Spotify "Media Browsing Error" selecting artist or playlist in automation sequence

[JoshuaKGoldberg]

The problem

I'm trying to create an Automation where one step in the Sequence is a Media Player > Play Media. I've connected my Spotify account with the official integration and am able to see the list of albums, artists, playlists, etc. when selecting media.

• ❌ Crashes: selecting an artist or playlist
• ✅ Works: selecting a single song, such as from Liked Songs

The crash is a modal showing:

• Title: Media browsing error
• Body: Unknown error

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2026.3.2

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

No response

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

Spotify

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/spotify

Diagnostics information

config_entry-spotify-01KKWPEN0ZT067PP10EB0JC5HS.json

Example YAML snippet

sequence:
  - action: media_player.play_media
    metadata: {}
    data:
      media:
        media_content_id: >-
          spotify://01kkwpen0zt067pp10eb0jc5hs/spotify:track:0zO1KPARMbqPUKkE7xOGhT
        media_content_type: spotify://track
        metadata:
          title: Age of Empires II Main Theme
          thumbnail: https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273461ba363b22acf7fb84fa544
          media_class: track
          children_media_class: null
          navigateIds:
            - {}
            - media_content_type: spotify://library
              media_content_id: spotify://01KKWPEN0ZT067PP10EB0JC5HS
            - media_content_type: spotify://current_user_saved_tracks
              media_content_id: spotify://01kkwpen0zt067pp10eb0jc5hs/current_user_saved_tracks
          browse_entity_id: media_player.bedroom_sonos_era_100_speaker
    target:
      device_id: da225f6973b9d4d039b07c59a50b692c
alias: Wakeup - Gentle
description: ""

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

Logger: homeassistant.components.websocket_api.http.connection
Source: components/spotify/browse_media.py:354
integration: Home Assistant WebSocket API (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 11:34:19 PM (1 occurrence)
Last logged: 11:34:19 PM

[546574509984] Error handling message: Unknown error (unknown_error) Josh Goldberg from 192.168.4.27 (Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/145.0.0.0 Safari/537.36)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 9, in __mashumaro_from_dict_json__
  File "<string>", line 20, in __mashumaro_from_dict_json__
mashumaro.exceptions.MissingField: Field "track" of type Item is missing in PlaylistTrack instance

