diff --git a/packages/db/drizzle/PostgreSQL/0028_instagram_profile_preload.sql b/packages/db/drizzle/PostgreSQL/0028_instagram_profile_preload.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40c8904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/db/drizzle/PostgreSQL/0028_instagram_profile_preload.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,406 @@
+-- Update the published Instagram handler without replacing unrelated template fields.
+UPDATE "templates"
+SET "custom_handlers" = jsonb_set("custom_handlers", '{requestHandler,code,source}', to_jsonb($ig_handler$
+const extractKeyedPayloadFromHtml = (html, targetKey = 'xdt_api__v1__profile_timeline') => {
+    const results = [];
+    if (typeof html !== 'string' || html.length === 0) return results;
+
+    const matches = [];
+    // Only target <script type="application/json" data-sjs ...>
+    const scriptRe = /<script(?=[^>]*type=["']application\/json["'])(?=[^>]*\bdata-sjs\b)[^>]*>([\s\S]*?)<\/script>/gi;
+    let m;
+    while ((m = scriptRe.exec(html)) !== null) {
+        const inner = (m[1] || '').trim();
+        if (!inner) continue;
+        // Prefilter by key presence to avoid parsing large irrelevant blobs
+        if (inner.indexOf(targetKey) === -1) continue;
+        matches.push(inner);
+    }
+
+    const foundTimelines = [];
+    const pushIfMatch = (maybeObj, source) => {
+        try {
+            if (!maybeObj || typeof maybeObj !== 'object') return;
+            const direct = maybeObj?.[targetKey];
+            if (direct) {
+                foundTimelines.push({ source: source || 'direct', payload: direct });
+                return;
+            }
+            const inData = maybeObj?.data?.[targetKey];
+            if (inData) {
+                foundTimelines.push({ source: source || 'data', payload: inData });
+                return;
+            }
+            const inBbox = maybeObj?.__bbox?.result?.data?.[targetKey];
+            if (inBbox) {
+                foundTimelines.push({ source: source || '__bbox', payload: inBbox });
+                return;
+            }
+        } catch (_) { }
+    };
+    const traverse = (node, source) => {
+        if (!node) return;
+        pushIfMatch(node, source);
+        if (Array.isArray(node)) {
+            for (const n of node) traverse(n, source);
+            return;
+        }
+        if (typeof node === 'object') {
+            for (const key of Object.keys(node)) {
+                try { traverse(node[key], source); } catch (_) { }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    for (const raw of matches) {
+        try {
+            const obj = JSON.parse(raw);
+            traverse(obj, 'html-script');
+        } catch (_) { }
+    }
+
+    const timelineItems = [];
+    const seen = new Set();
+    for (const r of foundTimelines) {
+        const tl = r?.payload;
+        if (!tl || typeof tl !== 'object') continue;
+        const key = (() => {
+            try { return tl?.sections?.[0]?.feed_view_info?.session_id || tl?.timeline?.id || JSON.stringify(Object.keys(tl).sort()); } catch (_) { return Math.random().toString(36); }
+        })();
+        if (seen.has(key)) continue;
+        seen.add(key);
+        timelineItems.push({ type: 'ig_script_payload', key: targetKey, source: r?.source || 'html', data: tl });
+    }
+
+    return timelineItems;
+};
+
+// Logged-out profile pages now preload public profile data under
+// xig_user_by_username instead of requesting web_profile_info.
+const extractProfileFromHtml = (html, username) => {
+    if (typeof html !== 'string' || !html || !username) return null;
+    const scripts = /<script(?=[^>]*type=["']application\/json["'])(?=[^>]*\bdata-sjs\b)[^>]*>([\s\S]*?)<\/script>/gi;
+    let match;
+    while ((match = scripts.exec(html)) !== null) {
+        const raw = match[1] || '';
+        if (!raw.includes('xig_user_by_username') || raw.length > 1_000_000) continue;
+        try {
+            const pending = [JSON.parse(raw)];
+            let visited = 0;
+            while (pending.length && visited++ < 30_000) {
+                const value = pending.pop();
+                if (!value || typeof value !== 'object') continue;
+                const user = value.xig_user_by_username;
+                if (user && typeof user === 'object' &&
+                    String(user.username || '').toLowerCase() === username.toLowerCase()) {
+                    return user;
+                }
+                for (const child of Object.values(value)) {
+                    if (child && typeof child === 'object') pending.push(child);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (_) { /* Ignore unrelated preloaded scripts. */ }
+    }
+    return null;
+};
+
+const scrapeInstagram = async (context) => {
+    const page = context.page;
+    const preNav = context.preNav;
+    const url = page ? await page.url() : (context.request?.url || '');
+    const log = (...args) => console.log('[IG-SCRAPER]', ...args);
+
+    log('Starting extraction for URL:', url);
+
+    let jsonResult = [];
+
+    const isInstagramProfileUrl = (() => {
+        if (!url || typeof url !== 'string') return false;
+        const pattern = /^https?:\/\/(?:[\w-]+\.)?instagram\.com\/[\w.\-]+\/?(?:\?.*)?(?:#.*)?$/i;
+        return pattern.test(url.trim());
+    })();
+
+    const isInstagramReelUrl = (() => {
+        if (!url || typeof url !== 'string') return false;
+        // Match /reel/CODE, /p/CODE (post), and /username/reel/CODE
+        const pattern = /^https?:\/\/(?:[\w-]+\.)?instagram\.com\/(?:(?:reel|p)\/+|[\w.\-]+\/reel\/+)[A-Za-z0-9_-]+\/?(?:\?.*)?(?:#.*)?$/i;
+        return pattern.test(url.trim());
+    })();
+
+    log('URL type:', isInstagramProfileUrl ? 'profile' : isInstagramReelUrl ? 'reel' : 'unknown');
+
+    if (isInstagramProfileUrl) {
+        const username = url.match(/instagram\.com\/([\w.\-]+)/i)?.[1] || '';
+        const preloadedUser = extractProfileFromHtml(context.html, username);
+        try {
+            log('Fetching instagramProfileInfo via preNav...');
+            let profileInfo;
+            if (preNav && typeof preNav === 'object') {
+                const exists = await (preNav.has?.('instagramProfileInfo'));
+                log('preNav has instagramProfileInfo:', exists);
+                if (exists) {
