Status updates | Spicy Lyrics

Maintenance: Server Maintenance: Security Updates

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:52:31 -0000

Maintenance completed

Maintenance: Server Maintenance: Security Updates

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:30:45 -0000

We're applying security updates to the server that hosts the Guides Platform, including a kernel update and reboot. The Guides may be briefly unavailable during this window.

Maintenance: Generic Backend Maintenance

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:15:00 -0000

Maintenance completed

Maintenance: Generic Backend Maintenance

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:15:00 -0000

Maintenance done. Spicy Lyrics is now fully back up and our services are available. Thanks for your patience

Maintenance: Generic Backend Maintenance

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:11:35 -0000

Generic maintenance of Spicy Lyrics' backend services. Spicy Lyrics will be unavailable during this period, including the main API, developer API, website, Developers Platform. This excludes the Guides Platform, bproxy routes, and edge services.

API is experiencing issues

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 22:00:00 -0000

We're fully back up

API is experiencing issues

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 21:35:00 -0000

We're seeing great recovery. We're actively monitoring our services closely.

API is experiencing issues

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 21:05:00 -0000

We've applied fixes that improved service availability. We're still closely monitoring it.

API is experiencing issues

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 20:54:00 -0000

We're noticing failed requests

API is experiencing issues

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 20:39:00 -0000

We have fully fixed the issue. Service is operating back as usual.

API is experiencing issues

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 20:37:00 -0000

We have identified the source of the issue. We applied a fix and are seeing recovery.

API is experiencing issues

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 20:36:00 -0000

We'll keep you posted

Maintenance: Scheduled Guides Platform maintenance

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 21:11:59 -0000

Maintenance completed

Maintenance: Scheduled Guides Platform maintenance

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 21:11:59 -0000

Scheduled maintenance is complete. The Guides Platform has been updated and is operating normally.

Maintenance: Scheduled Guides Platform maintenance

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 21:00:00 -0000

The Spicy Lyrics Guides Platform will be temporarily unavailable while routine server maintenance and an Outline update are performed. Other Spicy Lyrics services are not affected.

Maintenance: Server Maintenance

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:25:29 -0000

Maintenance completed

Maintenance: Server Maintenance

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:25:29 -0000

We have found the initial cause, and applied proper fixes. Maintenance is now over, our services are fully available. If you're seeing issues with Spicy Lyrics not even being loaded in, please try restarting Spotify now. Thanks for your patience.

Maintenance: Server Maintenance

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:20:23 -0000

We're opening traffic back up to our users.

Maintenance: Server Maintenance

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:11:02 -0000

A complication has occured. We had to delay the maintenance window by a bit.

Maintenance: Server Maintenance

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:41:47 -0000

Server Maintenance of Server 1 (main services). This excludes our guides platform and remaining services hosted on the edge.

Maintenance: System-wide improvements of request handling

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:19:14 -0000

System-wide improvements of request handling

API and Web client are down

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:26:00 -0000

We have now correctly and properly identified the root cause, and made sure the actual fix applied is properly working.

API and Web client are down

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:13:59 -0000

API recovered.

API and Web client are down

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:13:26 -0000

Web client recovered.

API and Web client are down

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:11:10 -0000

API and Web client went down.

API and Web client are down

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:10:00 -0000

We have identified the root cause and applied proper fixes

API and Web client are down

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:04:59 -0000

Web client went down.

API and Web client are down

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:04:35 -0000

API went down and Web client recovered.

API and Web client are down

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:04:12 -0000

API recovered.

API and Web client are down

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:56:08 -0000

API and Web client went down.

Deliberate DDoS attack at one of our public web services

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:54:00 -0000

We have fully recovered. Service is operating as normal.

Deliberate DDoS attack at one of our public web services

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:40:00 -0000

We're seeing recovery in our services and are allowing a percentage of traffic through.

Deliberate DDoS attack at one of our public web services

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:47:00 -0000

We'll be remaining shut down for the next few hours as we find the cause, and find ways to prevent attacks like this happening. We apologize for this decision, but it's the only way to let us test if our fixes are working properly instead of just "waiting for another one" Spicy Lyrics services will remain unavailable until further notice.

Deliberate DDoS attack at one of our public web services

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:17:19 -0000

Web client went down.

