diff --git a/src/storage.ts b/src/storage.ts
index 450d44d..288852d 100644
--- a/src/storage.ts
+++ b/src/storage.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ export interface GlobalStorage {
 		sections: {
 			dismissed?: string[];
 		};
+		status: {
+			pinned?: boolean;
+		};
 	};
 	pendingWelcomeOnFocus?: boolean;
 	pendingWhatsNewOnFocus?: boolean;
diff --git a/src/webviews/apps/home/components/header-card.ts b/src/webviews/apps/home/components/header-card.ts
index 492ecbe..02fbb8f 100644
--- a/src/webviews/apps/home/components/header-card.ts
+++ b/src/webviews/apps/home/components/header-card.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,23 @@ const template = html<HeaderCard>`
 	</h1>
 	<p class="header-card__account">
 		<span class="status">
-			<span class="repo-access${x => (x.isPro ? ' is-pro' : '')}">✨</span>${x => x.planName}
-			<pop-over>
+			<span ${ref('statusNode')} tabindex="-1" class="status-label"
+				><span class="repo-access${x => (x.isPro ? ' is-pro' : '')}">✨</span>${x => x.planName}</span
+			>
+			<pop-over class="${x => (x.pinStatus ? 'is-pinned' : null)}">
+				${when(
+					x => x.pinStatus,
+					html<HeaderCard>`
+						<span slot="type">status update</span>
+						<a
+							href="#"
+							class="action is-icon"
+							slot="actions"
+							@click="${(x, c) => x.dismissStatus(c.event as MouseEvent)}"
+							><code-icon icon="close"></code-icon
+						></a>
+					`,
+				)}
 				You have access to GitLens+ features on ${x => (x.isPro ? 'any repo' : 'local & public repos')}, and all
 				other GitLens features on any repo.
 			</pop-over>
@@ -188,6 +203,9 @@ const styles = css`
 	}
 	.status {
 		color: var(--color-foreground--65);
+	}
+
+	.status-label {
 		cursor: help;
 	}
 
@@ -195,7 +213,7 @@ const styles = css`
 		top: 1.6em;
 		left: 0;
 	}
-	.status:not(:hover) pop-over {
+	.status-label:not(:hover) + pop-over:not(.is-pinned) {
 		display: none;
 	}
 
@@ -251,6 +269,10 @@ const styles = css`
 	:host-context(.vscode-light) .action:hover {
 		background-color: var(--color-background--darken-10);
 	}
+
+	pop-over .action {
+		margin-right: -0.2rem;
+	}
 `;
 
 @customElement({ name: 'header-card', template: template, styles: styles })
@@ -276,7 +298,11 @@ export class HeaderCard extends FASTElement {
 	@attr
 	plan = '';
 
+	@attr({ attribute: 'pin-status', mode: 'boolean' })
+	pinStatus = true;
+
 	progressNode!: HTMLElement;
+	statusNode!: HTMLElement;
 
 	override attributeChangedCallback(name: string, oldValue: string, newValue: string): void {
 		super.attributeChangedCallback(name, oldValue, newValue);
@@ -348,4 +374,13 @@ export class HeaderCard extends FASTElement {
 	updateProgressWidth() {
 		this.progressNode.style.width = this.progress;
 	}
+
+	dismissStatus(e: MouseEvent) {
+		this.pinStatus = false;
+		this.$emit('dismiss-status');
+
+		window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+			this.statusNode?.focus();
+		});
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/webviews/apps/home/home.ts b/src/webviews/apps/home/home.ts
index f3b1a65..d9707c9 100644
--- a/src/webviews/apps/home/home.ts
+++ b/src/webviews/apps/home/home.ts
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ import {
 	DidChangeLayoutType,
 	DidChangeSubscriptionNotificationType,
 	DismissSectionCommandType,
+	DismissStatusCommandType,
 } from '../../home/protocol';
 import type { IpcMessage } from '../../protocol';
 import { ExecuteCommandType, onIpc } from '../../protocol';
 import { App } from '../shared/appBase';
 import { DOM } from '../shared/dom';
 import type { CardSection } from './components/card-section';
+import type { HeaderCard } from './components/header-card';
 import type { PlusBanner } from './components/plus-banner';
 import type { SteppedSection } from './components/stepped-section';
 import '../shared/components/code-icon';
@@ -65,6 +67,11 @@ export class HomeApp extends App<State> {
 				this.onCardDismissed(e, target),
 			),
 		);
+		disposables.push(
+			DOM.on<HeaderCard, undefined>('header-card', 'dismiss-status', (e, target: HTMLElement) =>
+				this.onStatusDismissed(e, target),
+			),
+		);
 
