Spotify outage resolved after thousands of reports — service restored
Thousands of Spotify users reported service disruptions earlier today, with Downdetector logging more than 10,000 incident reports at the outage peak. Spotify’s official status account first acknowledged the problem and later posted an update saying all issues had been resolved.
The timeline: Spotify Status tweeted that engineers were investigating around 9:45 AM ET, and by 10:39 AM ET the account posted that the incident was cleared. The company did not provide an immediate explanation for the cause of the outage.
What users experienced
- Playback failures across mobile apps, desktop clients and the web player.
- Login or playlist access issues reported by some users.
- Widespread reports suggest a service‑side problem rather than isolated device errors.
How to check and troubleshoot
- See Spotify Status for official updates: Spotify Status on X.
- Watch Downdetector for live user reports: Downdetector — Spotify.
- If you still have issues: restart the app, log out and back in, clear the app cache, or reinstall the app.
- Try the web player or another device to see if the problem is device‑specific, and check your network or VPN settings.
Spotify’s status account also pointed users to a community support thread for ongoing help: community support thread. The company has not yet released a post‑incident report explaining the root cause.
Why these outages matter
Streaming service disruptions affect millions who depend on music and podcasts for daily routines. Even short outages highlight how dependent users are on cloud services and reinforce the value of offline downloads or backup providers for mission‑critical listening.
Discussion: Did you experience today’s Spotify outage? What workaround or fix helped you — offline playlists, web player, or another service?