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Spotify skips to next song or stops playing, other sources work just fine meanwhile

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The past couple of months when playing music from Spotify on any of the sonos speakers the music skips to the next song or stops playing at random points. It can be after 2 songs or half a day. The controller reports connection to spotify lost. Sometimes i can immediately click play again and it starts over but sometimes it takes 1-10 min before i can resume. Meanwhile i can play from other sources just fine so it seems like a Spotify specific issue. If i try to play using spotify connect then as i select the speaker, it changes it back to the previous target.

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Edward RAnswer

Retired Sonos Staff

We have noticed this thread gaining a lot of traction of late, with most visitors to this thread opting not to actively engage in troubleshooting. The information in this post will be marked as the best answer to assist those reading along. If you are currently engaged in troubleshooting in this thread, we will of course continue to assist you.

Aside from the advice listed in this thread, if you are encountering playback issues with your Sonos devices, there are a few points you will need to explore. Some sources may seem fine, while others present problems. Often, services can be accessed in slightly different ways, with some methods being more susceptible to disruption, as when compared to others.

Is the issue the fact that your music is being interrupted? Commonly, this can come as a result of wireless interference. Are you perhaps using an incompatible network configuration or hardware that does not meet our system requirements?

Having read the information linked above, if you are still having issues, please post a response in this topic, with the following information:

What devices do you have?
Has anything changed on the network?
Which service(s) are you trying to listen to?
Is the behaviour always the same?
Can you recreate it with ease, or is it random?

Be sure to include the a diagnostics confirmation number, too.

Try searching our articles for help with your question: https://www.sonos.com/en/support

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Erik_19

Lyricist III

I have the same issue with Spotify on my Sonos system, I have had contact with Sonos support a few times but have given up. I have a subscription to Deezer now, I have no problems with that service, so it seems Spotify is going to lose a customer.

My Sonos config: 4x play 1, 1 playbar, 1 sub. Playbar is wired to the router, the rest is on wifi.

My diagnostic number is: 1546107338

Has anything changed on the network?
Nope
Which service(s) are you trying to listen to?
Spotify
Is the behaviour always the same?
No it's irratic but every now and again a song will interupt and Sonos will skip to the next song in the list.
Can you recreate it with ease, or is it random?

It happens so often that it's annoying the hell out of me.

I hope you can resolve this issue with Spotify as I'm 100% convinced it's not a local issue of the user network as you seem to think.

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Ian Bwll

Lyricist I

I have exactly the same problems and have had for several weeks. Only happens when I access Spotify from Sonos and not when I access Sonos from Spotify. Also fine with Amazon. Very annoying. Please sort!

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Adam_35

Trending Lyricist I

So I did a bunch of rebooting, unplugged and replugged all my speakers and reset my Wi-Fi. Spotify for the last few days has seem to be pretty good. I haven't noticed nearly as many dropouts, only a few things here and there. My fingers are crossed that this keeps up, but I know that it's an ongoing issue. So hopefully it will keep working.

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Adam_35

Trending Lyricist I

Scratch that - my issues continue. Was fine for a day or so, but now back to cutting out and skipping.

Gwenddoleu

Enthusiast I

I would want to know if the issue is Spotify or Sonos fault. Because the simplest action is to quit Spotify and have a new subscription with Tidal, Deezer, or others.

So if the problem comes from Spotify servers, no qualm to abandon them because they do nothing to fix this.

But… if the problem comes from Sonos software, and not from Spotify, it bothers me to do this… because I have some “loyalty” to Spotify…

So if only we could know who is guilty…..

In the meantime, it’s just shameful that nothing has been made to fix this problem. Is there perhaps a war between Spotify and Sonos? Or is it because Sonos could be bought by Apple…?

Shameful.

jgatie

I would want to know if the issue is Spotify or Sonos fault. Because the simplest action is to quit Spotify and have a new subscription with Tidal, Deezer, or others.

So if the problem comes from Spotify servers, no qualm to abandon them because they do nothing to fix this.

But… if the problem comes from Sonos software, and not from Spotify, it bothers me to do this… because I have some “loyalty” to Spotify…

So if only we could know who is guilty…..

In the meantime, it’s just shameful that nothing has been made to fix this problem. Is there perhaps a war between Spotify and Sonos? Or is it because Sonos could be bought by Apple…?

Shameful.

Sonos is not going to throw a partner under the bus, so asking who to blame is useless. One thing is for sure, Spotify is the most buggy service on Sonos, as most services are relatively problem free. So take that as you may.

And no, Sonos is not being bought by Apple.

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SonomaRich

Lyricist I

I am an IT guy with a rock solid WiFi mesh network. About a month and a half ago songs on Sonos playing through Sonos started skipping songs mid way. I don't buy the WiFi story that it is disconnecting therfore skipping songs. I don't have the issue when streaming songs through Sonos using Amazon music. I spent two hours with Sonos Tech support only to be cut-off after I had sent no less then 5 diagnostic tests to the tech. The tech helping me was nice, but seemed incapable of figuring out my issue. I was then dropped from the call and my issue was never fixed. In my personal opinion there is a problem between Sonos and Spotify interfacing which is causing the songs to skip only when songs are streamed through Sonos onto Spotify. I would like an answer from Sonos and not some bogus your WiFi is causing the issue answer. I am waiting.

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Adam_35

Trending Lyricist I

Can anyone confirm if things have been better since the update? Mine has been 100% for the past few days surprisingly, I didn’t want to jump the gun and jinx myself, but I heard back from support today (again) with this:

We just wanted to confirm if these issues are still occurring now. There have been a few things on our end which may have contributed to these errors that have since been resolved.

I wonder if they found an issue with Spotify and were able to rectify it?

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retepg

Lyricist III

Can anyone confirm if things have been better since the update? Mine has been 100% for the past few days surprisingly, I didn’t want to jump the gun and jinx myself, but I heard back from support today (again) with this:

We just wanted to confirm if these issues are still occurring now. There have been a few things on our end which may have contributed to these errors that have since been resolved.

I wonder if they found an issue with Spotify and were able to rectify it?

Yes, it seems like the issue is finally fixed! It has been working flawlessly for the last few days without skipping. Wished they would have officially acknowledged that there was a problem though but glad that it’s fixed now. *fingers crossed*

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Adam_35

Trending Lyricist I

I did have terrible issues late last night, but today has been mostly 100%. Crossing my fingers that it’s up and running now for good, but time will tell.

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