[GH-ISSUE #442] Only the first 100 songs are randomized over in a big playlist #1179

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opened 2026-03-14 13:50:00 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-14 13:50:00 +03:00

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Originally created by @BinaryFly on GitHub (Apr 30, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/issues/442

Describe the bug
Whenever I play a song from a big playlist and put shuffle on true, it will only randomize over the first 100 songs in the playlist. I don't know if this is a spotify API related issue or not but it would be nice if we could use shuffle over the entire playlist instead of the first 100 tracks.

To Reproduce

Open a big playlist (larger than 100 tracks)
Play the first song
Put shuffle on true (CTRL+S if you didn't change your keymaps)
Skip to the next track a few times and see that the selected song will always be in the range of the first 100 songs.

Originally created by @BinaryFly on GitHub (Apr 30, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/issues/442 **Describe the bug** Whenever I play a song from a big playlist and put shuffle on `true`, it will only randomize over the first 100 songs in the playlist. I don't know if this is a spotify API related issue or not but it would be nice if we could use shuffle over the entire playlist instead of the first 100 tracks. **To Reproduce** 1. Open a big playlist (larger than 100 tracks) 2. Play the first song 3. Put shuffle on `true` (CTRL+S if you didn't change your keymaps) 4. Skip to the next track a few times and see that the selected song will always be in the range of the first 100 songs.

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2026-03-14 13:50:00 +03:00

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kerem commented

2026-03-14 13:50:16 +03:00

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@BinaryFly commented on GitHub (Apr 30, 2024):

After not too much digging I found the following bug report from 2016 on a spotify community page. It seems this is a bug in the spotify API that has been around for a while. Maybe there is an easy workaround to simulate the desired behaviour still?

@BinaryFly commented on GitHub (Apr 30, 2024): After not too much digging I found [the following bug report](https://community.spotify.com/t5/Other-Podcasts-Partners-etc/BUG-Spotify-Connect-only-shuffles-100-songs/td-p/1299418) from 2016 on a spotify community page. It seems this is a bug in the spotify API that has been around for a while. Maybe there is an easy workaround to simulate the desired behaviour still?

kerem commented

2026-03-14 13:50:21 +03:00

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@BinaryFly commented on GitHub (Apr 30, 2024):

Just saw that this already has a closed issue where this was handled. So I'll close this.

@BinaryFly commented on GitHub (Apr 30, 2024): Just saw that this already has [a closed issue](https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/issues/297) where this was handled. So I'll close this.