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Contributor I
Apr 18, 2020 10:35 PM UTC
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Resolved - Pandora Unable to Browse or asking for Authorization Code

Pandora decided to stop working today. It finally said it needed to be “reauthorized”. I hit the button and brought me to a page that asks for an activation code. But I don’t have an activation code… when I hit “forgot code” or “where to find code”, I get this... 

 

I forgot my code

If you have forgotten your code, you can retrieve it from the product you are trying to set up. Simply select the Pandora option on your product, and it will give you a code to use on this page.

 

But no matter where I look on the Sonos app, I don’t see an activation code.  When I hit the authorize button it pulls me through a screen or two within the app but no code found there.  
 

I also tried to remove the service and re add. And have the same issue… I know this was much easier when I did it forever ago...

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Ryan S
Ryan SAnswer
Retired Sonos Staff
Apr 20, 2020 8:09 PM UTC

Hi everyone, sorry for the interruption over the weekend, as you all know by now, there was an outage of Pandora on Sonos that cropped up on during the day on Saturday. As of Saturday night it should be fully resolved. As of now, if you’re having any trouble with Pandora on Sonos, it shouldn’t be related to this outage and I’d encourage you to contact our support team to look into the issue. 

If you suspect any service issues, a great place to start is our status page.

Moderation note: I’ll be moving some of the other converstations on this outage to this thread for tracking purposes.

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Contributor I
Apr 18, 2020 10:52 PM UTC

I’m having the same issue.  Have uninstalled and reinstalled app but no luck.  Powered off sonos and restarted.   Still no activation code.   

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Airgetlam
Apr 18, 2020 10:52 PM UTC
Contributor I
Apr 18, 2020 10:54 PM UTC

Same issue here.   Very frustrating.   

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Lyricist I
Apr 18, 2020 10:54 PM UTC

Me as well. I click to Authorize and no code. Completely blank. Just happened today. I can’t add it on ANY of my devices. Sucks. 

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Lyricist I
Apr 18, 2020 11:00 PM UTC

Same here, no auth code given.  

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Lyricist I
Apr 18, 2020 11:05 PM UTC

Having the same problem. I tried rebooting all my speakers, router, deleting the app, and reinstalling. Nothing worked. Very frustrating.

 

The app seems to be unable to take you to the option to login with an existing Pandora account.

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Contributor I
Apr 18, 2020 11:05 PM UTC

https://status.sonos.com/


Thank you so much, Bruce!!! So there is an outage with Pandora… BUT, I am able to play it on my devices, just not via Sonos.

 

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Contributor I
Apr 18, 2020 11:06 PM UTC

Oops… that was from Sonos. Got it. Thanks again!

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Lyricist I
Apr 18, 2020 11:07 PM UTC

Same with me. Asking for reauth code but no where to get code

 

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Lyricist I
Apr 18, 2020 11:07 PM UTC

Thanks Bruce. That’s really helpful 

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