No, you’re not experiencing a deja vu: Some Instagram users have reported that when they try to see new stories posted by other users, they receive stories they’ve already seen. The company has acknowledged the bug and on Wednesday released an update for its iOS app to fix it.
In the Apple app store, Instagram said the update, which appears as version 239.1, “contains bug fixes and performance improvements.” The bug, which appears to have started on Monday, was reported by people using the Instagram app on their iPhones, although it’s unclear how many people have been affected.
Instagram did not immediately respond to a request for comment. On Tuesday, Christine Pai, a spokeswoman for Instagram’s father Meta, told The Verge in an email that the company was aware that people were having trouble accessing Instagram stories and was working “to get things back on track. normalcy as soon as possible “.
The mistake was noticed a day before the head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, announced new tools, on Tuesday, to help parents guide the use of teenagers, including the extension of the “pause” notification and the Added a “coda” feature that encourages young users to look at other types of content if they spend too much time on a particular topic on the Instagram Explore page.