Feature(s) impacted The issue impacts the error handling feature in Forest Admin, specifically the display of custom error messages in the UI when using throwValidationError in a Before Create/Update hook for a collection. Observed behavior When I throw a custom validation error using context.throw…

Hi @ranton , The fix is live, can you let me know if it works on your side :folded_hands: ?

Hi @ranton and welcome in our community :tada: ! I do reproduce your issue. I will create a bug ticket, it should be fixed today or tomorrow. Sorry about that :folded_hands:

Hi @anon62739609 , thanks! Looking forward to some good news!

Hi @anon62739609 We’re experiencing a similar problem. Shouldn’t this work with ctx.throwError as well? In a smart action code, we’re calling ctx.throwErrorwith an error message to run a business validation on form change. We can see our error message in the server logs, but the the Forest UI sh…

And does it work when using ctx.throwValidationError ?

Hi @anon62739609 Actually, a few days after my message, not having received a response, I thought that following up on an already closed ticket was not the best way to make a report. I believe that closed tickets are perhaps less monitored… and so I opened a new one, which eventually led to a fix/c…

Custom Error Message from throwValidationError Not Displayed in UI

Help me!

ranton April 14, 2025, 8:06pm 5

Thank you!
Everything is working now, the validation messages are displaying correctly!

Custom Error Message from throwError Not Displayed in UI

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