No duplication warning when adding a song to playlist

[melle_hbk]

Plan

Premium

Country

Sweden

Device

Lenovo Legion Y520T

Operating System

Windows 11

My Question or Issue

I have been having problem with getting the warning that the song I'm about to add to my playlist already is on the playlist. The playlist is a shared playlist I share with a few friend and we have over 2500+ songs on it. I dont accidently want to add a duplicate of a special song.

Spotify for Windows
1.1.95.893.g6cf4d40c

[AlejaR]

Hey @melle_hbk,

Thanks for posting in the Community and welcome 🙂

For starters, we'd like to add a small clarification. Most of the time, a song with the same name could be added to the same playlist because they're from separate albums; like in the case of a Deluxe edition. But if the song is from the same album and artist, it should show the "duplicated song" pop-up.
 

That being said, we'd like to gather as much info as possible. Did you notice that you don't receive said warning anymore? If yes, would you mind sending us the link of one of the tracks you can re-add, along with a screenshot where we can see both songs? This will give us a better look at the inconvenience.

Keep us in the loop!

[melle_hbk]

Hi! Thanks for replying, but I have already checked that part of it and it has nothing with the albums to do. I have tried adding a song that I already have on my playlist and is on the same album (no deluxe etc.) and I still don’t get any notification that the song already is added. I just tried and it seems to work on my iPhone 13 but it still doesn’t work on my computer sadly. As I said, i have tried re-installing Spotify and updating it, but the new update didn’t help

[Eni]

Hey there @melle_hbk, 

Thanks for getting back to us. 

Just to confirm, does this happen with any song or only with some in particular? Also, would you mind sending us the URI of the song you tried with?

On another note, sending us a screenshot of the duplicated songs in the playlist would come in handy. You can attach it to your next response by using the Insert image option in the post editor. Make sure not to send any private info.

We'll be on the lookout.

[melle_hbk]

Thanks for replying. Here is a url from a song that have been added duplicated:

It isn’t any particular song, it’s almost like its only happening once in a while. And I often delete the duplicate because it doesn’t ”look” nice in the playlist if you get me. I can send you 2 screenshots aswell. And to clarify, the songs are both from the Explicit Version

[AlejaR]

Hey @melle_hbk,

Thanks for your replies and for the info shared 🙂

In this case, would you mind sharing with us the link of a song that is currently duplicated in the affected playlist?

On another note, can you share with us the link to a playlist in which you noticed this behavior? Just to confirm, did you notice if this is happening on a different playlist?

Lastly, it'd be awesome if you could send us a screenshot in which we can see a duplicated song on the playlist.

We'll be on the lookout!

[melle_hbk]

Hi! Sorry for not responding but I thought it started working again but apparently not.. It happened again to a song () that my friend added to the list a while back ago, and now I accidently added it again and didn't get any duplication warning. Can I link the playlist here without getting worried someone joins the cooperative playlist and removes all the songs or something? Heres a screenshot of the song added that I didn't get a dupe warning on. 

[Lyubka]

Hey @melle_hbk,

Thank you for keeping in touch and for the screenshots you've sent.

Can you ask your friend to re-add this particular song and see if he'll get any duplicate warning on their end? 

It's also worth the shot to try replicating this with a different song. Fox example try adding a new song twice to see if you'll still experience this. 

Let us know how it goes.

[melle_hbk]

My friend re-added the song and he didn't get any duplicate warning from him end! Is it the playlist that is bugged or something? Because we need to get duplicate warnings to not accidently add duplicates of the same song on the playlist. I don't really know what to do.

[Vasil]

Hey @melle_hbk,

We made some changes backstage and things should be working ok now!
Could you take a look if you're getting the pop-ups when you try to add duplicates to songs?
Just make sure you've updated your app to the latest version before testing 🌠
Many thanks! We'll be on the lookout for your response 🙂 

[melle_hbk]

It still doesn't work. I have checked if I had to update which I didn't have to and when I add a song that already is added to the playlist I don't get any duplication warning

[MihailY]

Hey @melle_hbk,

Thanks for getting back to us.

