Spotify incident

CarPlay shows the previous track's album artwork

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Spotify experienced a major incident on May 18, 2026 affecting Service, lasting 7d 22h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
May 18, 2026, 07:56 AM UTC
Resolved
May 26, 2026, 06:05 AM UTC
Duration
7d 22h
Detected by Pingoru
May 18, 2026, 07:56 AM UTC

Affected components

Service

Update timeline

  1. investigating May 18, 2026, 07:56 AM UTC

    We've received reports that after the CarPlay display shows the previous track’s album cover instead of the current one.

  2. resolved Jun 09, 2026, 07:54 AM UTC

    Status changed to: Fixed

  3. resolved Jun 09, 2026, 07:54 AM UTC

    Hey folks, Thank you for your patience while we investigated this issue. We believe this should now be resolved for everyone - just make sure you're running the latest version of Spotify available. In case you're still having trouble or you need assistance with anything else, you can post a new thread in the relevant help board here . Take care.