diff --git a/craft/src/panels/topbar/PublishWarnings.test.tsx b/craft/src/panels/topbar/PublishWarnings.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fd309d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/craft/src/panels/topbar/PublishWarnings.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { describe, test, expect, vi, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import React from 'react';
+import { createRoot, Root } from 'react-dom/client';
+import { act } from 'react-dom/test-utils';
+import { PublishWarnings } from './PublishWarnings';
+
+/* ---------- DOM test harness (no @testing-library/react in this repo, see
+   src/ui/AssetPicker.test.tsx for the same pattern: react-dom/client +
+   react-dom/test-utils `act`, both transitive deps of react-dom already). ---------- */
+let container: HTMLDivElement;
+let root: Root;
+
+function render(ui: React.ReactElement) {
+  container = document.createElement('div');
+  document.body.appendChild(container);
+  act(() => {
+    root = createRoot(container);
+    root.render(ui);
+  });
+}
+
+function click(el: Element | null) {
+  if (!el) throw new Error('element not found');
+  act(() => { (el as HTMLElement).dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('click', { bubbles: true })); });
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  if (container) {
+    act(() => { root.unmount(); });
+    container.remove();
+  }
+});
+
+describe('PublishWarnings', () => {
+  test('renders nothing when there are no warnings', () => {
+    render(<PublishWarnings warnings={[]} onDismiss={() => {}} />);
+    expect(container.innerHTML).toBe('');
+  });
+
+  test('renders each warning', () => {
+    render(
+      <PublishWarnings
+        warnings={['First problem.', 'Second problem.']}
+        onDismiss={() => {}}
+      />,
+    );
+    expect(container.textContent).toContain('First problem.');
+    expect(container.textContent).toContain('Second problem.');
+  });
+
+  test('dismiss fires the callback', () => {
+    const onDismiss = vi.fn();
+    render(<PublishWarnings warnings={['A problem.']} onDismiss={onDismiss} />);
+    click(container.querySelector('[data-testid="publish-warnings-dismiss"]'));
+    expect(onDismiss).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/craft/src/panels/topbar/PublishWarnings.tsx b/craft/src/panels/topbar/PublishWarnings.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a0a81e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/craft/src/panels/topbar/PublishWarnings.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+export interface PublishWarningsProps {
+  warnings: string[];
+  onDismiss: () => void;
+}
+
+/** Non-blocking banner shown after a successful publish. The site IS live --
+ *  these are things the customer should fix and re-publish, not failures. */
+export const PublishWarnings: React.FC<PublishWarningsProps> = ({ warnings, onDismiss }) => {
+  if (!warnings.length) return null;
+
+  return (
+    <div className="publish-warnings" role="status" data-testid="publish-warnings">
+      <i className="fa fa-exclamation-triangle" aria-hidden="true" />
+      <ul>
+        {warnings.map((w, i) => (
+          <li key={i}>{w}</li>
+        ))}
+      </ul>
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        onClick={onDismiss}
+        aria-label="Dismiss"
+        data-testid="publish-warnings-dismiss"
+      >
+        <i className="fa fa-times" aria-hidden="true" />
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/craft/src/panels/topbar/TopBar.tsx b/craft/src/panels/topbar/TopBar.tsx
index ceac12f..bba65db 100644
--- a/craft/src/panels/topbar/TopBar.tsx
+++ b/craft/src/panels/topbar/TopBar.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { DeviceMode } from '../../types';
 import { TemplateModal } from './TemplateModal';
 import { HeadCodeModal } from './HeadCodeModal';
 import { TopBarOverflowMenu } from './TopBarOverflowMenu';
+import { PublishWarnings } from './PublishWarnings';
 import { SitesmithButton } from '../sitesmith/SitesmithButton';
 import { useSitesmithModal } from '../../state/SitesmithContext';
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ export const TopBar: React.FC<TopBarProps> = ({ device, onDeviceChange, showGuid
 
   const [saveStatus, setSaveStatus] = useState<'idle' | 'saving' | 'saved' | 'error'>('idle');
   const [publishStatus, setPublishStatus] = useState<'idle' | 'publishing' | 'published' | 'error'>('idle');
+  const [publishWarnings, setPublishWarnings] = useState<string[]>([]);
   const [isDraft, setIsDraft] = useState(false);
   // Mobile-A2: lifted from private useState into MobileChromeContext so
   // opening a mobile sheet can close these modals (item 3) -- behavior is
@@ -100,11 +102,16 @@ export const TopBar: React.FC<TopBarProps> = ({ device, onDeviceChange, showGuid
 
   const handlePublish = useCallback(async () => {
     setPublishStatus('publishing');
+    setPublishWarnings([]);
     try {
       const result = await publish();
       if (result?.success) {
         setPublishStatus('published');
         setIsDraft(false);
+        // The site published; these are fixable problems, not failures. Held
+        // independently of publishStatus so the 3s "Published" flash doesn't
+        // take the warning down with it.
+        setPublishWarnings(Array.isArray(result.warnings) ? result.warnings : []);
         if (publishTimeoutRef.current) clearTimeout(publishTimeoutRef.current);
         publishTimeoutRef.current = setTimeout(() => setPublishStatus('idle'), 3000);
       } else {
@@ -220,6 +227,7 @@ export const TopBar: React.FC<TopBarProps> = ({ device, onDeviceChange, showGuid
   if (isMobile) {
     return (
       <nav className="topbar topbar-mobile">
+        <PublishWarnings warnings={publishWarnings} onDismiss={() => setPublishWarnings([])} />
         <div className="topbar-left">
           {isWHP && (
             <a
@@ -307,6 +315,7 @@ export const TopBar: React.FC<TopBarProps> = ({ device, onDeviceChange, showGuid
 
   return (
     <nav className="topbar">
+      <PublishWarnings warnings={publishWarnings} onDismiss={() => setPublishWarnings([])} />
       <div className="topbar-left">
         {isWHP && (
           <a href={whpConfig!.backUrl} className="topbar-btn back-btn" aria-label="Back to Panel">
diff --git a/craft/src/styles/editor.css b/craft/src/styles/editor.css
index d2cfad1..1d5072d 100644
--- a/craft/src/styles/editor.css
+++ b/craft/src/styles/editor.css
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ body {
   border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-border);
   z-index: 100;
   gap: 12px;
+  /* Positioned ancestor for .publish-warnings (position: absolute; top:
+     100%), which is rendered as this <nav>'s first child in both the
+     desktop and mobile branches -- without this, it would anchor to the
+     viewport instead of sitting directly under the topbar. */
+  position: relative;
 }
 
 .topbar-left,
@@ -1884,3 +1889,33 @@ body {
     height: 44px !important;
   }
 }
+
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   Publish warnings banner -- non-blocking; the site DID publish. Anchored
+   to .topbar's `position: relative` (see above) so it drops down directly
+   beneath the bar in both the desktop and mobile branches.
+   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+.publish-warnings {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 100%;
+  left: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  z-index: 40;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+  gap: 8px;
+  padding: 10px 12px;
+  background: #422006;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid #a16207;
+  color: #fde68a;
+  font-size: 12px;
+}
+.publish-warnings ul { margin: 0; padding-left: 16px; flex: 1; }
+.publish-warnings li { margin: 2px 0; }
+.publish-warnings button {
+  background: none;
+  border: none;
+  color: #fde68a;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  padding: 0 4px;
+}