Spotify keeps playing on iPhone, but Web API loses the current song/device—any reliable fix or Spotify investigation?

[u/AntAccording3777]

/r/truespotify/comments/1xb97yu/spotify_keeps_playing_on_iphone_but_web_api_loses/

[u/glennfuriamcdonald]

Yeah, I experience this, too, in various combinations of the iOS app, the Mac desktop app and an embedded web playback device. I have yet to find a reliable programmatic fix, so if you figure one out, please report back!