PowerGrid action buttons not rendering when using Eloquent User model

[MrNebel]

Hi there 👋

I'm currently using PowerGrid 6.5.1 with Livewire 3, and I've run into a frustrating issue where action buttons do not render at all when using my User model as the datasource.

🔧 Setup

I have a PowerGrid table that uses an Eloquent model (App\Models\User) as its datasource:

public function datasource(): Builder
{
    return \App\Models\User::query()->select('id', 'username', 'global_name', 'created_at');
}

My columns() and actions() methods look like this:

public function columns(): array
{
    return [
        Column::make('Username', 'username'),
        Column::make('Name', 'global_name'),
        Column::make('Erstellt', 'created_at'),
        Column::action('Aktion'),
    ];
}

public function actions($row): array
{
    return [
        Button::add('test')
            ->slot('<span class="text-red-600">Test</span>')
            ->tag('span'),
    ];
}

🐛 Problem

• actions() is definitely called (confirmed via logging)
• $row is a valid Eloquent model (App\Models\User)
• But nothing is rendered in the action column – not even static HTML, raw text, or placeholder content
• When using other models or raw database tables (e.g. roles, permissions), buttons render without issues

📌 Important Note

This issue occurs only when using the User model as the datasource.

✅ Using the exact same setup and component logic with other Eloquent models works perfectly — action buttons are displayed as expected.

This suggests the problem may be related to something in the User model that causes PowerGrid to silently skip rendering the action content. The model does include traits like HasRoles, soft deletes, accessors, and custom casts – but nothing obviously problematic.

✅ What I tried

• Removing traits like HasRoles, Notifiable, SoftDeletes from the model
• Removing attribute accessors & custom casts
• Casting $row to an array in actions() (via (array) $row)
• Using raw HTML in the slot(), with and without wrapping tags
• Returning plain DB::table(...)->get() results instead of the model
• Logging output from actions() — confirms it's called with valid data
• Declaring Column::action(...) properly
• Verified styles and scripts (@powerGridScripts, @livewireScripts, etc.) are included

🔍 Findings

PowerGrid skips rendering the entire action cell — but only when using this specific model. Even static content in slot() is not rendered.

There is no error, no exception, and no visible trace in the DOM — just an empty column.

❓ Question

Is it possible that PowerGrid silently skips action rendering based on something internal to the model instance — such as traits, internal casts, or non-serializable properties?

Are there any known limitations when using more complex Eloquent models as the datasource for a PowerGrid table?

Any insight or workaround would be greatly appreciated 🙏

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Thanks again for the amazing tool — PowerGrid has been great to work with so far!