Offline developer licensing for an air-gapped dev environment, Devolutions-account sign-in not possible

Published 7 days ago

Hi,
The developer licensing model changed over the last few versions and it now breaks our setup. Previously, purchasing a license also let us create offline developer licenses. Now the Developer Edition requires signing in with a Devolutions account, which needs internet access, and an offline dev license no longer seems to be available.
Our situation:

Our development server has no internet access. It's isolated because it holds sensitive data.
Company policy doesn't allow developing locally on workstations, so we can't develop off that server.
We connect from the workstation to the dev server via VS Code Remote Tunnels, start the Universal instance there, and forward the port with dev tunnels. Signing in with a Devolutions account in this setup isn't possible.
We already hold normal licenses for our production and test systems. It's only the local/isolated development case that used to work and now doesn't.
The PSU instance on the dev server is started only during development, stopped afterwards, and used by a single developer.

As far as we can tell, the Developer Edition can't work here, and there's no offline dev license anymore, so this path is closed for us.
What we'd like to know:

What do you recommend for teams working in an isolated/offline setup like this?
Is there a supported way to keep developing without internet access on the dev machine?

We've been working this way for a while and are now blocked, so a clear recommendation on the intended path would be much appreciated.

Thanks, Wolf

All Comments (2)

rubentapia

Published 3 days ago

Dear Wolf,

Thank you very much for contacting Ironman Software!

My name is Ruben Tapia, a support engineer in charge of request #F-55529. While we review the details provided, please remember that you can add additional information by replying to this email.

We understand that the current Developer Edition activation flow does not accommodate your air-gapped development server because signing in with a Devolutions account requires connectivity that your security policy does not permit.

Since your workflow was previously supported through an offline developer license, we will consult internally with our Product and Licensing teams to confirm the officially supported path under the current licensing model. In particular, we will verify whether an offline development entitlement, migration option, or another licensing mechanism is available for isolated development environments.

To help us complete that review, could you please confirm:

• Your current PSU version
• The type of commercial PSU licenses currently assigned to your production and test systems
• The last PSU version where the offline developer license worked for you

We will share the confirmed recommendation as soon as we receive clarification.

Best regards,
Ruben Tapia

Erica Poirier

Published 2 days ago

Hello @wolf,

Thank you for your feedback.

This scenario is no longer supported with the 2026.x PowerShell Universal version. It's mandatory to connect using a Devolutions Account to get the free Developer access.

Can I use the email address from your forum profile to contact you from our ticketing system? So you can provide us with the information Ruben asked you for, specifically, the license type you are currently using. If you prefer, you can also email us at service@devolutions.net with a reference to this forum thread.

Thank you for your collaboration.

Best regards,

Érica Poirier