In order to test whether this happens only with a particular playlist, can you please create a new collaborative one and check if the issue persists there? We tried reproducing it on our end but weren't able to.

Keep us posted.

[gatila]

Hi!
I am having the same problem for a long time on web (open.spotify.com), but no problem on android app. 

[Eni]

Hey there @gatila,

Thanks for reaching out about this here in the Community. 

Could you let us know which troubleshooting steps you've already tried? That way we can avoid repeating any steps. 

On another note, we'd like to know if this happens on different browsers as well. Also, does this happen on every playlist?

Keep us posted. 

[gatila]

Hi Eni,

I tought that was a feature but not a trouble. Do you say that on "open.spotify.com" we should get duplicate warnings also? That's important for me. Beacuse I am about to buy a new external speaker and since I cannot use my laptop as a music source due to this problem, I am planning to buy a bluetooth featured one, so that I can use my smartphone as a music source all the time. If this trouble didn't exist, I would buy a better speaker -with better wired connection- but without bluetooth. Or, maybe I will stick with the better speaker without bluetooth and I will have to change my music source/service.

I am using only one browser. I didn't try it on different browsers. I am using a Windows based laptop and Google Chrome. I enabled pop-ups and tried again but no solution. I tried it on different playlists and the result is the same. 

The song "Elfida" (track numbers 97, 98, 99) is duplicate (in fact triplicate) but I didn't get any warnings. I happens on every playlist.

[Alex]

Hi there @gatila,

Thanks for the post.

I tried this on my Windows PC with Google Chrome version 110.0.5481.104 (Official Build) (64-bit), and when I try to add a song to the same playlist I get the notification. 

Here is what you can try:

• Go to Settings > Help > About Chrome on your browser, and check if you're running the latest version. 
• Follow this guide to clear the Cache and Cookies on your Chrome.
• If after that you still don't get the notification pop-up when trying to add the same song to a playlist, you can log in with a different Spotify account, for test purposes and try this again. This way you can check if the pop-up isn't showing only on your account or on multiple ones. In case of the latter, it's a good idea to disable extensions such as ad blocker and pop-up blocker, or try using another browser.

Hope this helps.

[gatila]

Hi Alex!
I solved the problem by downloading the desktop application.
Just for your information:
* I am using the latest version of Chrome.
* A firend of mine tried the same on his laptop today and had the same problem.
Finally, this problem seems to be common on open.spotify.com but no problem on desktop app or mobile app.

Have a nice day!

[AlejaR]

Hey @gatila,

Thanks for your reply and for the info shared.

We're glad you could sort this out by downloading the desktop app. We really appreciate you keeping us in the loop.

We could replicate this in a previous version of the Chrome browser. So, we'd recommend to double check if perhaps you have a new version available. After updating chrome to its 110.0.5481.178 version, we couldn't replicate this no more. Give it a try and let us know how it goes. We'd recommend the same to your friend; you just need to follow the steps provided by @Alex above 🙂

If the above doesn't do the trick, would you mind checking if this is happening with just one playlist or if is it happening with more than one? 

Keep us in the loop!

[SPOTNiels007]

It's been a while since anyone posted anything on this thread but I have the same problem. To me it seems like there is 2 factors at play here.

Me and my friends have all not received these notifications for adding songs to a playlist one of the others already did aswell. When 1 person adds a song double to a shared or own playlist the notification does seem to work most of the time.

The other instance where it seems to happen for me is just like with Melle in bigger playlists. It does still seem to work most of the time but with one of my biggest playlist now being almost 275 hours long it's getting hard to keep track what I still need to add from my genre specific playlists.

Lately it's been happening to my "smaller" playlists aswell. (600+ songs)

[llcooll]

It always happens when using Spotify Web, theres no duplicate notification.