And, why can't I use the IDE 2.3.1 without an internet connection? This on a Win11 machine.
Get a red bar of death stating "Offline" and "Cannot connect to the backend".
There is some temporary internet outage in my area, so why cannot I work on locally stored sketches?
What you said about "can't use", can you elaborate? Can't open the software? Can't edit the code? Or did the compilation fail? Or can't upload code?
As far as I know, the only circumstance when the IDE requires a network connection is when hardware-specific drivers and libraries need to be downloaded.
That would mean compiling and uploading sketches for starters.
A little research shows this is an old problem? And, I wonder if it is related to the whole Arduino IDE does not survive an OS sleep period.
But, uh yeah, pretty frequently the IDE seizes up when the red bar of death displays across bottom of window.
You can. It's only the first time when using the IDE that it requires a connection to the internet to download some additional stuff. After that it can work without an internet connection.
Note that offline does not necessarily mean that there is no internet connection; it can also be an connection between two processes on a PC.
Please follow the instructions in this post (Arduino 2.0.3 stuck on loading screen - #2 by ptillisch) and post the results here.
I probably can't help you further but I think that it will shine some light on the issue.
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