400 Bad Request; Uploaded image asset creation failed pm POST /api/v1/media/configure/

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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 22.4.0
• I'm using electron

Description

I'm trying to make a simple test logging in and uploading a photo, but I'm getting the error below:

Code

import { IgApiClient } from "instagram-private-api";
import credentials from "./credentials.json";
import { readFileSync } from "fs";

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

(async () => {
  const loggedInUser = await ig.account.login(
    credentials.playwrightTestInstagram.username,
    credentials.playwrightTestInstagram.password
  );

  console.log("loggedInUser", loggedInUser);

  const photo = readFileSync("./skyline.jpeg");

  const publishResult = await ig.publish.photo({
    file: photo,
    caption: "Test photo",
  });

  console.log("publishResult", publishResult);
})();

Error and Output

Request: Requesting POST /api/v1/media/configure/
Request: Request POST /api/v1/media/configure/ failed: {"message":"Uploaded image asset creation failed","status":"fail"}
IgResponseError: POST /api/v1/media/configure/ - 400 Bad Request; Uploaded image asset creation failed
    at Request.handleResponseError (/Users/tchesa/repositories/tchesa/xoxo/node_modules/instagram-private-api/src/core/request.ts:173:4)
    at Request.send (/Users/tchesa/repositories/tchesa/xoxo/node_modules/instagram-private-api/src/core/request.ts:83:24)
    at async MediaRepository.configure (/Users/tchesa/repositories/tchesa/xoxo/node_modules/instagram-private-api/src/repositories/media.repository.ts:359:15)
    at async PublishService.photo (/Users/tchesa/repositories/tchesa/xoxo/node_modules/instagram-private-api/src/services/publish.service.ts:154:21)