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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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Product Suggestion; Shower mode. Say you're in the shower and you are listening to music but can't get out of the shower to change the song. You can put Spotify in shower mode and set up a 'safe word' that when you say it from the shower, it skips th...

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Product Suggestion;   Shower mode.   Say you're in the shower and you are listening to music but can't get out of the shower to change the song. You can put Spotify in shower mode and s...

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API discovery and open Spotify Connect devices

I'm having some problems with the `/me/player/devices` API method. It doesn't appear to show any of the devices that are "open" (i.e. not me logged in on a desktop app or phone app). The Web player appears to have the same issue, but if I click the d...

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I'm having some problems with the `/me/player/devices` API method. It doesn't appear to show any of the devices that are "open" (i.e. not me logged in on a desktop app or phone app). The Web player a...

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kali linux requests libav since it is used by spotify but libva is no longer supported and is not up

kali linux requests libav since it is used by spotify but libva is no longer supported and is not updated and I want to install spotify and libav does not work for me in kali'what I do? PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iKali Linux)Operating System(Debi...

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kali linux requests libav since it is used by spotify but libva is no longer supported and is not updated and I want to install spotify and libav does not work for me in kali 'what I do?   Pl...

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What's the amount of requests I can make?

PlanPremiumCountryBrazil Device(Macbook Air)Operating System(iOS 12) My Question or IssueHey guys, I'm Victor.I'm doing an MBA in Data Science and I have a project to design a music recommendation model. I was going to use your API to create a big da...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil   Device (Macbook Air) Operating System (iOS 12)   My Question or Issue Hey guys, I'm Victor. I'm doing an MBA in Data Science and I have a project...

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Show the profiles who liked my playlist

My Question or Issue is that please lest the users come to know that who has liked/followed a playlist.

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My Question or Issue is that please lest the users come to know that who has liked/followed a playlist.  

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Embed music with IRAN IPs

Hi, I am an Iranian developer and I'm trying to use Spotify's embed music on my website, as you know Spotify is unavailable for us and people in Iran use VPN to access and use Spotify services. However, I thought it might be possible to use Spotify's...

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Hi, I am an Iranian developer and I'm trying to use Spotify's embed music on my website, as you know Spotify is unavailable for us and people in Iran use VPN to access and use Spotify services. Howev...

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Inconsistent behaviour of /me/player/queue endpoint

I've been trying to display a list of upcoming songs from the queue in my app and I noticed that whenever Spotify player is shuffling the endpoint returns up to 20 songs, however when shuffle is disabled only 2 songs are coming from the endpoint. Ple...

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I've been trying to display a list of upcoming songs from the queue in my app and I noticed that whenever Spotify player is shuffling the endpoint returns up to 20 songs, however when shuffle is disa...

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Find Specific Feedback on Quota Extension Request

Hello! I'm a developer out of Austin, Texas and over the last two years I've been building out a full-stack web application that integrates with Spotify's API and Web Playback SDK that I'm just launching. Now that I'm working on onboarding new users,...

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Hello! I'm a developer out of Austin, Texas and over the last two years I've been building out a full-stack web application that integrates with Spotify's API and Web Playback SDK that I'm just launc...

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EMERGENCY: Request for Extension Quota IN-REVIEW for the past 6 weeks

We are getting ready to officially launch our app. We've submitted a request for quota extension and it's been in-review for more than 6 weeks. I've been trying to find someone to talk to and solve this fast and there is no one to be found. This has ...

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We are getting ready to officially launch our app. We've submitted a request for quota extension and it's been in-review for more than 6 weeks. I've been trying to find someone to talk to and solve t...

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How could I display my personnal spotify stats on a web device ?

PlanPremiumCountryFrance DeviceWeb app My Question or IssueHello, I am trying to understand the spotify api but I'm still having trouble at the moment.What I want to do is integrate this api to be able to display my most listened sounds and my recent...

