diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/entity-item/entity-item-ref/entity-item-ref.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/entity-item/entity-item-ref/entity-item-ref.element.ts
index 0f2222bc84..97b469d8a5 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/entity-item/entity-item-ref/entity-item-ref.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/entity-item/entity-item-ref/entity-item-ref.element.ts
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ export class UmbEntityItemRefElement extends UmbLitElement {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@property({ type: Boolean })
+	error?: boolean;
+
+	@property({ type: String, attribute: 'error-message', reflect: false })
+	errorMessage?: string;
+
 	#pathAddendum = new UmbRoutePathAddendumContext(this);
 
 	#onSelected(event: UmbSelectedEvent) {
@@ -155,6 +161,7 @@ export class UmbEntityItemRefElement extends UmbLitElement {
 				this._component?.remove();
 				const component = extensionControllers[0]?.component || document.createElement('umb-default-item-ref');
 
+				// TODO: I would say this code can use feature of the UmbExtensionsElementInitializer, to set properties and get a fallback element. [NL]
 				// assign the properties to the component
 				component.item = this.#item;
 				component.readonly = this.readonly;
@@ -182,7 +189,25 @@ export class UmbEntityItemRefElement extends UmbLitElement {
 	}
 
 	override render() {
-		return html`${this._component}`;
+		if (this._component) {
+			return html`${this._component}`;
+		}
+		// Error:
+		if (this.error) {
+			return html`<uui-ref-node
+				style="color: var(--uui-color-danger);"
+				.name=${this.localize.string(this.errorMessage ?? '#general_notFound')}
+				.readonly=${this.readonly}
+				.standalone=${this.standalone}
+				.selectOnly=${this.selectOnly}
+				.selected=${this.selected}
+				.disabled=${this.disabled}>
+				<uui-icon slot="icon" name="icon-alert" style="color: var(--uui-color-danger);"></uui-icon>
+				<slot name="actions"></slot>
+			</uui-ref-node>`;
+		}
+		// Loading:
+		return html`<uui-loader-bar style="margin-top:10px;"></uui-loader-bar>`;
 	}
 
 	override destroy(): void {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/picker-input/picker-input.context.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/picker-input/picker-input.context.ts
index 11d3bdeeb2..c345fd22d4 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/picker-input/picker-input.context.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/picker-input/picker-input.context.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export class UmbPickerInputContext<
 
 	public readonly selection;
 	public readonly selectedItems;
+	public readonly statuses;
 	public readonly interactionMemory = new UmbInteractionMemoryManager(this);
 
 	/**
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ export class UmbPickerInputContext<
 		this.#itemManager = new UmbRepositoryItemsManager<PickedItemType>(this, repositoryAlias, getUniqueMethod);
 
 		this.selection = this.#itemManager.uniques;
+		this.statuses = this.#itemManager.statuses;
 		this.selectedItems = this.#itemManager.items;
 	}
 
@@ -116,12 +118,12 @@ export class UmbPickerInputContext<
 
 	async requestRemoveItem(unique: string) {
 		const item = this.#itemManager.getItems().find((item) => this.#getUnique(item) === unique);
-		if (!item) throw new Error('Could not find item with unique: ' + unique);
 
+		const name = item?.name ?? '#general_notFound';
 		await umbConfirmModal(this, {
 			color: 'danger',
-			headline: `#actions_remove ${item.name}?`,
-			content: `#defaultdialogs_confirmremove ${item.name}?`,
+			headline: `#actions_remove ${name}?`,
+			content: `#defaultdialogs_confirmremove ${name}?`,
 			confirmLabel: '#actions_remove',
 		});
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/repository/repository-items.manager.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/repository/repository-items.manager.ts
index bc3536a3e9..fc9f7fd124 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/repository/repository-items.manager.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/repository/repository-items.manager.ts
@@ -7,17 +7,10 @@ import { UmbExtensionApiInitializer } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/extension-ap
 import { UmbControllerBase } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/class-api';
 import { UMB_ACTION_EVENT_CONTEXT } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/action';
 import { UmbEntityUpdatedEvent } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/entity-action';
+import type { UmbRepositoryItemsStatus } from './types.js';
 
 const ObserveRepositoryAlias = Symbol();
 
