Instagram customers are being affected by a problem on the app that repeatedly exhibits older tales shared by folks they’re following. The Meta-owned photograph and video sharing service is presently affected by a bug that causes the app to indicate beforehand shared tales as an alternative of instantly displaying the most recent ones, in response to consumer experiences. The bug is affecting customers on the Instagram app for Android and iOS. Users are reporting that they’re pressured to look at tales that they’ve already considered on Instagram.

According to a report by The Verge, Instagram has been exhibiting customers tales on the service, even after they’ve already been opened. This implies that if a consumer has posted two tales inside 24 hours which have been considered, the app will nonetheless present them as “new” tales — with the colorful ring across the consumer’s profile — even after they’ve been opened, when a consumer returns to the app. Opening the service will present customers the identical tales, as in the event that they have been being considered for the primary time. Gadgets 360 was in a position to verify the bug on a number of accounts on iOS and Android.

Previously, viewing a consumer’s story would lead to it transferring to the top of the tales checklist. Due to the bug, nevertheless, the round picture of the consumer stays in place within the checklist of tales, even after they’re opened. As a consequence, a consumer may mistakenly suppose that they have not considered a Story shared by somebody they observe. Users on Twitter and Reddit have been complaining concerning the problem since Tuesday.

It seems that Instagram isn’t monitoring which Story was final considered by a consumer, because the bug additionally impacts extra tales shared by a consumer. As a consequence, if a consumer has already posted three tales, then places up a brand new story, their followers should view all three beforehand considered tales once more earlier than the most recent one is displayed. Gadgets 360 has reached out to Instagram for remark, and this text will probably be up to date when the corporate responds.