diff --git a/code/__defines/text.dm b/code/__defines/text.dm
index 6885d859cb..a638832cb9 100644
--- a/code/__defines/text.dm
+++ b/code/__defines/text.dm
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@
 #define STRIP_HTML_SIMPLE(text, limit) (GLOB.angular_brackets.Replace(copytext(text, 1, limit), ""))
 
 #define MAX_MESSAGE_CHUNKS 130
+
+#define MAX_TGUI_INPUT (MAX_MESSAGE_CHUNKS * 1024)
diff --git a/code/modules/tgui_input/alert.dm b/code/modules/tgui_input/alert.dm
index 80a80228ac..80ef7bd98d 100644
--- a/code/modules/tgui_input/alert.dm
+++ b/code/modules/tgui_input/alert.dm
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * * timeout - The timeout of the alert, after which the modal will close and qdel itself. Set to zero for no timeout.
  * * autofocus - The bool that controls if this alert should grab window focus.
  */
-/proc/tgui_alert(mob/user, message = "", title, list/buttons = list("Ok"), timeout = 0, autofocus = TRUE, strict_byond = FALSE)
+/proc/tgui_alert(mob/user, message = "", title, list/buttons = list("Ok"), timeout = 0, autofocus = TRUE, strict_byond = FALSE, ui_state = GLOB.tgui_always_state)
 	if (istext(buttons))
 		stack_trace("tgui_alert() received text for buttons instead of list")
 		return
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@
 			var/client/client = user
 			user = client.mob
 		else
-			return
+			return null
+
+	if(isnull(user.client))
+		return null
+
 	// A gentle nudge - you should not be using TGUI alert for anything other than a simple message.
 	//if(length(buttons) > 3)
 	//	log_tgui(user, "Error: TGUI Alert initiated with too many buttons. Use a list.", "TguiAlert")
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@
 		if(length(buttons) == 3)
 			return alert(user, message, title, buttons[1], buttons[2], buttons[3])
 
-	var/datum/tgui_alert/alert = new(user, message, title, buttons, timeout, autofocus)
+	var/datum/tgui_alert/alert = new(user, message, title, buttons, timeout, autofocus, ui_state)
 	alert.tgui_interact(user)
 	alert.wait()
 	if (alert)
@@ -67,12 +71,15 @@
 	var/autofocus
 	/// Boolean field describing if the tgui_modal was closed by the user.
 	var/closed
+	/// The TGUI UI state that will be returned in ui_state(). Default: always_state
+	var/datum/tgui_state/state
 
-/datum/tgui_alert/New(mob/user, message, title, list/buttons, timeout, autofocus)
+/datum/tgui_alert/New(mob/user, message, title, list/buttons, timeout, autofocus, ui_state)
 	src.autofocus = autofocus
 	src.buttons = buttons.Copy()
 	src.message = message
 	src.title = title
+	src.state = ui_state
 	if (timeout)
 		src.timeout = timeout
 		start_time = world.time
@@ -80,6 +87,7 @@
 
 /datum/tgui_alert/Destroy(force, ...)
 	SStgui.close_uis(src)
+	state = null
 	QDEL_NULL(buttons)
 	. = ..()
 
@@ -102,7 +110,7 @@
 	closed = TRUE
 
 /datum/tgui_alert/tgui_state(mob/user)
-	return GLOB.tgui_always_state
+	return state
 
