diff --git a/components/AppNotifications.tsx b/components/AppNotifications.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dffc985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/AppNotifications.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import { combineClassNames } from "@/submodules/javascript-functions/general";
+import { MemoIconBell } from "@/submodules/react-components/components/kern-icons/icons";
+import useOnClickOutside from "@/submodules/react-components/hooks/useHooks/useOnClickOutside";
+import { useLocalStorage } from "@/submodules/react-components/hooks/useLocalStorage";
+import Link from "next/link";
+import { useCallback, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import tinycolor from 'tinycolor2'
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import { UserRole } from "@/submodules/javascript-functions/enums/enums";
+
+type AppNotificationsProps = {
+    project: { customerColorPrimary: string; }
+    user: { role: UserRole; languageDisplay: string; };
+    forChatArea?: boolean;
+    notifications: any[];
+}
+
+const MIN_NOTIFICATIONS_SHOW = 3;
+const MAX_NOTIFICATIONS_SHOW = 7;
+
+export default function AppNotifications(props: AppNotificationsProps) {
+    const { t } = useTranslation('projectOverview');
+    const [lastSeenNotification, setLastSeenNotification] = useLocalStorage<number>('lastSeen', 'releaseNotification', undefined, -1);
+    const [idsSeenNotifications, setIdsSeenNotifications] = useLocalStorage<string[]>('idsSeenNotifications', 'releaseNotification', undefined, []);
+    const [showNotifications, setShowNotifications] = useState(false);
+    const [showMoreClicked, setShowMoreClicked] = useState(false);
+    const justClickedOutsideRef = useRef(false); // to prevent showing the notifications if the user just clicked outside
+    const refNotificationBox = useRef(null);
+    useOnClickOutside(refNotificationBox, () => {
+        setShowNotifications(false); justClickedOutsideRef.current = true;
+        setTimeout(() => justClickedOutsideRef.current = false, 200);
+        const newIdsSeen = props.notifications.map(n => n.id).filter(id => !idsSeenNotifications.includes(id));
+        if (newIdsSeen.length > 0) setIdsSeenNotifications([...idsSeenNotifications, ...newIdsSeen]);
+    });
+
+    const clickBell = useCallback(() => {
+        if (justClickedOutsideRef.current) return; // if the user just clicked outside, don't show the notifications since the person is trying to close via bell icon
+        setShowNotifications(true);
+        if (props.notifications.length === 0) return;
+        setLastSeenNotification(props.notifications[0].id);
+    }, [props.notifications]);
+
+    const finalNotifications = useMemo(() => {
+        if (props.notifications.length <= MIN_NOTIFICATIONS_SHOW) return props.notifications;
+        if (!showMoreClicked) return props.notifications.slice(0, MIN_NOTIFICATIONS_SHOW);
+        if (showMoreClicked) return props.notifications.slice(0, MAX_NOTIFICATIONS_SHOW);
+    }, [props.notifications, showMoreClicked]);
+
+    const hasNewNotifications = useMemo(() => {
+        if (lastSeenNotification === -1) return true; // if no notification was seen
+        return props.notifications.some(notification => notification.id > lastSeenNotification);
+    }, [lastSeenNotification, props.notifications]);
+
+    const isLightDesign = useMemo(() => tinycolor(props.project?.customerColorPrimary).isLight(), [props.project?.customerColorPrimary]);
+
+    const buttonClasses = useMemo(() => {
+        if (props.forChatArea) {
+            const classes = "items-center justify-center w-8 h-8 border group flex -x-3 rounded-md p-1 text-sm leading-6 font-semibold"
+            if (isLightDesign) return 'bg-gray-100 text-gray-700 border-gray-300 ' + classes;
+            else return 'bg-zinc-900 text-zinc-100 border-zinc-700 ' + classes;
+        }
+        return "text-gray-400 hover:text-green-600 hover:bg-zinc-800 border-gray-700 items-center justify-center w-10 h-10 border group flex -x-3 rounded-md p-2 text-sm leading-6 font-semibold"
+    }, [props.forChatArea, isLightDesign]);
+
+    return <div className="relative">
+        <button className={buttonClasses} onClick={clickBell}>
