Empty state — Offline notice with saved-content rail

An unavailable live view offers reconnect actions beside locally saved content. Use when people can still open a small set of cached records.

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Component.tsx74 lines

export default function EmptyStateOfflineCache() {
  return (
    <section className="bg-white text-neutral-900">
      <div className="mx-auto max-w-6xl px-6 py-16 sm:py-24">
        <div className="grid items-start gap-12 lg:grid-cols-2">
          <div>
            <span className="inline-flex items-center rounded-full border border-neutral-300 px-2.5 py-0.5 text-xs font-medium">
              Offline
            </span>
            <div className="mt-4">
              <div>
                <h1 className="text-3xl font-semibold tracking-tight text-balance sm:text-4xl">
                  Live content is unavailable
                </h1>
                <p className="mt-4 max-w-2xl text-lg text-pretty text-neutral-600">
                  Explain that the connection is interrupted and updates are
                  paused.
                </p>
              </div>
            </div>
            <div className="mt-8">
              <a
                href="#"
                className="inline-flex h-11 items-center justify-center rounded-md bg-neutral-900 px-5 text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-neutral-700 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-neutral-900"
              >
                Try reconnecting
              </a>
            </div>
            <p className="mt-4 text-sm text-neutral-500">
              Last synced at <time dateTime="2026-10-11T09:20:00">09:20</time>.
            </p>
          </div>
          <aside className="min-w-0 rounded-lg border border-neutral-200 bg-white p-6">
            <h2 className="text-lg font-semibold">Saved content</h2>
            <p className="mt-2 text-sm text-neutral-600">
              These copies are available while offline.
            </p>
            <ul role="list" className="mt-4">
              <li className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-4 border-t border-neutral-200 py-4">
                <div>
                  <h3 className="text-sm font-semibold">Record label</h3>
                  <p className="mt-1 text-xs text-neutral-500">Saved 09:20</p>
                </div>
                <a
                  href="#"
                  aria-label="Open saved copy of record label"
                  className="font-medium text-neutral-900 underline underline-offset-4 hover:text-neutral-600 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-neutral-900"
                >
                  Open saved copy
                </a>
              </li>
              <li className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-4 border-t border-neutral-200 py-4">
                <div>
                  <h3 className="text-sm font-semibold">Collection label</h3>
                  <p className="mt-1 text-xs text-neutral-500">Saved 08:45</p>
                </div>
                <a
                  href="#"
                  aria-label="Open saved copy of collection label"
                  className="font-medium text-neutral-900 underline underline-offset-4 hover:text-neutral-600 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-neutral-900"
                >
                  Open saved copy
                </a>
              </li>
            </ul>
            <p className="mt-4 text-sm text-neutral-500">
              Changes may be unavailable until reconnection.
            </p>
          </aside>
        </div>
      </div>
    </section>
  )
}

Pattern notes

When to use: Use when offline operation can expose saved copies. Choose empty-state-error-retry for an error without cached content. Variations: list a saved report, include cache age, or add a help link.
Hierarchy: The Offline badge precedes the h1 and reconnect action. Saved content is secondary but actionable. Each repeated Open action names its item. Heading up to 6 words, lede 18, saved labels 4 and final note 10.
Responsive: Below 1024px saved content follows the notice. Row actions wrap beneath copy when needed. Heading size and padding increase at sm.
Layout: White section with a 1152px max-w-6xl container, 24px side gutters and 64px vertical padding, increasing to 96px at 640px. Equal columns at lg use 48px gaps. The notice is unboxed while the p-6 saved-content card holds two divided rows with 16px vertical padding. Each row pairs a name/timestamp with an underlined action.
States: The reconnect and saved-copy actions expose 2px keyboard-focus outlines. Offline is written text, so state does not rely on color. Cache lookup and connection detection require application integration; the example shows a fixed offline state.

Desktop wireframe

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│[Offline]                         Saved content               │
│Live content is unavailable       Offline access note         │
│Connection explanation            Record label                │
│[Try reconnecting]                Saved 09:20 [Open copy]     │
│Last synced 09:20                 Collection label            │
│                                  Saved 08:45 [Open copy]     │
│                                  Offline editing note        │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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Empty state — Offline notice with saved-content rail

Pattern notes

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