Every so often Spotify will strip a curator's playlist artwork or title, usually because they received a copyright complaint about the image or text. Instead of leaving you to notice weeks later, SubmitHub monitors your playlists and restores the missing bits automatically.
What we restore
We pull from the last-known-good version we've cached, which means the playlist has to have been linked to SubmitHub before the strip happened.
What we don't restore
Tracks. If Spotify actually deletes a playlist (not just strips the metadata), we can't rebuild the tracklist from scratch. Metadata restoration is about getting your playlist's presentation back, not its contents.
How often we check
We run monitoring passes continuously in the background:
A strip should get caught and reverted within a few hours of happening.
How you'll know
When we restore a playlist, we email you with what was restored (name, description, artwork, or all three) and a link back to the playlist. If we tried and couldn't restore (e.g. auth token expired and we couldn't refresh it), you'll get a failure email so you can step in.
If the strip keeps happening
Repeated strips usually mean Spotify has a persistent issue with your artwork or title (usually a copyright claim on the image). Swapping in different artwork or a slightly different name often resolves it. If you're stuck, reach out at our support ticket page.