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Plan Premium Country France   Device Web app   My Question or Issue Hello, I am trying to understand the spotify api but I'm still having trouble at the moment. What I want to do ...

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Full song cannot be played

I want to play full song in the iOS app I am developing. Now I can play only 30 seconds song using Spotify API. How can I play the full song? Do I get another URL for playing full song?

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I want to play full song in the iOS app I am developing. Now I can play only 30 seconds song using Spotify API.  How can I play the full song? Do I get another URL for playing full song?

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Missing Followers Object within Get Users Playlists API: /v1/me/playlists?

According to the documentation, /v1/me/playlists is supposed to include a Followers object within the Owners object. This is missing for me. Does anyone know what's the case here? Outdated documentation?I'm aware of workarounds, but thought I'd highl...

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According to the documentation, /v1/me/playlists is supposed to include a Followers object within the Owners object. This is missing for me. Does anyone know what's the case here? Outdated docume...

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Streaming own playlist through Spotify API

My Question or IssueHello, I have a question regarding Spotify authentication. I am trying to build a React player that would stream playlists, premade by me. Therefore, the authentication would have to happen with my own account, instead of making u...

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My Question or Issue Hello, I have a question regarding Spotify authentication. I am trying to build a React player that would stream playlists, premade by me. Therefore, the authentication would ha...

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Quota Extention Request not Allowing Attachments

Hello, I submitted a quota extension request and it's now allowing me to attached the demo file or an API Use and Flow document. I also sent an email to **bleep** with the attachments just to be sure they get included in the final review. Is there an...

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Hello, I submitted a quota extension request and it's now allowing me to attached the demo file or an API Use and Flow document. I also sent an email to **bleep** with the attachments just to be sure...

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Search up lyrics to find a song

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue or suggestionMy suggestion is that where the search bar is, there should be a way to search ...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue or sugge...

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Spotify iOS Authentication with installed Spotify App

Hi,I have an iOS app that integrates with the Spotify API, and currently, users log in via Safari with their username and password through the Spotify Auth flow. One of the biggest pain points for my users is the login flow--they don't remember their...

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Hi, I have an iOS app that integrates with the Spotify API, and currently, users log in via Safari with their username and password through the Spotify Auth flow.   One of the biggest pain po...

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Design Guidelines Clarification for Authentication

In the Design / Branding guide, I do not see anything about authentication. Is a simple button that says "Connect to Spotify" fine? The suggested text for linking of "OPEN SPOTIFY" or "PLAY ON SPOTIFY" etc. don't seem to fit this case, and if using t...

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In the Design / Branding guide, I do not see anything about authentication. Is a simple button that says "Connect to Spotify" fine? The suggested text for linking of "OPEN SPOTIFY" or "PLAY ON SPOTIF...

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Design Guidelines Clarification for Attribution / Linking

I have been reading through the Design Guidelines before submitting my app for a quota extension. My app has a playing view which I would like to make sure is compliant with Spotify's standards.Under "Attribution," the attribution.svg graphic shows p...

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I have been reading through the Design Guidelines before submitting my app for a quota extension. My app has a playing view which I would like to make sure is compliant with Spotify's standards. U...

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Wrong link in documentation

My Question or IssueOn the Authorization Scopes | Spotify for Developers page, under the section titled "user-read-recently-played", the link titled "Get Current User's Recently Played Tracks" directs to the API reference for "Get Currently Playing T...

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My Question or Issue On the Authorization Scopes | Spotify for Developers page, under the section titled "user-read-recently-played", the link titled "Get Current User's Recently Played Tr...

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Add Tracks to Playlist issue (ordering is incorrect)

I am working on an application where I need the ordering of the tracks to be in the same order listed in the request body. Spotify documentation promises this: The position to insert the items, a zero-based index. For example, to insert the items in ...

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I am working on an application where I need the ordering of the tracks to be in the same order listed in the request body. Spotify documentation promises this:   The position to insert the ite...

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Add Music Into Playlist
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