diff --git a/libs/cypress/e2e/devices/approveEnrollmentRequest.cy.ts b/libs/cypress/e2e/devices/approveEnrollmentRequest.cy.ts
index 7c65670781..233c006c48 100644
--- a/libs/cypress/e2e/devices/approveEnrollmentRequest.cy.ts
+++ b/libs/cypress/e2e/devices/approveEnrollmentRequest.cy.ts
@@ -41,4 +41,21 @@ describe('Enrollment requests approval', () => {
     // NOTE: The ER will still appear in the device list as such.
     // To mock it properly, we'd need to remove it from the ER list, and add its equivalent item to the Device list.
   });
+
+  it('Pending enrollment requests remain visible while clearing an empty search result', () => {
+    cy.wait('@all-enrollment-requests');
+    devicesPage.firstEnrollmentRequestRow.should('be.visible');
+
+    devicesPage.enrollmentRequestSearchInput.type('fake');
+    cy.wait('@all-enrollment-requests');
+    devicesPage.pendingEnrollmentRequestsNoResults.should('be.visible');
+    devicesPage.firstEnrollmentRequestRow.should('not.exist');
+
+    devicesPage.enrollmentRequestSearchInput.clear();
+    devicesPage.pendingEnrollmentRequestsSection.should('be.visible');
+    devicesPage.pendingEnrollmentRequestsLoading.should('be.visible');
+
+    cy.wait('@all-enrollment-requests');
+    devicesPage.firstEnrollmentRequestRow.scrollIntoView().should('be.visible');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/libs/cypress/fixtures/enrollmentRequests/index.ts b/libs/cypress/fixtures/enrollmentRequests/index.ts
index f5c6845462..1e42ddd497 100644
--- a/libs/cypress/fixtures/enrollmentRequests/index.ts
+++ b/libs/cypress/fixtures/enrollmentRequests/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ConditionStatus, ConditionType } from '@flightctl/types';
+import { ConditionStatus, ConditionType, type EnrollmentRequest } from '@flightctl/types';
 import { API_VERSION } from '../../support/constants';
 
 const approvedErStatus = {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const approvedErStatus = {
   ],
 };
 
-const getErList = (onlyPending: boolean) =>
+const getErList = (onlyPending: boolean): EnrollmentRequest[] =>
   [
     {
       apiVersion: API_VERSION,
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ const getErList = (onlyPending: boolean) =>
       status: { conditions: [] },
     },
   ].filter((er) => {
-    return onlyPending ? er.status.conditions.length === 0 : true;
+    return onlyPending ? er.status?.conditions?.length === 0 : true;
   });
 
 export { getErList };
diff --git a/libs/cypress/pages/DevicesPage.ts b/libs/cypress/pages/DevicesPage.ts
index 6f6214e95d..c4ff050f3a 100644
--- a/libs/cypress/pages/DevicesPage.ts
+++ b/libs/cypress/pages/DevicesPage.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,26 @@ export class DevicesPage {
     return cy.get(`[data-testid=enrollment-request-0] button[aria-label="Kebab toggle"]`);
   }
 
+  get enrollmentRequestSearchInput() {
+    return cy.get('[data-testid="pending-enrollment-request-search-input"]');
+  }
+
+  get pendingEnrollmentRequestsSection() {
+    return cy.get('[data-testid="pending-enrollment-requests-section"]');
+  }
+
+  get pendingEnrollmentRequestsLoading() {
+    return cy.get('[data-testid="pending-enrollment-requests-loading"]');
+  }
+
+  get pendingEnrollmentRequestsNoResults() {
+    return this.pendingEnrollmentRequestsSection.contains('No results found');
+  }
+
+  get firstEnrollmentRequestRow() {
+    return cy.get('[data-testid="enrollment-request-0"]');
+  }
+
   enrollmentRequestKebabMenuAction(actionName: string) {
     return cy.get('[role="menuitem"]').contains(actionName);
   }
diff --git a/libs/cypress/support/interceptors/enrollmentRequests.ts b/libs/cypress/support/interceptors/enrollmentRequests.ts
index 1f113d9f41..c2bc57ccc2 100644
--- a/libs/cypress/support/interceptors/enrollmentRequests.ts
+++ b/libs/cypress/support/interceptors/enrollmentRequests.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,44 @@
 import { getErList } from '../../fixtures';
-import { EnrollmentRequest } from '@flightctl/types';
+import type { EnrollmentRequest, EnrollmentRequestList } from '@flightctl/types';
 import { API_VERSION } from '../constants';
 import { createListMatcher } from './matchers';
 
