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Forced offline mode if Windows Network Connectivity Status Indicator reports false "No internet"
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I would like to report a bug with Spotify Windows application that affects Windows users with disabled telemetry or advanced networking settings.
If the Windows Network Connectivity Status Indicator (NCSI) falsely marks main network interface as having "no internet" status despite actually having internet connectivity, Spotify application enters forced Offline mode, effectively disabling media playback, despite other functions working normally (browsing playlists, artists, genres, albums etc).
The application should probe internet connectivity by itself instead of relying on status reported by WinAPI INetworkListManager or give an option to disable internet connectivity check.
I believe this issue is not well explained on Spotify FAQ or Support pages - the solutions I've found often suggested reinstalling the application or reconfiguring firewall to allow traffic to Spotify servers, which does not remedy this issue. The actual solution that fixes the problem is to disable NCSI probing service in Windows, so the network interface is not marked as having "no internet" status.
However, my Windows system still sometimes reports false "no internet" status on my main network interface.
The solution I've applied is to patch spotify.exe to disable "WindowsNetworkNotifier Thread" subroutine (sub_4F3E14 of spotify.exe version 1.1.72.439.gc253025e) to return immediately without querying network interfaces or listening to events, so it does not switch the application to offline mode.
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Note: I've initially reported this issue to general Spotify support via email, but was redirected here, because they specialize in account and payment issues. ref:_00DD0pxIW._5002o2uNFu3:ref
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