -82,6 +92,73 @@ test('custom job can be added to the pipeline', function () {
     });
 });
 
+test('database can be deleted after tenant deletion', function () {
+    Event::listen(TenantCreated::class, JobPipeline::make([CreateDatabase::class])->send(function (TenantCreated $event) {
+        return $event->tenant;
+    })->toListener());
+
+    Event::listen(TenantDeleted::class, JobPipeline::make([DeleteDatabase::class])->send(function (TenantDeleted $event) {
+        return $event->tenant;
+    })->toListener());
+
+    $tenant = Tenant::create();
+    $manager = $tenant->database()->manager();
+
+    expect($manager->databaseExists($tenant->database()->getName()))->toBeTrue();
+
+    $tenant->delete();
+
+    expect($manager->databaseExists($tenant->database()->getName()))->toBeFalse();
+});
+
+test('database deletion is skipped when create_database is false', function (bool $skipWhenCreateDatabaseIsFalse) {
+    Event::listen(TenantDeleted::class, JobPipeline::make([DeleteDatabase::class])->send(function (TenantDeleted $event) {
+        return $event->tenant;
+    })->toListener());
+
+    // create_database=false means no DB is created (e.g. tenant uses a pre-existing DB)
+    // On deletion, DeleteDatabase should skip rather than attempting DROP DATABASE on a non-existent DB
+    $tenant = Tenant::create(['tenancy_create_database' => false, 'tenancy_db_name' => 'non_existing_db']);
+
+    $manager = $tenant->database()->manager();
+    expect($manager->databaseExists($tenant->database()->getName()))->toBeFalse();
+
+    DeleteDatabase::$skipWhenCreateDatabaseIsFalse = $skipWhenCreateDatabaseIsFalse;
+
+    if ($skipWhenCreateDatabaseIsFalse) {
+        $tenant->delete(); // no exception
+    } else {
+        expect(fn () => $tenant->delete())->toThrow(QueryException::class, "database doesn't exist");
+    }
+
+    expect($manager->databaseExists($tenant->database()->getName()))->toBeFalse();
+})->with([true, false]);
+
+test('database deletion failure is ignored when ignoreFailures is true', function (bool $ignoreFailures) {
+    Event::listen(TenantCreated::class, JobPipeline::make([CreateDatabase::class])->send(function (TenantCreated $event) {
+        return $event->tenant;
+    })->toListener());
+
+    Event::listen(TenantDeleted::class, JobPipeline::make([DeleteDatabase::class])->send(function (TenantDeleted $event) {
+        return $event->tenant;
+    })->toListener());
+
+    DeleteDatabase::$ignoreFailures = $ignoreFailures;
+
+    $tenant = Tenant::create();
+    $manager = $tenant->database()->manager();
+    expect($manager->databaseExists($tenant->database()->getName()))->toBeTrue();
+
+    $manager->deleteDatabase($tenant); // manually delete so the job fails
+    expect($manager->databaseExists($tenant->database()->getName()))->toBeFalse();
+
+    if ($ignoreFailures) {
+        $tenant->delete(); // no exception
+    } else {
+        expect(fn () => $tenant->delete())->toThrow(QueryException::class, "database doesn't exist");
+    }
+})->with([true, false]);
+
 class User extends Authenticable
 {
     protected $guarded = [];
diff --git a/tests/EarlyIdentificationTest.php b/tests/EarlyIdentificationTest.php
index e6c08d26..4521b613 100644
--- a/tests/EarlyIdentificationTest.php
+++ b/tests/EarlyIdentificationTest.php
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ test('using different default route modes works with global domain identificatio
         $exception = match ($middleware) {
             InitializeTenancyByDomain::class => TenantCouldNotBeIdentifiedOnDomainException::class,
             InitializeTenancyBySubdomain::class => NotASubdomainException::class,
-            InitializeTenancyByDomainOrSubdomain::class => NotASubdomainException::class,
+            InitializeTenancyByDomainOrSubdomain::class => TenantCouldNotBeIdentifiedOnDomainException::class,
         };
 
