Autocomplete: Showing empty overlay when has no suggestions and showEmptyMessage is false

[davsire]

Describe the bug

When the autocomplete's suggestions is empty and the prop showEmptyMessage is set to false the dropdown overlay is still showing, but blank, like the image:

I solve this overriding the method handleSuggestionsChange from this

to this

I don't know if this is an expected behavior but seems like an error to me.

Environment

I'm using angular v16 with primeNG v16.

Reproducer

https://stackblitz.com/edit/stackblitz-starters-zbpeqq?file=src%2Fapp.component.ts

Angular version

16.2.12

PrimeNG version

16.9.1

Build / Runtime

Angular CLI App

Language

TypeScript

Node version (for AoT issues node --version)

18.19.0

Browser(s)

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Steps to reproduce the behavior

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Expected behavior

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[Zsvoboda87]

I have a similar issue. I am trying to get an emptyMessage and have group enabled, filter enabled but the default empty is not showing up or the template