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Recent Linux client update changes (2026)

Hey folks! This is a heads-up that there will be a new update to the Spotify Linux client signatures. The latest available client will not install this new key just yet, but it's coming soon.Come February, you may see errors related to missing keys a...

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Solved!! [Troubleshooting] Linux Spotify

Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before.So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Basic troubleshooting Go through th...

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Can't open Spotify on Arch Linux

PlanPremiumCountryPortugalDeviceAsus X571GT Operating SystemArch Linux My Question or IssueI haven't been able to open Spotify (the AUR version) for the last few hours from an app launcher. When I try to open it through the terminal, it prints the fo...

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Plan Premium Country Portugal Device Asus X571GT  Operating System Arch Linux   My Question or Issue I haven't been able to open Spotify (the AUR version) for the last few hours f...

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Spotify Web Player is blank, nothing I do works

Plan : FreeCountryUSDeviceChromebookMy Question or IssueSpotify Web randomly stopped working for me and everything I’ve done won’t fix it. This morning it was working fine, until randomly my Spotify player stopped and when I reloaded all I saw was a ...

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Plan : Free Country US Device Chromebook My Question or Issue Spotify Web randomly stopped working for me and everything I’ve done won’t fix it.   This morning it was working fine, until...

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Shortcuts issue: suggested playlists/artists at top of home page have not changed for over a month

PlanPremiumCountryUnited Kingdom, Czech RepublicDeviceThinkpad T450Operating SystemUbuntu 23.04, Linux 6.2.0-32-generic My Question or IssueMy issue is similar to this one, but I think it has a more specific cause. I was staying at a place with a sma...

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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom, Czech Republic Device Thinkpad T450 Operating System Ubuntu 23.04, Linux 6.2.0-32-generic   My Question or Issue My issue is similar to this one, b...

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Solved!! spotify not starting

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDeviceAsus X52JOperating SystemUbuntu 22.04.2 LTSMy Question or IssueSpotify app is not starting. I only see black screen. no errors

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  Plan Premium Country Finland Device Asus X52J Operating System Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS My Question or Issue Spotify app is not starting. I only see black screen. no errors

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Point users to flatpak package for download

We all know installing software on Linux is a Mess Yes people can look into their linux appstore but one solution finally emerge with flatpak , You can point people to flathub https://flathub.org/fr/apps/com.spotify.Client And it will open in their a...

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We all know installing software on Linux is a Mess   Yes people can look into their linux appstore but one solution finally emerge with flatpak , You can point people to flathub   https...

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Solved!! Segmentation fault (core dumped) is back

PlanPremiumCountryUS Operating SystemUbuntu 19.04 My Question or Issue Today I received a new update to the spotify linux client spotify-client:amd64 (1:1.1.0.237.g378f6f25-11, 1:1.1.5.153.gf614956d-16) After which, spotify would crash immediately af...

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Plan Premium Country US   Operating System Ubuntu 19.04   My Question or Issue   Today I received a new update to the spotify linux client   spotify-client:amd64 (1:1....

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[Bug] Discover Weekly playlist not refreshed with remote play

PlanPremiumCountrythe NetherlandsDevicedesktop PC and laptopOperating SystemopenSUSE Linux & Ubuntu Linux(I don't think this problem is Linux-specific, but Linux is what I'm using) My Question or IssueThe following happens every Monday, when a new Di...

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Plan Premium Country the Netherlands Device desktop PC and laptop Operating System openSUSE Linux & Ubuntu Linux (I don't think this problem is Linux-specific, but Linux is what I'm using...

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The window never opens in latest version

PlanPremium CountrySweden Operating SystemLinux (My own distro, based on Linux From Scratch) My Question or IssueI can't update after version 1.2.9.743. I have tried at least 2 different versions after that. The window never opens. No error message. ...

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Plan Premium   Country Sweden   Operating System Linux (My own distro, based on Linux From Scratch)   My Question or Issue I can't update after version 1.2.9.743. I have trie...

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DJ Announcer not audible on Linux/Steam Deck

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSteam DeckOperating SystemSteamOS 3.5 My Question or IssueI love the new DJ feature but on the Deck, the announcements between songs never produce audio, only visibly show up in the player for a split second, then just play...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Steam Deck Operating System SteamOS 3.5   My Question or Issue I love the new DJ feature but on the Deck, the announcements between songs never produce ...

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UI Bug - Currently playing song's name overlaps with Album name

PlanFreeCountrySlovakiaDeviceDell LaptopOperating SystemUbuntu 22.04.2 LTS My Question or IssueThe bottom-left corner of the Client shows the currently playing song. First is the song's name and below that the Album. However there's a visual bug, whe...

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Plan Free Country Slovakia Device Dell Laptop Operating System Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS   My Question or Issue The bottom-left corner of the Client shows the currently playing so...

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tiny spotify

Device acer chromebook 2019 My Question or Issueshrank my screen size (ctrl +shift + -) now it wont go back. all other tabs are normal size but then no matter how many times I close it or reload it spotify is still tiny. I shut it off for the night b...

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Device  acer chromebook 2019   My Question or Issue shrank my screen size (ctrl +shift + -) now it wont go back. all other tabs are normal size but then no matter how many times I close...

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Show notifications when playing Local Files on Linux

Spotify shows a desktop notification when it starts playing a new track. However, this only gets shown for streamed tracks, not when it starts playing a local file. At least on Linux.

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Spotify shows a desktop notification when it starts playing a new track. However, this only gets shown for streamed tracks, not when it starts playing a local file. At least on Linux.

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Show local file cover art via MPRIS

When listening to a song from Spotify on Linux, the cover art is shown alongside the MPRIS playback controls. However, when listening to a local song, no cover art is shown there (even though the cover art is shown within the Spotify app).

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When listening to a song from Spotify on Linux, the cover art is shown alongside the MPRIS playback controls. However, when listening to a local song, no cover art is shown there (even though the cov...

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Corrupt data in artist's profile "monthly listeners"

PlanPremium CountryU.S. DeviceLinux Desktop (running your native app) Operating SystemLinux (Pop_OS!) My Question or IssueI was reading an artist profile. The "monthly listeners" column listed the same city twice, but with different numbers. See atta...

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Plan Premium   Country U.S.   Device Linux Desktop (running your native app)   Operating System Linux (Pop_OS!)   My Question or Issue I was reading an artist profile...

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How can I disable hardware acceleration for graphics?

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemArch Linux My Question or IssueHow can I disable hardware acceleration of graphics? I use spotify for listening to music and I don't want it to hog GPU resources. Lately I have noticed segfaults in my G...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Arch Linux   My Question or Issue How can I disable hardware acceleration of graphics? I use spotify for listening to music and I...

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curl -sS https://download.spotify.com/debian/pubkey_7A3A762FAFD4A51F.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor --yes

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Debian Testing has removed gconf2 packages.

PlanFreeCountryItalyDevicePC LinuxOperating SystemDebian Testing gconf2 is used for gtk2 application and is an archived project.https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/gconf gtk3 and gtk4 application use dconf.https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/dconf

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Plan Free Country Italy Device PC Linux Operating System Debian Testing   gconf2 is used for gtk2 application and is an archived project. https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/gconf  ...

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I like spotify and mobile doesn't follow songs

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snap install spotify

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Populate the position value in Dbus with the position of the song

In the Linux client you already populate many dbus values, which is why KDE can know what song/album/artist are playing and can pull artwork and put it in the system tray. The problem is that you don't populate the position value and thus it always r...

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In the Linux client you already populate many dbus values, which is why KDE can know what song/album/artist are playing and can pull artwork and put it in the system tray. The problem is that you don...

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