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[InstagramBridge] Track username change ?
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Description
When an instagram user changes his username, this broke the feed and there is no way to find out who is the new username. Is it possible to parse the id of the account to get the new username if the old one fails ?
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Research direction
Start by locating the InstagramBridge implementation and tracing how it resolves a username when fetching a feed. Determine whether the account ID can be used after the old username fails, then verify that feeds still work when an Instagram user changes usernames.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100