From 426072653995a68d8547ada230b5257635bb9833 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthony Ronning <101225832+AnthonyRonning@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:58:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Remove rebrand announcement from auth header

---
 frontend/src/components/AuthHeader.tsx | 52 ++------------------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/components/AuthHeader.tsx b/frontend/src/components/AuthHeader.tsx
index d15a8d50d..5abd4e0d5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/AuthHeader.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/AuthHeader.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 import type { MouseEvent } from "react";
 import { Link } from "@tanstack/react-router";
-import { ArrowRight, ExternalLink, Home } from "lucide-react";
+import { Home } from "lucide-react";
 import { MapleWordmark } from "@/components/MapleWordmark";
 import { marketingUrl } from "@/config/domains";
 import { openExternalUrl } from "@/utils/openUrl";
 import { isTauri } from "@/utils/platform";
-import { cn } from "@/utils/utils";
 
 const marketingHomeUrl = marketingUrl("/");
-const rebrandAnnouncementUrl =
-  "https://blog.trymaple.ai/meet-maple-the-personal-intelligence-platform/";
 
 function openExternalLink(event: MouseEvent<HTMLAnchorElement>, url: string) {
   if (!isTauri()) {
@@ -20,47 +17,6 @@ function openExternalLink(event: MouseEvent<HTMLAnchorElement>, url: string) {
   openExternalUrl(url);
 }
 
-function RebrandAnnouncementLink({ className }: { className?: string }) {
-  return (
-    <a
-      href={rebrandAnnouncementUrl}
-      target="_blank"
-      rel="noopener noreferrer"
-      onClick={(event) => openExternalLink(event, rebrandAnnouncementUrl)}
-      className={cn(
-        "group inline-flex min-h-10 w-full max-w-full items-center justify-center gap-2 rounded-md border border-neutral-900/10 bg-white/65 px-3 py-2 text-[11px] font-semibold text-[#221a18] shadow-sm backdrop-blur transition hover:border-neutral-900/15 hover:bg-white/85 dark:border-white/10 dark:bg-white/[0.06] dark:text-foreground dark:hover:border-white/15 dark:hover:bg-white/[0.1] sm:w-auto sm:text-xs",
-        className
-      )}
-      aria-label="Maple AI is now Maple Research. Read the announcement."
-    >
-      <span className="hidden items-center gap-1.5 md:inline-flex" aria-hidden="true">
-        <span className="inline-flex h-6 w-6 overflow-hidden rounded border border-neutral-900/10 bg-[#111111] dark:border-white/10">
-          <img
-            src="/maple-icon-nobg.png"
-            alt=""
-            className="h-full w-full scale-[1.28] object-contain"
-          />
-        </span>
-        <ArrowRight className="h-3 w-3 text-[#747474] dark:text-muted-foreground" />
-        <img src="/maple-research-icon.svg" alt="" className="h-6 w-6 rounded-[6px]" />
-      </span>
-      <span className="min-w-0 truncate">
-        <span className="hidden sm:inline">Maple AI is now Maple Research</span>
-        <span className="sm:hidden">Maple AI -&gt; Maple Research</span>
-      </span>
-      <span
-        className="hidden h-1 w-1 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-neutral-400/80 dark:bg-white/30 sm:block"
-        aria-hidden="true"
-      />
-      <span className="inline-flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1 whitespace-nowrap text-[#d65f35] transition group-hover:text-[#b94c26] dark:text-[#ff9b72] dark:group-hover:text-[#ffb095]">
-        <span className="hidden sm:inline">Read announcement</span>
-        <span className="sm:hidden">Read</span>
-        <ExternalLink className="h-3 w-3" aria-hidden="true" />
-      </span>
-    </a>
-  );
-}
-
 function MarketingHomeLink({ className }: { className?: string }) {
   return (
     <a
@@ -77,7 +33,7 @@ function MarketingHomeLink({ className }: { className?: string }) {
 
 export function AuthHeader() {
   return (
-    <header className="mx-auto grid w-full max-w-6xl grid-cols-[minmax(0,1fr)_auto] items-center gap-x-3 gap-y-3 px-4 py-5 sm:px-6 lg:grid-cols-[1fr_auto_1fr] lg:px-8">
+    <header className="mx-auto grid w-full max-w-6xl grid-cols-[1fr_auto] items-center gap-3 px-4 py-5 sm:px-6 lg:px-8">
       <Link
         to="/"
         aria-label="Maple app home"
@@ -86,9 +42,7 @@ export function AuthHeader() {
         <MapleWordmark className="h-5 w-auto text-[#221a18] dark:text-foreground" />
       </Link>
 
-      <RebrandAnnouncementLink className="col-span-2 row-start-2 justify-self-stretch sm:justify-self-center lg:col-span-1 lg:col-start-2 lg:row-start-1" />
-
-      <MarketingHomeLink className="col-start-2 row-start-1 inline-flex items-center gap-2 justify-self-end rounded-md px-3 py-2 text-sm font-semibold text-[#747474] transition hover:bg-black/5 hover:text-[#221a18] dark:text-muted-foreground dark:hover:bg-white/5 dark:hover:text-foreground lg:col-start-3" />
+      <MarketingHomeLink className="col-start-2 row-start-1 inline-flex items-center gap-2 justify-self-end rounded-md px-3 py-2 text-sm font-semibold text-[#747474] transition hover:bg-black/5 hover:text-[#221a18] dark:text-muted-foreground dark:hover:bg-white/5 dark:hover:text-foreground" />
     </header>
   );
 }