+                    profileInfo = await (preNav.get?.('instagramProfileInfo'));
+                } else if (!preloadedUser) {
+                    log('Waiting for instagramProfileInfo (timeout: 30s)...');
+                    profileInfo = await (preNav.wait?.('instagramProfileInfo', { timeoutMs: 30000 }));
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!profileInfo?.body) {
+                log('preNav instagramProfileInfo returned empty');
+                console.warn('preNav instagramProfileInfo returned empty');
+            } else {
+                log('Got instagramProfileInfo body, length:', profileInfo.body.length);
+                const res = JSON.parse(profileInfo.body);
+                const user = res?.data?.user;
+                if (!user) {
+                    log('No user data in web_profile_info response. Keys:', Object.keys(res?.data || {}));
+                    console.warn('No user data in web_profile_info response');
+                } else {
+                    log('User found:', user.username, '| posts:', user.edge_owner_to_timeline_media?.count, '| followers:', user.edge_followed_by?.count);
+
+                    const buildUserMeta = (u) => ({
+                        username: u.username,
+                        full_name: u.full_name,
+                        profile_pic_url: u.profile_pic_url_hd,
+                        is_private: u.is_private,
+                        is_embeds_disabled: u.is_embeds_disabled,
+                        is_unpublished: null,
+                        is_verified: u.is_verified,
+                        friendship_status: null,
+                        latest_reel_media: null,
+                        biography: u.biography,
+                        business_email: u.business_email,
+                        business_phone_number: u.business_phone_number,
+                        business_address_json: u.business_address_json,
+                        is_business_account: u.is_business_account,
+                        posted_count: u.edge_owner_to_timeline_media?.count ?? 0,
+                        followers_count: u.edge_followed_by?.count ?? 0,
+                        follow_count: u.edge_follow?.count ?? 0,
+                    });
+
+                    const buildNodeItem = (node) => ({
+                        reel_id: node.shortcode,
+                        full_text: node.edge_media_to_caption?.edges?.[0]?.node?.text ?? '',
+                        video: node.video_url,
+                        image: node.thumbnail_src,
+                        token_at: node.taken_at_timestamp,
+                        token_at_utc: node.taken_at_timestamp ? new Date(node.taken_at_timestamp * 1000).toISOString() : null,
+                        user: buildUserMeta(user),
+                        comments: [],
+                        usertags: node.edge_media_to_tagged_user?.edges?.map(tag => ({
+                            user: {
+                                full_name: tag?.node?.user?.full_name,
+                                username: tag?.node?.user?.username,
+                                profile_pic_url: tag?.node?.user?.profile_pic_url,
+                                is_verified: tag?.node?.user?.is_verified,
+                                id: tag?.node?.user?.id,
+                            }
+                        })) || [],
+                        location: node.location,
+                        has_audio: node.has_audio,
+                        has_liked: (node.edge_liked_by?.count ?? 0) > 0,
+                        display_uri: node.display_url,
+                        video_view_count: node.video_view_count,
+                        like_count: node.edge_liked_by?.count ?? 0,
+                        comment_count: node.edge_media_to_comment?.count ?? 0,
+                        create_at: node.taken_at_timestamp ? new Date(node.taken_at_timestamp * 1000).toISOString() : null,
+                        fb_comment_count: null,
+                        is_paid_partnership: null,
+                        sponsor_tags: null,
+                        original_height: node.dimensions?.height,
+                        original_width: node.dimensions?.width,
+                        is_video: node.is_video,
+                    });
+
+                    const timelineEdges = user.edge_owner_to_timeline_media?.edges || [];
+                    log('Timeline edges count:', timelineEdges.length);
+                    for (const edge of timelineEdges) {
+                        if (edge?.node) jsonResult.push(buildNodeItem(edge.node));
+                    }
+
+                    const reelEdges = user.edge_felix_video_timeline?.edges || [];
+                    log('Reel edges count:', reelEdges.length);
+                    for (const edge of reelEdges) {
+                        if (edge?.node) jsonResult.push(buildNodeItem(edge.node));
+                    }
+                    log('Profile extraction done, total items:', jsonResult.length);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (err) {
+            log('Profile extraction error:', err?.message || err);
+            console.error('Instagram profile extraction failed:', err?.message || err);
+        }
+
+        if (jsonResult.length === 0) {
+            const user = preloadedUser;
+            if (user) {
+                jsonResult.push({
+                    type: 'profile',
+                    username: user.username,
+                    full_name: user.full_name || '',
+                    biography: user.biography || '',
+                    profile_pic_url: user.profile_pic_url || '',
+                    followers_count: user.follower_count ?? null,
+                    following_count: user.following_count ?? null,
+                    posts_count: user.all_media_count ?? null,
+                    is_verified: !!user.is_verified,
+                    is_private: !!user.is_private,
+                    url,
+                });
+                log('Profile extracted from page preload:', user.username);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (isInstagramReelUrl) {
+        try {
+            const html = typeof context.html === 'string' ? context.html : '';
+            log('Reel HTML length:', html.length);
+
