Spotify experienced a major incident on August 31, 2022 affecting Service, lasting 1320d 22h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Service
Update timeline
- investigating Aug 31, 2022, 08:46 AM UTC
We're receiving reports that podcasts are unplayable (or play, but no sound is emitted or stop at a certain timestamp and don't move past it, e.g. 5:27, 8:29) across all platforms (desktop, mobile and the Web Player). This is currently being investigated.
- resolved Apr 13, 2026, 06:48 AM UTC
Status changed to: Not Right Now