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February 2026 Spotify for Developers update: thread

Hey everyone, I’ve created this thread to provide an open space for discussion, feedback, concerns or ideas on an upcoming update to Spotify for Developers access. We’ve shared a blog post that explains what’s changing and why. Please use this thread...

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KyrooTales

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App Extension Question

As a individual developer I want my app to be accessed by anyone without the need of whitelist. But as written in the documents 250k monthly users needed to extend the app. I think I'm making a mistake because how can an app with 5 user limit can rea...

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As a individual developer I want my app to be accessed by anyone without the need of whitelist. But as written in the documents 250k monthly users needed to extend the app. I think I'm making a mista...

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403 Forbidden on POST /playlists/{id}/tracks in Development Mode - Premium account, correct scopes,

Cuenta PremiumScopes correctos: playlist-modify-public, playlist-modify-privateUsuario añadido en User ManagementLa creación de playlist funciona (POST /me/playlists devuelve 200) pero añadir tracks falla con 403Proyecto académico universitario

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  Cuenta Premium Scopes correctos: playlist-modify-public, playlist-modify-private Usuario añadido en User Management La creación de playlist funciona (POST /me/playlists devuelve 200) pero...

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Superuser Contribution Partner Application Form

hello,I'm getting ready to submit this form but wasn't clear on the following The partner application form says:User Base ThresholdYour application must have a minimum of 250,000 Monthly Active Users. You must be able to upload data from the App Stor...

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hello, I'm getting ready to submit this form but wasn't clear on the following   The partner application form says: User Base Threshold Your  application must have a minimum of 250,00...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Offset parameter appears to be ignored (v1/me/episodes)

Since a few days ago, the v1/me/episodes API-endpoint seems to ignore the offset parameter. Previously, this returned the expected “next page” of results. However, as of recently, the response appears to always return the first page, regardless of th...

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Since a few days ago, the v1/me/episodes API-endpoint seems to ignore the offset parameter.   Previously, this returned the expected “next page” of results. However, as of recen...

paha77

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Classical Guitar catalog with spotify SDK

Hi,I'm building a classical guitar catalog app, a portal that adds depth and enhances a small repertoire but with enormous musical value that inevitably appears "hidden" or in any case difficult to explore among the entire discography. I'm using the ...

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Hi, I'm building a classical guitar catalog app, a portal that adds depth and enhances a small repertoire but with enormous musical value that inevitably appears "hidden" or in any case difficult to...

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Request for Quota Extension - Personal Playlist Organizer

Hi, I built a personal Python script using the Spotify Web API to sort my own playlist into genre-based sub-playlists. My app is currently in Development Mode and I'm getting 403 Forbidden errors when trying to read and modify playlists via the Web A...

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Hi, I built a personal Python script using the Spotify Web API to sort my own playlist into genre-based sub-playlists. My app is currently in Development Mode and I'm getting 403 Forbidden errors whe...

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OAuth Scope + User Quota

Hi Spotify Developer Relations,I'm requesting extended API access for my music discovery app currently in development.Issues:403 "Insufficient Scope" errors when fetching user top artists/tracks and playlist data despite requesting proper OAuth scope...

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Hi Spotify Developer Relations, I'm requesting extended API access for my music discovery app currently in development. Issues: 403 "Insufficient Scope" errors when fetching user top artists/trac...

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development mode to extended quota mode

Someone please explain this:In order to move from development mode to extended quota mode, you need to fill in the partner application from your company, on which one of the requirements is:Must be ≥ 250,000 MAU, applications with fewer users will be...

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Someone please explain this: In order to move from development mode to extended quota mode, you need to fill in the partner application from your company, on which one of the requirements is: Must ...

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Extended Quota Mode
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Extend to Quota Mode

I am currently learning programming and working on a personal, non-commercial project using the Spotify Web API for educational purposes. The project analyzes my own listening data to better understand how to work with APIs, authentication flows, and...

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I am currently learning programming and working on a personal, non-commercial project using the Spotify Web API for educational purposes.   The project analyzes my own listening data to better...

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Redirect URI problem

I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask this, but I'm trying to update my OAuth flow to match the new requirements and I'm running into an issue. The docs say to use http://127.0.0.1:PORT instead of http://localhost:PORT for the Redirect URI, b...

