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Office Scripts not loading in Excel for the web (personal account), works in desktop
Hi,
Since around November 7, 2026, Office Scripts stopped working in Excel for the web with my personal Microsoft 365 account (OneDrive personal).
Symptoms:
The Automate tab is visible, but the Office Scripts pane stays loading forever (grey placeholder rows). "Recent" shows 0 scripts.
"Create in Code Editor" never opens the editor (spinner only).
My scripts are still in OneDrive > Documents > "Scripts de Office" (.osts files), and the same script runs fine in Excel desktop.
It worked normally until November 7, 2026. Nothing was changed on my side.
What I already tried:
Allowed third-party cookies in Chrome (general setting + [*.]live.com, [*.]office.com, [*.]officeapps.live.com, [*.]microsoftusercontent.com).
Fully restarted Chrome and reloaded the workbook.
Confirmed I'm signed in with the account that owns the scripts.
It looks similar to this recent Q&A thread: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/6062827/office-scripts-are-no-longer-showing-in-excel-for
Is this a known issue with Office Scripts for personal accounts? Any workaround for Excel for the web?
Thanks.
4 Replies
I am also having the same issue as described by the OP. Replying to see if there are any updates. All troubleshooting and researching for answers has been fruitless so far. I would add that the scripts are not working either in the web or desktop version.
I have the exact same issue. All trouble shooting tips I can use locally (e.g. new private browser, new worksheet, edge and chrom) give same error. Confirmed Microsoft 365 Insider account. There are exceptions in the console logs when it tries to load or run the script. This is very frustrating. I have a personal account. It has been (almost) reliably working, and it is broken now. Agree this started happening around 7 November.
Hello djaram1991,
Office Scripts for personal and family Microsoft 365 subscriptions are still in preview, according to Microsoft's documentation.
Since your scripts still run in desktop Excel but the Scripts pane and Code Editor fail to load in Excel for the web, this may be a web-side issue rather than a problem with the script files themselves.
I suggest checking whether your account is enrolled in the Microsoft 365 Insider program. You can also report the issue through Help > Feedback in Excel for the web.
It would be useful to check whether the same issue occurs in Microsoft Edge or a private browsing window.
Microsoft documentation:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/scripts/testing/platform-limitsOffice Scripts for personal and family Microsoft 365 subscriptions are still in preview, according to Microsoft's documentation. >> understood.
Since your scripts still run in desktop Excel but the Scripts pane and Code Editor fail to load in Excel for the web, this may be a web-side issue rather than a problem with the script files themselves. >> it is an issue on the web-side and not the script; issue replicates if you try to create a new script i.e. Automate > View Scripts > New Script > Create in Code Editor you get: An unexpected error occurred. Close the task pane to try again. (note: 3rd part cookies are allowed setting is on).
There are multiple exceptions in console log e.g.:
Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()
I suggest checking whether your account is enrolled in the Microsoft 365 Insider program. >> it is. Also, this used to work until as mentioned early November.
It would be useful to check whether the same issue occurs in Microsoft Edge or a private browsing window. >> yes, reproduces in Microsoft Edge, Chrome and reproduces in private browsing.
