diff --git a/editor/js/main.js b/editor/js/main.js
index 1038facda..4f16af488 100644
--- a/editor/js/main.js
+++ b/editor/js/main.js
@@ -79,6 +79,23 @@
                 if (/^#flow\/.+$/.test(currentHash)) {
                     RED.workspaces.show(currentHash.substring(6));
                 }
+
+                var persistentNotifications = {};
+                RED.comms.subscribe("notification/#",function(topic,msg) {
+                    var parts = topic.split("/");
+                    var notificationId = parts[1];
+                    if (msg.text) {
+                        var text = RED._(msg.text,{default:msg.text});
+                        if (!persistentNotifications.hasOwnProperty(notificationId)) {
+                            persistentNotifications[notificationId] = RED.notify(text,msg.type,msg.timeout === undefined,msg.timeout);
+                        } else {
+                            persistentNotifications[notificationId].update(text,msg.timeout);
+                        }
+                    } else if (persistentNotifications.hasOwnProperty(notificationId)) {
+                        persistentNotifications[notificationId].close();
+                        delete persistentNotifications[notificationId];
+                    }
+                });
                 RED.comms.subscribe("status/#",function(topic,msg) {
                     var parts = topic.split("/");
                     var node = RED.nodes.node(parts[1]);
diff --git a/editor/js/ui/notifications.js b/editor/js/ui/notifications.js
index f64bf6f89..6c956be42 100644
--- a/editor/js/ui/notifications.js
+++ b/editor/js/ui/notifications.js
@@ -51,11 +51,17 @@ RED.notify = (function() {
 
         n.update = (function() {
             var nn = n;
-            return function(msg) {
+            return function(msg,timeout) {
                 nn.innerHTML = msg;
+                if (timeout !== undefined && timeout > 0) {
+                    window.clearTimeout(nn.timeoutid);
+                    nn.timeoutid = window.setTimeout(nn.close,timeout);
+                } else {
+                    window.clearTimeout(nn.timeoutid);
+                }
             }
         })();
-        
+
         if (!fixed) {
             $(n).click((function() {
                 var nn = n;
diff --git a/red/api/comms.js b/red/api/comms.js
index 1a51bfa1e..ba64f7a38 100644
--- a/red/api/comms.js
+++ b/red/api/comms.js
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ var lastSentTime;
 function handleStatus(event) {
     publish("status/"+event.id,event.status,true);
 }
-
+function handleRuntimeEvent(event) {
+    publish("notification/"+event.id,event,event.hasOwnProperty('text'));
+}
 function init(_server,runtime) {
     server = _server;
     settings = runtime.settings;
@@ -40,6 +42,9 @@ function init(_server,runtime) {
 
     runtime.events.removeListener("node-status",handleStatus);
     runtime.events.on("node-status",handleStatus);
+
+    runtime.events.removeListener("runtime-event",handleRuntimeEvent);
+    runtime.events.on("runtime-event",handleRuntimeEvent);
 }
 
 function start() {
diff --git a/red/api/locales/en-US/editor.json b/red/api/locales/en-US/editor.json
index dca0d7ad7..9f6c7e8fc 100644
--- a/red/api/locales/en-US/editor.json
+++ b/red/api/locales/en-US/editor.json
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@
         "warning": "<strong>Warning</strong>: __message__",
         "warnings": {
             "undeployedChanges": "node has undeployed changes",
-            "nodeActionDisabled": "node actions disabled within subflow"
+            "nodeActionDisabled": "node actions disabled within subflow",
+            "missing-types": "Flows stopped due to missing node types. Check logs for details."
         },
 
         "error": "<strong>Error</strong>: __message__",
diff --git a/red/runtime/nodes/flows/index.js b/red/runtime/nodes/flows/index.js
index 8aa980e06..234d9e30c 100644
--- a/red/runtime/nodes/flows/index.js
+++ b/red/runtime/nodes/flows/index.js
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ function init(runtime) {
                     log.info(log._("nodes.flows.registered-missing", {type:type}));
                     activeFlowConfig.missingTypes.splice(i,1);
                     if (activeFlowConfig.missingTypes.length === 0 && started) {
+                        events.emit("runtime-event",{id:"runtime-state"});
                         start();
                     }
                 }
@@ -238,6 +239,7 @@ function start(type,diff,muteLog) {
             log.info(log._("nodes.flows.missing-type-install-2"));
             log.info("  "+settings.userDir);
         }
+        events.emit("runtime-event",{id:"runtime-state",type:"warning",text:"notification.warnings.missing-types"});
         return when.resolve();
     }
     if (!muteLog) {