diff --git a/src/components/Debug/DevControls.vue b/src/components/Debug/DevControls.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85e6e69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Debug/DevControls.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<template>
+  <div class="flex flex-wrap justify-center items-center gap-2 text-xs">
+    <TimeOffsetSelector />
+
+    <label class="flex items-center gap-2 bg-zinc-700 p-1 rounded-sm">
+      <span class="bg-zinc-500 rounded-sm font-semibold px-1">Page state</span>
+      <select v-model="preview.mode" class="bg-zinc-800">
+        <option value="live">Live data</option>
+        <option value="loading">Loading</option>
+        <option value="empty">Empty</option>
+        <option value="error">Error</option>
+      </select>
+    </label>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import TimeOffsetSelector from './TimeOffsetSelector.vue';
+import { usePagePreviewStore } from '@/stores/pagePreview.mjs';
+
+const preview = usePagePreviewStore();
+</script>
diff --git a/src/components/loading/PageDataState.vue b/src/components/loading/PageDataState.vue
index f80a054..5a88052 100644
--- a/src/components/loading/PageDataState.vue
+++ b/src/components/loading/PageDataState.vue
@@ -27,16 +27,33 @@
 <script setup>
 import { computed } from 'vue';
 import PageSkeleton from './PageSkeleton.vue';
+import { usePagePreviewStore } from '@/stores/pagePreview.mjs';
 
 const props = defineProps({
   sources: { type: Array, required: true },
   variant: { type: String, required: true },
 });
 
-const ready = computed(() => props.sources.every(source => source.data !== null));
-const failed = computed(() => props.sources.some(source => source.data === null && source.error));
+const preview = import.meta.env.DEV ? usePagePreviewStore() : null;
+
+const ready = computed(() => {
+  if (import.meta.env.DEV && ['loading', 'error'].includes(preview.mode)) return false;
+
+  return props.sources.every(source => source.data !== null);
+});
+
+const failed = computed(() => {
+  if (import.meta.env.DEV && preview.mode === 'loading') return false;
+  if (import.meta.env.DEV && preview.mode === 'error') return true;
+
+  return props.sources.some(source => source.data === null && source.error);
+});
 
 function retry() {
+  if (import.meta.env.DEV && preview.mode === 'error') {
+    preview.mode = 'live';
+  }
+
   for (const source of props.sources) {
     if (source.data === null) source.update();
   }
diff --git a/src/layouts/MainLayout.vue b/src/layouts/MainLayout.vue
index 3e78aa8..302d069 100644
--- a/src/layouts/MainLayout.vue
+++ b/src/layouts/MainLayout.vue
@@ -50,20 +50,23 @@
       </div>
     </div>
 
-    <TimeOffsetSelector v-if="isDev" class="mb-4" />
+    <DevControls v-if="isDev" class="mb-4" />
   </main>
 </template>
 
 <script setup>
+import { defineAsyncComponent } from 'vue';
 import NavButtons from '@/components/NavButtons.vue';
 import LanguageButton from '@/components/LanguageButton.vue';
-import TimeOffsetSelector from '@/components/Debug/TimeOffsetSelector.vue';
 
 const props = defineProps({
   title: String,
 });
 
 const isDev = import.meta.env.DEV;
+const DevControls = import.meta.env.DEV
+  ? defineAsyncComponent(() => import('@/components/Debug/DevControls.vue'))
+  : null;
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
diff --git a/src/stores/data.mjs b/src/stores/data.mjs
index 9141e8d..595cd85 100644
--- a/src/stores/data.mjs
+++ b/src/stores/data.mjs
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 import { acceptHMRUpdate, defineStore } from 'pinia';
 import { computed, ref, shallowRef } from 'vue';
+import { getEmptyPreviewData, usePagePreviewStore } from './pagePreview.mjs';
 
 // Endpoint store definition (used for each individual data endpoint)
 function defineEndpointStore(id, endpoint, transform = null) {
   return defineStore(`data/${id}`, () => {
-    const data = shallowRef(null);
+    const loadedData = shallowRef(null);
+    const preview = import.meta.env.DEV ? usePagePreviewStore() : null;
+    const data = import.meta.env.DEV
+      ? computed(() => preview.mode === 'empty' ? getEmptyPreviewData(id) : loadedData.value)
+      : loadedData;
     const isUpdating = ref(false);
     const error = ref(null);
     let pending;
@@ -50,11 +55,11 @@ function defineEndpointStore(id, endpoint, transform = null) {
         throw new Error('Missing data payload');
       }
 