-const buildErResponse = (enrollmentRequests: EnrollmentRequest[]) => ({
+const UNFILTERED_RESPONSE_DELAY_MS = 1000;
+
+const buildErResponse = (enrollmentRequests: EnrollmentRequest[]): EnrollmentRequestList => ({
   apiVersion: API_VERSION,
   items: enrollmentRequests,
   kind: 'EnrollmentRequestList',
   metadata: {},
 });
 
+let shouldDelayNextUnfilteredPendingEnrollmentResponse = false;
+
 const loadInterceptors = () => {
   cy.intercept('GET', createListMatcher('enrollmentrequests'), (req) => {
-    const hasFieldSelector = req.url.includes('fieldSelector=');
-    req.reply({
-      body: buildErResponse(getErList(hasFieldSelector)),
-    });
+    const requestUrl = new URL(req.url);
+    const fieldSelector = requestUrl.searchParams.get('fieldSelector') || '';
+    const hasFieldSelector = !!fieldSelector;
+    const enrollmentRequests = filterEnrollmentRequests(getErList(hasFieldSelector), fieldSelector);
+    const body = buildErResponse(enrollmentRequests);
+
+    if (
+      shouldDelayNextUnfilteredPendingEnrollmentResponse &&
+      isUnfilteredPendingEnrollmentRequest(requestUrl, fieldSelector)
+    ) {
+      shouldDelayNextUnfilteredPendingEnrollmentResponse = false;
+      req.reply({
+        body,
+        delayMs: UNFILTERED_RESPONSE_DELAY_MS,
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (getNameSearch(fieldSelector) && enrollmentRequests.length === 0) {
+      shouldDelayNextUnfilteredPendingEnrollmentResponse = true;
+    }
+
+    req.reply({ body });
   }).as('all-enrollment-requests');
 
   cy.intercept('PUT', '/api/flightctl/api/v1/enrollmentrequests/*/approval', (req) => {
@@ -25,4 +48,29 @@ const loadInterceptors = () => {
   }).as('approve-enrollment-request');
 };
 
+const filterEnrollmentRequests = (
+  enrollmentRequests: EnrollmentRequest[],
+  fieldSelector: string,
+): EnrollmentRequest[] => {
+  const nameSearch = getNameSearch(fieldSelector);
+  if (!nameSearch) {
+    return enrollmentRequests;
+  }
+  return enrollmentRequests.filter((er) => er.metadata.name?.includes(nameSearch));
+};
+
+const getNameSearch = (fieldSelector: string): string | undefined => {
+  for (const selector of fieldSelector.split(',')) {
+    const match = selector.match(/^metadata\.name contains ([^,]+)$/);
+    if (match) {
+      return match[1];
+    }
+  }
+  return undefined;
+};
+
+const isUnfilteredPendingEnrollmentRequest = (requestUrl: URL, fieldSelector: string): boolean => {
+  return fieldSelector === '!status.approval.approved' && requestUrl.searchParams.get('limit') === '15';
+};
+
 export { loadInterceptors };
diff --git a/libs/ui-components/src/components/EnrollmentRequest/EnrollmentRequestList.tsx b/libs/ui-components/src/components/EnrollmentRequest/EnrollmentRequestList.tsx
index fe369cf946..e2b945258b 100644
--- a/libs/ui-components/src/components/EnrollmentRequest/EnrollmentRequestList.tsx
+++ b/libs/ui-components/src/components/EnrollmentRequest/EnrollmentRequestList.tsx
@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ const EnrollmentRequestList = ({ refetchDevices, isStandalone }: EnrollmentReque
     },
   });
 
