diff -u b/core/modules/aggregator/src/Tests/AggregatorTestBase.php b/core/modules/aggregator/src/Tests/AggregatorTestBase.php
--- b/core/modules/aggregator/src/Tests/AggregatorTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/aggregator/src/Tests/AggregatorTestBase.php
@@ -67,4 +67,8 @@
     $this->assertText(t('The feed @name has been added.', array('@name' => $edit['title[0][value]'])), format_string('The feed !name has been added.', array('!name' => $edit['title[0][value]'])));
 
+    // See if the creation message contains a link to a feed.
+    $view_link = $this->xpath('//div[@class="messages"]//a[contains(@href, :href)]', array(':href' => 'aggregator/sources/'));
+    $this->assert(isset($view_link), 'The message area contains a link to a feed');
+
     $fid = db_query("SELECT fid FROM {aggregator_feed} WHERE title = :title AND url = :url", array(':title' => $edit['title[0][value]'], ':url' => $edit['url[0][value]']))->fetchField();
     $this->assertTrue(!empty($fid), 'The feed found in database.');
diff -u b/core/modules/aggregator/src/Tests/UpdateFeedItemTest.php b/core/modules/aggregator/src/Tests/UpdateFeedItemTest.php
--- b/core/modules/aggregator/src/Tests/UpdateFeedItemTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/aggregator/src/Tests/UpdateFeedItemTest.php
@@ -43,4 +43,8 @@
     $this->assertText(t('The feed @name has been added.', array('@name' => $edit['title[0][value]'])), format_string('The feed !name has been added.', array('!name' => $edit['title[0][value]'])));
 
+    // See if the creation message contains a link to a feed.
+    $view_link = $this->xpath('//div[@class="messages"]//a[contains(@href, :href)]', array(':href' => 'aggregator/sources/'));
+    $this->assert(isset($view_link), 'The message area contains a link to a feed');
+
     $fid = db_query("SELECT fid FROM {aggregator_feed} WHERE url = :url", array(':url' => $edit['url[0][value]']))->fetchField();
     $feed = Feed::load($fid);
diff -u b/core/modules/aggregator/src/Tests/UpdateFeedTest.php b/core/modules/aggregator/src/Tests/UpdateFeedTest.php
--- b/core/modules/aggregator/src/Tests/UpdateFeedTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/aggregator/src/Tests/UpdateFeedTest.php
@@ -32,4 +32,8 @@
       $this->assertText(t('The feed @name has been updated.', array('@name' => $edit['title[0][value]'])), format_string('The feed %name has been updated.', array('%name' => $edit['title[0][value]'])));
 
+      // See if the creation message contains a link to a feed.
+      $view_link = $this->xpath('//div[@class="messages"]//a[contains(@href, :href)]', array(':href' => 'aggregator/sources/'));
+      $this->assert(isset($view_link), 'The message area contains a link to a feed');
+
       // Check feed data.
       $this->assertUrl($feed->url('canonical', ['absolute' => TRUE]));
diff -u b/core/modules/contact/src/Tests/ContactSitewideTest.php b/core/modules/contact/src/Tests/ContactSitewideTest.php
--- b/core/modules/contact/src/Tests/ContactSitewideTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/contact/src/Tests/ContactSitewideTest.php
@@ -133,8 +133,16 @@
     $this->assertText(t('Contact form @label has been added.', array('@label' => $label)));
 
+    // See if the creation message contains a link to a contact form.
+    $view_link = $this->xpath('//div[@class="messages"]//a[contains(@href, :href)]', array(':href' => 'contact/'));
+    $this->assert(isset($view_link), 'The message area contains a link to a contact form.');
+
     // Create first valid form.
     $this->addContactForm($id = Unicode::strtolower($this->randomMachineName(16)), $label = $this->randomMachineName(16), implode(',', array($recipients[0])), '', TRUE);
     $this->assertText(t('Contact form @label has been added.', array('@label' => $label)));
 
+    // See if the creation message contains a link to a contact form.
+    $view_link = $this->xpath('//div[@class="messages"]//a[contains(@href, :href)]', array(':href' => 'contact/'));
+    $this->assert(isset($view_link), 'The message area contains a link to a contact form.');
+
     // Check that the form was created in site default language.
     $langcode = $this->config('contact.form.' . $id)->get('langcode');
diff -u b/core/modules/filter/src/Tests/FilterAdminTest.php b/core/modules/filter/src/Tests/FilterAdminTest.php
--- b/core/modules/filter/src/Tests/FilterAdminTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/filter/src/Tests/FilterAdminTest.php
@@ -297,4 +297,9 @@
     $this->assertText(t('Basic page @title has been created.', array('@title' => $edit['title[0][value]'])), 'Filtered node created.');
 
+
+    // See if the creation message contains a link to a node.
+    $view_link = $this->xpath('//div[@class="messages"]//a[contains(@href, :href)]', array(':href' => 'node/'));
+    $this->assert(isset($view_link), 'The message area contains a link to a node');
+
     $node = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($edit['title[0][value]']);
     $this->assertTrue($node, 'Node found in database.');
diff -u b/core/modules/forum/src/Tests/ForumTest.php b/core/modules/forum/src/Tests/ForumTest.php
--- b/core/modules/forum/src/Tests/ForumTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/forum/src/Tests/ForumTest.php
@@ -426,6 +426,10 @@
       format_string('@type was created', array('@type' => ucfirst($type)))
     );
 
