Spotify is experiencing another major outage
Spotify is experiencing its second major outage of the day, with users reporting issues with the web page and apps. The first outage occurred in the early morning and was resolved about an hour after reports started coming in. The company has acknowledged the current issues and is working to resolve them, but has not yet given the all-clear.
- ▪The second outage is affecting Spotify's web page and apps.
- ▪The Spotify Status account acknowledged the issues on X and is investigating.
- ▪The first outage of the day was resolved about an hour after it started.
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News Apps Spotify is experiencing another major outage A second gremlin is rolling through Spotify this evening. By Jessica Conditt July 27, 2026 4:28 pm EST Spotify It's not just you. Spotify has been inoperable or bugged out for many users today, and while the original batch of issues appears to have been fixed, there's currently another outage affecting the company's web page and apps. At just past 3PM ET on Monday, July 27, the Spotify Status account shared on X, "We're aware of some issues right now with our web page and are checking them out!" The website problems followed an outage in the early morning of July 27. The Spotify Status account said that glitch was cleared up about an hour after reports started rolling in.
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