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Problem with specific podcasts in the Web Player

dr_walfeld — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 22:15:06 GMT

Plan: Premium

Country: DE

Operating System: Ubuntu 24.04

For a few days now, there seems to be a problem playing specific podcasts on the web player (e.g., https://open.spotify.com/show/5b52JKQu8po2Z4PsHPz3a4, https://open.spotify.com/episode/1QXtscLu6CTCTavroucNhH). These shows work in the iOS App and the Linux Desktop App. Furthermore, other podcasts also play fine in the web player.

I tried playing episodes from these podcasts using the API (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/start-a-users-playback) on different devices: Again, it works with the Linux Desktop and the iOS App as target device, but fails for the web player (Firefox 148 and Chrome 145) with a server error (500).

Re: Problem with specific podcasts in the Web Player

MihailY — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:41:24 GMT

Hey @dr_walfeld,

Thanks for reporting this issue.

We've checked on our end and were able to reproduce it. We've now forwarded it to the relevant team and we'll let you know in this thread once we have news to share.

Cheers,

Re: Problem with specific podcasts in the Web Player

Paula_Vi — Sat, 30 May 2026 16:22:46 GMT

Hi there, @dr_walfeld

Thanks for the report!

We've heard back from the respective team and they're unable to provide an ETA for a fix at this time, but rest assured this will remain on their radar.

Make sure you're always running the latest version of Spotify so you don't miss out on any updates.

If anything else comes up, the Community will be here for you!