Connection health
Green, blue, red — and how to reconnect.
Butin is honest about whether a session still works. Every service is in one of three states, shown by its sidebar dot and a status pill:
- 🟢 Green — verified. Confirmed working this session — a successful fetch, a Test, or a Reconnect proved the session is live.
- 🔵 Blue — stored. A session is saved and survived restart, but hasn't been checked yet this session. Usually fine — run Test to confirm.
- 🔴 Red — expired. The session is gone, or a fetch came back "logged out." Reconnect to sign in again. Your already-downloaded data is not affected.
For key-based services (like AWS), "connected" means the configuration is filled in rather than a live session.
Managing a connection
Each service gathers its controls in one place:
- Reconnect — re-run the login (or edit the config form, for key-based services).
- Test — probe the session right now.
- Disconnect — drop the stored session. Your downloaded files are kept.
- Enable / disable — hide a service from the sidebar and Overview without deleting its data.
Blue just means "saved but not checked this session." It does not mean something's wrong — a quick Test turns it green.