Spotify Connect Stopped Working (not specific to Android), was fine last night

[silverrocket]

Spotify Connect through Wi-Fi has stopped working for me this morning, when it was working fine last night. This is not specific to Android, but I could not find another more accurate category.

I've tried controlling Spotify with Android, PC and Mac, and all hit the same issue. I have tried connecting both to an Audioengine A1-MR speaker and a Denon A/V receiver through Spotify Connect via Wi-Fi. In both cases, I see the device listed on the Spotify app, and it attempts to connect for half a second and then fails and I can only use the current device.

My internet is through AT&T Fiber, and I use their required supplied Gateway.

Bluetooth is not affected... I can connect to a bluetooth speaker fine. Only Wi-Fi's Spotify Connect is affected. Everything was working 10 hours ago.

I have tried restarting my wi-fi router, restarting the speaker, and updating the app on my Android phone, and none of that changes the behavior.

[alphabetod]

Same issue here. Spotify tries to connect to the device for about half a second, then fails, both on PC and Android.

My device is a Yamaha R-N402D receiver, so it doesn't seem like a problem with only a specific manufacturer.

[MrBvdB]

Same here, Denon AVR X1300W. Tried most troubleshooting things, nothing worked.

[silverrocket]

Update: now I've found that if the music is playing and then I switch the output, then it works. But if I try to connect while the music is paused, then it fails to connect.

[cof53]

Thanks silverrocket, you are right, music must be playing to switch the output.

Obviously a new 'feature' ... 🙄

[randolrf]

Same issue for me. Spotify Connect was working great on my Onkyo TX-NR686 until a couple of days ago. Now the receiver doesn't appear as a Spotify Connect device, only a Chromecast device. Problem is, Chromecast never worked well on this receiver.

[gfaddy]

I have the same issue - same receiver. It was working and stopped working one random day. Has the speaker started showing up in your Spotify devices again?

[bosi]

Same issue here. I worked yesterday.

If affects only my Yamaha WCX-50. I can connect to everything else than this streamer.

It does not work from either desktop app, web player or Android app.

I can see the WXC-50 in the list and spotify tries to connect but gives up after som 10 seconds.

I can start playing by operating the WXC-50 directly, it plays fine, but I it has no connection to desktop or android so I cannot control it. It I click on the play button on desktop, it starts playing there too, but not from the same time as WXC-50.

My network is fine, I can operate the WXC-50 fine from the net.

spotify has really messed things up her. The problem is clearly in the servers of spotify.

So how do I reset the status of the spotify server?

Why is not spotify responding to this thread?

[bosi]

I see a connection to the size of the playlist that I am currently listening from.

If it does not work to connect to the speaker from a very large playlist, it seem to work from a small playlist or an album.

After that, I can resume playing from the large playlist.

However, I cannot start playing from a large playlist from Android while I am connected to the speaker.... Fortunately, it works from desktop. I have had this problem for many years, but it has been working lately.

Clearly, spotify servers are overloaded. I often lose sync between units.

Any comments from spotify?