diff --git a/.commit b/.commit
index 5b11d2744..4fb1af8e0 100644
--- a/.commit
+++ b/.commit
@@ -1 +1 @@
-800253d0db65542d7805bc592b40cf4fd7b0b785
+f4c7da1f7712dbd18da89a1a6ed6062b8cb7523a
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d63982dbb..5548388f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### October 30, 2026
+- 741310 - Web Portal: Suppress empty peer-group warning outside peer-group selection.
+- 741335 - Web Portal: Preserve group membership delete response
+
 ### October 6, 2026
 - 725999 - Web Portal: Search approvals after loading.
 - 736614 - Angular read-only view-property honors DateFormat metadata.
diff --git a/imxweb/projects/qbm/src/lib/api-client/api-client-fetch.spec.ts b/imxweb/projects/qbm/src/lib/api-client/api-client-fetch.spec.ts
index 449b74185..cda57ed2d 100644
--- a/imxweb/projects/qbm/src/lib/api-client/api-client-fetch.spec.ts
+++ b/imxweb/projects/qbm/src/lib/api-client/api-client-fetch.spec.ts
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@
  */
 
 import { of } from 'rxjs';
+import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { ClassloggerService } from '../classlogger/classlogger.service';
 import { ApiClientFetch } from './api-client-fetch';
 import { ApiClientMethodFactoryMock } from './api-client.spec';
+import { MethodDescriptorService } from './dynamic-method/method-descriptor.service';
 
 describe('ApiClientFetch', () => {
   const methodFactory = new ApiClientMethodFactoryMock();
@@ -163,3 +166,60 @@ describe('ApiClientFetch', () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+describe('ApiClientFetch membership DELETE response contract', () => {
+  const descriptor = new MethodDescriptorService().delete('/portal/ADSGroup/{groupId}/memberships/{accountId}', {
+    groupId: 'test-group',
+    accountId: 'test-account',
+  });
+
+  function createClient(response: Response): { client: ApiClientFetch; fetch: jasmine.Spy } {
+    const logger = jasmine.createSpyObj<ClassloggerService>('ClassloggerService', ['debug', 'info']);
+    const translation = jasmine.createSpyObj<TranslateService>('TranslateService', ['instant']);
+    translation.instant.and.callFake((key: string) => key.replace('#LDS#', ''));
+    const fetch = jasmine.createSpy('fetch').and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(response));
+    return { client: new ApiClientFetch('', logger, translation, { fetch }), fetch };
+  }
+
+  it('accepts HTTP 204 without attempting to parse a body', async () => {
+    const { client } = createClient(new Response(null, { status: 204 }));
+
+    await expectAsync(client.processRequest(descriptor)).toBeResolvedTo(undefined);
+  });
+
+  it('preserves the JSON action-result array returned by a successful membership DELETE', async () => {
+    const { client } = createClient(new Response('[]', { status: 200, headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } }));
+
+    await expectAsync(client.processRequest(descriptor)).toBeResolvedTo([]);
+  });
+
+  it('preserves a nonempty text error returned with HTTP 200', async () => {
+    const { client } = createClient(
+      new Response('Membership cannot be removed', { status: 200, headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8' } }),
+    );
+
+    await expectAsync(client.processRequest(descriptor)).toBeRejectedWithError('Membership cannot be removed');
+  });
+
+  it('does not accept an empty text response with an HTTP error status', async () => {
+    const { client } = createClient(
+      new Response('', { status: 500, statusText: 'Internal Server Error', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8' } }),
+    );
+
+    await expectAsync(client.processRequest(descriptor)).toBeRejectedWithError(
+      'The server returned an unexpected data type. (Internal Server Error)',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('preserves structured server errors', async () => {
+    const errors = [{ Message: 'Membership cannot be removed', Level: '42', Number: '23' }];
+    const { client } = createClient(new Response(JSON.stringify(errors), { status: 500, headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } }));
+
+    await expectAsync(client.processRequest(descriptor)).toBeRejectedWith(
+      jasmine.objectContaining({
+        message: JSON.stringify(errors),
+        messageUserFriendly: 'Membership cannot be removed [23]',
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/imxweb/projects/qer/src/lib/service-items/serviceitem-list/serviceitem-list.component.spec.ts b/imxweb/projects/qer/src/lib/service-items/serviceitem-list/serviceitem-list.component.spec.ts
index cb4caefe0..d6e0395f2 100644
--- a/imxweb/projects/qer/src/lib/service-items/serviceitem-list/serviceitem-list.component.spec.ts
+++ b/imxweb/projects/qer/src/lib/service-items/serviceitem-list/serviceitem-list.component.spec.ts
@@ -25,28 +25,40 @@
  */
 
 import { ComponentFixture, fakeAsync, TestBed, tick } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { MatDialog } from '@angular/material/dialog';
+import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { MockBuilder } from 'ng-mocks';
+import { of } from 'rxjs';
 
 import { ServiceitemListComponent } from './serviceitem-list.component';
 import { ServiceItemsService } from '../service-items.service';
-import { clearStylesFromDOM } from 'qbm';
+import { clearStylesFromDOM, MessageDialogComponent } from 'qbm';
 import { PortalShopServiceitems } from '@imx-modules/imx-api-qer';
 import { ServiceItemsModule } from '../service-items.module';
 
 describe('ServiceitemListComponent', () => {
   let component: ServiceitemListComponent;
   let fixture: ComponentFixture<ServiceitemListComponent>;
+  let getServiceItems: jasmine.Spy;
+  let openDialog: jasmine.Spy;
 
