They were originally removed back in early 2025 because of the injunction. It was affecting how some forbearance and deferments would or would not count towards forgiveness, so it was potentially affecting the accuracy of the counts at that time.
The department has given mixed messages about whether they will put them back up at all or not. In one of the AFT status reports they claim they had no plans to put put the tracker back up, but on the court update page on the website they claim they are working to update the system to put the counts back up.
You can use this link to view the hidden data file used for the IDR counts to check your progress towards forgiveness. You MUST LOG IN FIRST to your studentaid.gov account and then click the link: [https://studentaid.gov/app/api/nslds/payment-counter/summary](https://studentaid.gov/app/api/nslds/payment-counter/summary)
It should look like a black page with a bunch of white text. You are looking for the parts that say “qualifyingpaymentcount”. It will appear multiple times. It’s broken down per loan and then per each payment plan. That number is your IDR count towards forgiveness. Keep in mind that there may be errors in the counter but right now this is what will give you the best idea about your progress.
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They were originally removed back in early 2025 because of the injunction. It was affecting how some forbearance and deferments would or would not count towards forgiveness, so it was potentially affecting the accuracy of the counts at that time.
The department has given mixed messages about whether they will put them back up at all or not. In one of the AFT status reports they claim they had no plans to put put the tracker back up, but on the court update page on the website they claim they are working to update the system to put the counts back up.
You can use this link to view the hidden data file used for the IDR counts to check your progress towards forgiveness. You MUST LOG IN FIRST to your studentaid.gov account and then click the link: [https://studentaid.gov/app/api/nslds/payment-counter/summary](https://studentaid.gov/app/api/nslds/payment-counter/summary)
It should look like a black page with a bunch of white text. You are looking for the parts that say “qualifyingpaymentcount”. It will appear multiple times. It’s broken down per loan and then per each payment plan. That number is your IDR count towards forgiveness. Keep in mind that there may be errors in the counter but right now this is what will give you the best idea about your progress.
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