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I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask this, but I'm trying to update my OAuth flow to match the new requirements and I'm running into an issue. The docs say to use http://127.0.0.1:PORT ...

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How to get more than 5 users on my app

Hey there. In the User Management section of my developer app it's saying I can only have 5 users. We're building a beta hardware product and are planning to have a couple thousand users later this year. Is there any way to raise this limit?

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Hey there. In the User Management section of my developer app it's saying I can only have 5 users. We're building a beta hardware product and are planning to have a couple thousand users later this y...

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403 Forbidden Endpoint - Playlist Tracks

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceIphoneIssueGetting 403 Forbidden on /playlists/{id}/tracks endpoint in Development Mode. My app reads playlist tracks to provide data and statistics for the user and needs to access playlist tracks. How do I get access to t...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Iphone Issue Getting 403 Forbidden on /playlists/{id}/tracks endpoint in Development Mode. My app reads playlist tracks to provide data and statistics for the u...

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Superuser Contribution Why Are Individual Developers Completely Locked Out of Extended Quota?

So let’s be clear!With the new quota policy, individual developers are effectively locked out of building anything serious on the Spotify Web API.No extended quota.No public launch path.No indie tier.No transparency about alternatives, even informing...

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So let’s be clear! With the new quota policy, individual developers are effectively locked out of building anything serious on the Spotify Web API. No extended quota. No public launch path. ...

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Artists removed from the public playlist endpoint! :(

In these new changes, you have removed the ability for developers to see the tracks/items in the playlist endpoint for public playlists. I have a playlist ranking / analysis tool that helps musicians and gives them free playlist bot detection. It rel...

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In these new changes, you have removed the ability for developers to see the tracks/items in the playlist endpoint for public playlists. I have a playlist ranking / analysis tool that helps musicians...

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About Account Requirements in Extended Quota Mode

Hello, I understand that a Spotify Premium account is required to use the API in Development mode.However, is a Spotify Premium account still necessary when switching to Extended Quota Mode? Thank you.

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Hello,   I understand that a Spotify Premium account is required to use the API in Development mode. However, is a Spotify Premium account still necessary when switching to Extended Quota Mod...

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redirect uri doesn't seems to support dynamic port

In the documentation about redirect uri it is writen : When using a loopback IP literal, you might not know the port number used in advance if it can be assigned dynamically. If you don't know the port number in advance, register your redirect URI wi...

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In the documentation about redirect uri it is writen : When using a loopback IP literal, you might not know the port number used in advance if it can be assigned dynamically.  If you don't...

rokejulianlockhart

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Requesting Academic Access to Spotify Audio Features for Cold-Start Recommendation Research

Hi everyone,I’m working on my bachelor’s thesis to tackle the cold-start problem in movie recommendation systems. I’m using Spotify to explore cross-domain recommendations, leveraging audio features like tempo, energy, and valence.The issue is that i...

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Hi everyone, I’m working on my bachelor’s thesis to tackle the cold-start problem in movie recommendation systems. I’m using Spotify to explore cross-domain recommendations, leveraging audio feature...

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Developer App connected but not sharing information

PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueMy Developer app was created and set up to share information with Songify and a now playing widget through OBS for streaming to Twitch. I have been able to get it all to work for about...

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Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue My Developer app was created and set up to share information with Songify and a now playing widget through OBS f...

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获取音频特征报错403

以下信息并非必填项。但是,您提供的信息越多,我们就越容易为您提供帮助。计划高级国家新加坡设备联想拯救者操作系统Windows 11我的问题或疑问我用spotify api获取歌曲音频特征老是返回403,我要制作一个毕业设计,非常需要这些数据,谁能帮我

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以下信息并非必填项。但是,您提供的信息越多,我们就越容易为您提供帮助。 计划 高级 国家 新加坡 设备 联想拯救者 操作系统 Windows 11 我的问题或疑问 我用spotify api获取歌曲音频特征老是返回403,我要制作一个毕业设计,非常需要这些数据,谁能帮我

Ximzend

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401 No Token Provided Python

I have been developing playlist tracker so that I can see the changes my loved playlists. In my development I get same error whenever I tried to use playlist_items function. I clear the cache files but no changes at all. I couldn't fix the issue here...

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I have been developing playlist tracker so that I can see the changes my loved playlists. In my development I get same error whenever I tried to use playlist_items function.  I clear the cach...

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