[GH-ISSUE #590] Requires sudo #1276

New issue

Closed

opened 2026-03-14 14:12:43 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-14 14:12:43 +03:00

Owner

Originally created by @peterc-s on GitHub (Oct 31, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/issues/590

Describe the bug
I wouldn't expect a Spotify player to require elevated privileges just to run, so I think this may be a strange bug.

When running the player without sudo I get:

Error: initialize new Spotify session

Caused by:
    0: new streaming connection
    1: intialize spirc
    2: Permission denied { Login failed with reason: Bad credentials }

So I ran spotify_player authenticate and got no output. I then thought that I might need elevated privileges just to authenticate so ran sudo spotify_player authenticate and got a link to authenticate with. Then running spotify_player again I got the same:

Error: initialize new Spotify session

Caused by:
    0: new streaming connection
    1: intialize spirc
    2: Permission denied { Login failed with reason: Bad credentials }

So I resorted to sudo spotify_player which gave me a new link to authenticate with and the finally I got through to the player, however I still can't without sudo.

To Reproduce
Install through yay on Arch Linux and attempt to authenticate.

Expected behaviour
spotify_player authenticate should give me a link to authenticate with and spotify_player should take me to the player, without requiring elevated privileges.

Log and backtrace

2024-10-31T14:48:25.628955Z  INFO spotify_player: Configurations: Configs { app_config: AppConfig { theme: "dracula", client_id: "REDACTED", client_id_command: None, client_port: 8080, player_event_hook_command: None, playback_format: "{track} • {artists}\n{album}\n{metadata}", notify_format: NotifyFormat { summary: "{track} • {artists}", body: "{album}" }, notify_timeout_in_secs: 0, tracks_playback_limit: 50, proxy: None, ap_port: None, app_refresh_duration_in_ms: 32, playback_refresh_duration_in_ms: 0, page_size_in_rows: 20, play_icon: "▶", pause_icon: "▌▌", liked_icon: "♥", border_type: Plain, progress_bar_type: Rectangle, layout: LayoutConfig { library: LibraryLayoutConfig { playlist_percent: 40, album_percent: 40 }, playback_window_position: Top, playback_window_height: 6 }, cover_img_length: 9, cover_img_width: 5, cover_img_scale: 1.0, enable_media_control: true, enable_streaming: Always, enable_notify: true, enable_cover_image_cache: true, default_device: "spotify-player", device: DeviceConfig { name: "spotify-player", device_type: "speaker", volume: 70, bitrate: 320, audio_cache: false, normalization: false, autoplay: false }, notify_streaming_only: false, seek_duration_secs: 5 }, keymap_config: KeymapConfig { keymaps: [Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('n'))] }, command: NextTrack }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('p'))] }, command: PreviousTrack }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('.'))] }, command: PlayRandom }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char(' '))] }, command: ResumePause }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('r'))] }, command: Repeat }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Alt(Char('r'))] }, command: ToggleFakeTrackRepeatMode }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('s'))] }, command: Shuffle }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('+'))] }, command: VolumeUp }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('-'))] }, command: VolumeDown }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('_'))] }, command: Mute }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('>'))] }, command: SeekForward }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('<'))] }, command: SeekBackward }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Enter)] }, command: ChooseSelected }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('r'))] }, command: RefreshPlayback }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('/'))] }, command: Search }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('z'))] }, command: Queue }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('z'))] }, command: AddSelectedItemToQueue }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('Z'))] }, command: AddSelectedItemToQueue }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char(' '))] }, command: ShowActionsOnSelectedItem }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char('a'))] }, command: ShowActionsOnSelectedItem }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('a'))] }, command: ShowActionsOnCurrentTrack }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('R'))] }, command: RestartIntegratedClient }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Tab)] }, command: FocusNextWindow }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(BackTab)] }, command: FocusPreviousWindow }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('T'))] }, command: SwitchTheme }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('D'))] }, command: SwitchDevice }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('u')), None(Char('p'))] }, command: BrowseUserPlaylists }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('u')), None(Char('a'))] }, command: BrowseUserFollowedArtists }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('u')), None(Char('A'))] }, command: BrowseUserSavedAlbums }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char(' '))] }, command: CurrentlyPlayingContextPage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char('t'))] }, command: TopTrackPage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char('r'))] }, command: RecentlyPlayedTrackPage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char('y'))] }, command: LikedTrackPage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char('L'))] }, command: LyricPage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('l'))] }, command: LyricPage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char('l'))] }, command: LibraryPage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char('s'))] }, command: SearchPage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char('b'))] }, command: BrowsePage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Backspace)] }, command: