Should I add meta robots noindex to empty category pages?

Question

Search Engine Optimization

If there is a category with entries, for example site.ru/cars/moscow, but suddenly I decided to delete all entries from this page - should I add the robots noindex, follow tag to the meta?
Those. the page will not be 404, it will simply say that there are no records (and records may appear even the next day).
Or noindex, follow will tell the search engine that you should never index it at all?

Answer 1

And why do you then prohibit their indexing?

Answer 2

It is better to avoid such "flickers" of presence, because after noindex Google, for example, will not index such pages for a long time. Not "you should never index it at all", but it will increase the time of further indexing.
If this is not critical for you, then yes, noindex is the most appropriate solution for your problem.