Spotify has recovered from an outage that lasted hours

You may have been stymied when trying to cue up your afternoon work playlists today. Spotify posted on X that it was aware of "some issues right now for the app." Shortly before 5PM ET, the company's support page posted again to say the outages were "all clear now." However, it did not elaborate on what the problem was that left many listeners unable to log into the service.

We're aware of some issues right now with the app and are checking them out! — Spotify Status (@SpotifyStatus) May 12, 2026

A spike in issues began around noon ET, according to user reports sent to DownDetector. It didn't appear to be a total outage. I was eventually able to get tunes playing while writing this initial story, but it took several minutes of the screen staying blank before my playlist loaded in. Your mileage may still vary even after the issues have mostly been resolved. Spotify recommends anyone still unable to access the platform to contact its support team.

Update, May 12, 2026, 5:19PM ET: Updated with the latest social media post from Spotify that the issue was resolved.