<![CDATA[Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore]]>Hello. I used to occasionally visit instagram.com to check the stories and it used to work perfectly fine. But after the Opera GX 67 and 68 updates, when I click on the story I just get redirected to the profile of that person, and when I click on the story again, the same happens and all I've got is their Instagram profiles. So I'm unable to view any Instagram story using Opera GX.

I waited more than a month to post this, thinking this must have to do something on my end, so I did a fresh install and tried it without any extensions, etc. but nothing fixed this issue. My hopes went up when I saw GX 68 integrated Instagram on the sidebar, but this erratic behavior happens there just the same.

To make clear how weird this issue is, I just realized that I was able to click on Instagram live feeds and view them (although they keep automatically scrolling down a bit for some reason). Also, when I view a profile, the older stories they saved as "Highlights" can be clicked and viewed without any issue, but the current story they have is basically unclickable since it just redirects to their Instagram profile.

I hope this issue gets recognized and fixed soon. Thank you.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/40966/can-t-view-instagram-stories-anymoreRSS for NodeWed, 13 May 2026 17:37:31 GMTSat, 23 May 2020 19:21:40 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Fri, 21 May 2021 12:09:19 GMT]]>Okay, guys! I found this topic when I have the same problem, and that's the solution, that helped me and with chance 99% will help you too!

Problem is that we need to reinstall libffmpeg library for Opera. Users that have downloaded Opera from snap install opera doesn't have our problems.

So, the first solutions is to reinstall Opera through command bellow:
snap install opera

If not or you don't wanna use snap, just make this steps:

We need package "opera-ffmpeg-codecs" from Arch Linux's repo.

Download an archive, extract it and take file "libffmpeg.so"
Move "libffmpeg.so" file to "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/" and confirm replacement of old file version.

cd ~/Downloads
tar xf opera-ffmpeg-codecs-*.tar.xz usr/lib/opera/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so -O > libffmpeg.so
sudo mv -f libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/
rm opera-ffmpeg-codecs-*.tar.xz

Archive file name will be another. Don't just copy paste this, take an attention to the commands)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/252710https://forums.opera.com/post/252710Fri, 21 May 2021 12:09:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Fri, 05 Feb 2021 23:10:56 GMT]]>Reactivated my old account just to check on this thread. I also can't view stories when I'm on my computer, no matter which browser I use.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/241763https://forums.opera.com/post/241763Fri, 05 Feb 2021 23:10:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Sun, 03 Jan 2021 06:45:35 GMT]]>@Alepe The problem was fixed after some updates to the GX. Maybe it's related to some privacy add-ons like LocalCDN, not sure, but it's working fine for me for at least two months.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/238529https://forums.opera.com/post/238529Sun, 03 Jan 2021 06:45:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:30:18 GMT]]>Anything? It's been happening to me forever now... Can't see stories on any browser (Tried Edge, Explorer and Opera GX). Doesn't work on the app from Microsoft Store either...

I imagine it's some problem with instagram itself, right?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/238521https://forums.opera.com/post/238521Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:30:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Sun, 13 Dec 2020 03:46:41 GMT]]>Same is happening to me

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/236553https://forums.opera.com/post/236553Sun, 13 Dec 2020 03:46:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Tue, 28 Jul 2020 10:02:45 GMT]]>@LynXProdigy One day I'm able to view the stories, and the next day they are unavailable again, for weeks. Is this supposed to be a badly-executed A/B test?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/219274https://forums.opera.com/post/219274Tue, 28 Jul 2020 10:02:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Sat, 11 Jul 2020 22:39:33 GMT]]>Same here, i can't view the stories on opera (linux)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/217566https://forums.opera.com/post/217566Sat, 11 Jul 2020 22:39:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Tue, 07 Jul 2020 14:47:25 GMT]]>@KingKusuo Do stories still work for you? Mine stopped working again 25 days ago and I still can't view any Instagram story. And this persisted across different versions of GX.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/217082https://forums.opera.com/post/217082Tue, 07 Jul 2020 14:47:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Sat, 20 Jun 2020 18:16:56 GMT]]>Same problem. Doesn't matter if you are on main page or person's page. Clicking story always redirects to person's instagram page.

