devlikeapro/waha 2026.8.2 on GitHub

Full Changelog: 2026.8.1...2026.8.2

🆕 New

2026.8.2 - API - POST /api/sendSticker - send stickers (WebP) - 📤 Send messages - #1287, #2240
2026.8.2 - Media - granular download control for events and API - ⚙️ Configuration - #2211
2026.8.2 - Groups - approve new members setting - GET/PUT /api/{session}/groups/{id}/settings/security/membership-approval - 👥 Groups - #2200
2026.8.2 - Groups - join requests API - GET /api/{session}/groups/{id}/participants/join-requests + /approve and /reject - 👥 Groups
2026.8.2 - Groups - group.v2.participants.join-request event - a request to join a group is created, rejected or revoked - 👥 Groups
2026.8.2 - OpenTelemetry trace context - trace_id/span_id in logs, traceparent response header, no export by default - 🔍 Observability
2026.8.2 - Prometheus metrics - GET /metrics (optional) - 🔍 Observability - #2245
2026.8.2 - Docs - how to extend WAHA with apps, modules and session plugins - 🛠️ Development

🧩 Apps

2026.8.2 - Brazilian Phone Numbers - resolves the 9th digit for Brazilian numbers - #2180
2026.8.2 - Purge API - POST /api/apps/{id}/purge - delete the app’s stored data, keep the app configured - 🧩 Apps
2026.8.2 - Logout purge - POST /api/sessions/{session}/logout accepts {"apps": {"purge": true}} to purge apps’ storage on logout
2026.8.2 - Unique apps - one instance per session for ChatWoot, Reject Calls and Brazilian Phone Numbers

🧩 ChatWoot

2026.8.2 - match existing contacts by resolved phone number for @lid chats and backfill missing phone_number - #2208
2026.8.2 - name LID contacts by push name instead of raw @lid id - #1493

🛠️ Fixes

2026.8.2 - WEBJS, NOWEB - Channels - reply_to was silently ignored when sending messages to channels - #2233
2026.8.2 - WEBJS - Channels - deleting a message in a channel failed - #2236
2026.8.2 - WEBJS - first incoming message triggered events 2-3 times - #2235
2026.8.2 - GOWS - fromMe messages mirrored to the wrong contact/conversation - #2241
2026.8.2 - GOWS - unable to retrieve WhatsApp groups - #2234
2026.8.2 - GOWS - group messages carrying a new sender key in @lid groups were silently lost - #2242
2026.8.2 - GOWS - undecryptable messages are logged at error level instead of being silently dropped
2026.8.2 - Media - keep the original .zip for Lottie stickers when converting to an image fails - #2239
2026.8.2 - Media - downloadMedia=true downloads media even when disabled by env vars - #2211
2026.8.2 - Media - media attrs (mimetype, filename) always set; url: null when not downloaded
2026.8.2 - honor HTTP_PROXY/HTTPS_PROXY/NO_PROXY env vars when downloading media - #2224

📊 Dashboard

⚙️ Updates