graphql queries for followers and follows return empty lists

Author: l5csCreated Sep 12, 2026Updated Sep 16, 2026
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Describe the bug queries for followers 37479f2b8209594dde7facb0d904896a and follows 58712303d941c6855d4e888c5f0cd22f started returning empty edges list for all accounts like this

json
{
  "data": {
    "user": {
      "edge_followed_by": {
        "count": 13520,
        "page_info": {
          "has_next_page": false,
          "end_cursor": null
        },
        "edges": []
      }
    }
  }
}

To Reproduce Profile.get_followees Profile.get_followers

Expected behavior queries used to return paginated lists of follows of a profile

Error messages and tracebacks n/a

Instaloader version 4.15.3

Additional context i tried it within a browser fetch and it still gets nothing so it's not a browser fingerprint detection