This seems to be a bug - Arrow Text for State Machine Diagram's does not appear in picture

Question

@startuml

[*] --> Init
Init : Read Config file(s)
Init : Send Start Up messages to all subsystems
Init : Wait for subsystem status messages

Init --> Failure : Subsystem Failure

Failure : Display system failure

@enduml

The "Subsystem Failure" text does not appear with the arrow from Init to Failure. With other types of diagrams the text does appear.

Answer 1

Which version are you using ?

@startuml
version
@enduml

It works for us :

http://www.plantuml.com/plantuml/uml/HOwn2i9038RtUuf_LA4lu205HN2rY8CuH9eh1xbhQN93truFFRiaaE_xoT-gqMmvYdEFtHDDSy0b1NDbO8yhKu_Zc7mOu8FmHhSLTPnwT2MDsuJ8gZImmaQG23I_T57ZgDM_qsVvSLuHrCYo_hFkgvOEPmgIPovlgbrlpgtm57GIMl0pV3LQJdsEyWO0