         expect(fn () => $this->withoutExceptionHandling()->get('http://localhost/central-route'))->toThrow($exception);
diff --git a/tests/PendingTenantsTest.php b/tests/PendingTenantsTest.php
index a90aceed..b04f8bc4 100644
--- a/tests/PendingTenantsTest.php
+++ b/tests/PendingTenantsTest.php
@@ -16,10 +16,25 @@ use Stancl\Tenancy\Events\PendingTenantPulled;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Events\PullingPendingTenant;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Tests\Etc\Tenant;
 use function Stancl\Tenancy\Tests\pest;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Events\TenantCreated;
+use Stancl\JobPipeline\JobPipeline;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Jobs\CreateDatabase;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Jobs\MigrateDatabase;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Jobs\SeedDatabase;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Tests\Etc\User;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Tests\Etc\TestSeeder;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Bootstrappers\DatabaseTenancyBootstrapper;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Events\TenancyInitialized;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Listeners\BootstrapTenancy;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Events\TenancyEnded;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Listeners\RevertToCentralContext;
 
 beforeEach($cleanup = function () {
     Tenant::$extraCustomColumns = [];
     Tenant::$getPendingAttributesUsing = null;
+
+    MigrateDatabase::$includePending = true;
+    SeedDatabase::$includePending = true;
 });
 
 afterEach($cleanup);
@@ -111,6 +126,18 @@ test('a new tenant gets created while pulling a pending tenant if the pending po
     expect(Tenant::withPending()->get()->count())->toBe(1); // All tenants
 });
 
+test('withoutPending chained with where clauses returns correct results', function () {
+    $tenant = Tenant::create();
+    $pendingTenant = Tenant::createPending();
+
+    // The query returned the correct tenant
+    expect(Tenant::withoutPending()->where('id', $tenant->id)->first()->id)->toBe($tenant->id);
+    // No tenant with this ID exists, the query returns null
+    expect(Tenant::withoutPending()->where('id', Str::random(8) . 'nonexistent-id')->first())->toBeNull();
+    // withoutPending() correctly excludes the pending tenant from the query
+    expect(Tenant::withoutPending()->where('id', $pendingTenant->id)->first())->toBeNull();
+});
+
 test('pending tenants are included in all queries based on the include_in_queries config', function () {
     Tenant::createPending();
 
@@ -142,8 +169,8 @@ test('pending events are dispatched', function () {
     Event::assertDispatched(PendingTenantPulled::class);
 });
 
-test('commands do not run for pending tenants if tenancy.pending.include_in_queries is false and the with pending option does not get passed', function() {
-    config(['tenancy.pending.include_in_queries' => false]);
+test('commands include tenants based on the include_in_queries config when --with-pending is not passed', function (bool $includeInQueries) {
+    config(['tenancy.pending.include_in_queries' => $includeInQueries]);
 
     $tenants = collect([
         Tenant::create(),
@@ -152,21 +179,21 @@ test('commands do not run for pending tenants if tenancy.pending.include_in_quer
         Tenant::createPending(),
     ]);
 
-    pest()->artisan('tenants:migrate --with-pending');
+    $command = pest()->artisan("tenants:run 'bar testing testing@test.test password foo'");
 
-    $artisan = pest()->artisan("tenants:run 'foo foo --b=bar --c=xyz'");
+    $tenants->each(function ($tenant) use ($command, $includeInQueries) {
+        if ($tenant->pending() && ! $includeInQueries) {
+            $command->doesntExpectOutputToContain("Tenant: {$tenant->getTenantKey()}");
+        } else {
+            $command->expectsOutputToContain("Tenant: {$tenant->getTenantKey()}");
+        }
+    });
 
-    $pendingTenants = $tenants->filter->pending();
-    $readyTenants = $tenants->reject->pending();
+    $command->assertSuccessful();
+})->with([true, false]);
 
-    $pendingTenants->each(fn ($tenant) => $artisan->doesntExpectOutputToContain("Tenant: {$tenant->getTenantKey()}"));
-    $readyTenants->each(fn ($tenant) => $artisan->expectsOutputToContain("Tenant: {$tenant->getTenantKey()}"));
-
-    $artisan->assertExitCode(0);
-});
-
-test('commands run for pending tenants too if tenancy.pending.include_in_queries is true', function() {
-    config(['tenancy.pending.include_in_queries' => true]);
+test('commands include pending tenants when truthy --with-pending is passed', function (bool $includeInQueries) {
+    config(['tenancy.pending.include_in_queries' => $includeInQueries]);
 
     $tenants = collect([
         Tenant::create(),
@@ -175,17 +202,22 @@ test('commands run for pending tenants too if tenancy.pending.include_in_queries
         Tenant::createPending(),
     ]);
 
