India, April 17 -- Spotify experienced a major outage on Wednesday morning, disrupting access for tens of thousands of users across multiple countries. Issues began around 6:20 a.m. ET and were fully resolved by 11:45 a.m. ET, according to a company spokesperson.
At the height of the disruption, more than 48,000 users reported problems on Downdetector, a site that tracks service interruptions. Affected regions included the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Germany, Brazil, and others.
Users encountered various errors, including HTTP 502 and 504 messages, indicating server and timeout issues. Both Spotify's website and mobile app were impacted, with playback and search functions largely nonfunctional. However, cached or downloaded content remained a...