PROBLEM STATEMENT

Current Behavior:

Harness currently displays banners at the top of the UI to communicate system-wide messages (maintenance, downtime, feature announcements). According to Harness documentation, a maximum of 5 banners can be active simultaneously. These banners:

Appear as fixed, full-width horizontal bars at the top of the screen

Remain persistent until dismissed or disabled

Reduce the visible viewport area for pipeline execution views, logs, and dashboards

Stack vertically when multiple banners are active, significantly reducing usable screen space

Business Impact at PayPal:

With 5 active banners, critical pipeline information (build logs, test results, deployment status) is pushed below the fold

Users with smaller screens (laptops, split-screen workflows) lose 20-30% of viewport height

During incidents or maintenance windows, multiple concurrent banners create severe UX degradation

Platform administrators hesitate to post important announcements because they know it will disrupt developer workflows

Who is Affected:

All 10000+ PayPal development teams using Harness CI/CD

Platform administrators who need to communicate system-wide messages

DevOps engineers monitoring pipelines during incidents

Teams working with split-screen or smaller displays