diff --git a/apps/presentation/dashboard/src/features/personal-workspace/lark-settings-page.tsx b/apps/presentation/dashboard/src/features/personal-workspace/lark-settings-page.tsx
index a17d91c520..361a0532cc 100644
--- a/apps/presentation/dashboard/src/features/personal-workspace/lark-settings-page.tsx
+++ b/apps/presentation/dashboard/src/features/personal-workspace/lark-settings-page.tsx
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ export function LarkSettingsPage({
   const { t } = useWorkspaceI18n();
   const [tab, setTab] = useState<Tab>("connections");
   const {apps, loading: appsLoading, error: appsError, refresh: refreshApps} = useLarkApps();
+  const appCount = appsLoading || appsError !== null ? "…" : apps.length;
   const [connections, setConnections] = useState<LarkGoalConnection[]>([]);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
@@ -554,7 +555,7 @@ export function LarkSettingsPage({
       )}
 
       <nav className="personal-lark-tabs" aria-label={t("lark.management")}>
-        <button aria-current={tab === "apps" ? "page" : undefined} onClick={() => setTab("apps")} type="button">{t("lark.apps")} <span>{appsLoading ? "…" : apps.length}</span></button>
+        <button aria-current={tab === "apps" ? "page" : undefined} onClick={() => setTab("apps")} type="button">{t("lark.apps")} <span>{appCount}</span></button>
         <button aria-current={tab === "connections" ? "page" : undefined} onClick={() => setTab("connections")} type="button">{t("lark.connections")} <span>{loading ? "…" : connections.length}</span></button>
       </nav>
       {tab === "connections" ? <PrivateConversationPanel apps={apps.filter(app => app.ready && app.app_ref !== "default")} onOpenOriginal={onOpenOriginalConversation} /> : null}
@@ -564,7 +565,7 @@ export function LarkSettingsPage({
 
       {tab === "apps" ? (
         <div className="personal-lark-apps">
-          <div className="personal-lark-app-toolbar"><span>{t("lark.reusableApps", { count: apps.length })}</span><div className="personal-lark-app-actions"><button className="personal-icon-button" title={t("lark.retryVerification")} aria-label={t("lark.retryVerification")} disabled={appsLoading} onClick={() => void refreshApps()} type="button"><RefreshCw size={16} /></button><button className="personal-primary-action" disabled={cliUnavailable || larkCliUnavailable(appsError)} onClick={openSetup} type="button"><Plus size={16} />{t("lark.newApp")}</button></div></div>
+          <div className="personal-lark-app-toolbar"><span>{t("lark.reusableApps", { count: appCount })}</span><div className="personal-lark-app-actions"><button className="personal-icon-button" title={t("lark.retryVerification")} aria-label={t("lark.retryVerification")} disabled={appsLoading} onClick={() => void refreshApps()} type="button"><RefreshCw size={16} /></button><button className="personal-primary-action" disabled={cliUnavailable || larkCliUnavailable(appsError)} onClick={openSetup} type="button"><Plus size={16} />{t("lark.newApp")}</button></div></div>
           <div className="personal-lark-app-grid">
             {apps.map((app) => (
               <article className="personal-lark-app-card" key={app.app_ref}>
diff --git a/apps/presentation/dashboard/src/features/personal-workspace/personal-workspace-contract.test.mjs b/apps/presentation/dashboard/src/features/personal-workspace/personal-workspace-contract.test.mjs
index 969d408d70..249508c21d 100644
--- a/apps/presentation/dashboard/src/features/personal-workspace/personal-workspace-contract.test.mjs
+++ b/apps/presentation/dashboard/src/features/personal-workspace/personal-workspace-contract.test.mjs
@@ -578,7 +578,8 @@ assert.match(larkSettings, /fetchLarkAppSetup/, "Registration polls the local se
 assert.match(larkSettings, /window\.open\(/, "Registration opens the provider flow from a user gesture");
 assert.match(larkSettings, /window\.open\(window\.location\.href,\s*"_blank"\)/, "Registration never leaves a blank waiting tab");
 assert.match(larkSettings, /setAppRef\(snapshot\.app_ref\)/, "Completed registration selects the new App");
-assert.match(larkSettings, /loading \? "…" : apps\.length/, "Lark App count does not flash a false zero while loading");
+// Loading/empty App counts are exercised against the rendered page in the
+// progressive-loading browser scenario, independently of local state names.
 assert.match(larkSettings, /openConnectionEditor\(connection\)/, "Every Lark connection settings button opens a scoped editor");
 assert.match(larkSettings, /focusGoalConnection[\s\S]*openConnectionEditor\(connection\)[\s\S]*openConnect\(goals\.find/, "Goal-level Lark entry opens the scoped connection editor or create flow");
 
diff --git a/examples/personal-workspace-browser/progressive-loading.mjs b/examples/personal-workspace-browser/progressive-loading.mjs
index c8c6af02e4..f13dd97253 100644
--- a/examples/personal-workspace-browser/progressive-loading.mjs
+++ b/examples/personal-workspace-browser/progressive-loading.mjs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import {resolve} from "node:path";
 import {outputDir} from "./fixture.mjs";
 
