Could you expand on the reasons why you feel using the Scratch Pad is pointless - If you elaborate more on your context and current workflow, it will help us to better understand.
Wow, I really admire your politeness and diplomacy
And to all the people whinging about Version 8 not working? How would you feel if someone commented on your software along the lines of âOh, your software is useless. It doesnât workâ.
No further explanation, just a pointless rant. Wouldnât you feel a bit p*ssed off?
I agree that it is certainly not helpful to rant and complain without giving constructive feedback⌠I also understand why all these people are angry, it seems like a use-case has been completely overlooked in the v7 â v8 upgrade.
As I struggled with the same issue, and ultimately had to revert back to 7, I will try to summarize to make the feedback useful:
For many systems on enterprise networks, outgoing data is not allowed, and is blocked by firewalls or proxies. For some this is only while on VPN, but for others using strictly enterprise devices, this block cannot be avoided (which is my scenario). While previously you could still create collections, intercept requests and cookies, etc. while âofflineâ, much of that has been restricted with v8.
Scratch Pad allows some of the functionality again, but is lacking in many areas that were still available in version 7. I donât use Postman for many complicated things, but the one area missing for me with Scratch Pad was the request/cookie interceptor, which I regularly used in v7 and had become a core part of several of my collections for testing endpoints. Iâm sure there are other restrictions, but this one alone was enough to force me to downgrade to v7 again.
To summarize some feedback that I would love to see, but I understand you all are busy and have priorities:
Scratch Pad is somewhat difficult to find⌠It might be helpful, instead of just showing the âIt appears that youâre offlineâ error and showing nothing, maybe also showing the option to switch to Scratch Pad to work offline?
It would be nice for some of the previous tools (such as the interceptor) to work even when using Scratch Pad
This one is incredibly minor, but the Scratch Pad mode notification is very bright and blatant, and there is no way to dismiss it as far as I could tell⌠It would be nice to be able to close it, even if it starts open any time you open Postman
Thank you for all the hard work that you do; Postman is a really incredible tool⌠I like the way v8 looks; Iâm really hoping Iâll be able to use it at work sometime in the future
I encountered the same problem, closing and opening the application didnât work. But I found out there were some processes of Postman running in the background. Stopping them in the Task Manager solved the problem, it worked after I tried to start the application again.
Hello
So after one of our Business Architects had the same issue she contacted me and we found out in the proxy logs that Postman was generating traffic to different URLs when launching it
If content inspection was turned on on these pages Postman failed and was in offline mode.
We made an exception on HTTPS Content Inspection on below URLs and Postman (version 8) started working:
Not very practical to make such exceptions for postman to work⌠Could you check this and maybe fix so it can work properly on company networks that have a Proxy (like most do)
Because all our other users of Postman have not upgraded to V8 and have not faced this issue yet. So it shows that this is something new that was introduced with this version that is incompatible with ProxiesâŚ
Hi @ianarus - can you please provide your feedback on our GitHub issue tracker? Itâs the best place to raise concerns about bugs or make feature requests. Thanks!
@hannah.neil I came here expressly to avoid polluting your issues list with FAQ-like bugs such as âwhy are you making it impossible to use this tool behind a firewallâ and âwhy is it so much work, having to export all my data piecemealâ. But, I may end up having to do just that.
Same issue⌠the upgrade for Postman version 8 adds a set of non-functional communications requirements that cannot function behind a proxy⌠when testing with the proxy bypassed, then it works.
Also agree that bypassing the proxy isnât going to be acceptable to any Cyber Security teams, so this isnât a functional resolution.
Downgrading back to v7 seems to be the best fix right now until PostMan fixes this issue with their new software build. Hopefully this gets fixed soon, or the next step will be to look for an alternate software to replace Postman.
Hey @merlin2880
Welcome to the Postman community !!
Can you shed some more light on the proxy environment that you are working on, Is it a VPN+proxy-based setup? Any information around the vendor information that is used in your environment will help. Also, let us know how often you have to authenticate the proxy inside your environment
I have been using Postman for a little over 4 years now, and I appreciate the wonderful work done by the Postman Team and community at large. I, however have the following observations, based on my usage:
It should be easy and seamless to use Postman when connected to the internet and when offline. This never was an issue, and it is until recently when i started having power issues at my home office that i realised how important it is to have both features available. I understand that the Postman Team has valid reasons as to why this was implemented the way it was, but I believe many people are struggling with this. The idea of a Scratchpad does feel a bit detached from my workspace. It even sounds so TEMPORARY.
I should be able to work alone, on the same collection, with an option to back up to the cloud if I so choose.
When collaborating with others, I should have the power to work offline and sync the changes with the rest of the team whenever online.
Before code goes online, it must be developed and tested locally. Using the same analogy, it makes sense to have the ability to test local APIs, without necessarily being connected to the internet.
Considering everyone, it is not so practical to enforce that users must be online to enjoy the features that make Postman awesome. Some have intermittent power supply - no wifi when power is off, some have restrictive Internet connections at their respective work stations, and a whole other collection of issues (no pun intended).
Once again, I appreciate the amazing work by the Postman team + community.
Does anyone know an analogue of the postman program with offline mode, without synchronization with the cloud and with the ability to import collections from postman? No more strength to endure this postman with his âimprovementsâ. Help ME!
It seems to be far from Postman in regards to featues, but it seems to work offline. I just started using it to have an alternative to Postman for when Iâm âofflineâ ⌠(or at least Postman tries to convince me, that I am)
[Edit] Just found out, that you could also Extend Insomnia with plugins: Plugin Hub - Insomnia
This is not a specific account issue. It is a general issue for customers who for security reasons are not online with the internet and are not allowed to expose their test data.
I have been facing the exact same issue. Luckily I was able to switch to scratch pad more. But I lost all the saved data under my workspace. Its weird that an upgrade restricts the usage.
