VERSION 7.0.0-rc.1 - 7.0.0 RELEASE CANDIDATE 1

What's Changed

• feat(WAProto): Optimize protobuf generation for 80%+ bundle size reduction by @jlucaso1 in #1665
• feat: eventMessage sending / call link creation by @vinikjkkj in #1677
• feat(business): change profile/cover photo and manage quick replies by @vinikjkkj in #1724
• Feat: Allow creating, linking, and unlinking groups from a community by @lucas-fochesatto in #1729
• Update decode-wa-message.ts (peer_recipient_pn) by @samuelrac in #1654
• fix: message retries loop by @Santosl2 in #1641
• Fix/signal group sender message keys init by @jlucaso1 in #1731
• new testing proposal by @jlucaso1 in #1547
• fix(socket): Prevent crashes from timeouts and fix memory leak by @jlucaso1 in #1627
• fix: sync pre-keys on socket start and add specific pre-key error approach by @gusquadri in #1663
• Add: LID support with lid-map and migrations of sessions by @gusquadri in #1694
• Session recreation and improved message retry by @pvictorlv in #1735
• Add mutex-based transaction safety to Signal key store (re-reworked) by @pvictorlv in #1697
• lid: Support LIDs in Baileys by @purpshell in #1747

In addition, some changes on top of the PRs were made by me to fix them.

The outcome: LIDs should work well, and message retry should be robust. Less issues with Meta Coexistence (not fully supported yet). Also, some speed up should be noticed, and less enc/dec errors overall.

This is a significant release and as such is receiving a MAJOR tag (breaking). To learn more about breaking changes, before asking any questions, please head to https://whiskey.so/migrate-latest

The release "7.0.0" will be made (full release) in around 2 days to insure stability.