Incidents | Spicy Lyrics

System-wide improvements of request handling

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:30:00 -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.

Server Maintenance

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:00:00 -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.

Server Maintenance

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:00:40 -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

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:25:00 -0000

Update of allocated server resources.

Server Maintenance

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:55:00 -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.

General Server Maintenance

Sat, 30 May 2026 00:10:19 -0000

General Server Maintenance — Should take <=5 min.

Required Server Maintenance done by VPS provider

Sun, 17 May 2026 19:28:00 -0000

Maintenance completed

Required Server Maintenance done by VPS provider

Sun, 17 May 2026 18:57:00 -0000

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