   const serviceItems = {
     extendedData: { PeerGroupSize: 1 },
   };
 
   beforeEach(() => {
+    getServiceItems = jasmine.createSpy('get').and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(serviceItems));
+    openDialog = jasmine.createSpy('open');
+
     return MockBuilder(ServiceitemListComponent)
       .mock(ServiceItemsModule)
+      .mock(MatDialog, { open: openDialog })
+      .mock(TranslateService, {
+        get: jasmine.createSpy('get').and.callFake((key: string) => of(key)),
+      })
       .mock(ServiceItemsService, {
         PortalShopServiceItemsSchema: PortalShopServiceitems.GetEntitySchema(),
-        get: jasmine.createSpy('get').and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(serviceItems)),
+        get: getServiceItems,
         getDataModel: jasmine.createSpy('getDataModel').and.returnValue(Promise.resolve({})),
       });
   });
@@ -66,4 +78,91 @@ describe('ServiceitemListComponent', () => {
     expect(component.dstSettings).toBeDefined();
     expect(component.peerGroupSize).toEqual(serviceItems.extendedData.PeerGroupSize);
   }));
+
+  it('should not warn when adding products to a bundle without peer-group metadata', async () => {
+    const data = {};
+    component.patternItemsMode = true;
+    getServiceItems.and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(data));
+
+    await component.getData();
+
+    expect(getServiceItems).toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({ UID_PersonPeerGroup: undefined }));
+    expect(component.dstSettings.dataSource).toBeDefined();
+    expect(component.noDataText).toBe('#LDS#No data');
+    expect(openDialog).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  [
+    { description: 'missing extended data', data: {} },
+    { description: 'missing peer-group size', data: { extendedData: {} } },
+    { description: 'a zero peer-group size', data: { extendedData: { PeerGroupSize: 0 } } },
+  ].forEach(({ description, data }) => {
+    it(`should not warn during ordinary product selection with ${description}`, async () => {
+      getServiceItems.and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(data));
+
+      await component.getData();
+
+      expect(component.peerGroupSize).toBe(0);
+      expect(component.noDataText).toBe('#LDS#No data');
+      expect(openDialog).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should not warn during reference-user selection without peer-group metadata', async () => {
+    component.referenceUserUid = 'reference-user';
+    getServiceItems.and.returnValue(Promise.resolve({}));
+
+    await component.getData();
+
+    expect(getServiceItems).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      jasmine.objectContaining({ UID_PersonReference: 'reference-user', UID_PersonPeerGroup: undefined }),
+    );
+    expect(component.noDataText).toBe('#LDS#No data');
+    expect(openDialog).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('should preserve the warning and heading for an explicitly selected empty peer group', async () => {
+    component.uidPersonPeerGroup = 'peer-group-user';
+    getServiceItems.and.returnValue(Promise.resolve({ extendedData: { PeerGroupSize: 0 } }));
+
+    await component.getData();
+
+    expect(getServiceItems).toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({ UID_PersonPeerGroup: 'peer-group-user' }));
+    expect(component.noDataText).toBe('#LDS#Heading Peer Group Is Empty');
+    expect(openDialog).toHaveBeenCalledOnceWith(MessageDialogComponent, {
+      data: {
+        ShowOk: true,
+        Title: '#LDS#Heading Peer Group Is Empty',
+        Message: '#LDS#You cannot view products of your peer group. Your peer group is empty.',
+      },
+      panelClass: 'imx-messageDialog',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should not warn for an explicitly selected nonempty peer group', async () => {
+    component.uidPersonPeerGroup = 'peer-group-user';
+
+    await component.getData();
+
+    expect(component.peerGroupSize).toBe(1);
+    expect(component.noDataText).toBe('#LDS#No data');
+    expect(openDialog).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('should reset the peer-group heading when returning to ordinary product selection', async () => {
+    component.uidPersonPeerGroup = 'peer-group-user';
+    getServiceItems.and.returnValue(Promise.resolve({ extendedData: { PeerGroupSize: 0 } }));
+    await component.getData();
+    expect(component.noDataText).toBe('#LDS#Heading Peer Group Is Empty');
+    expect(openDialog).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    component.uidPersonPeerGroup = undefined;
+    getServiceItems.and.returnValue(Promise.resolve({}));
+    openDialog.calls.reset();
+
+    await component.getData();
+
+    expect(component.noDataText).toBe('#LDS#No data');
+    expect(openDialog).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/imxweb/projects/qer/src/lib/service-items/serviceitem-list/serviceitem-list.component.ts b/imxweb/projects/qer/src/lib/service-items/serviceitem-list/serviceitem-list.component.ts
index 922e1da20..a0bd70ad4 100644
--- a/imxweb/projects/qer/src/lib/service-items/serviceitem-list/serviceitem-list.component.ts
+++ b/imxweb/projects/qer/src/lib/service-items/serviceitem-list/serviceitem-list.component.ts
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ export class ServiceitemListComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnChanges, OnDes
 
         this.peerGroupSize = data.extendedData?.PeerGroupSize ?? 0;
 
-        if (this.peerGroupSize === 0) {
+        if (this.uidPersonPeerGroup && this.peerGroupSize === 0) {
           this.noDataText = '#LDS#Heading Peer Group Is Empty';
           this.dialog.open(MessageDialogComponent, {
             data: {