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Web API - Get New Releases API Returning Old Items

alihalim — Tue, 14 May 2024 18:01:56 GMT

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My Question or Issue

The Get New Releases API (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-new-releases) is only returning items over a month old.

Re: Web API - Get New Releases API Returning Old Items

Duplaja — Fri, 17 May 2024 05:15:23 GMT

Just came here looking to see if anyone else had noticed this. It hasn't updated since that week (have been checking weekly). First result is tortured poets department, and that has been the first since it came out.

Re: Web API - Get New Releases API Returning Old Items

gzxmx94_ — Mon, 27 May 2024 15:12:13 GMT

I think I encountered this issue too, I didn't know it was an "old" issue. I'm retrying every day and the results do not change that much at all, although I do get results from may.

Re: Web API - Get New Releases API Returning Old Items

1ockwood — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:02:00 GMT

Chiming in as I'm also seeing this. I've been playing around with the API lately and the newest releases I'm seeing are still from 2024-04-19, and we're into July now. I thought I was missing something.

Re: Web API - Get New Releases API Returning Old Items

jaydenpriestley — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 13:33:54 GMT

In mid-September now, and I am still experiencing this issue. I've rotated my client secret several times, as well as creating a completely new application to see if it'd fix it, it didn't. Any ETA on a fix?

Re: Web API - Get New Releases API Returning Old Items

askhazhakyan — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:56:16 GMT

I reached out to Spotify's development team in July about this and they said, "The team investigated the issue and releases are not stuck on April for them. Would you mind checking again if it's still happening on your end?" After I responded, showing the proof that it was, its been radio silence since.

Re: Web API - Get New Releases API Returning Old Items

jaydenpriestley — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 13:28:09 GMT

This is what the Spotify API for new releases sends back to me in production. It's completely out-of-date. However, in development it actually sends back correct, up-to-date information. There is definitely an issue.

Re: Web API - Get New Releases API Returning Old Items

coho1 — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 23:06:54 GMT

Is there any plan to fix this, or should we treat this api route as deprecated?

Re: Web API - Get New Releases API Returning Old Items

geedi — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 18:57:11 GMT

I'm also blocked by this endpoint being broken. Can we get an ETA on a fix or a heads-up that it is deprecated?

Re: Web API - Get New Releases API Returning Old Items

noahrough — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 02:37:51 GMT

It's been 9 months. Either they don't want to allow access to this API anymore, they simply refuse to fix it, or it is fixed, but they never pushed the fix. Pretty bummed 😕 Hoping it's fixed soon!!

Re: Web API - Get New Releases API Returning Old Items

1ockwood — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 22:12:16 GMT

Checking in just to say I'm still seeing the same results with this. The albums being returned are now a full year old at this point—not exactly "new releases" anymore, haha.

Re: Web API - Get New Releases API Returning Old Items

Melomanik — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 21:40:59 GMT

It's still not working as expected 😑