+            let commentsItems = extractKeyedPayloadFromHtml(html, 'xdt_api__v1__media__media_id__comments__connection');
+            let webInfo = extractKeyedPayloadFromHtml(html, 'xdt_api__v1__media__shortcode__web_info');
+            log('Comments payloads found:', commentsItems.length, '| webInfo payloads found:', webInfo.length);
+
+            const edgesRaw = commentsItems?.[0]?.data?.edges;
+            const edgesContainer = edgesRaw || {};
+            const parsedComments = Object.values(edgesContainer).map((edge) => ({
+                comment_like_count: edge?.node?.comment_like_count,
+                parent_comment_id: edge?.node?.parent_comment_id,
+                created_at: edge?.node?.created_at,
+                text: edge?.node?.text,
+                has_liked_comment: edge?.node?.has_liked_comment,
+                restricted_status: edge?.node?.restricted_status,
+                child_comment_count: edge?.node?.child_comment_count,
+                is_covered: edge?.node?.is_covered,
+                user: {
+                    username: edge?.node?.user?.username,
+                    profile_pic_url: edge?.node?.user?.profile_pic_url,
+                    is_verified: edge?.node?.user?.is_verified,
+                    is_unpublished: edge?.node?.user?.is_unpublished,
+                }
+            }));
+            log('Parsed comments count:', parsedComments.length);
+
+            const webInfoItem = webInfo?.[0]?.data?.items?.[0];
+            if (webInfoItem) {
+                const u = webInfoItem.user || {};
+                log('Reel webInfoItem found, code:', webInfoItem.code, '| user:', u.username);
+                jsonResult.push({
+                    reel_id: webInfoItem.code,
+                    full_text: webInfoItem.caption?.text ?? '',
+                    video: webInfoItem.video_versions?.[0]?.url ?? '',
+                    image: webInfoItem.image_versions2?.candidates?.[0]?.url ?? '',
+                    token_at: webInfoItem.taken_at,
+                    token_at_utc: webInfoItem.taken_at ? new Date(webInfoItem.taken_at * 1000).toISOString() : null,
+                    user: {
+                        username: u.username,
+                        full_name: u.full_name,
+                        profile_pic_url: u.profile_pic_url,
+                        is_private: u.is_private,
+                        is_embeds_disabled: u.is_embeds_disabled,
+                        is_unpublished: u.is_unpublished,
+                        is_verified: u.is_verified,
+                        friendship_status: u.friendship_status,
+                        latest_reel_media: u.latest_reel_media,
+                    },
+                    comments: parsedComments,
+                    usertags: webInfoItem.usertags?.in?.map(tag => ({
+                        user: {
+                            full_name: tag?.user?.full_name,
+                            username: tag?.user?.username,
+                            profile_pic_url: tag?.user?.profile_pic_url,
+                            is_verified: tag?.user?.is_verified,
+                            id: tag?.user?.id,
+                        }
+                    })) || [],
+                    location: webInfoItem.location,
+                    has_audio: webInfoItem.has_audio,
+                    has_liked: webInfoItem.has_liked,
+                    display_uri: webInfoItem.display_uri,
+                    video_view_count: webInfoItem.video_view_count,
+                    like_count: webInfoItem.like_count ?? 0,
+                    comment_count: webInfoItem.comment_count ?? 0,
+                    create_at: webInfoItem.caption?.created_at ? new Date(webInfoItem.caption.created_at * 1000).toISOString() : null,
+                    fb_comment_count: webInfoItem.fb_comment_count,
+                    is_paid_partnership: webInfoItem.is_paid_partnership,
+                    sponsor_tags: webInfoItem.sponsor_tags,
+                    original_height: webInfoItem.original_height,
+                    original_width: webInfoItem.original_width,
+                    is_video: !!webInfoItem.video_versions?.length,
+                });
+                log('Reel item added to jsonResult');
+            } else {
+                log('No web_info item found in HTML for reel URL. webInfo raw:', JSON.stringify(webInfo?.[0]?.data?.items?.slice(0, 2)));
+                console.warn('No web_info item found in HTML for reel URL');
+            }
+        } catch (err) {
+            log('Reel extraction error:', err?.message || err);
+            console.error('Instagram reel extraction failed:', err?.message || err);
+        }
+    }
+
+    const buildReelMarkdown = (it) => {
+        const stats = `Likes ${it.like_count ?? 0} · Comments ${it.comment_count ?? 0}${typeof it.fb_comment_count === 'number' ? ` · FB Comments ${it.fb_comment_count}` : ''}`;
+        const createdAt = it.create_at || it.token_at_utc || '';
+        const imageUrl = it.image || it.display_uri || '';
+        const videoUrl = it.video || '';
+        const user = it.user || {};
+        const owner = it.owner || {};
+        const tagsMd = Array.isArray(it.usertags) && it.usertags.length
+            ? `\n\n## Tags\n\n${it.usertags.map(t => {
+                const u = t.user || {};
+                const uname = u.username ? `@${u.username}` : (u.full_name || '');
+                return `- ${uname}`;
+            }).join('\n')}`
+            : '';
+        const commentsMd = Array.isArray(it.comments) && it.comments.length
+            ? `\n\n## Comments\n\n${it.comments.map(c => {
+                const uname = c?.user?.username ? `@${c.user.username}` : '';
+                const likes = typeof c?.comment_like_count === 'number' ? ` · Likes ${c.comment_like_count}` : '';
+                const ts = c?.created_at ? ` · ${c.created_at}` : '';
+                return `- ${uname}${likes}${ts}\n  ${c?.text || ''}`;
+            }).join('\n')}`
+            : '';
+        const mediaMd = (() => {
+            if (imageUrl && videoUrl) return `\n\n## Media\n\n![Image](${imageUrl})\n\nVideo: ${videoUrl}`;
+            if (imageUrl) return `\n\n## Media\n\n![Image](${imageUrl})`;
+            if (videoUrl) return `\n\n## Media\n\nVideo: ${videoUrl}`;
+            return '';