-    pest()->artisan('tenants:migrate --with-pending');
+    foreach ([
+        '--with-pending',
+        '--with-pending=true',
+        '--with-pending=1'
+    ] as $option) {
+        $command = pest()->artisan("tenants:run 'bar testing testing@test.test password foo' {$option}");
 
-    $artisan = pest()->artisan("tenants:run 'foo foo --b=bar --c=xyz'");
+        // Pending tenants are included regardless of tenancy.pending.include_in_queries
+        $tenants->each(fn ($tenant) => $command->expectsOutputToContain("Tenant: {$tenant->getTenantKey()}"));
 
-    $tenants->each(fn ($tenant) => $artisan->expectsOutputToContain("Tenant: {$tenant->getTenantKey()}"));
+        $command->assertSuccessful();
+    }
+})->with([true, false]);
 
-    $artisan->assertExitCode(0);
-});
-
-test('commands run for pending tenants too if the with pending option is passed', function() {
-    config(['tenancy.pending.include_in_queries' => false]);
+test('commands exclude pending tenants when falsy --with-pending is passed', function (bool $includeInQueries) {
+    config(['tenancy.pending.include_in_queries' => $includeInQueries]);
 
     $tenants = collect([
         Tenant::create(),
@@ -194,14 +226,25 @@ test('commands run for pending tenants too if the with pending option is passed'
         Tenant::createPending(),
     ]);
 
-    pest()->artisan('tenants:migrate --with-pending');
+    foreach ([
+        '--with-pending=false',
+        '--with-pending=0',
+        '--with-pending=foo' // Invalid values are treated as false
+    ] as $option) {
+        $command = pest()->artisan("tenants:run 'bar testing testing@test.test password foo' {$option}");
 
-    $artisan = pest()->artisan("tenants:run 'foo foo --b=bar --c=xyz' --with-pending");
+        $tenants->each(function ($tenant) use ($command) {
+            if ($tenant->pending()) {
+                // Pending tenants are excluded regardless of tenancy.pending.include_in_queries
+                $command->doesntExpectOutputToContain("Tenant: {$tenant->getTenantKey()}");
+            } else {
+                $command->expectsOutputToContain("Tenant: {$tenant->getTenantKey()}");
+            }
+        });
 
-    $tenants->each(fn ($tenant) => $artisan->expectsOutputToContain("Tenant: {$tenant->getTenantKey()}"));
-
-    $artisan->assertExitCode(0);
-});
+        $command->assertSuccessful();
+    }
+})->with([true, false]);
 
