[GH-ISSUE #96] Spotify banned my IP #204

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opened 2026-03-01 17:28:36 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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2026-03-01 17:28:36 +03:00

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Originally created by @hannahildebrandt on GitHub (Feb 9, 2026).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/afkarxyz/SpotiDownloader/issues/96

Mostly posting this as a word of warning. I had a few relatively rare CDs that were scratched to death but I wanted rips of, so I tried using this. It worked fine for two albums, then every download started failing -- but more importantly, the Spotify web player no longer worked on any device connected to my network. Every song I tried to play just said "Spotify can't play this right now". The mobile apps continued to work, though, and everything went back to normal by the next day.

I tried again a few days later, and it happened again after downloading three songs. It's been around 10 minutes since that happened and I still can't use the web interface, we'll see how bad the punishment is this time.

So Spotify does, in fact, have protection against tools like this, and there isn't zero risk in using it.

Interestingly, after songs started failing, two or three still downloaded before I was blocked completely, which means it's probably triggered by making too many requests too quickly. If downloads were sequential with a random delay it might fix it?

Originally created by @hannahildebrandt on GitHub (Feb 9, 2026). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/afkarxyz/SpotiDownloader/issues/96 Mostly posting this as a word of warning. I had a few relatively rare CDs that were scratched to death but I wanted rips of, so I tried using this. It worked fine for two albums, then every download started failing -- but more importantly, the Spotify web player no longer worked on any device connected to my network. Every song I tried to play just said "Spotify can't play this right now". The mobile apps continued to work, though, and everything went back to normal by the next day. I tried again a few days later, and it happened again after downloading three songs. It's been around 10 minutes since that happened and I still can't use the web interface, we'll see how bad the punishment is this time. So Spotify does, in fact, have protection against tools like this, and there isn't zero risk in using it. Interestingly, after songs started failing, two or three still downloaded before I was blocked completely, which means it's probably triggered by making too many requests too quickly. If downloads were sequential with a random delay it might fix it?

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2026-03-01 17:28:36 +03:00

kerem commented

2026-03-01 17:28:37 +03:00

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@hannahildebrandt commented on GitHub (Feb 9, 2026):

fyi, this second time Spotify returned to normal after about an hour

@hannahildebrandt commented on GitHub (Feb 9, 2026): fyi, this second time Spotify returned to normal after about an hour