diff --git a/lib/core/ui/querya_shell_status.dart b/lib/core/ui/querya_shell_status.dart
index 9979ceca..0afdccad 100644
--- a/lib/core/ui/querya_shell_status.dart
+++ b/lib/core/ui/querya_shell_status.dart
@@ -85,6 +85,25 @@ class QueryaShellStatus extends ChangeNotifier {
     notifyListeners();
   }
 
+  /// Replaces the shown message and query metrics, for example with those of
+  /// the tab that has just been selected, or with a notice such as `Nothing to
+  /// run`. Nulls clear the field. While a query is running the busy message
+  /// owns the bar and this does nothing.
+  void setQueryMetrics({
+    String? message,
+    int? rowCount,
+    int? columnCount,
+    Duration? duration,
+  }) {
+    if (_isBusy) return;
+    _statusMessage = message;
+    _messageIsBusy = false;
+    _rowCount = rowCount;
+    _columnCount = columnCount;
+    _lastQueryDuration = duration;
+    notifyListeners();
+  }
+
   /// Clears busy + metrics (e.g. connection switch).
   void clear() {
     _isBusy = false;
diff --git a/lib/features/workspace/generic_sql_workspace.dart b/lib/features/workspace/generic_sql_workspace.dart
index 8b85d884..aab422a1 100644
--- a/lib/features/workspace/generic_sql_workspace.dart
+++ b/lib/features/workspace/generic_sql_workspace.dart
@@ -533,6 +533,31 @@ class GenericSqlWorkspaceState extends material.State<GenericSqlWorkspace> {
     });
   }
 
+  /// The status bar already shows the row and column counts on its right and
+  /// the result bar the row count: a plain `N row(s).` is not repeated there.
+  static String? _shellMessage(String? statusLine) =>
+      statusLine != null && RegExp(r'^\d+ row\(s\)\.$').hasMatch(statusLine)
+          ? null
+          : statusLine;
+
+  /// The tab whose numbers the status bar shows.
+  SqlQueryTabSession? _statusSession;
+
+  /// Shows the active tab's own numbers in the status bar (a tab that has not
+  /// run shows none).
+  void _publishActiveStatus() {
+    if (!mounted) return;
+    final session = _activeSession;
+    if (session.running) return;
+    final hasResult = session.columns.isNotEmpty || session.rows.isNotEmpty;
+    QueryaShellStatus.instance.setQueryMetrics(
+      message: _shellMessage(session.statusLine),
+      rowCount: hasResult ? session.rows.length : null,
+      columnCount: hasResult ? session.columns.length : null,
+      duration: session.elapsed,
+    );
+  }
+
   /// Runs the statement at the caret ([statementAtCursor]: the selection, or
   /// the one statement under the caret), or else the script: the selection, or
   /// the whole text. A script runs one statement at a time and stops at the
@@ -554,7 +579,11 @@ class GenericSqlWorkspaceState extends material.State<GenericSqlWorkspace> {
       selected: selected,
       caret: selection.isValid ? selection.baseOffset : scope.length,
     );
-    if (spans.isEmpty) return;
+    if (spans.isEmpty) {
+      // Say so: a silent Run on an empty editor reads as a broken button.
+      QueryaShellStatus.instance.setQueryMetrics(message: 'Nothing to run');
+      return;
+    }
     if (!mounted) return;
     final scopeStart = selected ? selection.start : 0;
     final texts = [for (final s in spans) s.textIn(scope)];
@@ -731,7 +760,7 @@ class GenericSqlWorkspaceState extends material.State<GenericSqlWorkspace> {
         duration: duration,
         rowCount: outRows.length,
         columnCount: cols.length,
-        message: session.statusLine,
+        message: _shellMessage(session.statusLine),
       );
 
       // One history entry per run, with the text that ran.
@@ -836,7 +865,10 @@ class GenericSqlWorkspaceState extends material.State<GenericSqlWorkspace> {
             ? selection.textInside(session.controller.text)
             : session.controller.text)
         .trim();
-    if (sql.isEmpty) return;
+    if (sql.isEmpty) {
+      QueryaShellStatus.instance.setQueryMetrics(message: 'Nothing to explain');
+      return;
+    }
 
     invalidatePane(session);
     setState(() {
@@ -1072,6 +1104,11 @@ class GenericSqlWorkspaceState extends material.State<GenericSqlWorkspace> {
 
   @override
   material.Widget build(material.BuildContext context) {
+    if (!identical(_statusSession, _activeSession)) {
+      _statusSession = _activeSession;
+      material.WidgetsBinding.instance
+          .addPostFrameCallback((_) => _publishActiveStatus());
+    }
     return Actions(
       actions: <Type, Action<Intent>>{
         NewSqlIntent: CallbackAction<NewSqlIntent>(
diff --git a/test/core/ui/querya_shell_status_test.dart b/test/core/ui/querya_shell_status_test.dart
index 85318a55..710af6c9 100644
--- a/test/core/ui/querya_shell_status_test.dart
+++ b/test/core/ui/querya_shell_status_test.dart
@@ -55,4 +55,38 @@ void main() {
 
     expect(status.statusMessage, '1 row(s).');
   });
+
+  test('setQueryMetrics replaces the numbers of the last run (#1479)', () {
+    status.reportQueryResult(
+      duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 48),
+      rowCount: 8,
+      columnCount: 6,
+      message: 'OK',
+    );
+
+    status.setQueryMetrics();
+
+    expect(status.statusMessage, isNull);
+    expect(status.rowCount, isNull);
+    expect(status.columnCount, isNull);
+    expect(status.lastQueryDuration, isNull);
+  });
+
+  test('setQueryMetrics shows a notice and drops the old counts (#1478)', () {
+    status.reportQueryResult(rowCount: 1, columnCount: 1, message: '1 row(s).');
+
+    status.setQueryMetrics(message: 'Nothing to run');
+
+    expect(status.statusMessage, 'Nothing to run');
+    expect(status.rowCount, isNull);
+  });
+
+  test('setQueryMetrics leaves a running query\'s busy message alone', () {
+    status.beginBusy(message: 'Running query…');
+
+    status.setQueryMetrics(message: 'Nothing to run');
+
+    expect(status.isBusy, isTrue);
+    expect(status.statusMessage, 'Running query…');
+  });
 }