Issue with starting games, says I was offline

Is anybody else having issues starting MSFS today? I tried starting it and was greeted with a very unwelcome message saying "You need to be online to open this on this device. To open this on this device when offline go to the ;Offline Permissions’ settings in the Microsoft Store Settings page. You can change this setting, the next time you go online.

But I was online. Restarting the pc made no difference, numerous attempts via the store or the xbox app to start the game had no effect, logging out of the poxy store and logging back in made no difference and as my mood began deteriorating rapidly, it started working again and started.

I do object to having to jump through hoops to start a game I purchased.

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It took me 3 attempts this morning to start the Sim.
I have no idea what happened. It was working good yesterday.

Almost certainly its there end. Every problem with starting or updating stems from that store of theirs. Its usually “unaware” that a sim update exists for me at least, now today its “unaware” that I am online despite allowing me to browse through content and look for updates. It really is awful.

Mine is normal with no issues.
Any chance something like a firewall is blocking access?

No, the store thought I was offline, its wasn’t being blocked though then it started working all by itself. The firewall informs me if it blocks any apps.

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I was having the same, for about 15 min then it worked again, thank god I didn’t try anything desperate, like reinstall…

-eelis-

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