diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/components/ManagedByBadge.tsx b/packages/app-shell/src/components/ManagedByBadge.tsx
index d4d7d4c9f..9ac5d140a 100644
--- a/packages/app-shell/src/components/ManagedByBadge.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-shell/src/components/ManagedByBadge.tsx
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ const VARIANTS: Record<Exclude<Bucket, 'platform'>, Variant> = {
     short: 'Identity',
     title: 'Managed by the identity provider',
     body: (display) =>
-      `This object's schema is owned by ${display}. Direct edits bypass password hashing, session validation, two-factor checks, and audit hooks. Use the dedicated identity workflows instead (Invite User, Reset Password, Revoke Session, Rotate Key, …).`,
+      `This object's schema is owned by ${display}. Direct edits bypass password hashing, session validation, two-factor checks, and audit hooks. Manage these records through your authentication provider's sign-in, invitation, and security flows instead.`,
     tone: 'border-amber-300/60 bg-amber-50 text-amber-900 hover:bg-amber-100 dark:border-amber-500/40 dark:bg-amber-950/40 dark:text-amber-100',
   },
 };
diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/utils/__tests__/managedByEmptyState.test.ts b/packages/app-shell/src/utils/__tests__/managedByEmptyState.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0abb39a7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app-shell/src/utils/__tests__/managedByEmptyState.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { resolveManagedByEmptyState } from '../managedByEmptyState';
+
+// Mirror the real i18n fallback: return the English `defaultValue` baked into
+// the helper. The en.ts bundle mirrors these strings verbatim, so asserting on
+// the defaults is asserting on the copy a user actually sees.
+const t = (key: string, opts?: Record<string, unknown>): string =>
+  (opts?.defaultValue as string) ?? key;
+
+describe('resolveManagedByEmptyState', () => {
+  it('returns undefined for platform / config / unknown buckets', () => {
+    expect(resolveManagedByEmptyState('platform', t)).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(resolveManagedByEmptyState('config', t)).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(resolveManagedByEmptyState(undefined, t)).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(resolveManagedByEmptyState('nope', t)).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('leaves the system / append-only buckets intact', () => {
+    expect(resolveManagedByEmptyState('system', t)?.title).toBe('Nothing here yet');
+    expect(resolveManagedByEmptyState('append-only', t)?.title).toBe('No events recorded');
+  });
+
+  it('gives sys_user an actionable empty state (org invite + SSO JIT, end-users)', () => {
+    const es = resolveManagedByEmptyState('better-auth', t, 'sys_user');
+    expect(es?.title).toBe('No users yet');
+    expect(es?.message).toMatch(/invite teammates to your organization/i);
+    expect(es?.message).toMatch(/just-in-time/i);
+    expect(es?.message).toMatch(/end-users/i);
+  });
+
+  it('gives every other identity table a generic, accurate empty state', () => {
+    // The single better-auth bucket is shared by ~18 identity tables; only
+    // sys_user has a real onboarding answer. Sessions / tokens / jwks must NOT
+    // get a "go invite someone" CTA.
+    for (const name of ['sys_session', 'sys_api_key', 'sys_jwks', undefined]) {
+      const es = resolveManagedByEmptyState('better-auth', t, name as string | undefined);
+      expect(es?.title).toBe('No identity records');
+      expect(es?.message).toMatch(/created by the authentication provider/i);
+      expect(es?.message).not.toMatch(/invite/i);
+    }
+  });
+
+  // cloud#580 regression: the empty state must never advertise affordances that
+  // are gated off (env-level "Invite User" is multi-org-only, hidden in
+  // single-org) or that do not exist ("Reset Password" is not a toolbar action).
+  it('never names the unreachable "Invite User" / "Reset Password" workflows', () => {
+    for (const name of ['sys_user', 'sys_session', undefined]) {
+      const es = resolveManagedByEmptyState('better-auth', t, name as string | undefined);
+      expect(es?.message).not.toMatch(/invite user/i);
+      expect(es?.message).not.toMatch(/reset password/i);
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/utils/managedByEmptyState.ts b/packages/app-shell/src/utils/managedByEmptyState.ts
index cd4226c31..d7a145298 100644
--- a/packages/app-shell/src/utils/managedByEmptyState.ts
+++ b/packages/app-shell/src/utils/managedByEmptyState.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ type TranslateFn = (key: string, options?: Record<string, unknown>) => string;
 export function resolveManagedByEmptyState(
   managedBy: string | undefined | null,
   t: TranslateFn,
+  objectName?: string | null,
 ): ManagedByEmptyState | undefined {
   switch (managedBy) {
     case 'system':
@@ -58,12 +59,31 @@ export function resolveManagedByEmptyState(
         }),
       };
     case 'better-auth':
+      // `sys_user` is the one identity table with a concrete onboarding
+      // answer, so give it actionable guidance: teammates arrive via an
+      // org-level invite + SSO just-in-time provisioning (ADR-0024 D9), and
+      // app end-users self-register. We deliberately do NOT name the env-level
+      // "Invite User" action — it is multi-org-gated and hidden in single-org —
+      // nor a "Reset Password" toolbar action, which does not exist (cloud#580).
