Offline and your license
What keeps working without a connection, and the license that lets the tools run offline.
Working offline #
The tools keep working when your connection drops. Your edits stay safe on this computer and save to your project when you're back. The line in the status pill turns red while you're offline; see The save status.
In the ArchOverflow app, a tool you've opened once with a connection opens without one too.
What needs a connection #
- Signing in.
- Saving to a project, and seeing teammates' changes.
- View-only links and calendar feeds.
- Map tiles and climate data.
- The library and these docs.
The tools say so when something needs a connection.
Your license #
While you're signed in and online, the tools keep a small signed license on your computer and renew it about once a day. Offline, that license keeps your tools working.
When you're offline, the bar shows OFFLINE · UNTIL and a date. That's when the license on this computer runs out. Connect once before then and it renews.
When the license runs out #
If you stay offline past that date, the bar shows OFFLINE · READ-ONLY. Your work still opens, prints and exports; editing waits until you connect once.