[MAIN] Missing Projects from the Homepage

LionCoder10

INFO
None of the projects on the Scratch homepage are showing except the “Projects Loved by Scratchers I’m Following”. All the words are still there (ex. “Featured Projects”) except the SDS and Curated row. This has happened to users on any device, as I've gotten reports of it appearing on phones, tablets, and computers. I myself tested this on a phone (first row) and a Mac (second row). Both times, the projects were gone.

My browser / operating system: iPhone iOS 15.8, Safari 15.6.6, No Flash version detected
My browser / operating system: MacOS Macintosh X 10.15.7, Safari 16.6, No Flash version detected

SCREENSHOTS
I took a screenshot of the front page: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1018038086/
I found other screenshots by medians, MyCollegeStudent, o97doge, roeieju, plus many more.
Many other people have created a topic concerning this bug, too. So, this bug isn’t a “bad-Internet” bug or something. It’s affecting every person every time it comes.

HISTORY
(As far as I know) the bug first started on the night of May 10th, 2024. The bug has gone away and come back multiple times, and it still sometimes happens now.

CAUSE
The cause for this bug is unknown. The Scratch Team has not said anything since the bug occurred. One possible cause of this was thought of in this post:

BrilliantGamer6 wrote:
(source)
I think I may know why. This API link is the only proxy link on Scratch that uses a GET request (i.e. the only proxy link you can view with your browser), and it appears a start tag is missing. It's supposed to show the projects on the front page, but right now it's glitched. This might not be the cause, but there's a chance it is.

Someone has theorized that the API was hacked with Python, but there is no proof of that, and is unlikely. (source)
In addition, former Scratch Team member Za-Chary said that:

Za-Chary wrote:
(source)
This bug has happened in the past before and generally occurs as an unintentional side effect to standard website maintenance. I don't know the full details, but this is at least what I understand.

NOTES
You may have noticed that the FPC section seems to never show up. This, though, does not relate to the bug:

Za-Chary wrote:
(source)
I heard they're putting a pause on the FPC program while these front page issues keep happening. So right now the front page is actually “normal” in the sense that no FPC is displayed because the Scratch Team didn't set anybody as FPC for now.

Random edit: It’s stickied? Nice, I’ve never had one before. It seems BrilliantGamer6 asked for a sticky, so thanks!

BEFORE YOU POST
Please make sure your post is about this bug. If you're posting about a different bug, such as (currently) search being pretty broken, please post it somewhere else. Thanks!

Last edited by LionCoder10 (Dec. 11, 2024 17:50:50)

hamilchaos

it's happening to me too, i thought it was just my laptop

My browser / operating system: Windows NT 10.0, Chrome 124.0.0.0, No Flash version detected

BrilliantGamer6

I think I may know why. This API link is the only proxy link on Scratch that uses a GET request (i.e. the only proxy link you can view with your browser), and it appears a start tag is missing. It's supposed to show the projects on the front page, but right now it's glitched. This might not be the cause, but there's a chance it is.

Also, reported to be stickied

Edit later: This has been fixed for me, although I'm not sure if this is fixed for everyone else.

Last edited by BrilliantGamer6 (May 11, 2024 03:10:47)

jnaprojects

LionCoder10 wrote:
My browser / operating system: iPhone iOS 15.8, Safari 15.6.6, No Flash version detected
On my screen, none of the projects on the Scratch homepage are showing except the “projects loved by Scratchers I’m following”. All the words are still there (like “featured projects”) except the SDS row.

Screenshot: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1018038086/

same thing

o97doge

Same: My browser / operating system: MacOS Macintosh X 10.15, Firefox 127.0, Flash 32.0 (release 0)
Information (for the record):

{"community_newest_projects": [], "community_most_remixed_projects": [], "scratch_design_studio": [], "curator_top_projects": [], "community_featured_studios": [], "community_most_loved_projects": [], "community_featured_projects": []}

glomeromycota

BrilliantGamer6 wrote:
I think I may know why. This API link is the only proxy link on Scratch that uses a GET request (i.e. the only proxy link you can view with your browser), and it appears a start tag is missing. It's supposed to show the projects on the front page, but right now it's glitched. This might not be the cause, but there's a chance it is.

Also, by the way, the “Projects Curated by (user)” section is also missing.

for me it says that the response from the get request is empty

pantherasdoodles

LionCoder10 wrote:
My browser / operating system: iPhone iOS 15.8, Safari 15.6.6, No Flash version detected
On my screen, none of the projects on the Scratch homepage are showing except the “projects loved by Scratchers I’m following”. All the words are still there (like “featured projects”) except the SDS row.

I took a screenshot: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1018038086/
Others are experiencing this as well.

Yep, same. running this on iPad IOS however.

Last edited by pantherasdoodles (May 11, 2024 00:31:21)

Scratch--TheCat

I also have this issue.
My browser / operating system: ChromeOS 14541.0.0, Chrome 120.0.0.0, No Flash version detected

XCartooonX

how did this even happen
My browser / operating system: Windows NT 10.0, Firefox 125.0, No Flash version detected

The_Awesome_SR-71

This happened to me too

Last edited by The_Awesome_SR-71 (May 11, 2024 01:05:27)

iloveminecraft134_77

HAVE NO FEAR, ILM IS HERE!!! (in the forums, of course)

Last edited by iloveminecraft134_77 (May 11, 2024 01:13:20)

-StarryCat-

As someone on a pc, this is happening to me too. I have no idea what is causing it, sadly. ☹️

PeteyBirdd

Same My browser / operating system: MacOS Macintosh X 10.15.7, Safari 17.3, No Flash version detected

Last edited by PeteyBirdd (May 11, 2024 01:19:58)

bunnybunny111

LionCoder10 wrote:
My browser / operating system: iPhone iOS 15.8, Safari 15.6.6, No Flash version detected
(This big has happened to iPhone, iPad, and PC users)
None of the projects on the Scratch homepage are showing except the “Projects Loved by Scratchers I’m Following”. All the words are still there (ex. “Featured Projects”) except the SDS and Curated row.

I took a screenshot: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1018038086/
Many other people have created a topic concerning this bug, too. And I was first lol

Ha' yeah, I was so confused! Thanks for making me feel not crazy!

medians

Can replicate still
My browser / operating system: MacOS Macintosh X 10.15.7, Chrome 124.0.0.0, No Flash versions detected

The_Olcia

I got this too
Maybe they're working on something?

Edit: Ok, nvm. It's a bug…

Last edited by The_Olcia (May 11, 2024 12:40:19)

UniCodin12385

I'm experiencing the same issue

ocuious

got this as well. i signed out and it still persisted, plus i checked all my devices and for each it was the same error, so it's not an account thing. however, my friend said he wasn't experiencing the same issue. perhaps it's location based? i'm in central us, and he is in hawaii. can't think of anything else, though.

gdfsgdfsgdfg

The only survivor was Projects Loved by Scratchers I’m Following

ocuious

gdfsgdfsgdfg wrote:
The only survivor was Projects Loved by Scratchers I’m Following

perhaps that's because it's the only row which differs from person to person? means it's a server issue and not just an issue with specific accounts

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