3 files changed, 9 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/web/react/components/create_post.jsx b/web/react/components/create_post.jsx
index b74f1871c..32ee31efe 100644
--- a/web/react/components/create_post.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/create_post.jsx
@@ -253,8 +253,14 @@ export default class CreatePost extends React.Component {
         this.setState({uploadsInProgress: draft.uploadsInProgress, previews: draft.previews});
     }
     handleUploadError(err, clientId) {
+        let message = err;
+        if (message && typeof message !== 'string') {
+            // err is an AppError from the server
+            message = err.message;
+        }
+
         if (clientId === -1) {
-            this.setState({serverError: err});
+            this.setState({serverError: message});
         } else {
             const draft = PostStore.getDraft(this.state.channelId);
 
@@ -265,7 +271,7 @@ export default class CreatePost extends React.Component {
 
             PostStore.storeDraft(this.state.channelId, draft);
 
-            this.setState({uploadsInProgress: draft.uploadsInProgress, serverError: err});
+            this.setState({uploadsInProgress: draft.uploadsInProgress, serverError: message});
         }
     }
     handleTextDrop(text) {
diff --git a/web/react/components/error_bar.jsx b/web/react/components/error_bar.jsx
index 6311d9460..f098384aa 100644
--- a/web/react/components/error_bar.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/error_bar.jsx
@@ -9,12 +9,8 @@ export default class ErrorBar extends React.Component {
 
         this.onErrorChange = this.onErrorChange.bind(this);
         this.handleClose = this.handleClose.bind(this);
-        this.prevTimer = null;
 
         this.state = ErrorStore.getLastError();
-        if (this.isValidError(this.state)) {
-            this.prevTimer = setTimeout(this.handleClose, 10000);
-        }
     }
 
     isValidError(s) {
@@ -56,16 +52,8 @@ export default class ErrorBar extends React.Component {
     onErrorChange() {
         var newState = ErrorStore.getLastError();
 
-        if (this.prevTimer != null) {
-            clearInterval(this.prevTimer);
-            this.prevTimer = null;
-        }
-
         if (newState) {
             this.setState(newState);
-            if (!this.isConnectionError(newState)) {
-                this.prevTimer = setTimeout(this.handleClose, 10000);
-            }
         } else {
             this.setState({message: null});
         }
diff --git a/web/react/components/user_settings/user_settings_general.jsx b/web/react/components/user_settings/user_settings_general.jsx
index 70e559c30..1c8ce3c79 100644
--- a/web/react/components/user_settings/user_settings_general.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/user_settings/user_settings_general.jsx
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ export default class UserSettingsGeneralTab extends React.Component {
             }.bind(this),
             function imageUploadFailure(err) {
                 var state = this.setupInitialState(this.props);
-                state.serverError = err;
+                state.serverError = err.message;
                 this.setState(state);
             }.bind(this)
         );