diff --git a/resources/js/canvas/environment/Zone.svelte b/resources/js/canvas/environment/Zone.svelte
index cff405a1fb..a4f65a3b7e 100644
--- a/resources/js/canvas/environment/Zone.svelte
+++ b/resources/js/canvas/environment/Zone.svelte
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         {#if zone.ip}
           <button
             type="button"
-            class="truncate font-mono text-[11px] text-neutral-400 hover:text-neutral-600 dark:text-fg-faint dark:hover:text-fg-dim"
+            class="shrink-0 font-mono text-[11px] text-neutral-400 hover:text-neutral-600 dark:text-fg-faint dark:hover:text-fg-dim"
             title={showIp ? 'Hide IP address' : 'Show IP address'}
             onpointerdown={e => e.stopPropagation()}
             onclick={() => (showIp = !showIp)}
diff --git a/resources/js/environment-canvas.js b/resources/js/environment-canvas.js
index 1d29816809..3e4311726b 100644
--- a/resources/js/environment-canvas.js
+++ b/resources/js/environment-canvas.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export const ZONE_GAP = 72;
 export const ZONE_PADDING = 24;
 export const ZONE_HEADER = 40;
 export const SERVER_ZONE_HEADER = 68; // server canvas: a second header row with host facts, proxy and usage
+export const SERVER_ZONE_MIN_WIDTH = 560; // server canvas: room for the header (name, IP, status, host facts) above one card
 export const MAX_CHILDREN = 5;
 export const MAX_ROWS = 6; // auto placement wraps a type into another column after this many cards
 export const NO_SERVER = 'No server';
@@ -414,7 +415,7 @@ export function zoneBoxes(graph, positions, sizes = {}) {
       nodes: group.nodes.map(n => n.id),
       x: minX - ZONE_PADDING,
       y: minY - ZONE_PADDING - zoneHeader(group.zone),
-      width: maxX - minX + ZONE_PADDING * 2,
+      width: Math.max(maxX - minX + ZONE_PADDING * 2, group.zone?.details ? SERVER_ZONE_MIN_WIDTH : 0),
       height: maxY - minY + ZONE_PADDING * 2 + zoneHeader(group.zone),
     });
   }
@@ -541,10 +542,10 @@ export function fitView(bounds, area, readable = false) {
   return { z, x: x - bounds.minX * z, y: y - bounds.minY * z };
 }
 
-/** Resource cards per status tone ({ok, warn, bad, busy, idle}); unmanaged containers are not counted. */
+/** Resource cards per status tone ({ok, warn, bad, busy, idle}); unmanaged containers and placeholder cards are not counted. */
 export function statusSummary(nodes) {
   const out = { ok: 0, warn: 0, bad: 0, busy: 0, idle: 0 };
-  for (const n of nodes || []) if (n.type !== 'container' && !isSource(n)) out[statusTone(n.status)]++;
+  for (const n of nodes || []) if (n.type !== 'container' && n.type !== 'empty' && !isSource(n)) out[statusTone(n.status)]++;
   return out;
 }
 
diff --git a/resources/js/environment-canvas.test.js b/resources/js/environment-canvas.test.js
index 6786d577af..e88dcd9904 100644
--- a/resources/js/environment-canvas.test.js
+++ b/resources/js/environment-canvas.test.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   MAX_ROWS,
   COLUMN_GAP,
   ROW_GAP,
+  SERVER_ZONE_MIN_WIDTH,
   ZONE_HEADER,
   ZONE_PADDING,
   ZONE_GAP,
@@ -130,6 +131,13 @@ test('zone boxes wrap their cards with padding and header', () => {
   );
 });
 
+test('server canvas zone boxes are wide enough for their header, also with one card', () => {
+  const g = graph([node('a', 'application', 's1')], { zones: [{ id: 's1', name: 'One', details: {} }] });
+  const [box] = zoneBoxes(g, { a: { x: 0, y: 0 } }, { a: { width: 260, height: 100 } });
+  assert.equal(box.x, -ZONE_PADDING);
+  assert.equal(box.width, SERVER_ZONE_MIN_WIDTH);
+});
+
 test('zone boxes skip zones without cards', () => {
   assert.deepEqual(zoneBoxes(graph([node('a', 'application', 's2')]), { a: { x: 0, y: 0 } }).map(b => b.id), ['s2']);
 });
@@ -385,12 +393,13 @@ test('server view: saved groups of different environments that would overlap are
   assert.ok(Math.abs(p.x - s.x) >= CARD_WIDTH || Math.abs(p.y - s.y) >= estimateNodeHeight(g.nodes[0]), 'the groups do not cover each other');
 });
 
-test('status summary counts resources by tone, without unmanaged containers', () => {
+test('status summary counts resources by tone, without unmanaged containers and placeholder cards', () => {
   const nodes = [
     node('a', 'application', 'z', { status: 'running:healthy' }),
     node('b', 'database', 'z', { status: 'exited:unhealthy' }),
     node('c', 'service', 'z', { status: 'exited' }),
     node('container:1', 'container', 'z', { status: 'exited' }),
+    node('empty:1', 'empty', 'z', { status: null }),
   ];
   assert.deepEqual(statusSummary(nodes), { ok: 1, warn: 0, bad: 2, busy: 0, idle: 0 });
   assert.equal(statusWord('exited:unhealthy'), 'Exited');