2025.10.3

devlikeapro/waha2025.10.3Oct 16, 2025by devlikepro

AI Summary

This release introduces mandatory security requirements (API keys, passwords) and fixes connection and database locking issues. It also adds List Message rendering for ChatWoot.

Key Highlights

Requires WAHA_API_KEY, WAHA_DASHBOARD_PASSWORD, and WHATSAPP_SWAGGER_PASSWORD
Treats '00..00', '123', 'admin', 'waha' as insecure
Fix connection issues with proxy for NOWEB
Fix database locked errors in GOWS
Render List Message for ChatWoot

Breaking Changes

Requires mandatory API keys and passwords
Treats specific insecure strings as not secure

New Features

List Message rendering

Full Release Notes

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/compare/2025.10.2...2025.10.3



📢 **BREAKING CHANGE** 📢

`2025.10.3`
 
-   Requires `WAHA_API_KEY`, `WAHA_DASHBOARD_PASSWORD`, `WHATSAPP_SWAGGER_PASSWORD` and generate one if no provided.
-   Treats “00..00”, “123”, “admin”, “waha” as not secure
-   Check [**🔒 How To Disable Security?**](https://waha.devlike.pro/docs/how-to/security/#how-to-disable-security) if you 100% knows you don’t need one of this.
-   [#1501](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1501)

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🛠️ **Fixes**

-   `2025.10.3` - **NOWEB** - fix `/api/sendImage` when using proxy - [#1449](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1449)
-   `2025.10.3` - **GOWS** - fix `sql: database is locked` - [#1503](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1503)

**🧩 ChatWoot**

-   `2025.10.3` - Render List Message
-   `2025.10.3` - Handle `{device}@lid` in groups - [#1493](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1493)