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Spotify down for thousands of users, Downdetector shows
More than 31,000 reports of issues were flagged in the U.S., with significant outages also reported in the UK and Canada, indicating a server-related problem.
- Spotify acknowledged a widespread outage on Monday after Downdetector recorded a major spike in complaints shortly after 9am ET, and the company said the issue was fixed at 10:35am ET.
- Escalating user reports indicated symptoms pointed to a server-related issue, with complaints rising from a few hundred to more than 3,000 then past 13,000 within minutes on Monday, Downdetector showed.
- Many users reported they couldn't search, stream or log in while offline-downloaded music and audiobooks still played, and a Downdetector user said, `Can’t search anything on Spotify, tried using data and my internet and it’s just not working`.
- Shares of Spotify fell 2.4 per cent in morning trading, while affected users were advised to try Apple Music, available for $10.99 per month.
- Downdetector's data suggest more than 10,000 issue reports triggered real-time detection using social and web indicators, and news outlets pledged to continue reporting updates.
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