Collaborative Playlists

Understand BeatPass’s invite-only collaborative playlist model, including visibility and editor permissions.

BeatPass collaboration is invite-based. Turning on Collaborative does not make a playlist editable by everyone who can see it; editing stays limited to the owner and accepted collaborators.

Who Can Do What

Action	Owner	Accepted collaborator	Follower or public viewer
View public playlist	Yes	Yes	Yes
View private playlist	Yes	Yes	No
Add tracks	Yes	Yes	No
Remove tracks	Yes	Owner only in UI	No
Reorder tracks	Yes	Owner only in UI	No
Edit name, image, description, privacy	Yes	No	No
Invite collaborators	Yes	No	No
Delete playlist	Yes	No	No

The backend grants accepted editors broader update authority, but the current UI restricts some actions (like removing and reordering tracks) to the playlist owner. Your experience may reflect this UI limitation.

Creating A Collaborative Playlist

You can enable collaboration in either place:

• While creating a new playlist (the dialog shows a Done button so you can send invites before closing).
• Later by editing the playlist or toggling Collaborative from the playlist context menu.

When collaboration is on, the playlist form uses the description: Invite other users to add tracks.

Inviting People

1. Turn on collaboration

   The playlist must have Collaborative enabled first.

2. Open the collaborator tools

   Owners get an Invite action inside the playlist’s collaborator section.

3. Select users

   Search for users and send invites.

4. Wait for acceptance

   A user only becomes an editor after they accept the invitation.

Leaving A Collaborative Playlist

If you are an invited editor:

• The playlist can show the Following state.
• Unfollowing triggers a confirmation flow because you are leaving the collaboration.
• Confirming removes your editor access, not just a library entry.

Privacy Still Applies

Collaboration and privacy are separate:

• Public + collaborative: everyone can view, but only the owner and accepted editors can modify tracks.
• Private + collaborative: only the owner and accepted editors can view the playlist at all.

BeatPass does not use open edit links for playlist collaboration. If someone has not accepted an invite, they do not have editor access.