This is my issue as well. Pixel 7a, around September 17th or so, I believe. The pixel, after restarting, locks most features on my phone until I enter my passcode pattern. Once I do this, Pandora starts playing music automatically, but doesn't show up in the list of apps that are running. Once I click on the app icon, it will come up and I can pause or close the app to stop the music. So far I have not had issues with Pandora Auto starting or playing any other time, only after a phone restart. Hopefully the Pandora team is able to resolve the issue soon. 😄
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