Apple Music failed to resume downloaded songs with a weak internet connection on iPhone 15 Pro

Subject: Apple Music fails to resume playback of downloaded songs when internet connection is weak

Device: iPhone 15 Pro, 256 GB

iOS: 27.2

I am experiencing a recurring issue with Apple Music that has persisted across multiple iOS versions.

All downloaded songs are affected.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Start playing a downloaded song while connected to the internet.
2. Pause playback.
3. Wait for a short period.
4. Try to resume playback while the internet connection is weak or unstable.

Expected behaviour: The downloaded song should resume playback from local storage.

Actual behaviour: The playback indicator starts, but there is no audio.

Additional observations:

• The issue occurs with all downloaded songs.
• Enabling Airplane Mode immediately resolves the issue.
• Restarting the Apple Music application also temporarily resolves it.
• The issue has persisted across multiple iOS versions.

This suggests a possible network-handling or playback-state management bug in Apple Music, where the application fails to resume local playback when an unstable network connection is available.

Please investigate this issue and escalate it to the Apple Music engineering team.

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