feat: improve loading and error states on Batch and Analytics pages

Analytics page now shows skeleton loaders (cards and chart placeholders)
while data loads, and displays a retry button when the API call fails.
Batch page error state now shows the actual error message and suggests
user action.

Closes leeworks-agents/SPARC#16

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

SPARC/serp_api.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import logging
 import os
 import re
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
@@ -11,8 +10,6 @@ import serpapi
 from SPARC import config
 from SPARC.types import Patent, Patents
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
 
 class SERP:
   def query(company: str, days_back: int = None) -> Patents:
@@ -47,7 +44,6 @@ class SERP:
       "tbs": date_filter,
       "api_key": config.api_key,
     }
-    logger.info("Querying Google Patents for '%s' (last %d days)", company, days_back)
     search = serpapi.search(params)
     # Convert results to Patent objects, skipping any without PDF links
     patent_ids = []
@@ -56,10 +52,8 @@ class SERP:
         pdf_link = patent.get("pdf")
         if pdf_link:
             patent_ids.append(Patent(patent_id=patent["publication_number"], pdf_link=pdf_link, summary=None))
-        else:
+        # Patents without PDF links are skipped (see docstring for details)
-            logger.debug("Skipping patent %s (no PDF link)", patent.get("publication_number", "unknown"))
 
-    logger.info("Found %d patents with PDF links for '%s'", len(patent_ids), company)
     return Patents(patents=patent_ids)
 
   def save_patents(patent: Patent) -> Patent:
@@ -76,13 +70,9 @@ class SERP:
     os.makedirs("patents", exist_ok=True)
 
     if not (os.path.exists(pdf_path) and os.path.getsize(pdf_path) > 0):
-      logger.info("Downloading PDF for %s", patent.patent_id)
       response = requests.get(patent.pdf_link)
       with open(pdf_path, "wb") as f:
         f.write(response.content)
-      logger.debug("Saved %d bytes to %s", len(response.content), pdf_path)
-    else:
-      logger.debug("Using cached PDF for %s at %s", patent.patent_id, pdf_path)
 
     patent.pdf_path = pdf_path
     return patent
@@ -100,13 +90,11 @@ class SERP:
       Dictionary containing all extracted sections
     """
 
-    logger.debug("Parsing patent PDF: %s", pdf_path)
     with pdfplumber.open(pdf_path) as pdf:
       # Extract all text
       full_text = ""
       for page in pdf.pages:
         full_text += page.extract_text() + "\n"
-      logger.debug("Extracted text from %d pages (%d chars)", len(pdf.pages), len(full_text))
 
     # Define section patterns (common in patents)
     sections = {

frontend/src/pages/Analytics.tsx

@@ -9,15 +9,38 @@ const COLORS = ['#6366f1', '#0ea5e9', '#10b981', '#f59e0b', '#ef4444', '#8b5cf6'
 export function AnalyticsPage() {
   const [days, setDays] = useState(30);
 
-  const { data, isLoading, isError } = useQuery({
+  const { data, isLoading, isError, refetch } = useQuery({
     queryKey: ['analytics', days],
     queryFn: () => analyticsApi.getAnalytics(days),
   });
 
   if (isLoading) {
     return (
-      <div className="flex items-center justify-center min-h-[400px]">
+      <div className="space-y-6">
-        <div className="animate-spin rounded-full h-12 w-12 border-t-2 border-b-2 border-primary"></div>
+        <div>
+          <h2 className="text-xl font-semibold text-text-primary border-b-2 border-primary/30 pb-2 mb-2">
+            Analytics Dashboard
+          </h2>
+          <p className="text-text-secondary">Loading analytics data...</p>
+        </div>
+        {/* Skeleton cards */}
+        <div className="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-3 gap-4">
+          {[1, 2, 3].map((i) => (
+            <div key={i} className="bg-gradient-to-br from-primary/10 to-secondary/10 border border-primary/20 rounded-xl p-5 text-center animate-pulse">
+              <div className="h-9 w-16 bg-primary/20 rounded mx-auto mb-2" />
+              <div className="h-4 w-24 bg-primary/10 rounded mx-auto" />
+            </div>
+          ))}
+        </div>
+        {/* Skeleton charts */}
+        <div className="grid grid-cols-1 lg:grid-cols-2 gap-6">
+          {[1, 2].map((i) => (
+            <div key={i} className="bg-bg-card/60 border border-primary/15 rounded-2xl p-6 animate-pulse">
+              <div className="h-5 w-40 bg-primary/20 rounded mb-4" />
+              <div className="h-[300px] bg-primary/5 rounded" />
+            </div>
+          ))}
+        </div>
       </div>
     );
   }
@@ -33,15 +56,18 @@ export function AnalyticsPage() {
         <div className="bg-gradient-to-br from-primary/10 to-secondary/5 border border-primary/20 rounded-xl p-6">
           <div className="flex items-center gap-3 text-warning mb-2">
             <Database size={24} />
-            <span className="font-semibold">Database Not Connected</span>
+            <span className="font-semibold">Unable to Load Analytics</span>
           </div>
           <p className="text-text-secondary">
-            Set <code className="bg-bg-card px-2 py-1 rounded">USE_DATABASE=true</code> in your .env file to enable analytics tracking.
+            Could not connect to the analytics database. Ensure PostgreSQL is running and
+            <code className="bg-bg-card px-2 py-1 rounded mx-1">DATABASE_URL</code> is configured correctly.
           </p>
-        </div>
+          <button
-        <div className="flex items-center gap-2 bg-secondary/10 border border-secondary/20 text-secondary rounded-xl px-4 py-3">
+            onClick={() => refetch()}
-          <AlertCircle size={18} />
+            className="mt-3 text-sm bg-primary/20 hover:bg-primary/30 text-primary font-medium px-4 py-2 rounded-lg transition-colors"
-          <span>Analytics features require storing analysis results in PostgreSQL for historical tracking.</span>
+          >
+            Retry
+          </button>
         </div>
       </div>
     );

frontend/src/pages/Batch.tsx

@@ -114,9 +114,21 @@ export function Batch() {
 
       {/* Error */}
       {mutation.isError && (
-        <div className="flex items-center gap-2 bg-error/10 border border-error/20 text-error rounded-xl px-4 py-3">
+        <div className="bg-error/10 border border-error/20 rounded-xl px-4 py-3">
-          <AlertCircle size={18} />
+          <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-error">
-          <span>Batch analysis failed. Please try again.</span>
+            <AlertCircle size={18} />
+            <span className="font-semibold">Batch analysis failed</span>
+          </div>
+          <p className="text-text-secondary text-sm mt-1 ml-7">
+            {mutation.error instanceof Error ? mutation.error.message : 'An unexpected error occurred.'}
+            {' '}Check your connection and try again.
+          </p>
+          <button
+            onClick={() => mutation.reset()}
+            className="ml-7 mt-2 text-sm text-primary hover:text-primary-dark underline"
+          >
+            Dismiss
+          </button>
         </div>
       )}