diff --git a/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/resources/mdtest/assignment/unbound.md b/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/resources/mdtest/assignment/unbound.md
index 2a27866325..4d98329ca6 100644
--- a/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/resources/mdtest/assignment/unbound.md
+++ b/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/resources/mdtest/assignment/unbound.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class C:
     if flag:
         x = 2
 
+# error: [possibly-unbound-attribute] "Attribute `x` on type `Literal[C]` is possibly unbound"
 reveal_type(C.x)  # revealed: Literal[2]
 reveal_type(C.y)  # revealed: Literal[1]
 ```
diff --git a/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/resources/mdtest/expression/attribute.md b/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/resources/mdtest/expression/attribute.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06e3cb9e50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/resources/mdtest/expression/attribute.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Attribute access
+
+## Boundness
+
+```py
+def flag() -> bool: ...
+
+class A:
+    always_bound = 1
+
+    if flag():
+        union = 1
+    else:
+        union = "abc"
+
+    if flag():
+        possibly_unbound = "abc"
+
+reveal_type(A.always_bound)  # revealed: Literal[1]
+
+reveal_type(A.union)  # revealed: Literal[1] | Literal["abc"]
+
+# error: [possibly-unbound-attribute] "Attribute `possibly_unbound` on type `Literal[A]` is possibly unbound"
+reveal_type(A.possibly_unbound)  # revealed: Literal["abc"]
+
+# error: [unresolved-attribute] "Type `Literal[A]` has no attribute `non_existent`"
+reveal_type(A.non_existent)  # revealed: Unknown
+```
diff --git a/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/resources/mdtest/scopes/moduletype_attrs.md b/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/resources/mdtest/scopes/moduletype_attrs.md
index a55eaba44d..652d796825 100644
--- a/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/resources/mdtest/scopes/moduletype_attrs.md
+++ b/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/resources/mdtest/scopes/moduletype_attrs.md
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ we're dealing with:
 ```py path=__getattr__.py
 import typing
 
+# error: [unresolved-attribute]
 reveal_type(typing.__getattr__)  # revealed: Unknown
 ```
 
diff --git a/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/src/types/infer.rs b/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/src/types/infer.rs
index def4f99a21..23f2cd8674 100644
--- a/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/src/types/infer.rs
+++ b/crates/red_knot_python_semantic/src/types/infer.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ use std::num::NonZeroU32;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use ruff_db::files::File;
 use ruff_db::parsed::parsed_module;
-use ruff_python_ast::name::Name;
 use ruff_python_ast::{self as ast, AnyNodeRef, Expr, ExprContext, UnaryOp};
 use rustc_hash::FxHashMap;
 use salsa;
@@ -2796,10 +2795,35 @@ impl<'db> TypeInferenceBuilder<'db> {
         } = attribute;
 
         let value_ty = self.infer_expression(value);
-        value_ty
-            .member(self.db, &Name::new(&attr.id))
-            .ignore_possibly_unbound()
-            .unwrap_or(Type::Unknown)
+        match value_ty.member(self.db, &attr.id) {
+            Symbol::Type(member_ty, boundness) => {
+                if boundness == Boundness::PossiblyUnbound {
+                    self.diagnostics.add(
+                        attribute.into(),
+                        "possibly-unbound-attribute",
+                        format_args!(
+                            "Attribute `{}` on type `{}` is possibly unbound",
+                            attr.id,
+                            value_ty.display(self.db),
+                        ),
+                    );
+                }
+
+                member_ty
+            }
+            Symbol::Unbound => {
+                self.diagnostics.add(
+                    attribute.into(),
+                    "unresolved-attribute",
+                    format_args!(
+                        "Type `{}` has no attribute `{}`",
+                        value_ty.display(self.db),
+                        attr.id
+                    ),
+                );
+                Type::Unknown
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     fn infer_attribute_expression(&mut self, attribute: &ast::ExprAttribute) -> Type<'db> {
@@ -4734,13 +4758,12 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[track_caller]
-    fn assert_scope_ty(
-        db: &TestDb,
+    fn get_symbol<'db>(
+        db: &'db TestDb,
         file_name: &str,
         scopes: &[&str],
         symbol_name: &str,
-        expected: &str,
-    ) {
+    ) -> Symbol<'db> {
         let file = system_path_to_file(db, file_name).expect("file to exist");
         let index = semantic_index(db, file);
         let mut file_scope_id = FileScopeId::global();
@@ -4755,9 +4778,18 @@ mod tests {
             assert_eq!(scope.name(db), *expected_scope_name);
         }
 
-        let ty = symbol(db, scope, symbol_name)
-            .ignore_possibly_unbound()
-            .unwrap_or(Type::Unknown);
+        symbol(db, scope, symbol_name)
+    }
+
+    #[track_caller]
+    fn assert_scope_ty(
+        db: &TestDb,
+        file_name: &str,
+        scopes: &[&str],
+        symbol_name: &str,
+        expected: &str,
+    ) {
+        let ty = get_symbol(db, file_name, scopes, symbol_name).expect_type();
         assert_eq!(ty.display(db).to_string(), expected);
     }
 
@@ -5437,9 +5469,10 @@ mod tests {
 
         db.write_dedented("src/a.py", "[z for z in x]")?;
 
-        assert_scope_ty(&db, "src/a.py", &["<listcomp>"], "x", "Unknown");
+        let x = get_symbol(&db, "src/a.py", &["<listcomp>"], "x");
+        assert!(x.is_unbound());
 
-        // Iterating over an `Unbound` yields `Unknown`:
+        // Iterating over an unbound iterable yields `Unknown`:
         assert_scope_ty(&db, "src/a.py", &["<listcomp>"], "z", "Unknown");
 
         assert_file_diagnostics(&db, "src/a.py", &["Name `x` used when not defined"]);
@@ -5573,7 +5606,8 @@ mod tests {
             ",
         )?;
 
-        assert_scope_ty(&db, "src/a.py", &["foo", "<listcomp>"], "z", "Unknown");
+        let z = get_symbol(&db, "src/a.py", &["foo", "<listcomp>"], "z");
+        assert!(z.is_unbound());
 
         // (There is a diagnostic for invalid syntax that's emitted, but it's not listed by `assert_file_diagnostics`)
         assert_file_diagnostics(&db, "src/a.py", &["Name `z` used when not defined"]);