diff --git a/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/types.ts b/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/types.ts
index e2b308e08..9efeb2b32 100644
--- a/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/types.ts
+++ b/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/types.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,39 @@
+import type { FrigateConfig, CameraConfig } from "@/types/frigateConfig";
+import type { ConfigSectionData } from "@/types/configForm";
 import type { SectionConfig } from "../sections/BaseSection";
 
+/** Context provided to message condition functions */
+export type MessageConditionContext = {
+  fullConfig: FrigateConfig;
+  fullCameraConfig?: CameraConfig;
+  level: "global" | "camera";
+  cameraName?: string;
+  formData: ConfigSectionData;
+};
+
+/** Severity levels for conditional messages */
+export type MessageSeverity = "info" | "warning" | "error";
+
+/** A conditional message definition */
+export type ConditionalMessage = {
+  /** Unique key for React list rendering and deduplication */
+  key: string;
+  /** Translation key resolved via t() in the views/settings namespace */
+  messageKey: string;
+  /** Severity level controlling visual styling */
+  severity: MessageSeverity;
+  /** Function returning true when the message should be shown */
+  condition: (ctx: MessageConditionContext) => boolean;
+};
+
+/** Field-level conditional message, adds field targeting */
+export type FieldConditionalMessage = ConditionalMessage & {
+  /** Dot-separated field path (e.g., "enabled", "alerts.labels") */
+  field: string;
+  /** Whether to render before or after the field (default: "before") */
+  position?: "before" | "after";
+};
+
 export type SectionConfigOverrides = {
   base?: SectionConfig;
   global?: Partial<SectionConfig>;