diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/features/proxmox/ProxmoxPageSurface.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/features/proxmox/ProxmoxPageSurface.tsx
index e80756ebd..b74e461b8 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/features/proxmox/ProxmoxPageSurface.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/features/proxmox/ProxmoxPageSurface.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import { getPlatformIcon } from '@/features/platformPage/platformIcon';
 import { PlatformOutdatedAgentNotice } from '@/features/platformPage/PlatformOutdatedAgentNotice';
 import { usePersistentSignal } from '@/hooks/usePersistentSignal';
 import { STORAGE_KEYS } from '@/utils/localStorage';
-import { resourceMatchesSearch } from '@/utils/resourceSearchMatch';
 import {
   PlatformErrorState,
   PlatformSectionTabs,
@@ -41,6 +40,7 @@ import {
   PROXMOX_TAB_SPECS,
   buildProxmoxPageModel,
   buildVisibleProxmoxTabSpecs,
+  filterProxmoxNodesForSearch,
   type ProxmoxPageModel,
   type ProxmoxPageTabId,
 } from './proxmoxPageModel';
@@ -247,11 +247,13 @@ function ProxmoxOverview(props: ProxmoxOverviewProps) {
       workloadsState.surfaceInitialDataReceived() &&
       workloadsState.allGuests().length > 0,
   );
-  const filteredNodes = createMemo(() => {
-    const term = workloadsState.search();
-    if (!term.trim()) return props.model().pveNodes;
-    return props.model().pveNodes.filter((node) => resourceMatchesSearch(node, term));
-  });
+  const filteredNodes = createMemo(() =>
+    filterProxmoxNodesForSearch(
+      props.model().pveNodes,
+      props.model().guests,
+      workloadsState.search(),
+    ),
+  );
 
   return (
     <div class="space-y-4">
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/features/proxmox/__tests__/proxmoxPageModel.test.ts b/frontend-modern/src/features/proxmox/__tests__/proxmoxPageModel.test.ts
index ff9f8664a..5f2fd436d 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/features/proxmox/__tests__/proxmoxPageModel.test.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/features/proxmox/__tests__/proxmoxPageModel.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   PROXMOX_TAB_SPECS,
   buildProxmoxPageModel,
   buildVisibleProxmoxTabSpecs,
+  filterProxmoxNodesForSearch,
   getResourceVersion,
   resolveProxmoxPlatformScope,
 } from '../proxmoxPageModel';
@@ -31,6 +32,44 @@ describe('proxmoxPageModel', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  describe('filterProxmoxNodesForSearch', () => {
+    const minipc = makeResource({
+      id: 'minipc',
+      type: 'agent',
+      proxmox: { nodeName: 'minipc', clusterName: 'homelab' },
+    });
+    const delly = makeResource({
+      id: 'delly',
+      type: 'agent',
+      proxmox: { nodeName: 'delly', clusterName: 'homelab' },
+    });
+    const debianGo = makeResource({
+      id: 'system-container-112',
+      type: 'system-container',
+      name: 'debian-go',
+      proxmox: { vmid: 112, nodeName: 'minipc' },
+    });
+
+    it('returns every node when the search term is empty', () => {
+      expect(filterProxmoxNodesForSearch([minipc, delly], [debianGo], '')).toEqual([
+        minipc,
+        delly,
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('keeps the host node of a matching guest so a guest search does not empty the nodes table', () => {
+      // Regression: searching a guest name used to filter the nodes table to
+      // nothing, surfacing the "No Proxmox VE nodes" empty state even though the
+      // guest's host node exists and the guest is listed below.
+      const result = filterProxmoxNodesForSearch([minipc, delly], [debianGo], 'debian-go');
+      expect(result).toEqual([minipc]);
+    });
+
+    it('still matches a node by its own name', () => {
+      expect(filterProxmoxNodesForSearch([minipc, delly], [debianGo], 'delly')).toEqual([delly]);
+    });
+  });
+
   it('builds a Proxmox-first estate model from canonical v6 resources', () => {
     const model = buildProxmoxPageModel([
       makeResource({
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/features/proxmox/proxmoxPageModel.ts b/frontend-modern/src/features/proxmox/proxmoxPageModel.ts
index a67cdfc71..5212d109a 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/features/proxmox/proxmoxPageModel.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/features/proxmox/proxmoxPageModel.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { Resource, ResourceMetric, ResourceType } from '@/types/resource';
 import type { ResourceChange } from '@/types/resource';
 import { formatProxmoxVersion } from '@/utils/proxmoxVersion';
+import { resourceMatchesSearch } from '@/utils/resourceSearchMatch';
 
 export type ProxmoxPageTabId = 'overview' | 'storage' | 'replication' | 'backups' | 'ceph' | 'mail';
 
@@ -175,6 +176,32 @@ export function getResourceNodeName(resource: Resource): string {
   );
 }
 
+// filterProxmoxNodesForSearch narrows the nodes table to match the shared
+// workload search box. Because that box is a VM/LXC filter, filtering nodes by
+// the raw term alone collapses the table to its empty state whenever the term
+// matches a guest but not a node name — which misreads as "no Proxmox nodes"
+// while the matching guest is listed right below. Keep a node when it matches
+// the term directly OR when it hosts a guest that matches, so a guest search
+// still shows that guest's host node for context.
+export function filterProxmoxNodesForSearch(
+  nodes: Resource[],
+  guests: Resource[],
+  term: string,
+): Resource[] {
+  if (!term.trim()) return nodes;
+  const matchingGuestNodeNames = new Set(
+    guests
+      .filter((guest) => resourceMatchesSearch(guest, term))
+      .map((guest) => getResourceNodeName(guest))
+      .filter(Boolean),
+  );
+  return nodes.filter(
+    (node) =>
+      resourceMatchesSearch(node, term) ||
+      matchingGuestNodeNames.has(getResourceNodeName(node)),
+  );
+}
+
 export function getResourceVmid(resource: Resource): string {
   const vmid = resource.proxmox?.vmid;
   if (typeof vmid === 'number' && Number.isFinite(vmid)) {