LookupError on all tracks in a playlist - "YouTube Music returned no usable results for"...

Author: Trancos91Created Sep 2, 2026Updated Sep 16, 2026
LabelsBug

System OS

Linux

Python Version

3.14 (CPython)

Install Source

pip / PyPi

Install version / commit hash

4.5.2

External JavaScript runtime (Deno)

Deno via spotdl --download-deno

Expected Behavior vs Actual Behavior

Have been getting the same error lately when using SpotDL: YouTube Music returned no usable results for felix mendelssohn, sächsisches vocalensemble, matthias jung - no. 3, frühlingsfeier after 3 attempts in green, and LookupError: No results found for song: Felix Mendelssohn - No. 3, Frühlingsfeier in red.

No files have been downloaded and I've been unable to download since then (this has been happening to me for about a week, but I hadn't used spotdl for a while before)

The output of the command with --log-level DEBUG is in the Traceback section.

Thanks for reading!

I'm attaching the command output here because it's too long for the Traceback section:

output.txt

Steps to reproduce - Ensure to include actual links!

  1. Install spotDL through pipx with pipx install spotdl
  2. Check both spotdl and yt-dlp are up to date through pipx with pipx upgrade spotdl and pipx upgrade yt-dlp
  3. Try to download albums from a playlist: spotdl download "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5anJBDtAyPV6ZgQl6IrQ79?si=gIl2GECfRuWFcAEer0Lk3w" --fetch-albums --log-level DEBUG (this turned out the same without the --fetch-albums tag, btw)

Traceback

Traceback is too long, so I'm attaching it on the "Expected behaviour vs actual behaviour" section.

Other details

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Source: spotDL/spotify-downloader