+        })();
+        const userSection = `## User\n\n- username: ${user.username || ''}\n- full_name: ${user.full_name || ''}\n- is_verified: ${user.is_verified ?? ''}\n- is_private: ${user.is_private ?? ''}\n- profile_pic_url: ${user.profile_pic_url || ''}`;
+        const ownerSection = owner && (owner.username || owner.full_name)
+            ? `\n\n## Owner\n\n- full_name: ${owner.full_name || ''}\n- username: ${owner.username || ''}\n- is_verified: ${owner.is_verified ?? ''}\n- profile_pic_url: ${owner.profile_pic_url || ''}`
+            : '';
+        const locationLine = it.location ? `\n\n- Location: ${typeof it.location === 'string' ? it.location : (it.location?.name || '')}` : '';
+        return `### ${it.reel_id || ''}\nURL: ${url}\nCreated At: ${createdAt}\nStats: ${stats}${locationLine}\n\n## Content\n\n\`\`\`\n${it.full_text || ''}\n\`\`\`${mediaMd}\n\n${userSection}${ownerSection}${tagsMd}${commentsMd}`;
+    };
+
+    let markdown = '';
+    if (Array.isArray(jsonResult) && jsonResult.length) {
+        if (jsonResult.length === 1) {
+            const it = jsonResult[0];
+            markdown = it.type === 'profile'
+                ? `# ${it.full_name || it.username} (@${it.username})\n\n${it.biography || ''}\n\n- Followers: ${it.followers_count ?? 'unknown'}\n- Following: ${it.following_count ?? 'unknown'}\n- Posts: ${it.posts_count ?? 'unknown'}\n- Verified: ${it.is_verified ? 'yes' : 'no'}\n- URL: ${url}`
+                : `# Instagram Reel ${it.reel_id || ''}\n\n${buildReelMarkdown(it)}`;
+        } else {
+            const itemsMd = jsonResult.map(buildReelMarkdown).join('\n\n');
+            markdown = `## Reels\n\nLoaded ${jsonResult.length} reel(s) from ${url}\n\n${itemsMd}`;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (jsonResult.length === 0) {
+        throw new Error(`No public Instagram data was extracted from ${url}`);
+    }
+
+    log('Final result: markdown length:', markdown.length, '| jsonResult count:', jsonResult.length);
+    return { markdown, jsonResult };
+};
+
+
+return await scrapeInstagram(context)
+
+$ig_handler$::text), true),
+    "version" = '1.0.1',
+    "updated_at" = NOW()
+WHERE "template_id" = 'instagram-scraper' AND "version" = '1.0.0';
diff --git a/packages/db/drizzle/PostgreSQL/meta/_journal.json b/packages/db/drizzle/PostgreSQL/meta/_journal.json
index 8232189..4aeb85a 100644
--- a/packages/db/drizzle/PostgreSQL/meta/_journal.json
+++ b/packages/db/drizzle/PostgreSQL/meta/_journal.json
@@ -197,6 +197,13 @@
       "when": 1789997848278,
       "tag": "0027_dashboard_query_indexes",
       "breakpoints": true
+    },
+    {
+      "idx": 28,
+      "version": "7",
+      "when": 1790214324454,
+      "tag": "0028_instagram_profile_preload",
+      "breakpoints": true
     }
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/db/drizzle/SQLite/0023_instagram_profile_preload.sql b/packages/db/drizzle/SQLite/0023_instagram_profile_preload.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e442b6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/db/drizzle/SQLite/0023_instagram_profile_preload.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,404 @@
+-- Update the published Instagram handler without replacing unrelated template fields.
+UPDATE `templates`
+SET `custom_handlers` = json_set(`custom_handlers`, '$.requestHandler.code.source', 'const extractKeyedPayloadFromHtml = (html, targetKey = ''xdt_api__v1__profile_timeline'') => {
+    const results = [];
+    if (typeof html !== ''string'' || html.length === 0) return results;
+
+    const matches = [];
+    // Only target <script type="application/json" data-sjs ...>
+    const scriptRe = /<script(?=[^>]*type=["'']application\/json["''])(?=[^>]*\bdata-sjs\b)[^>]*>([\s\S]*?)<\/script>/gi;
+    let m;
+    while ((m = scriptRe.exec(html)) !== null) {
+        const inner = (m[1] || '''').trim();
+        if (!inner) continue;
+        // Prefilter by key presence to avoid parsing large irrelevant blobs
+        if (inner.indexOf(targetKey) === -1) continue;
+        matches.push(inner);
+    }
+
+    const foundTimelines = [];
+    const pushIfMatch = (maybeObj, source) => {
+        try {
+            if (!maybeObj || typeof maybeObj !== ''object'') return;
+            const direct = maybeObj?.[targetKey];
+            if (direct) {
+                foundTimelines.push({ source: source || ''direct'', payload: direct });
+                return;
+            }
+            const inData = maybeObj?.data?.[targetKey];
+            if (inData) {
+                foundTimelines.push({ source: source || ''data'', payload: inData });
+                return;
+            }
+            const inBbox = maybeObj?.__bbox?.result?.data?.[targetKey];
+            if (inBbox) {
+                foundTimelines.push({ source: source || ''__bbox'', payload: inBbox });
+                return;
+            }
+        } catch (_) { }
+    };
+    const traverse = (node, source) => {
+        if (!node) return;
+        pushIfMatch(node, source);
+        if (Array.isArray(node)) {
+            for (const n of node) traverse(n, source);
+            return;
+        }
+        if (typeof node === ''object'') {
+            for (const key of Object.keys(node)) {
+                try { traverse(node[key], source); } catch (_) { }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    for (const raw of matches) {
+        try {
+            const obj = JSON.parse(raw);
+            traverse(obj, ''html-script'');
+        } catch (_) { }
+    }
+
+    const timelineItems = [];
+    const seen = new Set();
+    for (const r of foundTimelines) {
+        const tl = r?.payload;
+        if (!tl || typeof tl !== ''object'') continue;
+        const key = (() => {
+            try { return tl?.sections?.[0]?.feed_view_info?.session_id || tl?.timeline?.id || JSON.stringify(Object.keys(tl).sort()); } catch (_) { return Math.random().toString(36); }
+        })();
+        if (seen.has(key)) continue;
+        seen.add(key);
+        timelineItems.push({ type: ''ig_script_payload'', key: targetKey, source: r?.source || ''html'', data: tl });
+    }
+
+    return timelineItems;
+};
+
+// Logged-out profile pages now preload public profile data under
+// xig_user_by_username instead of requesting web_profile_info.
