---
id: licensing-payments.what-does-working-offline-mean
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/licensing-payments/what-does-working-offline-mean
category: "Licensing & payments"
subcategory: "Licence status and offline use"
question: "What does the \"Working offline\" licence notice mean?"
alt_questions:
  - "Couldn't reach the licence server recently"
  - "Working offline storage studio"
  - "licence server unreachable"
  - "using your saved licence"
short_answer: "Storage Studio couldn't reach the licence server for a while and is using your saved licence. Keep working; reconnecting clears it."
tags: ["offline", "messages"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/licensing-payments/does-storage-studio-need-the-internet-to-stay-licensed", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/licensing-payments/we-couldnt-reach-the-licence-service"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# What does the "Working offline" licence notice mean?

It means Storage Studio hasn't been able to reach the licence server for longer than its offline window, so it's using the licence saved on your Mac. You can keep working — nothing is locked.

Reconnect to the internet when you can; the next successful check-in clears the notice. If you're online and it persists, a firewall or VPN may be blocking the check — try another network.