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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 How to Transition from Development to Production for Commercial Use – Extended Quota Option Missing?

There seems to be no option anymore to request extended quota mode. If you have an app in development mode and controlling 25 users that can use it, how are you meant to deploy for commercial use and reach 250K MAUs and then be eligible for an extend...

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There seems to be no option anymore to request extended quota mode. If you have an app in development mode and controlling 25 users that can use it, how are you meant to deploy for commercial use and...

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Solved!! INVALID_CLIENT: Insecure redirect URI, using custom URI

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceSamsung S20 FEOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHello everyone, I am new to the spotify API and I am trying to complete the Oauth authorization flow for my android application. After my app redirects me to the spot...

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Plan Premium Country US Device Samsung S20 FE Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Hello everyone,   I am new to the spotify API and I am trying to complete the O...

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Unable to Create New App – "Something went wrong" Error for 2 Days

Hi, For the past two days, I’ve been unable to create a new app in the Spotify Developer Dashboard.Every time I try, I receive the following error message: "Something went wrong, we were not able to create your app. Please try again later."I’ve tried...

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Hi, For the past two days, I’ve been unable to create a new app in the Spotify Developer Dashboard. Every time I try, I receive the following error message: "Something went wrong, we were not able...

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Implementation of favourite songs to the artist page inside the Tesla Music Player

Implementation of "Liked Songs" to the artist page inside the Tesla Music PlayerPlanFree/PremiumCountryWorldwideDeviceTesla Spotify Music PlayerOperating SystemTesla Music Player My Question or IssueHi, I got short recommendation about the artist pag...

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Implementation of "Liked Songs" to the artist page inside the Tesla Music Player Plan Free/Premium Country Worldwide Device Tesla Spotify Music Player Operating System Tesla Music Player &nb...

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SPOTİFY DİNLEME İSTATİSTİKLERİNE GÖRE YENİ BADGE ÖNERİSİ

Merhaba Spotify Ekibi,Uzun yıllardır aktif olarak Spotify kullanan bir dinleyiciyim. 2025 yılı için toplam dinlenme süresi 155.000 dakikayı buldu ve son yıllarda da benzer şekilde yüksek dinleme istatistiklerine sahibim. Bu yoğun kullanımın platform ...

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Merhaba Spotify Ekibi, Uzun yıllardır aktif olarak Spotify kullanan bir dinleyiciyim. 2025 yılı için toplam dinlenme süresi 155.000 dakikayı buldu ve son yıllarda da benzer şekilde yüksek dinleme is...

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What's the rules to increase the growth in social media career

If I create a firebase with console via Google developer web & start a campaign with my plylist to by secret API is it league if not what to do for leagul of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for u...

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If I create a firebase with console via Google developer web & start a campaign with my plylist to by secret API is it league if not what to do for leagul of the below information is required. Ho...

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quota extension

Hey, so how could i get a quota extension on my app. since my app is stuck on "Development mode" please help me.

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Hey, so how could i get a quota extension on my app. since my app is stuck on "Development mode" please help me.

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API to fetch Podcast Stats

My team and I are developing an analytics platform for digital creators and Spotify podcast analytics is one of the features we'd like to have.Specifically, I would like an API endpoint to fetch metadata on the performance of uploaded podcasts by a u...

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My team and I are developing an analytics platform for digital creators and Spotify podcast analytics is one of the features we'd like to have. Specifically, I would like an API endpoint to fetch me...

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Smart Shuffle API Toggle

It's great that we have Web API support for seeing if 'smart_shuffle' is enabled through Get Playback State (even though documentation is out of date and doesn't actually show it as a field that's returned). However, we should be able to turn on and ...

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It's great that we have Web API support for seeing if 'smart_shuffle' is enabled through Get Playback State (even though documentation is out of date and doesn't actually show it as a field...

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Provide Radio Playlist ID

On the desktop app, when I click radio on a track, it brings me to a playlist with a unique ID for that tracks radio/suggested tracks. We can play that playlist via the play context api, however there's no way to retrieve that ID.Would Spotify consid...

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On the desktop app, when I click radio on a track, it brings me to a playlist with a unique ID for that tracks radio/suggested tracks. We can play that playlist via the play context api, however ther...

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Expose Radio playlist ID for tracks
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Solved!! Which Spotify Connect service to use?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)My Question or IssueHello. We are a Chinese company that makes AI Robot dolls. We use an app to interact with our ...

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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 Hello. We are a...

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how to transfer developer account access to another account?

how to transfer developer account access to another account?i sold the app, so i need to transfer admin access to the developer account

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how to transfer developer account access to another account? i sold the app, so i need to transfer admin access to the developer account  

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Solved!! Transferring Spotify app to another account

Hello, We'd like to transfer our Spotify applications to another account, could you please guide us on how to do so? Thanks, Lucas

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Hello,   We'd like to transfer our Spotify applications to another account, could you please guide us on how to do so?   Thanks,   Lucas

Ximzend

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Extended Quota Access for Time-Limited Nordic Campaign

PlanPremiumCountrySweden My Question or IssueHi Spotify Developer Team,I represent a communications agency that is developing a campaign for an international company primarily operating in the Nordic region. The campaign is built around a competition...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden   My Question or Issue Hi Spotify Developer Team, I represent a communications agency that is developing a campaign for an international company primarily op...

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Academic project - API rate limit

Hi, I’m a CS student working on an academic project using the Spotify Web API.Is there an official way to request academic access or higher rate limits for research purposes?

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Hi, I’m a CS student working on an academic project using the Spotify Web API. Is there an official way to request academic access or higher rate limits for research purposes?

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It’s Impossible for Indie Developers to Leave Development Mode — Catch-22 in Spotify’s Requirements

Hi Spotify Developer Team, I’m the developer of Mixport, a music-migration app that helps users move playlists between services (Spotify → Apple Music, etc.). I’m trying to move my Spotify app out of Development Mode, but the current requirements app...

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Hi Spotify Developer Team,   I’m the developer of Mixport, a music-migration app that helps users move playlists between services (Spotify → Apple Music, etc.). I’m trying to move my Spotify a...

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Access token returning as null on Android SKD

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceAndroid Devices Operating SystemN/A My Question or IssueUsing Spotify SDK 2.1.2 for login and sign up by getting a user token.In the last few days we have been starting to get 'null' value on the accessToken (which is no...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Android Devices   Operating System N/A   My Question or Issue Using Spotify SDK 2.1.2 for login and sign up by getting a user token. In t...

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WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO CHANGE EVERY WEEK

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 This entire platform has gone off the rails. We dont NEED NEW FEATURES every week who are th...

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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   ...

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Superuser Contribution Getting credits on a track

It would be great if we could get songwriter and producer credits through the API. Somebody on the GitHub issue repo asked two years ago, and nothing has come out of it

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It would be great if we could get songwriter and producer credits through the API.   Somebody on the GitHub issue repo asked two years ago, and nothing has come out of it 😕

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What is the extent for the API usage?

I am curious with Spotify API usage. The terms of conditions state that it should be used in a non-commercializing way. Then does it mean that the whole app cannot earn any money or the functionality itself? In another words, I was wondering if it wo...

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I am curious with Spotify API usage.   The terms of conditions state that it should be used in a non-commercializing way. Then does it mean that the whole app cannot earn any money or the...

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