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Spotify Service Returns: Earlier Outage Seems to Be Resolved

Issues that beset users of the music streaming service earlier appear to have been resolved.

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An hours-long disruption that beset users of music streaming service Spotify appears to have been resolved by midday, according to the company's status account on X (formerly Twitter). 

At around 6 a.m. PT, a massive spike in reports appeared on DownDetector, with well over 45,000 people affected in the US at the time of writing (Downdetector is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis). Spotify at the time acknowledged the problem, posting on its status account: "We're aware of some issues right now and are checking them out!"

A spokesperson for Spotify pointed back to the post on X when approached for further comment on the situation.

Different people reported different problems with Spotify. The most common complaint seemed to be that the search tool isn't working. I've been listening to Spotify for several hours without any issues via the mobile app, but I wasn't able to get the web player to load.

Over on X, people were quick to post memes about the outage.

Spotify was able to implement a fix following today's issues, but if the outage persists for you and has caused you to second guess your loyalty, do take a look at our guide to the best music streaming services. 

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