Experiencing

Spotify

outages? You’re not alone.

1. Official Status Page → Spotify System Status – check for real-time service updates.
   
   
2. @SpotifyStatus on Twitter → Twitter/X Updates – live outage notices and resolutions.
   
   
3. Spotify Community – Ongoing Issues → Spotify Community Issues Board – moderated updates and trending outage reports.
   
   
4. Third-Party Trackers → DownDetector – Spotify for crowdsourced problem reports.
   
   
5. Test Locally → Try Spotify on another device or Wi-Fi network to confirm if it’s your setup vs. Spotify globally.
   

• 📝 Spotify Community Forum → Report under Ongoing Issues or vote on existing outage reports.
  
  
• 💬 Contact Support Directly → Use Spotify Support Contact Page to initiate chat/email.
  
  
• 🐦 Tweet @SpotifyCares → Twitter Support Handle for quick responses.
  
  
• 📌 Include Details → Device, app type, location, error messages, and time the issue began.
  

• Apr 16, 2025 – Global Outage → Spotify crashed worldwide for ~3.5 hours. Cause: misconfigured server update (Envoy proxy crash). Fixed the same day.
  
  
• Jun 12, 2025 – Multi-Service Internet Outage → Google Cloud downtime disrupted Spotify + other platforms. Fixed within ~3 hours.
  
  
• Mar 2025 – Regional App Crash → Songs stopped mid-play for some users. Resolved in under an hour with server fixes.
  

🔑 Common causes: Internal updates gone wrong, third-party cloud service failures, or rare ISP/regional issues.

• Minor glitches → Often fixed in <1 hour.
  
  
• Large outages → Typically resolved in 1–3 hours, rarely longer.
  
  
• Recent examples:
  
  
  • April 2025 global outage → 3 hours 25 mins to resolve.
    
    
  • June 2025 cloud outage → 2–3 hours for most users.
    
    
• Post-fix → Spotify may roll out recovery gradually (logins, streaming, then Spotify Connect).
  

• Spotify Status Page – real-time service dashboard.
  
  
• @SpotifyStatus on Twitter – official outage alerts.
  
  
• Spotify Community – Ongoing Issues.
  
  
• Spotify Support Contact Us – direct support.
  
  
• @SpotifyCares on Twitter – support interactions.
  
  
• Spotify Help Centre – troubleshooting guides.
  
  
• DownDetector – Spotify – community outage reports.