"This app is not available on your country or region" on iPhone when scanning a QR code

I am a graphic designer and this is becoming a wide issue in the last 48 hours. Majority of QR codes connected to a link starting with "https://www." is not scanning. It is coming up saying "preview reels" than "not available in your country. I know over a dozen businesses that just lost a collective $30-$40 grand if this is not fixable. @Apple @AppleSupport PLEASE REPLY. PLEASE FIX THE ISSUE ASAP.

From what I can gather, it appears that the IG app updated over the weekend and has a glitch that is preventing iPhones from scanning QR codes. Hopefully they will update the app soon and resolve it. In the meantime, you can still scan the code from within the IG app (but it's a hassle)

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/301745/20240216/instagram-debuts-app-clip-support-ios%E2%80%94here-s-what-offers.htm

I'm able to scan any code (even those beginning with https://www") so I'm pretty sure the problem is with Instagram. This is causing some major issues for us as well, hopefully Meta will fix this ASAP

justinsimage wrote:

@Apple @AppleSupport PLEASE REPLY. PLEASE FIX THE ISSUE ASAP.

This is a user-to-user forum. Apple largely is not here, except to moderate it. If you want to get a message to Apple Support, you need to contact them.

No wonder, I get this bug on any IG QR code but other codes work fine.