From 945b366ef523bfe42c815c7d6c5505da46e61e1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dinaatmiro <dina.c@miro.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 17:08:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(recency): handle empty tables returning NULL

When a table is empty, MAX(field) returns NULL. The comparison
NULL < threshold evaluates to NULL (not TRUE), causing the WHERE
clause to filter out the row and incorrectly pass the test.

This fix adds 'OR most_recent IS NULL' to properly fail the test
when a table has no data within the recency window, including when
the table is completely empty.
---
 macros/generic_tests/recency.sql | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/macros/generic_tests/recency.sql b/macros/generic_tests/recency.sql
index 7fe2cafdf..8ffd3c91c 100644
--- a/macros/generic_tests/recency.sql
+++ b/macros/generic_tests/recency.sql
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@ select
 
 from recency
 where most_recent < {{ threshold }}
+   or most_recent is null
 
 {% endmacro %}