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- Slatch12
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Question Mark Bug won't leave my unshared project I haven't touched in weeks.
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1260355275/ lemme justttttt. my time tracker got restored and I ported it to itch now!
Last edited by Slatch12 (June 3, 2026 21:55:39)
- codubee
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Scratch Team
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Question Mark Bug won't leave my unshared project I haven't touched in weeks.
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1260355275/ lemme justttttt. my time tracker got restored and I ported it to itch now!
Fixed.
- Edgarm1446
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Scratcher
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Question Mark Bug won't leave my unshared project I haven't touched in weeks.
A few of my projects were affected and have no backups/newer versions made on other platforms available to me; the following are links to all of said projects I care enough for to ask to replace that I've found so far. (subject to change):
(Note: Projects are unshared; not that that matters since unshared projects are viewable by Scratch Team members
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1259225446 - Already posted back on Page 9, but re-posting here for consistency i guess
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1229976926 - Stat sheets for characters in an ongoing collaboration series. Several costumes in the first, most important sprite have suffered data loss.
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1255234543/ - Unfinished animation that I believe I haven't backed up; many assets have suffered data loss.
(Note: Projects are unshared; not that that matters since unshared projects are viewable by Scratch Team members
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1259225446 - Already posted back on Page 9, but re-posting here for consistency i guess
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1229976926 - Stat sheets for characters in an ongoing collaboration series. Several costumes in the first, most important sprite have suffered data loss.
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1255234543/ - Unfinished animation that I believe I haven't backed up; many assets have suffered data loss.
- dinoparty0
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Question Mark Bug won't leave my unshared project I haven't touched in weeks.
Not really sure but since codubee is already here can you restore https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1251899119/]
I think u already tried to restore it but it didn't come back
I think u already tried to restore it but it didn't come back
Last edited by dinoparty0 (June 3, 2026 22:42:45)
- Chip2479
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Scratcher
8 posts
Question Mark Bug won't leave my unshared project I haven't touched in weeks.
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/866887651/ I guess I'll wait for the automated service to fix CatBoy Adventure. There are a lot of costumes and stuff, lol.
Then again I honestly wouldn't mind if it was reverted back to the most recent uncorrupted save. I can easily redo the missing stuff from there.
Then again I honestly wouldn't mind if it was reverted back to the most recent uncorrupted save. I can easily redo the missing stuff from there.
- bhanuriam
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Scratcher
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Question Mark Bug won't leave my unshared project I haven't touched in weeks.
I've been having this same issue. Most of my sprites are just question marks.
- dinoparty0
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Question Mark Bug won't leave my unshared project I haven't touched in weeks.
I've been having this same issue. Most of my sprites are just question marks.Links please.
- codubee
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Scratch Team
100+ posts
Question Mark Bug won't leave my unshared project I haven't touched in weeks.
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/866887651/ I guess I'll wait for the automated service to fix CatBoy Adventure. There are a lot of costumes and stuff, lol.
Then again I honestly wouldn't mind if it was reverted back to the most recent uncorrupted save. I can easily redo the missing stuff from there.
Fixed.
- codubee
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Scratch Team
100+ posts
Question Mark Bug won't leave my unshared project I haven't touched in weeks.
Not really sure but since codubee is already here can you restore https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1251899119/]
I think u already tried to restore it but it didn't come back
Okay, I reverted it back to the state it was in around May 1st, and restored the missing assets.
- stickoman
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Scratcher
5 posts
Question Mark Bug won't leave my unshared project I haven't touched in weeks.
We have been working on recovering a randomish group of assets in projects that were incorrectly marked for deletion two weeks ago. However, doing the fix is requiring a visit to a rather large number of these assets (over 1 billion), and while that has been fixing things, it's going to take time before it is complete. The assets should return and if you want, you can post your project ID's here to have me speed up the process for your particular project.https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1246477869/
Can you see unshared projects?
- codubee
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Scratch Team
100+ posts
Question Mark Bug won't leave my unshared project I haven't touched in weeks.
A few of my projects were affected and have no backups/newer versions made on other platforms available to me; the following are links to all of said projects I care enough for to ask to replace that I've found so far. (subject to change):
(Note: Projects are unshared; not that that matters since unshared projects are viewable by Scratch Team members
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1259225446 - Already posted back on Page 9, but re-posting here for consistency i guess
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1229976926 - Stat sheets for characters in an ongoing collaboration series. Several costumes in the first, most important sprite have suffered data loss.
