diff --git a/demo/static/app.js b/demo/static/app.js
index 90a9399..89d86a6 100644
--- a/demo/static/app.js
+++ b/demo/static/app.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function render(state) {
         <small>${r.method} · cap ${stroops(r.max_spend_per_period)} (${xlm(r.max_spend_per_period)}) · max ${r.max_calls_per_period} calls</small>
       </article>`
     )
-    .join("");
+    .join("") || `<p class="empty">No policy rules installed.</p>`;
 
   $("market").innerHTML = (state.resources || [])
     .map(
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ function render(state) {
         <small>${r.price} stroops / call · ${xlm(r.price)}</small>
       </article>`
     )
-    .join("");
+    .join("") || `<p class="empty">Marketplace is empty.</p>`;
 
   $("bars").innerHTML = (state.rules || [])
     .map(
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function render(state) {
         <div class="bar"><i style="width:${Math.min(100, r.used_pct)}%"></i></div>
       </div>`
     )
-    .join("");
+    .join("") || `<p class="empty">No spend yet this period.</p>`;
 
   $("audit").innerHTML = (state.audit || [])
     .map((e) => {
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function render(state) {
       const extra = e.tx_hash ? ` tx ${e.tx_hash}` : "";
       return `<div class="row ${cls}"><span>${e.decision} · ${e.reason} · ${e.resource_id || "policy"} · ${e.amount} · rem ${e.remaining}${extra}</span><time>${relTime(e.ts)}</time></div>`;
     })
-    .join("");
+    .join("") || `<p class="empty">No auth_decision events yet.</p>`;
 }
 
 async function refresh() {
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ async function pay(id) {
 $("discover").onclick = discover;
 $("budget-btn").onclick = budget;
 $("reset").onclick = async () => {
+  if (!window.confirm("Reset the live pitch demo? Current spend and audit events will be wiped.")) {
+    return;
+  }
   await api("/api/reset", { method: "POST" });
   consoleEl.innerHTML = "";
   $("script").innerHTML = "Demo reset. Policy regenerated from 75 synthetic transactions.";
diff --git a/demo/static/styles.css b/demo/static/styles.css
index 68425af..99e3f4c 100644
--- a/demo/static/styles.css
+++ b/demo/static/styles.css
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ input {
 .err { color: var(--deny); }
 .dim { color: var(--muted); }
 
-.cards { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 8px; }
+.empty { color: var(--muted); font-size: 13px; padding: 8px 0; }
 .card {
   border: 1px solid var(--line);
   border-radius: 10px;
diff --git a/demo/tests/test_empty_reset.py b/demo/tests/test_empty_reset.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9aae8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/tests/test_empty_reset.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+
+
+def test_empty_states_and_reset_confirm():
+    js = (ROOT / "static" / "app.js").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    css = (ROOT / "static" / "styles.css").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert "No auth_decision events yet." in js
+    assert "Marketplace is empty." in js
+    assert "window.confirm" in js
+    assert ".empty" in css