Spotify was down - live updates on music streamer outage
Netflix appears to be suffering an outage affecting the platform's TV apps.
Spotify experienced a significant outage starting around 8:45 am Pacific time, which was first detected on the Down Detector site. Users reported issues with the browser version of the app, while the mobile app seemed to function better despite being slow. The outage began when nearly 2,000 reports flooded in on Down Detector, with many users commenting on the issue.
However, Spotify did not acknowledge the problem until about an hour later. Once a post appeared on the Ongoing Issues forum, it appeared that the outage had been resolved. In total, the issue lasted approximately two hours. The Spotify browser faced significant problems, as users could not access the app or website effectively, encountering continuous error messages.
The mobile app, although slower, managed to keep working. Down Detector recorded nearly 1,900 posts during the outage, with the comment section becoming increasingly chaotic, indicating a widespread service failure. Spotify's lack of transparency in updating their status page or any official communication left users in the dark.
On Twitter, the Spotify Status account, presumably official, remained inactive since the last update on July 27. Eventually, a moderator posted an "under investigation" update on the Ongoing Issues page, stating that the web player was down and under review. The number of reports on Down Detector gradually decreased to around 600, suggesting that the issue was resolved.
By the time of this report, all indications show that the Spotify outage has ended, and services are operating normally once again.
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