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We perform a comprehensive search for optical precursor emission at theposition of SN~2023ixf using data from the DLT40, ZTF and ATLAS surveys. Bycomparing the current data set with precursor outburst hydrodynamical modellight curves, we find that the probability of a significant outburst withinfive years of explosion is low, and the circumstellar material (CSM) ejectedduring any possible precursor outburst is likely smaller than $\sim$0.015\msun.By comparing to a set of toy models, we find that, if there was a precursoroutburst, the duration must have been shorter than $\sim$100 days for a typicalbrightness of $M_{r}\simeq-9$ mag or shorter than 200 days for $M_{r}\simeq-8$mag; brighter, longer outbursts would have been discovered. Precursor activitylike that observed in the normal type II SN~2020tlf ($M_{r}\simeq-11.5$) can beexcluded in SN~2023ixf. If the dense CSM inferred by early flash spectroscopyand other studies is related to one or more precursor outbursts, then ourobservations indicate that any such outburst would have to be faint and onlylast for days to months, or it occurred more than five years prior to theexplosion. Alternatively, any dense, confined CSM may not be due to eruptivemass loss from a single red supergiant (RSG) progenitor. Taken together, theresults of SN~2023ixf and SN~2020tlf indicate that there may be more than onephysical mechanism behind the dense CSM inferred around some normal type IISNe.

A comprehensive optical search for pre-explosion outbursts from the quiescent progenitor of SN~2023ixf