2026.5.1

CVHub520/X-AnyLabeling2026.5.1May 26, 2026by devlikepro

AI Summary

Introduces new GOWS capabilities for sticker conversion and fixes critical bugs across WEBJS and GOWS engines.

Key Highlights

GOWS: Convert Lottie stickers to animated WebP
GOWS: Added `WAHA_GOWS_STATUS_PARTICIPANTS_BATCH_SIZE` env variable
WEBJS: Fixed session stuck state due to Node.js Buffer limits
GOWS: Fixed outbound message errors and media retry logic

New Features

Convert Lottie stickers to animated WebP
Control status@broadcast batch size via environment variable

Full Release Notes

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/compare/2026.4.2...2026.5.1


### 2026.5[#](https://waha.devlike.pro/docs/overview/changelog/#20265)

🆕 **New**

-   `2026.5.1` - **GOWS** - Convert Lottie stickers (application/was) to animated WebP - [#2039](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2039)
-   `2026.5.1` - **GOWS** - Add `WAHA_GOWS_STATUS_PARTICIPANTS_BATCH_SIZE` env variable for status@broadcast batch size control - [#2080](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2080)

🛠️ **Fixes**

-   `2026.5.1` - **WEBJS** - Session stuck in `starting`/`stopped` state due to Node.js Buffer limit with large RemoteAuth entries (PostgreSQL) - [#2090](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2090)
-   `2026.5.1` - **WEBJS** - Ignore symlinks for remote storages — **PLUS**
-   `2026.5.1` - **GOWS** - All outbound messages fail with error 400 until session restart - [#2084](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2084)
-   `2026.5.1` - **GOWS** - MediaRetry triggers on ciphertext hash mismatch (not only 403) - [#2085](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2085)
-   `2026.5.1` - **GOWS** - Fix status@broadcast batch timeouts, default batch size reduced to 500 - [#2080](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2080)
-   `2026.5.1` - **GOWS**, **NOWEB** - Send video: fix gif to mp4 format conversion - [#2077](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2077)
-   `2026.5.1` - **NOWEB** - message.edit event fix - [#2072](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2072)
-   `2026.5.1` - **GOWS** - Sticker download: drop placeholder a.whatsapp.net URL
-   `2026.5.1` - **GOWS** - Handle encrypted message edits - [#2062](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2062)
-   `2026.5.1` - **WEBJS** - e2e session and disappearing setting messages - [#2046](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2046)
-   `2026.5.1` - **API** - `POST /api/{session}/chats/overview` — require pagination - [#2070](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2070)

**📊 Dashboard**

-   `2026.5.1` - Dashboard - WEBJS e2e session and disappearing messages settings support - [#2046](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2046)

⚙️ **Updates**

-   `2026.5.1` - **GOWS** - up engine
-   `2026.5.1` - **NOWEB** - up engine
-   `2026.5.1` - **WPP** - up engine