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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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OliverCalder

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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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Solved!! UI is really unresponsive/broken on Linux client after 0.9.11 update

The latest spotify update (0.9.11) made the spotify UI really unresponsive/broken in Ubuntu 14.04. If I try to do a search, the whole application basically freezes for 10-15 seconds after typing few letters, then continues but the UI elements aren't ...

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The latest spotify update (0.9.11) made the spotify UI really unresponsive/broken in Ubuntu 14.04. If I try to do a search, the whole application basically freezes for 10-15 seconds after typing few ...

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Solved!! Some local tracks are unavailable on Linux while they are on Windows

Hi, Firstly, thanks for making Spotify available on Linux. I've added local tracks on Spotify, no problem with Windows. Once on Linux (Ubuntu 14) some of those tracks are not available. If I want to play the track I have the message "The track was ad...

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Hi,   Firstly, thanks for making Spotify available on Linux.   I've added local tracks on Spotify, no problem with Windows. Once on Linux (Ubuntu 14) some of those tracks are not av...

olejon

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Solved!! Linux / xfce / Spotify 0.9.10 - Main window does not lose the focus

Hi, With the new version, the spotify client has a strange behavior. The main window (the center panel) doesn't lose the focus and always is top. I can not view the right click option menu and other apps windows. In the screencast the main window is ...

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Hi,   With the new version, the spotify client has a strange behavior. The main window (the center panel) doesn't lose the focus and always is top. I can not view the right click option menu...

olejon

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Solved!! No Iggy Azalea Explicit? WHY?

This album came out two months ago, and we still don't have the explicit version. The majority of the album has explicit tracks but we only get Work and Change Your Life because they're singles. Why do we not have the full version of the tracks when ...

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This album came out two months ago, and we still don't have the explicit version. The majority of the album has explicit tracks but we only get Work and Change Your Life because they're singles. Why ...

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Solved!! 10,000 track limit

Hi, I need to see how close I am to the 10,000 track limit in My Music but can't see where the number of tracks I have is displayed, can anyone help? Many thanks, Gaz.

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Hi,   I need to see how close I am to the 10,000 track limit in My Music but can't see where the number of tracks I have is displayed, can anyone help?   Many thanks,   Gaz.

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Solved!! Study/work auto time limits

Hi Spotify, just an idea, how about adding a function to set automatic time limits to your music playfeed? This could just be so that you can leave spotify playing and make sure it turns off if you go out or go to sleep. However, more usefully you co...

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Hi Spotify, just an idea, how about adding a function to set automatic time limits to your music playfeed?   This could just be so that you can leave spotify playing and make sure it turns o...

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Solved!! Hacked or left it logged on

Someone is using my account take them off please

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Someone is using my account take them off please

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Solved!! [Solved] [Linux] Spotify 0.9.4, no Local Files reproduction after system update

I'm using Sabayon Linux (Gentoo Overlay) From what I've read so far I think the problem is that libavcodec got updated to libavcodec.so.54 but it doesn't show with ldd /usr/bin/spotify: /opt/spotify/spotify-client/libcrypto.so.0.9.8: no version infor...

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I'm using Sabayon Linux (Gentoo Overlay)   From what I've read so far I think the problem is that libavcodec got updated to libavcodec.so.54 but it doesn't show with ldd   /usr/bin/...

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Solved!! Desperate need to vote stuff I dislike down.

I'm new to Spotify and enjoying the large catalog, but there is a huge disadvantage to using it: Where's the vote down or don't play this button? I can't actively filter out stuff I do not like and it drives me nuts. I can listen to a radio station a...

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I'm new to Spotify and enjoying the large catalog, but there is a huge disadvantage to using it: Where's the vote down or don't play this button?    I can't actively filter out stuff ...

danobri

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Solved!! Discover based on artist followed

Hello, i have a suggestion. If a NEW user come to spotify, the only way to make his current "Discover" is listening diferents artist.... My suggestion is: If i Follow a lot of artist (or friends or someting) "Discover" must to use this information to...

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Hello, i have a suggestion.   If a NEW user come to spotify, the only way to make his current "Discover" is listening diferents artist....    My suggestion is: If i Follow a lo...

Peter__

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Solved!! Is it possible to start Spotify with a different .config?

I run native Linux client 64-bit. In the latest version I can't search for anything, because it crashes with 'segmentation fault' as soon as I type anything in the search field. Therefore I repackaged an older version, removed the files that conflict...

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I run native Linux client 64-bit. In the latest version I can't search for anything, because it crashes with 'segmentation fault' as soon as I type anything in the search field. Therefore I repackage...

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