diff --git a/tests/test_issues_server.py b/tests/test_issues_server.py
index 7762838c469f17b098ef7ac3e59c6ffc1b55ee42..4c4df4dc83352b09e5300c1273d0a6658a3e878a 100644
--- a/tests/test_issues_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_issues_server.py
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ import tempfile
 import time
 
 import caosdb as db
-from caosdb import administration as admin
 import pytest
-from caosdb.exceptions import TransactionError, HTTPClientError
+
+from caosdb import administration as admin
+from caosdb.exceptions import (TransactionError, HTTPClientError)
 
 CURATOR_ROLE = "curator"
 
@@ -1432,3 +1433,25 @@ See https://gitlab.indiscale.com/caosdb/src/caosdb-server/-/issues/106
 
     # Existing Property should still be reported as TEXT
     assert db.Record(id=r.id).retrieve().get_property("prop").datatype == db.TEXT
+
+
+@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb-server/-/issues/235")
+def test_235_long_name():
+    """Should give an appropriate error, not just unknown server/-/issues."""
+    length = 10256
+    name = "N" * length
+    rt1 = db.RecordType(name=name)
+    try:
+        rt1.insert()
+    except Exception as exc:
+        assert type(exc) is not db.HTTPServerError
+        # TODO more specific error should be asserted
+
+    rt2 = db.RecordType(name="Short")
+    rt2.insert()
+    rt2.name = name
+    try:
+        rt2.update()
+    except Exception as exc:
+        assert type(exc) is not db.HTTPServerError
+        # TODO more specific error should be asserted
diff --git a/tests/test_messages.py b/tests/test_messages.py
index bdbf371f6961e1f46fe1577ea2134f918e4588de..dfa1402b44f59aca87e62d58efa848e855eba657 100644
--- a/tests/test_messages.py
+++ b/tests/test_messages.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def test_messages_dict_behavior():
 
     from caosdb.common.models import Message, Messages
 
-    msgs = _Messages()
+    msgs = Messages()
 
     # create Message
     msg = Message(
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ def test_messages_dict_behavior():
         description="Greeting the world",
         body="Hello, world!")
 
-    # append it to the _Messages
+    # append it to the Messages
     msgs.append(msg)
 
-    # use _Messages as list of Message objects
+    # use Messages as list of Message objects
     for m in msgs:
         assert isinstance(m, Message)