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>

.env.example

@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ JWT_SECRET=your-secure-jwt-secret-change-in-production
 # When USE_CACHE=true: check database for cached responses before making API calls
 # When USE_CACHE=false: always make fresh API calls (still stores results in database)
 USE_CACHE=true
-
-# ---- Webhooks ----
-
-# Comma-separated list of webhook URLs for job completion and alert notifications
-# Supports generic HTTP POST and Slack/Discord incoming webhooks
-# WEBHOOK_URLS=https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXX,https://example.com/webhook

SPARC/api.py

@@ -519,25 +519,8 @@ def _run_batch_job(job_id: str, companies: list[str], max_workers: int):
             progress=100,
             result_json=_json.dumps(batch_response.model_dump(), default=str),
         )
-        # Fire webhook notification
-        from SPARC.webhooks import notify_job_completed
-        notify_job_completed(
-            job_id=job_id,
-            status="completed",
-            total_companies=result.total_companies,
-            successful=result.successful,
-            failed=result.failed,
-        )
     except Exception as e:
         db.update_job(job_id, status="failed", error=str(e))
-        from SPARC.webhooks import notify_job_completed
-        notify_job_completed(
-            job_id=job_id,
-            status="failed",
-            total_companies=len(companies),
-            successful=0,
-            failed=len(companies),
-        )
 
 
 @app.post("/analyze/batch/async", response_model=JobStatus, tags=["Analysis"])

SPARC/webhooks.py

@@ -1,139 +0,0 @@
-"""Webhook notifications for job completion and alert events.
-
-Sends JSON payloads to configured webhook URLs with retry logic.
-Supports generic HTTP POST and Slack-compatible text payloads.
-"""
-
-import logging
-import os
-import time
-from datetime import datetime
-from typing import Any
-
-import requests
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-# Comma-separated list of webhook URLs (env var based config)
-_WEBHOOK_URLS_RAW = os.getenv("WEBHOOK_URLS", "")
-WEBHOOK_URLS: list[str] = [
-    url.strip() for url in _WEBHOOK_URLS_RAW.split(",") if url.strip()
-]
-
-MAX_RETRIES = 3
-BACKOFF_BASE = 2  # seconds
-
-
-def _is_slack_url(url: str) -> bool:
-    """Check if a URL looks like a Slack incoming webhook."""
-    return "hooks.slack.com" in url or "discord.com/api/webhooks" in url
-
-
-def _build_payload(event_type: str, data: dict[str, Any], slack: bool = False) -> dict:
-    """Build the webhook payload.
-
-    Args:
-        event_type: Type of event (e.g., "job_completed", "alert")
-        data: Event-specific data
-        slack: If True, wrap in Slack-compatible ``text`` format
-
-    Returns:
-        JSON-serializable payload dict
-    """
-    payload = {
-        "event": event_type,
-        "timestamp": datetime.utcnow().isoformat() + "Z",
-        **data,
-    }
-
-    if slack:
-        # Build a human-readable summary for Slack/Discord
-        lines = [f"*[SPARC] {event_type}*"]
-        for key, value in data.items():
-            lines.append(f"  {key}: {value}")
-        return {"text": "\n".join(lines)}
-
-    return payload
-
-
-def _send_with_retry(url: str, payload: dict) -> bool:
-    """Send a POST request with exponential backoff retry.
-
-    Args:
-        url: Webhook URL
-        payload: JSON payload to send
-
-    Returns:
-        True if delivered successfully, False after all retries exhausted
-    """
-    for attempt in range(1, MAX_RETRIES + 1):
-        try:
-            response = requests.post(url, json=payload, timeout=10)
-            if response.status_code < 300:
-                logger.debug("Webhook delivered to %s (attempt %d)", url, attempt)
-                return True
-            logger.warning(
-                "Webhook %s returned %d (attempt %d/%d)",
-                url, response.status_code, attempt, MAX_RETRIES,
-            )
-        except requests.RequestException as e:
-            logger.warning(
-                "Webhook delivery failed for %s (attempt %d/%d): %s",
-                url, attempt, MAX_RETRIES, e,
-            )
-
-        if attempt < MAX_RETRIES:
-            wait = BACKOFF_BASE ** attempt
-            time.sleep(wait)
-
-    logger.error("Webhook permanently failed for %s after %d attempts", url, MAX_RETRIES)
-    return False
-
-
-def notify(event_type: str, data: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
-    """Fire all configured webhooks for an event.
-
-    Safe to call even when no webhooks are configured (returns immediately).
-
-    Args:
-        event_type: Event identifier (e.g., "job_completed", "patent_alert")
-        data: Event data to include in the payload
-    """
-    if not WEBHOOK_URLS:
-        return
-
-    for url in WEBHOOK_URLS:
-        slack = _is_slack_url(url)
-        payload = _build_payload(event_type, data, slack=slack)
-        _send_with_retry(url, payload)
-
-
-def notify_job_completed(
-    job_id: str,
-    status: str,
-    total_companies: int,
-    successful: int,
-    failed: int,
-) -> None:
-    """Send notification when a batch job completes."""
-    notify("job_completed", {
-        "job_id": job_id,
-        "status": status,
-        "total_companies": total_companies,
-        "successful": successful,
-        "failed": failed,
-        "summary": f"Batch job {job_id}: {successful}/{total_companies} succeeded",
-    })
-
-
-def notify_alert(
-    company_name: str,
-    alert_type: str,
-    message: str,
-) -> None:
-    """Send notification for a tracked company alert."""
-    notify("patent_alert", {
-        "company_name": company_name,
-        "alert_type": alert_type,
-        "message": message,
-    })

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>
       )}