PreviousPage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('q'))] }, command: PreviousPage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('O'))] }, command: OpenSpotifyLinkFromClipboard }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('?'))] }, command: OpenCommandHelp }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('h'))] }, command: OpenCommandHelp }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('q'))] }, command: Quit }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('c'))] }, command: Quit }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Esc)] }, command: ClosePopup }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('j'))] }, command: SelectNextOrScrollDown }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('n'))] }, command: SelectNextOrScrollDown }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Down)] }, command: SelectNextOrScrollDown }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('k'))] }, command: SelectPreviousOrScrollUp }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('p'))] }, command: SelectPreviousOrScrollUp }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Up)] }, command: SelectPreviousOrScrollUp }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(PageUp)] }, command: PageSelectPreviousOrScrollUp }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('b'))] }, command: PageSelectPreviousOrScrollUp }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(PageDown)] }, command: PageSelectNextOrScrollDown }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('f'))] }, command: PageSelectNextOrScrollDown }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char('g'))] }, command: SelectFirstOrScrollToTop }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Home)] }, command: SelectFirstOrScrollToTop }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('G'))] }, command: SelectLastOrScrollToBottom }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(End)] }, command: SelectLastOrScrollToBottom }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('s')), None(Char('t'))] }, command: SortTrackByTitle }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('s')), None(Char('a'))] }, command: SortTrackByArtists }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('s')), None(Char('A'))] }, command: SortTrackByAlbum }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('s')), None(Char('d'))] }, command: SortTrackByDuration }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('s')), None(Char('D'))] }, command: SortTrackByAddedDate }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('s')), None(Char('r'))] }, command: ReverseTrackOrder }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('k'))] }, command: MovePlaylistItemUp }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('j'))] }, command: MovePlaylistItemDown }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('N'))] }, command: CreatePlaylist }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char('c'))] }, command: JumpToCurrentTrackInContext }], actions: [] }, theme_config: ThemeConfig { themes: [Theme { name: "default", palette: Palette { background: None, foreground: None, black: Color { color: Black }, blue: Color { color: Blue }, cyan: Color { color: Cyan }, green: Color { color: Green }, magenta: Color { color: Magenta }, red: Color { color: Red }, white: Color { color: Gray }, yellow: Color { color: Yellow }, bright_black: Color { color: DarkGray }, bright_white: Color { color: White }, bright_red: Color { color: LightRed }, bright_magenta: Color { color: LightMagenta }, bright_green: Color { color: LightGreen }, bright_cyan: Color { color: LightCyan }, bright_blue: Color { color: LightBlue }, bright_yellow: Color { color: LightYellow } }, component_style: ComponentStyle { block_title: None, border: None, playback_status: None, playback_track: None, playback_artists: None, playback_album: None, playback_metadata: None, playback_progress_bar: None, playback_progress_bar_unfilled: None, current_playing: None, page_desc: None, playlist_desc: None, table_header: None, selection: None, secondary_row: None, like: None } }] }, cache_folder: "/home/pete/.cache/spotify-player" }
2024-10-31T14:48:25.629169Z  INFO spotify_player::state::data: Loading Playlists data from /home/pete/.cache/spotify-player/Playlists_cache.json...
2024-10-31T14:48:25.629211Z ERROR spotify_player::state::data: Failed to load Playlists data: unknown variant `id`, expected `Playlist` or `Folder` at line 1 column 6
2024-10-31T14:48:25.629228Z  INFO spotify_player::state::data: Loading FollowedArtists data from /home/pete/.cache/spotify-player/FollowedArtists_cache.json...
2024-10-31T14:48:25.629311Z  INFO spotify_player::state::data: Successfully loaded FollowedArtists data!
2024-10-31T14:48:25.629316Z  INFO spotify_player::state::data: Loading SavedAlbums data from /home/pete/.cache/spotify-player/SavedAlbums_cache.json...
2024-10-31T14:48:25.629481Z  INFO spotify_player::state::data: Successfully loaded SavedAlbums data!
2024-10-31T14:48:25.629486Z  INFO spotify_player::state::data: Loading SavedTracks data from /home/pete/.cache/spotify-player/SavedTracks_cache.json...
2024-10-31T14:48:25.629826Z  INFO spotify_player::state::data: Successfully loaded SavedTracks data!
2024-10-31T14:48:25.665234Z  INFO spotify_player::auth: Using cached credentials
2024-10-31T14:48:25.665274Z  INFO spotify_player::streaming: Application's connect configurations: ConnectConfig { name: "spotify-player", device_type: Speaker, is_group: false, initial_volume: Some(45875), has_volume_ctrl: true }
2024-10-31T14:48:25.665302Z  INFO librespot_playback::mixer::softmixer: Mixing with softvol and volume control: Log(60.0)    
2024-10-31T14:48:25.665342Z  INFO spotify_player::streaming: Initializing a new integrated player with device_id=REDACTED
2024-10-31T14:48:25.665461Z  INFO spotify_player::streaming: Starting an integrated Spotify player using librespot's spirc protocol
2024-10-31T14:48:25.665688Z  INFO librespot_playback::convert: Converting with ditherer: tpdf    
2024-10-31T14:48:25.665726Z  INFO librespot_playback::audio_backend::pulseaudio: Using PulseAudioSink with format: S16    
2024-10-31T14:48:25.753807Z  INFO librespot_core::session: Connecting to AP "ap-gew1.spotify.com:4070"