+            <MemoIconBell />
+        </button>
+        {hasNewNotifications && <div className={combineClassNames("absolute w-2 h-2 bg-red-500 rounded-full pointer-events-none", props.forChatArea ? 'top-1 right-1' : 'top-2 right-2')}></div>}
+        {showNotifications && <div className={combineClassNames("absolute overflow-hidden -translate-y-2 bottom-full left-0 w-72 rounded-lg bg-slate-50 shadow-lg z-10 text-gray-700", props.forChatArea ? '' : 'translate-x-2', props.forChatArea ? 'bg-[var(--background-color-menu)]' : '')} ref={refNotificationBox}>
+            <div className="flex flex-col max-h-[calc(100vh-300px)] overflow-y-auto">
+                <div className="bg-gray-800/25 text-gray-900"><div className="uppercase py-2 px-3">{t("notificationBell.header")}</div></div>
+                {finalNotifications.map((notification, idx) => (
+                    <div key={notification.id} className={combineClassNames("py-4 px-3", idx == finalNotifications.length - 1 ? '' : 'border-b border-slate-400')}>
+                        <div className="flex items-center">
+                            <div>
+                                <div className="font-semibold">{notification.config[props.user?.languageDisplay].headline}</div>
+                                <div className="text-xs line-clamp-3">{notification.config[props.user?.languageDisplay].description}</div>
+                                <Link
+                                    href={notification.link}
+                                    className={'text-xs mt-1' + (isLightDesign ? ' text-red-800' : ' text-red-600')}
+                                    target="_blank"
+                                >{t("notificationBell.link")}</Link>
+                            </div>
+                            <div className="ml-auto flex">
+                                {!idsSeenNotifications.includes(notification.id) && <div className="w-2 h-2 bg-red-500 rounded-full ml-2 mt-1.5"></div>}
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                ))}
+                {finalNotifications.length === 0 && <div className="py-4 px-3 text-sm text-gray-500">{t("notificationBell.noNotifications")}</div>}
+            </div>
+            {props.notifications.length > MIN_NOTIFICATIONS_SHOW && <div className="py-1 px-3 bg-gray-800/25 text-center">
+                <label className="text-xs text-gray-900 cursor-pointer" onClick={() => setShowMoreClicked(!showMoreClicked)}>{!showMoreClicked ? t("notificationBell.showMore") : t("notificationBell.showLess")}</label>
+            </div>}
+        </div>
+        }
+    </div>
+}
diff --git a/components/kern-table/CellComponents.tsx b/components/kern-table/CellComponents.tsx
index 7c54d4c..a2139dd 100644
--- a/components/kern-table/CellComponents.tsx
+++ b/components/kern-table/CellComponents.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { AdminMessageLevel } from "../../types/admin-messages";
 import { FeedbackType, ModelsDownloadedStatus } from "@/submodules/javascript-functions/enums/enums";
 import LoadingIcon from "@/submodules/react-components/components/LoadingIcon";
 import { EvaluationRunState } from "../../types/evaluationRun";
-import { MemoIconAlertCircle, MemoIconAlertTriangleFilled, MemoIconArrowRight, MemoIconCircleCheckFilled, MemoIconExternalLink, MemoIconFileDownload, MemoIconInfoCircle, MemoIconInfoSquare, MemoIconLoader, MemoIconNotes, MemoIconTag, MemoIconThumbDownFilled, MemoIconThumbUpFilled, MemoIconTrash, MemoIconUserX } from "../kern-icons/icons";
+import { MemoIconAlertCircle, MemoIconAlertTriangleFilled, MemoIconArrowRight, MemoIconCircleCheckFilled, MemoIconEdit, MemoIconExternalLink, MemoIconFileDownload, MemoIconInfoCircle, MemoIconInfoSquare, MemoIconLoader, MemoIconNotes, MemoIconTag, MemoIconThumbDownFilled, MemoIconThumbUpFilled, MemoIconTrash, MemoIconUserX } from "../kern-icons/icons";
 
 
 function OrganizationAndUsersCell({ organization }) {
@@ -327,4 +327,20 @@ function ExpiredTokenCell({ value }) {
     </div>
 }
 
