diff --git a/apps/nextjs/src/app/[locale]/manage/custom-widgets/_custom-widget-form.tsx b/apps/nextjs/src/app/[locale]/manage/custom-widgets/_custom-widget-form.tsx
index 7c9db4577..99d4e38ce 100644
--- a/apps/nextjs/src/app/[locale]/manage/custom-widgets/_custom-widget-form.tsx
+++ b/apps/nextjs/src/app/[locale]/manage/custom-widgets/_custom-widget-form.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use client";
 
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
-import { Box, Button, Paper, SegmentedControl, Stack, TextInput, Textarea } from "@mantine/core";
+import { Alert, Box, Button, List, Paper, SegmentedControl, Stack, Text, TextInput, Textarea } from "@mantine/core";
 import {
   IconAlertCircle,
   IconApi,
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export function CustomWidgetForm({ mode, initialValues, definitionId }: CustomWi
     [candidate, requestDiagnostics, templateDiagnostics],
   );
 
-  const { save, runPreview, pasteAiResponse, copyDiagnostics, savePending, previewPending } =
+  const { save, runPreview, pasteAiResponse, copyDiagnostics, saveIssues, savePending, previewPending } =
     useCustomWidgetFormActions({
       mode,
       definitionId,
@@ -164,6 +164,21 @@ export function CustomWidgetForm({ mode, initialValues, definitionId }: CustomWi
           { value: "preview", label: w("section.preview") },
         ]}
       />
+      {saveIssues.length > 0 && (
+        <Alert color="red" title={w("saveError.title")} icon={<IconAlertCircle size={18} />}>
+          <Text size="sm" mb="xs">
+            {w("saveError.description")}
+          </Text>
+          <List size="sm" spacing={4}>
+            {saveIssues.map((issue, index) => (
+              <List.Item key={`${issue.path ?? "widget"}-${index}`}>
+                {issue.path ? `${issue.path}: ` : ""}
+                {issue.message}
+              </List.Item>
+            ))}
+          </List>
+        </Alert>
+      )}
       <nav className={classes.sectionNav} aria-label={w("sectionNavigation")}>
         {sectionLinks.map(([id, key, SectionIcon]) => (
           <Button
diff --git a/apps/nextjs/src/app/[locale]/manage/custom-widgets/_custom-widget-save-errors.spec.ts b/apps/nextjs/src/app/[locale]/manage/custom-widgets/_custom-widget-save-errors.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78929e018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/nextjs/src/app/[locale]/manage/custom-widgets/_custom-widget-save-errors.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { extractCustomWidgetSaveIssues } from "./_custom-widget-save-errors";
+
+describe("extractCustomWidgetSaveIssues", () => {
+  it("extracts every flattened server validation message", () => {
+    expect(
+      extractCustomWidgetSaveIssues({
+        data: {
+          zodError: {
+            fieldErrors: {
+              template: [
+                "UNKNOWN_COMPONENT: 'Radio.Group' is not available. Did you mean 'RadioGroup'?",
+                "UNKNOWN_COMPONENT: 'Radio.Card' is not available. Did you mean 'RadioCard'?",
+              ],
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    ).toEqual([
+      { path: "template", message: "UNKNOWN_COMPONENT: 'Radio.Group' is not available. Did you mean 'RadioGroup'?" },
+      { path: "template", message: "UNKNOWN_COMPONENT: 'Radio.Card' is not available. Did you mean 'RadioCard'?" },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("extracts paths and messages from a serialized Zod issue list", () => {
+    const message = JSON.stringify([
+      {
+        code: "custom",
+        message: "UNKNOWN_COMPONENT: 'Radio.Indicator' is not available. Did you mean 'RadioIndicator'?",
+        path: ["template"],
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    expect(extractCustomWidgetSaveIssues({ message })).toEqual([
+      {
+        path: "template",
+        message: "UNKNOWN_COMPONENT: 'Radio.Indicator' is not available. Did you mean 'RadioIndicator'?",
