New Mix feature deletes custom order in a playlist permanently

[samvanni]

Plan

Premium

Country

Germany

Device

(iPhone 15,, Macbook Pro 2024)

Operating System

(iOS 26,  MacOS 26.)

My Question or Issue

Before applying the new DJ Mix feature, a warning appears: “The songs will change order.” I assumed this meant the songs would be shuffled in a special way, which was fine with me. However, the change of order turned out to be **permanent**, which the warning does not make clear: after applying the mix, the playlist’s “custom order” is replaced by the DJ Mix order, and the original order is lost for good. I’ve unintentionally ruined several playlists whose order was very important to me, and it’s now impossible to recover them.
Please add an option to use the new Mix feature without overwriting or losing the original custom order of the playlist and making the special shuffling temporary only for when the Mix mode is on.