#1382·spotifyd

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 : Image

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:

  1. Install spotifyd
  2. Start the service or do a spotifyd --no-daemon
  3. Spotifyd can't create the backend
  4. See error in debug

Expected behavior

Logs

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[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: tpdf

Compilation 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