Spotify Outage Hits Millions; Security Breach Denied

Spotify experienced a major global outage on Wednesday, affecting tens of thousands of users across the US, UK, Europe, and other regions, with many reporting persistent loading screens, 502 errors, and inability to access key features such as search and artist profiles. Downdetector logged over 45,000 to 50,000 outage reports at the peak, though offline and downloaded music remained accessible. The outage sparked widespread commentary on social media, where 'Spotify' trended. Spotify acknowledged the disruption on its support channels, confirmed that a fix was underway, and denied rumors that the outage was caused by a security breach. No estimated time for full service restoration was provided. This incident follows a similar outage the previous week and underscores reliability concerns for the platform, which serves over 675 million global users.