Instagram customers are being affected by a difficulty on the app that repeatedly reveals older tales shared by folks they’re following. The Meta-owned photograph and video sharing service is presently affected by a bug that causes the app to point out beforehand shared tales as an alternative of instantly displaying the most recent ones, in keeping with person stories. The bug is affecting customers on the Instagram app for Android and iOS. Customers are reporting that they’re compelled to look at tales that they’ve already seen on Instagram.
In response to a report by The Verge, Instagram has been exhibiting customers tales on the service, even after they’ve already been opened. Which means if a person has posted two tales inside 24 hours which were seen, the app will nonetheless present them as “new” tales — with the colorful ring across the person’s profile — even after they’ve been opened, when a person returns to the app. Opening the service will present customers the identical tales, as in the event that they had been being seen for the primary time. Devices 360 was in a position to verify the bug on a number of accounts on iOS and Android.
Beforehand, viewing a person’s story would end in it shifting to the top of the tales listing. Because of the bug, nonetheless, the round picture of the person stays in place within the listing of tales, even after they’re opened. Because of this, a person may mistakenly assume that they have not seen a Story shared by somebody they comply with. Customers on Twitter and Reddit have been complaining concerning the difficulty since Tuesday.
It seems that Instagram is just not monitoring which Story was final seen by a person, because the bug additionally impacts further tales shared by a person. Because of this, if a person has already posted three tales, then places up a brand new story, their followers must view all three beforehand seen tales once more earlier than the most recent one is displayed. Devices 360 has reached out to Instagram for remark, and this text might be up to date when the corporate responds.