The feature is currently in an early development stage and has not yet been tested publicly.
Instagram introduced the Close Friends feature in 2018, enabling users to share stories, reels, and posts with a selected group of followers.
Instagram engineer Alessandro Paluzzi, who frequently tracks upcoming platform features, said that once a user leaves a Close Friends list, they will not be able to…

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