diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions/test-and-build/action.yaml b/.github/workflows/actions/test-and-build/action.yaml
index 2b9438281..85703a1ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions/test-and-build/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions/test-and-build/action.yaml
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
 
     - name: Run Tests
+      env:
+        NODE_OPTIONS: "--max_old_space_size=4096"
       run: |
         npm run test
       shell: bash
diff --git a/src/mdbExtensionController.ts b/src/mdbExtensionController.ts
index fb6d51d39..cc1380f5b 100644
--- a/src/mdbExtensionController.ts
+++ b/src/mdbExtensionController.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ export default class MDBExtensionController implements vscode.Disposable {
       new PlaygroundDiagnosticsCodeActionProvider();
     this._participantController = new ParticipantController({
       connectionController: this._connectionController,
+      storageController: this._storageController,
     });
     this._playgroundController = new PlaygroundController({
       connectionController: this._connectionController,
diff --git a/src/participant/participant.ts b/src/participant/participant.ts
index 44992c24b..ded24c582 100644
--- a/src/participant/participant.ts
+++ b/src/participant/participant.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { createLogger } from '../logging';
 import type ConnectionController from '../connectionController';
 import EXTENSION_COMMANDS from '../commands';
+import type { StorageController } from '../storage';
+import { StorageVariables } from '../storage';
 import { GenericPrompt } from './prompts/generic';
 import { CHAT_PARTICIPANT_ID } from './constants';
 import { QueryPrompt } from './prompts/query';
@@ -40,14 +42,18 @@ export class ParticipantController {
   _participant?: vscode.ChatParticipant;
   _chatResult: ChatResult;
   _connectionController: ConnectionController;
+  _storageController: StorageController;
 
   constructor({
     connectionController,
+    storageController,
   }: {
     connectionController: ConnectionController;
+    storageController: StorageController;
   }) {
     this._chatResult = { metadata: { command: '' } };
     this._connectionController = connectionController;
+    this._storageController = storageController;
   }
 
   createParticipant(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
@@ -278,6 +284,23 @@ export class ParticipantController {
     stream: vscode.ChatResponseStream,
     token: vscode.CancellationToken
   ): Promise<ChatResult> {
+    const hasBeenShownWelcomeMessageAlready = !!this._storageController.get(
+      StorageVariables.COPILOT_HAS_BEEN_SHOWN_WELCOME_MESSAGE
+    );
+
+    if (!hasBeenShownWelcomeMessageAlready) {
+      stream.markdown(
+        vscode.l10n.t(`
+  Welcome to MongoDB Participant!\n\n
+  Interact with your MongoDB clusters and generate MongoDB-related code more efficiently with intelligent AI-powered feature, available today in the MongoDB extension.\n\n
+  Please see our [FAQ](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/generative-ai-faq/) for more information.`)
+      );
+      void this._storageController.update(
+        StorageVariables.COPILOT_HAS_BEEN_SHOWN_WELCOME_MESSAGE,
+        true
+      );
+    }
+
     if (request.command === 'query') {
       this._chatResult = await this.handleQueryRequest({
         request,
diff --git a/src/storage/storageController.ts b/src/storage/storageController.ts
index 3ae1a71ec..7a2ba780b 100644
--- a/src/storage/storageController.ts
+++ b/src/storage/storageController.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export enum StorageVariables {
   GLOBAL_ANONYMOUS_ID = 'GLOBAL_ANONYMOUS_ID',
   // Only exists on workspaceState.
   WORKSPACE_SAVED_CONNECTIONS = 'WORKSPACE_SAVED_CONNECTIONS',
+  COPILOT_HAS_BEEN_SHOWN_WELCOME_MESSAGE = 'COPILOT_HAS_BEEN_SHOWN_WELCOME_MESSAGE',
 }
 
 // Typically variables default to 'GLOBAL' scope.
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ interface StorageVariableContents {
   [StorageVariables.GLOBAL_HAS_BEEN_SHOWN_INITIAL_VIEW]: boolean;
   [StorageVariables.GLOBAL_SAVED_CONNECTIONS]: ConnectionsFromStorage;
   [StorageVariables.WORKSPACE_SAVED_CONNECTIONS]: ConnectionsFromStorage;
+  [StorageVariables.COPILOT_HAS_BEEN_SHOWN_WELCOME_MESSAGE]: boolean;
 }
 type StoredVariableName = keyof StorageVariableContents;
 type StoredItem<T extends StoredVariableName> = StorageVariableContents[T];
diff --git a/src/test/suite/editors/playgroundController.test.ts b/src/test/suite/editors/playgroundController.test.ts
index 66af1b06b..0526aeb34 100644
--- a/src/test/suite/editors/playgroundController.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/suite/editors/playgroundController.test.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ suite('Playground Controller Test Suite', function () {
     );
     testParticipantController = new ParticipantController({
       connectionController: testConnectionController,
+      storageController: testStorageController,
     });
     testPlaygroundController = new PlaygroundController({
       connectionController: testConnectionController,
diff --git a/src/test/suite/editors/playgroundSelectedCodeActionProvider.test.ts b/src/test/suite/editors/playgroundSelectedCodeActionProvider.test.ts
index 74f143249..07f9687d6 100644
--- a/src/test/suite/editors/playgroundSelectedCodeActionProvider.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/suite/editors/playgroundSelectedCodeActionProvider.test.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ suite('Playground Selected CodeAction Provider Test Suite', function () {
 
       testParticipantController = new ParticipantController({
         connectionController: testConnectionController,
+        storageController: testStorageController,
       });
 
       sandbox.replace(
diff --git a/src/test/suite/language/languageServerController.test.ts b/src/test/suite/language/languageServerController.test.ts
index 52a660a37..3143f9c1b 100644
--- a/src/test/suite/language/languageServerController.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/suite/language/languageServerController.test.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ suite('Language Server Controller Test Suite', () => {
     );
     testParticipantController = new ParticipantController({
       connectionController: testConnectionController,
+      storageController: testStorageController,
     });
     testPlaygroundController = new PlaygroundController({
       connectionController: testConnectionController,
diff --git a/src/test/suite/views/webview-app/overview-page.test.tsx b/src/test/suite/views/webview-app/overview-page.test.tsx
index 27b9b2c05..3dc9abbbf 100644
--- a/src/test/suite/views/webview-app/overview-page.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/suite/views/webview-app/overview-page.test.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe('OverviewPage test suite', function () {
   describe('Connection Form', function () {
     // Rendering the connection form takes ~4 seconds, so we need to increase the timeout.
     // Not sure on the cause of this slowdown, it could be animation based.
-    this.timeout(10000);
+    this.timeout(20000);
     it('is able to open and close the new connection form', async function () {
       render(<OverviewPage />);