Instagram STORIES do not download

[phere-x]

Noticed this every now & then. But now it does not work on any account. Here are my verbose logs after testing with gallery-dl -v https://www.instagram.com/classycreeps/ : https://pastebin.com/1qnYAAWw

This is my config: https://controlc.com/8a94c4f2

[afterdelight]

too much download in short time

[mikf]

I think your cached login session has expired, but gallery-dl assumes you are still logged in and does not automatically renew it.

Run gallery-dl --clear-cache instagram to remove your old session and try again.

[phere-x]

Now I'm getting [instagram][error] HttpError: '403 Forbidden' for 'https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/ajax/'

[mikf]

Then use exported cookies. Login with username & password is most likely broken yet again. (#3141)

[mikf]

Currently I can't even log into Instagram with my browser. On both https://www.instagram.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login I get the following error when using a functional username and password:

There was a problem logging you into Instagram. Please try again soon.

and the login request to /api/v1/web/accounts/login/ajax/ when clicking the "Log in" button contains a similar message:

{
  "errors": {
    "error": [
      "Sorry, there was a problem with your request."
    ]
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "error_type": "generic_request_error"
}

I did try to fix the current login procedure used by gallery-dl and ended up with the same error. At least I got it to the same state as using a real browser, I guess.

[phere-x]

Then use exported cookies. Login with username & password is most likely broken yet again. (#3141)

My issue was fixed with this.

[Hrxn]

@phere-x Can you please close the issue then?