Spotify Always Downloading

[djabele]

Plan

Premium

Country

USA

Device

Samsung Z Fold 3

Operating System

Android 12

My Question or Issue

This is an ongoing issue and is very annoying. Whenever I open Spotify on my mobile, I get the notification of "downloading # out of # (93% complete)" or something along that. The percentage always changes as does the number of songs it is trying to download. I cannot see what it is trying to download to see if something is up with the song or playlist or what. I will turn of wifi and have mobile data on and change the setting to allow downloads over data...and it still doesnt fix it. I have given spotify access and permissions to everything. The only time I can get it to go away is if I clear the cache. But as soon as I open Spotify it does it again. This issue is not only an eye sore of a notification, but makes me nervous that it's draining battery life and whatnot.

I have tried in the past to Uninstall and reinstall, but that doesn't always fix it. Plus, I have over 30GB downloaded and would prefer not to have to always reinstall the app and re-download all them songs. What can I do to fix the constant "downloading songs" notification?

The downloading seems to be a constant loop that never finishes. As you can see from the pictures, I screenshotted 11mins apart and the downloading notification is the same. No more songs were downloaded in that span. Which seems to indicate something is broken between Spotify and android.

[srj_11]

 I think I've figured it out, its smart shuffle that is causing behaviour, atleast in my case. When I turn of smart shuffle on the playlists I have downloaded, the downloading stops.

[djsprout]

Nailed it. THANK YOU!!! 

[djsprout]

Nailed it! THANK YOU "hadtomakeanact*

[vaajy]

My problem vanished away by changing sd card to samsung evo plus designed for mobile apps.

From previous one I've got full cashback because it was faulty and had 5 year long warranty. Dead in 2 years.

Spotify downloaded severally all day long... and no data usage.

In my case smart shuffle was not an issue. Yet it can be, if activated.

[argentumsound]

I doubt you'll see it but how did you find the radio playlist that you were subscribed to? 
The downloads notification doesn't take me anywhere and there doesn't seem to be any list of radio stations you're subscribed to. 
I have been stuck with "downloading 5999 out of 6000" for months now and I'm not able to find exactly what it's trying to download.

[Kyubendo]

getting the same issue, just added 4 songs to the playlist and it "downloads" them for a couple of days now eating battery like crazy. Support team is incredibly useless and doesn't provide any help. The only way to fix it is to reinstall the app which WILL REMOVE MOST OF YOUR SETTINGS
The bug is more than 5 years old (https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Downloading-0-of-1-notification-won-t-go-away/td-p/4667747) and they can't fix it as many other similar bugs.
Better to switch to another app