# liveAgent:clientChatMessages

The area in a chat window that displays system status messages (such as "Chat session has been disconnected").

Must be used within `<liveAgent:clientChat>`. Each chat window can have only one message area.

## Attributes

| Attribute Name | Attribute Type | Description                                                                                                                  | Required? | API Version | Access |
| -------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | ----------- | ------ |
| `id`           | String         | An identifier that allows the component to be referenced by other components in the page.                                    |           | 14.0        | global |
| `rendered`     | Boolean        | A Boolean value that specifies whether the component is rendered on the page. If not specified, this value defaults to true. |           | 14.0        | global |

**See Also**

- [liveAgent:clientChat](/docs/platform/salesforce-pages-developers-guide/guide/pages-compref-liveagent-clientchat.md)