WAHA 2025.4 - Read Chat Messages, Group Acks, and Engines Stability!

We’re excited to introduce WAHA 2025.4, packed with new API capabilities, group handling improvements, and crucial bug fixes across all engines!

🆕 What’s New?

✅ Mark Messages as Read!

You can now use the brand new 💬 Read Messages API to mark unread messages as read!

Works across WEBJS, NOWEB, and GOWS! #783

📥 Group Receipts Tracking

WEBJS now includes:

• message.ack events for group & status messages
• message._data.receipts in Get Message by ID

You can now track delivery for each participant! #495, #900

👁️‍🗨️ Bulk Read Support

Use messageIds in Send Seen API to mark multiple messages as read in one request. NOWEB, GOWS

🧰 Filter by Ack

New filter.ack option in Get Messages API — filter messages based on delivery status. All engines

🟢 Send Reaction to Channels

Send Reaction to Channels is now fixed for GOWS and NOWEB engines. #889

🌐 Send Link Custom Preview

Send Link Custom Preview has been improved for GOWS and NOWEB engines. #880, #596

🛠️ Fixes & Stability

• NOWEB:

  • Fix for protocolMessage crash #932
  • Message status updated on /api/sendSeen #635
  • Correct ack for new messages (DEVICE instead of UNKNOWN)
  • Fix sending/receiving in anonymous groups and status

• WEBJS:

  • Auto-restart browser on ProtocolError & other errors #244, #936

• GOWS:

  • Group message.ack now sent for all participants
  • Stability improvements for group/status messages
  • Fix sending reactions to other users’ messages #894

⚙️ Engine Updates

• Updated engines:

  • NOWEB - latest version
  • GOWS - latest version
  • WEBJS - updated puppeteer and chrome images

Check out the full list of updates in the 🆕 WAHA 2025.4 Changelog and stay tuned for more!