So I was checking my Spotify account today and noticed something really weird. My Premium subscription apparently runs until 2070 now. I have no idea how this happened since I definitely didn’t pay for a 50-year subscription or anything like that. Has anyone else experienced something similar with their streaming service accounts? I’m not going to contact support about it obviously, but I’m curious if this is some kind of system glitch that others have seen. Just wondering if anyone knows what might cause this kind of billing error to occur.
This looks like one of those Y2K-style bugs that still pop up in subscription systems. I’m a software dev and I’ve seen these date glitches before - usually it’s an overflow error in payment processing or promotional credits getting applied wrong. The billing system probably hit a partial payment failure and defaulted to some maximum date value as backup. I’ve seen the same thing with gaming subscriptions after server maintenance screws up billing cycles. The good news? These usually fix themselves next billing cycle, so just watch if it actually charges your payment method when your original subscription was supposed to renew.
Same thing happened to my colleague with Netflix two years ago. These date errors usually pop up during database migrations or system updates when timestamp fields get corrupted. Sometimes promo codes or gift card redemptions trigger weird date calculations if there’s bugs in the billing system. The subscription systems use Unix timestamps, and when those get corrupted, you end up with dates way in the future. Most companies catch these during routine audits and fix them automatically, though it might take months. I’d screenshot your account page just in case they fix it and you want proof of this hilarious glitch.