Cannot connect to Spotify Connect speaker

[air-ii]

What version of Music Assistant has the issue?

2.7.0b11

How is the MA server installed?

Docker Container

Carefully read the Troubleshooting FAQ and confirm that

• I have examined the logs and tried to resolve this issue
• I have fixed any errors in the logs that relate to tags
• I am not running MA across a VPN, VLAN, subnet, behind a firewall, or using local SSL or have any other complex network setup
• I have disabled tool such as AdGuard, Pi-hole or pfSense and retested
• I have checked my network setup to ensure mDNS/multicast is not being blocked
• If using HA, I have confirmed the internal URL is set correctly
• I have tried a wired connection for issues related to interrupted or poor playback quality
• If the problem relates to a device then I have checked the device settings
• If it is a frontend issue, I have tried a different widely used browser
• I have reviewed the applicable player or music provider documentation
• For voice problems, I have sought help elsewhere before returning here
• For playback problems, I have recycled power to the physical device
• I have tried restarting MA and rebooting the host

Have you reviewed the Open and Closed Issues and Discussions to resolve this yourself?

• Yes

The problem

I have a setup with a number of Squeezelite based players (transitioning from LMS, mainly due to dropping of Spotify Connect). Recently Connect stopped working, meaning I can see the devices in the Spotify app, however the app cannot connect to the Connect speaker or it connects, however there's no playback. It stopped working yesterday on all speakers (10 zones). I have upated to the latest beta, however the issue is the same.

I have tried authenticating with Client ID or without Client ID, however the same log entry keeps reappearing - "context didn't have any tracks".

I have also tried recreating all plugin providers, which has helped in the past, but to no avail.

How to reproduce

• Create a Spotify Connect plugin provider instance
• Connect with Spotify App

Music Providers

Playing with Spotify music provider from MA frontend works just fine.

Player Providers

Squeezelite

Full log output

music-assistant.log

Additional information

I have upated to the latest beta, however the issue is the same.

I have tried authenticating with Client ID or without Client ID, however the same log entry keeps reappearing - "context didn't have any tracks".

I have also tried recreating all plugin providers, which has helped in the past, but to no avail, as well as power cycled the PIs behind Squeezelite.

What version of Home Assistant Core (if used) are your running

2025.10.4

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant Container

On what type of hardware are you running?

Linux

Have you included ALL of the information specified in the Troubleshooting FAQ or explained why you cannot

• Yes

[air-ii]

I've found a similar (the same?) issue on librespot issue list as well, which apparently has been resolved in the dev branch.

librespot-org/librespot#1566

[air-ii]

Hi, is it possible to switch librespot version in the docker itself for testing purposes? Apparently, the fix has been included in the latest release (0.8.0).

[marcelveldt]

No because we use a custom build of librespot but we can update it if there's a need.

What exactly got fixed upstream?

[air-ii]

As per release their notes:

[connect] Fixed failed transferring with transfer data that had an empty context uri and no tracks

This is related to the issue I reported.

[marcelveldt]

Ok thanks. We will update librespot this week

[majuss]

@marcelveldt it would also be very nice to know which librespot library version is used by music assistant, so please add the commit hash to the PR/Commit. I personally have this bug since at least 1 year and it would be a miracle if its fixed in the near future.