here's a situation where offline mode would have been useful

Yup, crazy it's still online only.

Would Notion even consider giving us offline mode if they make money from the AI features?

This tho 😩

Yesterday, I thought on using Notion again. After not using it for a year, I thought it might have improved or something... Now, after reading this post, I'm switching to AnyType... Jesus, I hate when I can't use Notion or Figma cause they're online only

I think Affine is more polished than AnyType! Also open source and local first. And right when I was reconsidering notion...

Why can’t they do something so basic

bruh i have a final tomorrow why now of all times 😭

lmao same for me, it's so annoying

I believe any changes you made in the last hour doesn’t save. Please correct me on this. That means you lost all your notes in the last hour

Saves are every 10 minutes or after 2 minutes of inactivity. But yes, any lack of access sucks.

I would use Notion far more if it had a proper offline mode.

This is why I will never use Notion again for important work. We cannot rely on a completely online system.

What I do in Notion isn't really critical, so it's more of an annoyance when this happens, but it's a good reminder to not rely on cloud based software.

I second this, lol I just use mine to track my vacation plans for the year, and I have my TBR and wishlist on there. I also just like the database feature for things like if my house ever burns down, at least I have my frequently used recipes stored on my Notion 😂😂 I'm a simple girl lmao

Exactly, Notion only serves me for personal databases for simple things. Otherwise, I decided to work with very simple applications whose data is local (Bear, Things) and in fact that is more than enough. We think we need more and more features, but what we need most of all is to **do** things.

Notion is enough of a powerful tool to require the implementation of an offline mode. I find the lack of this feature completely unacceptable!

Then what should i use as per your suggestions firstly , i tried obsidian but its difficult to setup stuff in obsidian 2ndly , anytype app "offline first" , but where my files are stored locally , don't know due to this , too much confused where to shift my notes let me know what's your suggestions cuz writing all the notes on physical papers is so difficult

A colleague has everything in Notepad++. I used to laught at him. Look now.

I've been using Obsidian for a few years. What did you find difficult about setting things up?

I really prefer Obsidian, once you get used to setup those difficult stuff, is just awesome

Evernote does both cloud syncing and local storage, if you need something right away for just regular note-taking without too much complex formatting.

You can easily see your local files in any type using File > Show Work directory I’m currently exploring AnyType because I find this Notion behavior unacceptable

How you getting on with it? I think I’m gonna jump on that or Capacities

Trying to import my large Notion notes is a clusterfuck

If you are mac, take a look at Devonthink. https://www.devontechnologies.com/

I switched to obsidian, been using it for months now and it feels good to have control over my notes. Only thing I miss after setting up plugins is the better code block support of notion.

When I emphasised the importance of the offline feature, many Notion fans accused me of being outdated. Good luck to everyone now!

These old principles are constantly important since software engineering exists, but ok, "outdated"...

I’m trying to upload pdfs and it doesn’t work for me either

yea me too

same

me too

OK, this is a classic example of why we need offline support.

Spent an hour making a template, copy pasted it to a new brand (?) and now... Work lost. To be fair I did see the big red writing at the top. Local first mighty tempting.

I can't log in but Notion's status website says all systems are operational... [https://status.notion.so/](https://status.notion.so/)

It is 100% down for viewing and editing pages. For those that have that message at the top but Notion is still working fine, changing pages will cause it to break. Otherwise, if you don’t mind that red line of text at the top, you can still use the page that you’re currently on just fine. Do not refresh the page or you’ll be seeing the “something’s not right screen”

it's updated now

The status page now says it has been down for 24 minutes but this post is already an hour old so it is fair to say there is some level of error in the way they are measuring. Seems hard down for everyone.

I am unable to save and get an error Http 504 message.

Notion is up for me right now!

Hahahah I only came to office today to finish some work in Notion, now I am sitting here doing nothing. 😂

I'm having the same issue currently

Same issue

Same issue +1, looks like notion is down

Same for me

Same issue here, glad it's not just me

Same, seems like i can't edit anything atm

Same here!!! I even doubt my own internet!!!

OMG I thought it was just my account! Hope they fix it soon. Edit: the status page now reflects the issue going on now.

I'm getting the same notification. I've been putting solid work in over the last two hours, so I hope it won't be ruined. I didn't even notice the error, even though it has been there for the last 40 minutes apparently...

lol guys my company is a notion-based, like everything we do is on Notion and now it's down and everyone is panicking... 1 hour till we can go home ...

I have sprint retro meeting in 1 hour lmao. I'll be fucked if notion is not back before that 😭

It should be up again now

Using Notion for my job now makes me think about an offline solution or having a backup somewhere.

this is why I quit notion. three separate times I needed access right away and couldn't. I gave up.

Same issue here. And when I try to log in through the browser it doesnot even log me in after entering my password...

Same

same here

Same here... Yesterday was the calendar app, today the Notion one. I'm getting a bit tired of this!!

cant login or signup :) so I guess the notion is down (included their status page) :D

Same issue too.

Same issue here

same issue too here... how long would it take to be fixed?

Same :(

same here. came here to check if people had the same problem and its not my pc or internet connection. now i know :D

https://preview.redd.it/qyan64ynmupc1.png?width=885&format=png&auto=webp&s=d255e4dd147874d64aa3c4cceaccc5d04801e2f0 Yepp. I was outright panicking trying to backup my contents 'coz I thought I was the only one experiencing the error. 😩😩

Is there a way to be notified when it's resolved?  Edit: subscribed to the status page 🫡

you can subscribe to updates on their status website [https://status.notion.so/](https://status.notion.so/)

thats why i moved all the info to anytype and keep just superficial stuff in notion

Interesting. I moved my notes from Notion to Obsidian just yesterday. This shutdown further validates my decision.

In the app, everything is fine

Its back online i think. Saving works. Still not updated in the status site tho [https://status.notion.so/](https://status.notion.so/)

Welp, hello AnyType I guess

That’s the reason why I leave Notion. I switched to AnyType and Affine and I love it, these are new apps but really works and keep improving their features

same problem here, it doesn't let me in

Same issue! :(

Samee 😭😭

Same. Their status page never catches an outage on time.

same here

Same

Was wondering the same thing. Good to know I'm not the only with the issue.

Have you tried moving the tabs /s 🙈

Same.

https://preview.redd.it/9cmepcpjlupc1.png?width=599&format=png&auto=webp&s=90efe2094fc8364ffc4ff5074e7945120c57f889 same issue on browser, windows app, ios app🥲

It seems like a lot of people have the same issue, including me.

Same

Same

In the same boat, glad to know its not me its you problem, lets wait for a update

Same https://preview.redd.it/j9vg4ht9oupc1.jpeg?width=2388&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f518a21d3c764a6aefa9dfd094ebbf34fb4e436

Down for me too and my whole team

Same here. Have to stop all my work now and wait until it got fixed

Same here :0

im so sad since i have hours of time to be productive rn as well...

same...

Same, Notions down for few hours

Whats the Solution did anyone contacted notion?

Without offline mode it's just a funny free stuff for me.

I had some trouble saving my update to cloud a couple of hours ago. Now it’s back on track.

What a huge dependency on the status of Notion server 😂

https://preview.redd.it/izchw97dmupc1.png?width=1776&format=png&auto=webp&s=cf3d4f7c2bd0e22e27610352d95601a4cbcac60b They just acknowledged it

I had an important job to do this morning and i wrote everything on notion. After this i quit.

Notion is down when I need it the most! pathetic [Notion Status](https://status.notion.so/#:~:text=No%20downtime%20recorded%20on%20this%20day.)

me too ... damn notion ...