diff --git a/src/sumak.ts b/src/sumak.ts
index bf5c67b..b11c1e1 100644
--- a/src/sumak.ts
+++ b/src/sumak.ts
@@ -412,11 +412,16 @@ export class Sumak<DB> {
     if (typeof node.type === "string" && node.type.startsWith("tcl_")) {
       return new TclPrinter(this._dialect.name).print(node as TclNode)
     }
-    // Route DDL nodes directly — same reasoning. Wire in the dialect's printer
-    // so CREATE TABLE ... AS SELECT / CREATE VIEW AS can render the SELECT body.
+    // Route DDL nodes directly — DDL itself is not subject to plugins
+    // (you cannot "soft-delete" a CREATE TABLE). However, when the DDL
+    // carries an embedded SELECT (CREATE TABLE … AS SELECT, CREATE
+    // VIEW AS SELECT), the inner SELECT MUST still pass through the
+    // full pipeline — plugin transforms, hooks, normalize, optimize —
+    // otherwise a `CREATE VIEW tenant_orders AS SELECT * FROM orders`
+    // on a multi-tenant table silently captures every tenant's rows
+    // into the view. Route `asSelect` recursively through compile().
     if (isDDLNode(node)) {
-      const base = this._dialect.createPrinter()
-      return new DDLPrinter(this._dialect.name, (sel) => base.print(sel)).print(node as DDLNode)
+      return new DDLPrinter(this._dialect.name, (sel) => this.compile(sel)).print(node as DDLNode)
     }
 
     // 1. Plugin AST transform
@@ -512,11 +517,15 @@ export class Sumak<DB> {
    * ```
    */
   generateDDL(options?: { ifNotExists?: boolean }): CompiledQuery[] {
-    const base = this._dialect.createPrinter()
-    const printer = new DDLPrinter(this._dialect.name, (sel) => base.print(sel))
     const results: CompiledQuery[] = []
 
     for (const [tableName, columns] of Object.entries(this._tables)) {
+      // One printer per statement — matches the contract used by
+      // compileDDL() and avoids any cross-iteration param carryover
+      // if a column default or future asSelect pushes into the
+      // printer's params between the inner `renderSelect` and the
+      // outer `print()`'s snapshot.
+      const printer = new DDLPrinter(this._dialect.name, (sel) => this.compile(sel))
       const builder = new CreateTableBuilder(tableName)
       let tb = options?.ifNotExists ? builder.ifNotExists() : builder
 
@@ -557,8 +566,9 @@ export class Sumak<DB> {
 
   /** Compile a DDL node to SQL. */
   compileDDL(node: DDLNode): CompiledQuery {
-    const base = this._dialect.createPrinter()
-    const printer = new DDLPrinter(this._dialect.name, (sel) => base.print(sel))
+    // Same as compile(): embedded SELECTs in AS SELECT / asSelect must
+    // route through the full pipeline so plugins apply.
+    const printer = new DDLPrinter(this._dialect.name, (sel) => this.compile(sel))
     return printer.print(node)
   }
 
diff --git a/test/audit23-regressions.test.ts b/test/audit23-regressions.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10b07f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/audit23-regressions.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest"
+
+import type { CreateTableNode, CreateViewNode } from "../src/ast/ddl-nodes.ts"
+import { CreateTableBuilder } from "../src/builder/ddl/create-table.ts"
+import { SelectBuilder } from "../src/builder/select.ts"
+import { pgDialect } from "../src/dialect/pg.ts"
+import { MultiTenantPlugin } from "../src/plugin/multi-tenant.ts"
+import { SoftDeletePlugin } from "../src/plugin/soft-delete.ts"
+import { integer, serial, text, timestamptz } from "../src/schema/column.ts"
+import { sumak } from "../src/sumak.ts"
+
+describe("Audit #23 regressions", () => {
+  describe("DDL AS SELECT is plugin-walked (CREATE TABLE AS SELECT)", () => {
+    it("MultiTenant plugin filters the inner SELECT on CTAS", () => {
+      const db = sumak({
+        dialect: pgDialect(),
+        plugins: [new MultiTenantPlugin({ tables: ["orders"], tenantId: 42 })],
+        tables: {
+          orders: { id: serial().primaryKey(), tenant_id: integer() },
+        },
+      })
+      const inner = new SelectBuilder().columns("*").from("orders").build()
+      const ddl = new CreateTableBuilder("orders_cache").asSelect(inner).build()
+      const r = db.compileDDL(ddl)
+      expect(r.sql).toContain('WHERE ("tenant_id" = $1)')
+      expect(r.params).toContain(42)
+    })
+
+    it("SoftDelete plugin filters the inner SELECT on CTAS", () => {
+      const db = sumak({
+        dialect: pgDialect(),
+        plugins: [new SoftDeletePlugin({ tables: ["orders"] })],
+        tables: {
+          orders: {
+            id: serial().primaryKey(),
+            deleted_at: timestamptz().nullable(),
+          },
+        },
+      })
+      const inner = new SelectBuilder().columns("*").from("orders").build()
+      const ddl = new CreateTableBuilder("orders_cache").asSelect(inner).build()
+      const r = db.compileDDL(ddl)
+      expect(r.sql).toContain('"deleted_at" IS NULL')
+    })
+
+    it("CREATE VIEW AS SELECT also walks through plugins", () => {
+      const db = sumak({
+        dialect: pgDialect(),
+        plugins: [new MultiTenantPlugin({ tables: ["orders"], tenantId: 7 })],
+        tables: {
+          orders: { id: serial().primaryKey(), tenant_id: integer() },
+        },
+      })
+      const inner = new SelectBuilder().columns("*").from("orders").build()
+      const viewNode: CreateViewNode = {
+        type: "create_view",
+        name: "tenant_orders",
+        asSelect: inner,
+      }
+      const r = db.compileDDL(viewNode)
+      expect(r.sql).toContain('WHERE ("tenant_id" = $1)')
+      expect(r.params).toContain(7)
+    })
+
+    it("CTAS without plugins still works (no-op pipeline)", () => {
+      const db = sumak({
+        dialect: pgDialect(),
+        tables: {
+          orders: { id: serial().primaryKey(), name: text() },
+        },
+      })
+      const inner = new SelectBuilder().columns("*").from("orders").build()
+      const ddl: CreateTableNode = new CreateTableBuilder("orders_cache").asSelect(inner).build()
+      const r = db.compileDDL(ddl)
+      expect(r.sql).toContain("CREATE TABLE")
+      expect(r.sql).toContain("SELECT")
+      expect(r.sql).toContain("orders")
+    })
+  })
+})