Duplicate songs added to queue when turning off smart shuffle

[whatsername]

Plan

Premium Family

Country

USA

Device

Macbook Air M2, 2022

Operating System

macOS Sonoma 14.5

My Question or Issue

I only just noticed the "smart shuffle" popping up when I go to shuffle play my liked songs (don't know if that's relevant, did this just get rolled out to my account?).  When I click it again to go to regular shuffle - duplicate songs are suddenly in my queue.  I have verified that these aren't songs where I do actually have two versions liked or something.

[Susan_GP]

Hi @whatsername,

Thanks for reaching out to the Community.

Smart Shuffle was released a while ago. If you didn't have it before, your app might've been outdated, or maybe the feature wasn't on your account for a while. We always test improvements and new features, so you might see something other users don't.

Now, this could've happened because of the cache stored on your app. You can try going to Settings < Storage > Clear cache. However, if this happens again, it's best to perform a clean reinstall of the Spotify app by following these steps. No worries, you won't lose any content, but you will have to download your offline music again for that device. 

If the issue persists, try logging in with a different account and check if the issue is present there as well. It can be a relative or friend's account. 

Let us know how that goes.