-      data.value = json;
+      loadedData.value = json;
       error.value = null;
     }
 
-    return { data, update, setData, isUpdating, error };
+    return { data, loadedData, update, setData, isUpdating, error };
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/stores/pagePreview.mjs b/src/stores/pagePreview.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70a43c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stores/pagePreview.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { defineStore } from 'pinia';
+
+export const usePagePreviewStore = import.meta.env.DEV
+  ? defineStore('debug/pagePreview', {
+    state: () => ({ mode: 'live' }),
+  })
+  : null;
+
+const emptyData = {
+  schedules: {
+    currentFest: null,
+    regularSchedules: { nodes: [] },
+    bankaraSchedules: { nodes: [] },
+    xSchedules: { nodes: [] },
+    festSchedules: { nodes: [] },
+    eventSchedules: { nodes: [] },
+    vsStages: { nodes: [] },
+    coopGroupingSchedule: {
+      regularSchedules: { nodes: [] },
+      bigRunSchedules: { nodes: [] },
+      teamContestSchedules: { nodes: [] },
+    },
+  },
+  gear: { gesotown: { pickupBrand: null, limitedGears: [] } },
+  coop: { coopResult: { monthlyGear: null } },
+  festivals: {},
+};
+
+export function getEmptyPreviewData(endpoint) {
+  return emptyData[endpoint];
+}
diff --git a/src/stores/pagePreview.test.mjs b/src/stores/pagePreview.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cad69f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stores/pagePreview.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { createPinia, setActivePinia } from 'pinia';
+import { useGearDataStore, useSchedulesDataStore } from './data.mjs';
+import { usePagePreviewStore } from './pagePreview.mjs';
+import { useGearStore } from './gear.mjs';
+import {
+  useRegularSchedulesStore,
+  useAnarchySeriesSchedulesStore,
+  useAnarchyOpenSchedulesStore,
+  useXSchedulesStore,
+  useEventSchedulesStore,
+  useSalmonRunSchedulesStore,
+  useEggstraWorkSchedulesStore,
+} from './schedules.mjs';
+import { useUSSplatfestsStore } from './splatfests.mjs';
+
+describe('page state preview', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    setActivePinia(createPinia());
+  });
+
+  it('provides valid empty results for every data page before requests complete', () => {
+    usePagePreviewStore().mode = 'empty';
+
+    expect(useGearDataStore().data).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(useSchedulesDataStore().data).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(useGearStore().dailyDropBrand).toBeNull();
+    expect(useGearStore().regularGear).toEqual([]);
+    expect(useUSSplatfestsStore().festivals).toEqual([]);
+
+    const scheduleStores = [
+      useRegularSchedulesStore,
+      useAnarchySeriesSchedulesStore,
+      useAnarchyOpenSchedulesStore,
+      useXSchedulesStore,
+      useEventSchedulesStore,
+      useSalmonRunSchedulesStore,
+      useEggstraWorkSchedulesStore,
+    ];
+
+    for (const useStore of scheduleStores) {
+      expect(useStore().currentSchedules).toEqual([]);
+      expect(useStore().activeSchedule).toBeUndefined();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('holds the empty preview through data updates and restores the latest live data', () => {
+    const preview = usePagePreviewStore();
+    const gear = useGearDataStore();
+    gear.setData({ data: { version: 1 } });
+
+    preview.mode = 'empty';
+    gear.setData({ data: { version: 2 } });
+    expect(gear.data.gesotown.limitedGears).toEqual([]);
+
+    preview.mode = 'live';
+    expect(gear.data).toEqual({ version: 2 });
+  });
+
+  it('restores the pending state when leaving an empty preview without live data', () => {
+    const preview = usePagePreviewStore();
+    const gear = useGearDataStore();
+
+    preview.mode = 'empty';
+    expect(gear.data).not.toBeNull();
+
+    preview.mode = 'live';
+    expect(gear.data).toBeNull();
+    expect(gear.error).toBeNull();
+  });
+});