devlikeapro/waha 2026.8.1

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🆕 New

• 2026.8.1 - GOWS - storage.contacts and storage.messageSecrets session config flags to disable contact and message secret storage - GOWS - #2207
• 2026.8.1 - Message Capping - GET /api/sessions/{session}/capping, me.messageCapping and session.status events - #2186
• 2026.8.1 - Reachout Timelock - GET /api/sessions/{session}/timelock (GOWS, NOWEB, WEBJS) + GOWS refreshes me.reachoutTimelock on 463 send errors - #2219
• 2026.8.1 - NOWEB - WAHA_NOWEB_WA_VERSION=auto-web|auto-baileys - fetch the latest WhatsApp Web version on start - NOWEB
• 2026.8.1 - GOWS - WAHA_GOWS_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL_MIN|MAX - keepalive ping interval for proxies reaping idle tunnels - GOWS - devlikeapro/gows-plus#3

🧩 ChatWoot

• 2026.8.1 - populate the WhatsApp JID attribute for @lid contacts from the message payload - #2208
• 2026.8.1 - do not save full attachment content in the task result - #2201, #2202

🛠️ Fixes

• 2026.8.1 - GOWS - disabling all gows.storage flags was silently ignored and data was stored anyway - #2207
• 2026.8.1 - GOWS - check-exists returns the phone number in the new pn field (chatId can be a @lid) - #2208
• 2026.8.1 - GOWS - fill the phone number (_data.Info.SenderAlt) from the LID store in message payloads - #2208
• 2026.8.1 - GOWS - Lids API resolves unknown @lid → phone number via a server query - #2208
• 2026.8.1 - Groups - set the phone number in participant.pn for @lid participants when available
• 2026.8.1 - WEBJS - phantom AUTHENTICATED/READY statuses after logout and message id binding race - #2222
• 2026.8.1 - WEBJS - session stuck in STARTING status
• 2026.8.1 - WEBJS - hide “What’s new on WhatsApp Web” popup - #2217
• 2026.8.1 - WEBJS - send button reply - #2183
• 2026.8.1 - WEBJS - set group description - #2199
• 2026.8.1 - WEBJS - fix adding group participants
• 2026.8.1 - WPP - fix promoting group participant to admin
• 2026.8.1 - NOWEB - fix leaving a group via group.v2.leave - #2206, #2209
• 2026.8.1 - NOWEB - fix presence chat issue
• 2026.8.1 - S3 - set ContentType on uploaded media objects
• 2026.8.1 - reliable session stop and process shutdown (WEBJS kills Chrome, NOWEB stops cleanly, GOWS gets SIGKILL if hanged)

Full Changelog: 2026.7.1...2026.8.1