Connect version 4.20 broke local http access?

As long as your machine is in the network with the dns-redirect, yes. But I think you don't need the garmin.cn redirect hack for the simulator.

The whole https blocking comes from the android/ios-os. But the simulator runs directly on the machine, no phone-os involved. Hence no blocking should be involved. Except, if your simulator-host-os (maybe macOS?) introduces its own http-blocking. I'm using linux without any issue access my local network by http.

One thought I had on the bike after tediously going through the wifi disable / enable routine for what feels like the hundredth time: all those pains could be resolved if widgets had an way to disable/enable Wifi when needed. I think the current API allows read access to some configuration keys but not write?

Configuration write through cIQ could be valuable in general, because many people will have *some* exotic configuration toggle need. Far too exotic to include in the default UI, but a widget tailored to their specific need could make them happy. That long tail of niche functionality, that's exactly what cIQ should be about.

So for those reading at Garmin: if you have a pros/cons board about a cIQ configuration write feature, feel free to add "would also kind of solve that long standing phone localhost via BT-uplink topic" to the pros side :)

I'm still struggeling to access my local network. Does the redirect hack of "garmin.cn" also works with the simulator? Setting "Use Device HTTPS Requirements" i can see a respone from my fake host in the network trace and with "View HTTP traffic" but still get a -1001 error in the simulator app.

Thanks a lot for posting that link. I achieved the same thing using a different service than pi-hole, but your article saved me a lot of time and heartache.

Thanks for your excellent workaround! I share your considerations. http is more than enough for my local network and domotics use cases. I was able to redirect the garmin.cn domain (I don't use) and added my SBC: myrock64.garmin.cn. I used bind9 for this. Working flawlessly and also works with the similator