-export { OrganizationAndUsersCell, MaxRowsColsCharsCell, CommentsCell, ExportConsumptionAndDeleteCell, BadgeCell, OrganizationUserCell, DeleteCell, LevelCell, ArchiveReasonCell, ProjectNameTaskCell, CancelTaskCell, IconCell, ConfigCell, EditDeleteOrgButtonCell, ViewStackCell, AbortSessionButtonCell, FeedbackMessageCell, FeedbackMessageTextCell, JumpToConversationCell, RemoteVersionCell, ExternalLinkCell, ModelDateCell, FileSizeCell, StatusModelCell, DeleteModelCell, LabelCell, ViewCell, EvaluationRunStateCell, EvaluationRunDetailsCell, EtlApiTokenCell, EmailCell, EditIntegrationCell, ExpiredTokenCell }
\ No newline at end of file
+function LinkCell({ value }) {
+    return <div className="flex justify-center gap-x-2">
+        <span>{value}</span>
+        <a href={value} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" className="h-4 w-4 m-auto block p-0">
+            <MemoIconExternalLink className="h-4 w-4 m-auto" />
+        </a>
+    </div>
+}
+
+function ConfigReleaseNotificationCell({ onClickView, onClickEdit }) {
+    return <div className="flex justify-center gap-x-2 items-center">
+        <KernButton text="View" onClick={onClickView} />
+        <MemoIconEdit className="h-5 w-5 text-gray-700 cursor-pointer" onClick={onClickEdit} />
+    </div>;
+}
+
+export { OrganizationAndUsersCell, MaxRowsColsCharsCell, CommentsCell, ExportConsumptionAndDeleteCell, BadgeCell, OrganizationUserCell, DeleteCell, LevelCell, ArchiveReasonCell, ProjectNameTaskCell, CancelTaskCell, IconCell, ConfigCell, EditDeleteOrgButtonCell, ViewStackCell, AbortSessionButtonCell, FeedbackMessageCell, FeedbackMessageTextCell, JumpToConversationCell, RemoteVersionCell, ExternalLinkCell, ModelDateCell, FileSizeCell, StatusModelCell, DeleteModelCell, LabelCell, ViewCell, EvaluationRunStateCell, EvaluationRunDetailsCell, EtlApiTokenCell, EmailCell, EditIntegrationCell, ExpiredTokenCell, LinkCell, ConfigReleaseNotificationCell }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/kern-table/KernTable.tsx b/components/kern-table/KernTable.tsx
index b940c1d..4075aa6 100644
--- a/components/kern-table/KernTable.tsx
+++ b/components/kern-table/KernTable.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import SortArrows from "@/submodules/react-components/components/kern-table/SortArrows";
 import { KernTableProps } from "../../types/kern-table";
-import { AbortSessionButtonCell, ArchiveReasonCell, BadgeCell, CancelTaskCell, CommentsCell, ConfigCell, DeleteModelCell, DeleteCell, EditDeleteOrgButtonCell, EmailCell, EtlApiTokenCell, EvaluationRunDetailsCell, EvaluationRunStateCell, ExportConsumptionAndDeleteCell, ExternalLinkCell, FeedbackMessageCell, FeedbackMessageTextCell, FileSizeCell, IconCell, JumpToConversationCell, LabelCell, LevelCell, MaxRowsColsCharsCell, ModelDateCell, OrganizationAndUsersCell, OrganizationUserCell, ProjectNameTaskCell, RemoteVersionCell, StatusModelCell, ViewCell, ViewStackCell, EditIntegrationCell, ExpiredTokenCell } from "./CellComponents";
+import { AbortSessionButtonCell, ArchiveReasonCell, BadgeCell, CancelTaskCell, CommentsCell, ConfigCell, DeleteModelCell, DeleteCell, EditDeleteOrgButtonCell, EmailCell, EtlApiTokenCell, EvaluationRunDetailsCell, EvaluationRunStateCell, ExportConsumptionAndDeleteCell, ExternalLinkCell, FeedbackMessageCell, FeedbackMessageTextCell, FileSizeCell, IconCell, JumpToConversationCell, LabelCell, LevelCell, MaxRowsColsCharsCell, ModelDateCell, OrganizationAndUsersCell, OrganizationUserCell, ProjectNameTaskCell, RemoteVersionCell, StatusModelCell, ViewCell, ViewStackCell, EditIntegrationCell, ExpiredTokenCell, LinkCell, ConfigReleaseNotificationCell } from "./CellComponents";
 import { Fragment, useMemo } from "react";
 import KernDropdown from "../KernDropdown";
 import { NotApplicableBadge } from "@/submodules/react-components/components/Badges";
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ function ComponentMapper(cell: any) {
                     return <EditIntegrationCell {...cell} />;
                 case 'ExpiredTokenCell':
                     return <ExpiredTokenCell  {...cell} />;
+                case 'LinkCell':
+                    return <LinkCell  {...cell} />;
+                case 'ConfigReleaseNotificationCell':
+                    return <ConfigReleaseNotificationCell  {...cell} />;
             }
         case 'text':
             return <span>{cell.value ?? <NotApplicableBadge />}</span>