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New "Now Playing View" sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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New Your Library sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...

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Recent Linux client update changes

Hey! There has been an update to the Spotify Linux client signatures.Users may see errors linked to missing keys and failed signature verifications for Spotify when updating the system. If this happens to you, this can be fixed by manually adding the...

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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!! Cannot Login in Ubuntu 22.10

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDell XPS 13 (9310)Operating SystemUbuntu 22.10 My Question or IssueClicking Login opens a message that says "Go to your browser to log in" but nothing ever opens anything in my browser.

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell XPS 13 (9310) Operating System Ubuntu 22.10   My Question or Issue Clicking Login opens a message that says "Go to your browser to log in" but noth...
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# Generated - Update by running `./gradlew updateAgpVersions` latests=7.3.1,7.4.2,8.0.2,8.1.4,8.2.0,

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  
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Issue loading spotify web player

My spotify web worked fine this morning but now, it wont load the page just turns grey-black and I refresh it and it does the same thing. Iv'e cleared my cache and cookies I have a solid wifi conection and my normal spotify works fine. Ive done every...

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  • My spotify web worked fine this morning but now, it wont load the page just turns grey-black and I refresh it and it does the same thing. Iv'e cleared my cache and cookies I have a solid wifi conecti...
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Superuser Contribution Shuffle and playback broken even after clean reinstall

Hey,Since about two (?) days ago, the shuffle function in spotify entirely started to break more and more on my Desktop.So it always worked as usual, even with the whole "Enhancing" or later "Smart shuffle" (which seems like it's unstable at this poi...

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  • Hey, Since about two (?) days ago, the shuffle function in spotify entirely started to break more and more on my Desktop. So it always worked as usual, even with the whole "Enhancing" or later ...
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Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer blah blah

PlanFree/Premium (i had both, issue appears on both)Countrywho cares, all countries are affected, as one can see from the other issue threads on this same subjectDeviceirrelevant, all devices are affected, even on the android mobile appOperating Syst...

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  • Plan Free/Premium (i had both, issue appears on both) Country who cares, all countries are affected, as one can see from the other issue threads on this same subject Device irrelevant, all devic...
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LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING

```zsh(spotify:22985): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: 10:53:14.895: Unable to get session bus: Unknown or unsupported transport “disabled” for address “disabled:”```After an update to spotify 1.2.20 i get this error.The spotify window opens, but remain...

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  • ```zsh (spotify:22985): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: 10:53:14.895: Unable to get session bus: Unknown or unsupported transport “disabled” for address “disabled:” ``` After an update to spotify 1.2...
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Everything but listening to music in library not working

"Couldn't find that album/artist" when clicking on anything in my library, but playing the music works using the play/pause button on the album/artist widget in the Your Library section. Search and Home also don't load. PlanPremiumCountry DeviceThink...

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  • "Couldn't find that album/artist" when clicking on anything in my library, but playing the music works using the play/pause button on the album/artist widget in the Your Library section. Search and H...
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Forcing spotify to use in-app login

I am trying to write a SELinux policy for spotify where I encountered a problem: for Spotify to use browser-login Spotify will have to have self:capability sys_admin, which is, clearly, a terrible permission to grant. But Spotify is forcing me to use...

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  • I am trying to write a SELinux policy for spotify where I encountered a problem: for Spotify to use browser-login Spotify will have to have self:capability sys_admin, which is, clearly, a terrible pe...
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attempting linux login - browser window not showing

I'm installing the deb as shown here. This worked on a couple computers I owned in the past, but not today. All I'm getting when starting the program is this message. I do have a browser installed, accessible through x-www-browser (among other binari...

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  • I'm installing the deb as shown here. This worked on a couple computers I owned in the past, but not today.    All I'm getting when starting the program is this message. I do ha...
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Spotify laptop to TV via hdmi cable keeps disconnecting

My laptop is connected to my TV via hdmi cable. This is no problem with streaming movies or any other internet functions - except Spotify (and YouTube) which automatically disconnect after about seven minutes or so.

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  • My laptop is connected to my TV via hdmi cable. This is no problem with streaming movies or any other internet functions - except Spotify (and YouTube) which automatically disconnect after about seve...
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Solved!! Unable to login with Desktop client (response_type parameter is missing)

PlanPremiumCountryDenmark Operating SystemUbuntu 22.04 My Question or IssueI have reinstalled my laptop with the latest Ubuntu LTS (22.04) and now every time I try to login with the spotify client I am getting the error: "response_type parameter is m...

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  • Plan Premium Country Denmark   Operating System Ubuntu 22.04   My Question or Issue I have reinstalled my laptop with the latest Ubuntu LTS (22.04) and now every time I try to logi...
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Reorganizar playlists de forma aleatoria (Herramienta)

Hola gente,Aquí les traigo una herramienta que les servirá a aquellos que buscan una manera fácil de barajar o reorganizar las canciones de sus listas sin tener que usar los filtros, y sin tener que utilizar la función "aleatorio". Es una herramienta...

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  • Hola gente, Aquí les traigo una herramienta que les servirá a aquellos que buscan una manera fácil de barajar o reorganizar las canciones de sus listas sin tener que usar los filtros, y sin tener qu...
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Spotify has lost header bar with close, minimise and resize buttons (ubuntu 22.04)

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceClevo laptop Operating SystemUbuntu 22.04 My Question or IssueAs of a week or so ago spotify opens without the header bar. See attached screen grab. This is irritating as I have to switch to and from spotify with alt-tab wh...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK  Device Clevo laptop Operating System Ubuntu 22.04   My Question or Issue As of a week or so ago spotify opens without the header bar.  See attached ...
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Solved!! No shuffle button inside personal playlists

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemOS: Linux Mint 21.2 x86_64Kernel: 6.2.0-37-genericSpotify Version1.2.26.1187.g36b715a1, Copyright (c) 2023, Spotify Ltd My Question or IssueEarlier this AM I installed spotify on my LMDE 6 laptop a...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop PC Operating System OS: Linux Mint 21.2 x86_64 Kernel: 6.2.0-37-generic Spotify Version 1.2.26.1187.g36b715a1, Copyright (c) 2023, Spotify Ltd &nbsp...
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Cannot click on Spotify window title bar to select it

PlanPremium Family CountryUSA Device$ uname -a && lsb_release -aLinux doctordre 6.2.0-20-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Apr 6 07:48:48 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/LinuxNo LSB modules are available.Distributor ID: UbuntuDescription: ...

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  • Plan Premium Family   Country USA   Device $ uname -a && lsb_release -a Linux doctordre 6.2.0-20-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Apr 6 07:48:48 UTC 2023 x86_64 x8...
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Excessive CPU load playing song.

I noticed since the last two .deb updates that the CPU fan was running quite much and wondered what happened. It turns out that playing a song draws ~50% cpu for the most active process + a few more at 5-10%. For just playing sound this is massive! T...

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  • I noticed since the last two .deb updates that the CPU fan was running quite much and wondered what happened.   It turns out that playing a song draws ~50% cpu for the most active process + a ...
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Solved!! Spotify on OpenSUSE

How install spotify on OpenSUSE Leap 42.1? Att.Artur Barth

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  • How install spotify on OpenSUSE Leap 42.1?   Att. Artur Barth
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