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Hi,
I'm experiencing an inconsistency with how Spotify shows which playlists a song is already added to — specifically on iOS.
Here’s what happens:
When I add a song to a playlist on Windows 11,
Then open Spotify on Android or Linux (Kubuntu),
I can tap the green checkmark ("Add to Playlist") and immediately see all playlists where the song is already saved — even if I haven’t opened those playlists recently.
On iOS, however, this doesn't work correctly:
When I tap the green checkmark on a song, I don’t see the actual playlists the song is in, unless I first manually open each of those playlists one by one. Only then the app seems to “refresh” and show the correct info.
This behavior makes it difficult to manage playlists on iOS — especially when working across multiple devices. I often don’t remember which playlists I used, and the app gives no hint unless I open them manually. On Android, Windows, and Linux, it just works — so this feels like a bug in the iOS app or how it handles cache and sync.
Please fix or improve this behavior on iOS so that playlist data reflects correctly after cross-device sync — just like on Android and desktop.
Thanks!
I also use Spotify on Linux (Kubuntu) and Windows 11. If I add a song to a playlist on Windows, and then open Spotify on Linux and tap the green checkmark (add to playlist), I can instantly see the playlists the song is in — even without opening them beforehand.
The same works on Android. Only iOS fails to reflect these playlist assignments properly unless each playlist is manually opened.
So this is not a server sync issue — it seems to be a problem with how the iOS app caches or fetches playlist data.
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