+    // See if the creation message contains a link to a term.
+    $view_link = $this->xpath('//div[@class="messages"]//a[contains(@href, :href)]', array(':href' => 'term/'));
+    $this->assert(isset($view_link), 'The message area contains a link to a term');
+
     // Verify forum.
     $term = db_query("SELECT * FROM {taxonomy_term_field_data} t WHERE t.vid = :vid AND t.name = :name AND t.description__value = :desc AND t.default_langcode = 1", array(':vid' => $this->config('forum.settings')->get('vocabulary'), ':name' => $name, ':desc' => $description))->fetchAssoc();
     $this->assertTrue(!empty($term), 'The ' . $type . ' exists in the database');
@@ -547,6 +551,10 @@
     else {
       $this->assertText(t('@type @title has been created.', array('@type' => $type, '@title' => $title)), 'Forum topic was created');
       $this->assertNoRaw(t('The item %title is a forum container, not a forum.', array('%title' => $forum['name'])), 'No error message was shown');
+
+      // See if the creation message contains a link to a term.
+      $view_link = $this->xpath('//div[@class="messages"]//a[contains(@href, :href)]', array(':href' => 'term/'));
+      $this->assert(isset($view_link), 'The message area contains a link to a term');
     }
 
     // Retrieve node object, ensure that the topic was created and in the proper forum.
diff -u b/core/modules/locale/src/Tests/LocaleContentTest.php b/core/modules/locale/src/Tests/LocaleContentTest.php
--- b/core/modules/locale/src/Tests/LocaleContentTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/locale/src/Tests/LocaleContentTest.php
@@ -126,4 +126,8 @@
     $this->assertText(t('@title has been updated.', array('@title' => $node_title)));
 
+    // See if the creation message contains a link to a node.
+    $view_link = $this->xpath('//div[@class="messages"]//a[contains(@href, :href)]', array(':href' => 'node/' . $node->id()));
+    $this->assert(isset($view_link), 'The message area contains the link to the edited node');
+
     $this->drupalLogout();
   }
diff -u b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeCreationTest.php b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeCreationTest.php
--- b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeCreationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeCreationTest.php
@@ -55,4 +55,8 @@
     $this->assertText(t('!post @title has been created.', array('!post' => 'Basic page', '@title' => $edit['title[0][value]'])), 'Basic page created.');
 
+    // See if the creation message contains a link to a node.
+    $view_link = $this->xpath('//div[@class="messages"]//a[contains(@href, :href)]', array(':href' => 'node/'));
+    $this->assert(isset($view_link), 'The message area contains a link to a node');
+
     // Check that the node exists in the database.
     $node = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($edit['title[0][value]']);
@@ -142,6 +146,10 @@
 
     // Confirm that the node was created.
     $this->assertText(t('!post @title has been created.', array('!post' => 'Basic page', '@title' => $edit['title[0][value]'])));
+
+    // See if the creation message contains a link to a node.
+    $view_link = $this->xpath('//div[@class="messages"]//a[contains(@href, :href)]', array(':href' => 'node/'));
+    $this->assert(isset($view_link), 'The message area contains a link to a node');
   }
 
   /**
diff -u b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityTranslationFormTest.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityTranslationFormTest.php
--- b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityTranslationFormTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityTranslationFormTest.php
@@ -94,4 +94,8 @@
     $this->assertText(t('Basic page @title has been created.', array('@title' => $edit['title[0][value]'])), 'Basic page created.');
 
+    // See if the creation message contains a link to a node.
+    $view_link = $this->xpath('//div[@class="messages"]//a[contains(@href, :href)]', array(':href' => 'node/'));
+    $this->assert(isset($view_link), 'The message area contains a link to a node');
+
     // Check to make sure the node was created.
     $node = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($edit['title[0][value]']);
diff -u b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Tests/TermTest.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Tests/TermTest.php
--- b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Tests/TermTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Tests/TermTest.php
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@
     // Save, creating the terms.
     $this->drupalPostForm('node/add/article', $edit, t('Save'));
     $this->assertText(t('@type @title has been created.', array('@type' => t('Article'), '@title' => $edit['title[0][value]'])), 'The node was created successfully.');
+    // See if the creation message contains a link to a node.
+    $view_link = $this->xpath('//div[@class="messages"]//a[contains(@href, :href)]', array(':href' => 'node/'));
+    $this->assert(isset($view_link), 'The message area contains a link to a node');
     foreach ($terms as $term) {
       $this->assertText($term, 'The term was saved and appears on the node page.');
     }
diff -u b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Tests/VocabularyPermissionsTest.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Tests/VocabularyPermissionsTest.php
--- b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Tests/VocabularyPermissionsTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Tests/VocabularyPermissionsTest.php
@@ -38,4 +38,8 @@
     $this->assertText(t('Created new term @name.', array('@name' => $edit['name[0][value]'])), 'Term created successfully.');
 
+    // See if the creation message contains a link to a term.
+    $view_link = $this->xpath('//div[@class="messages"]//a[contains(@href, :href)]', array(':href' => 'term/'));
+    $this->assert(isset($view_link), 'The message area contains a link to a term');
+
     $terms = taxonomy_term_load_multiple_by_name($edit['name[0][value]']);
     $term = reset($terms);
@@ -50,4 +54,9 @@
     $this->assertText(t('Updated term @name.', array('@name' => $edit['name[0][value]'])), 'Term updated successfully.');
 
+
+    // See if the update message contains a link to a term.
+    $view_link = $this->xpath('//div[@class="messages"]//a[contains(@href, :href)]', array(':href' => 'term/'));
+    $this->assert(isset($view_link), 'The message area contains a link to a term');
+
     // Delete the vocabulary.
     $this->drupalGet('taxonomy/term/' . $term->id() . '/delete');