-interface UmbRepositoryItemsStatus {
-	state: {
-		type: 'success' | 'error' | 'loading';
-		error?: string;
-	};
-	unique: string;
-}
-
 export class UmbRepositoryItemsManager<ItemType extends { unique: string }> extends UmbControllerBase {
 	//
 	repository?: UmbItemRepository<ItemType>;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/repository/types.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/repository/types.ts
index 32d7a55020..7cd8329ff1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/repository/types.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/repository/types.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ export interface UmbRepositoryResponse<T> extends UmbDataSourceResponse<T> {}
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-object-type
 export interface UmbRepositoryErrorResponse extends UmbDataSourceErrorResponse {}
 
+export interface UmbRepositoryItemsStatus {
+	state: {
+		type: 'success' | 'error' | 'loading';
+		error?: string;
+	};
+	unique: string;
+}
+
 /**
  * Interface for a repository that can return a paged model.
  * @template T - The type of items in the paged model.
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/components/input-document/input-document.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/components/input-document/input-document.element.ts
index 6d21582800..52161c7974 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/components/input-document/input-document.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/components/input-document/input-document.element.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { UmbSorterController } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/sorter';
 import { UMB_DOCUMENT_TYPE_ENTITY_TYPE } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/document-type';
 import type { UmbTreeStartNode } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/tree';
 import type { UmbInteractionMemoryModel } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/interaction-memory';
+import type { UmbRepositoryItemsStatus } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/repository';
 
 @customElement('umb-input-document')
 export class UmbInputDocumentElement extends UmbFormControlMixin<string | undefined, typeof UmbLitElement>(
@@ -139,6 +140,9 @@ export class UmbInputDocumentElement extends UmbFormControlMixin<string | undefi
 	@state()
 	private _items?: Array<UmbDocumentItemModel>;
 
+	@state()
+	private _statuses?: Array<UmbRepositoryItemsStatus>;
+
 	#pickerInputContext = new UmbDocumentPickerInputContext(this);
 
 	constructor() {
@@ -168,6 +172,8 @@ export class UmbInputDocumentElement extends UmbFormControlMixin<string | undefi
 			'_observerItems',
 		);
 
+		this.observe(this.#pickerInputContext.statuses, (statuses) => (this._statuses = statuses), '_observerStatuses');
+
 		this.observe(
 			this.#pickerInputContext.interactionMemory.memories,
 			(memories) => {
@@ -199,8 +205,8 @@ export class UmbInputDocumentElement extends UmbFormControlMixin<string | undefi
 		);
 	}
 
-	#onRemove(item: UmbDocumentItemModel) {
-		this.#pickerInputContext.requestRemoveItem(item.unique);
+	#onRemove(unique: string) {
+		this.#pickerInputContext.requestRemoveItem(unique);
 	}
 
 	override render() {
@@ -224,16 +230,20 @@ export class UmbInputDocumentElement extends UmbFormControlMixin<string | undefi
 	}
 
 	#renderItems() {
-		if (!this._items) return;
+		if (!this._statuses) return;
 		return html`
 			<uui-ref-list>
 				${repeat(
-					this._items,
-					(item) => item.unique,
-					(item) =>
-						html`<umb-entity-item-ref
-							id=${item.unique}
+					this._statuses,
+					(status) => status.unique,
+					(status) => {
+						const unique = status.unique;
+						const item = this._items?.find((x) => x.unique === unique);
+						return html`<umb-entity-item-ref
+							id=${unique}
 							.item=${item}
+							?error=${status.state.type === 'error'}
+							.errorMessage=${status.state.error}
 							?readonly=${this.readonly}
 							?standalone=${this.max === 1}>
 							${when(
@@ -242,11 +252,12 @@ export class UmbInputDocumentElement extends UmbFormControlMixin<string | undefi
 									<uui-action-bar slot="actions">
 										<uui-button
 											label=${this.localize.term('general_remove')}
-											@click=${() => this.#onRemove(item)}></uui-button>
+											@click=${() => this.#onRemove(unique)}></uui-button>
 									</uui-action-bar>
 								`,
 							)}
-						</umb-entity-item-ref>`,
+						</umb-entity-item-ref>`;
+					},
 				)}
 			</uui-ref-list>
 		`;