From f7c15862ff3210d62d55ac9168045f0adf88b02d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sorin Sbarnea <ssbarnea@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2023 13:43:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure that rules collections use Runtime in offline mode

---
 src/ansiblelint/__main__.py       | 4 +++-
 src/ansiblelint/app.py            | 5 +++--
 src/ansiblelint/rules/__init__.py | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/__main__.py b/src/ansiblelint/__main__.py
index 7636882f4e..769b21d3d3 100755
--- a/src/ansiblelint/__main__.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/__main__.py
@@ -252,10 +252,12 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
         console.print(profiles_as_rich())
         return 0
 
+    app = get_app(offline=None)  # to be sure we use the offline value from settings
+    rules = RulesCollection(options.rulesdirs, profile_name=options.profile, app=app)
+
     if options.list_rules or options.list_tags:
         return _do_list(rules)
 
-    app = get_app()
     if isinstance(options.tags, str):
         options.tags = options.tags.split(",")  # pragma: no cover
     result = _get_matches(rules, options)
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/app.py b/src/ansiblelint/app.py
index 2222f61e89..4a7af6ced4 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/app.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/app.py
@@ -368,9 +368,10 @@ def _sanitize_list_options(tag_list: list[str]) -> list[str]:
 
 
 @lru_cache
-def get_app() -> App:
+def get_app(*, offline: bool | None = None) -> App:
     """Return the application instance, caching the return value."""
-    offline = default_options.offline
+    if offline is None:
+        offline = default_options.offline
     app = App(options=default_options)
     # Make linter use the cache dir from compat
     default_options.cache_dir = app.runtime.cache_dir
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/rules/__init__.py b/src/ansiblelint/rules/__init__.py
index d7861329f6..f243e4672a 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/rules/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/rules/__init__.py
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ def __init__(
         """Initialize a RulesCollection instance."""
         self.options = options
         self.profile = []
-        self.app = app or get_app()
+        self.app = app or get_app(offline=True)
 
         if profile_name:
             self.profile = PROFILES[profile_name]