I deleted all cookies and logged in again but not working for some reason. (I am not using sidebar extension)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/215175https://forums.opera.com/post/215175Sat, 20 Jun 2020 18:16:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:44:49 GMT]]>@KingKusuo Sometimes they don't make public some versions found at their FTP server, I guess. https://get.geo.opera.com/ftp/pub/opera_gx/

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214679https://forums.opera.com/post/214679Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:44:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:28:07 GMT]]>@Unbeknownst Really? I'm stuck on 68.0.3618.142, it says that there are no updates available

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214673https://forums.opera.com/post/214673Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:28:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Tue, 16 Jun 2020 08:08:04 GMT]]>@KingKusuo Mine still won't work. Tried with the new 68.0.3618.150 version but it didn't help.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214636https://forums.opera.com/post/214636Tue, 16 Jun 2020 08:08:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Tue, 16 Jun 2020 02:35:18 GMT]]>@Unbeknownst And now it's working again for me...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214617https://forums.opera.com/post/214617Tue, 16 Jun 2020 02:35:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Sat, 13 Jun 2020 01:40:29 GMT]]>@Unbeknownst The same to me, i think you gotta be lucky to make it work

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214275https://forums.opera.com/post/214275Sat, 13 Jun 2020 01:40:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Fri, 12 Jun 2020 21:36:59 GMT]]>@KingKusuo And now it's broken again. Seriously??!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214263https://forums.opera.com/post/214263Fri, 12 Jun 2020 21:36:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Sat, 06 Jun 2020 23:24:56 GMT]]>@Unbeknownst said in Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore:

@KingKusuo Hey, the problem is finally resolved on my end, I can view the stories now. I haven't changed any setting, so maybe they fixed it internally? Can you check to see if it is fixed for you too?

Actually now it's working for some reason, i hope it stays that way

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/213613https://forums.opera.com/post/213613Sat, 06 Jun 2020 23:24:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Sat, 06 Jun 2020 20:56:36 GMT]]>@Unbeknownst said in Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore:

@KingKusuo Hey, the problem is finally resolved on my end, I can view the stories now. I haven't changed any setting, so maybe they fixed it internally? Can you check to see if it is fixed for you too?

Well, the problem wasn't fixed for me after all

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/213598https://forums.opera.com/post/213598Sat, 06 Jun 2020 20:56:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Sat, 06 Jun 2020 09:46:02 GMT]]>@Unbeknownst I'm gonna check that as soon as i get to my computer!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/213553https://forums.opera.com/post/213553Sat, 06 Jun 2020 09:46:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Fri, 05 Jun 2020 18:27:25 GMT]]>@KingKusuo Hey, the problem is finally resolved on my end, I can view the stories now. I haven't changed any setting, so maybe they fixed it internally? Can you check to see if it is fixed for you too?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/213512https://forums.opera.com/post/213512Fri, 05 Jun 2020 18:27:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Tue, 02 Jun 2020 21:21:39 GMT]]>@Unbeknownst said in Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore:

@leocg I had already tried it after formatting my PC without any add-ons even installed, but now I disabled all the add-ons including the Opera adblocker, and I still can't view the stories as they redirect to the profile pages of the respective people.

I also just tried it with Chromium Edge (only other browser I have installed on my computer) and I viewed the stories just fine.

I have the same problem on Opera GX and Opera developer, and i don't think extensions are the problem here.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/213109https://forums.opera.com/post/213109Tue, 02 Jun 2020 21:21:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Tue, 02 Jun 2020 21:10:07 GMT]]>@leocg I had already tried it after formatting my PC without any add-ons even installed, but now I disabled all the add-ons including the Opera adblocker, and I still can't view the stories as they redirect to the profile pages of the respective people.

I also just tried it with Chromium Edge (only other browser I have installed on my computer) and I viewed the stories just fine.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/213108https://forums.opera.com/post/213108Tue, 02 Jun 2020 21:10:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Tue, 02 Jun 2020 20:56:21 GMT]]>@Unbeknownst What is the behavior in other browsers?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/213107https://forums.opera.com/post/213107Tue, 02 Jun 2020 20:56:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Tue, 02 Jun 2020 20:54:51 GMT]]>@Unbeknownst Tried with extensions disabled?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/213106https://forums.opera.com/post/213106Tue, 02 Jun 2020 20:54:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't View Instagram Stories Anymore on Tue, 02 Jun 2020 20:31:41 GMT]]>@leocg Thanks for the advice, but as I already mentioned, I even formatted my PC and nothing changed on my end. Maybe I should list my extensions (though I tried with a fresh install and I still couldn't view stories): uBlock Origin, AutoplayStopper, Grammarly, HTTPS Everywhere, IDM Integration Module, LastPass and Install Chrome Extensions.

I hope the reason for this issue turns out to be an add-on so I can uninstall it and move on.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/213103https://forums.opera.com/post/213103Tue, 02 Jun 2020 20:31:41 GMT