diff --git a/crates/re_viewport_blueprint/src/container.rs b/crates/re_viewport_blueprint/src/container.rs
index 1384c03ed8ef..108c2a157572 100644
--- a/crates/re_viewport_blueprint/src/container.rs
+++ b/crates/re_viewport_blueprint/src/container.rs
@@ -56,10 +56,12 @@ impl ContainerBlueprint {
                 .iter()
                 .copied(),
         );
-        let Some(container_kind) = results.get_instance::<ContainerKind>(resolver, 0) else {
-            re_log::error!("Container {id:?} is lacking the required `ContainerKind` component.");
-            return None;
-        };
+
+        // This is a required component. Note that when loading containers we crawl the subtree and so
+        // cleared empty container paths may exist transiently. The fact that they have an empty container_kind
+        // is the marker that the have been cleared and not an error.
+        let container_kind = results.get_instance::<ContainerKind>(resolver, 0)?;
+
         let blueprint_archetypes::ContainerBlueprint {
             container_kind,
             display_name,
diff --git a/crates/re_viewport_blueprint/src/space_view.rs b/crates/re_viewport_blueprint/src/space_view.rs
index 7650009c6ddd..d59c3c1c2dd9 100644
--- a/crates/re_viewport_blueprint/src/space_view.rs
+++ b/crates/re_viewport_blueprint/src/space_view.rs
@@ -133,14 +133,11 @@ impl SpaceViewBlueprint {
                 .copied(),
         );
 
-        let Some(class_identifier) =
-            results.get_instance::<blueprint_components::SpaceViewClass>(resolver, 0)
-        else {
-            re_log::error!(
-                "View blueprint at {id:?} is lacking the required `SpaceViewClass` component."
-            );
-            return None;
-        };
+        // This is a required component. Note that when loading space-views we crawl the subtree and so
+        // cleared empty space-views paths may exist transiently. The fact that they have an empty class_identifier
+        // is the marker that the have been cleared and not an error.
+        let class_identifier =
+            results.get_instance::<blueprint_components::SpaceViewClass>(resolver, 0)?;
 
         let blueprint_archetypes::SpaceViewBlueprint {
             class_identifier,