Screenshots

Environment

OS: Arch Linux
Application version: spotify_player 0.20.0
Application features: default features for the AUR install.

Originally created by @peterc-s on GitHub (Oct 31, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/issues/590 **Describe the bug** I wouldn't expect a Spotify player to require elevated privileges just to run, so I think this may be a strange bug. When running the player without `sudo` I get: ``` Error: initialize new Spotify session Caused by: 0: new streaming connection 1: intialize spirc 2: Permission denied { Login failed with reason: Bad credentials } ``` So I ran `spotify_player authenticate` and got no output. I then thought that I might need elevated privileges just to authenticate so ran `sudo spotify_player authenticate` and got a link to authenticate with. Then running `spotify_player` again I got the same: ``` Error: initialize new Spotify session Caused by: 0: new streaming connection 1: intialize spirc 2: Permission denied { Login failed with reason: Bad credentials } ``` So I resorted to `sudo spotify_player` which gave me a new link to authenticate with and the finally I got through to the player, however I still can't without `sudo`. **To Reproduce** Install through `yay` on Arch Linux and attempt to authenticate. **Expected behaviour** `spotify_player authenticate` should give me a link to authenticate with and `spotify_player` should take me to the player, without requiring elevated privileges. **Log and backtrace** ``` 2024-10-31T14:48:25.628955Z INFO spotify_player: Configurations: Configs { app_config: AppConfig { theme: "dracula", client_id: "REDACTED", client_id_command: None, client_port: 8080, player_event_hook_command: None, playback_format: "{track} • {artists}\n{album}\n{metadata}", notify_format: NotifyFormat { summary: "{track} • {artists}", body: "{album}" }, notify_timeout_in_secs: 0, tracks_playback_limit: 50, proxy: None, ap_port: None, app_refresh_duration_in_ms: 32, playback_refresh_duration_in_ms: 0, page_size_in_rows: 20, play_icon: "▶", pause_icon: "▌▌", liked_icon: "♥", border_type: Plain, progress_bar_type: Rectangle, layout: LayoutConfig { library: LibraryLayoutConfig { playlist_percent: 40, album_percent: 40 }, playback_window_position: Top, playback_window_height: 6 }, cover_img_length: 9, cover_img_width: 5, cover_img_scale: 1.0, enable_media_control: true, enable_streaming: Always, enable_notify: true, enable_cover_image_cache: true, default_device: "spotify-player", device: DeviceConfig { name: "spotify-player", device_type: "speaker", volume: 70, bitrate: 320, audio_cache: false, normalization: false, autoplay: false }, notify_streaming_only: false, seek_duration_secs: 5 }, keymap_config: KeymapConfig { keymaps: [Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('n'))] }, command: NextTrack }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('p'))] }, command: PreviousTrack }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('.'))] }, command: PlayRandom }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char(' '))] }, command: ResumePause }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('r'))] }, command: Repeat }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Alt(Char('r'))] }, command: ToggleFakeTrackRepeatMode }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('s'))] }, command: Shuffle }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('+'))] }, command: VolumeUp }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('-'))] }, command: VolumeDown }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('_'))] }, command: Mute }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('>'))] }, command: SeekForward }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('<'))] }, command: SeekBackward }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Enter)] }, command: ChooseSelected }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('r'))] }, command: RefreshPlayback }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('/'))] }, command: Search }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('z'))] }, command: Queue }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('z'))] }, command: AddSelectedItemToQueue }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('Z'))] }, command: AddSelectedItemToQueue }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char(' '))] }, command: ShowActionsOnSelectedItem }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char('a'))] }, command: ShowActionsOnSelectedItem }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('a'))] }, command: ShowActionsOnCurrentTrack }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('R'))] }, command: RestartIntegratedClient }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Tab)] }, command: FocusNextWindow }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(BackTab)] }, command: FocusPreviousWindow }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('T'))] }, command: SwitchTheme }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('D'))] }, command: SwitchDevice }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('u')), None(Char('p'))] }, command: BrowseUserPlaylists }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('u')), None(Char('a'))] }, command: BrowseUserFollowedArtists }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('u')), None(Char('A'))] }, command: BrowseUserSavedAlbums }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char(' '))] }, command: CurrentlyPlayingContextPage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char('t'))] }, command: TopTrackPage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char('r'))] }, command: RecentlyPlayedTrackPage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char('y'))] }, command: LikedTrackPage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char('L'))] }, command: LyricPage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('l'))] }, command: LyricPage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char('l'))] }, command: LibraryPage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char('s'))] }, command: SearchPage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char('b'))] }, command: BrowsePage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Backspace)] }, command: PreviousPage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('q'))] }, command: PreviousPage }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('O'))] }, command: OpenSpotifyLinkFromClipboard }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('?'))] }, command: OpenCommandHelp }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('h'))] }, command: OpenCommandHelp }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('q'))] }, command: Quit }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('c'))] }, command: Quit }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Esc)] }, command: ClosePopup }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('j'))] }, command: SelectNextOrScrollDown }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('n'))] }, command: SelectNextOrScrollDown }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Down)] }, command: SelectNextOrScrollDown }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('k'))] }, command: SelectPreviousOrScrollUp }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('p'))] }, command: SelectPreviousOrScrollUp }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Up)] }, command: SelectPreviousOrScrollUp }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(PageUp)] }, command: PageSelectPreviousOrScrollUp }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('b'))] }, command: PageSelectPreviousOrScrollUp }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(PageDown)] }, command: PageSelectNextOrScrollDown }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('f'))] }, command: PageSelectNextOrScrollDown }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char('g'))] }, command: SelectFirstOrScrollToTop }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Home)] }, command: SelectFirstOrScrollToTop }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('G'))] }, command: SelectLastOrScrollToBottom }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(End)] }, command: SelectLastOrScrollToBottom }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('s')), None(Char('t'))] }, command: SortTrackByTitle }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('s')), None(Char('a'))] }, command: SortTrackByArtists }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('s')), None(Char('A'))] }, command: SortTrackByAlbum }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('s')), None(Char('d'))] }, command: SortTrackByDuration }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('s')), None(Char('D'))] }, command: SortTrackByAddedDate }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('s')), None(Char('r'))] }, command: ReverseTrackOrder }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('k'))] }, command: MovePlaylistItemUp }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [Ctrl(Char('j'))] }, command: MovePlaylistItemDown }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('N'))] }, command: CreatePlaylist }, Keymap { key_sequence: KeySequence { keys: [None(Char('g')), None(Char('c'))] }, command: JumpToCurrentTrackInContext }], actions: [] }, theme_config: ThemeConfig { themes: [Theme { name: "default", palette: Palette { background: None, foreground: None, black: Color { color: Black }, blue: Color { color: Blue }, cyan: Color { color: Cyan }, green: Color { color: Green }, magenta: Color { color: Magenta }, red: Color { color: Red }, white: Color { color: Gray }, yellow: Color { color: Yellow }, bright_black: Color { color: DarkGray }, bright_white: Color { color: White }, bright_red: Color { color: LightRed }, bright_magenta: Color { color: LightMagenta }, bright_green: Color { color: LightGreen }, bright_cyan: Color { color: LightCyan }, bright_blue: Color { color: LightBlue }, bright_yellow: Color { color: LightYellow } }, component_style: ComponentStyle { block_title: None, border: None, playback_status: None, playback_track: None, playback_artists: None, playback_album: None, playback_metadata: None, playback_progress_bar: None, playback_progress_bar_unfilled: None, current_playing: None, page_desc: None, playlist_desc: None, table_header: None, selection: None, secondary_row: None, like: None } }] }, cache_folder: "/home/pete/.cache/spotify-player" } 2024-10-31T14:48:25.629169Z INFO spotify_player::state::data: Loading Playlists data from /home/pete/.cache/spotify-player/Playlists_cache.json... 2024-10-31T14:48:25.629211Z ERROR spotify_player::state::data: Failed to load Playlists data: unknown variant `id`, expected `Playlist` or `Folder` at line 1 column 6 2024-10-31T14:48:25.629228Z INFO spotify_player::state::data: Loading FollowedArtists data from /home/pete/.cache/spotify-player/FollowedArtists_cache.json... 2024-10-31T14:48:25.629311Z INFO spotify_player::state::data: Successfully loaded FollowedArtists data! 2024-10-31T14:48:25.629316Z INFO spotify_player::state::data: Loading SavedAlbums data from /home/pete/.cache/spotify-player/SavedAlbums_cache.json... 2024-10-31T14:48:25.629481Z INFO spotify_player::state::data: Successfully loaded SavedAlbums data! 2024-10-31T14:48:25.629486Z INFO spotify_player::state::data: Loading SavedTracks data from /home/pete/.cache/spotify-player/SavedTracks_cache.json... 2024-10-31T14:48:25.629826Z INFO spotify_player::state::data: Successfully loaded SavedTracks data! 2024-10-31T14:48:25.665234Z INFO spotify_player::auth: Using cached credentials 2024-10-31T14:48:25.665274Z INFO spotify_player::streaming: Application's connect configurations: ConnectConfig { name: "spotify-player", device_type: Speaker, is_group: false, initial_volume: Some(45875), has_volume_ctrl: true } 2024-10-31T14:48:25.665302Z INFO librespot_playback::mixer::softmixer: Mixing with softvol and volume control: Log(60.0) 2024-10-31T14:48:25.665342Z INFO spotify_player::streaming: Initializing a new integrated player with device_id=REDACTED 2024-10-31T14:48:25.665461Z INFO spotify_player::streaming: Starting an integrated Spotify player using librespot's spirc protocol 2024-10-31T14:48:25.665688Z INFO librespot_playback::convert: Converting with ditherer: tpdf 2024-10-31T14:48:25.665726Z INFO librespot_playback::audio_backend::pulseaudio: Using PulseAudioSink with format: S16 2024-10-31T14:48:25.753807Z INFO librespot_core::session: Connecting to AP "ap-gew1.spotify.com:4070" ``` **Screenshots** ![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/dabc222f-8120-4e84-a5c0-d2051aa8a317) **Environment** - OS: Arch Linux - Application version: spotify_player 0.20.0 - Application features: default features for the AUR install.