-  // In non-standalone mode, hide the entire component when the search result is empty (and not due to filtering)
-  const isLastUnfilteredListEmpty = !search && itemCount === 0;
+  const isInitialUnfilteredLoad = !search && itemCount === 0 && isLoading;
+
+  // In non-standalone mode, hide the entire component when the unfiltered list is empty.
+  const isLastUnfilteredListEmpty = !search && itemCount === 0 && !isLoading;
   if (!isStandalone && isLastUnfilteredListEmpty) {
     return null;
   }
@@ -93,8 +95,13 @@ const EnrollmentRequestList = ({ refetchDevices, isStandalone }: EnrollmentReque
       title={t('Devices pending approval')}
       headingLevel="h2"
       description={t('Review and approve devices requesting to join your environment.')}
+      testId="pending-enrollment-requests-section"
     >
-      <ListPageBody error={error} loading={false}>
+      <ListPageBody
+        error={error}
+        loading={!isStandalone && isInitialUnfilteredLoad}
+        loadingTestId="pending-enrollment-requests-loading"
+      >
         <EnrollmentRequestTableToolbar search={search} setSearch={setSearch} enrollments={pendingEnrollments}>
           {(canApprove || canDelete) && (
             <ToolbarItem>
@@ -113,7 +120,7 @@ const EnrollmentRequestList = ({ refetchDevices, isStandalone }: EnrollmentReque
         </EnrollmentRequestTableToolbar>
         <Table
           aria-label={t('Table for devices pending approval')}
-          loading={!!isStandalone && isLoading && isLastUnfilteredListEmpty}
+          loading={!!isStandalone && isInitialUnfilteredLoad}
           columns={enrollmentColumns}
           emptyData={itemCount === 0}
           clearFilters={() => setSearch('')}
diff --git a/libs/ui-components/src/components/EnrollmentRequest/EnrollmentRequestTableToolbar.tsx b/libs/ui-components/src/components/EnrollmentRequest/EnrollmentRequestTableToolbar.tsx
index 8d44c7c174..de691206c5 100644
--- a/libs/ui-components/src/components/EnrollmentRequest/EnrollmentRequestTableToolbar.tsx
+++ b/libs/ui-components/src/components/EnrollmentRequest/EnrollmentRequestTableToolbar.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ const EnrollmentRequestTableToolbar = ({
       <ToolbarContent>
         <ToolbarGroup>
           <ToolbarItem>
-            <TableTextSearch value={search} setValue={setSearch} placeholder={t('Search by name')} />
+            <TableTextSearch
+              value={search}
+              setValue={setSearch}
+              placeholder={t('Search by name')}
+              inputProps={{ 'data-testid': 'pending-enrollment-request-search-input' }}
+            />
           </ToolbarItem>
         </ToolbarGroup>
         {children}
diff --git a/libs/ui-components/src/components/EnrollmentRequest/useEnrollmentRequests.ts b/libs/ui-components/src/components/EnrollmentRequest/useEnrollmentRequests.ts
index 3fb99ced1c..d7208a59df 100644
--- a/libs/ui-components/src/components/EnrollmentRequest/useEnrollmentRequests.ts
+++ b/libs/ui-components/src/components/EnrollmentRequest/useEnrollmentRequests.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export const usePendingEnrollments = (
     useTablePagination<EnrollmentRequestList>();
   const [pendingErEndpoint, isDebouncing] = useEnrollmentRequestsEndpoint({ search, nextContinue });
 
-  const [erList, isLoading, error, refetch] = useFetchPeriodically<EnrollmentRequestList>(
+  const [erList, isLoading, error, refetch, updating] = useFetchPeriodically<EnrollmentRequestList>(
     {
       endpoint: pendingErEndpoint,
     },
@@ -68,5 +68,5 @@ export const usePendingEnrollments = (
     [currentPage, setCurrentPage, itemCount],
   );
 
-  return [erList?.items || [], isLoading || isDebouncing, error, refetch, pagination];
+  return [erList?.items || [], isLoading || isDebouncing || updating, error, refetch, pagination];
 };
diff --git a/libs/ui-components/src/components/ListPage/ListPage.tsx b/libs/ui-components/src/components/ListPage/ListPage.tsx
index e0df64392e..2266e2ff30 100644
--- a/libs/ui-components/src/components/ListPage/ListPage.tsx
+++ b/libs/ui-components/src/components/ListPage/ListPage.tsx
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ type ListPageProps = {
   description?: string;
   headingLevel?: TitleProps['headingLevel'];
   children: React.ReactNode;
+  testId?: string;
 };
 
-const ListPage: React.FC<ListPageProps> = ({ title, description, headingLevel = 'h1', children }) => {
+const ListPage: React.FC<ListPageProps> = ({ title, description, headingLevel = 'h1', children, testId }) => {
   return (
-    <PageSection hasBodyWrapper={false}>
+    <PageSection hasBodyWrapper={false} data-testid={testId}>
       <Stack hasGutter>
         <StackItem>
           <Title headingLevel={headingLevel} size="3xl" data-testid="list-page-title">
diff --git a/libs/ui-components/src/components/ListPage/ListPageBody.tsx b/libs/ui-components/src/components/ListPage/ListPageBody.tsx
index 0ba5d434dc..3aefb2b378 100644
--- a/libs/ui-components/src/components/ListPage/ListPageBody.tsx
+++ b/libs/ui-components/src/components/ListPage/ListPageBody.tsx
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ type ListPageBodyProps = {
   error: unknown;
   loading: boolean;
   children: React.ReactNode;
+  loadingTestId?: string;
 };
 
-const ListPageBody: React.FC<ListPageBodyProps> = ({ error, loading, children }) => {
+const ListPageBody: React.FC<ListPageBodyProps> = ({ error, loading, children, loadingTestId }) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   if (error) {
     return (
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ const ListPageBody: React.FC<ListPageBodyProps> = ({ error, loading, children })
   if (loading) {
     return (
       <Bullseye>
-        <Spinner />
+        <Spinner data-testid={loadingTestId} />
       </Bullseye>
     );
   }