# X_TEST_ISLAND_STATES_EMPTY

## Means

an island state manifest declares no states

## Typical cause

`defineIslandStates` was given `states: []` — it parses, it registers and it expands to nothing, so the command that photographs it produces no file and exits 0, which is the one outcome a reader cannot tell from success

## Fix

in the states file the cause names add a state: `states: [{ id: 'empty', title: 'no rows yet', props: {} }]`

[Testing](/error-codes#testing)