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# 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](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-pages-developers-guide/guide/pages-compref-liveagent-clientchat.md)