diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/PanelInfoErrorComponent.tsx b/src/Explorer/Panes/PanelInfoErrorComponent.tsx
index be8a8b303..409f7cd43 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/PanelInfoErrorComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/PanelInfoErrorComponent.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,13 @@ export const PanelInfoErrorComponent: React.FunctionComponent<PanelInfoErrorProp
     <Stack className="panelInfoErrorContainer" horizontal verticalAlign="center">
       {icon}
       <span className="panelWarningErrorDetailsLinkContainer">
-        <Text className="panelWarningErrorMessage" variant="small" aria-label="message">
+        <Text
+          role="alert"
+          aria-live="assertive"
+          aria-label={message}
+          className="panelWarningErrorMessage"
+          variant="small"
+        >
           {message}
           {link && linkText && (
             <Link target="_blank" href={link}>
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/RightPaneForm/RightPaneForm.test.tsx b/src/Explorer/Panes/RightPaneForm/RightPaneForm.test.tsx
index f35df1caa..6b86b279b 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/RightPaneForm/RightPaneForm.test.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/RightPaneForm/RightPaneForm.test.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ describe("Right Pane Form", () => {
   it("should render error in header", () => {
     render(<RightPaneForm {...props} formError="file already Exist" />);
     expect(screen.getByLabelText("error")).toBeDefined();
-    expect(screen.getByLabelText("message").innerHTML).toEqual("file already Exist");
+    expect(screen.getByRole("alert").innerHTML).toEqual("file already Exist");
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/__snapshots__/DeleteDatabaseConfirmationPanel.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/Panes/__snapshots__/DeleteDatabaseConfirmationPanel.test.tsx.snap
index 9a2b6ef16..5613a797e 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/__snapshots__/DeleteDatabaseConfirmationPanel.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/__snapshots__/DeleteDatabaseConfirmationPanel.test.tsx.snap
@@ -327,13 +327,17 @@ exports[`Delete Database Confirmation Pane Should call delete database 1`] = `
               key=".0:$.1"
             >
               <Text
-                aria-label="message"
+                aria-label="Warning! The action you are about to take cannot be undone. Continuing will permanently delete this resource and all of its children resources."
+                aria-live="assertive"
                 className="panelWarningErrorMessage"
+                role="alert"
                 variant="small"
               >
                 <span
-                  aria-label="message"
+                  aria-label="Warning! The action you are about to take cannot be undone. Continuing will permanently delete this resource and all of its children resources."
+                  aria-live="assertive"
                   className="panelWarningErrorMessage css-56"
+                  role="alert"
                 >
                   Warning! The action you are about to take cannot be undone. Continuing will permanently delete this resource and all of its children resources.
                 </span>
diff --git a/src/Platform/Hosted/extractFeatures.ts b/src/Platform/Hosted/extractFeatures.ts
index 1313aa834..8342d9637 100644
--- a/src/Platform/Hosted/extractFeatures.ts
+++ b/src/Platform/Hosted/extractFeatures.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export function extractFeatures(given = new URLSearchParams(window.location.sear
   };
 }
 
-export function hasFlag(flags: string, desiredFlag: string): boolean {
+export function hasFlag(flags: string | undefined, desiredFlag: string | undefined): boolean {
   if (!flags || !desiredFlag) {
     return false;
   }