for more details, from the Jplay thread April 9 2026:
Hi everyone,
I wanted to share an update on the Qobuz playback issues that many of you have been experiencing over the past two weeks or so. To be clear upfront: this is a Qobuz-side issue, not a JPLAY bug. I’ve been receiving a lot of support requests about tracks that won’t play, playback stopping mid-album, "error sending action to renderer" messages, and similar symptoms — and they all trace back to the same root cause.
Qobuz has officially confirmed the incident to their partners. Here’s what they shared initially:
"We have identified a technical issue affecting the availability of certain audio files on our API. The problem specifically concerns files larger than 50MB. It results in a size mismatch error between the requested and received data, linked to a partial object caching issue. Our technical team is currently investigating to identify the root cause and the scope of impacted files."
And an update from yesterday:
"We have identified the source of the playback errors: it is a caching anomaly with our CDN provider. In practice, some distribution servers are hosting a corrupted or incomplete file. Since each audio quality corresponds to a separate recording, switching quality often allows you to fall back on a healthy file and work around the issue. Our teams are currently listing the affected tracks and carrying out a gradual cache purge. The situation should be resolved very shortly."
A few practical takeaways:
- The issue mainly affects files larger than 50MB, which is why hi-res tracks (24/96 and above) are hit the hardest while CD-quality content is mostly unaffected.
- As a workaround, switching the streaming quality from 24/192 to 24/96 or even 16/44 (CD) can often help — each quality level is a separate file on Qobuz’s CDN, so a different quality may give you a healthy copy.
- Qobuz is performing a gradual cache purge, so affected tracks should start working again progressively over the coming days. (fingers crossed)
- There’s nothing we can fix on the JPLAY side — this needs to be resolved by Qobuz at the CDN level.
Thanks everyone for your patience. I’ll post another update once Qobuz confirms everything is back to normal.
Marcin

