diff --git a/core/spotify_public_api.py b/core/spotify_public_api.py
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index 00000000..9a8dff01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/spotify_public_api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+"""Anonymous full-playlist fetch for the public 'Spotify link' path.
+
+The embed scraper (``spotify_public_scraper.scrape_spotify_embed``) only ever
+sees the ~100 tracks Spotify bakes into the embed widget — a public playlist
+added by link gets truncated. This module gets the *full* track list without
+any app credentials by:
+
+  1. reading the anonymous web-player ``accessToken`` Spotify already embeds in
+     its own ``open.spotify.com`` page HTML (server-minted — nothing for us to
+     sign or maintain, unlike the rotating TOTP secret the get_access_token
+     endpoint now demands), then
+  2. paging the public Web API (`/v1/playlists/{id}/tracks`, 100 at a time)
+     until the whole playlist is pulled.
+
+Every failure path raises. The only caller
+(``spotify_public_scraper.fetch_spotify_public``) catches that and falls back to
+the embed scraper, so the worst case is exactly today's behaviour — this never
+makes the link path *worse*, only (when Spotify cooperates) better.
+
+This rides Spotify's undocumented page-embedded token and is expected to break
+when they change their page; it degrades to the embed fallback, it does not
+crash. Pure helpers (token extraction, normalisation, pagination) take an
+injected ``http_get`` so they're unit-testable without the network.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import hashlib
+import logging
+import re
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional
+
+import requests
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+_BROWSER_HEADERS = {
+    'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 '
+                  '(KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36',
+    'Accept-Language': 'en-US,en;q=0.9',
+}
+
+# Spotify embeds the anonymous token as "accessToken":"BQ..." in the page's
+# session/config blob.
+_TOKEN_RE = re.compile(r'"accessToken"\s*:\s*"([^"]+)"')
+
+_PAGE_LIMIT = 100          # Web API max page size
+_MAX_TRACKS = 10000        # safety cap so a bad `total` can't loop forever
+_TIMEOUT = 20
+
+
+def extract_access_token(html: str) -> Optional[str]:
+    """Return the anonymous accessToken embedded in a Spotify page, or None."""
+    if not html:
+        return None
+    m = _TOKEN_RE.search(html)
+    token = m.group(1) if m else None
+    # A truncated/empty token isn't usable.
+    return token if token and len(token) > 20 else None
+
+
+def normalize_api_track(item: Any, index: int) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Convert a Web API playlist item to the embed scraper's track shape.
+
+    Returns None for items without a usable track id (local files, podcast
+    episodes, removed tracks) so the caller can skip them.
+    """
+    track = (item or {}).get('track') or {}
+    track_id = track.get('id')
+    if not track_id:
+        return None
+    artists = [{'name': a.get('name', '')} for a in (track.get('artists') or []) if a.get('name')]
+    return {
+        'id': track_id,
+        'name': track.get('name', 'Unknown Track'),
+        'artists': artists or [{'name': 'Unknown Artist'}],
+        'duration_ms': track.get('duration_ms', 0),
+        'is_explicit': bool(track.get('explicit', False)),
+        'track_number': index + 1,
+    }
+
+
+def _get_anonymous_token(http_get: Callable, spotify_id: str) -> str:
+    """Fetch the public playlist page and pull the anonymous token out of it."""
+    resp = http_get(
+        f'https://open.spotify.com/playlist/{spotify_id}',
+        headers=_BROWSER_HEADERS, timeout=_TIMEOUT,
+    )
+    resp.raise_for_status()
+    token = extract_access_token(resp.text)
+    if not token:
+        raise RuntimeError('no anonymous access token found in Spotify page')
+    return token
+
+
+def fetch_public_playlist_full(
+    spotify_id: str,
+    *,
+    http_get: Callable = requests.get,
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """Pull a public playlist's FULL track list via the anonymous token.
+
+    Returns the same shape as ``scrape_spotify_embed`` (id/type/name/subtitle/
+    tracks/url/url_hash). Raises on any failure so the caller can fall back.
