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New "Now Playing View" sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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New Your Library sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...

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Recent Linux client update changes

Hey! There has been an update to the Spotify Linux client signatures.Users may see errors linked to missing keys and failed signature verifications for Spotify when updating the system. If this happens to you, this can be fixed by manually adding the...

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Solved!! [Troubleshooting] Linux Spotify

Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before.So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Basic troubleshooting Go through th...

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Illegal instruction (core dumped)

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemArch Linux My Question or IssueRunning spotify either as re-packaged spotify for linux via aur helper or spotify-launcher doesn't work spotify --show-console --debug-level=MAX16:34:56.744 E [f:25 ] TCPServe...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Arch Linux   My Question or Issue Running spotify either as re-packaged spotify for linux via aur helper or spotify-launcher doesn't ...
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Command Line not complet

I wanted to know the current playing track and I usedqdbus org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Metadata The response (even with literal option) is not complet. The key xesam:artist must have two artist...

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  • I wanted to know the current playing track and I used qdbus org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Metadata   The response (even with literal opt...
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Missing icon next to app name in notification

PlanPremium CountryUnited States DeviceASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO (BIOS 2403)AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X × 32AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 XTXCP48G56C46U5.C16B Operating SystemUbuntu 24.10Wayland My Question or IssueIn GNOME there is an icon next to the application ...

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Randomly jumping seconds

Hello everyone,Some days ago Spotify started to randomly skip seconds of a song. It's not happening on every song neither at every moment of the song. It's just happening at any moment that the song jumps for example from second 0:21 to second 0:27 w...

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  • Hello everyone, Some days ago Spotify started to randomly skip seconds of a song. It's not happening on every song neither at every moment of the song. It's just happening at any moment that the son...
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Spotify Web Player just won't keep me logged in.

PlanFreeCountryFranceDeviceLinux PCOperating SystemLinux Mint 22 My Question or IssueWhenever I log into my Spotify account on the Web Player and close my browser, I get logged out the next time I access the site. I have tried two browsers (LibreWolf...

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  • Plan Free Country France Device Linux PC Operating System Linux Mint 22   My Question or Issue Whenever I log into my Spotify account on the Web Player and close my browser, I get logg...
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i want downloaded sportify

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Superuser Contribution Weird file appearing on linux in home directory

After the last update, i keep seeing a weird file with name explicit_filter.restore in my home directory. After a bit of investigation, i figured out that this file appears every time i skip or set a track, no matter is it explicit or not, but this f...

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  • After the last update, i keep seeing a weird file with name explicit_filter.restore in my home directory. After a bit of investigation, i figured out that this file appears every time i skip or set a...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify opens too many connections to PulseAudio (Linux)

After some time Spotify for Linux starts to use too many connections to PulseAudio. This makes it impossible to use any sound on the computer. This shows an output after one day of usage:http://pastebin.com/E5AVQd62 Spotify version 1.0.36.120.g536a86...

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  • After some time Spotify for Linux starts to use too many connections to PulseAudio. This makes it impossible to use any sound on the computer.   This shows an output after one day of usage: h...
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Will not play music or open pages (program)

PlanFreeCountryFranceDeviceZorin laptopMy Question or IssueWill not open pages or play music at all on the program but everything is fine on the browser version.I tried reinstalling from the snap directory and several sources and nothing works.My lib...

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  •   Plan Free Country France Device Zorin laptop My Question or Issue Will not open pages or play music at all on the program but everything is fine on the browser version. I tried reins...
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[Desktop] Native client for Linux

PlanPremiumCountryAzerbaijanOperating System(Fedora 40, Android 14) My Question or IssueThe lack of a native desktop client for Fedora (and other Linux distributions) is unacceptable. As a paying subscriber, I shouldn't have to resort to workarounds ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Azerbaijan Operating System (Fedora 40, Android 14)   My Question or Issue The lack of a native desktop client for Fedora (and other Linux distributions) is unaccept...
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Solved!! Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Som

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Can't play local file in Linux Mint 22

PlanPremiumCountryUSA Operating SystemLinux Mint 22 My Question or IssueSpotify keeps saying "Spotify can't play this right one. If you have file on the computer please import it now" when playing local files.

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Operating System Linux Mint 22   My Question or Issue Spotify keeps saying "Spotify can't play this right one. If you have file on the computer please im...
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Superuser Contribution Wayland support

Hi,Can you release a linux package with ozone support built so that we can use the client under Wayland? There have been posts requesting this in the past because it is highly anticipated. It shouldn't be that complicated it seems:https://www.collabo...

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  • Hi, Can you release a linux package with ozone support built so that we can use the client under Wayland? There have been posts requesting this in the past because it is highly anticipated.   ...
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Error code: accesspoint:37 - Can't login on spotify desktop app on Linux

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceDell OptiPlex 5060 (Desktop)Operating SystemKubuntu 24.04 My Question or IssueI have tried so many things that i saw on other topics, on reddit, spotify community, microsoft answers, youtube. I am trying to open the app ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Dell OptiPlex 5060 (Desktop) Operating System Kubuntu 24.04   My Question or Issue I have tried so many things that i saw on other topics, on reddit,...
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Desktop login through browser flow broken

PlanPremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemLinux My Question or IssueMy spotify desktop logged out, and I'm unable to log in again through the provided flow. Clicking the "Log in" or "Sign up free" buttons do literally nothing. No tabs open, no popups, no ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Operating System Linux   My Question or Issue My spotify desktop logged out, and I'm unable to log in again through the provided flow. Clicking the "Log in" or "...
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New package name for Spotify on Linux

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesOperating SystemUbuntu 24.04 LTS My Question or IssueWould it be possible to have the app renamed to "com.spotify.music", similar to Android? So instead of:/usr/bin/spotify (with app_id & wmclass being spotify)/usr/shar...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Operating System Ubuntu 24.04 LTS   My Question or Issue Would it be possible to have the app renamed to "com.spotify.music", similar to Android? So in...
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Wayland window class is null

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceMacbook Pro early 2013Operating SystemArch Linux My Question or IssueI installed spotify-launcher from arch repos. It defaults to xwayland. I changed some config to have it run in Wayland because fractional scaling in xw...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Macbook Pro early 2013 Operating System Arch Linux   My Question or Issue I installed spotify-launcher from arch repos. It defaults to xwayland. I ch...
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No window icon in Wayland because app_id is not correctly set

DeviceAnyOperating SystemLinux distro running with Wayland and KDEIssueSpotify runs okay with Wayland now, though not without user input.However, when run in Wayland the window icon does not display, instead the generic 'Wayland' yellow icon is shown...

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Solved!! Constant very high CPU load

Up to date Ubuntu Linux 22.04.3 LTS, with spotify-client Version: 1:1.2.26.1187.g36b715a1, premium plan.Very high CPU load (spotify eating up all CPU available, a;ways between 50% and 100%), even at startup, without any play activity, making the whol...

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  • Up to date Ubuntu Linux 22.04.3 LTS, with spotify-client Version: 1:1.2.26.1187.g36b715a1, premium plan. Very high CPU load (spotify eating up all CPU available, a;ways between 50% and 100%...
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