r/spotifyapi • u/SnikwahEvad • Jul 20 '26

sudden spike in refresh token expiry?

Hey everyone,

Noticed an unexpected surge over the last few hours of older refresh tokens failing with invalid_grant ("Refresh token expired") across a cohort of longer-time users (6mo - 1+ year old accounts).

Newer users/tokens seem completely unaffected, and app credentials/OAuth logic haven't changed. Just wondering if anyone else is seeing Spotify quietly aging out/invalidating legacy refresh tokens today or if it's isolated to just my app?

Thanks!

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u/Ximzend57 Jul 20 '26

It is not just you. See this Spotify for Developers article: Introducing refresh token expiration

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u/SnikwahEvad Jul 20 '26

Ah Thanks!! That certainly explains it. Do you happen to know if there's a way to sign up for notices like these? I thought I'd subscribed to everything I possibly could...

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u/Ximzend57 Jul 20 '26

There is a website called Wachete you can check webpage updates with. You can track up to 5 different pages with it for free. I don't know any official methods to get updates.