Spotify incident

Tracks skipping on desktop

Major Resolved View vendor source →

Spotify experienced a major incident on April 15, 2026 affecting Service, lasting 7d. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Apr 15, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 22, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC
Duration
7d
Detected by Pingoru
Apr 15, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC

Affected components

Service

Update timeline

  1. investigating Apr 15, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC

    We've received reports from some users that there's stuttering and playback issues on desktop. Music plays for 8-9 seconds, and then the track skips with no sound. This seems to only affect the desktop app.

  2. resolved Apr 22, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC

    Status changed to: Fixed