the /recently-played endpoint is not showing latest tracks as of 2/22/2024

[holamau]

As of 2/22/2024, the `https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played` endpoint is no longer returning the latest recently played tracks. 

This is the full response (screenshot attached too so it's easier to spot):

{
"items": [
{
"track": {
"album": {
"album_type": "album",
"artists": [
{
"external_urls": {
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/33qOK5uJ8AR2xuQQAhHump"
},
"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/33qOK5uJ8AR2xuQQAhHump",
"id": "33qOK5uJ8AR2xuQQAhHump",
"name": "Teddy Swims",
"type": "artist",
"uri": "spotify:artist:33qOK5uJ8AR2xuQQAhHump"
}
],
"available_markets": [...],
"external_urls": {
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/album/7nacKlk586eLRBSIsrk9DB"
},
"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/7nacKlk586eLRBSIsrk9DB",
"id": "7nacKlk586eLRBSIsrk9DB",
"images": [
{
"height": 640,
"url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2731a0323cc23419360a34a3ace",
"width": 640
},
{
"height": 300,
"url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e021a0323cc23419360a34a3ace",
"width": 300
},
{
"height": 64,
"url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d000048511a0323cc23419360a34a3ace",
"width": 64
}
],
"name": "I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1)",
"release_date": "2023-09-15",
"release_date_precision": "day",
"total_tracks": 10,
"type": "album",
"uri": "spotify:album:7nacKlk586eLRBSIsrk9DB"
},
"artists": [
{
"external_urls": {
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/33qOK5uJ8AR2xuQQAhHump"
},
"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/33qOK5uJ8AR2xuQQAhHump",
"id": "33qOK5uJ8AR2xuQQAhHump",
"name": "Teddy Swims",
"type": "artist",
"uri": "spotify:artist:33qOK5uJ8AR2xuQQAhHump"
}
],
"available_markets": [...],
"disc_number": 1,
"duration_ms": 210688,
"explicit": false,
"external_ids": {
"isrc": "USWB12302315"
},
"external_urls": {
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/track/17phhZDn6oGtzMe56NuWvj"
},
"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/17phhZDn6oGtzMe56NuWvj",
"id": "17phhZDn6oGtzMe56NuWvj",
"is_local": false,
"name": "Lose Control",
"popularity": 94,
"preview_url": "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/51e51cc257e4186893b1923abf42fdaabbeeda37?cid=286951e89fc54a6796a6e725aaac3acf",
"track_number": 2,
"type": "track",
"uri": "spotify:track:17phhZDn6oGtzMe56NuWvj"
},
"played_at": "2024-02-22T20:41:08.793Z",
"context": {
"type": "playlist",
"external_urls": {
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M"
},
"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M",
"uri": "spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M"
}
}
],
"next": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played?before=1708634468793&limit=1",
"cursors": {
"after": "1708634468793",
"before": "1708634468793"
},
"limit": 1,
"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played?limit=1"
}

Notice the 

"played_at": "2024-02-22T20:41:08.793Z", 

key... that's supposedly the last thing played for that user, but it's definitely not. 

Any ideas? I don't see any recent changes that may have caused this but definitely not working for me. 

[holamau]

Now the response is coming back completely empty. 

 

[LambertSpot]

When I try this, I do get a response, with items. One being from yesterday when I last listened to Spotify.. Is it still not working for you?

[holamau]

Thanks for replying. It looks like it was back to returning results.

Interestingly, after I read your reply, it was not returning the last few things I had listened to: I listened to a song on my phone Sunday morning. Then in the afternoon I listened to a couple dozen songs in my car (through the car's Spotify app) and didn't get any of those songs. 

I just played something else on my computer's app and it was still not returning last played. When I opened my phone, it first showed that last song from Sunday morning. But after a second it started showing what I was playing on my computer's app. 

Made me restart both apps (on phone and computer) and now it seems to be working. 

I don't know if the apps got stale (maybe the car's app is stale too?), but what I find odd is that the 'now playing' endpoint has not failed at all during this whole time. 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Magic. 

Once again, thanks for your reply.

[holamau]

Seems to be that the issue is happening again.

There's over 15 songs I've played that are simply not registering on the API. 

[holamau]

And just like last time, it is now returning a `null` response. 

[JWendels]

Hi guys,
I'm experiencing the same problem now, since May 31st. Neither my long-time working script nor the Spotify API Console provides any played tracks ("items" is null), though I've played quite a lot the last few days. 

Did you find out any reason for this error?