WAHA 2026.10 - Group Member Tags, Labels fixes, and more!

We’re excited to roll out WAHA 2026.10!

👥 Group Member Tags

WhatsApp lets group members set a short tag for themselves - like Manager or Support - and shows it right under the name in the group.

🎉 Now you can do the same via 👥 Groups - Member Tags API!

Get all tags in the group

GET /api/{session}/groups/{groupId}/participants/v2/tags

[
  {
    "id": "123456789@lid",
    "tag": "Manager",
    "timestamp": 1666943582
  },
  {
    "id": "987654321@lid",
    "tag": "Support",
    "timestamp": 1666943600
  }
]

Get notified when a tag changes

When somebody changes their tag, you get a group.v2.participants.tag event - so you can keep your side in sync:

{
  "event": "group.v2.participants.tag",
  "session": "default",
  "payload": {
    "group": {
      "id": "123456789@g.us"
    },
    "participant": {
      "id": "123456789@lid",
      "pn": "123456789@c.us"
    },
    "tag": "Manager", // null when the participant removed the tag
    "timestamp": 1666943582
  }
}

Set your tag

PUT /api/{session}/groups/{groupId}/participants/v2/tags/my

{
  "tag": "Manager"
}

Read more: 👥 Groups - Member Tags and 🔄 Events · group.v2.participants.tag

🏷️ Labels

We spent some time on 🏷️ Labels this month - fixed labels sync in GOWS, updating and deleting labels in WEBJS, and a bunch of small things here and there.

🏷️ Labels should now work the same way across all engines!

WhatsApp keeps its built-in lists (Unread, Favourites, Groups) next to your labels, so now the API returns type and isActive fields to tell them apart.

And the easiest way to try it out - the Chat UI in Dashboard got labels support!

Read more: 🏷️ Labels and 🔄 Events · label.chat.added

🆕 Changelog

Plenty of fixes landed this month across all engines - GOWS, NOWEB, WEBJS - plus a few security updates.

Check out the full list in the 🆕 Changelog · 2026.10 and stay tuned for more!