add empty table placeholders

repub/components.py

@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ def table_section(
     eyebrow: str | None = None,
     title: str,
     subtitle: str | None = None,
+    empty_message: str,
     headers: tuple[str, ...],
     rows: tuple[tuple[Node, ...], ...],
     actions: Node | None = None,
@@ -208,6 +209,17 @@ def table_section(
             ),
         ]
 
+    body_rows: Node
+    if rows:
+        body_rows = (render_row(row) for row in rows)
+    else:
+        body_rows = h.tr[
+            h.td(
+                colspan=str(len(headers)),
+                class_="px-4 py-8 text-center text-sm text-slate-500 sm:px-6",
+            )[empty_message]
+        ]
+
     return h.section[
         h.div(class_="flex flex-col gap-3 sm:flex-row sm:items-end sm:justify-between")[
             h.div[
@@ -238,9 +250,7 @@ def table_section(
                             )
                         ]
                     ],
-                    h.tbody(class_="divide-y divide-slate-200 bg-white")[
-                        (render_row(row) for row in rows)
-                    ],
+                    h.tbody(class_="divide-y divide-slate-200 bg-white")[body_rows],
                 ]
             ]
         ],

repub/pages/dashboard.py

@@ -143,6 +143,17 @@ def running_executions_table(
             ),
         ]
 
+    body_rows: Node
+    if rows:
+        body_rows = (render_row(row) for row in rows)
+    else:
+        body_rows = h.tr[
+            h.td(
+                colspan=str(len(headers)),
+                class_="px-4 py-8 text-center text-sm text-slate-500",
+            )["No job executions are running."]
+        ]
+
     return h.section[
         h.div(class_="mb-3 flex items-end justify-between gap-4")[
             h.div[
@@ -173,9 +184,7 @@ def running_executions_table(
                             )
                         ]
                     ],
-                    h.tbody(class_="divide-y divide-slate-200 bg-white")[
-                        (render_row(row) for row in rows)
-                    ],
+                    h.tbody(class_="divide-y divide-slate-200 bg-white")[body_rows],
                 ]
             ]
         ],
@@ -225,6 +234,7 @@ def published_feeds_table(
     return table_section(
         eyebrow="Published feeds",
         title="Published feeds",
+        empty_message="No feeds have been published yet.",
         headers=("Source", "Feed URL", "Status", "Last updated", "Disk usage"),
         rows=rows,
         actions=muted_action_link(href="/sources", label="Manage sources"),

repub/pages/runs.py

@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ def runs_page(
             table_section(
                 eyebrow="Live work",
                 title="Running job executions",
+                empty_message="No job executions are running.",
                 headers=(
                     "Source",
                     "Execution",
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@ def runs_page(
             table_section(
                 eyebrow="Queue",
                 title="Upcoming jobs",
+                empty_message="No jobs are scheduled.",
                 headers=(
                     "Source",
                     "Next run",
@@ -237,6 +239,7 @@ def runs_page(
             table_section(
                 eyebrow="History",
                 title="Completed job executions",
+                empty_message="No job executions have completed yet.",
                 headers=(
                     "Source",
                     "Execution",

repub/pages/sources.py

@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ def sources_table(
     return table_section(
         eyebrow="Inventory",
         title="Sources",
+        empty_message="No sources yet.",
         headers=("Source", "Type", "Upstream", "Schedule", "Job state", "Actions"),
         rows=rows,
         actions=header_action_link(href="/sources/create", label="Create source"),

tests/test_web.py

@@ -215,6 +215,20 @@ def test_render_dashboard_shows_dashboard_information_architecture(
     asyncio.run(run())
 
 
+def test_render_dashboard_shows_empty_state_rows(monkeypatch, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    db_path = tmp_path / "dashboard-empty.db"
+    monkeypatch.setenv("REPUBLISHER_DB_PATH", str(db_path))
+
+    async def run() -> None:
+        app = create_app()
+        body = str(await render_dashboard(app))
+
+        assert "No job executions are running." in body
+        assert "No feeds have been published yet." in body
+
+    asyncio.run(run())
+
+
 def test_load_dashboard_view_measures_log_artifact_path(
     monkeypatch, tmp_path: Path
 ) -> None:
@@ -390,6 +404,7 @@ def test_render_sources_shows_table_and_create_link() -> None:
 
         assert ">Sources<" in body
         assert 'href="/sources/create"' in body
+        assert "No sources yet." in body
         assert "guardian-feed" not in body
         assert "podcast-audio" not in body
 
@@ -840,6 +855,21 @@ def test_render_runs_shows_running_upcoming_and_completed_tables(
     asyncio.run(run())
 
 
+def test_render_runs_shows_empty_state_rows(monkeypatch, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    db_path = tmp_path / "runs-empty.db"
+    monkeypatch.setenv("REPUBLISHER_DB_PATH", str(db_path))
+
+    async def run() -> None:
+        app = create_app()
+        body = str(await render_runs(app))
+
+        assert body.count("No job executions are running.") == 1
+        assert "No jobs are scheduled." in body
+        assert "No job executions have completed yet." in body
+
+    asyncio.run(run())
+
+
 def test_render_execution_logs_uses_app_route(monkeypatch, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     db_path = tmp_path / "logs-render.db"
     monkeypatch.setenv("REPUBLISHER_DB_PATH", str(db_path))