[GH-ISSUE #547] Failure to authenticate after fresh Arch install #1253

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opened 2026-03-14 14:07:31 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-14 14:07:31 +03:00

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Originally created by @vannotz on GitHub (Aug 16, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/issues/547

Did a fresh install of Arch (switch from Artix) and I can't seem to login to my spotify account with spotify-player (nor with ncspot), it gives "Failed to authenticate, 2 tries left", and I know for a fact that the credentials are right since I can login from my browser. One thing to note is that, when logging in from the Browser, spotify asks to verify the login with a set of numbers sent to my email, maybe since that these spotify terminal players don't support that feature it simply fails.
I am using the base AUR package with no extra features built in.

Seems to be related to this Family Plan problem as reported in ncspot's github, https://github.com/hrkfdn/ncspot/issues/1500

Originally created by @vannotz on GitHub (Aug 16, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/issues/547 Did a fresh install of Arch (switch from Artix) and I can't seem to login to my spotify account with spotify-player (nor with ncspot), it gives "Failed to authenticate, 2 tries left", and I know for a fact that the credentials are right since I can login from my browser. One thing to note is that, when logging in from the Browser, spotify asks to verify the login with a set of numbers sent to my email, maybe since that these spotify terminal players don't support that feature it simply fails. I am using the base AUR package with no extra features built in. Seems to be related to this Family Plan problem as reported in ncspot's github, https://github.com/hrkfdn/ncspot/issues/1500

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2026-03-14 14:07:48 +03:00

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@vannotz commented on GitHub (Aug 18, 2024):

Use librespot-auth repository to create credentials.json file (make sure you installed official Spotify client. I didn't test with web player and mobile app, but test it if you like) and copy it to ~/.cache/spotify-player

How would this work? I'm not sure what commands to run with librespot-auth

@vannotz commented on GitHub (Aug 18, 2024): > Use [librespot-auth repository](https://github.com/dspearson/librespot-auth) to create credentials.json file (make sure you installed official Spotify client. I didn't test with web player and mobile app, but test it if you like) and copy it to ~/.cache/spotify-player How would this work? I'm not sure what commands to run with librespot-auth

kerem commented

2026-03-14 14:07:53 +03:00

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@vannotz commented on GitHub (Aug 18, 2024):

Worked flawlessly for me, thank you, I think I'll close this issue so that the main discussion is focused in the other issue.

@vannotz commented on GitHub (Aug 18, 2024): Worked flawlessly for me, thank you, I think I'll close this issue so that the main discussion is focused in the other issue.