Is Spotify down for you? Here’s what’s going on (Update: Back up)

Update: August 5, 2026 (3:59 PM ET): The number of reports on Downdetector has dropped drastically, suggesting that the outage is likely over.

Original article: August 5, 2026 (12:43 PM ET): Right as Anthropic brings Claude back online, another outage is underway. It appears that Spotify is the affected app this time. The music streaming service is currently experiencing issues.