diff --git a/electron/tests/e2e/thread.e2e.spec.ts b/electron/tests/e2e/thread.e2e.spec.ts
index 75b90dc398..dfd131988e 100644
--- a/electron/tests/e2e/thread.e2e.spec.ts
+++ b/electron/tests/e2e/thread.e2e.spec.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ test('Select GPT model from Hub and Chat with Invalid API Key', async ({
     { timeout: TIMEOUT }
   )
 
-  const APIKeyError = page.getByText(
-    `You didn't provide an API key. You need to provide your API key in an Authorization header using Bearer auth (i.e. Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY), or as the password field (with blank username) if you're accessing the API from your browser and are prompted for a username and password. You can obtain an API key from https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys.`
-  )
+  const APIKeyError = page.getByTestId('passthrough-error-message')
   await expect(APIKeyError).toBeVisible({
     timeout: TIMEOUT,
   })
diff --git a/web/containers/ErrorMessage/index.test.tsx b/web/containers/ErrorMessage/index.test.tsx
index 1ebb713fa3..fec3e15b40 100644
--- a/web/containers/ErrorMessage/index.test.tsx
+++ b/web/containers/ErrorMessage/index.test.tsx
@@ -49,11 +49,7 @@ describe('ErrorMessage Component', () => {
 
     render(<ErrorMessage message={message} />)
 
-    expect(
-      screen.getByText(
-        `You didn't provide an API key. You need to provide your API key in an Authorization header using Bearer auth (i.e. Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY), or as the password field (with blank username) if you're accessing the API from your browser and are prompted for a username and password. You can obtain an API key from https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys.`
-      )
-    ).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('passthrough-error-message')).toBeInTheDocument()
     expect(screen.getByText('Settings')).toBeInTheDocument()
   })
 
diff --git a/web/containers/ErrorMessage/index.tsx b/web/containers/ErrorMessage/index.tsx
index 4dc08e54fe..532f02259c 100644
--- a/web/containers/ErrorMessage/index.tsx
+++ b/web/containers/ErrorMessage/index.tsx
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const ErrorMessage = ({ message }: { message: ThreadMessage }) => {
         )
       default:
         return (
-          <p>
+          <p data-testid="passthrough-error-message">
             {message.content[0]?.text?.value && (
               <AutoLink text={message.content[0].text.value} />
             )}