diff --git a/web/src/components/community/CommunityFeedClient.test.tsx b/web/src/components/community/CommunityFeedClient.test.tsx
index c7d6442ef..4cc30904d 100644
--- a/web/src/components/community/CommunityFeedClient.test.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/community/CommunityFeedClient.test.tsx
@@ -232,3 +232,55 @@ describe("the wall's first paint", () => {
     expect(grid(container).style.getPropertyValue("--feed-slot")).toBe(`${MOBILE_FEED_VIEW.slot}px`);
   });
 });
+
+// "Liked" is the viewer's own list. Empty, it used to borrow the wall's panel
+// and say nobody had hung anything, over a wall that had thirty patterns.
+describe("an empty Liked tab", () => {
+  it("says nothing is liked yet and links back to the wall", () => {
+    search = new URLSearchParams("sort=liked");
+    render(<CommunityFeedClient items={[]} total={0} sort="liked" signedIn />);
+    expect(screen.getByText("You haven't liked a pattern yet.")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Press the heart on a pattern and it is kept here/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText("Nobody has hung anything here yet.")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("link", { name: /Pattern Lab/ })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole("link", { name: "Browse the wall →" })).toHaveAttribute(
+      "href",
+      "/community/patterns",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("drops only the filter when none of the likes is flashable", () => {
+    search = new URLSearchParams("sort=liked&hw=1");
+    render(<CommunityFeedClient items={[]} total={0} sort="liked" hardwareOnly signedIn />);
+    expect(screen.getByText("None of the patterns you liked is flashable yet.")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText("Nothing flashable yet.")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole("link", { name: "Every pattern you liked →" })).toHaveAttribute(
+      "href",
+      "/community/patterns?sort=liked",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("asks a signed-out visitor to sign in, and keeps the filter on the way back", () => {
+    search = new URLSearchParams("sort=liked&hw=1&page=2");
+    render(<CommunityFeedClient items={[]} total={0} sort="liked" hardwareOnly />);
+    expect(screen.getByText("Sign in to see the patterns you liked.")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole("link", { name: "Browse the wall →" })).toHaveAttribute(
+      "href",
+      "/community/patterns?hw=1",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("says a search ran over the likes only", () => {
+    search = new URLSearchParams("sort=liked&q=zzz");
+    render(<CommunityFeedClient items={[]} total={0} sort="liked" signedIn q="zzz" />);
+    expect(screen.getByText("Nothing matches “zzz”.")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Only the patterns you liked were searched/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("leaves the empty wall's own panel alone", () => {
+    search = new URLSearchParams();
+    render(<CommunityFeedClient items={[]} total={0} signedIn />);
+    expect(screen.getByText("Nobody has hung anything here yet.")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/Only the patterns you liked/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/web/src/components/community/CommunityFeedClient.tsx b/web/src/components/community/CommunityFeedClient.tsx
index 2813b7ca6..cdd11b0c0 100644
--- a/web/src/components/community/CommunityFeedClient.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/community/CommunityFeedClient.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 "use client";
 
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState, useTransition } from "react";
+import Link from "next/link";
 import { usePathname, useRouter, useSearchParams } from "next/navigation";
 import PatternCard, { PatternCardItem } from "./PatternCard";
-import FeedControls from "./FeedControls";
+import FeedControls, { feedHref } from "./FeedControls";
 import { COMMUNITY_FETCH_INIT, communityApiUrl } from "@/lib/community/apiBase";
 import {
   FEED_SLOT_KEY,
@@ -263,6 +264,8 @@ function FeedWall({
   const sentinelRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
 
   const isMobile = useIsMobile();
+  const pathname = usePathname();
+  const params = useSearchParams();
 