kerem

2026-03-14 14:12:43 +03:00

closed this issue
added the
bug
label

kerem commented

2026-03-14 14:12:59 +03:00

Author

Owner

@peterc-s commented on GitHub (Oct 31, 2024):

Found the cause of the issue. When running spotify_player authenticate, there is no attempt to overwrite the old credentials to re-authenticate and so it just exits, found I had an old credentials.json in the cache. It might be helpful to attempt to re-authenticate if bad credentials are found.

@peterc-s commented on GitHub (Oct 31, 2024): Found the cause of the issue. When running `spotify_player authenticate`, there is no attempt to overwrite the old credentials to re-authenticate and so it just exits, found I had an old `credentials.json` in the cache. It might be helpful to attempt to re-authenticate if bad credentials are found.

kerem commented

2026-03-14 14:13:04 +03:00

Author

Owner

@aome510 commented on GitHub (Oct 31, 2024):

With https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/pull/592, spotify_player authenticate will ignore cache and re-authenticate the app

@aome510 commented on GitHub (Oct 31, 2024): With https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/pull/592, `spotify_player authenticate` will ignore cache and re-authenticate the app

kerem commented

2026-03-14 14:13:09 +03:00

Author

Owner

@FrankFromHR commented on GitHub (Nov 4, 2024):

Just wanted to add to this issue that even after #592 I had to delete my cache folder to be able to authenticate and load the application correctly on a Windows 11 desktop.

@FrankFromHR commented on GitHub (Nov 4, 2024): Just wanted to add to this issue that even after #592 I had to delete my cache folder to be able to authenticate and load the application correctly on a Windows 11 desktop.