+      // Every other identity table (sessions, accounts, tokens, jwks,
+      // verifications, …) is written purely by auth flows, so keep the generic
+      // copy — naming an invite/signup CTA on a token list would be wrong.
+      if (objectName === 'sys_user') {
+        return {
+          icon: 'ShieldAlert',
+          title: t('list.managedBy.betterAuthUser.title', { defaultValue: 'No users yet' }),
+          message: t('list.managedBy.betterAuthUser.message', {
+            defaultValue:
+              'User accounts are provisioned by the authentication provider, not created here. Invite teammates to your organization and they appear automatically on first sign-in (SSO just-in-time provisioning). App end-users arrive when they sign up through your app.',
+          }),
+        };
+      }
       return {
         icon: 'ShieldAlert',
         title: t('list.managedBy.betterAuth.title', { defaultValue: 'No identity records' }),
         message: t('list.managedBy.betterAuth.message', {
           defaultValue:
-            'Identity rows are managed by the authentication provider. Use the dedicated identity workflows (Invite User, Reset Password, …) to create new entries.',
+            'These records are created by the authentication provider — through sign-in, provisioning, and security flows — not added by hand here.',
         }),
       };
     default:
diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/views/ObjectView.tsx b/packages/app-shell/src/views/ObjectView.tsx
index 95dd93401..27103b093 100644
--- a/packages/app-shell/src/views/ObjectView.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-shell/src/views/ObjectView.tsx
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ function ObjectViewInner({ dataSource, objects, onEdit, externalRefreshKey }: an
                     viewDef.name || viewDef.id || '',
                     viewDef.emptyState
                         ?? listSchema.emptyState
-                        ?? resolveManagedByEmptyState((objectDef as any)?.managedBy, t),
+                        ?? resolveManagedByEmptyState((objectDef as any)?.managedBy, t, objectDef.name),
                 ),
             aria: viewDef.aria ?? listSchema.aria,
             // Propagate filter/sort as default filters/sort for data flow
diff --git a/packages/i18n/src/locales/en.ts b/packages/i18n/src/locales/en.ts
index 7c9daadb0..1e9c89e47 100644
--- a/packages/i18n/src/locales/en.ts
+++ b/packages/i18n/src/locales/en.ts
@@ -284,7 +284,12 @@ const en = {
       betterAuth: {
         title: 'No identity records',
         message:
-          'Identity rows are managed by the authentication provider. Use the dedicated identity workflows (Invite User, Reset Password, …) to create new entries.',
+          'These records are created by the authentication provider — through sign-in, provisioning, and security flows — not added by hand here.',
+      },
+      betterAuthUser: {
+        title: 'No users yet',
+        message:
+          'User accounts are provisioned by the authentication provider, not created here. Invite teammates to your organization and they appear automatically on first sign-in (SSO just-in-time provisioning). App end-users arrive when they sign up through your app.',
       },
     },
     showAll: 'Show all',
diff --git a/packages/i18n/src/locales/zh.ts b/packages/i18n/src/locales/zh.ts
index 672b30407..cc245d7c4 100644
--- a/packages/i18n/src/locales/zh.ts
+++ b/packages/i18n/src/locales/zh.ts
@@ -284,7 +284,12 @@ const zh = {
       betterAuth: {
         title: '暂无身份记录',
         message:
-          '身份记录由认证提供方管理。请使用专门的身份流程（邀请用户、重置密码……）来创建新条目。',
+          '这些记录由认证提供方创建——通过登录、预置和安全流程自动写入，无法在此处手动添加。',
+      },
+      betterAuthUser: {
+        title: '暂无用户',
+        message:
+          '用户账号由认证提供方预置，无法在此处手动创建。邀请团队成员加入你的组织，他们首次登录时会自动出现（SSO 即时预置）。应用的终端用户会在通过你的应用注册时出现。',
       },
     },
     showAll: '显示全部',