Spotify Suffers Widespread Outage Affecting Users Globally
Translated & summarized from NEWSru Israel by baba
Spotify experienced a major global outage on Tuesday, September 29, with users reporting login, search, and playback issues. The company confirmed it is aware of the problems and working on a fix.
The story in 6 lines · by baba
- Spotify experienced a large-scale service outage on Tuesday.
- Users reported problems with login, search, and playback.
- Complaints surged after 5:00 PM Israel time.
- Thousands of reports were logged in the US alone.
- The outage affected users in Israel and other countries.
- Spotify acknowledged the issues and is working to resolve them.
Users of the music streaming service Spotify reported widespread issues with the platform on Tuesday, September 29, with a significant surge in complaints occurring shortly after 5:00 PM Israel time. According to Downdetector, cited by Reuters, over 17,000 problem reports were logged in the United States alone by 5:12 PM. Users experienced difficulties logging into the application, searching for music, and playing audio. Reports of the outage also came in from Israel and other countries. Spotify acknowledged the problems, stating that it was aware of the issues and working to resolve them. The exact cause and full extent of the outage have not yet been disclosed.