 /datum/tgui_alert/tgui_static_data(mob/user)
 	var/list/data = list()
@@ -151,7 +159,7 @@
  * * callback - The callback to be invoked when a choice is made.
  * * timeout - The timeout of the alert, after which the modal will close and qdel itself. Disabled by default, can be set to seconds otherwise.
  */
-/proc/tgui_alert_async(mob/user, message = "", title, list/buttons = list("Ok"), datum/callback/callback, timeout = 0, autofocus = TRUE)
+/proc/tgui_alert_async(mob/user, message = "", title, list/buttons = list("Ok"), datum/callback/callback, timeout = 0, autofocus = TRUE, ui_state = GLOB.tgui_always_state)
 	if (istext(buttons))
 		stack_trace("tgui_alert() received text for buttons instead of list")
 		return
@@ -165,8 +173,12 @@
 			var/client/client = user
 			user = client.mob
 		else
-			return
-	var/datum/tgui_alert/async/alert = new(user, message, title, buttons, callback, timeout, autofocus)
+			return null
+
+	if(isnull(user.client))
+		return null
+
+	var/datum/tgui_alert/async/alert = new(user, message, title, buttons, callback, timeout, autofocus, ui_state)
 	alert.tgui_interact(user)
 
 /**
@@ -178,8 +190,8 @@
 	/// The callback to be invoked by the tgui_modal upon having a choice made.
 	var/datum/callback/callback
 
-/datum/tgui_alert/async/New(mob/user, message, title, list/buttons, callback, timeout, autofocus)
-	..(user, message, title, buttons, timeout, autofocus)
+/datum/tgui_alert/async/New(mob/user, message, title, list/buttons, callback, timeout, autofocus, ui_state)
+	..(user, message, title, buttons, timeout, autofocus, ui_state)
 	src.callback = callback
 
 /datum/tgui_alert/async/Destroy(force, ...)
diff --git a/code/modules/tgui_input/color.dm b/code/modules/tgui_input/color.dm
index 23c1122a92..2dc2846898 100644
--- a/code/modules/tgui_input/color.dm
+++ b/code/modules/tgui_input/color.dm
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * * timeout - The timeout of the picker, after which the modal will close and qdel itself. Set to zero for no timeout.
  * * autofocus - The bool that controls if this picker should grab window focus.
  */
-/proc/tgui_color_picker(mob/user, message, title, default = "#000000", timeout = 0, autofocus = TRUE)
+/proc/tgui_color_picker(mob/user, message, title, default = "#000000", timeout = 0, autofocus = TRUE, ui_state = GLOB.tgui_always_state)
 	if (!user)
 		user = usr
 	if (!istype(user))
@@ -16,11 +16,15 @@
 			var/client/client = user
 			user = client.mob
 		else
-			return
+			return null
+
+	if(isnull(user.client))
+		return null
+
 	// Client does NOT have tgui_input on: Returns regular input
 	if(!user.client.prefs.read_preference(/datum/preference/toggle/tgui_input_mode))
 		return input(user, message, title, default) as color|null
-	var/datum/tgui_color_picker/picker = new(user, message, title, default, timeout, autofocus)
+	var/datum/tgui_color_picker/picker = new(user, message, title, default, timeout, autofocus, ui_state)
 	picker.tgui_interact(user)
 	picker.wait()
 	if (picker)
@@ -51,12 +55,15 @@
 	var/closed
 	/// The user's presets
 	var/preset_colors
+	/// The TGUI UI state that will be returned in ui_state(). Default: always_state
+	var/datum/tgui_state/state
 
-/datum/tgui_color_picker/New(mob/user, message, title, default, timeout, autofocus)
+/datum/tgui_color_picker/New(mob/user, message, title, default, timeout, autofocus, ui_state)
 	src.autofocus = autofocus
 	src.title = title
 	src.default = default
 	src.message = message
+	src.state = ui_state
 	if (timeout)
 		src.timeout = timeout
 		start_time = world.time
@@ -66,6 +73,7 @@
 
 /datum/tgui_color_picker/Destroy(force)
 	SStgui.close_uis(src)
+	state = null
 	. = ..()
 
 /**
@@ -90,7 +98,7 @@
 	closed = TRUE
 
 /datum/tgui_color_picker/tgui_state(mob/user)
-	return GLOB.tgui_always_state
+	return state
 
