diff --git a/app/Actions/User/CreateUserAction.php b/app/Actions/User/CreateUserAction.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07e91a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Actions/User/CreateUserAction.php
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Actions\User;
+
+use App\Models\User;
+use Exception;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
+use InvalidArgumentException;
+
+class CreateUserAction
+{
+    /**
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    public function execute(array $data): User
+    {
+        try {
+            // Validate required fields first
+            if (!isset($data['name']) || empty($data['name'])) {
+                throw new InvalidArgumentException('Name is required');
+            }
+
+            if (!isset($data['planner_id']) || empty($data['planner_id'])) {
+                throw new InvalidArgumentException('Planner ID is required');
+            }
+
+            DB::beginTransaction();
+
+            Log::info('CreateUserAction: Starting user creation', [
+                'name' => $data['name'],
+                'planner_id' => $data['planner_id'],
+            ]);
+
+            // Create the user
+            $user = User::create([
+                'name' => $data['name'],
+                'planner_id' => $data['planner_id'],
+            ]);
+
+            if (!$user) {
+                throw new Exception('User creation returned null');
+            }
+
+            Log::info('CreateUserAction: User creation result', [
+                'user_id' => $user->id,
+                'name' => $user->name,
+                'planner_id' => $user->planner_id,
+            ]);
+
+            // Verify the user was actually created
+            $createdUser = User::find($user->id);
+            if (!$createdUser) {
+                throw new Exception('User creation did not persist to database');
+            }
+
+            if ($createdUser->name !== $data['name']) {
+                throw new Exception('User creation data mismatch');
+            }
+
+            DB::commit();
+
+            Log::info('CreateUserAction: User successfully created', [
+                'user_id' => $user->id,
+                'name' => $user->name,
+                'planner_id' => $user->planner_id,
+            ]);
+
+            return $user;
+
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            DB::rollBack();
+
+            Log::error('CreateUserAction: User creation failed', [
+                'name' => $data['name'] ?? 'N/A',
+                'planner_id' => $data['planner_id'] ?? 'N/A',
+                'error' => $e->getMessage(),
+                'trace' => $e->getTraceAsString(),
+            ]);
+
+            throw $e;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Actions/User/DeleteUserAction.php b/app/Actions/User/DeleteUserAction.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40a5b09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Actions/User/DeleteUserAction.php
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Actions\User;
+
+use App\Models\User;
+use Exception;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
+
+class DeleteUserAction
+{
+    /**
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    public function execute(User $user): bool
+    {
+        try {
+            DB::beginTransaction();
+
+            Log::info('DeleteUserAction: Starting user deletion', [
+                'user_id' => $user->id,
+                'user_name' => $user->name,
+                'planner_id' => $user->planner_id,
+            ]);
+
+            // Check for related data
+            $userDishCount = $user->userDishes()->count();
+            $dishCount = $user->dishes()->count();
+
+            Log::info('DeleteUserAction: User relationship counts', [
+                'user_id' => $user->id,
+                'user_dishes_count' => $userDishCount,
+                'dishes_count' => $dishCount,
+            ]);
+
+            // Store user info before deletion for verification
+            $userId = $user->id;
+            $userName = $user->name;
+
+            // Delete the user (cascading deletes should handle related records)
+            $result = $user->delete();
+
+            Log::info('DeleteUserAction: Delete result', [
+                'result' => $result,
+                'user_id' => $userId,
+            ]);
+
+            if (! $result) {
+                throw new Exception('User deletion returned false');
+            }
+
+            // Verify the deletion actually happened
+            $stillExists = User::find($userId);
+            if ($stillExists) {
+                throw new Exception('User deletion did not persist to database');
+            }
+
+            DB::commit();
+
+            Log::info('DeleteUserAction: User successfully deleted', [
+                'user_id' => $userId,
+                'user_name' => $userName,
+            ]);
+
+            return true;
+
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            DB::rollBack();
+
+            Log::error('DeleteUserAction: User deletion failed', [
+                'user_id' => $user->id,
+                'error' => $e->getMessage(),
+                'trace' => $e->getTraceAsString(),
+            ]);
+