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 86, in __mashumaro_from_json__
  File "<string>", line 11, in __mashumaro_from_dict_json__
mashumaro.exceptions.InvalidFieldValue: Field "items" of type list[PlaylistTrack] in PlaylistTracks has invalid value [{'added_at': '2026-03-18T03:26:01Z', 'added_by': {'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/user/31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu', 'id': '31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu', 'type': 'user', 'uri': 'spotify:user:31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu'}, 'is_local': False, 'primary_color': None, 'item': {'is_playable': True, 'explicit': False, 'type': 'track', 'episode': False, 'track': True, 'album': {'is_playable': True, 'type': 'album', 'album_type': 'album', 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/5EyIDBAqhnlkAHqvPRwdbX', 'id': '5EyIDBAqhnlkAHqvPRwdbX', 'images': [{'url': 'https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2734509204d0860cc0cc67e83dc', 'width': 640, 'height': 640}, {'url': 'https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e024509204d0860cc0cc67e83dc', 'width': 300, 'height': 300}, {'url': 'https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d000048514509204d0860cc0cc67e83dc', 'width': 64, 'height': 64}], 'name': 'Led Zeppelin IV (Remaster)', 'release_date': '1971-11-08', 'release_date_precision': 'day', 'uri': 'spotify:album:5EyIDBAqhnlkAHqvPRwdbX', 'artists': [{'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/artist/36QJpDe2go2KgaRleHCDTp'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/36QJpDe2go2KgaRleHCDTp', 'id': '36QJpDe2go2KgaRleHCDTp', 'name': 'Led Zeppelin', 'type': 'artist', 'uri': 'spotify:artist:36QJpDe2go2KgaRleHCDTp'}], 'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/album/5EyIDBAqhnlkAHqvPRwdbX'}, 'total_tracks': 8}, 'artists': [{'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/artist/36QJpDe2go2KgaRleHCDTp'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/36QJpDe2go2KgaRleHCDTp', 'id': '36QJpDe2go2KgaRleHCDTp', 'name': 'Led Zeppelin', 'type': 'artist', 'uri': 'spotify:artist:36QJpDe2go2KgaRleHCDTp'}], 'disc_number': 1, 'track_number': 4, 'duration_ms': 482830, 'external_ids': {'isrc': 'USAT21300959'}, 'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/track/0RO9W1xJoUEpq5MEelddFb'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/0RO9W1xJoUEpq5MEelddFb', 'id': '0RO9W1xJoUEpq5MEelddFb', 'name': 'Stairway to Heaven - Remaster', 'uri': 'spotify:track:0RO9W1xJoUEpq5MEelddFb', 'is_local': False}, 'video_thumbnail': {'url': None}}, {'added_at': '2026-01-08T18:37:20Z', 'added_by': {'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/user/31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu', 'id': '31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu', 'type': 'user', 'uri': 'spotify:user:31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu'}, 'is_local': False, 'primary_color': None, 'item': {'is_playable': True, 'explicit': False, 'type': 'track', 'episode': False, 'track': True, 'album': {'is_playable': True, 'type': 'album', 'album_type': 'single', 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/5nwQtsWkXgDKY6x543wqv3', 'id': '5nwQtsWkXgDKY6x543wqv3', 'images': [{'url': 'https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273d48d3d0a55f6b1dfa5decbbf', 'width': 640, 'height': 640}, {'url': 'https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02d48d3d0a55f6b1dfa5decbbf', 'width': 300, 'height': 300}, {'url': 'https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00004851d48d3d0a55f6b1dfa5decbbf', 'width': 64, 'height': 64}], 'name': "Satan's a Woman / I Am a Witch", 'release_date': '2020-06-17', 'release_date_precision': 'day', 'uri': 'spotify:album:5nwQtsWkXgDKY6x543wqv3', 'artists': [{'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/artist/5NYEE4kgrEZPlM3DxUsTyc'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/5NYEE4kgrEZPlM3DxUsTyc', 'id': '5NYEE4kgrEZPlM3DxUsTyc', 'name': 'Twin Temple', 'type': 'artist', 'uri': 'spotify:artist:5NYEE4kgrEZPlM3DxUsTyc'}], 'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/album/5nwQtsWkXgDKY6x543wqv3'}, 'total_tracks': 2}, 'artists': [{'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/artist/5NYEE4kgrEZPlM3DxUsTyc'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/5NYEE4kgrEZPlM3DxUsTyc', 'id': '5NYEE4kgrEZPlM3DxUsTyc', 'name': 'Twin Temple', 'type': 'artist', 'uri': 'spotify:artist:5NYEE4kgrEZPlM3DxUsTyc'}], 'disc_number': 1, 'track_number': 1, 'duration_ms': 170945, 'external_ids': {'isrc': 'GBMLU1923701'}, 'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/track/3Ip8cDiALtHFl3HW434Qss'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/3Ip8cDiALtHFl3HW434Qss', 'id': '3Ip8cDiALtHFl3HW434Qss', 'name': "Satan's a Woman", 'uri': 'spotify:track:3Ip8cDiALtHFl3HW434Qss', 'is_local': False}, 'video_thumbnail': {'url': None}}, {'added_at': '2026-01-10T19:49:24Z', 'added_by': {'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/user/31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu', 'id': '31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu', 'type': 'user', 'uri': 'spotify:user:31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu'}, 'is_local': False, 'primary_color': None, 'item': {'is_playable': True, 'explicit': False, 'type': 'track', 'episode': False, 'track': True, 'album': {'is_playable': True, 'type': 'album', 'album_type': 'album', 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/0Xwkx2TLFwRcoK0OWQ0Msa', 'id': '0Xwkx2TLFwRcoK0OWQ0Msa', 'images': [{'url': 'https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2733c534611bd3658006378a2d7', 'width': 640, 'height': 640}, {'url': 'https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e023c534611bd3658006378a2d7', 'width': 300, 'height': 300}, {'url': 'https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d000048513c534611bd3658006378a2d7', 