php - Instagram Stories API - does not return a media url

I am using this API

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-api/reference/user/stories/#stories

I was able to grab the media details but was wondering why not all stories returns amedia_url even if themedia_type isVIDEO, then when I looked at the story in IG it has a video in it? Other stories returns a complete set of media details but some do not return complete media details.

This is my code:

 $mediaFields = [
            'caption',
            'children{id,media_type,media_url}',
            'id',
            'ig_id',
            'like_count',
            'media_type',
            'media_url',
            'owner',
            'permalink',
            'shortcode',
            'thumbnail_url',
            'timestamp',
            'username',
        ];
        $params = [
            'fields'  => implode(',', $mediaFields)
        ];
        $query = http_build_query($params);

        $response = $this->get("$instagramUserId/stories".'?'.$query);
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Why is this happening? is this a privacy stuff from IG or my code needs a bit tweaking?

Thanks.

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