 /datum/tgui_color_picker/tgui_static_data(mob/user)
 	. = list()
diff --git a/code/modules/tgui_input/text.dm b/code/modules/tgui_input/text.dm
index b1b02e2052..a31f7d2891 100644
--- a/code/modules/tgui_input/text.dm
+++ b/code/modules/tgui_input/text.dm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * * encode - Toggling this determines if input is filtered via html_encode. Setting this to FALSE gives raw input.
  * * timeout - The timeout of the textbox, after which the modal will close and qdel itself. Set to zero for no timeout.
  */
-/proc/tgui_input_text(mob/user, message = "", title = "Text Input", default, max_length = 130000, multiline = FALSE, encode = FALSE, timeout = 0, prevent_enter = FALSE) // 130k limit due to chunking limit... if we need longer that needs fixing
+/proc/tgui_input_text(mob/user, message = "", title = "Text Input", default, max_length = MAX_TGUI_INPUT, multiline = FALSE, encode = FALSE, timeout = 0, prevent_enter = FALSE, ui_state = GLOB.tgui_always_state) // 130k limit due to chunking limit... if we need longer that needs fixing
 	if (!user)
 		user = usr
 	if (!istype(user))
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 			var/client/client = user
 			user = client.mob
 		else
-			return
+			return null
 
 	if(isnull(user.client))
 		return null
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 			else
 				return input(user, message, title, default) as text|null
 
-	var/datum/tgui_input_text/text_input = new(user, message, title, default, max_length, multiline, encode, timeout)
+	var/datum/tgui_input_text/text_input = new(user, message, title, default, max_length, multiline, encode, timeout, ui_state)
 	text_input.tgui_interact(user)
 	text_input.wait()
 	if (text_input)
@@ -75,14 +75,17 @@
 	var/timeout
 	/// The title of the TGUI window
 	var/title
+	/// The TGUI UI state that will be returned in ui_state(). Default: always_state
+	var/datum/tgui_state/state
 
-/datum/tgui_input_text/New(mob/user, message, title, default, max_length, multiline, encode, timeout)
+/datum/tgui_input_text/New(mob/user, message, title, default, max_length, multiline, encode, timeout, ui_state)
 	src.default = default
 	src.encode = encode
 	src.max_length = max_length
 	src.message = message
 	src.multiline = multiline
 	src.title = title
+	src.state = ui_state
 	if (timeout)
 		src.timeout = timeout
 		start_time = world.time
@@ -90,6 +93,7 @@
 
 /datum/tgui_input_text/Destroy(force)
 	SStgui.close_uis(src)
+	state = null
 	return ..()
 
 /**
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@
 	closed = TRUE
 
 /datum/tgui_input_text/tgui_state(mob/user)
-	return GLOB.tgui_always_state
+	return state
 
 /datum/tgui_input_text/tgui_static_data(mob/user)
 	var/list/data = list()
diff --git a/tgui/public/tgui.html b/tgui/public/tgui.html
index 2f1138b602..ec87b9968f 100644
--- a/tgui/public/tgui.html
+++ b/tgui/public/tgui.html
@@ -340,6 +340,18 @@
           if (!sync) {
             node.media = 'only x';
           }
+          var removeNodeAndRetry = function () {
+            node.parentNode.removeChild(node);
+            node = null;
+            retry();
+          }
+          // 516: Chromium won't call onload() if there is a 404 error
+          // Legacy IE doesn't use onerror, so we retain that
+          // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/link#stylesheet_load_events
+          node.onerror = function () {
+            node.onerror = null;
+            removeNodeAndRetry();
+          }
           node.onload = function () {
             node.onload = null;
             if (isStyleSheetLoaded(node, url)) {
@@ -348,9 +360,7 @@
               return;
             }
             // Try again
-            node.parentNode.removeChild(node);
-            node = null;
-            retry();
+            removeNodeAndRetry();
           };
           injectNode(node);
           return;