diff --git a/src/classes/IOClient.ts b/src/classes/IOClient.ts
index bee18d3..523ddbd 100644
--- a/src/classes/IOClient.ts
+++ b/src/classes/IOClient.ts
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ export class IOClient {
         /**
          * Displays data in a grid layout.
          *
-         * Grid items can include a title, description, image, and options menu, and can optionally link to another page, action, or external URL.
+         * Grid items can include a label, description, image, and options menu, and can optionally link to another page, action, or external URL.
          *
          * Grid item size can be controlled using the idealColumnWidth property. Interval will calculate a column width that is as close as possible to that number while factoring in gutter size and window width.
          *
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ export class IOClient {
          *     },
          *   ],
          *   renderItem: row => ({
-         *     title: row.album,
+         *     label: row.album,
          *     description: row.artist,
          *     image: {
          *       url: row.imageUrl,
diff --git a/src/classes/TransactionLoadingState.ts b/src/classes/TransactionLoadingState.ts
index 8970e6f..1d49645 100644
--- a/src/classes/TransactionLoadingState.ts
+++ b/src/classes/TransactionLoadingState.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
-import { LoadingOptions, LoadingState } from '../internalRpcSchema'
+import {
+  BackwardCompatibleLoadingOptions,
+  BackwardCompatibleLoadingState,
+} from '../internalRpcSchema'
 import Logger from './Logger'
 
 export interface TransactionLoadingStateConfig {
   logger: Logger
-  send: (loadingState: LoadingState) => Promise<void>
+  send: (loadingState: BackwardCompatibleLoadingState) => Promise<void>
 }
 
 export default class TransactionLoadingState {
   #logger: Logger
   #sender: TransactionLoadingStateConfig['send']
-  #state: LoadingState | undefined
+  #state: BackwardCompatibleLoadingState | undefined
   #sendTimeout: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null
   #sendTimeoutMs = 100
 
@@ -37,21 +40,21 @@ export default class TransactionLoadingState {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Kicks off a loading spinner to provide context during any long-running action work. Can also be called with a single string argument as the title, or with no arguments to display only a spinner.
+   * Kicks off a loading spinner to provide context during any long-running action work. Can also be called with a single string argument as the label, or with no arguments to display only a spinner.
    *
    * **Usage:**
    *
    *```typescript
    * await ctx.loading.start({
-   *   title: "Reticulating splines...",
+   *   label: "Reticulating splines...",
    * });
    *
-   * await ctx.loading.start("Title only shorthand");
+   * await ctx.loading.start("Label only shorthand");
    *```
    */
-  async start(options?: string | LoadingOptions) {
+  async start(options?: string | BackwardCompatibleLoadingOptions) {
     if (typeof options === 'string') {
-      options = { title: options }
+      options = { label: options }
     } else if (options === undefined) {
       options = {}
     }
@@ -71,24 +74,24 @@ export default class TransactionLoadingState {
    *
    *```typescript
    * await ctx.loading.start({
-   *   title: "Something is loading",
+   *   label: "Something is loading",
    *   description: "Mapping all the things",
    * });
    *
    * await ctx.loading.update({
-   *   title: "Something is loading",
+   *   label: "Something is loading",
    *   description: "Now reducing all the things",
    * });
    *```
    */
-  async update(options?: string | LoadingOptions) {
+  async update(options?: string | BackwardCompatibleLoadingOptions) {
     if (!this.#state) {
       this.#logger.warn('Please call `loading.start` before `loading.update`')
       return this.start(options)
     }
 
