Certificate revoked: Scratch Link won't work on growing number of computers

cwillisf commented 4 years ago

Expected Behavior

Scratch Link should work on all supported computers.

Actual Behavior

One of the certificates that Scratch Link uses has been revoked. As computers update their certificate information, more and more computers will register that the certificate has been revoked. Any computer which has registered the certificate as revoked will prevent Scratch Link from working correctly.

Steps to Reproduce

Install any version of Scratch Link
Run Scratch 3.0 (on the web site or in the app)
Attempt to use a hardware extension such as micro:bit, a LEGO kit, etc.

If your computer is affected, Scratch will behave as if Scratch Link is not running or cannot be contacted. If you're running in a browser, you might see a certificate error in your browser's JavaScript console or network window.

Operating System and Browser

This affects both macOS and Windows using any browser.

microbit-mark commented 4 years ago

Several micro:bit users have now reported this too. Thanks for diagnosing the issue and providing a fix. Let me know if you need us to do any testing.

cwillisf commented 4 years ago

This fix will be in version 1.3.54 or higher, or version 1.4.0 or higher.

microbit-mark commented 4 years ago

Does 1.3.54 or 1.4.0 have a release date, or is there a binary and can provide to users?

cwillisf commented 4 years ago

No release date quite yet, but it's in the testing phase. If we don't find any big problems we'll be releasing it very soon.

BryceLTaylor commented 4 years ago

This has been released for direct download on our site and has been submitted to the stores for approval.

tim-gp commented 4 years ago

Great, thanks @BryceLTaylor - I'll get the 8 year old back to coding tomorrow then.

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