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Spotify says it resolved technical issues that disrupted service for users

The issue also affected internet platforms Discord and Wikipedia.

Spotify music streaming platform

Spotify said it has resolved technical issues that resulted in service disruptions for its users.

Everything’s looking much better now! Give @SpotifyCares a shout if you still need help.

— Spotify Status (@SpotifyStatus) March 8, 2022

Everything’s looking much better now! Give @SpotifyCares a shout if you still need help.

Earlier, the company tweeted that it was looking into technical issues disrupting its service. Downdetector had over 168,000 complaints from Spotify users as of 1:49pm ET, up from over 55,000 at 1:30pm ET.

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said the issue that affected Spotify, Discord, Wikipedia and other Internet platforms appeared to be a Google Cloud problem and wasn’t a big deal.

Something’s not quite right, and we’re looking into it. Thanks for your reports!

— Spotify Status (@SpotifyStatus) March 8, 2022

Something’s not quite right, and we’re looking into it. Thanks for your reports!

Earlier he had said it wasn’t a Cloudflare issue.

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