 		return disposables;
 	}
@@ -80,6 +87,7 @@ export class HomeApp extends App<State> {
 					this.state.subscription = params.subscription;
 					this.state.completedActions = params.completedActions;
 					this.state.avatar = params.avatar;
+					this.state.pinStatus = params.pinStatus;
 					this.updateState();
 				});
 				break;
@@ -129,6 +137,12 @@ export class HomeApp extends App<State> {
 		this.updateState();
 	}
 
+	private onStatusDismissed(e: CustomEvent<undefined>, target: HTMLElement) {
+		this.state.pinStatus = false;
+		this.sendCommand(DismissStatusCommandType, undefined);
+		this.updateHeader();
+	}
+
 	private onDataActionClicked(e: MouseEvent, target: HTMLElement) {
 		const action = target.dataset.action;
 		this.onActionClickedCore(action);
@@ -165,9 +179,9 @@ export class HomeApp extends App<State> {
 	}
 
 	private updateHeader(days = this.getDaysRemaining(), forceShowPlus = this.forceShowPlus()) {
-		const { subscription, completedSteps, avatar } = this.state;
+		const { subscription, completedSteps, avatar, pinStatus } = this.state;
 
-		const $headerContent = document.getElementById('header-card');
+		const $headerContent = document.getElementById('header-card') as HeaderCard;
 		if ($headerContent) {
 			if (avatar) {
 				$headerContent.setAttribute('image', avatar);
@@ -191,6 +205,7 @@ export class HomeApp extends App<State> {
 			$headerContent.setAttribute('state', subscription.state.toString());
 			$headerContent.setAttribute('plan', subscription.plan.effective.name);
 			$headerContent.setAttribute('days', days.toString());
+			$headerContent.pinStatus = pinStatus;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/webviews/apps/shared/components/overlays/pop-over.ts b/src/webviews/apps/shared/components/overlays/pop-over.ts
index 972cef5..6929ca0 100644
--- a/src/webviews/apps/shared/components/overlays/pop-over.ts
+++ b/src/webviews/apps/shared/components/overlays/pop-over.ts
@@ -14,19 +14,13 @@ import { elementBase } from '../styles/base';
 
 const template = html<PopOver>`
 	<template>
-		${when(
-			x => x.hasTopNodes,
-			html<PopOver>`
-				<div class="top">
-					<slot ${slotted('typeNodes')} name="type"></slot>
-					<slot ${slotted('actionsNodes')} name="actions"></slot>
-				</div>
-			`,
-		)}
-		${when(
-			x => x.hasHeadingNodes,
-			html<PopOver>`<div class="heading"><slot ${slotted('headingNodes')} name="heading"></slot></div>`,
-		)}
+		<div class="top" ?hidden="${x => !x.hasTopNodes}">
+			<slot ${slotted('typeNodes')} name="type"></slot>
+			<slot ${slotted('actionsNodes')} name="actions"></slot>
+		</div>
+		<div class="heading" ?hidden="${x => !x.hasHeadingNodes}">
+			<slot ${slotted('headingNodes')} name="heading"></slot>
+		</div>
 		<div class="content"><slot></slot></div>
 		${when(x => x.caret, html<PopOver>`<span class="caret"></span>`)}
 	</template>
diff --git a/src/webviews/home/homeWebviewView.ts b/src/webviews/home/homeWebviewView.ts
index 411a5ea..ba6c941 100644
--- a/src/webviews/home/homeWebviewView.ts
+++ b/src/webviews/home/homeWebviewView.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
 	DidChangeLayoutType,
 	DidChangeSubscriptionNotificationType,
 	DismissSectionCommandType,
+	DismissStatusCommandType,
 } from './protocol';
 
