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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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ApolloInteractive

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Website Embeded espisodes starting in random places

When embeding episodes on the website (wordpress based) using the embed code with the start at 0:00 tick box selected episodes are still starting in middle. How can I ensure that the episodes as starting at 0:00? Here's the code for embed which spoti...

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When embeding episodes on the website (wordpress based) using the embed code with the start at 0:00 tick box selected episodes are still starting in middle.    How can I ensure that the e...

Ximzend

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Embedded Player Color

Country USA DeviceOn any device or OS My Question or IssueHi - my question is after copying and embedding the player code onto my website, all works fine (album pic shows, tracks all show and play, etc). However, the background color at the top is br...

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Country USA   Device On any device or OS   My Question or Issue Hi - my question is after copying and embedding the player code onto my website, all works fine (album pic shows, track...

Geoff_L_1

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Request to Maintain Access to Spotify API (User’s Top Artists Endpoint)

Hi Spotify team, We’re a small app development company with hundreds of active users, and we’ve integrated Spotify features to create a more personalized and engaging experience for them. One key part of that is the ability to fetch a user’s top arti...

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Hi Spotify team,   We’re a small app development company with hundreds of active users, and we’ve integrated Spotify features to create a more personalized and engaging experience for them. On...

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Search track by year range

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceWeb APIOperating SystemWeb API My Question or IssueCould you show an example of query for a track in a range of years? From the examples and the query form https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/search ...

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Plan Premium Country   Device Web API Operating System Web API   My Question or Issue Could you show an example of query for a track in a range of years? From the examples and the...

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Missing API endpoints for prereleases

My Question or IssueIs there any way to retrieve prereleases via the API? They seem to be similar to albums but with a different resource, and the track IDs are not retrievable.

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My Question or Issue Is there any way to retrieve prereleases via the API? They seem to be similar to albums but with a different resource, and the track IDs are not retrievable. 

ribezaz

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WebAPI /me/top/tracks return 502 for a specific offset

I got 502 status code for /me/top/tracks when paging. I narrowed it down to a specific offset (1304) that is causing the error. i.e. This failedhttps://api.spotify.com/v1/me/top/tracks?limit=1&offset=1304 But these succeededhttps://api.spotify.com/v1...

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I got 502 status code for /me/top/tracks when paging. I narrowed it down to a specific offset (1304) that is causing the error.   i.e. This failed https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/top/tracks?lim...

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Solved!! Spotify Web API: 403 Forbidden on /v1/audio-features even with official playlists and valid token (V

PlanFree(for testing) premium(for personal use)CountryVenezuelaDeviceIphone 15Operating SystemWindows 11, IOS 17 My Question or IssueHi Spotify Developer Team, I’m developing an app that uses the Spotify Web API, specifically the /v1/audio-features e...

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  Plan Free(for testing) premium(for personal use) Country Venezuela Device Iphone 15 Operating System Windows 11, IOS 17   My Question or Issue Hi Spotify Developer Team, I’m de...

nikolaspikolas

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Pagination does not work on /v1/artists/{id}/albums

Initially, I tried to make paginated requests for this endpoint from my application. But I found that even with enough total, I get an empty list of items. as far as I understand, if the offset is less than the total, then everything should work. As ...

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Initially, I tried to make paginated requests for this endpoint from my application. But I found that even with enough total, I get an empty list of items. as far as I understand, if the offset is le...

aitchdeee

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I wish the Audiobook Listening Time information was more accessible on the device.

DeviceSamsung s10eOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueI find that the information associated with Audiobook Listening Time is not readily available to the userbase. I have been trying to identify how much time I have used, what I have remaini...

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Device Samsung s10e Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue I find that the information associated with Audiobook Listening Time is not readily available to the userbase.&nbsp...

Ximzend

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Possible to publish app using only Spotify SDK App Remote library without Extended Quota Mode?

PlanFree Operating SystemAndroid My QuestionHello everyone,I’ve developed an Android app that tracks Spotify song metadata and vital parameters via a smartwatch. I’m preparing to publish it on the Play Store, but I won’t be able to meet the requireme...

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Plan Free   Operating System Android   My Question Hello everyone, I’ve developed an Android app that tracks Spotify song metadata and vital parameters via a smartwatch. I’m prepari...

