diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.html
index 8d0ce0547..aca9fd72e 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
         <div ngbDropdownMenu aria-labelledby="suggestionsDropdown" class="shadow suggestions-dropdown">
           <div class="list-group list-group-flush small pb-0">
-            @if (novelSuggestions === 0 && reusableSuggestions === 0) {
+            @if (novelSuggestions === 0 && fieldSuggestions === 0) {
               <div class="list-group-item text-muted fst-italic">
                 <small class="text-muted small fst-italic" i18n>No novel suggestions</small>
               </div>
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
                 <button type="button" class="list-group-item list-group-item-action bg-light" (click)="addCorrespondent.emit(correspondent)">{{ correspondent }}</button>
               }
             }
-            @if (reusableSuggestions > 0) {
+            @if (fieldSuggestions > 0) {
               <div class="list-group-item text-muted fst-italic">
-                <small class="text-muted small fst-italic" i18n>{reusableSuggestions, plural, =1 {1 existing value suggested below} other {{{reusableSuggestions}} existing values suggested below}}</small>
+                <small class="text-muted small fst-italic" i18n>{fieldSuggestions, plural, =1 {1 suggestion available below} other {{{fieldSuggestions}} suggestions available below}}</small>
               </div>
             }
           </div>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.spec.ts
index b43c0cba7..7dfaf376f 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.spec.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ describe('SuggestionsDropdownComponent', () => {
     fixture.detectChanges()
 
     expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toContain(
-      '2 existing values suggested below'
+      '2 suggestions available below'
     )
     expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).not.toContain(
       'No novel suggestions'
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ describe('SuggestionsDropdownComponent', () => {
     expect(component.totalSuggestions).toBe(4)
     expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toContain('Arbitration')
     expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toContain(
-      '2 existing values suggested below'
+      '2 suggestions available below'
     )
   })
 
@@ -125,10 +125,33 @@ describe('SuggestionsDropdownComponent', () => {
     })
 
     expect(component.novelSuggestions).toBe(0)
-    expect(component.totalSuggestions).toBe(5)
+    expect(component.totalSuggestions).toBe(6)
 
     fixture.componentRef.setInput('appliedStoragePath', 7)
-    expect(component.totalSuggestions).toBe(4)
+    expect(component.totalSuggestions).toBe(5)
+  })
+
+  it('should count title and dates as field suggestions without calling them existing values', () => {
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('aiEnabled', true)
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('fetchedSources', [SuggestionSource.ML])
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('suggestions', {
+      title: 'Suggested title',
+      dates: ['2026-01-04', '2026-02-01', '2026-03-01'],
+      correspondents: [1, 2, 3, 4],
+      document_types: [1, 2, 3, 4],
+      tags: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8],
+    })
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+    component.clickSuggest()
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+
+    expect(component.reusableSuggestions).toBe(16)
+    expect(component.fieldSuggestions).toBe(20)
+    expect(component.totalSuggestions).toBe(20)
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toContain(
+      '20 suggestions available below'
+    )
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).not.toContain('existing value')
   })
 
   it('should show when a completed request returned no suggestions', () => {
@@ -145,6 +168,28 @@ describe('SuggestionsDropdownComponent', () => {
     expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toContain('No suggestions')
   })
 
+  it('should wait for all pending responses before showing the empty state', () => {
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('aiEnabled', true)
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('source', SuggestionSource.Both)
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('fetchedSources', [SuggestionSource.ML])
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('suggestions', { tags: [] })
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('loading', true)
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+
+    expect(component.noSuggestions).toBeFalsy()
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).not.toContain('No suggestions')
+    expect(
+      fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('[role="status"]')
+    ).not.toBeNull()
+
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('loading', false)
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+
+    expect(component.noSuggestions).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toContain('No suggestions')
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('[role="status"]')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
   it('should not show the empty state before a request or with suggestions', () => {
     expect(component.noSuggestions).toBeFalsy()
 
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.ts
index 1a525f131..6290e4867 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,15 @@ export class SuggestionsDropdownComponent {
   }
 
   get totalSuggestions(): number {
-    return this.novelSuggestions + this.reusableSuggestions
+    return this.novelSuggestions + this.fieldSuggestions
+  }
+
+  get fieldSuggestions(): number {
+    return (
+      this.reusableSuggestions +
+      (this.suggestions()?.title ? 1 : 0) +
+      (this.suggestions()?.dates?.length ?? 0)
+    )
   }
 
   private countUnapplied(suggested: number[], applied: number[]): number {
@@ -139,6 +147,7 @@ export class SuggestionsDropdownComponent {
   get noSuggestions(): boolean {
     const suggestions = this.suggestions()
     return (
+      !this.loading() &&
       suggestions != null &&
       !suggestions.title &&
       !suggestions.tags?.length &&