playback crashes with ALSA function 'snd_pcm_poll_descriptors' failed with error 'Unknown errno (-32)'

Author: Nandru86Created Aug 29, 2026Updated Aug 29, 2026
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Describe the bug Playbacl crashes with this error spamming on the terminal:

A backend-specific error has occurred: ALSA function 'snd_pcm_poll_descriptors' failed with error 'Unknown errno (-32)'
audio stream error: A backend-specific error has occurred: ALSA function 'snd_pcm_poll_descriptors' failed with error 'Unknown errno (-32)'

Playback controls and media info still works (Plasma 6's media player widget still displays and controls spotify-player), it just doesnt play any sounds

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the bug. I can't reliably reproduce the bug, but I think it has to be with other soundsor alerts playing. last time I alt-tabbed to a web browser and it crashed.

Expected behaviour Playback doesnt stop

Log and backtrace Log and backtrace of a run reproducing the bug to help debug the issue, which are usually located in $HOME/.cache/spotify-player/.

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spotify-player-26-08-29-13-47.log

Note: Backtrace is empty

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Environment

  • OS: Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 13 KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.6 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.13.0 Qt Version: 6.8.2 Kernel Version: 6.12.105+deb13-amd64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processor: 1 × AMD Athlon(tm) II Neo K125 Processor Memory: 4 GiB of RAM (3.6 GiB usable) Graphics Processor: AMD RS880 Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC. Product Name: 1215T
  • Application version: spotify_player 0.24.1
  • Application features: I downloaded from the releases page, not compiled

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