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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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Create a Mix playlist via API call

PlanFree/Premium My Question or Issue Trying to figure out how to call the API to create a playlist that is a Mix style playlist initially. The new feature which sorts songs into BPM to blend in one another when transitioning. Is it added as a featur...

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  Plan Free/Premium   My Question or Issue   Trying to figure out how to call the API to create a playlist that is a Mix style playlist initially. The new feature which sorts son...

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Solved!! Help with App Store Review

PlanPremiumCountryUSMy Question or IssueHiiii, I'm running into an issue with Apple's App Store review.Apple is flagging album cover art in my app screenshots and asking for written proof that I'm allowed to display it. The art isn't stored in my app...

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Plan Premium Country US My Question or Issue Hiiii, I'm running into an issue with Apple's App Store review. Apple is flagging album cover art in my app screenshots and asking for written ...

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Cant get to my dashboard.

have tried for 2h now to get to my dashboard but the page keeps loading and then I get this message: Something went wrong, we could not load this dashboard page. Try again later. Please help! // alex

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have tried for 2h now to get to my dashboard but the page keeps loading and then I get this message:  Something went wrong, we could not load this dashboard page. Try again later.   Plea...

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We were not able to load your account information. Please refresh the page and try again.

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI a m trying to create an app on https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/createThe form shows, but after x seconds the form disappears and i get this error: We w...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Desktop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I a m trying to create an app on https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/create ...

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Write API (playlist tracks + user library) returning 403 for all users in Development Mode

Hi,I'm building a social music app called Drop — small friend groups share songs during sessions to a specific prompt, and users can save songs they discover. I want to sync those saved songs to Spotify (either a custom playlist or Liked Songs).The p...

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Hi, I'm building a social music app called Drop — small friend groups share songs during sessions to a specific prompt, and users can save songs they discover. I want to sync those saved s...

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Superuser Contribution Request for Temporary Access to Deprecated APIs for Academic Research

Hello Spotify Developer Team,I hope you’re doing well. I’m currently working on my Dissertation Thesis, which involves building a non‑commercial application focused on music theory analysis. As part of my research, I need access to two deprecated Spo...

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Hello Spotify Developer Team, I hope you’re doing well. I’m currently working on my Dissertation Thesis, which involves building a non‑commercial application focused on music theory analysis. As par...

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Why is the automatic addition of songs via the API being rolled back?

PlanPremium CountryPoland Operating SystemUbuntu 26.04My Question or IssueHey. I’ve been vibe coded an app that automatically adds songs to playlists based on what I have on Last.fm (link to github app is not allowed - Damn - user: Draqun repo: chopi...

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Plan Premium   Country Poland   Operating System Ubuntu 26.04 My Question or Issue Hey. I’ve been vibe coded an app that automatically adds songs to playlists based on what I hav...

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Very long Retry-After values on Web API 429

PlanNot applicable - Spotify Web API developer appFree/PremiumNot applicableCountrySouth KoreaDeviceServer-side app on Google Cloud RunOperating SystemNode.js on Google Cloud RunMy Question or IssueHello,I’m developing a music web service using the S...

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Plan Not applicable - Spotify Web API developer app Free/Premium Not applicable Country South Korea Device Server-side app on Google Cloud Run Operating System Node.js on Google Cloud Run M...

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Loss of access to audio features endpoint – personal app "shazam-clean

PlanPremiumCountryFrance My Question or IssueHi Spotify Developer Support,I hope you're doing well. I'm reaching out because I've lost access to the audio_features endpoint on my personal app, and I'm not sure what triggered it.A bit of context: I bu...

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Plan Premium Country France     My Question or Issue Hi Spotify Developer Support, I hope you're doing well. I'm reaching out because I've lost access to the audio_features&n...

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Request - Get Song Credits through API

It would be really helpful to include a new API endpoint to get song credits. Currently you can only retrieve the listed performers, but this doesn't include writers/producers/engineers.

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It would be really helpful to include a new API endpoint to get song credits. Currently you can only retrieve the listed performers, but this doesn't include writers/producers/engineers. 

