Cubase hub offline start - waiting for license checking

Every time when I open Cubase 14.0.40 at the beginning opening hub windows (picture below). I open project and everything works fine, but If I want to close this project and open another one Cubase back to Cubase Hub and I have to wait another 20 seconds to checking licenses. I’m using Cubase offline (no internet connection). Is there any way to no to wait again this another 20 seconds to open another project?

Does it tell you it’s specifically checking licenses….the screencap isn’t showing that?

I wonder if disabling the news section of the hub might help speed things up a bit as that may be trying to connect?

I believe that can be disabled in prefs/general.

Thanks. Pictures is only example. I will try to disabling the news section. But maybe someone knows method how not to back to hub when I close project and want to open another one like was in Cubase 5 ? I tried keep in back empty project and have open 2 project at this same time :empty and this where I work but it is not working- it is still backing to Hub and I got to wait :frowning:

You can open the Hub without closing the project you’re in, and then activate a new project. Does that behaves differently? (Then you can close the previous project if you want to; it’s allready deactivated tho so it’s not necesarry to deactivate it.

As @Grim asked,

Cubase does not need internet access to check its licenses, and if the Hub is open any license check for Cubase has already been completed, so this is must not be caused by Cubase checking licensing.