diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-numpy-compatibility.yml b/.github/workflows/test-numpy-compatibility.yml
index 054a5f9aa7..288f6926c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-numpy-compatibility.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-numpy-compatibility.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ on:
       - "tests/test_punc_model_none.py"
       - "tests/test_paraformer_empty_token_batch.py"
       - "tests/test_paraformer_hotword_file.py"
+      - "funasr/models/ct_transformer_streaming/model.py"
+      - "tests/test_ct_transformer_streaming_empty_input.py"
       - "tests/test_pcm_input_format.py"
       - "tests/test_load_audio_bytes.py"
       - "funasr/frontends/**"
@@ -56,6 +58,8 @@ on:
       - "tests/test_punc_model_none.py"
       - "tests/test_paraformer_empty_token_batch.py"
       - "tests/test_paraformer_hotword_file.py"
+      - "funasr/models/ct_transformer_streaming/model.py"
+      - "tests/test_ct_transformer_streaming_empty_input.py"
       - "tests/test_pcm_input_format.py"
       - "tests/test_load_audio_bytes.py"
       - "funasr/frontends/**"
@@ -129,6 +133,7 @@ jobs:
             tests/test_punc_model_none.py \
             tests/test_paraformer_empty_token_batch.py \
             tests/test_paraformer_hotword_file.py \
+            tests/test_ct_transformer_streaming_empty_input.py \
             tests/test_cli.py \
             --junitxml=numpy-results.xml
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/funasr/models/ct_transformer_streaming/model.py b/funasr/models/ct_transformer_streaming/model.py
index 06add5f2e4..49a29cd0a0 100644
--- a/funasr/models/ct_transformer_streaming/model.py
+++ b/funasr/models/ct_transformer_streaming/model.py
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ def inference(
         if cache is None:
             cache = {}
         assert len(data_in) == 1
+        if not data_in[0] or (isinstance(data_in[0], str) and not data_in[0].strip()):
+            meta_data = {"batch_data_time": -1}
+            return [{"key": key[0] if key else "", "text": "", "punc_array": None}], meta_data
 
         if len(cache) == 0:
             cache["pre_text"] = []
diff --git a/tests/test_ct_transformer_streaming_empty_input.py b/tests/test_ct_transformer_streaming_empty_input.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32432170d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_ct_transformer_streaming_empty_input.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+"""Regression tests for empty text in the realtime CT-Transformer punctuation model."""
+
+import unittest
+
+import torch
+
+from funasr.auto.auto_model import AutoModel
+from funasr.models.ct_transformer_streaming.model import CTTransformerStreaming
+from funasr.tokenizer.char_tokenizer import CharTokenizer
+
+PUNC_LIST = ["<unk>", "_", "，", "。", "？", "、"]
+TOKEN_LIST = ["<blank>", "<s>", "</s>", "<unk>", "跨", "境", "河", "流", "是"]
+
+
+def _tiny_streaming_punc_model():
+    """Build a small randomly initialised CTTransformerStreaming that never adds punctuation."""
+    model = CTTransformerStreaming(
+        encoder="SANMVadEncoder",
+        encoder_conf={
+            "input_size": 8,
+            "output_size": 8,
+            "attention_heads": 2,
+            "linear_units": 16,
+            "num_blocks": 2,
+            "dropout_rate": 0.0,
+            "positional_dropout_rate": 0.0,
+            "attention_dropout_rate": 0.0,
+            "input_layer": "pe",
+            "kernel_size": 3,
+            "sanm_shfit": 0,
+            "padding_idx": 0,
+        },
+        vocab_size=len(TOKEN_LIST),
+        punc_list=PUNC_LIST,
+        embed_unit=8,
+        att_unit=8,
+        sentence_end_id=3,
+    )
+    with torch.no_grad():
+        model.decoder.weight.zero_()
+        model.decoder.bias.zero_()
+        model.decoder.bias[PUNC_LIST.index("_")] = 1.0
+    return model.eval()
+
+
+class TestCTTransformerStreamingEmptyInput(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.model = _tiny_streaming_punc_model()
+        self.tokenizer = CharTokenizer(token_list=TOKEN_LIST, unk_symbol="<unk>")
+
+    def test_empty_text_returns_empty_result(self):
+        for text in ("", "   "):
+            with self.subTest(text=text):
+                results, _ = self.model.inference(
+                    [text], key=["utt"], tokenizer=self.tokenizer, cache={}, device="cpu"
+                )
+                self.assertEqual(results, [{"key": "utt", "text": "", "punc_array": None}])
+
+    def test_empty_segment_keeps_pending_words(self):
+        am = AutoModel.__new__(AutoModel)
+        am.model = self.model
+        am.vad_model = None
+        am.punc_model = None
+        am.kwargs = {"device": "cpu", "disable_pbar": True, "tokenizer": self.tokenizer}
+
+        cache = {}
+        self.assertEqual(am.generate(input="跨境河流", cache=cache)[0]["text"], "跨境河流")
+        self.assertEqual(cache["pre_text"], ["跨", "境", "河", "流"])
+
+        self.assertEqual(am.generate(input="", cache=cache)[0]["text"], "")
+        self.assertEqual(cache["pre_text"], ["跨", "境", "河", "流"])
+
+        self.assertEqual(am.generate(input="是", cache=cache)[0]["text"], "是")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()