1837286 - Instagram's "Open app" button opens play.google.com instead of opening the Instagram app

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox for Android :: App Links, defect, P2)

Description

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

Attachment: Instagram_screenshot.png

Steps to reproduce

1. Install the Instagram app.
2. Open an Instagram account page in a private browsing window (so that you are not logged into an Instagram account), such as https://www.instagram.com/mozilla/
3. Tap on the toast message's "Not now" button to close it.
4. Tap the page's "Open app" button at the top of the page. See the attached screenshot.

Expected behavior

Firefox should open the Instagram app, like tapping the "Open app" button does in Chrome.

Actual behavior

Firefox can't open the Instagram app and falls back to opening the Instagram app page on play.google.com.

Device information

• Firefox version: 114 and 116
• Android device model: Moto G5
• Android OS version: 8.1 and 13

Comment 1

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

I emailed our contacts at Meta about this bug.

Comment 2

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

An Instagram engineer suspects this bug is an instance of intent bug 1812827. Waiting for confirmation.

Comment 3

[Roger Yang [:royang]]

Instagram have fixed the intent missing "/" issue. However, now that it's working, we'll have to fix when "Open in apps" is set to "Never"