Latex \tableofcontents command always shows blank Contents on first build

Question

When I generate a .pdf file from a .tex file using pdflatex, only the \"Contents\" title is shown with no actual TOC. If I run pdfla

Answer 1

I might be mistaken, but I think, that this is the default behaviour. I assume, you also won't find correct cross references (footnotes, end notes, literature) after the first run of pdflatex.

The point is, that LaTeX needs the extra rounds to resolve the references pointing inside the document, to get numbering and page numbers right.