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+"use client";
+
+import { useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
+import { useTranslations } from "next-intl";
+import ProviderIcon from "@/shared/components/ProviderIcon";
+
+// Branded short link through our own link.omniroute.online shortener, so the
+// click lands in our Kutt metrics. Points at cheaperinference.com?utm_source=omniroute
+// (the URL in README.md's Open Source Friends section). Keep in sync with the
+// `cheaper` slug on the shortener.
+const CHEAPER_INFERENCE_URL = "https://link.omniroute.online/cheaper";
+
+// Cheaper Inference brand green (#31f889). White text on it fails contrast, so
+// the CTA pairs it with the dark ink from the provider's color token (colors.ts:
+// cheaperinference.text = #04170d). Hex values stay in sync with that token.
+
+const DISMISS_STORAGE_KEY = "omniroute-cheaperinference-sponsor-banner-dismissed-v1";
+// Same-tab signal for the dismiss button, since writing localStorage doesn't
+// fire a "storage" event in the tab that wrote it.
+const DISMISS_EVENT = "omniroute:cheaperinference-sponsor-banner-dismissed";
+
+function isNotDismissed(): boolean {
+ try {
+ return !localStorage.getItem(DISMISS_STORAGE_KEY);
+ } catch {
+ return true;
+ }
+}
+
+function subscribe(callback: () => void) {
+ window.addEventListener(DISMISS_EVENT, callback);
+ return () => window.removeEventListener(DISMISS_EVENT, callback);
+}
+
+// SSR has no localStorage, so the server always renders the banner visible;
+// useSyncExternalStore reconciles that against the real client-side value
+// right after hydration, mirroring KimiSponsorBanner's pattern.
+function getServerSnapshot() {
+ return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Dismissable banner announcing the Cheaper Inference OmniRoute partnership on
+ * the dashboard home page — same size/shape as KimiSponsorBanner, no version
+ * gate (durable partnership, not a time-boxed offer). The logomark reuses
+ * .
+ */
+export default function CheaperInferenceSponsorBanner() {
+ const t = useTranslations("cheaperInferenceSponsorBanner");
+ const visible = useSyncExternalStore(subscribe, isNotDismissed, getServerSnapshot);
+
+ if (!visible) {
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ const dismiss = () => {
+ try {
+ localStorage.setItem(DISMISS_STORAGE_KEY, "true");
+ } catch {
+ // ignore — worst case the banner reappears next visit
+ }
+ window.dispatchEvent(new Event(DISMISS_EVENT));
+ };
+
+ return (
+
+
+
+
+
{t("title")}
+
{t("description")}
+
+
+
+
+