Error when downloading full Instagram/TikTok profiles with latest gallery-dl version

[miangee21]

Hello maintainers,
I am using gallery-dl to download complete user profiles from Instagram and TikTok via two separate Python scripts. These scripts were working correctly on an earlier version of gallery-dl, but after updating to the latest release, the downloader consistently fails with an error.

This breaks my workflow because I rely on automated, incremental profile downloads.

I have:

• One script for Instagram profiles
• One script for TikTok profiles

Both scripts:

• Take a list of usernames
• Download all media from each profile
• Track already-downloaded items
• Avoid duplicate downloads

This setup worked fine on the previous version of gallery-dl.

Environment

• OS: Fedora Linux 43
• gallery-dl version: (1.31.5)
• Python version: (3.14.2)
  -yt-dlp

instagram_downloader.py
tiktok_downloader.py

: (2026.02.04)

I have attached:

• instagram_downloader.py
• tiktok_downloader.py

Let me know if you need any additional information or testing from my side.
Thank you for your work on this great tool.

[mikf]

Try the latest release:
https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/releases/tag/v1.31.6

[miangee21]

Try the latest release: https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/releases/tag/v1.31.6

Thank you for the quick response and for releasing version 1.31.6 so promptly much appreciated.

I’ve tested the new release, and I can confirm that the Instagram script is now working perfectly again, just as it was about two weeks ago. So the fix for Instagram is successful on my side.

However, the TikTok script is still not working. With v1.31.6, it does not fetch or attempt to download a single video at all — it fails immediately, the same as before the update.

For context: both my Instagram and TikTok scripts were working correctly when I last ran them on January 21, 2026. The issue appeared only when I ran them again yesterday. Your latest update resolved Instagram, but TikTok remains broken.

I would really appreciate it if you could also look into the TikTok behavior in the new version.

Thanks again for your support and for maintaining this excellent tool.