topic Re: Bug with an API Recently Played Tracks in Spotify for Developers

Bug with an API Recently Played Tracks

Chimildic — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 08:52:11 GMT

According description, the method "Get Current User's Recently Played Tracks" must return the most recent 50 tracks that played more than 30 seconds.

In practice, play history isn't updated with any tracks 35-40-50... seconds. Only tracks that are almost or completely listened to are included.

This is a problem for any app that needs to use play history. Can you fix it?

Re: Bug with an API Recently Played Tracks

Chimildic — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 20:16:34 GMT

Attached table with my test result

Re: Bug with an API Recently Played Tracks

Chimildic — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 09:35:49 GMT

Spotify's team, anybody here?

Re: Bug with an API Recently Played Tracks

Chimildic — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 07:50:34 GMT

The problem is still relevant. What do I need to add for your reaction?

Re: Bug with an API Recently Played Tracks

euanmorgan — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 19:04:58 GMT

This is still an issue as of 10/03/2021

Re: Bug with an API Recently Played Tracks

sursuby — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 08:28:06 GMT

im experiencing the same issue

from my testing it seems only tracks that are fully played are returned

Re: Bug with an API Recently Played Tracks

teejar — Fri, 13 May 2022 04:03:42 GMT

Same issue here. Only tracks that are fully played are appearing in this list.

Ideally we would have the option of passing a parameter to also show tracks that are partially played (and the duration they were played for).

Re: Bug with an API Recently Played Tracks

recently_played_trac — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 02:40:44 GMT

Same for me as well. Is there no supported way to get the same recently played list as we can see in the client? Clearly the info is available internally.

Re: Bug with an API Recently Played Tracks

WIDE_side — Wed, 03 May 2023 16:07:33 GMT

Are you guys actually getting the number of songs specified on the 'limit'? cause it's always less for me (getting 42 when looking for 50 for example), and the 'after' option does not work (I keep getting the same songs unlike with the 'followed artists' option).
Just checking if I'm doing something wrong or that's this specific method that it's not working properly.

Re: Bug with an API Recently Played Tracks

Testf45rgf5rg — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 14:06:00 GMT

yeah, even if i use the before timestamp to get the songs before the 50 latest tracks, it shows null

Re: Bug with an API Recently Played Tracks

statsfm — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:57:09 GMT

At stats.fm, with a user base exceeding 23 million, we have identified the same issue. The 'Get Recently Played Tracks' API fails to capture tracks listened to for more than 30 seconds but not completed. This inconsistency negatively affects user experience and data accuracy. We look forward to a resolution.

Re: Bug with an API Recently Played Tracks

statsfm — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 11:22:50 GMT

We look forward to a resolution.

Re: Bug with an API Recently Played Tracks

G-Unit88 — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 05:14:28 GMT

Same here, tracks only get counted if they go through the end of the song. Even if I play a song and skip to 5 seconds before the end and let it play through, as soon as it's done and I query the endpoint, it shows up in the result. This is wildly inaccurate, relative to the fact that songs played for at least 30 seconds count as a stream.