'width': 64, 'height': 64}], 'name': 'The Animals', 'release_date': '1964-01-01', 'release_date_precision': 'day', 'uri': 'spotify:album:0Xwkx2TLFwRcoK0OWQ0Msa', 'artists': [{'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ICflSq6ZgYAIrm2CTkfVP'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/3ICflSq6ZgYAIrm2CTkfVP', 'id': '3ICflSq6ZgYAIrm2CTkfVP', 'name': 'The Animals', 'type': 'artist', 'uri': 'spotify:artist:3ICflSq6ZgYAIrm2CTkfVP'}], 'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/album/0Xwkx2TLFwRcoK0OWQ0Msa'}, 'total_tracks': 13}, 'artists': [{'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ICflSq6ZgYAIrm2CTkfVP'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/3ICflSq6ZgYAIrm2CTkfVP', 'id': '3ICflSq6ZgYAIrm2CTkfVP', 'name': 'The Animals', 'type': 'artist', 'uri': 'spotify:artist:3ICflSq6ZgYAIrm2CTkfVP'}], 'disc_number': 1, 'track_number': 1, 'duration_ms': 271280, 'external_ids': {'isrc': 'USA176460010'}, 'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/track/7BY005dacJkbO6EPiOh2wb'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/7BY005dacJkbO6EPiOh2wb', 'id': '7BY005dacJkbO6EPiOh2wb', 'name': 'House Of The Rising Sun', 'uri': 'spotify:track:7BY005dacJkbO6EPiOh2wb', 'is_local': False}, 'video_thumbnail': {'url': None}}, {'added_at': '2026-01-10T19:49:28Z', 'added_by': {'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/user/31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu', 'id': '31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu', 'type': 'user', 'uri': 'spotify:user:31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu'}, 'is_local': False, 'primary_color': None, 'item': {'is_playable': True, 'explicit': False, 'type': 'track', 'episode': False, 'track': True, 'album': {'is_playable': True, 'type': 'album', 'album_type': 'compilation', 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/18fOLsMG8Msf1DEaW0E71K', 'id': '18fOLsMG8Msf1DEaW0E71K', 'images': [{'url': 'https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b27313cbe3e4dfa81fe5b91f2f1c', 'width': 640, 'height': 640}, {'url': 'https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e0213cbe3e4dfa81fe5b91f2f1c', 'width': 300, 'height': 300}, {'url': 'https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000485113cbe3e4dfa81fe5b91f2f1c', 'width': 64, 'height': 64}], 'name': 'Call Me', 'release_date': '2004-01-01', 'release_date_precision': 'day', 'uri': 'spotify:album:18fOLsMG8Msf1DEaW0E71K', 'artists': [{'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/artist/4tpUmLEVLCGFr93o8hFFIB'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/4tpUmLEVLCGFr93o8hFFIB', 'id': '4tpUmLEVLCGFr93o8hFFIB', 'name': 'Blondie', 'type': 'artist', 'uri': 'spotify:artist:4tpUmLEVLCGFr93o8hFFIB'}], 'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/album/18fOLsMG8Msf1DEaW0E71K'}, 'total_tracks': 5}, 'artists': [{'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/artist/4tpUmLEVLCGFr93o8hFFIB'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/4tpUmLEVLCGFr93o8hFFIB', 'id': '4tpUmLEVLCGFr93o8hFFIB', 'name': 'Blondie', 'type': 'artist', 'uri': 'spotify:artist:4tpUmLEVLCGFr93o8hFFIB'}], 'disc_number': 1, 'track_number': 1, 'duration_ms': 212226, 'external_ids': {'isrc': 'USCH39800016'}, 'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/track/7HKxTNVlkHsfMLhigmhC0I'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/7HKxTNVlkHsfMLhigmhC0I', 'id': '7HKxTNVlkHsfMLhigmhC0I', 'name': 'Call Me', 'uri': 'spotify:track:7HKxTNVlkHsfMLhigmhC0I', 'is_local': False}, 'video_thumbnail': {'url': None}}, {'added_at': '2026-01-08T18:37:14Z', 'added_by': {'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/user/31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu', 'id': '31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu', 'type': 'user', 'uri': 'spotify:user:31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu'}, 'is_local': False, 'primary_color': None, 'item': {'is_playable': True, 'explicit': False, 'type': 'track', 'episode': False, 'track': True, 'album': {'is_playable': True, 'type': 'album', 'album_type': 'album', 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/6eUW0wxWtzkFdaEFsTJto6', 'id': '6eUW0wxWtzkFdaEFsTJto6', 'images': [{'url': 'https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b27315ebbedaacef61af244262a8', 'width': 640, 'height': 640}, {'url': 'https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e0215ebbedaacef61af244262a8', 'width': 300, 'height': 300}, {'url': 'https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000485115ebbedaacef61af244262a8', 'width': 64, 'height': 64}], 'name': 'Whenever You Need Somebody', 'release_date': '1987-11-12', 'release_date_precision': 'day', 'uri': 'spotify:album:6eUW0wxWtzkFdaEFsTJto6', 'artists': [{'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/artist/0gxyHStUsqpMadRV0Di1Qt'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/0gxyHStUsqpMadRV0Di1Qt', 'id': '0gxyHStUsqpMadRV0Di1Qt', 'name': 'Rick Astley', 'type': 'artist', 'uri': 'spotify:artist:0gxyHStUsqpMadRV0Di1Qt'}], 'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/album/6eUW0wxWtzkFdaEFsTJto6'}, 'total_tracks': 10}, 'artists': [{'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/artist/0gxyHStUsqpMadRV0Di1Qt'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/0gxyHStUsqpMadRV0Di1Qt', 'id': '0gxyHStUsqpMadRV0Di1Qt', 'name': 'Rick Astley', 'type': 'artist', 'uri': 'spotify:artist:0gxyHStUsqpMadRV0Di1Qt'}], 'disc_number': 1, 'track_number': 1, 'duration_ms': 213573, 'external_ids': {'isrc': 'GBARL9300135'}, 'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/track/4PTG3Z6ehGkBFwjybzWkR8'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/4PTG3Z6ehGkBFwjybzWkR8', 'id': '4PTG3Z6ehGkBFwjybzWkR8', 'name': 'Never Gonna Give You Up', 'uri': 'spotify:track:4PTG3Z6ehGkBFwjybzWkR8', 'is_local': False}, 'video_thumbnail': {'url': None}}]