+            throw $e;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Livewire/Users/UsersList.php b/app/Livewire/Users/UsersList.php
index da1d196..e9b3762 100644
--- a/app/Livewire/Users/UsersList.php
+++ b/app/Livewire/Users/UsersList.php
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 namespace App\Livewire\Users;
 
 use App\Models\User;
+use App\Actions\User\CreateUserAction;
+use App\Actions\User\DeleteUserAction;
 use App\Actions\User\EditUserAction;
 use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\View\View;
@@ -49,15 +51,19 @@ public function store(): void
     {
         $this->validate();
 
-        User::create([
-            'name' => $this->name,
-            'planner_id' => auth()->id(),
-        ]);
+        try {
+            (new CreateUserAction())->execute([
+                'name' => $this->name,
+                'planner_id' => auth()->id(),
+            ]);
 
-        $this->showCreateModal = false;
-        $this->reset(['name']);
+            $this->showCreateModal = false;
+            $this->reset(['name']);
 
-        session()->flash('success', 'User created successfully.');
+            session()->flash('success', 'User created successfully.');
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            session()->flash('error', 'Failed to create user: ' . $e->getMessage());
+        }
     }
 
     public function edit(User $user): void
@@ -95,11 +101,19 @@ public function confirmDelete(User $user): void
 
     public function delete(): void
     {
-        $this->deletingUser->delete();
-        $this->showDeleteModal = false;
-        $this->deletingUser = null;
+        try {
+            (new DeleteUserAction())->execute($this->deletingUser);
+            
+            $this->showDeleteModal = false;
+            $this->deletingUser = null;
 
-        session()->flash('success', 'User deleted successfully.');
+            session()->flash('success', 'User deleted successfully.');
+            
+            // Force component to re-render with fresh data
+            $this->resetPage();
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            session()->flash('error', 'Failed to delete user: ' . $e->getMessage());
+        }
     }
 
     public function cancel(): void
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Actions/User/CreateUserActionTest.php b/tests/Unit/Actions/User/CreateUserActionTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f899a58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/Actions/User/CreateUserActionTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Unit\Actions\User;
+
+use App\Actions\User\CreateUserAction;
+use App\Models\Planner;
+use App\Models\User;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+class CreateUserActionTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use RefreshDatabase;
+
+    private CreateUserAction $action;
+    private Planner $planner;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+        $this->action = new CreateUserAction();
+        
+        // Create a planner for testing
+        $this->planner = Planner::factory()->create();
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_can_create_a_user_successfully(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        $userData = [
+            'name' => 'Test User',
+            'planner_id' => $this->planner->id,
+        ];
+
+        // Act
+        $user = $this->action->execute($userData);
+
+        // Assert
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(User::class, $user);
+        $this->assertEquals('Test User', $user->name);
+        $this->assertEquals($this->planner->id, $user->planner_id);
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('users', [
+            'id' => $user->id,
+            'name' => 'Test User',
+            'planner_id' => $this->planner->id,
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_throws_exception_when_name_is_empty(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        $userData = [
+            'name' => '',
+            'planner_id' => $this->planner->id,
+        ];
+
+        // Act & Assert
+        $this->expectException(\InvalidArgumentException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Name is required');
+        
+        $this->action->execute($userData);
+        
+        // Verify no user was created
+        $this->assertDatabaseMissing('users', [
+            'planner_id' => $this->planner->id,
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_throws_exception_when_name_is_missing(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        $userData = [
+            'planner_id' => $this->planner->id,
+        ];
+
+        // Act & Assert
+        $this->expectException(\InvalidArgumentException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Name is required');
+        
+        $this->action->execute($userData);
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_throws_exception_when_planner_id_is_empty(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        $userData = [
+            'name' => 'Test User',
+            'planner_id' => '',
+        ];
+
+        // Act & Assert
+        $this->expectException(\InvalidArgumentException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Planner ID is required');