+    """
+    token = _get_anonymous_token(http_get, spotify_id)
+    headers = {'Authorization': f'Bearer {token}', **_BROWSER_HEADERS}
+
+    meta_resp = http_get(
+        f'https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{spotify_id}',
+        headers=headers,
+        params={'fields': 'name,owner(display_name),tracks(total)'},
+        timeout=_TIMEOUT,
+    )
+    meta_resp.raise_for_status()
+    meta = meta_resp.json() or {}
+    name = meta.get('name', 'Unknown')
+    subtitle = (meta.get('owner') or {}).get('display_name', '')
+    total = (meta.get('tracks') or {}).get('total', 0) or 0
+
+    tracks: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
+    offset = 0
+    ceiling = min(total, _MAX_TRACKS) if total else _MAX_TRACKS
+    while offset < ceiling:
+        page_resp = http_get(
+            f'https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{spotify_id}/tracks',
+            headers=headers,
+            params={
+                'limit': _PAGE_LIMIT,
+                'offset': offset,
+                'fields': 'items(track(id,name,artists(name),duration_ms,explicit))',
+            },
+            timeout=_TIMEOUT,
+        )
+        page_resp.raise_for_status()
+        items = (page_resp.json() or {}).get('items') or []
+        if not items:
+            break
+        for item in items:
+            t = normalize_api_track(item, len(tracks))
+            if t:
+                tracks.append(t)
+        offset += _PAGE_LIMIT
+        if len(items) < _PAGE_LIMIT:
+            break
+
+    if not tracks:
+        raise RuntimeError('public API returned no usable tracks')
+
+    source_url = f'https://open.spotify.com/playlist/{spotify_id}'
+    return {
+        'id': spotify_id,
+        'type': 'playlist',
+        'name': name,
+        'subtitle': subtitle,
+        'tracks': tracks,
+        'url': source_url,
+        'url_hash': hashlib.md5(source_url.encode()).hexdigest()[:12],
+    }
+
+
+__all__ = ['extract_access_token', 'normalize_api_track', 'fetch_public_playlist_full']
diff --git a/core/spotify_public_scraper.py b/core/spotify_public_scraper.py
index fa299817..8f149466 100644
--- a/core/spotify_public_scraper.py
+++ b/core/spotify_public_scraper.py
@@ -151,3 +151,31 @@ def scrape_spotify_embed(spotify_type: str, spotify_id: str) -> dict:
 
     logger.info(f"Scraped Spotify {spotify_type}: {result['name']} ({len(tracks)} tracks)")
     return result
+
+
+def fetch_spotify_public(spotify_type: str, spotify_id: str) -> dict:
+    """Fetch a public Spotify link, preferring the FULL track list.
+
+    Playlists are pulled via the anonymous public-API path
+    (``spotify_public_api.fetch_public_playlist_full``), which paginates past
+    the embed widget's ~100-track cap. On ANY failure — or for albums, which
+    the embed already returns whole — this falls back to ``scrape_spotify_embed``
+    (today's behaviour). Same return shape either way, so callers don't care
+    which path produced the data.
+    """
+    if spotify_type == 'playlist':
+        try:
+            from core.spotify_public_api import fetch_public_playlist_full
+            result = fetch_public_playlist_full(spotify_id)
+            if result and result.get('tracks'):
+                logger.info(
+                    f"Spotify public API (full): {result.get('name')} "
+                    f"({len(result['tracks'])} tracks)"
+                )
+                return result
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.info(
+                f"Spotify public full fetch failed ({e}); "
+                f"falling back to embed scraper (≤100 tracks)"
+            )
+    return scrape_spotify_embed(spotify_type, spotify_id)
diff --git a/tests/test_spotify_public_api.py b/tests/test_spotify_public_api.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c2a7ed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_spotify_public_api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+"""Anonymous full-playlist fetch for the public 'Spotify link' path.
