It seems that when using iOS 17.1, the music app will crash if a smart playlist is sorted by release date.
Any time after changing to that sort option the playlist becomes unusable. You cannot open that playlist or play the playlist without crashing the app. There is no way to change the sorting at this point either.
iPhone 15 Pro
Apple support was able to help me with this. Just go to settings>media&purchases and just sign out then back in. Fixed the issue for me
Ugh. 84 GB of music will be removed when I sign out, taking hours to download again. Plus, I assume ALL of my playlist sorting will be lost since sorting doesn’t sync from my Mac. This is a terrible “solution.” I sure hope it’s fixed in the next update. For now, I can ask Siri to play a crashing playlist.
Hello Dan Wilkerson,
Thanks for reaching out to the Apple Support Communities!
For something like this you'll want to reach out to Apple Support directly to look in to that and see what's going on.
You can reach out to them here: Get Support
Take care!
I posted an update after installing iOS 17.2: iOS 17.2 Music app: sort playlist by Year… - Apple Community
Apple Music keeps crashing when I go to create a new playlist and it is infuriating! Com'on APple - do better or Spotify wins.
ios 17.1 music app smart playlist crashes when sorted by release date
