anjo03
(Anjo03)
January 14, 2026, 10:05am
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I know everyone gets tired of reading “me too”, but I wonder as well, if this really is a “global” issue or not? It’s fundamental so both developers, QA and testers would easy have caught it. Howcome it is happening even in 2.7? Do we need to raise the bug as an issue on GitHub or what, to have some developer look into this matter? It has been there for ages and still present, not rendring MA useless, but…it takes away the urge to use this as a primary music player.
OSikorsky
(O Sikorsky)
January 16, 2026, 11:34am
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I am using HA and MA in Docker. Music provider - YouTube Music.
The same issue. Only the first song from the playlist is displayed in HA and MA. It is updated when I manually skip to the next track.
It is very annoying.
Ronaldt
(Ronald ter Veen)
January 18, 2026, 1:41pm
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Ronaldt
(Ronald ter Veen)
January 20, 2026, 6:23pm
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A fix (hopefully) is implemented in beta 7 which will soon be released.
opened 11:55AM - 18 Jan 26 UTC
Fix to be Confirmed
### What version of Music Assistant has the issue?
2.7.5
### How is the MA ser… ver installed?
Home Assistant OS Addon
### Carefully read the Troubleshooting FAQ and confirm that
- [x] I have examined the logs and tried to resolve this issue
- [x] I have fixed any errors in the logs that relate to tags
- [x] I am not running MA across a VPN, VLAN, subnet, behind a firewall, or using local SSL or have any other complex network setup
- [x] I have disabled tool such as AdGuard, Pi-hole or pfSense and retested
- [x] I have checked my network setup to ensure mDNS/multicast is not being blocked
- [x] If using HA, I have confirmed the internal URL is set correctly
- [x] I have tried a wired connection for issues related to interrupted or poor playback quality
- [x] If the problem relates to a device then I have checked the device settings
- [x] If it is a frontend issue, I have tried a different widely used browser
- [x] I have reviewed the applicable [player](https://www.music-assistant.io/player-support/) or [music provider](https://www.music-assistant.io/music-providers/) documentation
- [x] For voice problems, I have sought help elsewhere before returning here
- [x] For playback problems, I have recycled power to the physical device
- [x] I have tried restarting MA and rebooting the host
### Have you reviewed the [Open](https://github.com/music-assistant/support/issues) and [Closed](https://github.com/music-assistant/support/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aclosed) Issues and [Discussions](https://github.com/orgs/music-assistant/discussions) to resolve this yourself?
- [x] Yes
### The problem
When I start a playlist the music player that is created by MA broadcasts the song (title, song, picture, timestamp, etc) perfectly fine, **but only for the first song**.
The problems:
1. After the first song the time-played timer keeps going up past the playtime of the song but for the entire duration of how long the playlist is playing (10 minutes in the attached screenshot).
2. The title, song, picture and other metadata never gets updated on the player when untouched, only when manually skipping songs in the playlist the player metadata is updated.
3. When clicking [next] on the player the next song on the playlist starts playing and it updates the metadata BUT it is the song that was queued (lets say) 10 songs ago, basically resetting the playlist to that song in the queue which results in it playing the same 10 songs you've just listened to (solution is pressing [next] 10 times until you've hit the point in the playlist you were actually at...)

### How to reproduce
The steps I take to reproduce this every single time:
1. Open Home assistant in a browser on my laptop or via the Home Assistant App on our mobile phones
2. Open Music Assistant via the sidebar and wait until it logged in
3. Open "Playlists" in the left sidebar, pick a playlist (Spotify provider) and click the blue [Play] button, then choose "Play now (clear queue)"
4. Music starts playing, metadata is updated
### Music Providers
Spotify myself, others have same issue with YouTube Music (which I cannot test)
### Player Providers
Sonos (IKEA Symphonisk)
I have no other music players. I see others have the same problem with Squeezebox devices (topic linked below).
### Full log output
Debug level logs
[d5369777_music_assistant_2026-01-18T11-14-39.531Z.log](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/24695269/d5369777_music_assistant_2026-01-18T11-14-39.531Z.log)
### Additional information
There is a community topic with about 20 people experiencing the same problems:
[Playlist Display Not Updating in Music Assistant](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/playlist-display-not-updating-in-music-assistant/807024)
### What version of Home Assistant Core (if used) are your running
2026.1.2
### What type of installation are you running?
Home Assistant OS
### On what type of hardware are you running?
ODROID
### Have you included ALL of the information specified in the Troubleshooting FAQ or explained why you cannot
- [x] Yes