+        
+        $this->action->execute($userData);
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_throws_exception_when_planner_id_is_missing(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        $userData = [
+            'name' => 'Test User',
+        ];
+
+        // Act & Assert
+        $this->expectException(\InvalidArgumentException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Planner ID is required');
+        
+        $this->action->execute($userData);
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_logs_creation_process(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        Log::spy();
+        $userData = [
+            'name' => 'Test User',
+            'planner_id' => $this->planner->id,
+        ];
+
+        // Act
+        $user = $this->action->execute($userData);
+
+        // Assert
+        Log::shouldHaveReceived('info')
+            ->with('CreateUserAction: Starting user creation', [
+                'name' => 'Test User',
+                'planner_id' => $this->planner->id,
+            ]);
+            
+        Log::shouldHaveReceived('info')
+            ->with('CreateUserAction: User successfully created', [
+                'user_id' => $user->id,
+                'name' => 'Test User',
+                'planner_id' => $this->planner->id,
+            ]);
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_handles_database_transaction_rollback_on_failure(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        $userData = [
+            'name' => 'Test User',
+            'planner_id' => 999999, // Non-existent planner ID should cause foreign key constraint error
+        ];
+
+        // Act & Assert
+        $this->expectException(\Exception::class);
+        
+        try {
+            $this->action->execute($userData);
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            // Verify no user was created (transaction rolled back)
+            $this->assertDatabaseMissing('users', [
+                'name' => 'Test User',
+            ]);
+            throw $e;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_logs_errors_on_failure(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        Log::spy();
+        $userData = [
+            'name' => 'Test User',
+            'planner_id' => 999999, // Non-existent planner ID
+        ];
+
+        // Act & Assert
+        try {
+            $this->action->execute($userData);
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            // Expected
+        }
+        
+        // Assert
+        Log::shouldHaveReceived('error')
+            ->with('CreateUserAction: User creation failed', \Mockery::on(function ($data) {
+                return $data['name'] === 'Test User' && 
+                       $data['planner_id'] === 999999 &&
+                       isset($data['error']) &&
+                       isset($data['trace']);
+            }));
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_creates_user_with_whitespace_trimmed_name(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        $userData = [
+            'name' => '  Test User  ',
+            'planner_id' => $this->planner->id,
+        ];
+
+        // Act
+        $user = $this->action->execute($userData);
+
+        // Assert
+        $this->assertEquals('  Test User  ', $user->name); // Should preserve original data as passed
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('users', [
+            'id' => $user->id,
+            'name' => '  Test User  ',
+            'planner_id' => $this->planner->id,
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_can_create_multiple_users_with_same_planner(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        $userData1 = [
+            'name' => 'User One',
+            'planner_id' => $this->planner->id,
+        ];
+        
+        $userData2 = [
+            'name' => 'User Two',
+            'planner_id' => $this->planner->id,
+        ];
+
+        // Act
+        $user1 = $this->action->execute($userData1);
+        $user2 = $this->action->execute($userData2);
+
+        // Assert
+        $this->assertNotEquals($user1->id, $user2->id);
+        $this->assertEquals($this->planner->id, $user1->planner_id);
+        $this->assertEquals($this->planner->id, $user2->planner_id);
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('users', ['name' => 'User One']);
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('users', ['name' => 'User Two']);
+    }
+
+    protected function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        \Mockery::close();
+        parent::tearDown();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Actions/User/DeleteUserActionTest.php b/tests/Unit/Actions/User/DeleteUserActionTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1363176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/Actions/User/DeleteUserActionTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Unit\Actions\User;
+
+use App\Actions\User\DeleteUserAction;
+use App\Models\Dish;
+use App\Models\Planner;
+use App\Models\User;
+use App\Models\UserDish;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+class DeleteUserActionTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use RefreshDatabase;
+
+    private DeleteUserAction $action;
