v0.7.16

Added

• Link a WhatsApp session by pairing code from the dashboard. The session connect modal now offers a "Link with Phone Number" tab next to the QR code: enter a phone number in international format and the dashboard requests an 8-character pairing code — via the existing POST /sessions/:id/pairing-code endpoint — to type into WhatsApp on the phone, a QR-free way to link a device. The phone field is constrained to digits with a numeric keypad, the code/instructions are fully localized across all 10 dashboard locales, and the pairing panel is keyboard- and screen-reader-accessible. (#551) Thanks @akash247777.

Fixed

• Pairing code renders in the correct order in right-to-left locales. In Arabic/Hebrew the 8-character code's two halves could be transposed by the bidi algorithm (a code like 1234ABCD shown as ABCD - 1234), causing the user to type the wrong code; the code display is now isolated to left-to-right. The pairing connect modal also no longer disappears mid-link on the whatsapp-web.js engine (it stayed mounted only through authenticating), and a rapid double-Enter can no longer fire overlapping pairing-code requests. (#552)