Spotify incident

Podcast episodes start over from the beginning on Android

Major Resolved View vendor source →

Spotify experienced a major incident on November 16, 2025 affecting Service, lasting 134d 23h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Nov 16, 2025, 03:16 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 31, 2026, 02:38 PM UTC
Duration
134d 23h
Detected by Pingoru
Nov 16, 2025, 03:16 PM UTC

Affected components

Service

Update timeline

  1. investigating Nov 16, 2025, 03:16 PM UTC

    We’ve received reports that podcast episodes lose their listening progress and are starting over from the beginning. This is happening only on Android, when the following criteria are met: the episode is started from a playlist - be it a personal one or Your Episodes; the small white "Play" button on the right is used. When tapping on the episode title and using the big green "Play" button instead, the app remembers the progress and episodes continue as normal. White "Play" button

  2. resolved Mar 31, 2026, 02:38 PM UTC

    Status changed to: Fixed