+    private Planner $planner;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+        $this->action = new DeleteUserAction();
+        
+        // Create a planner for testing
+        $this->planner = Planner::factory()->create();
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_can_delete_a_user_successfully(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        $user = User::factory()->create([
+            'planner_id' => $this->planner->id,
+            'name' => 'Test User'
+        ]);
+        $userId = $user->id;
+
+        // Act
+        $result = $this->action->execute($user);
+
+        // Assert
+        $this->assertTrue($result);
+        $this->assertDatabaseMissing('users', ['id' => $userId]);
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_can_delete_a_user_with_associated_dishes(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        $user = User::factory()->create(['planner_id' => $this->planner->id]);
+        $dish = Dish::factory()->create(['planner_id' => $this->planner->id]);
+        
+        // Associate user with dish
+        UserDish::create([
+            'user_id' => $user->id,
+            'dish_id' => $dish->id
+        ]);
+        
+        $userId = $user->id;
+        
+        // Verify the association exists
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('user_dishes', [
+            'user_id' => $userId,
+            'dish_id' => $dish->id
+        ]);
+
+        // Act
+        $result = $this->action->execute($user);
+
+        // Assert
+        $this->assertTrue($result);
+        $this->assertDatabaseMissing('users', ['id' => $userId]);
+        // Verify cascade deletion removed the association
+        $this->assertDatabaseMissing('user_dishes', ['user_id' => $userId]);
+        // Verify the dish itself still exists
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('dishes', ['id' => $dish->id]);
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_logs_deletion_process(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        Log::spy();
+        $user = User::factory()->create(['planner_id' => $this->planner->id]);
+        $userId = $user->id;
+        $userName = $user->name;
+
+        // Act
+        $this->action->execute($user);
+
+        // Assert
+        Log::shouldHaveReceived('info')
+            ->with('DeleteUserAction: Starting user deletion', [
+                'user_id' => $userId,
+                'user_name' => $userName,
+                'planner_id' => $this->planner->id,
+            ]);
+            
+        Log::shouldHaveReceived('info')
+            ->with('DeleteUserAction: User successfully deleted', [
+                'user_id' => $userId,
+                'user_name' => $userName,
+            ]);
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_handles_database_transaction_rollback_on_failure(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        $user = User::factory()->create(['planner_id' => $this->planner->id]);
+        
+        // Mock the user to throw an exception during deletion
+        $mockUser = \Mockery::mock(User::class);
+        $mockUser->shouldReceive('getAttribute')->with('id')->andReturn($user->id);
+        $mockUser->shouldReceive('getAttribute')->with('name')->andReturn($user->name);
+        $mockUser->shouldReceive('getAttribute')->with('planner_id')->andReturn($user->planner_id);
+        $mockUser->shouldReceive('userDishes')->andReturn($user->userDishes());
+        $mockUser->shouldReceive('dishes')->andReturn($user->dishes());
+        $mockUser->shouldReceive('delete')->andThrow(new \Exception('Database error'));
+
+        // Act & Assert
+        $this->expectException(\Exception::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Database error');
+        
+        $this->action->execute($mockUser);
+        
+        // Verify original user still exists (transaction rolled back)
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('users', ['id' => $user->id]);
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_throws_exception_when_deletion_returns_false(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        $user = User::factory()->create(['planner_id' => $this->planner->id]);
+        
+        // Mock the user to return false on delete
+        $mockUser = \Mockery::mock(User::class);
+        $mockUser->shouldReceive('getAttribute')->with('id')->andReturn($user->id);
+        $mockUser->shouldReceive('getAttribute')->with('name')->andReturn($user->name);
+        $mockUser->shouldReceive('getAttribute')->with('planner_id')->andReturn($user->planner_id);
+        $mockUser->shouldReceive('userDishes')->andReturn($user->userDishes());
+        $mockUser->shouldReceive('dishes')->andReturn($user->dishes());
+        $mockUser->shouldReceive('delete')->andReturn(false);
+
+        // Act & Assert
+        $this->expectException(\Exception::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('User deletion returned false');
+        
+        $this->action->execute($mockUser);
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_throws_exception_when_deletion_does_not_persist(): void
+    {
+        // This test is tricky to implement realistically since we can't easily 
+        // mock the User::find() call in a way that makes sense.
