diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/last-mile/last-mile.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/last-mile/last-mile.service.ts
index b5341b0a1..0a0fed154 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/last-mile/last-mile.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/last-mile/last-mile.service.ts
@@ -539,8 +539,46 @@ export class LastMileService {
   }
 
   async remove(id: string): Promise<void> {
-    await this.findById(id);
+    const existing = await this.findById(id);
+
+    // Every vehicle this delivery holds — junction + legacy + container rows.
+    const assignments = await this.dataSource.manager.find(LastMileVehicleAssignment, {
+      where: { lastMileId: id },
+    });
+    const allocations = await this.dataSource.manager.find(LastMileContainerAllocation, {
+      where: { lastMileId: id },
+    });
+    const vehicleIds = [
+      ...new Set(
+        [
+          ...assignments.map((a) => a.vehicleId),
+          ...allocations.map((a) => a.vehicleId),
+          existing.vehicleId ?? null,
+        ].filter((v): v is string => Boolean(v)),
+      ),
+    ];
+
     await this.lastMileRepository.softDelete(id);
+    if (assignments.length) {
+      await this.dataSource.manager.softDelete(LastMileVehicleAssignment, { lastMileId: id });
+    }
+
+    // Free every vehicle no longer held by another active trip (releaseIfUnused
+    // ignores this now soft-deleted record) and audit the release.
+    if (vehicleIds.length) {
+      await this.vehiclesService.releaseIfUnused(vehicleIds);
+      const bookingRef = await this.resolveBookingRef(existing);
+      for (const vehicleId of vehicleIds) {
+        const info = await this.vehicleInfo(vehicleId);
+        await this.history.record({
+          eventType: FleetEventType.MILE_VEHICLE_RELEASED,
+          vehicleId,
+          lastMileId: id,
+          driverId: info.driverId,
+          metadata: { mile: 'LAST', bookingRef, vehiclePlate: info.plate, driverName: info.driverName },
+        });
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   async allocateContainers(
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/operations/LastMilePage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/operations/LastMilePage.tsx
index 3ba71148e..f44c8e3a3 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/operations/LastMilePage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/operations/LastMilePage.tsx
@@ -497,6 +497,8 @@ const LastMilePage = () => {
   const [distanceRows, setDistanceRows] = useState<Record<string, string>>({});
   const [invoiceOpen, setInvoiceOpen] = useState(false);
   const [invoiceRecord, setInvoiceRecord] = useState<LastMileRecord | null>(null);
+  // Record pending invoice-generation confirmation (shows a summary first).
+  const [invoiceConfirm, setInvoiceConfirm] = useState<LastMileRecord | null>(null);
 
   const [allocationOpen, setAllocationOpen] = useState(false);
   const [allocationContainers, setAllocationContainers] = useState<LastMileContainerRow[]>([]);
@@ -1234,11 +1236,7 @@ const LastMilePage = () => {
                   <Menu.Item
                     leftSection={<Receipt size={15} />}
                     disabled={!(row.original.exactKm != null && row.original.exactKm > 0)}
-                    onClick={() =>
-                      generateInvoiceMutation.mutate(row.original.id, {
-                        onSuccess: () => openInvoice(row.original),
-                      })
-                    }
+                    onClick={() => setInvoiceConfirm(row.original)}
                   >
                     Generate Invoice
                   </Menu.Item>
@@ -1858,6 +1856,69 @@ const LastMilePage = () => {
         </Stack>
       </Modal>
 
+      {/* Generate Invoice — confirmation summary */}
+      <Modal
+        opened={Boolean(invoiceConfirm)}
+        onClose={() => setInvoiceConfirm(null)}
+        title={<Text fw={600}>Generate Invoice</Text>}
+        radius="lg"
+        centered
+      >
+        {invoiceConfirm && (
+          <Stack gap="md">
+            <Group justify="space-between">
+              <Text fw={600} size="sm">{bookingRef(invoiceConfirm)}</Text>
+              <Text size="sm" c="dimmed">{customerName(invoiceConfirm)}</Text>
+            </Group>
+            <Card withBorder padding="sm" radius="md" bg="var(--mantine-color-gray-0)">
+              <Stack gap={6}>
+                {(invoiceConfirm.vehicleAssignments ?? []).map((a) => {
+                  const v = a.vehicle;
+                  const label = v ? [v.code, v.plateNumber].filter(Boolean).join(" · ") : a.vehicleId;
+                  return (
+                    <Group key={a.id} justify="space-between" wrap="nowrap">
+                      <Text size="sm">
+                        {label}
+                        {a.containerNumber ? ` · ${a.containerNumber}` : ""}
+                      </Text>
+                      <Text size="sm">{a.distanceKm != null ? `${a.distanceKm} km` : "—"}</Text>
+                    </Group>
+                  );
+                })}
+              </Stack>
+            </Card>
+            <Group justify="space-between">
+              <Text size="sm" c="dimmed">Total distance</Text>
+              <Text size="sm" fw={500}>{invoiceConfirm.exactKm ?? 0} km</Text>
+            </Group>
+            <Group justify="space-between">
+              <Text fw={600}>Invoice amount</Text>
+              <Text fw={700}>{formatPrice(invoiceConfirm.remainingPayment)}</Text>
+            </Group>
+            <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">
+              This creates the delivery-fee invoice. Confirm the distances and amount are correct.
+            </Text>
+            <Group justify="flex-end" gap="sm">
+              <Button variant="default" onClick={() => setInvoiceConfirm(null)}>Cancel</Button>
+              <Button
+                loading={generateInvoiceMutation.isPending}
+                onClick={() =>
+                  generateInvoiceMutation.mutate(invoiceConfirm.id, {
+                    onSuccess: () => {
+                      const rec = invoiceConfirm;
+                      setInvoiceConfirm(null);
+                      openInvoice(rec);
+                    },
+                  })
+                }
+              >
+                Generate Invoice
+              </Button>
+            </Group>
+          </Stack>
+        )}
+      </Modal>
+
       {/* Container Allocation modal */}
       <Modal
         opened={allocationOpen}