diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/api-key/form.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/api-key/form.tsx
index d8db436fa..d5482a4ac 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/api-key/form.tsx
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/api-key/form.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import { toast } from "sonner";
 import { z } from "zod";
 
 export const schema = z.object({
-  name: z.string().min(1, "Name is required"),
+  name: z.string().trim().min(1, "Name is required"),
   description: z.string().optional(),
   expiresAt: z.string().optional(),
   // Single-value radio. The wire format on the create-key API is
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/components/form-components.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/components/form-components.tsx
index 1f65910cb..d44063e8f 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/components/form-components.tsx
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/components/form-components.tsx
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ const componentSchema = z.object({
   id: z.number(),
   monitorId: z.number().nullish(),
   order: z.number(),
-  name: z.string().min(1, { message: "Name is required" }),
+  name: z.string().trim().min(1, { message: "Name is required" }),
   description: z.string().optional(),
   type: z.enum(["monitor", "static"]),
 });
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ const schema = z.object({
     z.object({
       id: z.number(),
       order: z.number(),
-      name: z.string(),
+      name: z.string().trim().min(1, { message: "Name is required" }),
       defaultOpen: z.boolean(),
       components: z.array(componentSchema).min(1, {
         message: "At least one component is required",
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ function ComponentRow({
       className={cn("rounded-md", className)}
       {...props}
     >
-      <div className="grid h-9 grid-cols-4 gap-2">
+      <div className="grid min-h-9 grid-cols-4 gap-2">
         <div className="flex flex-row items-center gap-1 self-center">
           <SortableItemHandle>
             <DragHandle
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/maintenance/form.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/maintenance/form.tsx
index 4a9278f85..a0ab46551 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/maintenance/form.tsx
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/maintenance/form.tsx
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ import { useTRPC } from "@/lib/trpc/client";
 
 const schema = z
   .object({
-    title: z.string().min(1, "Title is required"),
+    title: z.string().trim().min(1, "Title is required"),
     message: z.string(),
     startDate: z.date(),
     endDate: z.date(),
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/monitor-tag/form-monitor-tag.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/monitor-tag/form-monitor-tag.tsx
index ea2207020..d14de8359 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/monitor-tag/form-monitor-tag.tsx
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/monitor-tag/form-monitor-tag.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { useTRPC } from "@/lib/trpc/client";
 
 const tagSchema = z.object({
   id: z.number().optional(),
-  name: z.string().min(1, "Name is required"),
+  name: z.string().trim().min(1, "Name is required"),
   color: z.string().regex(/^#[0-9A-Fa-f]{6}$/, "Invalid color format"),
 });
 
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/onboarding/create-page.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/onboarding/create-page.tsx
index f8228745c..26393a02a 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/onboarding/create-page.tsx
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/onboarding/create-page.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ const schema = z.object({
   components: z
     .array(
       z.object({
-        name: z.string().min(1, "Component name is required"),
+        name: z.string().trim().min(1, "Component name is required"),
       }),
     )
     .optional(),
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/private-location/form.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/private-location/form.tsx
index 2ea670a65..1972a3a72 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/private-location/form.tsx
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/private-location/form.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import { useFormSheetDirty } from "@/components/forms/form-sheet";
 import { CheckboxTree } from "@/components/ui/checkbox-tree";
 
 const schema = z.object({
-  name: z.string().min(1, "Name is required"),
+  name: z.string().trim().min(1, "Name is required"),
   token: z.string(),
   monitors: z.array(z.number()),
   metadata: z
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/settings/form-workspace.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/settings/form-workspace.tsx
index c4272eec8..2091db455 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/settings/form-workspace.tsx
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/settings/form-workspace.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import {
 } from "@/components/forms/form-card";
 
 const schema = z.object({
-  name: z.string(),
+  name: z.string().trim().min(1, "Name is required"),
 });
 
 type FormValues = z.infer<typeof schema>;
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/status-report/form.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/status-report/form.tsx
index 72e5b658b..bf769987d 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/status-report/form.tsx
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/components/forms/status-report/form.tsx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ import { useTRPC } from "@/lib/trpc/client";
 
 const schema = z.object({
   status: z.enum(statusReportStatus),
-  title: z.string().min(1, "Title is required.").max(256),
+  title: z.string().trim().min(1, "Title is required.").max(256),
   message: z.string(),
   date: z.date(),
   pageComponents: z.array(z.number()),
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/components/nav/nav-feedback.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/components/nav/nav-feedback.tsx
index 8f97d9032..84c1cb0a6 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/components/nav/nav-feedback.tsx
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/components/nav/nav-feedback.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import { z } from "zod";
 import { useTRPC } from "@/lib/trpc/client";
 
 const schema = z.object({
-  message: z.string().min(1),
+  message: z.string().trim().min(1),
 });
 
 export function NavFeedback() {
diff --git a/packages/services/src/api-key/schemas.ts b/packages/services/src/api-key/schemas.ts
index edc2e4890..a9e536ac5 100644
--- a/packages/services/src/api-key/schemas.ts
+++ b/packages/services/src/api-key/schemas.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const apiKeyCreateScopesSchema = z
   .default(["write"]);
 
 export const CreateApiKeyInput = z.object({
-  name: z.string().min(1, "Name is required"),
+  name: z.string().trim().min(1, "Name is required"),
   description: z.string().optional(),
   expiresAt: z.date().optional(),
   scopes: apiKeyCreateScopesSchema,
diff --git a/packages/services/src/maintenance/schemas.ts b/packages/services/src/maintenance/schemas.ts
index 31172b46f..62a0db48e 100644
--- a/packages/services/src/maintenance/schemas.ts
+++ b/packages/services/src/maintenance/schemas.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export const maintenanceListPeriodSchema = z.enum(maintenanceListPeriods);
 
