src/app/(protected)/workorders/_components/list/table/wo-table-body.tsx

@@ -23,19 +23,8 @@ export function WoTableBody({ tableData, renderRow, renderInlineRow }: WoTableBo
   const unassignedRows = tableData.unassigned ?? [];
   const showUnscheduled =
     (tableData.unscheduled?.length ?? 0) > 0 || tableData.draftDayKey === UNSCHEDULED_DAY_KEY;
-  // SH-165: "still loading" and "zero unassigned" are distinct states. Without
-  // this split the pin announced "No unassigned work orders." while the queue
-  // was still paging board/search on first mount.
-  const showUnassignedLoading =
-    tableData.unassignedOpen &&
-    unassignedRows.length === 0 &&
-    !tableData.unassignedError &&
-    tableData.unassignedLoading;
   const showUnassignedEmpty =
-    tableData.unassignedOpen &&
-    unassignedRows.length === 0 &&
-    !tableData.unassignedError &&
-    !tableData.unassignedLoading;
+    tableData.unassignedOpen && unassignedRows.length === 0 && !tableData.unassignedError;
 
   return (
     <tbody>
@@ -58,15 +47,6 @@ export function WoTableBody({ tableData, renderRow, renderInlineRow }: WoTableBo
               </td>
             </tr>
           )}
-          {showUnassignedLoading && (
-            <tr aria-busy="true">
-              <td colSpan={WO_TABLE_COLS.length} style={{ padding: "8px 14px" }}>
-                <Text variant="feedback" tone="muted">
-                  Loading unassigned work orders…
-                </Text>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-          )}
           {showUnassignedEmpty && (
             <tr>
               <td colSpan={WO_TABLE_COLS.length} style={{ padding: "8px 14px" }}>

src/app/(protected)/workorders/_hooks/use-work-orders-board-source.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ export type WorkOrdersBoardSource = {
   data: WorkOrderBoardListResult | undefined;
   unassignedQueue: WorkOrderTableRow[];
   unassignedError: Error | null;
-  unassignedLoading: boolean;
   isLoading: boolean;
   isFetching: boolean;
   error: Error | null;
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ export function useWorkOrdersBoardSource(filters: FiltersReturn): WorkOrdersBoar
   } = useWorkOrdersBoardSearch(resolvedSearchParams ?? { datePreset: "ThisWeek" }, advActive);
   const {
     data: queueData,
-    isLoading: queueLoading,
     isFetching: queueFetching,
     error: queueError,
     refetch: refetchQueue,
@@ -96,10 +94,6 @@ export function useWorkOrdersBoardSource(filters: FiltersReturn): WorkOrdersBoar
     data: advActive ? searchData : boardData,
     unassignedQueue: advActive ? EMPTY_UNASSIGNED_QUEUE : (queueData ?? EMPTY_UNASSIGNED_QUEUE),
     unassignedError: advActive ? null : (queueError ?? null),
-    // SH-165: the pinned queue has its own first-load state. Folding it into
-    // isFetching only made "still paging board/search" indistinguishable from
-    // "zero unassigned", so the pin announced an empty queue while loading.
-    unassignedLoading: advActive ? false : queueLoading,
     isLoading: advActive ? searchLoading : boardLoading,
     isFetching: advActive ? searchFetching : boardFetching || queueFetching,
     error: advActive ? searchError : boardError,

src/app/(protected)/workorders/_hooks/use-work-orders-table-data.ts

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ export function useWorkOrdersTableData(filters: FiltersReturn) {
     data,
     unassignedQueue,
     unassignedError,
-    unassignedLoading,
     isLoading,
     isFetching,
     error,
@@ -108,7 +107,6 @@ export function useWorkOrdersTableData(filters: FiltersReturn) {
     advResults,
     unassigned,
     unassignedError,
-    unassignedLoading,
     unscheduled,
     displayGroups,
     searchActive,

src/test/app/(protected)/workorders/wo-table-unassigned-queue.test.tsx

@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ function baseTableData(
     advResults: [],
     unassigned: [],
     unassignedError: null,
-    unassignedLoading: false,
     unscheduled: [],
     displayGroups: [],
     searchActive: false,
@@ -309,36 +308,6 @@ describe("WoTableBody Unassigned queue (SH-165)", () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText("WED · 07/15")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it("distinguishes a still-loading queue from an empty one", () => {
-    render(
-      <table>
-        <WoTableBody
-          tableData={baseTableData({ unassignedLoading: true })}
-          renderRow={() => null}
-          renderInlineRow={() => null}
-        />
-      </table>,
-    );
-
-    expect(screen.getByText(/Loading unassigned work orders/)).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.queryByText("No unassigned work orders.")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-  });
-
-  it("announces an empty queue only once loading has settled", () => {
-    render(
-      <table>
-        <WoTableBody
-          tableData={baseTableData({ unassignedLoading: false })}
-          renderRow={() => null}
-          renderInlineRow={() => null}
-        />
-      </table>,
-    );
-
-    expect(screen.getByText("No unassigned work orders.")).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.queryByText(/Loading unassigned work orders/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-  });
-
   it("keeps the Unassigned pin visible when the queue query fails", () => {
     render(
       <table>

src/test/app/(protected)/workorders/wo-table-unscheduled-highlight.test.tsx

@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ function renderUnscheduledHarness() {
     advActive: false,
     unassigned: [],
     unassignedError: null,
-    unassignedLoading: false,
     unassignedOpen: true,
     setUnassignedOpen: vi.fn(),
     unscheduled: [unscheduledRow],