### Problem
WhatsApp Cloud channels already handle Brazil/Argentina phone number
format mismatches (PRs #12492, #11173), but Twilio WhatsApp channels
were creating duplicate contacts
when:
- Template sent to new format: `whatsapp:+5541988887777` (13 digits)
- User responds from old format: `whatsapp:+554188887777` (12 digits)
### Solution
The solution extends the existing phone number normalization
infrastructure to support both WhatsApp providers while handling their
different payload formats:
### Provider Format Differences
- **WhatsApp Cloud**: `wa_id: "919745786257"` (clean number)
- **Twilio WhatsApp**: `From: "whatsapp:+919745786257"` (prefixed
format)
### Test Coverage
#### Brazil Phone Number Tests
**Case 1: New Format (13 digits with "9")**
- **Test 1**: No existing contact → Creates new contact with original
format
- **Test 2**: Contact exists in same format → Appends to existing
conversation
**Case 2: Old Format (12 digits without "9")**
- **Test 3**: Contact exists in old format → Appends to existing
conversation
- **Test 4** *(Critical)*: Contact exists in new format, message in old
format → Finds existing contact, prevents duplicate
- **Test 5**: No contact exists → Creates new contact with incoming
format
#### Argentina Phone Number Tests
**Case 3: With "9" after country code**
- **Test 6**: No existing contact → Creates new contact
- **Test 7**: Contact exists in normalized format → Uses existing
contact
**Case 4: Without "9" after country code**
- **Test 8**: Contact exists in same format → Appends to existing
- **Test 9**: No contact exists → Creates new contact
Fixes
https://linear.app/chatwoot/issue/CW-5565/inconsistencies-for-mobile-numbersargentina-brazil-and-mexico-numbers
This PR refactors existing Brazil phone number normalization logic into
a generic, extensible service while maintaining backward compatibility.
Also extracts it into a dedicated service designed for expansion to
support additional countries.
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Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Currently, we do not support reactions, ephemeral messages, or the request_welcome event for the WhatsApp channel. However, if this is the first event we receive in Chatwoot (i.e., there is no previous conversation or contact in Chatwoot), it will create a contact and a conversation without any messages. This confuses our customer, as it may appear that Chatwoot has missed some messages. There are multiple cases where this might be the first event we receive in Chatwoot. One quick example is when the user has sent an outbound campaign from another tool and their customers reacted to the message.
Another event like this is request_welcome event. WhatsApp has a concept for welcome messages. You can send an outbound message even though the user has not send a message. You can receive notifications through a webhook whenever a WhatsApp user initiates a chat with you for the first time. (Read the Welcome message section: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/phone-numbers/conversational-components/ ). Although this can help the business send a pro-active message to the user, we don't have it scoped in our feature set. For now, I'm ignoring this event.
Fixes https://linear.app/chatwoot/issue/CW-3018/whatsapp-handle-request-welcome-case-properly
Fixes https://linear.app/chatwoot/issue/CW-3017/whatsapp-handle-reactions-properly