 test('pending tenants can have default attributes for non-nullable columns', function (bool $withPendingAttributes) {
     Schema::table('tenants', function (Blueprint $table) {
@@ -224,3 +267,105 @@ test('pending tenants can have default attributes for non-nullable columns', fun
     else
         expect($fn)->toThrow(QueryException::class);
 })->with([true, false]);
+
+test('pending tenant databases can be migrated using a job unless configured otherwise', function (bool $includeInQueries, ?bool $migrateWithPending) {
+    config([
+        'tenancy.bootstrappers' => [DatabaseTenancyBootstrapper::class],
+        'tenancy.pending.include_in_queries' => $includeInQueries,
+    ]);
+
+    MigrateDatabase::$includePending = $migrateWithPending;
+
+    Event::listen(TenancyInitialized::class, BootstrapTenancy::class);
+    Event::listen(TenancyEnded::class, RevertToCentralContext::class);
+    Event::listen(TenantCreated::class, JobPipeline::make([
+        CreateDatabase::class,
+        MigrateDatabase::class,
+    ])->send(function (TenantCreated $event) {
+        return $event->tenant;
+    })->toListener());
+
+    $pendingTenant = Tenant::createPending();
+
+    expect(Schema::hasTable('users'))->toBeFalse();
+
+    tenancy()->initialize($pendingTenant);
+
+    // MigrateDatabase includes/excludes pending tenants based on its $includePending property,
+    // regardless of the tenancy.pending.include_in_queries config.
+    expect(Schema::hasTable('users'))->toBe($migrateWithPending ?? $includeInQueries);
+})->with([
+    'include pending in queries' => [true],
+    'exclude pending from queries' => [false],
+])->with([
+    'migrate with pending' => [true],
+    'migrate without pending' => [false],
+    'default to config' => [null],
+]);
+
+test('pending tenant databases can be seeded using a job unless configured otherwise', function (bool $includeInQueries, ?bool $seedWithPending) {
+    config([
+        'tenancy.bootstrappers' => [DatabaseTenancyBootstrapper::class],
+        'tenancy.pending.include_in_queries' => $includeInQueries,
+        'tenancy.seeder_parameters.--class' => TestSeeder::class,
+    ]);
+
+    MigrateDatabase::$includePending = true;
+    SeedDatabase::$includePending = $seedWithPending;
+
+    Event::listen(TenancyInitialized::class, BootstrapTenancy::class);
+    Event::listen(TenancyEnded::class, RevertToCentralContext::class);
+    Event::listen(TenantCreated::class, JobPipeline::make([
+        CreateDatabase::class,
+        MigrateDatabase::class,
+        SeedDatabase::class,
+    ])->send(function (TenantCreated $event) {
+        return $event->tenant;
+    })->toListener());
+
+    $pendingTenant = Tenant::createPending();
+
+    tenancy()->initialize($pendingTenant);
+
+    // SeedDatabase includes/excludes pending tenants based on its $includePending property,
+    // regardless of the tenancy.pending.include_in_queries config.
+    expect(User::where('email', 'seeded@user')->exists())->toBe($seedWithPending ?? $includeInQueries);
+})->with([
+    'include pending in queries' => [true],
+    'exclude pending from queries' => [false],
+])->with([
+    'seed with pending' => [true],
+    'seed without pending' => [false],
+    'default to config' => [null],
+]);
+
+test('jobs that run before tenants get fully created recognize pending tenants', function () {
+    config([
+        'tenancy.bootstrappers' => [DatabaseTenancyBootstrapper::class],
+    ]);
+
+    Event::listen(TenancyInitialized::class, BootstrapTenancy::class);
+    Event::listen(TenancyEnded::class, RevertToCentralContext::class);
+    Event::listen(TenantCreated::class, JobPipeline::make([
+        CreateDatabase::class,
+        PendingTenantJob::class,
+    ])->send(function (TenantCreated $event) {
+        return $event->tenant;
+    })->toListener());
+
+    Tenant::createPending();
+
+    expect(app('tenant_is_pending'))->toBeTrue();
+});
+
+class PendingTenantJob
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        public Tenant $tenant,
+    ) {}
+
+    public function handle()
+    {
+        app()->instance('tenant_is_pending', $this->tenant->pending());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/SubdomainTest.php b/tests/SubdomainTest.php
index a7cc58ae..62e002f2 100644
--- a/tests/SubdomainTest.php
+++ b/tests/SubdomainTest.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use Stancl\Tenancy\Database\Concerns\HasDomains;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Exceptions\NotASubdomainException;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Middleware\InitializeTenancyBySubdomain;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Database\Models;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Resolvers\DomainTenantResolver;
 use function Stancl\Tenancy\Tests\pest;
 
 beforeEach(function () {
@@ -108,6 +109,14 @@ test('we cant use a subdomain that doesnt belong to our central domains', functi
         ->get('http://foo.localhost/foo/abc/xyz');
 });
 
+test('domain resolver correctly determines if string is a subdomain', function() {
+    config(['tenancy.identification.central_domains' => ['site.com', 'blog.site.com']]);
+
+    expect(DomainTenantResolver::isSubdomain('blog.site.com'))->toBeFalse();
+    expect(DomainTenantResolver::isSubdomain('tenant.site.com'))->toBeTrue();
+    expect(DomainTenantResolver::isSubdomain('tenantsite.com'))->toBeFalse();
+});
+
 class SubdomainTenant extends Models\Tenant
 {
     use HasDomains;
diff --git a/tests/TenantUserImpersonationTest.php b/tests/TenantUserImpersonationTest.php
index ea679357..120ce826 100644
--- a/tests/TenantUserImpersonationTest.php
+++ b/tests/TenantUserImpersonationTest.php
@@ -89,13 +89,14 @@ test('tenant user can be impersonated on a tenant domain', function () {
         ->assertSee('You are logged in as Joe');
 
     expect(UserImpersonation::isImpersonating())->toBeTrue();
-    expect(session('tenancy_impersonating'))->toBeTrue();
+    expect(session('tenancy_impersonation_guard'))->toBe('web');
+    expect($token->auth_guard)->toBe('web');
 
     // Leave impersonation
     UserImpersonation::stopImpersonating();
 
     expect(UserImpersonation::isImpersonating())->toBeFalse();
-    expect(session('tenancy_impersonating'))->toBeNull();
+    expect(session('tenancy_impersonation_guard'))->toBeNull();
 
