diff --git a/packages/teams-js/src/internal/communication.ts b/packages/teams-js/src/internal/communication.ts
index 3f32f1fa81..1153feb9ee 100644
--- a/packages/teams-js/src/internal/communication.ts
+++ b/packages/teams-js/src/internal/communication.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 import { ApiName, ApiVersionNumber, getApiVersionTag } from '../internal/telemetry';
 import { FrameContexts } from '../public/constants';
-import { SdkError } from '../public/interfaces';
-import { latestRuntimeApiVersion } from '../public/runtime';
+import { ErrorCode, SdkError } from '../public/interfaces';
+import { latestRuntimeApiVersion, runtime } from '../public/runtime';
 import { version } from '../public/version';
 import { GlobalVars } from './globalVars';
 import { callHandler } from './handlers';
@@ -421,6 +421,21 @@ function sendMessageToParentHelper(
 ): MessageRequestWithRequiredProperties {
   const logger = sendMessageToParentHelperLogger;
 
+  // May want to move this lower down into sendRequestToTargetWindowHelper so that it can be used more easily for delayed messages
+  const isOffline = true;
+  if (
+    actionName !== 'initialize' &&
+    actionName !== 'appInitialization.appLoaded' &&
+    actionName !== 'appInitialization.success' &&
+    isOffline &&
+    !runtime.offlineSupportedFunctions?.includes(actionName)
+  ) {
+    // initialize is sort of a special snowflake because it gets called before we have a runtime object, what about things you can call before runtime but aren't sent until we have a response?
+    throw new Error(
+      `${ErrorCode.OFFLINE_FUNCTIONALITY_NOT_SUPPORTED}, ${actionName} not in ${JSON.stringify(runtime.offlineSupportedFunctions)}`,
+    );
+  }
+
   const targetWindow = Communication.parentWindow;
   const request = createMessageRequest(apiVersionTag, actionName, args);
 
diff --git a/packages/teams-js/src/public/index.ts b/packages/teams-js/src/public/index.ts
index c496cbef71..3910aea493 100644
--- a/packages/teams-js/src/public/index.ts
+++ b/packages/teams-js/src/public/index.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export {
   FileOpenPreference,
   FrameContext,
   FrameInfo,
+  isSupportedOffline,
   LoadContext,
   LocaleInfo,
   M365ContentAction,
diff --git a/packages/teams-js/src/public/interfaces.ts b/packages/teams-js/src/public/interfaces.ts
index fceeedca9f..2532180aa6 100644
--- a/packages/teams-js/src/public/interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/teams-js/src/public/interfaces.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any*/
 
+import { app } from './app';
 import { ChannelType, DialogDimension, HostClientType, HostName, TeamType, UserTeamRole } from './constants';
 import { FrameContexts } from './constants';
+import { geoLocation } from './geoLocation';
+import { runtime } from './runtime';
 
 /**
  * Represents information about tabs for an app
@@ -1008,12 +1011,40 @@ export function isSdkError(err: unknown): err is SdkError {
   return (err as SdkError)?.errorCode !== undefined;
 }
 
+// Imagine this was in the offline capability and not here.
+// Developers could call this to check ahead of time if a function is supported offline before calling it.
+// tree shaking? Could make a version of this in each capability but gets hard to use in the communication layer in an abstract way? Maybe that's fine,
+// can just check runtime
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/ban-types*/
+/** Imagine this was documentation */
+export function isSupportedOffline(f: Function): boolean {
+  switch (f) {
+    case app.initialize:
+    case app.notifyAppLoaded:
+    case app.notifySuccess:
+      // This could be for functions that we want to say they are supported even if they aren't in the runtime
+      return true;
+    case geoLocation.getCurrentLocation:
+      return runtime.offlineSupportedFunctions?.includes('location.getLocation') ?? false;
+    case geoLocation.hasPermission:
+      return runtime.offlineSupportedFunctions?.includes('permissions.has') ?? false;
+    case geoLocation.requestPermission:
+      return runtime.offlineSupportedFunctions?.includes('permissions.request') ?? false;
+    default:
+      return false;
+  }
+}
+
 /** Error codes used to identify different types of errors that can occur while developing apps. */
 export enum ErrorCode {
   /**
    * API not supported in the current platform.
    */
   NOT_SUPPORTED_ON_PLATFORM = 100,
+  /**
+   * API not supported when no internet connection is available.
+   */
+  OFFLINE_FUNCTIONALITY_NOT_SUPPORTED = 101,
   /**
    * Internal error encountered while performing the required operation.
    */
diff --git a/packages/teams-js/src/public/runtime.ts b/packages/teams-js/src/public/runtime.ts
index 44aaf2049e..811ec34c5c 100644
--- a/packages/teams-js/src/public/runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/teams-js/src/public/runtime.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export interface IBaseRuntime {
   readonly hostVersionsInfo?: HostVersionsInfo;
   readonly isLegacyTeams?: boolean;
   readonly supports?: {};
+  offlineSupportedFunctions?: string[];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -297,6 +298,7 @@ interface IRuntimeV4 extends IBaseRuntime {
       readonly image?: {};
     };
     readonly webStorage?: {};
+    offlineSupportedFunctions?: string[]; // this should be readonly but makes it difficult for prototyping
   };
 }
 // Constant used to set the runtime configuration
@@ -686,9 +688,11 @@ export function applyRuntimeConfig(runtimeConfig: IBaseRuntime): void {
     };
   }
   applyRuntimeConfigLogger('Fast-forwarding runtime %o', runtimeConfig);
-  const ffRuntimeConfig = fastForwardRuntime(runtimeConfig);
+  const ffRuntimeConfig: IRuntimeV4 = fastForwardRuntime(runtimeConfig);
+  ffRuntimeConfig.offlineSupportedFunctions = ['location.getLocation', 'permissions.has', 'permissions.request']; // Func value, may be able to use telemetry data instead but a little more convoluted
   applyRuntimeConfigLogger('Applying runtime %o', ffRuntimeConfig);
   runtime = deepFreeze(ffRuntimeConfig);
+  console.log(`runtime: ${JSON.stringify(runtime)}`);
 }
 
 export function setUnitializedRuntime(): void {