[instagram] InstagramStoriesExtractor. KeyError: 'reels_media'

[OriginOfAbsolution]

[gallery-dl][debug] Version 1.26.8
[gallery-dl][debug] Python 3.11.1 - Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0
[gallery-dl][debug] requests 2.28.1 - urllib3 1.26.13
[gallery-dl][debug] Configuration Files ['%USERPROFILE%\gallery-dl.conf']
[gallery-dl][debug] Starting DownloadJob for 'https://www.instagram.com/stories/msjennafischer'
[instagram][debug] Using InstagramStoriesExtractor for 'https://www.instagram.com/stories/msjennafischer'
[cookies][debug] Extracting cookies from C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ru8t6une.default-release\cookies.sqlite
[cookies][info] Extracted 1496 cookies from Firefox
[urllib3.connectionpool][debug] Starting new HTTPS connection (1): www.instagram.com:443
[urllib3.connectionpool][debug] https://www.instagram.com:443 "GET /api/v1/users/web_profile_info/?username=msjennafischer HTTP/1.1" 200 41137
[instagram][debug] Sleeping 6.81 seconds (request)
[urllib3.connectionpool][debug] https://www.instagram.com:443 "GET /api/v1/feed/reels_media/?reel_ids=1479085453 HTTP/1.1" 200 26
[instagram][error] An unexpected error occurred: KeyError - 'reels_media'. Please run gallery-dl again with the --verbose flag, copy its output and report this issue on https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues .
[instagram][debug]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\site-packages\gallery_dl\job.py", line 127, in run
for msg in extractor:
File "C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\site-packages\gallery_dl\extractor\instagram.py", line 65, in items
for post in self.posts():
^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\site-packages\gallery_dl\extractor\instagram.py", line 544, in posts
reels = self.api.reels_media(reel_id)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\site-packages\gallery_dl\extractor\instagram.py", line 692, in reels_media
return self._call(endpoint, params=params)["reels_media"]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
KeyError: 'reels_media'

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Never happened before, this is the first time

[mikf]

Your Firefox cookies have expired or something to that extend.

I can reproduce this error by disabling cookies:

$ gallery-dl https://www.instagram.com/stories/msjennafischer
instagram/msjennafischer/3313027909458592752.mp4
instagram/msjennafischer/3313524737879348680.mp4
instagram/msjennafischer/3313553871564445032.mp4
instagram/msjennafischer/3313633687433373278.mp4
instagram/msjennafischer/3313671356386255631.mp4

$ gallery-dl -o cookies="" https://www.instagram.com/stories/msjennafischer
[instagram][error] An unexpected error occurred: KeyError - 'reels_media'.

[OriginOfAbsolution]

I think so. I relog my Instagram account and everything works well. I never got this error before, even If my cookies have expired. It was a different error, like "Redirect to login page..." to tell me that I need to relog again, not this error.

[matt38697778]

Your Firefox cookies have expired or something to that extend.

I can reproduce this error by disabling cookies:

$ gallery-dl https://www.instagram.com/stories/msjennafischer
instagram/msjennafischer/3313027909458592752.mp4
instagram/msjennafischer/3313524737879348680.mp4
instagram/msjennafischer/3313553871564445032.mp4
instagram/msjennafischer/3313633687433373278.mp4
instagram/msjennafischer/3313671356386255631.mp4

$ gallery-dl -o cookies="" https://www.instagram.com/stories/msjennafischer
[instagram][error] An unexpected error occurred: KeyError - 'reels_media'.

I have a similar issue and tried the example link, but I got the same error

Q:\Download\gallery-dl>gallery-dl https://www.instagram.com/stories/msjennafischer
[instagram][error] An unexpected error occurred: KeyError - 'reels_media'. Please run gallery-dl again with the --verbose flag, copy its output and report this issue on https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues .

[Hrxn]

Are you running latest dev version?

[matt38697778]

I think so.

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.4046]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Q:\Download\gallery-dl>gallery-dl --version
1.26.8

Q:\Download\gallery-dl>gallery-dl https://www.instagram.com/stories/msjennafischer
[instagram][error] An unexpected error occurred: KeyError - 'reels_media'. Please run gallery-dl again with the --verbose flag, copy its output and report this issue on https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues .

Q:\Download\gallery-dl>