diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/SplitTests/SplitTestHandler.js b/services/web/app/src/Features/SplitTests/SplitTestHandler.js
index 230f88e561..39489f0cc7 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/SplitTests/SplitTestHandler.js
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/SplitTests/SplitTestHandler.js
@@ -522,6 +522,16 @@ async function _getSplitTest(name) {
   }
 }
 
+async function isSplitTestActive(splitTestName) {
+  try {
+    const splitTest = await _getSplitTest(splitTestName)
+    const currentVersion = SplitTestUtils.getCurrentVersion(splitTest)
+    return currentVersion?.active
+  } catch (e) {
+    logger.log('unable to check if split test is active ', splitTestName)
+  }
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   getPercentile,
   getAssignment: callbackify(getAssignment),
@@ -535,5 +545,6 @@ module.exports = {
     getAssignmentForMongoUser,
     getAssignmentForUser,
     getActiveAssignmentsForUser,
+    isSplitTestActive,
   },
 }
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/src/SplitTests/SplitTestHandlerTests.js b/services/web/test/unit/src/SplitTests/SplitTestHandlerTests.js
index 220d57d830..7a46ffabfd 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/src/SplitTests/SplitTestHandlerTests.js
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/src/SplitTests/SplitTestHandlerTests.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ describe('SplitTestHandler', function () {
   beforeEach(function () {
     this.splitTests = [
       makeSplitTest('active-test'),
+      makeSplitTest('not-active-test', { active: false }),
       makeSplitTest('legacy-test'),
       makeSplitTest('no-analytics-test-1', { analyticsEnabled: false }),
       makeSplitTest('no-analytics-test-2', {
@@ -194,6 +195,11 @@ describe('SplitTestHandler', function () {
           variantName: 'variant-1',
           versionNumber: 2,
         },
+        'not-active-test': {
+          phase: 'release',
+          variantName: 'variant-1',
+          versionNumber: 1,
+        },
       })
     })
   })
@@ -305,6 +311,32 @@ describe('SplitTestHandler', function () {
       )
     })
   })
+
+  describe('isSplitTestActive', function () {
+    it('returns false when current version is not active', async function () {
+      const res =
+        await this.SplitTestHandler.promises.isSplitTestActive(
+          'not-active-test'
+        )
+      expect(res).to.be.false
+    })
+    it('returns undefined false when current version is active', async function () {
+      const res =
+        await this.SplitTestHandler.promises.isSplitTestActive('active-test')
+      expect(res).to.be.true
+    })
+    it('returns undefined when there is an error checking', async function () {
+      this.SplitTestCache.get.rejects(new Error('oops'))
+      const res =
+        await this.SplitTestHandler.promises.isSplitTestActive('active-test')
+      expect(res).to.be.undefined
+    })
+    it('returns undefined when there is no test', async function () {
+      const res =
+        await this.SplitTestHandler.promises.isSplitTestActive('not-a-test')
+      expect(res).to.be.undefined
+    })
+  })
 })
 
 function makeSplitTest(