diff --git a/apps/e2e/cypress/e2e/proposals.cy.ts b/apps/e2e/cypress/e2e/proposals.cy.ts
index 33e0a79b83..dc385331ba 100644
--- a/apps/e2e/cypress/e2e/proposals.cy.ts
+++ b/apps/e2e/cypress/e2e/proposals.cy.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ context('Proposal tests', () => {
   faker.seed(0);
   const title = faker.lorem.words(2);
   const abstract = faker.lorem.words(3);
+  const maxTitleLen = 175;
+  const maxAbstractLen = 1500;
   const newProposalTitle = faker.lorem.words(2);
   const newProposalAbstract = faker.lorem.words(3);
   const proposalTitleUpdated = faker.lorem.words(2);
@@ -276,7 +278,26 @@ context('Proposal tests', () => {
       cy.contains('Proposal Title is required');
       cy.contains('Proposal Abstract is required');
 
+      cy.get('[data-cy=title]').type('x'.repeat(maxTitleLen + 1));
+      cy.get('[data-cy=abstract]').type('y'.repeat(maxAbstractLen + 1));
+
+      cy.get('[data-cy="save-and-continue-button"]').focus().click();
+
+      cy.contains(`Please make title at most ${maxTitleLen} characters long`);
+      cy.contains(
+        `Please make abstract at most ${maxAbstractLen} characters long`
+      );
+
       cy.contains('New Proposal').click();
+
+      cy.on('window:confirm', (str) => {
+        expect(str).to.equal(
+          'Changes you recently made in this tab will be lost! Are you sure?'
+        );
+
+        return true;
+      });
+
       cy.get('[data-cy=call-list]').find('li:first-child').click();
 
       cy.get('[data-cy=save-button]').should('be.disabled');
diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/components/questionary/questionaryComponents/ProposalBasis/createProposalBasisValidationSchema.ts b/apps/frontend/src/components/questionary/questionaryComponents/ProposalBasis/createProposalBasisValidationSchema.ts
index 3300c62984..fa0e3d662e 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/src/components/questionary/questionaryComponents/ProposalBasis/createProposalBasisValidationSchema.ts
+++ b/apps/frontend/src/components/questionary/questionaryComponents/ProposalBasis/createProposalBasisValidationSchema.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const createProposalBasisValidationSchema: QuestionaryComponentDefinition
         .trim()
         .max(
           MAX_TITLE_LEN,
-          `Please make abstract at most ${MAX_TITLE_LEN} characters long`
+          `Please make title at most ${MAX_TITLE_LEN} characters long`
         )
         .required('Proposal Title is required'),
       abstract: Yup.string()