+const extractProfileFromHtml = (html, username) => {
+    if (typeof html !== ''string'' || !html || !username) return null;
+    const scripts = /<script(?=[^>]*type=["'']application\/json["''])(?=[^>]*\bdata-sjs\b)[^>]*>([\s\S]*?)<\/script>/gi;
+    let match;
+    while ((match = scripts.exec(html)) !== null) {
+        const raw = match[1] || '''';
+        if (!raw.includes(''xig_user_by_username'') || raw.length > 1_000_000) continue;
+        try {
+            const pending = [JSON.parse(raw)];
+            let visited = 0;
+            while (pending.length && visited++ < 30_000) {
+                const value = pending.pop();
+                if (!value || typeof value !== ''object'') continue;
+                const user = value.xig_user_by_username;
+                if (user && typeof user === ''object'' &&
+                    String(user.username || '''').toLowerCase() === username.toLowerCase()) {
+                    return user;
+                }
+                for (const child of Object.values(value)) {
+                    if (child && typeof child === ''object'') pending.push(child);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (_) { /* Ignore unrelated preloaded scripts. */ }
+    }
+    return null;
+};
+
+const scrapeInstagram = async (context) => {
+    const page = context.page;
+    const preNav = context.preNav;
+    const url = page ? await page.url() : (context.request?.url || '''');
+    const log = (...args) => console.log(''[IG-SCRAPER]'', ...args);
+
+    log(''Starting extraction for URL:'', url);
+
+    let jsonResult = [];
+
+    const isInstagramProfileUrl = (() => {
+        if (!url || typeof url !== ''string'') return false;
+        const pattern = /^https?:\/\/(?:[\w-]+\.)?instagram\.com\/[\w.\-]+\/?(?:\?.*)?(?:#.*)?$/i;
+        return pattern.test(url.trim());
+    })();
+
+    const isInstagramReelUrl = (() => {
+        if (!url || typeof url !== ''string'') return false;
+        // Match /reel/CODE, /p/CODE (post), and /username/reel/CODE
+        const pattern = /^https?:\/\/(?:[\w-]+\.)?instagram\.com\/(?:(?:reel|p)\/+|[\w.\-]+\/reel\/+)[A-Za-z0-9_-]+\/?(?:\?.*)?(?:#.*)?$/i;
+        return pattern.test(url.trim());
+    })();
+
+    log(''URL type:'', isInstagramProfileUrl ? ''profile'' : isInstagramReelUrl ? ''reel'' : ''unknown'');
+
+    if (isInstagramProfileUrl) {
+        const username = url.match(/instagram\.com\/([\w.\-]+)/i)?.[1] || '''';
+        const preloadedUser = extractProfileFromHtml(context.html, username);
+        try {
+            log(''Fetching instagramProfileInfo via preNav...'');
+            let profileInfo;
+            if (preNav && typeof preNav === ''object'') {
+                const exists = await (preNav.has?.(''instagramProfileInfo''));
+                log(''preNav has instagramProfileInfo:'', exists);
+                if (exists) {
+                    profileInfo = await (preNav.get?.(''instagramProfileInfo''));
+                } else if (!preloadedUser) {
+                    log(''Waiting for instagramProfileInfo (timeout: 30s)...'');
+                    profileInfo = await (preNav.wait?.(''instagramProfileInfo'', { timeoutMs: 30000 }));
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!profileInfo?.body) {
+                log(''preNav instagramProfileInfo returned empty'');
+                console.warn(''preNav instagramProfileInfo returned empty'');
+            } else {
+                log(''Got instagramProfileInfo body, length:'', profileInfo.body.length);
+                const res = JSON.parse(profileInfo.body);
+                const user = res?.data?.user;
+                if (!user) {
+                    log(''No user data in web_profile_info response. Keys:'', Object.keys(res?.data || {}));
+                    console.warn(''No user data in web_profile_info response'');
+                } else {
+                    log(''User found:'', user.username, ''| posts:'', user.edge_owner_to_timeline_media?.count, ''| followers:'', user.edge_followed_by?.count);
+
+                    const buildUserMeta = (u) => ({
+                        username: u.username,
+                        full_name: u.full_name,
+                        profile_pic_url: u.profile_pic_url_hd,
+                        is_private: u.is_private,
+                        is_embeds_disabled: u.is_embeds_disabled,
+                        is_unpublished: null,
+                        is_verified: u.is_verified,
+                        friendship_status: null,
+                        latest_reel_media: null,
+                        biography: u.biography,
+                        business_email: u.business_email,
+                        business_phone_number: u.business_phone_number,
+                        business_address_json: u.business_address_json,
+                        is_business_account: u.is_business_account,
+                        posted_count: u.edge_owner_to_timeline_media?.count ?? 0,
+                        followers_count: u.edge_followed_by?.count ?? 0,
+                        follow_count: u.edge_follow?.count ?? 0,
+                    });
+
+                    const buildNodeItem = (node) => ({
+                        reel_id: node.shortcode,
+                        full_text: node.edge_media_to_caption?.edges?.[0]?.node?.text ?? '''',
+                        video: node.video_url,
+                        image: node.thumbnail_src,
+                        token_at: node.taken_at_timestamp,
+                        token_at_utc: node.taken_at_timestamp ? new Date(node.taken_at_timestamp * 1000).toISOString() : null,
+                        user: buildUserMeta(user),
+                        comments: [],
+                        usertags: node.edge_media_to_tagged_user?.edges?.map(tag => ({
+                            user: {
+                                full_name: tag?.node?.user?.full_name,
+                                username: tag?.node?.user?.username,
+                                profile_pic_url: tag?.node?.user?.profile_pic_url,
+                                is_verified: tag?.node?.user?.is_verified,
+                                id: tag?.node?.user?.id,
+                            }
+                        })) || [],
+                        location: node.location,
+                        has_audio: node.has_audio,
+                        has_liked: (node.edge_liked_by?.count ?? 0) > 0,
+                        display_uri: node.display_url,
+                        video_view_count: node.video_view_count,
+                        like_count: node.edge_liked_by?.count ?? 0,
+                        comment_count: node.edge_media_to_comment?.count ?? 0,
+                        create_at: node.taken_at_timestamp ? new Date(node.taken_at_timestamp * 1000).toISOString() : null,
+                        fb_comment_count: null,
+                        is_paid_partnership: null,
+                        sponsor_tags: null,
+                        original_height: node.dimensions?.height,
