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Spotify Experiences Widespread Outage Disrupting Mobile App

The outage has left thousands unable to stream or search while Spotify investigates without offering a cause or repair time.

Overview

  • Reports spiked sharply on Tuesday, September 29, with Downdetector showing tens of thousands of user-submitted incidents within an hour of the outage starting.
  • Spotify posted on its official X account that it was aware of issues and was 'checking them out' but gave no technical details or estimated time to restore service.
  • Most complaints implicated the mobile app, with users seeing a 'Something went wrong' message and reporting login, search, and playback failures.
  • Some listeners found partial workarounds by using the web player, switching devices, or playing previously downloaded offline tracks.
  • The disruption is global but uneven, and past outages have often been fixed in hours, so users should monitor Spotify's X updates for progress and avoid unnecessary app reinstalls that can complicate logins.