Playing songs on Apple IOs devices randomly stops and starts again while time continues

[thombec]

What version of Music Assistant has the issue?

2.5.1

Have you tried everything in the Troubleshooting FAQ and reviewed the Open and Closed Issues and Discussions to resolve this yourself?

• Yes

The problem

I've noticed this issue on several iPhones. "This Device" was selected as the playback device in MA on the IPhones (see video attached).

When playing songs on Apple iOS devices (iPhone), the currently playing song starts again after more than ~1 minute. However, the counter/time continues and doesn't skip to the beginning. After that this repeats and then often the random skipping occurs again. Sometimes the next song in the playlist starts while the previous one is still displayed and the last few seconds are ticking by and the time jumps.

I've observed this behavior with all songs only on my iPhones (in my W-LAN and from WhireGuard). It doesn't happen on Sonos or Bluetooth devices, or on my PCs. Here all songs play without any problems.

How to reproduce

Start a song on an Iphone and wait ~1 minute.

I past a video that shows the problem. At 1:21; 1:47 and 2.15 the song restarts.

Then I shift to the End of the song. Here a new song starts when the previous song is running. Here the time scale is jumping back in time.

demonstration.mp4

Music Providers

Stored Music at my NAS

Player Providers

the internal MA player provided at IPhone

Full log output

d5369777_music_assistant_2025-04-11T18-37-46.003Z.log

Additional information

Now I used my mobile phone with MA the first time - so I dont know, if this error appears in older versions of HA or MA.

What version of Home Assistant Core are your running

2025.4.1

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

On what type of hardware are you running?

Generic x86-64 (e.g. Intel NUC)

Have you included ALL of the information specified in the Troubleshooting FAQ or explained why you cannot

• Yes

[OzGav]

Yes this has been noted internally. It is being looked into.

[dakennguyen]

I also encountered this problem and want to add some input if it's gonna help anyone: once the audio gets pushed back, I’ve found that pressing pause and then unpause restores the previous audio stream

[warllo54]

I've ran into this issue as well. I'd be happy to provide logs or input to help resolve this issue.

iPhone 16, IOS 18.3.2

[eekamouze]

I'm having this issue as well on IOS 18.4.1 when using "this device" playback feature.
Playback can even jump back to the previous song I was listen to

[OzGav]

+1s are not required. This issue is noted but may not be fixable until MA moves to a new streaming protocol