Full Changelog: 2026.8.1...2026.8.2
🆕 New
2026.8.2- API -POST /api/sendSticker- send stickers (WebP) - 📤 Send messages - #1287, #22402026.8.2- Media - granular download control for events and API - ⚙️ Configuration - #22112026.8.2- Groups - approve new members setting -GET/PUT /api/{session}/groups/{id}/settings/security/membership-approval- 👥 Groups - #22002026.8.2- Groups - join requests API -GET /api/{session}/groups/{id}/participants/join-requests+/approveand/reject- 👥 Groups2026.8.2- Groups -group.v2.participants.join-requestevent - a request to join a group is created, rejected or revoked - 👥 Groups2026.8.2- OpenTelemetry trace context -trace_id/span_idin logs,traceparentresponse header, no export by default - 🔍 Observability2026.8.2- Prometheus metrics -GET /metrics(optional) - 🔍 Observability - #22452026.8.2- 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 - #21802026.8.2- Purge API -POST /api/apps/{id}/purge- delete the app’s stored data, keep the app configured - 🧩 Apps2026.8.2- Logout purge -POST /api/sessions/{session}/logoutaccepts{"apps": {"purge": true}}to purge apps’ storage on logout2026.8.2- 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@lidchats and backfill missingphone_number- #22082026.8.2- name LID contacts by push name instead of raw@lidid - #1493
🛠️ Fixes
2026.8.2- WEBJS, NOWEB - Channels -reply_towas silently ignored when sending messages to channels - #22332026.8.2- WEBJS - Channels - deleting a message in a channel failed - #22362026.8.2- WEBJS - first incoming message triggered events 2-3 times - #22352026.8.2- GOWS -fromMemessages mirrored to the wrong contact/conversation - #22412026.8.2- GOWS - unable to retrieve WhatsApp groups - #22342026.8.2- GOWS - group messages carrying a new sender key in@lidgroups were silently lost - #22422026.8.2- GOWS - undecryptable messages are logged aterrorlevel instead of being silently dropped2026.8.2- Media - keep the original.zipfor Lottie stickers when converting to an image fails - #22392026.8.2- Media -downloadMedia=truedownloads media even when disabled by env vars - #22112026.8.2- Media -mediaattrs (mimetype,filename) always set;url: nullwhen not downloaded2026.8.2- honorHTTP_PROXY/HTTPS_PROXY/NO_PROXYenv vars when downloading media - #2224
📊 Dashboard
2026.8.2- up dashboard
⚙️ Updates
2026.8.2- WPP - up engine2026.8.2- upaxiosto1.19.0