+                        original_width: node.dimensions?.width,
+                        is_video: node.is_video,
+                    });
+
+                    const timelineEdges = user.edge_owner_to_timeline_media?.edges || [];
+                    log(''Timeline edges count:'', timelineEdges.length);
+                    for (const edge of timelineEdges) {
+                        if (edge?.node) jsonResult.push(buildNodeItem(edge.node));
+                    }
+
+                    const reelEdges = user.edge_felix_video_timeline?.edges || [];
+                    log(''Reel edges count:'', reelEdges.length);
+                    for (const edge of reelEdges) {
+                        if (edge?.node) jsonResult.push(buildNodeItem(edge.node));
+                    }
+                    log(''Profile extraction done, total items:'', jsonResult.length);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (err) {
+            log(''Profile extraction error:'', err?.message || err);
+            console.error(''Instagram profile extraction failed:'', err?.message || err);
+        }
+
+        if (jsonResult.length === 0) {
+            const user = preloadedUser;
+            if (user) {
+                jsonResult.push({
+                    type: ''profile'',
+                    username: user.username,
+                    full_name: user.full_name || '''',
+                    biography: user.biography || '''',
+                    profile_pic_url: user.profile_pic_url || '''',
+                    followers_count: user.follower_count ?? null,
+                    following_count: user.following_count ?? null,
+                    posts_count: user.all_media_count ?? null,
+                    is_verified: !!user.is_verified,
+                    is_private: !!user.is_private,
+                    url,
+                });
+                log(''Profile extracted from page preload:'', user.username);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (isInstagramReelUrl) {
+        try {
+            const html = typeof context.html === ''string'' ? context.html : '''';
+            log(''Reel HTML length:'', html.length);
+
+            let commentsItems = extractKeyedPayloadFromHtml(html, ''xdt_api__v1__media__media_id__comments__connection'');
+            let webInfo = extractKeyedPayloadFromHtml(html, ''xdt_api__v1__media__shortcode__web_info'');
+            log(''Comments payloads found:'', commentsItems.length, ''| webInfo payloads found:'', webInfo.length);
+
+            const edgesRaw = commentsItems?.[0]?.data?.edges;
+            const edgesContainer = edgesRaw || {};
+            const parsedComments = Object.values(edgesContainer).map((edge) => ({
+                comment_like_count: edge?.node?.comment_like_count,
+                parent_comment_id: edge?.node?.parent_comment_id,
+                created_at: edge?.node?.created_at,
+                text: edge?.node?.text,
+                has_liked_comment: edge?.node?.has_liked_comment,
+                restricted_status: edge?.node?.restricted_status,
+                child_comment_count: edge?.node?.child_comment_count,
+                is_covered: edge?.node?.is_covered,
+                user: {
+                    username: edge?.node?.user?.username,
+                    profile_pic_url: edge?.node?.user?.profile_pic_url,
+                    is_verified: edge?.node?.user?.is_verified,
+                    is_unpublished: edge?.node?.user?.is_unpublished,
+                }
+            }));
+            log(''Parsed comments count:'', parsedComments.length);
+
+            const webInfoItem = webInfo?.[0]?.data?.items?.[0];
+            if (webInfoItem) {
+                const u = webInfoItem.user || {};
+                log(''Reel webInfoItem found, code:'', webInfoItem.code, ''| user:'', u.username);
+                jsonResult.push({
+                    reel_id: webInfoItem.code,
+                    full_text: webInfoItem.caption?.text ?? '''',
+                    video: webInfoItem.video_versions?.[0]?.url ?? '''',
+                    image: webInfoItem.image_versions2?.candidates?.[0]?.url ?? '''',
+                    token_at: webInfoItem.taken_at,
+                    token_at_utc: webInfoItem.taken_at ? new Date(webInfoItem.taken_at * 1000).toISOString() : null,
+                    user: {
+                        username: u.username,
+                        full_name: u.full_name,
+                        profile_pic_url: u.profile_pic_url,
+                        is_private: u.is_private,
+                        is_embeds_disabled: u.is_embeds_disabled,
+                        is_unpublished: u.is_unpublished,
+                        is_verified: u.is_verified,
+                        friendship_status: u.friendship_status,
+                        latest_reel_media: u.latest_reel_media,
+                    },
+                    comments: parsedComments,
+                    usertags: webInfoItem.usertags?.in?.map(tag => ({
+                        user: {
+                            full_name: tag?.user?.full_name,
+                            username: tag?.user?.username,
+                            profile_pic_url: tag?.user?.profile_pic_url,
+                            is_verified: tag?.user?.is_verified,
+                            id: tag?.user?.id,
+                        }
+                    })) || [],
+                    location: webInfoItem.location,
+                    has_audio: webInfoItem.has_audio,
+                    has_liked: webInfoItem.has_liked,
+                    display_uri: webInfoItem.display_uri,
+                    video_view_count: webInfoItem.video_view_count,
+                    like_count: webInfoItem.like_count ?? 0,
+                    comment_count: webInfoItem.comment_count ?? 0,
+                    create_at: webInfoItem.caption?.created_at ? new Date(webInfoItem.caption.created_at * 1000).toISOString() : null,
+                    fb_comment_count: webInfoItem.fb_comment_count,
+                    is_paid_partnership: webInfoItem.is_paid_partnership,
+                    sponsor_tags: webInfoItem.sponsor_tags,
+                    original_height: webInfoItem.original_height,
+                    original_width: webInfoItem.original_width,
+                    is_video: !!webInfoItem.video_versions?.length,
+                });
+                log(''Reel item added to jsonResult'');
+            } else {
+                log(''No web_info item found in HTML for reel URL. webInfo raw:'', JSON.stringify(webInfo?.[0]?.data?.items?.slice(0, 2)));
+                console.warn(''No web_info item found in HTML for reel URL'');
+            }
+        } catch (err) {
+            log(''Reel extraction error:'', err?.message || err);
+            console.error(''Instagram reel extraction failed:'', err?.message || err);
+        }
+    }
+
+    const buildReelMarkdown = (it) => {