     if (typeof options === 'string') {
-      options = { title: options }
+      options = { label: options }
     } else if (options === undefined) {
       options = {}
     }
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ export default class TransactionLoadingState {
    *
    *```typescript
    * await ctx.loading.start({
-   *   title: "Migrating users",
+   *   label: "Migrating users",
    *   description: "Enabling edit button for selected users",
    *   itemsInQueue: 100,
    * });
diff --git a/src/components/displayGrid.ts b/src/components/displayGrid.ts
index a0a379f..ac78f7d 100644
--- a/src/components/displayGrid.ts
+++ b/src/components/displayGrid.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ type PublicProps<Row = any> = Omit<
   T_IO_PROPS<'DISPLAY_GRID'>,
   'data' | 'totalRecords' | 'isAsync'
 > & {
-  renderItem: (row: Row) => GridItem
+  renderItem: (row: Row) => GridItem & {
+    /** @deprecated Please use `label` instead. */
+    title?: string | null
+  }
 } & (
     | {
         data: Row[]
diff --git a/src/examples/basic/grid.ts b/src/examples/basic/grid.ts
index b817bc9..66e634d 100644
--- a/src/examples/basic/grid.ts
+++ b/src/examples/basic/grid.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const dogs = new Action({
       data,
       idealColumnWidth: 200,
       renderItem: row => ({
-        title: row.name,
+        label: row.name,
         description: row.description,
         route: 'tables/display_table',
         image: {
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export const tiktoks = new Action({
       .fill(null)
       .map((_, i) => ({
         id: i,
-        title: `video from ${faker.internet.userName()}`,
+        label: `video from ${faker.internet.userName()}`,
         description: faker.date.past().toLocaleString(),
         image: faker.image.animals(1080 / 4, 1920 / 4, true),
       }))
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export const tiktoks = new Action({
       data,
       idealColumnWidth: 220,
       renderItem: row => ({
-        title: row.title,
+        label: row.label,
         description: row.description,
         image: {
           url: row.image,
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export const no_images: IntervalActionHandler = async io => {
     .fill(null)
     .map((_, i) => ({
       id: i,
-      title: faker.commerce.productName(),
+      label: faker.commerce.productName(),
       description: faker.commerce.price(100, 200, 0, '$'),
     }))
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ export const music = new Action({
       data,
       idealColumnWidth: 240,
       renderItem: row => ({
-        title: row.name,
+        label: row.name,
         description: row.artists,
         image: {
           url: row.image,
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ export const long_descriptions = new Action({
       data,
       idealColumnWidth: 300,
       renderItem: row => ({
-        title: row.name,
+        label: row.name,
         description: row.description,
         image: {
           url: row.image,
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ export const empty_state = new Action({
       data: data.slice(0, 0),
       idealColumnWidth: 300,
       renderItem: row => ({
-        title: row.name,
+        label: row.name,
       }),
     })
   },
@@ -248,9 +248,9 @@ export const async_grid: IntervalActionHandler = async io => {
       image: i % 5 === 0 ? null : faker.image.imageUrl(600, 300, 'dog', true),
     }))
 
-  await io.display.grid<typeof allData[0]>('Display users', {
+  await io.display.grid<(typeof allData)[0]>('Display users', {
     renderItem: row => ({
-      title: row.name,
+      label: row.name,
       description: row.description,
       image: {
         url: row.image,
diff --git a/src/examples/basic/index.ts b/src/examples/basic/index.ts
index 1a25293..572ce4b 100644
--- a/src/examples/basic/index.ts
+++ b/src/examples/basic/index.ts
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ const interval = new Interval({
       handler: async () => {
         await io.display.heading('Hello from display')
         await ctx.loading.start({
-          title: 'Waiting for external system',
+          label: 'Waiting for external system',
         })
 
         await sleep(2000)
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ const interval = new Interval({
       }
 
       await ctx.loading.start({
-        title: 'Fetching users...',
+        label: 'Fetching users...',
         description: 'This may take a while...',
       })
       await sleep(1500)
@@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@ const interval = new Interval({
       }
 