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("extracts root validation errors from the tRPC error shape", () => {
+    expect(
+      extractCustomWidgetSaveIssues({
+        shape: {
+          data: {
+            zodError: {
+              formErrors: ["The widget definition is invalid."],
+              fieldErrors: {},
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    ).toEqual([{ message: "The widget definition is invalid." }]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/nextjs/src/app/[locale]/manage/custom-widgets/_custom-widget-save-errors.ts b/apps/nextjs/src/app/[locale]/manage/custom-widgets/_custom-widget-save-errors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e876b79e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/nextjs/src/app/[locale]/manage/custom-widgets/_custom-widget-save-errors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+export interface CustomWidgetSaveIssue {
+  path?: string;
+  message: string;
+}
+
+const MAX_SAVE_ISSUES = 20;
+
+export function extractCustomWidgetSaveIssues(error: unknown): CustomWidgetSaveIssue[] {
+  const record = asRecord(error);
+  const data = asRecord(record?.data) ?? asRecord(asRecord(record?.shape)?.data);
+  const zodError = asRecord(data?.zodError);
+  const fieldErrors = asRecord(zodError?.fieldErrors);
+  const flattened = fieldErrors
+    ? Object.entries(fieldErrors).flatMap(([path, value]) =>
+        Array.isArray(value)
+          ? value.flatMap((message) => (typeof message === "string" ? [{ path, message }] : []))
+          : [],
+      )
+    : [];
+  const formErrors = Array.isArray(zodError?.formErrors)
+    ? zodError.formErrors.flatMap((message) => (typeof message === "string" ? [{ message }] : []))
+    : [];
+  if (flattened.length > 0 || formErrors.length > 0) return uniqueIssues([...formErrors, ...flattened]);
+
+  const message = typeof record?.message === "string" ? record.message : null;
+  if (!message) return [];
+  const parsed = parseZodIssueMessage(message);
+  return parsed.length > 0 ? uniqueIssues(parsed) : [{ message }];
+}
+
+function parseZodIssueMessage(message: string): CustomWidgetSaveIssue[] {
+  try {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(message) as unknown;
+    if (!Array.isArray(parsed)) return [];
+    return parsed.flatMap((candidate) => {
+      const issue = asRecord(candidate);
+      if (typeof issue?.message !== "string") return [];
+      const path = Array.isArray(issue.path) ? issue.path.filter((part) => typeof part === "string").join(".") : undefined;
+      return [{ path: path || undefined, message: issue.message }];
+    });
+  } catch {
+    return [];
+  }
+}
+
+function uniqueIssues(issues: CustomWidgetSaveIssue[]) {
+  return issues
+    .filter((issue, index) => issues.findIndex((candidate) => candidate.path === issue.path && candidate.message === issue.message) === index)
+    .slice(0, MAX_SAVE_ISSUES);
+}
+
+function asRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | null {
+  return value !== null && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value) ? (value as Record<string, unknown>) : null;
+}
diff --git a/apps/nextjs/src/app/[locale]/manage/custom-widgets/_use-custom-widget-form-actions.ts b/apps/nextjs/src/app/[locale]/manage/custom-widgets/_use-custom-widget-form-actions.ts
index 9d527949f..71727d73a 100644
--- a/apps/nextjs/src/app/[locale]/manage/custom-widgets/_use-custom-widget-form-actions.ts
+++ b/apps/nextjs/src/app/[locale]/manage/custom-widgets/_use-custom-widget-form-actions.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import { useScopedI18n } from "@homarr/translation/client";
 
 import { applyDefinition, buildDefinition, isRecord, loadPreviewQueries } from "./_custom-widget-form-utils";
 import type { PreviewState } from "./_custom-widget-preview-panel";
+import { extractCustomWidgetSaveIssues } from "./_custom-widget-save-errors";
+import type { CustomWidgetSaveIssue } from "./_custom-widget-save-errors";
 