     // Assert can't access the tenant dashboard
     pest()->get('http://foo.localhost/dashboard')
@@ -135,19 +136,113 @@ test('tenant user can be impersonated on a tenant path', function () {
         ->assertSee('You are logged in as Joe');
 
     expect(UserImpersonation::isImpersonating())->toBeTrue();
-    expect(session('tenancy_impersonating'))->toBeTrue();
+    expect(session('tenancy_impersonation_guard'))->toBe('web');
+    expect($token->auth_guard)->toBe('web');
 
     // Leave impersonation
     UserImpersonation::stopImpersonating();
 
     expect(UserImpersonation::isImpersonating())->toBeFalse();
-    expect(session('tenancy_impersonating'))->toBeNull();
+    expect(session('tenancy_impersonation_guard'))->toBeNull();
 
     // Assert can't access the tenant dashboard
     pest()->get('/acme/dashboard')
         ->assertRedirect('/login');
 });
 
+test('stopImpersonating can keep the user authenticated', function () {
+    makeLoginRoute();
+
+    Route::middleware(InitializeTenancyByPath::class)->prefix('/{tenant}')->group(getRoutes(false));
+
+    $tenant = Tenant::create([
+        'id' => 'acme',
+        'tenancy_db_name' => 'db' . Str::random(16),
+    ]);
+
+    migrateTenants();
+
+    $user = $tenant->run(function () {
+        return ImpersonationUser::create([
+            'name' => 'Joe',
+            'email' => 'joe@local',
+            'password' => bcrypt('secret'),
+        ]);
+    });
+
+    // Impersonate the user
+    $token = tenancy()->impersonate($tenant, $user->id, '/acme/dashboard');
+
+    pest()->get('/acme/impersonate/' . $token->token)
+        ->assertRedirect('/acme/dashboard');
+
+    expect(UserImpersonation::isImpersonating())->toBeTrue();
+
+    // Stop impersonating without logging out
+    UserImpersonation::stopImpersonating(false);
+
+    // The impersonation session key should be cleared
+    expect(UserImpersonation::isImpersonating())->toBeFalse();
+    expect(session('tenancy_impersonation_guard'))->toBeNull();
+
+    // The user should still be authenticated
+    pest()->get('/acme/dashboard')
+        ->assertSuccessful()
+        ->assertSee('You are logged in as Joe');
+});
+
+test('stopImpersonating logs out the user from the impersonation guard stored in session', function () {
+    Route::middleware(InitializeTenancyByPath::class)->prefix('/{tenant}')->group(getRoutes(false));
+
+    $tenant = Tenant::create([
+        'id' => 'acme',
+        'tenancy_db_name' => 'db' . Str::random(16),
+    ]);
+
+    migrateTenants();
+
+    $user = $tenant->run(function () {
+        return ImpersonationUser::create([
+            'name' => 'Joe',
+            'email' => 'joe@local',
+            'password' => bcrypt('secret'),
+        ]);
+    });
+
+    // Impersonate the user
+    $token = tenancy()->impersonate($tenant, $user->id, '/acme/dashboard');
+
+    pest()->get('/acme/impersonate/' . $token->token)
+        ->assertRedirect('/acme/dashboard');
+
+    expect(session('tenancy_impersonation_guard'))->toBe('web');
+
+    // Impersonation logged in the user using the current guard ('web')
+    expect(auth('web')->check())->toBeTrue();
+
+    config(['auth.guards.test' => [
+        'driver' => 'session',
+        'provider' => 'users',
+    ]]);
+
+    // Manually log the user in through the 'test' guard
+    auth('test')->loginUsingId($user->id);
+
+    // Should log the user out from the guard used for impersonation ('web')
+    UserImpersonation::stopImpersonating();
+
+    expect(auth('web')->check())->toBeFalse();
+    expect(auth('test')->check())->toBeTrue();
+
+    expect(UserImpersonation::isImpersonating())->toBeFalse();
+
+    // tenancy_impersonation_guard isn't in the session anymore,
+    // stopImpersonating should throw an exception instead of logging out
+    expect(fn() => UserImpersonation::stopImpersonating())->toThrow(Exception::class);
+
+    expect(auth('test')->check())->toBeTrue();
+});
+
 test('tokens have a limited ttl', function () {
     Route::middleware(InitializeTenancyByDomain::class)->group(getRoutes());