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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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Requesting Guidance on New Spotify Quota Requirements for Early-Stage Products

Hello Spotify Team and Community,I’m the founder of an early-stage product currently in the final phase of development, built around enhancing how users interact with and experience music in a unique, meaningful way.We’re preparing for launch soon, a...

Casual Listener

Hello Spotify Team and Community, I’m the founder of an early-stage product currently in the final phase of development, built around enhancing how users interact with and experience music in a uniq...

ruvimediallp

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Web API
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custom Theme

hi spotifyI just want to know if it might be possible to create a custom Theme store where you can maybe download some different Themes from it, for example a transparent theme or a galaxy theme on your computer.or make it so that the users themselve...

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hi spotify I just want to know if it might be possible to create a custom Theme store where you can maybe download some different Themes from it, for example a transparent theme or a galaxy theme on...

afonts

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Feature Request
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Comprehensive Interaction Dashboards: Managing Rewards, Analytics, and E-commerce🅟🅙🅜🅐 🅓🅔🅥

The Concept: To introduce specialized, interactive Dashboards for both users and creators. As Spotify evolves into a marketplace and a live interaction hub, users need a centralized "Control Center" to manage their digital assets, earnings, and parti...

Music Fan

The Concept: To introduce specialized, interactive Dashboards for both users and creators. As Spotify evolves into a marketplace and a live interaction hub, users need a centralized "Control Center" ...

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Spotify Live Hub: Global Concert Gateway, Interactive Contests & Artist Incubator 🅟🅙🅜🅐 🅓🅔🅥

Concept: Transform Spotify into the world’s largest Live Interactive Stage. This feature would integrate live broadcasting with a gamified monetization system, connecting global superstars and emerging bands directly with their fanbase through high-s...

Music Fan

Concept: Transform Spotify into the world’s largest Live Interactive Stage. This feature would integrate live broadcasting with a gamified monetization system, connecting global superstars ...

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Real-time Voice & Text Translator for Social Listening and Podcasts 🅟🅙🅜🅐 🅓🅔🅥🅔🅛🅞🅟🅔🅡🌎

The Problem: Spotify is a global platform, but our communities are often siloed by language. When a creator hosts a "Jam" or a "Live Session," or when a podcast is released in a foreign language, millions of potential listeners are left out because t...

Music Fan

The Problem: Spotify is a global platform, but our communities are often siloed by language. When a creator hosts a "Jam" or a "Live Session," or when a podcast is released in a foreign language...

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Feature Request: Advanced Listening History & Detailed Data Export in Spotify

Hello,I’d like to suggest a feature that lets Spotify users view their listening history in detail and export it for personal use. PROPOSED FEATURE SCOPEUsers should be able to see the following inside the app and export it as a file:Date & time (exa...

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Hello, I’d like to suggest a feature that lets Spotify users view their listening history in detail and export it for personal use.   PROPOSED FEATURE SCOPE Users should be able to see the f...

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PersonalStatistics
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TE EXTRAÑO VIRTUAL DJ DE LOS 90 :´(

QUIERO SER MI PROPIO DJ PARA CREAR MUSICA A TRAVES DE LA MUSICA YA CREADA PERO CON SPOTIFY... UNA ESPECIE DE "VIRTUAL DJ" DE LOS 90 PERO CON LA MUSICA ACTUALIZADA. (QUIERO MIS CREDITOS SI ESTO LLEGA A SER PARTE DE SPOTIFY)

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QUIERO SER MI PROPIO DJ PARA CREAR MUSICA A TRAVES DE LA MUSICA YA CREADA PERO CON SPOTIFY... UNA ESPECIE DE "VIRTUAL DJ" DE LOS 90 PERO CON LA MUSICA ACTUALIZADA. (QUIERO MIS CREDITOS SI ESTO LLEGA ...

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Feature Request
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Request for Guidance on Approved Audio Access for Limited Research / Evaluation

Hi Spotify Developer Team,I’m building a Spotify-integrated music experience using the Spotify Web API for playback, metadata, and user interaction signals. At this stage, the project is in a research and evaluation phase, focused on understanding wh...

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Hi Spotify Developer Team, I’m building a Spotify-integrated music experience using the Spotify Web API for playback, metadata, and user interaction signals. At this stage, the project is in a resea...

ompatil292016

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Feature Request
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Previews not working

My Question or IssueI’m observing widespread cases where the Spotify Web API returns preview_url = null for a large portion of tracks, including many that would typically be considered popular or mainstream. This behavior is especially pronounced whe...

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  My Question or Issue I’m observing widespread cases where the Spotify Web API returns preview_url = null for a large portion of tracks, including many that would typically be considered popu...

