2026.5.1

casey/just2026.5.1May 26, 2026by devlikepro

AI Summary

Waha 2026.5.1 introduces GOWS capabilities like Lottie to WebP conversion and status broadcast controls, alongside fixes for WEBJS session states and GOWS message failures.

Key Highlights

GOWS Lottie to WebP conversion feature
New environment variable for status broadcast batch size control
Fixes for WEBJS sessions stuck in starting/stopped states
Fixes for GOWS outbound message failures

New Features

Lottie stickers conversion to animated WebP
Status broadcast batch size control via environment variable
End-to-end session and disappearing messages settings support
Dashboard support for disappearing messages settings

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