Music 28 February 2026 - 17 April 2026

Spotify Down Today: Global Outage Hits Songs, Search and Web Player as Company Investigates

Spotify Down Today: Global Outage Hits Songs, Search and Web Player as Company Investigates

Spotify ran into a major outage on Tuesday, knocking out song playback, track searches, and some app features for users. The company acknowledged the trouble, saying it was looking into “some issues” with the app. The outage rippled through Europe’s prime listening hours and hit right around lunchtime for users in the U.S.—not great timing for a platform that promises round-the-clock availability. By 10:56 a.m. Pacific, Downdetector had logged over 30,000 reports, GV Wire noted. It’s worth remembering, those trackers only count user-submitted incidents, not the full extent of the disruption.
May 12, 2026
Spotify Delays Some API Restrictions After Developer Backlash, Keeps Premium Rule

Spotify Delays Some API Restrictions After Developer Backlash, Keeps Premium Rule

Spotify is pushing back a chunk of its proposed API overhaul after facing pushback from developers of third-party music tools. While the company is giving more time before changing which API functions are available to existing Development Mode integrations, it’s not budging on new limits: a Premium account will still be required, plus a five-user maximum and one client ID allowed per developer. That’s suddenly an issue, since Development Mode is Spotify’s test environment—and with the March 9 cutoff, smaller apps already operating faced a wall. Earlier this week, a developer pointed out that an app serving hundreds still couldn’t move up; the requirements? A registered business, plus at least 250,000 monthly active users.
March 10, 2026