+
+Covers the testable seams (token extraction, track normalisation, paginated
+fetch via an injected http_get) and — most importantly — the embed fallback
+orchestration, so a broken anonymous path can never make the link worse than
+today.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+import core.spotify_public_api as papi
+import core.spotify_public_scraper as scraper
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Pure helpers
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def test_extract_access_token_found():
+    html = 'window.foo={"accessToken":"BQ_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz","other":1}'
+    assert papi.extract_access_token(html) == 'BQ_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
+
+
+def test_extract_access_token_absent_or_short():
+    assert papi.extract_access_token('<html>no token here</html>') is None
+    assert papi.extract_access_token('') is None
+    assert papi.extract_access_token('{"accessToken":"short"}') is None  # too short to be real
+
+
+def test_normalize_api_track_shape():
+    item = {'track': {'id': 't1', 'name': 'Song', 'artists': [{'name': 'A'}, {'name': 'B'}],
+                      'duration_ms': 1000, 'explicit': True}}
+    t = papi.normalize_api_track(item, 4)
+    assert t == {'id': 't1', 'name': 'Song', 'artists': [{'name': 'A'}, {'name': 'B'}],
+                 'duration_ms': 1000, 'is_explicit': True, 'track_number': 5}
+
+
+def test_normalize_api_track_skips_unusable():
+    assert papi.normalize_api_track({'track': {'id': None}}, 0) is None   # local file / removed
+    assert papi.normalize_api_track({}, 0) is None
+    # missing artists -> Unknown Artist fallback
+    t = papi.normalize_api_track({'track': {'id': 'x', 'name': 'N'}}, 0)
+    assert t['artists'] == [{'name': 'Unknown Artist'}]
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Paginated fetch with injected HTTP (no network)
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class _Resp:
+    def __init__(self, *, text='', json_data=None, status=200):
+        self.text, self._json, self.status_code = text, json_data, status
+
+    def raise_for_status(self):
+        if self.status_code >= 400:
+            import requests
+            raise requests.HTTPError(str(self.status_code))
+
+    def json(self):
+        return self._json
+
+
+def _make_items(start, count):
+    return [{'track': {'id': f't{start + i}', 'name': f'Song {start + i}',
+                       'artists': [{'name': 'Artist'}], 'duration_ms': 1000, 'explicit': False}}
+            for i in range(count)]
+
+
+def _fake_http(*, total, token='BQ_aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa', no_token=False):
+    """Build an http_get that serves the page, playlist meta, and track pages."""
+    def http(url, headers=None, params=None, timeout=None):
+        if 'open.spotify.com/playlist/' in url:
+            return _Resp(text='' if no_token else f'x={{"accessToken":"{token}"}}')
+        if url.endswith('/tracks'):
+            offset = params['offset']
+            remaining = max(0, total - offset)
+            return _Resp(json_data={'items': _make_items(offset, min(100, remaining))})
+        # playlist meta
+        return _Resp(json_data={'name': 'My Playlist', 'owner': {'display_name': 'Owner'},
+                                'tracks': {'total': total}})
+    return http
+
+
+def test_full_fetch_paginates_past_100():
+    result = papi.fetch_public_playlist_full('pl1', http_get=_fake_http(total=250))
+    assert result['name'] == 'My Playlist'
+    assert result['subtitle'] == 'Owner'
+    assert len(result['tracks']) == 250          # 3 pages (100+100+50), not capped at 100
+    assert result['tracks'][0]['track_number'] == 1
+    assert result['tracks'][-1]['id'] == 't249'
+    assert result['type'] == 'playlist' and result['id'] == 'pl1'
+
+
+def test_full_fetch_single_page():
+    result = papi.fetch_public_playlist_full('pl1', http_get=_fake_http(total=30))
+    assert len(result['tracks']) == 30
+
+
+def test_full_fetch_raises_without_token():
+    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        papi.fetch_public_playlist_full('pl1', http_get=_fake_http(total=10, no_token=True))
