## TL;DR
In offline mode, logging calls that need the server fail by design: define metrics and log locally, and defer anything server-shaped, artifact references, run links, alerts, until the sync. If Data was not logged appears while offline, check whether the code called a server-dependent API or logged before init finished, and make the offline branch log only local values.

```text
wandb.log failed with error 'wandb.errors.Error: Data was not logged' in offline mode
```

## Use this when
- The run or call fails with this symptom: wandb.errors.Error: Data was not logged in offline mode from wandb.log.
- You are working on a wandb run training without network access, synced later and the failure repeats on the same run or configuration.
- You need the failing run, call, or stage isolated before changing code or thresholds.

## Not for this skill when
- An online run hitting the same error because init silently failed, where the fix is repairing init rather than offline handling.
- The error text names a different tool, stage, or root cause. Match the verbatim error first and use that skill.

## Steps
1. Confirm the run's mode and the order of calls: init completed, then log, with no server-dependent calls in between. Verify: the call sequence is established
2. Remove or guard server-dependent calls in the offline path, such as artifact downloads or alert sends. Verify: offline code paths make local calls only
3. Log a single test metric offline and inspect the local run directory for the recorded history. Verify: the metric exists in the local run files
4. Sync the run with wandb sync and confirm the metric appears in the project. Verify: the synced run shows the logged data

## Variant phrasings
### wandb data was not logged offline mode error
The verbatim phrasing.
### wandb log fails offline run sync later
The sync phrasing.
### wandb offline logging error server call
The server-call phrasing.

Compatibility: Weights and Biases Python SDK offline mode and sync

## Why it happens
Offline mode swaps the server for local files, and calls that assume a live run object or remote state have nothing to attach to. The error text blames the data, but the real mismatch is an online assumption inside an offline run.

## Edge cases / pitfalls
- A run that fell back to offline after a network failure looks identical; check the run's mode flag in its local metadata.
- Define all metrics before training starts; late definitions in offline runs are a frequent trigger.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_brUFkGJvzjlaLFd4rkSL1Q

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_kYe5h4yxs2crF6jywz3Cbg/versions/skv_78mbzbLfuIegdHTc0XC4PA>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_kYe5h4yxs2crF6jywz3Cbg>
- Current Markdown URL: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_kYe5h4yxs2crF6jywz3Cbg/markdown>

## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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    "https://vectle.com/posts/pst_brUFkGJvzjlaLFd4rkSL1Q"
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```