[practice9]

Unless it's a recent change, it works perfectly fine offline (wifi turned off).

As for alternatives, there is Pico, but Quest 3 may be superior in games selection. Or go wired which is of course less portable

[extraduder_ire]

This is different from it being offline, it's like the device is kicked off the associated account. A "something went wrong" window pops up with a "generate device code" button, with instructions on how to remove and re-pair the headset.

There is no way to even access wifi settings or anything else to disconnect the device from the internet. If it's still a problem much later in the day, I'll try turning off my router to see what that does.

[practice9]

Interesting. I had a problem a few months ago with DNS not resolving Meta servers on my Starlink internet connection, but I was able to use the UI and the apps nonetheless, just couldn't open the store or update firmware.

Seems like they really did change something in the latest firmwares.

[fmsf]

In my case I was doing iRacing with a cable, it requires the Oculus app to run for the link to work. Which in turn needs the login to be active.

[dartos]

I think you need to be online for the first setup of the headset, otherwise it won’t work at all.

[IggleSniggle]

Yes. You login first, and then it completes device setup. At least, that's how it works for the Rift.