When businesses use WhatsApp Business App (co-existence mode) or
Instagram App or TikTok alongside Chatwoot, messages sent from the
native apps were not synced properly back to Chatwoot. This left agents
with an incomplete conversation history and no visibility into responses
sent outside the dashboard. Additionally, if these echo messages did
arrive, they appeared as "Sent by: Bot" in the UI since they had no
sender, making it confusing for agents.
This PR subscribes to WhatsApp `smb_message_echoes` webhook events and
routes them through the existing service with an `outgoing_echo` flag,
mirroring how Instagram already handles echoes. On the Instagram side,
echo messages now also carry the `external_echo` content attribute and
`delivered` status.
On the frontend, messages with `externalEcho` are distinguished from bot
messages showing a "Native app" avatar and an advisory note encouraging
agents to reply from Chatwoot to maintain the service window.
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Fixes
https://linear.app/chatwoot/issue/CW-4204/display-messages-not-sent-from-chatwoot-in-case-of-outgoing-echo
Fixes
https://linear.app/chatwoot/issue/PLA-33/incoming-from-me-messages-from-whatsapp-business-app-are-not-falling
* feat: baileys provider and placeholder for link device modal
* chore: drop qrcode.vue in favor of just img tag
* chore: update modal props
* feat: setup channel provider connection
* chore: update .env.example with Baileys API default configuration
* feat: add support for Baileys provider in WhatsApp events processing
* chore: rename Baileys API default host variable to DEFAULT_BAILEYS_URL
* feat: add setup and disconnect methods for Baileys channel provider in inboxes controller that will be implemented
* feat: add CHANNEL_CONNECTION_UPDATE event and include it in broadcast data preparation
* refactor: simplify channel retrieval logic in WhatsappEventsJob
* refactor: revert CHANNEL_UPDATE_EVENTS constant from ActionCableBroadcastJob
* feat: add 'baileys' as a provider option in Whatsapp channel model
* feat: add provider_connection field to Whatsapp channel model and migration
* refactor: remove unnecessary CHANNEL_CONNECTION_UPDATE event type
* feat: implement channel provider connection with baileys API
* feat: add inbox association to Whatsapp channel model and update webhook URL handling
* feat: enhance Baileys service to handle webhook multiple event types
* refactor: simplify webhook verification logic in Baileys service
* feat: add setup channel provider call, and refactor some logic
* chore: adapt logic to new API
* refactor: fix typo
* refactor: fix import
* refactor: fix typo
* chore: add fixme comment about race condition
* fix: remove double disconnect call
* feat: implement message processing for incoming WhatsApp messages
* refactor: streamline message type determination and improve readability
* chore: increase cache key granularity
provider connection info might be updated multiple times within 1 second, so updates might be lost due to cache key not being updated. changing cache key to milliseconds solves this
* feat: add `is-loading` to buttons
* feat: update send_message method to use 'to' parameter and improve error handling
* refactor: simplify test setup and update API key in specs
* chore: add setup and disconnect channel provider specs
* test: fix spec after increase cache key granularity
* feat: handle reconnecting state on modal
* style: centered error text
* feat: advanced options on create inbox
* feat: handle new reconnecting on backend
* refactor: update inbox controller specs and leave a FIXME note
* test: add specs for Whatsapp::IncomingMessageBaileysService
* feat: add baileys configuration page
* feat: link device button when disconnected on conversation
* chore: refactor .env.example
* feat: add TODO for unimplemented methods in IncomingMessageBaileysService
* fix: correct method name and update environment variable references in WhatsappBaileysService
* refactor: simplify channel lookup by removing redundant method and handling phone number check directly
* chore: add TODO for unimplemented event processing methods in IncomingMessageBaileysService
* fix: update environment variable references in WhatsappBaileysService tests
* chore(webhook): add pt-BR translations
* chore: add pt-br translations
* chore: inboxname component margin
* refactor: inboxname computed prop
* feat: enhance WhatsApp provider connection handling and message processing
* test: inbox controller
* chore: improve baileys connection and messages handling
* test: incoming message service baileys
* refactor: update provider config validation and improve test setup for WhatsApp Baileys service
* fix: ensure only text messages are sent and update message source ID
* fix: create message
* fix: only update message on success
* test: fix broken specs
* chore: raise error on unsupported message content type
* feat: hide provider connection data from non-admins
* fix: update advanced options
* chore: move class definition
* fix: issue with send_message not returning id
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Co-authored-by: gabrieljablonski <contact@gabrieljablonski.com>
* chore: lint files
* chore: suppress warning
* chore: disable suggest extensions
* chore: do not stage changes in pre-commit
* chore: remove git add from FE lint and `-a` flag from rubocop on husky
- Add a warning logger for cases where we are getting webhook events for
inactive numbers.
- Add config to discard events for inactive numbers so that the meta
will stop sending events
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Co-authored-by: Pranav <pranav@chatwoot.com>