 async function verifyLarkLoading(browser, url, collectCoverage) {
+  let releaseCatalog;
+  const catalog = new Promise(resolve => {releaseCatalog = resolve;});
   let releaseSlow;
   const slow = new Promise(resolve => {releaseSlow = resolve;});
   let revision = 1, catalogs = 0;
@@ -11,8 +13,14 @@ async function verifyLarkLoading(browser, url, collectCoverage) {
     await page.route("**/api/chat/lark/apps?*", async route => {
       const query = new URL(route.request().url()).searchParams;
       const current = revision;
-      const refs = ["fast", "slow", "failed"];
-      if (query.get("verify") === "false") catalogs++;
+      const refs = current === 3 ? [] : ["fast", "slow", "failed"];
+      if (query.get("verify") === "false") {
+        catalogs++;
+        if (current === 1) await catalog;
+        if (current === 4) {
+          await route.fulfill({status: 502, json: {ok: false, error: "Synthetic catalog outage", error_code: "lark_configuration_unavailable"}}); return;
+        }
+      }
       else {
         probes.push(query.get("app_ref"));
         if (query.get("app_ref") === "slow" && current === 1) await slow;
@@ -38,6 +46,19 @@ async function verifyLarkLoading(browser, url, collectCoverage) {
   }
   try {
     await openSettings();
+    const appTab = page.locator(".personal-lark-tabs").getByRole("button", {name: /^Lark Apps/u});
+    // Hold the actual catalog response: an unknown count must not masquerade
+    // as an empty directory, regardless of the component's state variable names.
+    await appTab.getByText("…", {exact: true}).waitFor();
+    await page.screenshot({path: resolve(outputDir, "lark-catalog-pending-desktop.png"), animations: "disabled"});
+    if (await appTab.getByText("0", {exact: true}).count() || await page.locator(".personal-lark-empty").count()) throw new Error("Pending catalog displayed a false empty directory");
+    if ((await page.locator(".personal-lark-app-toolbar > span").innerText()) !== "… 个可复用 App") throw new Error("Pending catalog toolbar displayed a false App count");
+    await page.setViewportSize({width: 390, height: 844});
+    if (await page.evaluate(() => document.documentElement.scrollWidth > innerWidth)) throw new Error("Pending Lark catalog overflows at 390px");
+    await page.screenshot({path: resolve(outputDir, "lark-catalog-pending-narrow.png"), animations: "disabled"});
+    await page.setViewportSize({width: 1512, height: 982});
+    releaseCatalog();
+    await appTab.getByText("3", {exact: true}).waitFor();
     const fast = page.locator(".personal-lark-app-card").filter({hasText: "fast 1"});
     await fast.getByText("自动回复可用", {exact: true}).waitFor();
     await page.locator(".personal-lark-app-card").filter({hasText: "slow 1"}).getByText("正在核验…", {exact: true}).waitFor();
@@ -52,12 +73,30 @@ async function verifyLarkLoading(browser, url, collectCoverage) {
     releaseSlow();
     await page.waitForTimeout(200);
     if (catalogs !== 2 || probes.length !== 6 || await page.getByText("slow 1", {exact: true}).count()) throw new Error("Late verification escaped its settings generation");
+    // A confirmed empty catalog is different from loading. It clears the old
+    // cards, schedules no health probes and can recover on the same page.
+    revision = 3;
+    await page.getByRole("button", {name: "刷新配置并重试核验", exact: true}).click();
+    await appTab.getByText("0", {exact: true}).waitFor();
+    await page.locator(".personal-lark-empty").waitFor();
+    if (await page.locator(".personal-lark-app-card").count() || catalogs !== 3 || probes.length !== 6) throw new Error("Empty catalog retained stale profiles or started verification");
+    // A failed read is unknown, never a confirmed zero; its visible error and
+    // retry stay available without retaining the previous directory's cards.
+    revision = 4;
+    await page.getByRole("button", {name: "刷新配置并重试核验", exact: true}).click();
+    await page.locator(".personal-notification-error").waitFor();
+    await page.screenshot({path: resolve(outputDir, "lark-catalog-failed.png"), animations: "disabled"});
+    if (await appTab.getByText("…", {exact: true}).count() !== 1 || (await page.locator(".personal-lark-app-toolbar > span").innerText()) !== "… 个可复用 App" || await page.locator(".personal-lark-empty, .personal-lark-app-card").count() || catalogs !== 4 || probes.length !== 6) throw new Error("Failed catalog masqueraded as an empty or stale directory");
+    revision = 5;
+    await page.getByRole("button", {name: "刷新配置并重试核验", exact: true}).click();
+    await page.locator(".personal-lark-app-card").filter({hasText: "slow 5"}).getByText("自动回复可用", {exact: true}).waitFor();
+    if (catalogs !== 5 || probes.length !== 9 || await page.locator(".personal-lark-empty, .personal-notification-error").count()) throw new Error("Failed catalog did not recover without duplicate reads");
     await page.setViewportSize({width: 390, height: 844});
     if (await page.evaluate(() => document.documentElement.scrollWidth > innerWidth)) throw new Error("Lark configuration overflows at 390px");
     await page.screenshot({path: resolve(outputDir, "lark-progressive-narrow.png"), animations: "disabled"});
     if (context.errors.some(error => !error.startsWith("Failed to load resource:"))) throw new Error(context.errors.join(" | "));
     return await context.close();
-  } catch (error) {releaseSlow(); await context.close(); throw error;}
+  } catch (error) {releaseCatalog(); releaseSlow(); await context.close(); throw error;}
 }
 
 // One Goal's lifecycle action must not send the rest of the workspace back to
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