Connecting to VPN breaks spotifyd since last update
Author: arc-d3vCreated Nov 22, 2025Updated Aug 22, 2026
Labelsbugblocked by: librespot
Description
Since the last update I get this error :
It successfully authenticate though. The new version of librespot works well with ncspot but something broke with spotifyd. Note that I use a I use a vpn. I already tried to build from source, same issue
To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Install spotifyd
- Start the service or do a spotifyd --no-daemon
- Spotifyd can't create the backend
- See error in debug
Expected behavior
Logs
Click to show logs[INFO] Country: "FR"
[ERROR] starting dealer failed: Invalid state { Websocket couldn't be started because: Service unavailable { Connection refused (os error 111) } }
[INFO] Converting with ditherer: tpdfCompilation flags
- dbus_mpris
- alsa_backend
- portaudio_backend
- pulseaudio_backend
- rodio_backend
Versions (please complete the following information):
- OS: Arch Linux 6.17.8
- Spotifyd: 0.4.2
- cargo: 1.88.0
Source: Spotifyd/spotifyd