IgLoginBadPasswordError when password is actually right

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Requirements

• I've searched the Issues
• I've read the basic concepts
• I'm using the latest version
• I've debugged my code using the DEBUG variable.

Platform

• I'm using Node.js version v20.18.0
• I'm using electron

Description

When trying to do the authentication flow, as shown in the examples, I'm getting an error saying:

IgLoginBadPasswordError: POST /api/v1/accounts/login/ - 400 Bad Request; You can log in with your linked Facebook account.

But if I try it via browser, using the exact same credentials, the login is successful.

Code

import { IgApiClient } from 'instagram-private-api';

async function test() {
  // commenting the credentials for this
  const username = '...';
  const password = '...';

  const ig = new IgApiClient();
  ig.state.generateDevice(username);

  await ig.simulate.preLoginFlow();
  await ig.account.login(username, password);
  await ig.simulate.postLoginFlow();
}

test();

Error and Output

Error

IgLoginBadPasswordError: POST /api/v1/accounts/login/ - 400 Bad Request; You can log in with your linked Facebook account.
    at /home/fortini/repos/CE-Monitor/node_modules/instagram-private-api/dist/repositories/account.repository.js:40:27
    at tryCatcher (/home/fortini/repos/CE-Monitor/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23)
    at /home/fortini/repos/CE-Monitor/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/catch_filter.js:17:41
    at tryCatcher (/home/fortini/repos/CE-Monitor/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23)
    at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (/home/fortini/repos/CE-Monitor/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:547:31)
    at Promise._settlePromise (/home/fortini/repos/CE-Monitor/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:604:18)
    at Promise._settlePromise0 (/home/fortini/repos/CE-Monitor/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:649:10)
    at Promise._settlePromises (/home/fortini/repos/CE-Monitor/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:725:18)
    at _drainQueueStep (/home/fortini/repos/CE-Monitor/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:93:12)
    at _drainQueue (/home/fortini/repos/CE-Monitor/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:86:9)
    at Async._drainQueues (/home/fortini/repos/CE-Monitor/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:102:5)
    at Async.drainQueues [as _onImmediate] (/home/fortini/repos/CE-Monitor/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:15:14)
    at process.processImmediate (node:internal/timers:483:21)

Output

  ig:request Requesting POST /api/v1/accounts/msisdn_header_bootstrap/ +0ms
  ig:state Could not find csrftoken +0ms
  ig:state csrftoken lookup failed, returning "missing". +0ms
  ig:request Requesting POST /api/v1/accounts/contact_point_prefill/ +246ms
  ig:request Requesting POST /api/v1/accounts/read_msisdn_header/ +211ms
  ig:request Requesting GET /api/v1/zr/token/result/ +218ms
  ig:request Requesting POST /api/v1/launcher/sync/ +197ms
  ig:request Requesting POST /api/v1/attribution/log_attribution/ +204ms
  ig:request Requesting POST /api/v1/accounts/get_prefill_candidates/ +200ms
  ig:state Could not find csrftoken +1s
  ig:state csrftoken lookup failed, returning "missing". +0ms
  ig:request Requesting POST /api/v1/accounts/login/ +230ms
  ig:request Request POST /api/v1/accounts/login/ failed: {"message":"You can log in with your linked Facebook account.","status":"fail","error_title":"Forgotten password","buttons":[{"title":"Use Facebook","action":"login_with_facebook"},{"title":"Try Again","action":"dismiss"}],"is_cp_nonce_flow":false,"login_identifer_type":"email","login_user_input":"...","qe_device_id":"a1c6b03e-09f2-5cfa-b085-10b7b3f70dcd","login_attempt_count":1,"login_source":"unknown","error_code":1,"invalid_credentials":true,"exception_name":"UserInvalidCredentials","error_type":"bad_password"} +6s