# Plex full Offline Function for local Network **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [March 21, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-full-offline-function-for-local-network/559182 "2020-03-21T20:22:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Painkiller8818](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/painkiller8818/32/146693_2.png) [@Painkiller8818](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Painkiller8818)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-full-offline-function-for-local-network/559182/1 "2020-03-21T20:22:01Z")
i would appreciate it very much if plex would work completely offline in case your services are down again. So that you can at least view your existing content on your local network. Today’s outage has shown us that this is unfortunately not as I and many others probably suspected. ---
**Author:** ![DeanKellham](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/deankellham/32/11246_2.png) [@DeanKellham](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DeanKellham)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-full-offline-function-for-local-network/559182/2 "2020-03-21T20:35:46Z")
I concur with the above. Surely if Plex’s API isn’t reachable it should still be able to timeout then continue to work (including discovering new content) in an offline mode. Wasn’t aware that I needed a connection to Plex to do seemingly offline tasks. I can only hope that servers set up to be isolated LAN-only boxes don’t also require access to the hosted API to add new content too. ---
**Author:** ![Yeailovemovies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ba8739/32.png) [@Yeailovemovies](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Yeailovemovies)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-full-offline-function-for-local-network/559182/3 "2020-03-21T20:42:31Z")
This feature is a must for us home users who do not need to stream outside our network. ---
**Author:** ![Frozenstitches](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a87d85/32.png) [@Frozenstitches](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Frozenstitches)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-full-offline-function-for-local-network/559182/4 "2020-03-21T21:37:06Z")
Yup, but we will probably get some other integration with another payed service before this happens. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-full-offline-function-for-local-network/559182/5 "2020-03-22T08:25:51Z")
A request for the same feature exists already, and it has more votes. > [@\[Feature-Request\] Built in local authentication server (prevent plex.tv outage)](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-built-in-local-authentication-server-prevent-plex-tv-outage/111339/1): > > I would like to see a local authentication server built into Plex that would perform a couple functions: Mirrors the functionality of [plex.tv](http://plex.tv) for authentication purposes. Replicates from [Plex.tv](http://Plex.tv) only the account data needed for our own PMS server (main account and friends). This service should be locked down so it is not manageable locally, its only source of data should be official replication of applicable accounts from [Plex.tv](http://Plex.tv). So, now when a local authentication request is perfo… Therefore this one is closed, to prevent spreading the votes across several threads, even though they vote for the same (or at least very similar thing). Votes are given back to the users who voted on this request. Please think of re-voting in the other thread if you still want it. * * * Rules for the Feature Suggestions forum section: - Please **search** before creating a new suggestion thread. - Only one feature per thread. See existing feature suggestions, sorted by **most popular** first [https://forums.plex.tv/c/general/feature-suggestions/l/votes](https://forums.plex.tv/c/general/feature-suggestions/l/votes) ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-full-offline-function-for-local-network/559182/6 "2020-03-22T08:25:56Z")