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/decorators.py", line 28, in _handle_async_response
    await func(hass, connection, msg)
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/media_player/__init__.py", line 1351, in websocket_browse_media
    payload = await player.async_browse_media(media_content_type, media_content_id)
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/sonos/media_player.py", line 802, in async_browse_media
    return await media_browser.async_browse_media(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<6 lines>...
    )
    ^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/sonos/media_browser.py", line 160, in async_browse_media
    return await spotify.async_browse_media(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        hass, media_content_type, media_content_id, can_play_artist=False
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    )
    ^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/spotify/browse_media.py", line 248, in async_browse_media
    result = await async_browse_media_internal(
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<5 lines>...
    )
    ^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/spotify/browse_media.py", line 284, in async_browse_media_internal
    response = await build_item_response(
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<3 lines>...
    )
    ^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/spotify/browse_media.py", line 354, in build_item_response
    if playlist := await spotify.get_playlist(media_content_id):
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/spotifyaio/spotify.py", line 84, in wrapper
    return await func(self, *args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/spotifyaio/spotify.py", line 446, in get_playlist
    return Playlist.from_json(response)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<string>", line 88, in __mashumaro_from_json__
mashumaro.exceptions.InvalidFieldValue: Field "items" of type PlaylistTracks in Playlist has invalid value {'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/5PGMD89KTrXmujCaTMveAo/items?offset=0&limit=100&additional_types=track', 'items': [{'added_at': '2026-03-18T03:26:01Z', 'added_by': {'external_urls': {'spotify': 'https://open.spotify.com/user/31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu'}, 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu', 'id': '31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu', 'type': 'user', 'uri': 'spotify:user:31ghv3aa4p7ittz3axw4vw3adbvu'}, 'is_local': False, 'primary_color': None, 'item': {'is_playable': True, 'explicit': False, 'type': 'track', 'episode': False, 'track': True, 'album': {'is_playable': True, 'type': 'album', 'album_type': 'album', 'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/5EyIDBAqhnlkAHqvPRwdbX', 'id': '5EyIDBAqhnlkAHqvPRwdbX', 'images': [{'url': 'https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2734509204d0860cc0cc67e83dc', 'width': 640, 'height': 640}, {'url': 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[socialkitchentech-coder]

I’m seeing the same issue on my setup as well. When browsing/using a Spotify playlist in Home Assistant, it fails with:

mashumaro.exceptions.InvalidFieldValue: Field "items" of type PlaylistTracks in Playlist has invalid value

In the response, Spotify appears to be returning playlist entries with item: {...} instead of the expected track: {...} field. Single tracks seem to work, but playlists fail.

This looks very similar to the original report, so I wanted to add another confirmation that it is still happening.

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[JoshuaKGoldberg]

Still an issue.

[cweilguny]

I have the same issue, not with an automation, just navigating to the Spotify service in Settings > Devices & services, then open the Controls section, open the media library there, and then select a playlist.

Probably worth mentioning: During setup you need to authorize Home Assistant. After clicking Accept i got a http/500. But controlling and selecting e.g. an album works as described by the T/O. So it seems to not be an auth issue.