From 8732e5004704e1355d0981aa06d7a5a9929c8c14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: miloschwartz <mschwartz10612@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:33:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add flag to disable product help banners

---
 server/lib/config.ts                 | 4 ++++
 server/lib/readConfigFile.ts         | 3 ++-
 src/components/DismissableBanner.tsx | 9 ++++++++-
 src/lib/pullEnv.ts                   | 6 +++++-
 src/lib/types/env.ts                 | 1 +
 5 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/lib/config.ts b/server/lib/config.ts
index 405db2d1..d3931ec3 100644
--- a/server/lib/config.ts
+++ b/server/lib/config.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ export class Config {
             ?.disable_basic_wireguard_sites
             ? "true"
             : "false";
+        process.env.FLAGS_DISABLE_PRODUCT_HELP_BANNERS = parsedConfig.flags
+            ?.disable_product_help_banners
+            ? "true"
+            : "false";
 
         process.env.PRODUCT_UPDATES_NOTIFICATION_ENABLED = parsedConfig.app
             .notifications.product_updates
diff --git a/server/lib/readConfigFile.ts b/server/lib/readConfigFile.ts
index da567820..90ebdc89 100644
--- a/server/lib/readConfigFile.ts
+++ b/server/lib/readConfigFile.ts
@@ -330,7 +330,8 @@ export const configSchema = z
                 enable_integration_api: z.boolean().optional(),
                 disable_local_sites: z.boolean().optional(),
                 disable_basic_wireguard_sites: z.boolean().optional(),
-                disable_config_managed_domains: z.boolean().optional()
+                disable_config_managed_domains: z.boolean().optional(),
+                disable_product_help_banners: z.boolean().optional()
             })
             .optional(),
         dns: z
diff --git a/src/components/DismissableBanner.tsx b/src/components/DismissableBanner.tsx
index 9d8b246e..c4230c54 100644
--- a/src/components/DismissableBanner.tsx
+++ b/src/components/DismissableBanner.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 "use client";
 
-import React, { useState, useEffect, type ReactNode } from "react";
+import React, { useState, useEffect, type ReactNode, useEffectEvent } from "react";
 import { Card, CardContent } from "@app/components/ui/card";
 import { X } from "lucide-react";
 import { useTranslations } from "next-intl";
+import { useEnvContext } from "@app/hooks/useEnvContext";
 
 type DismissableBannerProps = {
     storageKey: string;
@@ -25,6 +26,12 @@ export const DismissableBanner = ({
     const [isDismissed, setIsDismissed] = useState(true);
     const t = useTranslations();
 
+    const { env } = useEnvContext();
+
+    if (env.flags.disableProductHelpBanners) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
     useEffect(() => {
         const dismissedData = localStorage.getItem(storageKey);
         if (dismissedData) {
diff --git a/src/lib/pullEnv.ts b/src/lib/pullEnv.ts
index dbe47bd5..ed0057de 100644
--- a/src/lib/pullEnv.ts
+++ b/src/lib/pullEnv.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ export function pullEnv(): Env {
             hideSupporterKey:
                 process.env.HIDE_SUPPORTER_KEY === "true" ? true : false,
             usePangolinDns:
-                process.env.USE_PANGOLIN_DNS === "true" ? true : false
+                process.env.USE_PANGOLIN_DNS === "true" ? true : false,
+            disableProductHelpBanners:
+                process.env.FLAGS_DISABLE_PRODUCT_HELP_BANNERS === "true"
+                    ? true
+                    : false
         },
 
         branding: {
diff --git a/src/lib/types/env.ts b/src/lib/types/env.ts
index e40ac5d3..1f54f680 100644
--- a/src/lib/types/env.ts
+++ b/src/lib/types/env.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export type Env = {
         disableBasicWireguardSites: boolean;
         hideSupporterKey: boolean;
         usePangolinDns: boolean;
+        disableProductHelpBanners: boolean;
     };
     branding: {
         appName?: string;