+        // We'll skip this edge case for now, but in a real scenario you might
+        // want to test database connection issues, etc.
+        $this->markTestSkipped('Edge case test - difficult to implement without complex mocking');
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_logs_errors_on_failure(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        Log::spy();
+        $user = User::factory()->create(['planner_id' => $this->planner->id]);
+        
+        // Mock the user to throw an exception during deletion
+        $mockUser = \Mockery::mock(User::class);
+        $mockUser->shouldReceive('getAttribute')->with('id')->andReturn($user->id);
+        $mockUser->shouldReceive('getAttribute')->with('name')->andReturn($user->name);
+        $mockUser->shouldReceive('getAttribute')->with('planner_id')->andReturn($user->planner_id);
+        $mockUser->shouldReceive('userDishes')->andReturn($user->userDishes());
+        $mockUser->shouldReceive('dishes')->andReturn($user->dishes());
+        $mockUser->shouldReceive('delete')->andThrow(new \Exception('Test error'));
+
+        // Act & Assert
+        try {
+            $this->action->execute($mockUser);
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            // Expected
+        }
+        
+        // Assert
+        Log::shouldHaveReceived('error')
+            ->with('DeleteUserAction: User deletion failed', \Mockery::on(function ($data) use ($user) {
+                return $data['user_id'] === $user->id && 
+                       $data['error'] === 'Test error' &&
+                       isset($data['trace']);
+            }));
+    }
+
+    protected function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        \Mockery::close();
+        parent::tearDown();
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/Unit/Actions/UserActionIntegrationTest.php b/tests/Unit/Actions/UserActionIntegrationTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5daa2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/Actions/UserActionIntegrationTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Unit\Actions;
+
+use App\Actions\User\CreateUserAction;
+use App\Actions\User\DeleteUserAction;
+use App\Models\Planner;
+use App\Models\User;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+class UserActionIntegrationTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use RefreshDatabase;
+
+    private Planner $planner;
+    private CreateUserAction $createAction;
+    private DeleteUserAction $deleteAction;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+        
+        $this->planner = Planner::factory()->create();
+        $this->createAction = new CreateUserAction();
+        $this->deleteAction = new DeleteUserAction();
+    }
+
+    public function test_complete_user_lifecycle_with_actions(): void
+    {
+        // Test creation
+        $userData = [
+            'name' => 'Integration Test User',
+            'planner_id' => $this->planner->id,
+        ];
+        
+        $user = $this->createAction->execute($userData);
+        
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(User::class, $user);
+        $this->assertEquals('Integration Test User', $user->name);
+        $this->assertEquals($this->planner->id, $user->planner_id);
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('users', [
+            'id' => $user->id,
+            'name' => 'Integration Test User',
+            'planner_id' => $this->planner->id,
+        ]);
+        
+        // Test deletion
+        $userId = $user->id;
+        $result = $this->deleteAction->execute($user);
+        
+        $this->assertTrue($result);
+        $this->assertDatabaseMissing('users', ['id' => $userId]);
+    }
+
+    public function test_creating_and_deleting_user_with_relationships(): void
+    {
+        // Create user
+        $user = $this->createAction->execute([
+            'name' => 'User With Relationships',
+            'planner_id' => $this->planner->id,
+        ]);
+        
+        // Create a dish and associate it with the user
+        $dish = \App\Models\Dish::factory()->create(['planner_id' => $this->planner->id]);
+        $user->dishes()->attach($dish->id);
+        
+        // Verify the relationship exists
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $user->dishes()->count());
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('user_dishes', [
+            'user_id' => $user->id,
+            'dish_id' => $dish->id,
+        ]);
+        
+        // Delete the user
+        $userId = $user->id;
+        $result = $this->deleteAction->execute($user);
+        
+        // Verify deletion and cascade
+        $this->assertTrue($result);
+        $this->assertDatabaseMissing('users', ['id' => $userId]);
+        $this->assertDatabaseMissing('user_dishes', ['user_id' => $userId]);
+        
+        // Dish should still exist
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('dishes', ['id' => $dish->id]);
+    }
+}
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