diff --git a/src/plus/drafts/draftsService.ts b/src/plus/drafts/draftsService.ts
index 87fc9b8..c7d52de 100644
--- a/src/plus/drafts/draftsService.ts
+++ b/src/plus/drafts/draftsService.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ export class DraftService implements Disposable {
 				} satisfies CreateDraftRequest),
 			});
 
+			if (!createDraftRsp.ok) {
+				const json = (await createDraftRsp.json()) as { error?: { message?: string } } | undefined;
+				throw new Error(json?.error?.message ?? createDraftRsp.statusText);
+			}
+
 			const createDraft = ((await createDraftRsp.json()) as DraftResult).data;
 			const draftId = createDraft.id;
 
diff --git a/src/webviews/apps/plus/patchDetails/components/gl-patch-create.ts b/src/webviews/apps/plus/patchDetails/components/gl-patch-create.ts
index 65c7a52..fac8518 100644
--- a/src/webviews/apps/plus/patchDetails/components/gl-patch-create.ts
+++ b/src/webviews/apps/plus/patchDetails/components/gl-patch-create.ts
@@ -118,12 +118,12 @@ export class GlPatchCreate extends GlTreeBase<GlPatchCreateEvents> {
 						</div>`,
 				)}
 				<div class="message-input">
-					<input id="title" type="text" class="message-input__control" placeholder="Title (required)" .value=${
+					<input id="title" type="text" class="message-input__control" placeholder="Title (required)" maxlength="100" .value=${
 						this.create.title ?? ''
 					} @input=${this.onTitleInput}></textarea>
 				</div>
 				<div class="message-input">
-					<textarea id="desc" class="message-input__control" placeholder="Description (optional)" .value=${
+					<textarea id="desc" class="message-input__control" placeholder="Description (optional)" maxlength="10000" .value=${
 						this.create.description ?? ''
 					}  @input=${this.onDescriptionInput}></textarea>
 				</div>