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Refresh token expiration: discussion thread

Hey everyone, I've created this thread to provide more insight on an upcoming change to how refresh tokens work for apps on the Spotify Web API. We've shared a blog post that explains what's changing and why. The short version: refresh tokens will no...

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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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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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cant make app
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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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i can't create app in https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard

Hi Spotify Developer Team,I’m building a small personal Discord bot called “Nerd” for learning and community use.The bot uses the Spotify Web API only to fetch public metadata such as track names,artists, albums, and preview URLs. No audio streaming,...

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Hi Spotify Developer Team, I’m building a small personal Discord bot called “Nerd” for learning and community use. The bot uses the Spotify Web API only to fetch public metadata such as track names...

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Solved!! [Web API] Creating Playlist as Public

I'm currently working with the Spotify Web API, using the Create Playlist endpoint. One of the properties in the body is the "public" property, It's a boolean. I've used curl to hit the Spotify endpoint directly, I've also used the Spotify Developers...

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I'm currently working with the Spotify Web API, using the Create Playlist endpoint. One of the properties in the body is the "public" property, It's a boolean. I've used curl to hit the Spotify endpo...

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25 person 0auth limit(not using app store or google store)

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI am developing an application called pulse, it creates playlists based off of heart rate, I ...

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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 I am de...

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Redirect URI issues

Is anyone else have issues with redirect URIs showing INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid redirect URI no matter what you choose as the redirect URI? I've used 5-6 different URIs and validated they match exactly in the app that I had saved and every login is met...

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Is anyone else have issues with redirect URIs showing  INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid redirect URI  no matter what you choose as the redirect URI? I've used 5-6 different URIs and validated they...

Ximzend

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Request production access for Spotify OAuth app

Hello Spotify Developer Team,I am requesting production access for my Spotify Web API application.The app uses Spotify OAuth only after manual approval of users inside the platform.Spotify OAuth is NOT used for account creation.Unapproved users canno...

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Hello Spotify Developer Team, I am requesting production access for my Spotify Web API application. The app uses Spotify OAuth only after manual approval of users inside the platform. Spotify OAut...

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Superuser Contribution How can I get access to Made for You playlist by Web-API?

How can I get access to Made for You playlist by Web-API?I can’t find any APIs that could access to my Discovery Weekly, Daily Mix, Daily Wellness or Release Radar. Thanks for reply.

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How can I get access to Made for You playlist by Web-API? I can’t find any APIs that could access to my Discovery Weekly, Daily Mix, Daily Wellness or Release Radar.   Thanks for reply.

dersimn

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WHAT IS GOING ON???

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI'm sure this is either going to get disappeared or get another canned nothing-burger response - ...

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Plan Premium Country US Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I'm sure this is...

muitomaluco

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Getting error 429 only when requesting audio features from a track

I'm basically working with the API for a data mining university project.I'm getting error 429 on a piece of code that extracts the audio features from some tracks. Can't perform a single request, the first one gets automatically blocked.The thing is ...

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I'm basically working with the API for a data mining university project. I'm getting error 429 on a piece of code that extracts the audio features from some tracks. Can't perform a single request, t...

l1ke_a_l1ght

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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(Mac M4 2025)Operating System(Mac os) My Question or IssueI’m using the Spotify Web API in my app. Everything was working perfectly yesterday, no code changes were made. Suddenly I started getting 429 Too Many Requests r...

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  Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (Mac M4 2025) Operating System (Mac os)   My Question or Issue I’m using the Spotify Web API in my app. Everything was working perfectly...

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Unableto embed

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceLenovo LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI want to add my public Spotify playlist to a Notion page as an embed. I copied the embed link from both the app and the website but it is not embedding there. I...

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Plan Premium Country India Device Lenovo Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I want to add my public Spotify playlist to a Notion page as an embed. I copied the e...

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Realtime Tracking Use Case Question

Hi there, I've been building an app to make using a treadmill/stairmaster more fun by looking at what song a user is listening to and recommending speeds/machine settings in order to sync to the beat better. After building the application and shippin...

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Hi there,   I've been building an app to make using a treadmill/stairmaster more fun by looking at what song a user is listening to and recommending speeds/machine settings in order to sync to...

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Number of Users for my app

i want to process 20 users in my app mood_dj, it's an agent that let suers brainstomr, quoe songs, play something, search, create playlists. i am now limited by 5 users a day, can I increase it to 25 please. this is my app: https://spotify-assistant....

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i want to process 20 users in my app mood_dj, it's an agent that let suers brainstomr, quoe songs, play something, search, create playlists. i am now limited by 5 users a day, can I increase it to 25...

tanisharaveti

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Scope extension waiting times

I have submitted a request for scope extension on November 10th, 2025 following a quota extension. All is just hanging up in the air until I hear back and I just want to have an update, any kind of marker that signals that my request is being looked ...

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I have submitted a request for scope extension on November 10th, 2025 following a quota extension. All is just hanging up in the air until I hear back and I just want to have an update, any kind of m...

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