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.
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We're seeing reports from users not being able to log in to Spotify or play music.
GrampaWildWilly
Roadie
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Hey folks! You may notice an error message when redeeming your gift cards: This is being looked into and we'll keep you posted In the meantime, make sure you've gone over everything that is listed here.Cheers!
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Hey folks! You may notice an error message when redeeming your gift cards: This is being looked into and we'll keep you posted 🙂 In the meantime, make sure you'v...
MihailY
Moderator
3150 Views
13 comments
10 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
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5 comments
14 likes
Hey folks! Some of you have reported that Smart Shuffle is automatically turning itself on again after being switched off. This is now being looked into. Note: The Smart Shuffle feature works on a playlist-by-playlist basis. If you turn it off on one...
Moderator
Hey folks! Some of you have reported that Smart Shuffle is automatically turning itself on again after being switched off. This is now being looked into. Note: The Smart Shuffle f...
Vasil
Moderator
39904 Views
181 comments
502 likes
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 🙂
Vasil
Moderator
1122 Views
39 comments
2 likes
Hey folks, We're receiving reports mentioning that Spotify Kids is having some issues to let the users log in. This is already being investigated internally by the relevant teams. Thanks for your reports. Stay tuned.
Moderator
Hey folks, We're receiving reports mentioning that Spotify Kids is having some issues to let the users log in. This is already being investigated internally by the relevant teams. Tha...
drohanstar
Newbie
12644 Views
125 comments
140 likes
Hey folks, We received some reports mentioning that the position on the playlists resets when navigating away from the app. This is currently Under investigation by internal teams.
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Hey folks, We received some reports mentioning that the position on the playlists resets when navigating away from the app. This is currently Under investigation by internal teams.
Mystery30
Newbie
12528 Views
138 comments
10 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.
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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
574 Views
2 comments
0 likes
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
14564 Views
30 comments
25 likes
We're receiving reports from iOS users that the app is freezing upon launch. Users are unable to tap on anything within the app as it becomes unresponsive.
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We're receiving reports from iOS users that the app is freezing upon launch. Users are unable to tap on anything within the app as it becomes unresponsive.
mrkool44
Casual Listener
7159 Views
23 comments
57 likes
Hey folks, We've received some reports that the podcast "Recently Updated" list is not updating. This is being investigated.
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Hey folks, We've received some reports that the podcast "Recently Updated" list is not updating. This is being investigated.
eq4192
Newbie
18608 Views
90 comments
119 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.
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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
10188 Views
32 comments
23 likes
We're seeing some reports from iOS users saying they get the error message "Something went wrong. Try again." when trying to log in with email/username + password, despite entering the correct credentials.
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We're seeing some reports from iOS users saying they get the error message "Something went wrong. Try again." when trying to log in with email/username + password, despite entering the correct creden...
ios_not_logging_in
Newbie
10255 Views
24 comments
86 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.
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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’re receiving reports that Shared Playlists are not showing up in the Spotify Kids app. The issue is affecting multiple devices.
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We’re receiving reports that Shared Playlists are not showing up in the Spotify Kids app. The issue is affecting multiple devices.
san_sebastian
Newbie
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58 comments
18 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":
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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
7725 Views
32 comments
162 likes
We're receiving reports that the Volume slider/control from the Web Player isn't functioning correctly. For some users, sliding the volume up automatically adjusts the volume lower instead, and vice-versa. Reloading the Web Player page sets the volum...
Moderator
We're receiving reports that the Volume slider/control from the Web Player isn't functioning correctly. For some users, sliding the volume up automatically adjusts the volume lower instead, and vice-...
oddindeed
Casual Listener
9721 Views
40 comments
28 likes
We've received reports about the app interrupting the currently playing song and instead reverting to a previously queued / random one on Sonos devices. This can usually be observed at night, where after several hours of playing the correct track (fo...
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We've received reports about the app interrupting the currently playing song and instead reverting to a previously queued / random one on Sonos devices. This can usually be observed a...
Yordan
Moderator
6608 Views
11 comments
42 likes
Hey,We're getting reports that filtering the Liked Songs playlist by genre/mood does not affect the queued songs. When users are filtering their Liked Songs playlist to a certain genre/mood and they play a track, the queue will still have other songs...
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Hey, We're getting reports that filtering the Liked Songs playlist by genre/mood does not affect the queued songs. When users are filtering their Liked Songs playlist to a certain genre/mood and t...
tsanders00138
Newbie
39280 Views
144 comments
640 likes
Hi folks, We’re seeing reports from users in different markets that the Autoplay feature doesn't generate a new queue of songs.
Moderator
Hi folks, We’re seeing reports from users in different markets that the Autoplay feature doesn't generate a new queue of songs.
Dessi
Moderator
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7 comments
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