+        const stats = `Likes ${it.like_count ?? 0} · Comments ${it.comment_count ?? 0}${typeof it.fb_comment_count === ''number'' ? ` · FB Comments ${it.fb_comment_count}` : ''''}`;
+        const createdAt = it.create_at || it.token_at_utc || '''';
+        const imageUrl = it.image || it.display_uri || '''';
+        const videoUrl = it.video || '''';
+        const user = it.user || {};
+        const owner = it.owner || {};
+        const tagsMd = Array.isArray(it.usertags) && it.usertags.length
+            ? `\n\n## Tags\n\n${it.usertags.map(t => {
+                const u = t.user || {};
+                const uname = u.username ? `@${u.username}` : (u.full_name || '''');
+                return `- ${uname}`;
+            }).join(''\n'')}`
+            : '''';
+        const commentsMd = Array.isArray(it.comments) && it.comments.length
+            ? `\n\n## Comments\n\n${it.comments.map(c => {
+                const uname = c?.user?.username ? `@${c.user.username}` : '''';
+                const likes = typeof c?.comment_like_count === ''number'' ? ` · Likes ${c.comment_like_count}` : '''';
+                const ts = c?.created_at ? ` · ${c.created_at}` : '''';
+                return `- ${uname}${likes}${ts}\n  ${c?.text || ''''}`;
+            }).join(''\n'')}`
+            : '''';
+        const mediaMd = (() => {
+            if (imageUrl && videoUrl) return `\n\n## Media\n\n![Image](${imageUrl})\n\nVideo: ${videoUrl}`;
+            if (imageUrl) return `\n\n## Media\n\n![Image](${imageUrl})`;
+            if (videoUrl) return `\n\n## Media\n\nVideo: ${videoUrl}`;
+            return '''';
+        })();
+        const userSection = `## User\n\n- username: ${user.username || ''''}\n- full_name: ${user.full_name || ''''}\n- is_verified: ${user.is_verified ?? ''''}\n- is_private: ${user.is_private ?? ''''}\n- profile_pic_url: ${user.profile_pic_url || ''''}`;
+        const ownerSection = owner && (owner.username || owner.full_name)
+            ? `\n\n## Owner\n\n- full_name: ${owner.full_name || ''''}\n- username: ${owner.username || ''''}\n- is_verified: ${owner.is_verified ?? ''''}\n- profile_pic_url: ${owner.profile_pic_url || ''''}`
+            : '''';
+        const locationLine = it.location ? `\n\n- Location: ${typeof it.location === ''string'' ? it.location : (it.location?.name || '''')}` : '''';
+        return `### ${it.reel_id || ''''}\nURL: ${url}\nCreated At: ${createdAt}\nStats: ${stats}${locationLine}\n\n## Content\n\n\`\`\`\n${it.full_text || ''''}\n\`\`\`${mediaMd}\n\n${userSection}${ownerSection}${tagsMd}${commentsMd}`;
+    };
+
+    let markdown = '''';
+    if (Array.isArray(jsonResult) && jsonResult.length) {
+        if (jsonResult.length === 1) {
+            const it = jsonResult[0];
+            markdown = it.type === ''profile''
+                ? `# ${it.full_name || it.username} (@${it.username})\n\n${it.biography || ''''}\n\n- Followers: ${it.followers_count ?? ''unknown''}\n- Following: ${it.following_count ?? ''unknown''}\n- Posts: ${it.posts_count ?? ''unknown''}\n- Verified: ${it.is_verified ? ''yes'' : ''no''}\n- URL: ${url}`
+                : `# Instagram Reel ${it.reel_id || ''''}\n\n${buildReelMarkdown(it)}`;
+        } else {
+            const itemsMd = jsonResult.map(buildReelMarkdown).join(''\n\n'');
+            markdown = `## Reels\n\nLoaded ${jsonResult.length} reel(s) from ${url}\n\n${itemsMd}`;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (jsonResult.length === 0) {
+        throw new Error(`No public Instagram data was extracted from ${url}`);
+    }
+
+    log(''Final result: markdown length:'', markdown.length, ''| jsonResult count:'', jsonResult.length);
+    return { markdown, jsonResult };
+};
+
+
+return await scrapeInstagram(context)
+'),
+    `version` = '1.0.1',
+    `updated_at` = CAST(strftime('%s', 'now') AS INTEGER)
+WHERE `template_id` = 'instagram-scraper' AND `version` = '1.0.0';
diff --git a/packages/db/drizzle/SQLite/meta/_journal.json b/packages/db/drizzle/SQLite/meta/_journal.json
index a6c6a8f..c861a35 100644
--- a/packages/db/drizzle/SQLite/meta/_journal.json
+++ b/packages/db/drizzle/SQLite/meta/_journal.json
@@ -162,6 +162,13 @@
       "when": 1788683877889,
       "tag": "0022_repair_sqlite_job_billing",
       "breakpoints": true
+    },
+    {
+      "idx": 23,
+      "version": "6",
+      "when": 1790214324451,
+      "tag": "0023_instagram_profile_preload",
+      "breakpoints": true
     }
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/template-client/src/__tests__/instagram-handler.test.ts b/packages/template-client/src/__tests__/instagram-handler.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1fd85e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/template-client/src/__tests__/instagram-handler.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, jest } from '@jest/globals';
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { resolve } from 'node:path';
+
+const source = readFileSync(
+  resolve(process.cwd(), '../../templates/instagram-scraper/requestHandler.js'),
+  'utf8',
+);
+const AsyncFunction = Object.getPrototypeOf(async function () {}).constructor;
+const run = new AsyncFunction('context', source) as (context: unknown) => Promise<any>;
+
+describe('published Instagram handler', () => {
+  it('extracts a public profile from its page preload without waiting for the old API', async () => {
+    const user = {
+      username: 'masonthames', full_name: 'Mason Thames',
+      follower_count: 3306694, following_count: 562,
+      is_verified: true, profile_pic_url: 'https://example.test/avatar.jpg',
+    };
+    const html = `<script type="application/json" data-sjs>${JSON.stringify({
+      require: [{ __bbox: { result: { data: { xig_user_by_username: user } } } }],
+    })}</script>`;
+    const wait = jest.fn();
+
+    const result = await run({
+      request: { url: 'https://www.instagram.com/masonthames/' },
+      html,
+      preNav: { has: async () => false, wait },
+    });
+
+    expect(wait).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(result.jsonResult).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({
+      type: 'profile', username: 'masonthames', followers_count: 3306694,
+    })]);
+    expect(result.markdown).toContain('Mason Thames');
+  });
+
+  it('fails when a profile page has no public profile data', async () => {
+    await expect(run({
+      request: { url: 'https://www.instagram.com/masonthames/' },
+      html: '<html></html>',
+    })).rejects.toThrow('No public Instagram data was extracted');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/templates/instagram-scraper/requestHandler.js b/templates/instagram-scraper/requestHandler.js
index 262bbcc..20d0a7d 100644
--- a/templates/instagram-scraper/requestHandler.js
+++ b/templates/instagram-scraper/requestHandler.js
@@ -72,6 +72,35 @@ const extractKeyedPayloadFromHtml = (html, targetKey = 'xdt_api__v1__profile_tim
     return timelineItems;
 };
 
+// Logged-out profile pages now preload public profile data under
+// xig_user_by_username instead of requesting web_profile_info.