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1255234543/ - Unfinished animation that I believe I haven't backed up; many assets have suffered data loss.
Fixed. Fixed. Fixed.
- codubee
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Scratch Team
100+ posts
Question Mark Bug won't leave my unshared project I haven't touched in weeks.
We have been working on recovering a randomish group of assets in projects that were incorrectly marked for deletion two weeks ago. However, doing the fix is requiring a visit to a rather large number of these assets (over 1 billion), and while that has been fixing things, it's going to take time before it is complete. The assets should return and if you want, you can post your project ID's here to have me speed up the process for your particular project.https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1246477869/
Can you see unshared projects?
Yes. Fixed.
- codubee
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Scratch Team
100+ posts
Question Mark Bug won't leave my unshared project I haven't touched in weeks.
I've been having this same issue. Most of my sprites are just question marks.
I went rummaging through some of your projects and fixed any that I came across, but not sure I got all of them.
- plum_the_fox
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Question Mark Bug won't leave my unshared project I haven't touched in weeks.
wait your able to see unshared stuff?We have been working on recovering a randomish group of assets in projects that were incorrectly marked for deletion two weeks ago. However, doing the fix is requiring a visit to a rather large number of these assets (over 1 billion), and while that has been fixing things, it's going to take time before it is complete. The assets should return and if you want, you can post your project ID's here to have me speed up the process for your particular project.https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1246477869/
Can you see unshared projects?
Yes. Fixed.
- Chip2479
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Scratcher
8 posts
Question Mark Bug won't leave my unshared project I haven't touched in weeks.
Thank you!!!https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/866887651/ I guess I'll wait for the automated service to fix CatBoy Adventure. There are a lot of costumes and stuff, lol.
Then again I honestly wouldn't mind if it was reverted back to the most recent uncorrupted save. I can easily redo the missing stuff from there.
Fixed.
- RosellaCodes
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Scratcher
100+ posts
Question Mark Bug won't leave my unshared project I haven't touched in weeks.
this is not cool man, I'm saving all my valuable projects
- lionheart921
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Scratcher
100+ posts
Question Mark Bug won't leave my unshared project I haven't touched in weeks.
We have been working on recovering a randomish group of assets in projects that were incorrectly marked for deletion two weeks ago. However, doing the fix is requiring a visit to a rather large number of these assets (over 1 billion), and while that has been fixing things, it's going to take time before it is complete. The assets should return and if you want, you can post your project ID's here to have me speed up the process for your particular project.Wait, has this only affected vector sprites? None of my many bitmap sprites were affected
- dtnc21
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Scratcher
100+ posts
Question Mark Bug won't leave my unshared project I haven't touched in weeks.
I thought it was because the projects in question were too big and Scratch couldn't load the project properly.
But no, it somehow happened to my project that I spent at most 30 minutes on with 6 sprites and less than a minute of content. Specifically the end screen that I always put at the end of my projects.
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1252942443/
The weird thing is that it affects the end screen costume that DOESN'T have the extra text at the center, so it seems to happen at random.
But no, it somehow happened to my project that I spent at most 30 minutes on with 6 sprites and less than a minute of content. Specifically the end screen that I always put at the end of my projects.
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1252942443/
The weird thing is that it affects the end screen costume that DOESN'T have the extra text at the center, so it seems to happen at random.
- RosellaCodes
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Scratcher
100+ posts
Question Mark Bug won't leave my unshared project I haven't touched in weeks.
The massive automated job we have running fixing this is steadily making progress and some folks may have already noticed sprite costumes/sound files reappearing already. However, again, I can specifically help out with particular project if the IDs are supplied. Otherwise, it becomes a hunt that I am unable to do because some folks have thousands of projects…https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1248016499/ - There are multiple costumes in this project that have been question marked, and two costumes have been replaced by a placeholder that I put in. If you can replace the question marks and the placeholder costumes back to normal, that will be great

- dinoparty0
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Question Mark Bug won't leave my unshared project I haven't touched in weeks.
Yeah they can but they usually don't check it I think unless it is illegal I think.wait your able to see unshared stuff?We have been working on recovering a randomish group of assets in projects that were incorrectly marked for deletion two weeks ago. However, doing the fix is requiring a visit to a rather large number of these assets (over 1 billion), and while that has been fixing things, it's going to take time before it is complete. The assets should return and if you want, you can post your project ID's here to have me speed up the process for your particular project.https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1246477869/
Can you see unshared projects?
Yes. Fixed.