Solved, the solution to this bug on windows is to change date+time settings to “Set time automatically” instead of manual. The trade tooltips will return and you will be able to trade as normal. Shoutout to my friend who figured it out, Savage you a real one.
Things I tried that did not fix this:
- Clearing Interface, WTF, Cache folders
- Disabling all addons
- Running Wow Repair Tool
- Uninstalling addon updaters such as Curseforge
- Doing a fresh install of the game
- Installing the game using files from another computer where trading works
- Reinstalling battlenet
- Resetting your UI
- Hoping it would be magically fixed with maintenance
- Switching characters (occurred across all characters)
- Unchecking the Combine Bags option under Gameplay Controls
- Making super duper extra mega sure the item is eligible for trade until you gaslight yourself into thinking you don’t understand how trading works anymore
Lok’tar gamers.