Ximzend

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WebAPI and the SimplifiedAlbumObject

I'm seeing a few inconsistencies that I was hoping SPOTIFY could help with: #1 - Up until yesterday, when retrieving albums via the /artists/{id}/albums request, the albums being returned included external_ids, copyrights, [record] label, and popular...

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I'm seeing a few inconsistencies that I was hoping SPOTIFY could help with:   #1 - Up until yesterday, when retrieving albums via the /artists/{id}/albums request, the albums being returned in...

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Solved!! Be able to post custom music

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited States of America Device(Samsung Galaxy A14, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System (Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question is to be able to post your own music, for the people that make there own m...

Roadie

Plan Free/Premium Country United States of America  Device (Samsung Galaxy A14, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System  (Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) &nbsp...

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403 Forbidden on API Data Calls After Successful Authentication

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceAsus TUF F15Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHello,I am consistently receiving a 403 Forbidden error when trying to access any data endpoint (like /v1/audio-features), even though my initial authentication r...

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  Plan Premium Country India Device Asus TUF F15 Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Hello, I am consistently receiving a 403 Forbidden error when trying to acces...

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ESP32-S3 with spotify api

I'm trying to make my ESP32-S3 a controller for spotify playback to a box. I want to login which i now do via pcke. After login i want my esp to be a center to use spotify. So volume, next, previous, current, ... . And i want the esp to be linked or ...

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  I'm trying to make my ESP32-S3 a controller for spotify playback to a box. I want to login which i now do via pcke. After login i want my esp to be a center to use spotify. So volume, next, p...

FoxyOnFire

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Request to integrate Spotify into all DJ softwares

Hi There,Hope you are doing well.This is an email to the decision-makers who have decided to discontinue Spotify integration with DJ softwares (Djay, Rekordbox, VirtualDJ, etc)I am using Spotify since the last 10 years. All of a sudden from mid of 20...

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Hi There, Hope you are doing well. This is an email to the decision-makers who have decided to discontinue Spotify integration with DJ softwares (Djay, Rekordbox, VirtualDJ, etc) I am using ...

Jean-Luc-FR

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Rate limit increase request form does not work

I am trying to fill out the rate limit increase request form. I have filled out every field, but when I try to submit, it says "Something went wrong. Please try again." I have tried submitting a few times, but I keep getting this error. 

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I am trying to fill out the rate limit increase request form. I have filled out every field, but when I try to submit, it says "Something went wrong. Please try again." I have tried submitting a few ...

Billy-J

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Redirect URL

I am creating a new application and I would like to know what kind of redirect URL they are looking for My Question or IssueI want to know about the how to create the redirect URL

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I am creating a new application and I would like to know what kind of redirect URL they are looking for  My Question or Issue I want to know about the how to create the redirect URL

Ximzend

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Request to expose track-level credits via /tracks endpoint

My Question Hi Spotify API team,Could you please extend the /tracks endpoint to include the full credits (performed by, produced by, written by, produced by, and source) that are already displayed on open.spotify.com and apps?Making this data availab...

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My Question  Hi Spotify API team, Could you please extend the /tracks endpoint to include the full credits (performed by, produced by, written by, produced by, and source) that are already dis...

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Change h1 tag in inframe

When i embed a episode of podcast, the seo tool warn about a duplicate h1 tag. In the page i`m using the h1 tag for the page title, but the spotify embed use the h1 to the episode title

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When i embed a episode of podcast, the seo tool warn about a duplicate h1 tag. In the page i`m using the h1 tag for the page title, but the spotify embed use the h1 to the episode title  

valentindiehl

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Request for Access to Audio Features for Dynamic Music Integration (Real-Time Gameplay App)

Hi Spotify Dev Team,I’m Stefan, a developer building a non-commercial rhythm-based rowing game app called RowBeats, which dynamically syncs rowing strokes to music. The app creates a unique experience by aligning stroke timing and effort to musical t...

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Hi Spotify Dev Team, I’m Stefan, a developer building a non-commercial rhythm-based rowing game app called RowBeats, which dynamically syncs rowing strokes to music. The app creates a unique exper...

stefanbathman

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