{"record":{"id":"1e0627e479343eb7","repo":"jackwener/OpenCLI","slug":"instagram-private-publish-configure-sidecar-failed","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Instagram private publish configure_sidecar failed: ${response.status}${detail}","messagePattern":"Instagram private publish configure_sidecar failed: (.+?)(.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"CommandExecutionError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"clis/instagram/_shared/private-publish.js","lineNumber":858,"sourceCode":"        headers: {\n            ...buildPrivateApiHeaders(input.apiContext),\n            'Content-Type': 'application/json',\n        },\n        body: JSON.stringify(input.payload),\n    };\n    for (let attempt = 0; attempt < INSTAGRAM_PRIVATE_SIDECAR_TRANSCODE_ATTEMPTS; attempt += 1) {\n        const response = await input.fetcher('https://www.instagram.com/api/v1/media/configure_sidecar/', requestInit);\n        const text = await response.text();\n        let json = {};\n        try {\n            json = text ? JSON.parse(text) : {};\n        }\n        catch {\n            throw new CommandExecutionError('Instagram private publish configure_sidecar returned invalid JSON');\n        }\n        if (!response.ok) {\n            const detail = text ? ` ${text.slice(0, 500)}` : '';\n            throw new CommandExecutionError(`Instagram private publish configure_sidecar failed: ${response.status}${detail}`);\n        }\n        const message = String(json?.message || '');\n        if (response.status === 202\n            || /transcode not finished yet/i.test(message)) {\n            if (attempt >= INSTAGRAM_PRIVATE_SIDECAR_TRANSCODE_ATTEMPTS - 1) {\n                throw new CommandExecutionError('Instagram private publish configure_sidecar timed out waiting for video transcode', text.slice(0, 500));\n            }\n            await waitMs(INSTAGRAM_PRIVATE_SIDECAR_TRANSCODE_WAIT_MS);\n            continue;\n        }\n        if (String(json?.status || '').toLowerCase() === 'fail') {\n            throw new CommandExecutionError('Instagram private publish configure_sidecar failed', message || text.slice(0, 500));\n        }\n        return { code: json?.media?.code };\n    }\n    throw new CommandExecutionError('Instagram private publish configure_sidecar failed');\n}\nexport async function publishMediaViaPrivateApi(input) {","sourceCodeStart":840,"sourceCodeEnd":876,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/jackwener/OpenCLI/blob/49907e53dc3ade5c223ff0c4c2c2785687cec4e6/clis/instagram/_shared/private-publish.js#L840-L876","documentation":"After parsing, publishSidecarWithRetry checks response.ok. When configure_sidecar returns a non-2xx status the library throws this error, appending the HTTP status and the first 500 chars of the response body as detail. It means Instagram itself rejected the sidecar configuration request at the HTTP level.","triggerScenarios":"POST to /api/v1/media/configure_sidecar/ returns any non-OK HTTP status (400 bad payload, 401/403 auth, 429 rate-limited, 5xx server error), with the status and body detail embedded in the message.","commonSituations":"Malformed sidecar payload (bad upload ids or jazoest) causing 400; expired CSRF token causing 403; too many publishes triggering 429; Instagram API downtime producing 5xx.","solutions":["Read the embedded status and body detail in the message to identify the exact failure (403 → auth, 429 → rate limit, 400 → payload).","Refresh csrfToken and session cookies if the status is 401/403.","Back off and wait if the status is 429; reduce publish frequency.","Validate the payload built by buildConfigureSidecarPayload (uploadIds, caption, clientSidecarId, jazoest) if the status is 400.","Retry on 5xx; these are usually transient Instagram-side failures."],"exampleFix":"// before\nawait publishMediaViaPrivateApi({ mediaItems, apiContext });\n// after\ntry {\n  await publishMediaViaPrivateApi({ mediaItems, apiContext });\n} catch (e) {\n  if (/failed: 429/.test(e.message)) await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 60000));\n  throw e;\n}","handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":"// Validate API context before calling\nif (!apiContext.csrfToken) throw new Error('Missing csrfToken — configure_sidecar would 403');","typeGuard":"function hasValidApiContext(ctx) {\n  return typeof ctx?.csrfToken === 'string' && ctx.csrfToken.length > 0;\n}","tryCatchPattern":"try {\n  await publishMediaViaPrivateApi({ mediaItems, apiContext });\n} catch (e) {\n  const m = /failed: (\\d{3})/.exec(e.message);\n  if (m && m[1] === '429') await sleep(60000);\n  if (m && (m[1] === '401' || m[1] === '403')) await refreshSession(page);\n  throw e;\n}","preventionTips":["Keep csrfToken and session cookies fresh.","Rate-limit publish frequency to avoid 429.","Validate sidecar payload inputs (uploadIds, jazoest) before calling.","Monitor Instagram API health before large batch publishes."],"tags":["instagram","http-error","private-api","sidecar"],"backgroundTag":"http-error-response","analyzedSha":"49907e53dc3ade5c223ff0c4c2c2785687cec4e6","analyzedAt":"2026-08-29T08:14:47.543Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-29T12:17:43.993Z"}