+
+
+def test_full_fetch_raises_when_no_tracks():
+    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        papi.fetch_public_playlist_full('pl1', http_get=_fake_http(total=0))
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Fallback orchestration (the safety net)
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def test_fetch_public_uses_full_when_it_succeeds(monkeypatch):
+    calls = {'embed': 0}
+    monkeypatch.setattr(papi, 'fetch_public_playlist_full',
+                        lambda pid, **kw: {'name': 'Full', 'tracks': [{'id': 'a'}] * 200})
+    monkeypatch.setattr(scraper, 'scrape_spotify_embed',
+                        lambda *a, **k: calls.__setitem__('embed', calls['embed'] + 1) or {'tracks': []})
+    out = scraper.fetch_spotify_public('playlist', 'pl1')
+    assert len(out['tracks']) == 200
+    assert calls['embed'] == 0          # full path won — embed never called
+
+
+def test_fetch_public_falls_back_to_embed_on_failure(monkeypatch):
+    def boom(pid, **kw):
+        raise RuntimeError('spotify changed their page')
+    monkeypatch.setattr(papi, 'fetch_public_playlist_full', boom)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(scraper, 'scrape_spotify_embed',
+                        lambda *a, **k: {'name': 'Embed', 'tracks': [{'id': 'e'}]})
+    out = scraper.fetch_spotify_public('playlist', 'pl1')
+    assert out['name'] == 'Embed'       # gracefully fell back
+
+
+def test_fetch_public_album_uses_embed_directly(monkeypatch):
+    full_called = {'n': 0}
+    monkeypatch.setattr(papi, 'fetch_public_playlist_full',
+                        lambda pid, **kw: full_called.__setitem__('n', 1) or {})
+    monkeypatch.setattr(scraper, 'scrape_spotify_embed',
+                        lambda *a, **k: {'name': 'Album', 'tracks': [{'id': 'x'}]})
+    out = scraper.fetch_spotify_public('album', 'al1')
+    assert out['name'] == 'Album'
+    assert full_called['n'] == 0        # albums don't attempt the playlist full-fetch
diff --git a/web_server.py b/web_server.py
index 8d8caa8d..0e8c0d68 100644
--- a/web_server.py
+++ b/web_server.py
@@ -19151,11 +19151,12 @@ def get_playlist_tracks(playlist_id):
                     time.sleep(0.5)
         if results is None:
             # Both attempts failed (often a 403 on followed playlists) — fall back
-            # to the public embed scraper as a last resort (capped at ~100 tracks).
-            logger.warning(f"Playlist items unavailable after retry ({items_err}), trying public embed scraper")
+            # to the no-auth public path (full track list via anonymous token,
+            # embed scraper if that fails).
+            logger.warning(f"Playlist items unavailable after retry ({items_err}), trying public fetch")
             try:
-                from core.spotify_public_scraper import scrape_spotify_embed
-                embed_data = scrape_spotify_embed('playlist', playlist_id)
+                from core.spotify_public_scraper import fetch_spotify_public
+                embed_data = fetch_spotify_public('playlist', playlist_id)
                 if embed_data and not embed_data.get('error') and embed_data.get('tracks'):
                     for t in embed_data['tracks']:
                         artists = t.get('artists', [])
@@ -22270,15 +22271,15 @@ def parse_spotify_public_endpoint():
         if not url:
             return jsonify({"error": "Spotify URL is required"}), 400
 
-        from core.spotify_public_scraper import parse_spotify_url, scrape_spotify_embed
+        from core.spotify_public_scraper import parse_spotify_url, fetch_spotify_public
 
         parsed = parse_spotify_url(url)
         if not parsed:
             return jsonify({"error": "Invalid Spotify URL. Please use a playlist or album link from open.spotify.com"}), 400
 
-        logger.info(f"Scraping public Spotify {parsed['type']}: {parsed['id']}")
+        logger.info(f"Fetching public Spotify {parsed['type']}: {parsed['id']}")
 
-        result = scrape_spotify_embed(parsed['type'], parsed['id'])
+        result = fetch_spotify_public(parsed['type'], parsed['id'])
 
         if 'error' in result:
             return jsonify(result), 400