 interface FormActionsInput {
   mode: "create" | "edit";
@@ -43,15 +45,21 @@ export function useCustomWidgetFormActions(input: FormActionsInput) {
   const updateMutation = clientApi.customWidget.update.useMutation();
   const previewMutation = clientApi.customWidget.previewCreate.useMutation();
   const [importIssues, setImportIssues] = useState<string[]>([]);
+  const [saveIssues, setSaveIssues] = useState<CustomWidgetSaveIssue[]>([]);
   const [previewPending, setPreviewPending] = useState(false);
 
   const save = input.form.onSubmit(async (values) => {
+    clearSaveIssues(input.form, saveIssues);
+    setSaveIssues([]);
     const definition = buildDefinition(values);
     if (!definition.success) {
-      showErrorNotification({
-        title: t("action.save"),
-        message: definition.error.issues[0]?.message ?? w("invalidWidget"),
-      });
+      reportSaveIssues(
+        input.form,
+        definition.error.issues.map((issue) => ({ path: issue.path.join("."), message: issue.message })),
+        setSaveIssues,
+        t("action.save"),
+        (count) => w("saveError.more", { count }),
+      );
       return;
     }
     const changedSecrets = values.secrets
@@ -88,8 +96,15 @@ export function useCustomWidgetFormActions(input: FormActionsInput) {
           message: t("notification.updated", { name: values.name }),
         });
       }
-    } catch {
-      showErrorNotification({ title: t("action.save"), message: t("notification.updateError") });
+    } catch (error) {
+      const issues = extractCustomWidgetSaveIssues(error);
+      if (issues.length > 0) {
+        reportSaveIssues(input.form, issues, setSaveIssues, t("action.save"), (count) =>
+          w("saveError.more", { count }),
+        );
+      } else {
+        showErrorNotification({ title: t("action.save"), message: t("notification.updateError") });
+      }
     }
   });
 
@@ -205,7 +220,35 @@ export function useCustomWidgetFormActions(input: FormActionsInput) {
     runPreview,
     pasteAiResponse,
     copyDiagnostics,
+    saveIssues,
     savePending: createMutation.isPending || updateMutation.isPending,
     previewPending,
   };
 }
+
+function reportSaveIssues(
+  form: UseFormReturnType<CustomWidgetFormValues>,
+  issues: CustomWidgetSaveIssue[],
+  setIssues: Dispatch<SetStateAction<CustomWidgetSaveIssue[]>>,
+  title: string,
+  getRemainingLabel: (count: number) => string,
+) {
+  setIssues(issues);
+  const messagesByPath = new Map<string, string[]>();
+  for (const issue of issues) {
+    if (!issue.path) continue;
+    messagesByPath.set(issue.path, [...(messagesByPath.get(issue.path) ?? []), issue.message]);
+  }
+  for (const [path, messages] of messagesByPath) {
+    form.setFieldError(path, messages.join(" "));
+  }
+  const remaining = issues.length - 1;
+  showErrorNotification({
+    title,
+    message: `${issues[0]?.message ?? ""}${remaining > 0 ? ` ${getRemainingLabel(remaining)}` : ""}`,
+  });
+}
+
+function clearSaveIssues(form: UseFormReturnType<CustomWidgetFormValues>, issues: CustomWidgetSaveIssue[]) {
+  for (const path of new Set(issues.flatMap((issue) => (issue.path ? [issue.path] : [])))) form.clearFieldError(path);
+}
diff --git a/packages/translation/src/lang/en.json b/packages/translation/src/lang/en.json
index 26130994c..0a19ed5dc 100644
--- a/packages/translation/src/lang/en.json
+++ b/packages/translation/src/lang/en.json
@@ -828,6 +828,11 @@
         "invalid": "Needs attention",
         "ready": "Ready"
       },
+      "saveError": {
+        "title": "Widget was not saved",
+        "description": "Fix these validation errors and save again.",
+        "more": "+{count} more errors are shown in the workbench."
+      },
       "action": {
         "preview": "Test and preview",
         "previewLoading": "Testing requests",