   // The zoom. Starts at the default for a hydration-stable first paint, then
   // adopts whatever this browser chose last time — a frame later, so the
@@ -519,12 +522,49 @@ function FeedWall({
           <span className={styles.emptyTitle}>Nothing matches “{searched}”.</span>
           <span className={styles.emptyBody}>
             Titles and handles are searched as typed. Start with @ to search handles only.
+            {sort === "liked" && " Only the patterns you liked were searched."}
             {hardwareOnly && " Only flashable patterns were searched — drop the filter to search all of them."}
           </span>
           <button type="button" className={styles.feedSearchClear} onClick={onClearSearch}>
             Clear search
           </button>
         </div>
+      ) : total === 0 && sort === "liked" ? (
+        // "Liked" lists the viewer's own hearts, not the wall. The wall's
+        // empty panel said nobody had hung anything over a wall of thirty
+        // patterns, and sent people to Pattern Lab for a list a heart fills.
+        <div className={styles.emptyPanel}>
+          <span className={styles.emptyKicker}>Patterns · liked</span>
+          <span className={styles.emptyTitle}>
+            {!signedIn
+              ? "Sign in to see the patterns you liked."
+              : hardwareOnly
+                ? "None of the patterns you liked is flashable yet."
+                : "You haven't liked a pattern yet."}
+          </span>
+          <span className={styles.emptyBody}>
+            {signedIn && hardwareOnly
+              ? "Drop the filter to see every pattern you liked."
+              : "Press the heart on a pattern and it is kept here, on any device you sign in from."}
+          </span>
+          {signedIn && hardwareOnly ? (
+            <Link
+              className={styles.emptyCta}
+              href={feedHref(pathname, params, { hw: null })}
+              scroll={false}
+            >
+              Every pattern you liked →
+            </Link>
+          ) : (
+            <Link
+              className={styles.emptyCta}
+              href={feedHref(pathname, params, { sort: null })}
+              scroll={false}
+            >
+              Browse the wall →
+            </Link>
+          )}
+        </div>
       ) : total === 0 ? (
         <div className={styles.emptyPanel}>
           <span className={styles.emptyKicker}>Patterns · empty</span>
diff --git a/web/src/components/community/FeedControls.tsx b/web/src/components/community/FeedControls.tsx
index cd553be67..cbfac40ea 100644
--- a/web/src/components/community/FeedControls.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/community/FeedControls.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,30 @@ const SORTS = [
   { id: "decks", label: "In decks" },
 ] as const;
 
+/** The wall's address with `patch` laid over its query, a null dropping the
+ *  key. The tabs below and the wall's empty panels both link this way. */
+export function feedHref(
+  pathname: string,
+  params: { toString(): string },
+  patch: Record<string, string | null>,
+): string {
+  const next = new URLSearchParams(params.toString());
+  // Parameters from the paged feed: page and size from 22 July 2026
+  // (e146de6), view from the Large/Small card toggle on 25 July (5e5d50c).
+  // Infinite scroll retired all three on 2 August (c4a57f1). A bookmark
+  // saved in those days still carries them, so every link followed from it
+  // drops them.
+  next.delete("page");
+  next.delete("size");
+  next.delete("view");
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(patch)) {
+    if (value === null) next.delete(key);
+    else next.set(key, value);
+  }
+  const query = next.toString();
+  return query ? `${pathname}?${query}` : pathname;
+}
+
 export default function FeedControls({
   sort,
   hardwareOnly,
@@ -46,23 +70,7 @@ export default function FeedControls({
   const pathname = usePathname();
   const params = useSearchParams();
 
-  const hrefWith = (patch: Record<string, string | null>) => {
-    const next = new URLSearchParams(params.toString());
-    // Parameters from the paged feed: page and size from 22 July 2026
-    // (e146de6), view from the Large/Small card toggle on 25 July (5e5d50c).
-    // Infinite scroll retired all three on 2 August (c4a57f1). A bookmark
-    // saved in those days still carries them, so every link followed from it
-    // drops them.
-    next.delete("page");
-    next.delete("size");
-    next.delete("view");
-    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(patch)) {
-      if (value === null) next.delete(key);
-      else next.set(key, value);
-    }
-    const query = next.toString();
-    return query ? `${pathname}?${query}` : pathname;
-  };
+  const hrefWith = (patch: Record<string, string | null>) => feedHref(pathname, params, patch);
 
   return (
     <div className={styles.feedControls}>