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Since March 2026 Spotify runs Development Mode apps (every app you create yourself; the shared ncspot client id is exempt) against a smaller API, and since #516 your own app is the primary client id, so everyone who set one up hit this. Two failures:

  • Search: the request limit was sized by the terminal height, up to 50, and the new cap is 10, so every search ended in 400 Bad Request "Invalid limit". Search requests are now capped at 10 results per category (the library pages keep their 50), and spotatui search --limit and the DJ search_tracks tool accept 1 to 10.
  • Removed endpoints: seven call sites still used endpoints Spotify removed for these apps and got 403 Forbidden: the artist follow check that runs after every search (it opened the error page over the results), follow and unfollow artist, create playlist, remove track from playlist, and the DJ's Liked Songs check, playlist crawl and queue-by-URI lookup. Each now uses its replacement (me/library, me/playlists, playlists/{id}/items, one tracks/{id} per track). A failed follow check is logged instead of taking over the screen.

Reported on Discord by two users with their own client id.

Testing

  • cargo fmt --all
  • cargo clippy --no-default-features --features telemetry,tui -- -D warnings: clean
  • cargo test --no-default-features --features telemetry,tui: 970 passed, gates ratchet ok
  • cargo clippy for the telemetry, telemetry,tui,mcp-server and telemetry,tui,ai-dj legs: clean
  • cargo test --no-default-features --features telemetry,tui,mcp-server infra::dj: 51 passed
  • Live run with my own client id: search, follow and unfollow an artist, create a playlist, and remove a track from a playlist all work.

Additional notes

  • The artist screen (top tracks, related artists), Discover and Recommendations still call endpoints with no Development Mode replacement. Follow-up in Artist screen, Discover and Recommendations fail with an own Spotify app #517.
  • positions stays in the remove-items body: the docs no longer list it, rspotify 0.16 still sends it, and the live run removed the right track.
  • The test baseline in tools/gates.count is unchanged: one test added for the search cap, one removed with the DJ chunk constant it replaced.

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  • Enhancements

    • Improved compatibility with Spotify Development Mode apps.
    • Search results are now limited to 10 items across supported search features.
    • Playlist creation and track management use updated Spotify-compatible workflows.
    • Track lookups now provide more reliable individual error reporting.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Follow-status check failures no longer interrupt otherwise successful operations.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified Development Mode limitations, including unavailable artist, discovery, and recommendation features.

Spotify caps the search limit at 10 and removed me/following,
users/{id}/playlists, playlists/{id}/tracks, me/tracks/contains and
tracks?ids= for Development Mode apps. Cap search requests at 10 and
move the follow check, follow/unfollow, playlist create/remove and the
DJ lookups to me/library, me/playlists, playlists/{id}/items and
tracks/{id}. A failed follow check logs instead of opening the error page.
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The PR caps Spotify search results at 10 and updates CLI validation. It replaces unsupported playlist, library, follow, and track endpoints with Development Mode-compatible requests. It also changes follow-check and track-resolution error handling.

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Spotify Development Mode compatibility

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared search limits and CLI validation
CHANGELOG.md, src/infra/network/search.rs, src/cli/cli_app.rs, src/cli/handle.rs, src/cli/clap.rs, src/infra/dj/tools.rs, tools/gates.count
Search requests and DJ tool validation use a shared maximum of 10. CLI help, tests, changelog text, and the adoption counter reflect the changes.
Library and playlist endpoint migration
src/infra/network/library.rs, src/infra/network/metadata.rs
Library operations use batched URI requests. Playlist mutations use /items endpoints. Playlist creation uses me/playlists. Artist follow operations use library URI helpers.
DJ track and liked-library handling
src/infra/dj/library.rs, src/infra/dj/mod.rs, src/infra/network/dj.rs
DJ playlist crawling uses playlist items. Liked-track checks use library URI checks. Track lookups run independently, with per-track failures logged and reported.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 3e91a

Removing a selected playlist track may fail or alter the wrong duplicate occurrence. This should be corrected before merge.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI
  participant SearchHelpers
  participant SpotifyAPI
  CLI->>SearchHelpers: submit requested search limit
  SearchHelpers->>SearchHelpers: cap limit at 10
  SearchHelpers->>SpotifyAPI: send capped search request
  SpotifyAPI-->>SearchHelpers: return search results
  SearchHelpers-->>CLI: return results
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  participant Metadata
  participant LibraryHelpers
  participant SpotifyAPI
  Metadata->>LibraryHelpers: pass artist URIs
  LibraryHelpers->>SpotifyAPI: send batched library request
  SpotifyAPI-->>LibraryHelpers: return contains results or error
  LibraryHelpers-->>Metadata: return follow status
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src/infra/dj/tools.rs (1)

330-335: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use the shared constant for the default and boundary test.

The explicit validation uses SPOTIFY_SEARCH_LIMIT, but the omitted-limit branch at Line 327 still returns literal 10, and the test at Line 737 still uses literal 11. If the ceiling changes, the schema and explicit validation can diverge from the default and test. Use SPOTIFY_SEARCH_LIMIT as usize for the default and SPOTIFY_SEARCH_LIMIT + 1 for the rejection case.