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Possible Bug
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Solved!! Discover Weekly Playlist Missing

Hello, A year or two ago I developed a simple script for my account to connect to the API, use the playlists endpoint to find my Discover Weekly playlist, and then record the tracks within my app. However, it now seems that the Discover Weekly playli...

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Hello,   A year or two ago I developed a simple script for my account to connect to the API, use the playlists endpoint to find my Discover Weekly playlist, and then record the tracks within m...

mci

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify API: retrieve Discover Weekly and Release Radar playlists

PlanFree/PremiumCountryCADeviceWindows Desktop Computer My Question or IssueHi,I'm using the Spotify developer web API, but I'm unable to find a way to retrieve the discover weekly and release radar playlists. I've tried using the console to "get cur...

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Plan Free/Premium Country CA Device Windows Desktop Computer   My Question or Issue Hi, I'm using the Spotify developer web API, but I'm unable to find a way to retrieve the discover ...

mci

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Solved!! The playlist 'Discover Weekly' is no longer being recognized as a user playlist.

PlanFreeCountryDEDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen I retrieve the current user's playlists via the access point 'me/playlists', 'Discover Weekly' was previously included in the returned list. However, this playlist has been ...

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  Plan Free Country DE Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue When I retrieve the current user's playlists via the access point 'me/playlists', 'Discover We...

mci

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Cant delete apps

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSADevice(iPhone 17 Pro MaxOperating System(iOS 26 Windows 11 My Question or IssueCant delete disabled blocked apps., Please help me delete them Dashboard | Spotify for Developers

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  Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device (iPhone 17 Pro Max Operating System (iOS 26 Windows 11   My Question or Issue Cant delete disabled blocked apps., Please help me delete the...

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Spotify auto connection with Tesla

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueSpotify automatically connects with Tesla music player , while I am using headphones or liste...

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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 Spotify...

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Clarification on Production Standard Access

Hi everyone,I’m part of a small startup team building a consumer-facing music insights app that uses Spotify OAuth and standard Web API scopes (e.g. top artists, top tracks, recently played).We’re currently in Development mode (25 users) and would li...

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Hi everyone, I’m part of a small startup team building a consumer-facing music insights app that uses Spotify OAuth and standard Web API scopes (e.g. top artists, top tracks, recently played). We’r...

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clarification
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Insecure redirect URI should be secure according to docs

Hi,I am trying to register a loopback URI, but it doesn´t work. I´m using dynamic port assignment. The documentation says, https should be used, except for loopback URIs, which can use http:"If you are using a loopback address, use the explicit IPv4 ...

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Hi, I am trying to register a loopback URI, but it doesn´t work. I´m using dynamic port assignment. The documentation says, https should be used, except for loopback URIs, which can use http: "If y...

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Solved!! Web Playback SDK not working with Spotify Lite / Premium Mini despite product=premium

PlanPremiumCountry: IndiaI’m trying to integrate Spotify playback in my application using the Spotify Web API and the Web Playback SDK, but I’m running into an issue with certain accounts.What’s happeningI connected a Spotify Lite account to my app a...

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Plan Premium Country: India I’m trying to integrate Spotify playback in my application using the Spotify Web API and the Web Playback SDK, but I’m running into an issue with certain accounts. Wha...

Ximzend

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Superuser Contribution Access to websockets

Hi, I'm re-opening an issue that has been closed (#817), ignored (#1330, #538), or locked (#492) time and again. While I'm very thankful for the APIs Spotify provides developers, the lack of transparency/availability regarding the WebSocket APIs is m...

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Hi, I'm re-opening an issue that has been closed (#817), ignored (#1330, #538), or locked (#492) time and again.   While I'm very thankful for the APIs Spotify provides developers, the la...

musicisair

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Canvas API

Is there a way i can have acces to an API or additional endpoint on the existing Spotify API that provides a URL to a tracks given canvas in an mp4 format so i can use it on my app?

Casual Listener

Is there a way i can have acces to an API or additional endpoint on the existing Spotify API that provides a URL to a tracks given canvas in an mp4 format so i can use it on my app?    &n...

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Feature Request
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Enhancing the Spotify track tags with my own tags

Hi everyone, I want to build an app which can recommend Spotify tracks based on the user's own library of music (could be a user's collection of .mp3). For this, I want to enhace the default tags for Spotify tracks with my own self-crafted tags (say,...

Newbie

Hi everyone,   I want to build an app which can recommend Spotify tracks based on the user's own library of music (could be a user's collection of .mp3). For this, I want to enhace the default...

alexkepekci

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"Download song using API"
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