Instagram download not working #475

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opened 2025-11-09 09:50:23 -06:00 by GiteaMirror · 2 comments
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Originally created by @bajun on GitHub (Oct 3, 2024).

bug description

Hi!
When I'm trying to download reels from Instagram (either from my instance or from yours), it shows an error -
{ "status": "error", "error": { "code": "error.api.fetch.fail", "context": { "service": "instagram" } } }

reproduction steps

  1. Go to https://cobalt.tools/
  2. Submit reels url

screenshots

image

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CreL631gOl3

platform information

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/128.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

additional context

`{
"is": {
"iPhone": false,
"iPad": false,
"iOS": false,
"android": false,
"mobile": false
},
"prefers": {
"language": "uk",
"reducedMotion": false,
"reducedTransparency": false
},
"supports": {
"share": true,
"directDownload": true
},
"userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/128.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
}

{
"schemaVersion": 2,
"appearance": {
"theme": "dark"
},
"privacy": {},
"save": {
"youtubeVideoCodec": "h264",
"videoQuality": "720",
"audioFormat": "mp3",
"downloadMode": "auto",
"filenameStyle": "classic"
},
"processing": {
"enableCustomInstances": false
},
"advanced": {
"debug": true
}
}

{
"commit": "e419de07a43270db2a43c89f9215088e5d489d8b",
"branch": "main",
"remote": "imputnet/cobalt",
"version": "10.1.0"
}
`

Originally created by @bajun on GitHub (Oct 3, 2024). ### bug description Hi! When I'm trying to download reels from Instagram (either from my instance or from yours), it shows an error - `{ "status": "error", "error": { "code": "error.api.fetch.fail", "context": { "service": "instagram" } } }` ### reproduction steps 1. Go to https://cobalt.tools/ 2. Submit reels url ### screenshots ![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/59c1bebb-359c-47be-82e4-4b393c72357f) ### links ```shell https://www.instagram.com/reel/CreL631gOl3 ``` ### platform information Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/128.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 ### additional context `{ "is": { "iPhone": false, "iPad": false, "iOS": false, "android": false, "mobile": false }, "prefers": { "language": "uk", "reducedMotion": false, "reducedTransparency": false }, "supports": { "share": true, "directDownload": true }, "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/128.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" } { "schemaVersion": 2, "appearance": { "theme": "dark" }, "privacy": {}, "save": { "youtubeVideoCodec": "h264", "videoQuality": "720", "audioFormat": "mp3", "downloadMode": "auto", "filenameStyle": "classic" }, "processing": { "enableCustomInstances": false }, "advanced": { "debug": true } } { "commit": "e419de07a43270db2a43c89f9215088e5d489d8b", "branch": "main", "remote": "imputnet/cobalt", "version": "10.1.0" } `
GiteaMirror added the duplicate label 2025-11-09 09:50:23 -06:00
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@steazzy commented on GitHub (Oct 5, 2024):

reels works for me. https://www.instagram.com/pirat_serega/reel/C20ctLLxdhA/ But photos doesn't

@steazzy commented on GitHub (Oct 5, 2024): reels works for me. https://www.instagram.com/pirat_serega/reel/C20ctLLxdhA/ But photos doesn't
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@wukko commented on GitHub (Oct 16, 2024):

duplicate of #539

@wukko commented on GitHub (Oct 16, 2024): duplicate of #539
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