Spotify has a memory leak [Mac Desktop]

[clubatronic]

Brief description of the issue

Spotify memory usage does not stop increasing until my MacBook runs out of memory/swap (I experienced up to 79 GB (!!!))

Steps to reproduce the issue:

1. Start Spotify and just stream music
2. Wait (do not know how long exactly, but it happend the 4th time today)
3. Fans start running more and more and at some time a warning will pop up that the Mac is out of memory (screenshot is attached)

What steps you’ve tried already

Reinstalled Spotify (completely deleted Spotify with AppCleaner beforehand)

Your device and operating system

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports), macOS 10.15.2, 2.7GHz Quad-Core, 16GB)

Type of Spotify account you have (Free/ Premium)

Premium

The app version of Spotify you’re using

1.1.24.91.g4ca6d5eb

Please let me know if you need any further information

[isquilho]

Device

Macbook Pro (16-inch, 2021)

Operating System

macOS Monterey 12.7.3

Spotify Version

macOS (Apple Silicon)
1.2.38.720.ga4a70a0e

Ever since I updated to my current version the issue seems to have stopped for me!

[Huli]

Yesterday, I updated to MacOS Sonoma 14.5. I started Spotify and listened to some music. The activity monitor showed everything was fine. I left the machine on overnight and this morning the Force Quit Application dialog was up and Spotify had consumed all the application memory.

[andring]

I've been having these same issues for months and trying to ignore them. This week I'd had enough and tried all the standard recommendations for fixing this: clean install, deleting downloads folder contents, etc. No change. App still using 100% of a cpu and will never close without being forced to close. What the heck kind of music player does this constantly? I pay for this service monthly and the app can't seem to get basic functionality right. On this forum I can see that people have been complaining about this for more than five years! What am I supposed to do to just get some music and peace? My machine is a 2020 M1 MacBook Pro with 16GB RAM, running Sonoma 14.4.1. Thanks.

[Eni]

Hey folks, 

Thanks for all the info you've sent so far. 

We've passed this info on to the right team to be looked into. We'll let you know as soon as we have any info about this. 

Cheers! 

[Huli]

I'm now on version "Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.39.578.g0ea3f38b" and this problem has gone away.

[Yordan]

Thanks for confirming @Huli!

Could you folks also try updating the app to see if that does the trick? Let us know how it goes!

[Novy]

Hey all, 

This should now be fixed. If you haven't already, we'd suggest updating the app. 

If anything else comes up, the Community will be here.

[Vicentelml]

Hi! Today i realized that this problem started happening to me after a while of using Spotify, taking up to 5gb of ram, but this time on windows 11, my version of Spotify is 1.2.66.447.g4e37e896 I deleted cache and will be watching if it fixes the problem or not.