Spotify incident

Spotify stops playing after an ad

Major Resolved View vendor source →

Spotify experienced a major incident on August 25, 2023 affecting Service, lasting 1071d 16h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 25, 2023, 07:41 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 01, 2026, 12:16 AM UTC
Duration
1071d 16h
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 25, 2023, 07:41 AM UTC

Affected components

Service

Update timeline

  1. investigating Aug 25, 2023, 07:41 AM UTC

    We've received reports that Spotify pauses after an ad and the playback cannot be resumed. This seems to affect multiple platforms including desktop, mobile, and TV. The behavior is currently being investigated.

  2. resolved Aug 01, 2026, 12:16 AM UTC

    Status changed to: Not Right Now