From 94ae84ad0fc3a9197c82d5356301d464730c3b17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: brosssh <44944126+brosssh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 06:29:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(Instagram): Add `Anonymous story viewing` patch (#6263)

---
 patches/api/patches.api                       |  4 ++++
 .../ghost/story/AnonymousStoryViewingPatch.kt | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../instagram/ghost/story/Fingerprints.kt     |  9 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/ghost/story/AnonymousStoryViewingPatch.kt
 create mode 100644 patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/ghost/story/Fingerprints.kt

diff --git a/patches/api/patches.api b/patches/api/patches.api
index 7615d8ae6..56743543c 100644
--- a/patches/api/patches.api
+++ b/patches/api/patches.api
@@ -276,6 +276,10 @@ public final class app/revanced/patches/instagram/feed/LimitFeedToFollowedProfil
 	public static final fun getLimitFeedToFollowedProfiles ()Lapp/revanced/patcher/patch/BytecodePatch;
 }
 
+public final class app/revanced/patches/instagram/ghost/story/AnonymousStoryViewingPatchKt {
+	public static final fun getAnonymousStoryViewingPatch ()Lapp/revanced/patcher/patch/BytecodePatch;
+}
+
 public final class app/revanced/patches/instagram/hide/explore/HideExploreFeedKt {
 	public static final fun getHideExploreFeedPatch ()Lapp/revanced/patcher/patch/BytecodePatch;
 }
diff --git a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/ghost/story/AnonymousStoryViewingPatch.kt b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/ghost/story/AnonymousStoryViewingPatch.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72cae7fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/ghost/story/AnonymousStoryViewingPatch.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package app.revanced.patches.instagram.ghost.story
+
+import app.revanced.patcher.patch.bytecodePatch
+import app.revanced.util.Utils.trimIndentMultiline
+import app.revanced.util.returnEarly
+
+@Suppress("unused")
+val anonymousStoryViewingPatch = bytecodePatch(
+    name = "Anonymous story viewing",
+    description = """
+        View stories without sending any information to the server. 
+        Your view will not appear in the story viewers list. 
+        Note: Since no data is sent, a story you have already viewed may appear as new on another device.
+    """.trimIndentMultiline(),
+    use = false
+) {
+    compatibleWith("com.instagram.android")
+
+    execute {
+        // Prevent the hashmap of the seen media to be filled
+        setMediaSeenHashmapFingerprint.method.returnEarly()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/ghost/story/Fingerprints.kt b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/ghost/story/Fingerprints.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59cce2aac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/ghost/story/Fingerprints.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package app.revanced.patches.instagram.ghost.story
+
+import app.revanced.patcher.fingerprint
+
+internal val setMediaSeenHashmapFingerprint = fingerprint {
+    parameters()
+    returns("V")
+    strings("media/seen/")
+}