Downtime September 16th, 2025: Users unable to log in and/or play content
We're seeing reports from users not being able to log in to Spotify or play music.
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We're seeing reports from users not being able to log in to Spotify or play music.
Moderator
We're seeing reports from users not being able to log in to Spotify or play music.
WESTxLu
Newbie
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Hey folks! You may have noticed that your Sound Capsules may not be updating properly! This is on our radar and it's being looked into
Moderator
Hey folks! You may have noticed that your Sound Capsules may not be updating properly! This is on our radar and it's being looked into 🙂
moonwalk3rr
Casual Listener
13099 Views
45 comments
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Hey everyone, We've received some reports from users who have issues joining and inviting other users to collaborative playlists. This is being investigated.
Moderator
Hey everyone, We've received some reports from users who have issues joining and inviting other users to collaborative playlists. This is being investigated.
Maria
Moderator
154841 Views
140 comments
832 likes
Track titles and cover art is not displayed correctly on BMW (2015) when playing through Bluetooth or the USB interface in the center console. Symptom: Music plays and it is possible to switch tracks, but the cover art and track title is "stuck" on t...
Casual Listener
Track titles and cover art is not displayed correctly on BMW (2015) when playing through Bluetooth or the USB interface in the center console. Symptom: Music plays and it is possible to sw...
Deniil
Newbie
38898 Views
89 comments
58 likes
Hey folks! We're aware of an issue with logging in on the Web Player which may also affect other related services. Payments might be affected as well.This is currently being looked into!
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Hey folks! We're aware of an issue with logging in on the Web Player which may also affect other related services. Payments might be affected as well. This is currently being looked into! &nbs...
Shade234
Newbie
5276 Views
5 comments
14 likes
Some Google services seems to be down and we're seeing reports that Spotify users are having issues accessing the service - both on mobile and desktop devices.
Moderator
Some Google services seems to be down and we're seeing reports that Spotify users are having issues accessing the service - both on mobile and desktop devices.
Maria
Moderator
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2 comments
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We've received reports from users who can't join Family/Duo plans. The error message "Address doesn't match" is displayed, even when entering the exact same address as the plan manager.
Moderator
We've received reports from users who can't join Family/Duo plans. The error message "Address doesn't match" is displayed, even when entering the exact same address as the plan manager.
Yordan
Moderator
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30 comments
25 likes
We've seen reports that some users are having issues viewing Top Tracks on the Artist profile. Some also report that they're not able to view the Albums.
Moderator
We've seen reports that some users are having issues viewing Top Tracks on the Artist profile. Some also report that they're not able to view the Albums.
shaggy202030
Newbie
19371 Views
32 comments
23 likes
We're seeing reports that Creators are having issues signing in to http://creators.spotify.com/. Some might experience troubles with the login button and notice they're being looped back to the same page.
Moderator
We're seeing reports that Creators are having issues signing in to http://creators.spotify.com/. Some might experience troubles with the login button and notice they're being looped ...
MihailY
Moderator
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2 comments
7 likes
We've received some reports that the Student verification link is not working. Whenever users are trying to subscribe to Premium Student and open the verification page, they get the error message "Something went wrong. Try reloading the page":
Moderator
We've received some reports that the Student verification link is not working. Whenever users are trying to subscribe to Premium Student and open the verification page, they get the error message "So...
violetblue
Newbie
15152 Views
32 comments
162 likes
Plan; Premium Country: New Zealand It's the same on all my devices - whether Apple or Android My Question or Issue I've been using the automatic sync function where songs I have shazamed show up automatically in the 'My Shazams Playlist'. They stoppe...
Casual Listener
Plan; Premium Country: New Zealand It's the same on all my devices - whether Apple or Android My Question or Issue I've been using the automatic sync fun...
MyrdhinBZH
Newbie
123210 Views
193 comments
326 likes
Hi team, For any reason, the Mac Desktop "Recently Played" section doesn't get refreshed. The one of the web player of the iOS app works perfectly. I already did a clean reinstallation of the desktop app and the issue occurs whatever other laptop I u...
Visitor
Hi team, For any reason, the Mac Desktop "Recently Played" section doesn't get refreshed. The one of the web player of the iOS app works perfectly. I already did a clean reinstallation of the d...
N276gf
Newbie
59377 Views
147 comments
918 likes
Since there is no option to delete a song from an album, I hide them and actually I missed that feature from apple music. So there is a lot of hidden songs in my album catalogue and now they just suddenly start to play. Updates and new device didn’t ...
Casual Listener
Since there is no option to delete a song from an album, I hide them and actually I missed that feature from apple music. So there is a lot of hidden songs in my album catalogue and now they just sud...
kellzilla
Newbie
73163 Views
220 comments
357 likes
Hey, We're seeing reports that finished podcast episodes are showing as unplayed.
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Hey, We're seeing reports that finished podcast episodes are showing as unplayed.
Ebbeone
Visitor
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84 comments
92 likes
Hey folks!We're aware of volume issues with the Spotify app on PS5 after a recent update, mainly that the volume output is too low. This is currently being investigated.
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Hey folks! We're aware of volume issues with the Spotify app on PS5 after a recent update, mainly that the volume output is too low. This is currently being investigated.
CrishanePerera
Visitor
58212 Views
94 comments
59 likes
Plan: Premium for Students I have a MacBook Pro with macOS Catalina Version 10.15.6. For about the past month I have been getting an error message when trying to play Spotify on my laptop. I will play a song and it will play the entire song except fo...
Casual Listener
Plan: Premium for Students I have a MacBook Pro with macOS Catalina Version 10.15.6. For about the past month I have been getting an error message when trying to play Spotify on ...
duckson64
Newbie
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105 comments
140 likes
Hey folks! We've been receiving reports that the Search function stops responding when Connect is in use. Tapping on a song search result doesn't do anything and the Now Playing view stops responding. This is being looked into.
Moderator
Hey folks! We've been receiving reports that the Search function stops responding when Connect is in use. Tapping on a song search result doesn't do anything and the Now Playing view stops resp...
Poppyto
Casual Listener
13980 Views
87 comments
6 likes
Hey everyone,We've received reports about Sonos speakers not showing up on the desktop app. They only appear in the Connect picker on desktop after selecting the device in the mobile app.We'd like to take a closer look into this, so we've merged a fe...
Moderator
Hey everyone, We've received reports about Sonos speakers not showing up on the desktop app. They only appear in the Connect picker on desktop after selecting the device in the mobile app. ...
DanieleP
Newbie
18969 Views
46 comments
50 likes
Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone X, iPhone 8, Chromecast Audio (3 devices), Motorola MG7315 modem/router Operating System iOS 13 My Question or Issue Hi. We have 3 Chromecast Audio devices on my home network connected via a single Motorola MG73...
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone X, iPhone 8, Chromecast Audio (3 devices), Motorola MG7315 modem/router Operating System iOS 13 My Question or Issue Hi. We have 3 Ch...
Ash_2
Newbie
97763 Views
342 comments
827 likes
My Daily Mixes pretty much remain the same. They rarely update, playing the same songs ad nauseum. They are also not intuitive. The first daily mix is pretty accuarate, but I can only tolerate a small number of songs in the other mixes. I continue to...
Music Fan
My Daily Mixes pretty much remain the same. They rarely update, playing the same songs ad nauseum. They are also not intuitive. The first daily mix is pretty accuarate, but I can only tolerate a smal...
Grumpymcgrumpface
Visitor
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102 comments
119 likes