Deliberate DDoS attack at one of our public web services

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:16:19 -0000

API went down.

API and Web client are down

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:24:52 -0000

API recovered.

API and Web client are down

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:18:53 -0000

API went down.

API and Web client are down

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:13:15 -0000

API and Web client recovered.

API and Web client are down

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:53:24 -0000

API and Web client went down.

API and Web client are down

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:43:00 -0000

We have identified the root cause, issue resolved.

API and Web client are down

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:34:30 -0000

API and Web client recovered.

API and Web client are down

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:29:13 -0000

Web client went down.

API and Web client are down

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:28:45 -0000

API went down.

API and Web client are down

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:12:55 -0000

API recovered.

API and Web client are down

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:00:52 -0000

API went down.

API and Web client are down

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:58:52 -0000

Web client recovered.

API and Web client are down

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:58:03 -0000

API recovered.

API and Web client are down

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:49:57 -0000

Web client went down.

API and Web client are down

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:49:31 -0000

API went down.

API and Web client are down

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:01:47 -0000

Web client recovered.

API and Web client are down

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:01:13 -0000

API recovered.

API and Web client are down

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:49:10 -0000

Web client went down.

API and Web client are down

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:48:45 -0000

API went down.

API and Web client are down

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:46:11 -0000

API and Web client recovered.

API and Web client are down

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:41:04 -0000

Web client went down.

API and Web client are down

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:36:51 -0000

API went down.

System-wide downtime

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:36:00 -0000

Issue fully resolved. Our systems are fully restored for usage.

System-wide downtime

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:15:00 -0000

Fixes have been deployed and we are gradually restoring access. We are monitoring the rollout closely and will continue expanding availability as stability is confirmed.

System-wide downtime

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:00:00 -0000

We have identified the root cause and are applying a patch

System-wide downtime

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:44:00 -0000

We are investigating the issue

System-wide downtime

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:38:07 -0000

API and Web client went down.

Web client is down

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:07:42 -0000

Web client recovered.

Web client is down

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:07:15 -0000

Web client went down.

Maintenance: Server Maintenance

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:49:22 -0000

Generic Server Maintenance

Service-wide outage

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:16:00 -0000

This incident has been resolved. All users now have full access restored. If Spicy Lyrics hasn't loaded for you – restart Spotify, that should make it load again. Thanks for your patience.

Service-wide outage

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:05:00 -0000

Multiple regions have had their access restored. We are closely monitoring system resource usage as we restore access to the remaining regions.

Service-wide outage

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:55:00 -0000

Fixes have been deployed and we are gradually restoring access. We are monitoring the rollout closely and will continue expanding availability as stability is confirmed. Access to our webclient at www.spicylyrics.org has been restored for everyone.

Service-wide outage

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:18:00 -0000

We have acknowledged and identified the issue and are working on a fix.

Service-wide outage

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:13:55 -0000

API went down.

Service-wide outage

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:11:15 -0000

Web client went down.

Web client is down

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 16:51:18 -0000

Web client recovered.

Web client is down

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 16:46:04 -0000

Web client went down.

Maintenance: Server Maintenance

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 22:59:55 -0000

Generic Server Maintenance

API & Web client & other services are down

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:30:00 -0000

Issue fully resolved.

API & Web client & other services are down

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:19:00 -0000

We have identified the root cause and have successfully recovered the API service.

API & Web client & other services are down

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:13:17 -0000

API and Web client went down.

Web Client is down

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:48:00 -0000

Issue Fully Resolved

Web Client is down

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:41:00 -0000

We are working on the issue

Maintenance: Maintenance

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:19:06 -0000

Update of allocated server resources.

Maintenance: Server Maintenance

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:44:35 -0000

Generic Server Maintenance

API is down

Sat, 30 May 2026 00:19:03 -0000

API recovered.

API is down

Sat, 30 May 2026 00:16:16 -0000

API went down.

Maintenance: General Server Maintenance

Sat, 30 May 2026 00:05:14 -0000

General Server Maintenance — Should take <=5 min.

Maintenance: Required Server Maintenance done by VPS provider

Sat, 16 May 2026 21:27:01 -0000

Required Server Maintenance provided by our VPS provider. We unfortunately don't have control over this.