Update to allow app to run offline if internet connection isn’t available

[tdtrumble]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues and checked the recent builds/commits

What would your feature do ?

Detect if internet connection is unavailable and skip processes requiring internet connection so that the app can run offline if requirements are already downloaded.

I had my internet go out today and discovered that this won’t run offline even though everything is already installed.

I found 2 causes:

1. Calling pip to download requirements. Easily skipped by bypassing a single line of code. Some extensions do this too but auto1111 doesn't exit if those fail.

2. Gradio. This one is more complicated. Newer versions of gradio call out to get fonts and other things. They are aware of the issue and seem like they are trying to resolve the online dependency but who knows how long it will take.
   Gradio Interface does not run locally without internet connection  gradio-app/gradio#1450

There are a few options:

2.a) Downgrade to a lower version that didn’t require connectivity, it’s mentioned in thread linked above

2.b) monkey patch it?

2.c) Consider using https://github.com/junchen1992/gradio-offline, forked and tracking against main and hacked to remove online requirement. I think he’s just maintaining it until Gradio gets their crap together

Proposed workflow

1. Disconnect internet
2. Attempt to run Auto1111
3. Be disappointed

Additional information

No response

[missionfloyd]

#10324

[w-e-w]

if all requirements are satisfied webui launches offline without issues
tested in all current versions 1.2.1 1.3.0-RC dev

[tdtrumble]

Closed, I was still on 1.2.0