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-        None | Some(Value::Null) => 10,
+        None | Some(Value::Null) => SPOTIFY_SEARCH_LIMIT as usize,
...
-    assert!(parse_call("search_tracks", &json!({"query": "a", "limit": 11})).is_err());
+    assert!(parse_call(
+      "search_tracks",
+      &json!({"query": "a", "limit": u64::from(SPOTIFY_SEARCH_LIMIT) + 1})
+    ).is_err());

Also applies to: 737-737

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In `@src/infra/dj/tools.rs` around lines 330 - 335, Update the omitted-limit
default in the surrounding search-parameter parsing logic to use
SPOTIFY_SEARCH_LIMIT as usize instead of literal 10, and update the boundary
rejection test to use SPOTIFY_SEARCH_LIMIT + 1 instead of literal 11. Keep the
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constant.
src/cli/cli_app.rs (1)

146-152: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add validation tests for update_query_limits.

No test exercises CliApp::update_query_limits. Add cases for ceilings 50 and SPOTIFY_SEARCH_LIMIT (10), including accepted upper bounds, zero, and values above each ceiling.

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In `@src/cli/cli_app.rs` around lines 146 - 152, Add validation tests for
CliApp::update_query_limits covering ceilings 50 and SPOTIFY_SEARCH_LIMIT (10);
verify each accepts its upper-bound value and rejects zero and values above the
ceiling, preserving the existing error behavior.

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Inline comments:
In `@CHANGELOG.md`:
- Line 17: Align the Development Mode rollout date stated in CHANGELOG.md with
the date used by the search-limit logic in the relevant search implementation,
or explicitly distinguish the dates if they represent different rollout events;
update only the affected date documentation or constant while preserving the
existing limit behavior.

In `@src/infra/network/library.rs`:
- Line 327: Update library_save_uris and library_remove_uris in
src/infra/network/library.rs to iterate over uri_batches(uris), sending one
Spotify request per batch of at most 40 URIs while preserving existing
success/error handling. Add a regression test covering 41 URIs and verifying
they are sent as multiple requests.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@src/cli/cli_app.rs`:
- Around line 146-152: Add validation tests for CliApp::update_query_limits
covering ceilings 50 and SPOTIFY_SEARCH_LIMIT (10); verify each accepts its
upper-bound value and rejects zero and values above the ceiling, preserving the
existing error behavior.

In `@src/infra/dj/tools.rs`:
- Around line 330-335: Update the omitted-limit default in the surrounding
search-parameter parsing logic to use SPOTIFY_SEARCH_LIMIT as usize instead of
literal 10, and update the boundary rejection test to use SPOTIFY_SEARCH_LIMIT +
1 instead of literal 11. Keep the existing explicit validation unchanged and
align both references with the shared constant.

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Comment thread CHANGELOG.md
Comment thread src/infra/network/library.rs
Send me/library save and remove requests in batches of 40 URIs like the
contains check. Use the shared search cap for the DJ tool default and its
test, name both Development Mode dates in the search constant's doc, and
move the CLI limit check into a pure function with a test.

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src/infra/network/library.rs (1)

1264-1273: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Fix position-specific playlist deletion before merging.

The current DELETE /playlists/{playlist_id}/items schema accepts only uri in each items object. This raw request adds the unsupported positions field, so it can fail and cannot guarantee removal of the selected duplicate occurrence. Use a documented request contract that preserves positional deletion.

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In `@src/infra/network/library.rs` around lines 1264 - 1273, Update the
playlist-item deletion request in the surrounding method to use the documented
position-specific deletion contract, removing the unsupported positions field
from the current payload only if the replacement API shape carries the selected
position as required. Preserve the track URI and selected duplicate occurrence,
and keep the existing spotify_api_request_json_for_with_refresh flow unchanged.
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- Around line 1264-1273: Update the playlist-item deletion request in the
surrounding method to use the documented position-specific deletion contract,
removing the unsupported positions field from the current payload only if the
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On the outside-diff note about positions in DELETE playlists/{id}/items: the documented schema for the new endpoint has only uri and snapshot_id, so there is no documented position-specific contract left to move to. rspotify 0.16 sends positions on the same path in playlist_remove_specific_occurrences_of_items, and in my live run with a Development Mode app the request was accepted and removed the track, so the field does not fail the call. Keeping it is never worse than dropping it: if Spotify honours it, only the selected occurrence goes; if it ignores it, every copy of that track goes, which is exactly what a payload without positions would do. I am leaving it in and will track the duplicate-track case alongside #517 rather than block this fix on it. @coderabbitai please confirm this reasoning.

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@LargeModGames: Confirmed. The implementation sends uri and positions to DELETE /playlists/{id}/items at src/infra/network/library.rs Line 1263.

The current endpoint schema does not document positions. However, the endpoint description still refers to specified positions. The migration guide also defines /items as the replacement for /tracks.

Keeping positions preserves single-occurrence removal when Spotify honors the field. If Spotify ignores it, the behavior matches a URI-only removal. Your live Development Mode result also confirms that the field does not reject the request.

Tracking the duplicate-track behavior under #517 is appropriate. I withdraw the outside-diff concern.

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URL: https://github.com/LargeModGames/spotatui/pull/518

Timestamp: 2026-09-07T19:45:09.269Z
Learning: For Spotify Development Mode playlist removals in `src/infra/network/library.rs`, `Network::remove_track_from_playlist_at_position` sends `positions` with each item to `DELETE /playlists/{id}/items`. Spotify’s current documented schema lists only `uri` and `snapshot_id`, but rspotify 0.16 uses `positions` on the same path and a live Development Mode request accepted it. Retain `positions` to preserve single-occurrence removal when Spotify honors it. If Spotify ignores it, removal behavior matches a URI-only payload. Duplicate-track behavior is tracked in GitHub issue `#517`.

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