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Contributor I
Oct 29, 2026 6:28 PM UTC

Unable to move tracks in a Sonos created Playlist - new

This phenomenon just started about a month ago. When I start playing a Sonos created playlist, in the play que, I used to be able to move tracks within the que. Now I get an error that says unable to move track. I have uninstalled and re installed the app. Was told I had too many songs saved in playlists > 65k. That was never true, but I deleted many playlists. I have < 5k songs in all playlists. I am on the beta version of the Sonos app but have been on it for over a year. Any suggestions?

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kdowling
Oct 29, 2026 6:33 PM UTC

An android only problem. It’s not playlists, it’s the queue, regardless of how it was populated. This started with version 27.1:

And continues to be a problem in 27.2:

You should report it to sonos support (I did). Maybe if enough people do, it will get fixed.

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Enthusiast II
Oct 29, 2026 7:18 PM UTC

You should report it to sonos support (I did). 


And what was their advice? 

“Uninstall and reinstall the app”?
“Reboot your phone”?
“This is your WiFi”?
“Reboot your router and all your Sonos devices”?
“Your queue is too long”?

Or maybe they said
“Yes, this is known regression bug introduced in the Sonos 27.1 version due to poor QA testing. It is already reported to development and will be fixed in the next app release. We are very sorry for inconvenience.”?

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jgatie
Oct 29, 2026 7:27 PM UTC

Very helpful.  You are adding much to the community, you should be proud. 

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Puppeteer
Trending Lyricist I
Oct 29, 2026 6:39 PM UTC

This has been discussed under one of the recent app release threads.…

Basically you can drag and drop a playlist entry to a different location in the queue but error:

is reported and change fails to 'take'.

Reported in the community but whether Sonos is aware and doing anything about it 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Puppeteer
Trending Lyricist I
Oct 29, 2026 6:40 PM UTC

​@kdowling beat me to it 🤓

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kdowling
Oct 29, 2026 6:55 PM UTC

I am on the beta version of the Sonos app but have been on it for over a year. Any suggestions?

I just noticed this, sorry. You shouldn’t be discussing anything about beta versions in this community forum. Even though the regular version has this problem, it goes against your NDA.

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Smilja
Oct 29, 2026 8:32 PM UTC

​@navarton, Report the issue here.

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Smilja
Oct 30, 2026 1:31 PM UTC

I get the message on my Android devices as well, however, when looking closely, the track was nevertheless moved to the desired position.

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kdowling
Oct 30, 2026 1:50 PM UTC

This problem is only on android. And if you exit the queue and open it back up, you will find that the track is back in its original position. It was never actually moved.

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Smilja
Oct 30, 2026 2:07 PM UTC

You're right, I didn't notice. I don't memorize song orders since I rebuild my queue every day based on my mood.

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Lyricist I
Nov 5, 2026 12:00 AM UTC

Same problem here. Sonos is such crap now. Geez.

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kdowling
Nov 5, 2026 7:12 PM UTC

My android controller app just updated to version 91.00.33 and this has now been fixed.

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