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Atlassian Design System Error Messages
Documents error-message content strategy including direct language, clear next steps, specific calls to action, and matching message treatment to the user's journey.
Pattern Decisions This Source Supports
| Pattern | Supported decision | Required contract | Claim note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Error state | Choose error state when expected content or task progress is blocked by system, network, permission, validation, save, sync, or computation failure. | The error remains visible until resolved, intentionally dismissed, replaced by recovered content, or escalated. | Atlassian documents direct error copy, specific action labels, and matching error treatment to journey context. |
| Toast-only critical error | Flag this anti-pattern when a failure blocks progress, affects money or data, changes account or security state, or requires a repair action after the message appears. | The critical error remains visible until it is resolved, intentionally dismissed from a safe persistent surface, replaced by a recovered state, or escalated. | Atlassian documents direct error messages with clear actions and treatment matched to the user's journey rather than a single notification style for every failure. |
Evidence Role
This source is treated as pattern-library evidence. Use it to validate the decision rules above, not as a visual style reference.
Publisher: Atlassian Design System. Last checked: .