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A full ledger of what AE Doctor sends online.

It reads your hardware and never uploads your projects. Below: every request it makes, how it is built, and how to check each claim with tools already on your PC.

  • Windows 10 and 11
  • Updated
  • 127.0.0.1 Where sensor data travels, service to panel
  • 1/sec Sensor reads, only while the panel is open
  • <20 MB Service memory, idle
  • 0 files Project files uploaded
01The receipt

What AE Doctor sends online, and when.

Five kinds of request. Each one is listed with what triggers it and what goes with it.

Outbound ledger 5 entries · HTTPS
Updates and notices
In the background
Asks for the latest version, known issues and announcements. No account or project details go with it.
Sign-in and license
Only if you connect an account
Your login, machine ID (stored only as a hash) and PC name, so a license stays on the machines it covers. Pro fixes also send the fix name.
ICU Mode check Pro
While ICU Mode is on
A pass or fail integrity signal. No sensor data, no process names.
Bug reports
Only when you press Send
Your note, OS, RAM and GPU model (optional in Settings), plug-in and script counts, screenshots you attach, and a machine ID stored only as a hash to block spam.
Panel typeface
Each time the panel opens
The panel loads its font from Google Fonts, so Google sees your IP address.

All of it goes over HTTPS, and like any web request each item reveals your IP address to the server it reaches. Read the Privacy Policy

Never sent

None of this appears in any row above.

  • Project files
  • Footage
  • Composition and layer names
  • Plug-in names
  • Sensor readings
02How it's built

Three layers, one local socket.

For pipeline TDs and anyone who reads before installing. Each layer has one job, and they talk to each other on your machine.

Your PC
After Effects
Layer 01 inside AE

ExtendScript engine

Reads versions, GPU acceleration state and cache preferences, and applies one-click fixes through After Effects' own scripting hooks.

  • Versions
  • GPU acceleration state
  • Cache preferences
  • One-click fixes
Layer 02 CEP panel

Node.js runtime

Inventories plug-ins and scripts on disk, reads system specs and keeps the local scan history for the diff engine.

  • Plug-ins on disk
  • Scripts on disk
  • System specs
  • Local scan history
Layer 03 .NET 8 service

Native C# companion

A Windows service with sensor-level access. Reads power, temperatures and fans, and streams them to the panel over a local WebSocket once a second.

  • Power
  • Temperatures
  • Fans
The two layers inside After Effects make up the panel. The Windows service streams sensor readings to it over 127.0.0.1. Sensor data only travels from the service to the panel.

Only the requests in the receipt above cross the dashed line around your PC.

03Security model

Five controls around the service.

The service has sensor-level access, so the controls sit around it.

  • Loopback only

    ws://127.0.0.1:8099 is loopback only. The service never listens on your network.

  • Token on every connection

    Every connection must present a 32-byte token from a permission-protected file.

  • Pro checked server-side

    Pro actions are re-checked against your account server-side, and refused if the check fails.

  • One administrator prompt

    Installed once with a single administrator prompt. After Effects itself never runs elevated.

  • Clean uninstall

    Uninstalling stops and removes the service.

  • Don't take our word for it

    Every claim on this page has a tool that checks it.

    Verify it yourself
04Verify it yourself

Check every claim, on your own PC.

Each claim from the homepage maps to a monitoring tool you can run next to AE Doctor.

  1. Real sensors, not guesses

    Check it yourselfA small Windows service reads the sensors your motherboard exposes. Compare our readings with HWMonitor or Fan Control.

  2. Idle while the panel is closed

    Check it yourselfOpen Task Manager, Details tab, AEDoctorCompanion.exe. At idle it stays under 20 MB.

  3. Your projects stay on your PC

    Check it yourselfOpen Resource Monitor, Network tab, and watch AEDoctorCompanion.exe.

Same install, same rules, free or Pro.

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