SmartThings operation is OK when there is no internet connection (feature idea)

[JDRoberts]

If you are saying that you would like to see local operation as a future development plan for SmartThings, many people would like to see that. But it does not work that way now.

You will find much discussion of this in the following thread:

Local Processing in Hub V2

Continuing the discussion from What's the deal with Nest?: Correct. I was answering this question below in the global sense. i.e., There will always be the possibility of various benefits available to Official Device Handlers and SmartApps that are not available to un-certified Community Developed ones. At the moment, the local processing benefit is inapplicable to Nest in either case. I’m not sure ST has guaranteed that community developed SmartApps/Device Types will be included in local processing right after certification. Yes, it may be included down the road, and this is not yet clear on how or what the process is to enable community developed stuffs to run locally.