[Feature] Pause auto-fetch when IDE is in offline mode

[jurgenhaas]

Describe the bug

I am uncertain if the classification as a bug is correct, never mind if you turn this into a feature request instead.

When I set the IDE into offline mode, I expect no attempts to the internet any longer. However, the auto-fetch from this plugin is still trying to fetch registered repositories regularly an error message is displayed to the user.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Turn on auto-fetch
2. Set the IDE into offline mode
3. Just wait until the next fetch is due and an error message will be displayed, if the host is actually not online

Expected behavior

Pause the auto-fetch, when the IDE is in offline mode-

Plugin version

500.0.6+213

IDE version

IntelliJ IDEA 2023.1 (Ultimate Edition)
Build #IU-231.8109.175, built on March 28, 2023
Licensed to PARAGON Executive Services GmbH / Jürgen Haas
Subscription is active until March 13, 2024.
Runtime version: 17.0.6+10-b924 amd64
VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o.
Linux 5.4.0-147-generic
GC: G1 Young Generation, G1 Old Generation
Memory: 4000M
Cores: 8
Registry:
indexer.follows.symlinks=false

Non-Bundled Plugins:
com.jetbrains.plugins.ini4idea (231.8109.217)
PlantUML integration (5.23.0)
com.intellij.ideolog (203.0.30.0)
String Manipulation (9.7.1)
me.mbolotov.cypress (1.5.2)
Pythonid (231.8109.175)
zielu.gittoolbox (500.0.6+213)
mobi.hsz.idea.gitignore (4.5.0)
com.kn.diagrams.generator.generator (2022.2.0)
com.jetbrains.php (231.8109.199)
org.jetbrains.plugins.phpstorm-remote-interpreter (231.8109.90)
com.jetbrains.php.drupal (231.8109.199)
com.jetbrains.twig (231.8109.217)
com.kalessil.phpStorm.phpInspectionsEA (4.0.7.1)
org.jetbrains.plugins.phpstorm-docker (231.8109.90)
ru.adelf.idea.dotenv (2023.1)
de.espend.idea.php.toolbox (6.2.0)
de.espend.idea.php.annotation (9.2.1)
fr.adrienbrault.idea.symfony2plugin (2022.1.246)
de.espend.idea.php.drupal (0.5.1)
de.espend.idea.php.phpunit (7.1)

Kotlin: 231-1.8.20-IJ8109.175
Current Desktop: ubuntu:GNOME

[zielu]

Hi, do you mean File / Power Save Mode ?

[jurgenhaas]

No, I mean the "Work offline" option. You can find that by searching for actions - using ctrl-shift-a on Linux.

[zielu]

This option is related to maven preferences. I can add integration for it though.

[jurgenhaas]

Actually, there seems to be a separate one:

[zielu]

This is how it looks for me - same IDE version

I'll dig deeper

[zielu]

I double-checked with Jetbrains and there is no dedicated offline action, there is only a feature request. This action must be coming from Maven or Gradle then.
I could add option to respect their settings

[DidierLoiseau]

In a similar fashion (since there is no global offline mode), it could be nice to be able to disable auto-fetch if a given network connection is offline or if the git remote is unresolvable.

My use-case is that I need a VPN connection to access our git server, and GitToolbox will often try to fetch and report errors before I have time to enter the VPN TOTP and connect. Note that in my case, I only need it for Git and Maven repositories, as I still have access to our issue tracker or Internet without VPN.

(side note, I think the “Work offline” shown in @jurgenhaas’s screenshot is from Perforce, as it also seem to match the Keymap settings I’m seeing)

[zielu]

Hi, I was thinking about just hiding errors about connectivity problems. Report first one and then hide repetitions.