not_public · 4006 · HTTP 422

{
  "ok": false,
  "request_id": "req_…",
  "error": {
    "code": "not_public",
    "number": 4006,
    "message": "Instagram returned no media for this post to a logged-out viewer: it is private, removed, or restricted to logged-in users. Audio transcription retries it once on a fresh connection before reporting this; a later request rarely changes the answer.",
    "docs": "https://transcriptfetch.com/docs/errors/not_public"
  }
}

Every failure carries error.code, error.number, error.message and error.docs, plus at most one of retry_with (the request change that would succeed), details (structured specifics) or issues (validation problems).

Not public. Instagram returned no media for this post to a logged-out viewer: it is private, removed, or restricted to logged-in users. Audio transcription retries it once on a fresh connection before reporting this; a later request rarely changes the answer.

Shown to end users as: “Instagram isn't showing this post publicly. It may be private, removed or restricted to logged-in users.”

• Instagram returned no media for this post to a logged-out viewer. The post is private (or its account is), was removed, or is restricted to logged-in users.
• Less often, Instagram briefly refuses logged-out access to a post that is public. Audio transcription already retries once on a fresh connection before answering with this code.

• Open the post in a private browser window without logging in. If Instagram asks you to log in or says the post isn't available, it cannot be fetched.
• Do not retry in a loop. If the post does open logged out, one retry a few minutes later is reasonable. Failed requests are never charged.