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Instagram thumbnail ERROR

Feature Request

Since ~July 2, 2026, GET /v1/metadata for all Instagram reels returns description, author, stats, tags but media.thumbnailUrl is always absent (and author.avatarUrl empty) — 100% of requests, not intermittent. YouTube metadata returns media.thumbnailUrl normally on the same key. Repro: any public reel, e.g. instagram.com/reel/DKRUldhuOzt. This matches the open "missing thumbnailUrl/avatarUrl" issue but is now total, and appears to coincide with the fix for the metadata-404 incident.

Posted by rishavrajjain ·
Status: Completed6 comments

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  • janhoff2000

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    Jul 16

    Now the thumbnail for insta posts is back but is a low res image that seems to be just a screenshot of the first frame of the video with the pause button visible.

    Also the author avatarUrl still is missing.

    Here an example of my App where I am displaying it:

    Before this issue existed it used to look like this:

    • anthonyalexanderjohn

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      Jul 18

      Same here, better than nothing I guess but I was hoping you guys could come up with a real fix for this

  • janhoff2000

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    Jul 7

    + 1, hope it can be fixed ASAP

  • anthonyalexanderjohn

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    Jul 7

    +1 for this, really hope you guys can fix it soon