Are we (plex) down again ... yes .. really?

[mm98]

Guys, could you please solve this once for all? this is becoming a joke!

We are currently investigating high response times accessing the API.

https://status.plex.tv/

[greatestvideoever]

Yes, it is very annoying that we all depend entirely on plex servers that have to be online!

[marcjt]

Of all the things I love about Plex, this I do not.

[Stormdragon]

@greatestvideoever

Yes, it is very annoying that we all depend entirely on plex servers that have to be online!

Agreed. However, perhaps this might work when offline?

How to Use Plex Media Server Without Internet Access

[Stormdragon]

There is also this older article within the Plex forums…

[HowTo] Use Plex with No Internet

I’ve seen far too many posts regarding “can’t connect to Plex with no internet”, and an uprising/outcry always ensues. It eventually settles down, but the lack of single point resources can be frustrating. I’ve been there, no internet - can’t google anything from a computer so a phone will have to do, but navigating through results and trying “solutions” can be daunting. I’m creating this How-To to help alleviate those posts and help everyone access their servers when the net is down. Couple of …

[rednekcowboy]

@Stormdragon

There is also this older article within the Plex forums…

[HowTo] Use Plex with No Internet

Yes and this is the third time this has happened recently and you keep reposting that post which does not solve the issue whatsoever. I already had those settings in place the first time, then still in place the second time and, yet again, still in place this time.

It doesn’t resolve the issue when there is an issue with the Plex authentication API.

I will say that if you use 127.0.0.1:port# you can actually access and use your plex server from the device it is hosted on but that doesn’t help you access it with any other devices on your local network.

Even if that post you quoted did resolve the issue, then why are these not the default settings? That would be a quick and easy fix to avoid all of these threads being started when what now seems to be an ongoing and continuous issue now.

[Stormdragon]

@rednekcowboy

you keep reposting that post which does not solve the issue whatsoever

I posted two different articles which were related in case it would help, even as a temporary workaround, since they are supposed to bypass the authentication server.

There are settings within each of the other devices which allows for manual setup to your local server (settings > advanced > server connections).

When I have set this up, I log out of my Plex account on the device I configured it on (e.g. my iPad) and it connects to the server on my Windows machine and shows all my local Plex media without issues. In the side panel it still shows “Sign In” with an empty picture and no user switching.

@rednekcowboy

Even if that post you quoted did resolve the issue, then why are these not the default settings?

I’m not affiliated with Plex whatsoever…so can’t really answer this one.

Ideally, Plex would allow for local connection to the network to take precedence and only doing Plex auth API if that fails and/or using remote connections…however, I believe this has been discussed in the past and rejected

Edit:
So we are clear, I 100% agree that having a dependency on Plex auth which needs an internet connection and is completely out of our control to fix in order to use our own local content is a PITA.

[rednekcowboy]

@Stormdragon

Ideally, Plex would allow for local connection to the network to take precedence and only doing Plex auth API if that fails and/or using remote connections…however, I believe this has been discussed in the past and rejected

And herin lies the exact issue.