When is the {I}sbell topology a group topology?

Conditions on a topological space \(X\) under which the space \(C(X,\mathbb{R})\) of continuous real-valued maps with the Isbell topology \(\kappa \) is a topological group (topological vector space) are investigated. It is proved that the addition is jointly continuous at the zero function in \(C_{\kappa}(X,\mathbb{R})\) if and only if \(X\) is infraconsonant. This property is (formally) weaker than consonance, which implies that the Isbell and the compact-open topologies coincide. It is shown the translations are continuous in \(C_{\kappa}(X,\mathbb{R})\) if and only if the Isbell topology coincides with the fine Isbell topology. It is proved that these topologies coincide if \(X\) is prime (that is, with at most one non-isolated point), but do not even for some sums of two consonant prime spaces.