Failed to edit privacy

[FireBird]

community.profileSettings({ profile: 3, inventory: 3, inventoryGifts: 1, gameDetails: 3, playtime: false, comments: 1, friendsList: 1 }, (err) => {
  if (err != null) {
    throw `Failed to edit privacy - ${err.message}.`;
  }
  Logger.def.log(Logger.clr.primary('Changed privacy settings'), username);
});

This method has been a hit or miss for me, it works sometimes, and sometimes I get a error stating "The specified profile could not be found".
What could be causing this?
Thanks.

Edited August 29 by FireBird

[TheMaster]

for me this error occurs when generally browsing on steam  the user was using a custom link but changed it