2026.8.1

🆕 **New**

-   `2026.8.1` - **GOWS** - `storage.contacts` and `storage.messageSecrets` session config flags to disable contact and message secret storage - [**GOWS**](https://waha.devlike.pro/docs/how-to/sessions/#gows) - [#2207](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/pull/2207)
-   `2026.8.1` - [**Message Capping**](https://waha.devlike.pro/docs/how-to/sessions/#message-capping) - `GET /api/sessions/{session}/capping`, `me.messageCapping` and `session.status` events - [#2186](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/pull/2186)
-   `2026.8.1` - [**Reachout Timelock**](https://waha.devlike.pro/docs/how-to/sessions/#reachout-timelock) - `GET /api/sessions/{session}/timelock` (**GOWS, NOWEB, WEBJS**) + **GOWS** refreshes `me.reachoutTimelock` on `463` send errors - [#2219](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2219)
-   `2026.8.1` - **NOWEB** - `WAHA_NOWEB_WA_VERSION=auto-web|auto-baileys` - fetch the latest WhatsApp Web version on start - [**NOWEB**](https://waha.devlike.pro/docs/engines/noweb/#configuration)
-   `2026.8.1` - **GOWS** - `WAHA_GOWS_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL_MIN|MAX` - keepalive ping interval for proxies reaping idle tunnels - [**GOWS**](https://waha.devlike.pro/docs/engines/gows/#keepalive) - [devlikeapro/gows-plus#3](https://github.com/devlikeapro/gows-plus/pull/3)

🧩 **ChatWoot**

-   `2026.8.1` - populate the WhatsApp JID attribute for `@lid` contacts from the message payload - [#2208](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2208)
-   `2026.8.1` - do not save full attachment content in the task result - [#2201](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2201), [#2202](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/pull/2202)

🛠️ **Fixes**

-   `2026.8.1` - **GOWS** - disabling all `gows.storage` flags was silently ignored and data was stored anyway - [#2207](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2207)
-   `2026.8.1` - **GOWS** - `check-exists` returns the phone number in the new `pn` field (`chatId` can be a `@lid`) - [#2208](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2208)
-   `2026.8.1` - **GOWS** - fill the phone number (`_data.Info.SenderAlt`) from the LID store in message payloads - [#2208](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2208)
-   `2026.8.1` - **GOWS** - Lids API resolves unknown `@lid` → phone number via a server query - [#2208](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2208)
-   `2026.8.1` - Groups - set the phone number in `participant.pn` for `@lid` participants when available
-   `2026.8.1` - **WEBJS** - phantom `AUTHENTICATED`/`READY` statuses after logout and message id binding race - [#2222](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2222)
-   `2026.8.1` - **WEBJS** - session stuck in `STARTING` status
-   `2026.8.1` - **WEBJS** - hide “What’s new on WhatsApp Web” popup - [#2217](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2217)
-   `2026.8.1` - **WEBJS** - send button reply - [#2183](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2183)
-   `2026.8.1` - **WEBJS** - set group description - [#2199](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2199)
-   `2026.8.1` - **WEBJS** - fix adding group participants
-   `2026.8.1` - **WPP** - fix promoting group participant to admin
-   `2026.8.1` - **NOWEB** - fix leaving a group via `group.v2.leave` - [#2206](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/2206), [#2209](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/pull/2209)
-   `2026.8.1` - **NOWEB** - fix presence chat issue
-   `2026.8.1` - **S3** - set `ContentType` on uploaded media objects
-   `2026.8.1` - reliable session stop and process shutdown (**WEBJS** kills Chrome, **NOWEB** stops cleanly, **GOWS** gets SIGKILL if hanged)

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/compare/2026.7.1...2026.8.1