 export class HomeWebviewView extends WebviewViewBase<State> {
@@ -52,7 +53,8 @@ export class HomeWebviewView extends WebviewViewBase<State> {
 		return super.show(options);
 	}
 
-	private onSubscriptionChanged(e: SubscriptionChangeEvent) {
+	private async onSubscriptionChanged(e: SubscriptionChangeEvent) {
+		await this.container.storage.store('home:status:pinned', true);
 		void this.notifyDidChangeData(e.current);
 	}
 
@@ -133,6 +135,9 @@ export class HomeWebviewView extends WebviewViewBase<State> {
 			case DismissSectionCommandType.method:
 				onIpc(DismissSectionCommandType, e, params => this.dismissSection(params));
 				break;
+			case DismissStatusCommandType.method:
+				onIpc(DismissStatusCommandType, e, _params => this.dismissPinStatus());
+				break;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -158,6 +163,10 @@ export class HomeWebviewView extends WebviewViewBase<State> {
 		void this.container.storage.store('home:sections:dismissed', sections);
 	}
 
+	private dismissPinStatus() {
+		void this.container.storage.store('home:status:pinned', false);
+	}
+
 	protected override async includeBootstrap(): Promise<State> {
 		return this.getState();
 	}
@@ -194,6 +203,10 @@ export class HomeWebviewView extends WebviewViewBase<State> {
 		};
 	}
 
+	private getPinStatus() {
+		return this.container.storage.get('home:status:pinned') ?? true;
+	}
+
 	private async getState(subscription?: Subscription): Promise<State> {
 		const subscriptionState = await this.getSubscription(subscription);
 		const steps = this.container.storage.get('home:steps:completed', []);
@@ -210,14 +223,24 @@ export class HomeWebviewView extends WebviewViewBase<State> {
 			dismissedSections: sections,
 			avatar: subscriptionState.avatar,
 			layout: this.getLayout(),
+			pinStatus: this.getPinStatus(),
 		};
 	}
 
 	private notifyDidChangeData(subscription?: Subscription) {
 		if (!this.isReady) return false;
 
+		const getSub = async () => {
+			const sub = await this.getSubscription(subscription);
+
+			return {
+				...sub,
+				pinStatus: this.getPinStatus(),
+			};
+		};
+
 		return window.withProgress({ location: { viewId: this.id } }, async () =>
-			this.notify(DidChangeSubscriptionNotificationType, await this.getSubscription(subscription)),
+			this.notify(DidChangeSubscriptionNotificationType, await getSub()),
 		);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/webviews/home/protocol.ts b/src/webviews/home/protocol.ts
index 570d2c0..d7dd3a0 100644
--- a/src/webviews/home/protocol.ts
+++ b/src/webviews/home/protocol.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export interface State {
 	visibility: RepositoriesVisibility;
 	avatar?: string;
 	layout: ViewsLayout;
+	pinStatus: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface CompleteStepParams {
@@ -32,10 +33,13 @@ export interface DismissSectionParams {
 }
 export const DismissSectionCommandType = new IpcCommandType<DismissSectionParams>('home/section/dismiss');
 
+export const DismissStatusCommandType = new IpcCommandType<undefined>('home/status/dismiss');
+
 export interface DidChangeSubscriptionParams {
 	subscription: Subscription;
 	completedActions: CompletedActions[];
 	avatar?: string;
+	pinStatus: boolean;
 }
 export const DidChangeSubscriptionNotificationType = new IpcNotificationType<DidChangeSubscriptionParams>(
 	'subscription/didChange',