diff --git a/src/porchlight/authn/routes.py b/src/porchlight/authn/routes.py
index 2ef2cea..a7ae50d 100644
--- a/src/porchlight/authn/routes.py
+++ b/src/porchlight/authn/routes.py
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ async def login_password(
     if not password_service.verify(credential.password_hash, password):
         return HTMLResponse(error_html)
 
+    if not user.active:
+        return HTMLResponse(error_html)
+
     request.session["userid"] = user.userid
     request.session["username"] = user.username
 
@@ -77,6 +80,8 @@ async def register_magic_link(request: Request, token: str) -> Response:
 
     existing_user = await user_repo.get_by_username(link.username)
     if existing_user is not None:
+        if not existing_user.active:
+            return HTMLResponse("<p>This account has been deactivated.</p>", status_code=400)
         user = existing_user
     else:
         userid = await generate_unique_userid(user_repo)
@@ -147,6 +152,9 @@ async def login_webauthn_complete(request: Request) -> Response:
     if user is None:
         return JSONResponse({"error": "User not found"}, status_code=400)
 
+    if not user.active:
+        return JSONResponse({"error": "Authentication failed"}, status_code=400)
+
     request.session["userid"] = user.userid
     request.session["username"] = user.username
 
diff --git a/tests/test_authn_active.py b/tests/test_authn_active.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71329b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_authn_active.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
+
+import pytest
+from httpx import AsyncClient
+
+from porchlight.authn.password import PasswordHasher, PasswordService
+from porchlight.models import PasswordCredential, User
+
+from tests.conftest import get_csrf_token
+
+
+async def _create_inactive_user_with_password(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
+    """Create an inactive user with a password credential."""
+    app = client._transport.app
+    user_repo = app.state.user_repo
+    cred_repo = app.state.credential_repo
+
+    user = User(
+        userid="inactive-01",
+        username="inactive",
+        active=False,
+        created_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+        updated_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+    )
+    await user_repo.create(user)
+
+    svc = PasswordService(hasher=PasswordHasher(time_cost=1, memory_cost=8192))
+    await cred_repo.create_password(
+        PasswordCredential(user_id=user.userid, password_hash=svc.hash("password123!Secure"))
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_inactive_user_cannot_login_password(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
+    await _create_inactive_user_with_password(client)
+    token = await get_csrf_token(client)
+
+    response = await client.post(
+        "/login/password",
+        data={"username": "inactive", "password": "password123!Secure"},
+        headers={"HX-Request": "true", "X-CSRF-Token": token},
+    )
+
+    assert "Invalid username or password" in response.text
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_inactive_user_cannot_register_magic_link(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
+    """If an inactive user exists, magic link registration should reject them."""
+    app = client._transport.app
+    user_repo = app.state.user_repo
+    magic_link_service = app.state.magic_link_service
+
+    user = User(
+        userid="inactive-02",
+        username="deactivated",
+        active=False,
+        created_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+        updated_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+    )
+    await user_repo.create(user)
+
+    link = await magic_link_service.create(
+        username="deactivated", created_by="admin", note="test"
+    )
+
+    response = await client.get(f"/register/{link.token}", follow_redirects=False)
+
+    assert response.status_code == 400 or "deactivated" in response.text.lower() or "Invalid" in response.text