 export const CreateMaintenanceInput = z
   .object({
-    title: z.string().min(1).max(256),
+    title: z.string().trim().min(1).max(256),
     message: z.string().min(1),
     from: z.coerce.date(),
     to: z.coerce.date(),
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export type CreateMaintenanceInput = z.infer<typeof CreateMaintenanceInput>;
 
 export const UpdateMaintenanceInput = z.object({
   id: z.number().int(),
-  title: z.string().min(1).max(256).optional(),
+  title: z.string().trim().min(1).max(256).optional(),
   message: z.string().min(1).optional(),
   from: z.coerce.date().optional(),
   to: z.coerce.date().optional(),
diff --git a/packages/services/src/monitor-tag/schemas.ts b/packages/services/src/monitor-tag/schemas.ts
index 466b47824..70abfb0ba 100644
--- a/packages/services/src/monitor-tag/schemas.ts
+++ b/packages/services/src/monitor-tag/schemas.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export type ListMonitorTagsInput = z.infer<typeof ListMonitorTagsInput>;
 
 const tagInput = z.object({
   id: z.number().int().optional(),
-  name: z.string(),
+  name: z.string().trim().min(1),
   color: z.string(),
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/services/src/page-component/schemas.ts b/packages/services/src/page-component/schemas.ts
index 8b6546d14..d228a7871 100644
--- a/packages/services/src/page-component/schemas.ts
+++ b/packages/services/src/page-component/schemas.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const componentInput = z
     id: z.number().int().optional(),
     monitorId: z.number().int().nullish(),
     order: z.number().int(),
-    name: z.string(),
+    name: z.string().trim().min(1),
     description: z.string().nullish(),
     type: z.enum(["monitor", "static"]),
   })
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const groupInput = z.object({
   // assignments, subscriber scopes) off a cliff.
   id: z.number().int().optional(),
   order: z.number().int(),
-  name: z.string(),
+  name: z.string().trim().min(1),
   defaultOpen: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
   components: z.array(componentInput),
 });
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export const CreatePageComponentInput = z
     pageId: z.number().int(),
     type: z.enum(["monitor", "static"]),
     monitorId: z.number().int().nullish(),
-    name: z.string().min(1).optional(),
+    name: z.string().trim().min(1).optional(),
     description: z.string().nullish(),
     order: z.number().int().default(0),
     groupId: z.number().int().nullish(),
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export type CreatePageComponentInput = z.input<typeof CreatePageComponentInput>;
 /** Partial patch — `undefined` leaves a field as-is, `null` clears it. */
 export const UpdatePageComponentInput = z.object({
   id: z.number().int(),
-  name: z.string().min(1).optional(),
+  name: z.string().trim().min(1).optional(),
   description: z.string().nullish(),
   order: z.number().int().optional(),
   groupId: z.number().int().nullish(),
diff --git a/packages/services/src/private-location/schemas.ts b/packages/services/src/private-location/schemas.ts
index 6cb07a625..7e04516e1 100644
--- a/packages/services/src/private-location/schemas.ts
+++ b/packages/services/src/private-location/schemas.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const PrivateLocationMetadata = z
 export type PrivateLocationMetadata = z.infer<typeof PrivateLocationMetadata>;
 
 export const CreatePrivateLocationInput = z.object({
-  name: z.string().min(1),
+  name: z.string().trim().min(1),
   token: z.string().min(1).optional(),
   monitors: monitorIds,
   metadata: PrivateLocationMetadata.optional(),
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export type CreatePrivateLocationInput = z.infer<
 
 export const UpdatePrivateLocationInput = z.object({
   id: z.number().int(),
-  name: z.string().min(1).optional(),
+  name: z.string().trim().min(1).optional(),
   monitors: monitorIds.optional(),
   metadata: PrivateLocationMetadata.optional(),
 });
diff --git a/packages/services/src/status-report/schemas.ts b/packages/services/src/status-report/schemas.ts
index 0536ac115..b4e17a1b9 100644
--- a/packages/services/src/status-report/schemas.ts
+++ b/packages/services/src/status-report/schemas.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export type StatusReportListPeriod = (typeof statusReportListPeriods)[number];
 export const statusReportListPeriodSchema = z.enum(statusReportListPeriods);
 
 export const CreateStatusReportInput = z.object({
-  title: z.string().min(1).max(256),
+  title: z.string().trim().min(1).max(256),
   status: statusReportStatusSchema,
   message: z.string(),
   date: z.coerce.date(),
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export type CreateStatusReportInput = z.infer<typeof CreateStatusReportInput>;
 
 export const UpdateStatusReportInput = z.object({
   id: z.number().int(),
-  title: z.string().min(1).max(256).optional(),
+  title: z.string().trim().min(1).max(256).optional(),
   status: statusReportStatusSchema.optional(),
   /** When provided, replaces the full association set (empty array clears). */
   pageComponentIds: z.array(z.number().int()).optional(),
diff --git a/packages/services/src/workspace/schemas.ts b/packages/services/src/workspace/schemas.ts
index 4a80811f7..eec8be63c 100644
--- a/packages/services/src/workspace/schemas.ts
+++ b/packages/services/src/workspace/schemas.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export type GetWorkspaceByStripeIdInput = z.infer<
 >;
 
 export const UpdateWorkspaceNameInput = z.object({
-  name: z.string().min(1),
+  name: z.string().trim().min(1),
 });
 export type UpdateWorkspaceNameInput = z.infer<typeof UpdateWorkspaceNameInput>;