1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/app/helpers/whats_new_helper.rb b/app/helpers/whats_new_helper.rb
index f0044daa645..edb3544d2d4 100644
--- a/app/helpers/whats_new_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/whats_new_helper.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,24 @@
 module WhatsNewHelper
   EMPTY_JSON = ''.to_json
 
+  def whats_new_most_recent_release_items_count
+    items = parsed_most_recent_release_items
+
+    return unless items.is_a?(Array)
+
+    items.count
+  end
+
+  def whats_new_storage_key
+    items = parsed_most_recent_release_items
+
+    return unless items.is_a?(Array)
+
+    release = items.first.try(:[], 'release')
+
+    ['display-whats-new-notification', release].compact.join('-')
+  end
+
   def whats_new_most_recent_release_items
     YAML.load_file(most_recent_release_file_path).to_json
 
@@ -14,6 +32,10 @@ module WhatsNewHelper
 
   private
 
+  def parsed_most_recent_release_items
+    Gitlab::Json.parse(whats_new_most_recent_release_items)
+  end
+
   def most_recent_release_file_path
     Dir.glob(files_path).max
   end