Announcements
Announcements push information to console users — maintenance windows, release notes, policy changes. They have two scopes and three surfaces.
Two scopes
- System announcements: published by a platform admin under Overview → System Announcements, visible to every logged-in user. Works across all three deployment forms (private cloud / public personal / public organization).
- Organization announcements: published by an org admin under Organization → Org Announcements, visible only to members of that organization.
A personal-mode user (not in any organization) sees system announcements only.
Three surfaces
- Banner: shown at the top of every console page; dismiss it with the close button.
- Modal: a strong prompt that pops up as a dialog after login and closes once acknowledged.
- History page: every logged-in user can review their visible announcements (including expired ones) on the Announcements page.
The "dismissed" state is kept in the browser (localStorage), keyed by announcement id + last-updated time: editing an announcement re-surfaces it. This state does not sync across devices.
Fields
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| Title / Body | The body supports hyperlinks: [label](https://example) or a plain http(s) URL (no other HTML / Markdown is rendered). |
| Level | Info / Warning / Critical, drives the banner colour. |
| Display | Banner or Modal. |
| Published | Drafts are not visible to readers. |
| Starts at / Ends at | Optional publish window; leave blank for "immediately" / "no expiry". |
Related
- Organizations & members: Organizations & Members.
- Deployment modes: Deployment Modes.