       await ctx.loading.start({
-        title: 'Updating users',
+        label: 'Updating users',
         itemsInQueue: users.length,
       })
       for (const _ of users) {
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ const interval = new Interval({
     loading_dos: async () => {
       const itemsInQueue = 100_000
       await ctx.loading.start({
-        title: 'Migrating users',
+        label: 'Migrating users',
         description: 'There are a lot, but they are very fast',
         itemsInQueue,
       })
diff --git a/src/internalRpcSchema.ts b/src/internalRpcSchema.ts
index a3060dc..55cfafe 100644
--- a/src/internalRpcSchema.ts
+++ b/src/internalRpcSchema.ts
@@ -37,18 +37,25 @@ export const actionEnvironment = z.enum(['live', 'development'])
 export type ActionEnvironment = z.infer<typeof actionEnvironment>
 
 export const LOADING_OPTIONS = z.object({
-  title: z.string().optional(),
+  label: z.string().optional(),
   description: z.string().optional(),
   itemsInQueue: z.number().int().optional(),
 })
 
 const LOADING_STATE = z.object({
-  title: z.string().optional(),
+  label: z.string().optional(),
   description: z.string().optional(),
   itemsInQueue: z.number().int().optional(),
   itemsCompleted: z.number().int().optional(),
 })
 
+const BACKWARD_COMPATIBLE_LOADING_STATE = LOADING_STATE.merge(
+  z.object({
+    /** @deprecated in favor of `label` (for real this time) */
+    title: z.string().optional(),
+  })
+)
+
 const SDK_ALERT = z.object({
   minSdkVersion: z.string(),
   severity: z.enum(['INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR']),
@@ -58,7 +65,14 @@ const SDK_ALERT = z.object({
 export type SdkAlert = z.infer<typeof SDK_ALERT>
 
 export type LoadingOptions = z.input<typeof LOADING_OPTIONS>
+export type BackwardCompatibleLoadingOptions = LoadingOptions & {
+  /** @deprecated Please use `label` instead. */
+  title?: string
+}
 export type LoadingState = z.input<typeof LOADING_STATE>
+export type BackwardCompatibleLoadingState = z.input<
+  typeof BACKWARD_COMPATIBLE_LOADING_STATE
+>
 
 export const ACCESS_CONTROL_DEFINITION = z.union([
   z.literal('entire-organization'),
@@ -308,10 +322,9 @@ export const wsServerSchema = {
   },
   SEND_LOADING_CALL: {
     inputs: z.intersection(
-      LOADING_STATE,
+      BACKWARD_COMPATIBLE_LOADING_STATE,
       z.object({
         transactionId: z.string(),
-        label: z.string().optional(),
         skipClientCall: z.boolean().optional(),
       })
     ),
@@ -480,7 +493,7 @@ export const clientSchema = {
       .object({
         transactionId: z.string(),
       })
-      .merge(LOADING_STATE),
+      .merge(BACKWARD_COMPATIBLE_LOADING_STATE),
     returns: z.boolean(),
   },
   LOG: {
diff --git a/src/ioSchema.ts b/src/ioSchema.ts
index 9a28da3..877e703 100644
--- a/src/ioSchema.ts
+++ b/src/ioSchema.ts
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ export const internalTableColumn = z.object({
 })
 
 export const gridItem = z.object({
-  title: z.string().nullable().optional(),
+  label: z.string().nullable().optional(),
   description: z.string().nullable().optional(),
   image: z
     .object({
@@ -329,13 +329,23 @@ export const gridItem = z.object({
   params: serializableRecord.optional(),
 })
 
+export const backwardCompatibleGridItem = gridItem.merge(
+  z.object({
+    // @deprecated in favor of label
+    title: z.string().nullable().optional(),
+  })
+)
+
 export const internalGridItem = z.object({
-  data: gridItem,
+  data: backwardCompatibleGridItem,
   key: z.string(),
   filterValue: z.string().optional(),
 })
 
-export type GridItem = z.infer<typeof gridItem>
+export type GridItem = z.input<typeof gridItem>
+export type BackwardCompatibleGridItem = z.input<
+  typeof backwardCompatibleGridItem
+>
 export type InternalGridItem = z.infer<typeof internalGridItem>
 
 const searchResult = z.object({