+const extractProfileFromHtml = (html, username) => {
+    if (typeof html !== 'string' || !html || !username) return null;
+    const scripts = /<script(?=[^>]*type=["']application\/json["'])(?=[^>]*\bdata-sjs\b)[^>]*>([\s\S]*?)<\/script>/gi;
+    let match;
+    while ((match = scripts.exec(html)) !== null) {
+        const raw = match[1] || '';
+        if (!raw.includes('xig_user_by_username') || raw.length > 1_000_000) continue;
+        try {
+            const pending = [JSON.parse(raw)];
+            let visited = 0;
+            while (pending.length && visited++ < 30_000) {
+                const value = pending.pop();
+                if (!value || typeof value !== 'object') continue;
+                const user = value.xig_user_by_username;
+                if (user && typeof user === 'object' &&
+                    String(user.username || '').toLowerCase() === username.toLowerCase()) {
+                    return user;
+                }
+                for (const child of Object.values(value)) {
+                    if (child && typeof child === 'object') pending.push(child);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (_) { /* Ignore unrelated preloaded scripts. */ }
+    }
+    return null;
+};
+
 const scrapeInstagram = async (context) => {
     const page = context.page;
     const preNav = context.preNav;
@@ -98,6 +127,8 @@ const scrapeInstagram = async (context) => {
     log('URL type:', isInstagramProfileUrl ? 'profile' : isInstagramReelUrl ? 'reel' : 'unknown');
 
     if (isInstagramProfileUrl) {
+        const username = url.match(/instagram\.com\/([\w.\-]+)/i)?.[1] || '';
+        const preloadedUser = extractProfileFromHtml(context.html, username);
         try {
             log('Fetching instagramProfileInfo via preNav...');
             let profileInfo;
@@ -106,7 +137,7 @@ const scrapeInstagram = async (context) => {
                 log('preNav has instagramProfileInfo:', exists);
                 if (exists) {
                     profileInfo = await (preNav.get?.('instagramProfileInfo'));
-                } else {
+                } else if (!preloadedUser) {
                     log('Waiting for instagramProfileInfo (timeout: 30s)...');
                     profileInfo = await (preNav.wait?.('instagramProfileInfo', { timeoutMs: 30000 }));
                 }
@@ -197,6 +228,26 @@ const scrapeInstagram = async (context) => {
             log('Profile extraction error:', err?.message || err);
             console.error('Instagram profile extraction failed:', err?.message || err);
         }
+
+        if (jsonResult.length === 0) {
+            const user = preloadedUser;
+            if (user) {
+                jsonResult.push({
+                    type: 'profile',
+                    username: user.username,
+                    full_name: user.full_name || '',
+                    biography: user.biography || '',
+                    profile_pic_url: user.profile_pic_url || '',
+                    followers_count: user.follower_count ?? null,
+                    following_count: user.following_count ?? null,
+                    posts_count: user.all_media_count ?? null,
+                    is_verified: !!user.is_verified,
+                    is_private: !!user.is_private,
+                    url,
+                });
+                log('Profile extracted from page preload:', user.username);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     if (isInstagramReelUrl) {
@@ -326,13 +377,19 @@ const scrapeInstagram = async (context) => {
     if (Array.isArray(jsonResult) && jsonResult.length) {
         if (jsonResult.length === 1) {
             const it = jsonResult[0];
-            markdown = `# Instagram Reel ${it.reel_id || ''}\n\n${buildReelMarkdown(it)}`;
+            markdown = it.type === 'profile'
+                ? `# ${it.full_name || it.username} (@${it.username})\n\n${it.biography || ''}\n\n- Followers: ${it.followers_count ?? 'unknown'}\n- Following: ${it.following_count ?? 'unknown'}\n- Posts: ${it.posts_count ?? 'unknown'}\n- Verified: ${it.is_verified ? 'yes' : 'no'}\n- URL: ${url}`
+                : `# Instagram Reel ${it.reel_id || ''}\n\n${buildReelMarkdown(it)}`;
         } else {
             const itemsMd = jsonResult.map(buildReelMarkdown).join('\n\n');
             markdown = `## Reels\n\nLoaded ${jsonResult.length} reel(s) from ${url}\n\n${itemsMd}`;
         }
     }
 
+    if (jsonResult.length === 0) {
+        throw new Error(`No public Instagram data was extracted from ${url}`);
+    }
+
     log('Final result: markdown length:', markdown.length, '| jsonResult count:', jsonResult.length);
     return { markdown, jsonResult };
 };