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How can a small indie Spotify app test with more than 5 users?

Hi everyone, I’m building a small indie Spotify web app where users connect Spotify, load their playlists, and play a music guessing game based on their playlist tracks. The app works fine for allowlisted users, but I just realized Development Mode i...

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Hi everyone,   I’m building a small indie Spotify web app where users connect Spotify, load their playlists, and play a music guessing game based on their playlist tracks.   The app wor...

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IFrame API truncates milliseconds when using seek()

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice2023 Macbook ProOperating SystemMacOS 26.3.1 My Question or Issue We use the Spotify Embed to play podcasts alongside synchronized, timestamped transcripts. Our sync data has millisecond precision (e.g., a lyric l...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device 2023 Macbook Pro Operating System MacOS 26.3.1   My Question or Issue   We use the Spotify Embed to play podcasts alongside synchronized...

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Superuser Contribution Failed audio_features

PlanPremiumCountrySpain DeviceWindows computerOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueAll calls to GET /v1/audio-features return 403 Forbidden even with valid Authorization Code Flow tokens.

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Plan Premium Country Spain   Device Windows computer Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue All calls to GET /v1/audio-features return 403 Forbidden even with valid A...

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Spotify iframe API play()/resume() starts preview playback while iframe controls allow full playback

I am seeing different behavior between playback started through the Spotify iframe API and playback started through the embedded player’s own controls. Environment:- Spotify Premium account- Logged into Spotify in the same browser- Desktop browser- S...

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I am seeing different behavior between playback started through the Spotify iframe API and playback started through the embedded player’s own controls.   Environment: - Spotify Premium accoun...

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How to access podcast ratings through API?

How do we access a podcast's ratings spread through the API? Not just the total number of ratings and the average of them all, but the full spread, like in an array that shows how many 1-star, 2-star, 3-star, 4-star, and 5-star ratings there are for ...

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How do we access a podcast's ratings spread through the API? Not just the total number of ratings and the average of them all, but the full spread, like in an array that shows how many 1-star, 2-star...

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Activate production access with API?

There used to be a way to apply for production access instead of development access for the API, but I can't find how to do that. I even signed up as a paying user, but that didn't change anything about my dashboard UI.

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There used to be a way to apply for production access instead of development access for the API, but I can't find how to do that. I even signed up as a paying user, but that didn't change anything ab...

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Long-term rate limit bans during personal playlist migration

Plan: PremiumCountry: UKDevice: Windows PCOperating System: Windows 11My Question or Issue:I'm trying to migrate my own followed playlists into playlists I own, purely for personal library organisation. I have around 450 followed playlists I want to ...

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Plan: Premium Country: UK Device: Windows PC Operating System: Windows 11 My Question or Issue: I'm trying to migrate my own followed playlists into playlists I own, purely f...

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API for uploading Spotify Clips?

I'm building ShortSync, a tool that lets creators distribute short-form vertical videos across multiple platforms from a single upload. A few of our podcaster users have asked about adding Spotify Clips support. I've looked through the Web API docs a...

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I'm building ShortSync, a tool that lets creators distribute short-form vertical videos across multiple platforms from a single upload.   A few of our podcaster users have asked about adding S...

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Spotify auth returns email not verified error

PlanPremiumCountryUK My Question or IssueI've set up Spotify authentication with my NextJS app via Supabase. When I authenticate I keep getting errors relating to the email address not being verified. Here's the callback URL I receive: http://localho...

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Plan Premium Country UK   My Question or Issue I've set up Spotify authentication with my NextJS app via Supabase. When I authenticate I keep getting errors relating to the email address n...

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A Spotify powered snake game - SpotiSnake

Hi everyone,My name’s Daniel, and I wanted to share a passion project I built this summer: SpotiSnake. It’s a mashup of the classic Snake game with Spotify. You search an album, play Snake, and each apple reveals a piece of the album artwork. Every f...

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Hi everyone, My name’s Daniel, and I wanted to share a passion project I built this summer: SpotiSnake. It’s a mashup of the classic Snake game with Spotify. You search an album, play Snake, and eac...

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