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Is Scratch Down Right Now? Live Status & Outage Tracker

Real-time uptime monitoring and outage reports

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Scratch Server Status & Live Outage Tracker: Is Scratch Down Right Now?

person By: Monitoring team

update Last updated: Jun 18, 2026, 9:55 PM UTC

Scratch is the world's largest free coding community for kids, where millions design interactive stories, games, and animations. When the servers pause, classroom lessons and creative coding sessions come to a sudden halt, leaving educators and students wondering: is Scratch down right now? We monitor the platform's availability in real-time so you can instantly verify if the issue is widespread or just on your end.

Currently, based on our real-time global monitoring network, the status of Scratch is operational. The vast majority of the community reports seamless functionality. If you are uniquely facing issues where Scratch is not loading, we recommend checking your local Wi-Fi, clearing your browser cache, or restarting your application, as global servers appear to be completely healthy.

How a Scratch Outage Affects Young Creators and Classrooms

When a Scratch outage today 2026 occurs, users typically experience issues loading the Scratch project editor, failing to save their code to the cloud, or seeing static grey screens instead of their project assets. Additionally, the online community hubs, forums, and shared project pages may fail to load entirely, blocking access to public profile pages.

Our live map aggregates thousands of these specific complaints in real-time. If you see elevated bars on the chart above, the Scratch down detector algorithm has successfully identified severe backend degradation that aligns with these exact symptoms.

Tracking Scratch Problems Today and Recent Outage Reports

By analyzing the past 24 hours of telemetry, we observed roughly 0 outage complaints globally. Factoring in these connectivity drops, the calculated Scratch uptime over the last day rests at 100.00%.

Incredibly, there have been absolute zero significant outage spikes recorded recently. This flawless historical chart suggests a highly stable baseline performance, meaning their engineers are currently successfully mitigating any backend stress or traffic loads.

Troubleshooting Scratch Not Working Today

When the global status reads 'Operational' but the app still crashes on your device, the problem is local. Try these simple fixes to restore your Scratch connection:

Switch to Scratch Desktop (Offline Editor): If the Scratch servers are down, you can download the Scratch Desktop app for Windows, macOS, or ChromeOS. This allows students to continue coding and saving files locally to their device (.sb3 files) without needing an active internet connection.
Force-Reload the Editor page and Clear Cache: Sometimes the Scratch project loader gets stuck on cached assets. Press Ctrl+F5 (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+R (Mac) to bypass the browser cache and force the Scratch website to fetch fresh scripts and project files directly from the server.
Check School Network Filters and DNS: School districts often update firewall policies that might block the Scratch asset domains (like assets.scratch.mit.edu). If Scratch is working on a mobile hotspot but not on your school network, contact your IT administrator to verify the Scratch network status permissions.

How to Fix & Check if Scratch Is Down on Windows, Mac, Android & iOS

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Scratch on Windows

Fix: Clear your web browser's cache and cookies, or ensure Windows Defender isn't blocking the Scratch Desktop app.

Check: Try accessing the Scratch website in an incognito window, or check if the Scratch Desktop app displays network connection errors.

Command Prompt (CMD)

ping scratch.com Test whether Scratch's servers reply

nslookup scratch.com Check that Scratch's DNS resolves

tracert scratch.com Trace where the connection drops

ipconfig /flushdns Clear the DNS cache, then reload

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Scratch on Mac

Fix: Force quit the Scratch Desktop app and clear your browser cache, or reinstall Scratch from the Mac App Store.

Check: Check if the Scratch website loads in Safari or if the macOS Scratch client fails to load your projects.

Terminal

ping -c 4 scratch.com Test whether Scratch's servers reply

nslookup scratch.com Check that Scratch's DNS resolves

traceroute scratch.com Trace where the connection drops

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder Flush the macOS DNS cache, then reload

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Scratch on Android

Fix: Clear the Scratch app's storage cache in your system settings, or check the Google Play Store for updates.

Check: See if the Scratch app shows a connection error on startup or if scratch.mit.edu fails to load in Android Chrome.

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Scratch on iPhone / iPad

Fix: Restart the Scratch app, or clear Safari's cache and cookies in your device settings.

Check: Check if the Scratch app fails to load on your iPhone or iPad, or if scratch.mit.edu is unreachable in Safari.

How Our Scratch Down Detector Monitors the MIT Coding Platform

We don't wait for PR departments to admit there's a problem. By automatically tracking the real-time velocity of Scratch down reports across social networks and the web, we can publish outage alerts long before official sources acknowledge the failure.

Our intelligent backend systems constantly cross-reference the incoming volume of these Scratch down reports against a historical background baseline curve. When the live data deviates significantly and crosses a mathematical threshold, our website instantly flips the status from green to red, publishes the warning on this page, and logs the precise minute the downtime commenced. This guarantees that you are receiving the fastest, most unbiased, and most accurate outage intelligence available anywhere on the internet today.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Scratch down right now?

To find out if Scratch is down right now, check our live status indicator at the top of this page, which aggregates real-time user reports and automated server pings. If you are experiencing a 'Scratch not working today' message, our crowd-sourced data will show if thousands of other young programmers and teachers are facing the same connection errors.

What is the Scratch server status?

The official Scratch server status can fluctuate depending on cloud database load, especially during peak school hours. While the MIT Scratch team maintains their own systems, our Scratch down detector provides an independent, instantaneous look at whether the Scratch API, community portal, and asset-hosting servers are responding normally to global traffic.

Why is Scratch not working today?

If you encounter Scratch problems today, it could be due to scheduled maintenance by the MIT team, database overload from classroom traffic, or a regional CDN outage. In some cases, local school network filters or outdated browser cache files can also prevent the visual editor from loading assets, mimicking a global server outage.

How do I check if Scratch is down?

You can check if Scratch is working by looking at our live Scratch network status graph, which tracks reports over the last 24 hours. Additionally, you can try loading a simple offline project or checking the official Scratch Twitter/X status updates to see if they have acknowledged any infrastructure issues.

Outage Heat Map

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Operational Degraded Outage

Tracking Scratch outage reports worldwide

Live User Reports

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System Monitoring Active

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Monitoring is currently tracking 0 ongoing reports, which is well within normal operational baselines for Scratch.

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