Repository: yt-dlp
Issue: Instagram Archived Story with cookies from Firefox - Unable to extract user id
Labels: account-needed,site-enhancement,triage

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### Checklist

- [X] I'm reporting that yt-dlp is broken on a **supported** site
- [X] I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
- [X] I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
- [X] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are [properly quoted or escaped](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#video-url-contains-an-ampersand--and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command)
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### Region

Germany

### Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood

Hello, I am trying to download an archived story. I can download reels, but somehow I get the error message "Unable to extract user id; please report this issue on..." when I run the same command on an archived story.
This is on Windows and I have updated and verified the version.

### Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem

- [X] Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
- [ ] If using API, add `'verbose': True` to `YoutubeDL` params instead
- [X] Copy the WHOLE output (starting with `[debug] Command-line config`) and insert it below

### Complete Verbose Output

```shell
yt-dlp.exe -vU "https://www.instagram.com/stories/archive/17912540664048453/?size=l" --cookies-from-browser "firefox"
[debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://www.instagram.com/stories/archive/17912540664048453/?size=l', '--cookies-from-browser', 'firefox']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, pref cp1252, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version stable@2024.12.23 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [65cf46cdd] (win_exe)
[debug] Python 3.10.11 (CPython AMD64 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0 (OpenSSL 1.1.1t  7 Feb 2023)
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-116344-g5c8523cef1-20240721 (setts), ffprobe N-116344-g5c8523cef1-20240721
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.21.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2024.12.14, curl_cffi-0.5.10, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.3, sqlite3-3.40.1, urllib3-2.3.0, websockets-14.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
Extracting cookies from firefox
[debug] Extracting cookies from: "C:\Users\Stefan\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\lmab0g57.default\cookies.sqlite"
Extracted 668 cookies from firefox
[debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets, curl_cffi
[debug] Loaded 1837 extractors
[debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
Latest version: stable@2024.12.23 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp
yt-dlp is up to date (stable@2024.12.23 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp)
[instagram:story] Extracting URL: https://www.instagram.com/stories/archive/17912540664048453/?size=l
[instagram:story] 17912540664048453: Downloading webpage
ERROR: [instagram:story] 17912540664048453: Unable to extract user id; please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 742, in extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\instagram.py", line 714, in _real_extract
```