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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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Superuser Contribution Unable to accept Developer TOS

When I attempt to accept the Developer Terms of Service, I check the box that says I accept, then click the "Accept the Terms" button. The page reloads and under the navigation bar at the top of a page, a red error bar appears which states, "There wa...

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When I attempt to accept the Developer Terms of Service, I check the box that says I accept, then click the "Accept the Terms" button. The page reloads and under the navigation bar at the top of a pa...

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iOS SDK access for indie development

From what I see, web API access is limited to 250k MAUs. As a student working on a passion project, I'm not sure that is feasible. I'm not interested in scraping the entire Spotify catalog, but I would like to pull a users' "now playing" track inform...

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From what I see, web API access is limited to 250k MAUs. As a student working on a passion project, I'm not sure that is feasible. I'm not interested in scraping the entire Spotify catalog, but I wou...

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Spotify Player on Wix – “App not loading” error when connecting playlists or albums

I’m using the Spotify Player app on a Wix website, but when I open the app settings to connect a playlist or an album, the app fails to load and shows the error message “App not loading.” I’ve already tried using different browsers, clearing the cach...

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I’m using the Spotify Player app on a Wix website, but when I open the app settings to connect a playlist or an album, the app fails to load and shows the error message “App not loading.” I’ve alread...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify for developers dashboard login not working

I am trying to login to spotify for developers https://developer.spotify.com but after I click on log in in the top right or "log in and run code" and log in either using facebook, google, or a direct account (I tried all 3) the page just reloads and...

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I am trying to login to spotify for developers https://developer.spotify.com but after I click on log in in the top right or "log in and run code" and log in either using facebook, google, ...

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I cant accept Developer TOS

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI get "an Error occurred" when i click on accept. I browsed trough the console and there are a few error logs: Request URL https://developer.spotify.com/api/s4d/v1/...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Computer Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I get "an Error occurred" when i click on accept. I browsed trough the console and there...

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Unable to accept Spotify Developer Terms error 400 401

Hi,I’m trying to enable Spotify Developer access on my existing Spotify account, but I’m unable to accept the Spotify Developer Terms.When I check the box and click “Accept the terms”, the page shows “An error occurred” and nothing happens.I opened t...

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Hi, I’m trying to enable Spotify Developer access on my existing Spotify account, but I’m unable to accept the Spotify Developer Terms. When I check the box and click “Accept the terms”, the page s...

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Spotify Developer Terms of Service

I'm trying to access to the dashboard in order to register an app, but when I accept the Spotify Developer Terms of Service a red banner appears saying "An error has occurred". Anyone else with this problem? How did you solve it?

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I'm trying to access to the dashboard in order to register an app, but when I accept the Spotify Developer Terms of Service a red banner appears saying "An error has occurred". Anyone else with ...

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Can't Accept Developer TOS

Can't accept the developer ToS, payload is:{value: 10}and response is:{"message":"Expected a value.","code":3,"details":[]} Tried different browsers and clearing cookies.

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Can't accept the developer ToS, payload is: {value: 10} and response is: {"message":"Expected a value.","code":3,"details":[]}   Tried different browsers and clearing cookies.

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Use webview to play spotify

My ios app use webview to play spotify music.Is it legal to spotify service

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My ios app use webview to play spotify music. Is it legal to spotify service

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Longest UPDATE in History?

Can we hurry up and update the spotify for dev dashboard? I've been waiting for over a week.. Some people need this

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Can we hurry up and update the spotify for dev dashboard? I've been waiting for over a week.. Some people need this

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Web API: audiobooks getting returned alongside shows?

Hullo - If I add an audiobook to my library I see reference to it returned by both the 'get my saved audiobooks' endpoint ( GET /me/audiobooks ) AND by the 'get my saved shows' endpoint ( GET /me/shows ). Is this expected / known? So that I don't sho...

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Hullo - If I add an audiobook to my library I see reference to it returned by both the 'get my saved audiobooks' endpoint ( GET /me/audiobooks ) AND by the 'get my saved shows' endpoint ( GET /me/sho...

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Policy clarification: Is gating content behind "Top Artists" verification allowed?

Hi everyone,I'm building a website for an artist and want to clarify whether a specific use case violates the Developer Policy before I invest time building it.Idea:Fans connect their Spotify account via OAuthThe site uses the /v1/me/top/artists endp...

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Hi everyone, I'm building a website for an artist and want to clarify whether a specific use case violates the Developer Policy before I invest time building it. Idea: Fans connect their Spot...

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App Development on Hold

CountryUnited StatesDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen will app development be off hold again? I've been waiting for a while now to make a Spotify media player with my Raspberry Pi and I haven't been able to due to th...

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Country United States Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue When will app development be off hold again? I've been waiting for a while now to make a Spotif...

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Use Spotify for an android app of one artist

Hello,I have to develop an application for an artist. How can I diffuse his music directly in the app using Spotify repository ? How can I do it wihtout using my personnal premium account ? Are there limitations ?Thanks by advance for your help.

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Hello, I have to develop an application for an artist. How can I diffuse his music directly in the app using Spotify repository ? How can I do it wihtout using my personnal premium account ? Are the...

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Spotify Web API playlist endpoints return fewer items than tracks.total with no unavailable placehol

I am seeing consistent and reproducible behaviour across multiple playlists where the Spotify Web API does not return all playlist items, even though all tracks are playable in the Spotify client. Observed behaviourGET /playlists/{playlist_id} report...

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I am seeing consistent and reproducible behaviour across multiple playlists where the Spotify Web API does not return all playlist items, even though all tracks are playable in the Spotify client. &...

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I got banned for no reason

I have had an app in developer mode and was working on it. I didn't even create more than 1 user so I was surprised when I got randomly banned few days ago. There isn't any clarification as to why I got banned nor any way to appeal. Spotify support t...

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I have had an app in developer mode and was working on it. I didn't even create more than 1 user so I was surprised when I got randomly banned few days ago. There isn't any clarification as to why I ...

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Get Playlist Items endpoint losing results

To the Spotify team, We noticed this morning that Get Playlist Items endpoint stopped returning results for the second half of the playlists, effectively making us lose half of the tracks from the API endpoint. For example, for a playlist with 1535 s...

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To the Spotify team,   We noticed this morning that Get Playlist Items endpoint stopped returning results for the second half of the playlists, effectively making us lose half of the tracks fr...

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The review is taking longer than expected - takes forever

It's been 2 months and 18 days since I submitted my extension request and no there's no update.. In the dashboard I get the message:"The review is taking longer than expectedWe are currently assessing your use case together with other involved depart...

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It's been 2 months and 18 days since I submitted my extension request and no there's no update..  In the dashboard I get the message: "The review is taking longer than expected We are current...

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Consistent 200 on GET /playlists/{playlist_id}, consistent 404 on the 'next' URL

Plan: PremiumCountry: CanadaDevice: Web API callsIssue: I think what I'm encountering is somewhat similar to two issues opened back in March 2022 (here, here), but thought I'd ask in case somebody has an idea / maybe I'm doing things wrong. The behav...

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Plan: Premium Country: Canada Device: Web API calls Issue: I think what I'm encountering is somewhat similar to two issues opened back in March 2022 (here, here), but thought I...

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