2026.3.1

devlikeapro/waha2026.3.1Mar 5, 2026by devlikepro

AI Summary

Major release introducing the new WPP engine, merging flags for `@lid` and `@c.us`, storage namespace control, and various API endpoints. Apps are enabled by default.

Key Highlights

Introduce WPP engine
Add `merge` flag to disable merging `@lid` and `@c.us`
Add storage namespace control (`WAHA_NAMESPACE`)
Add `GET /api/{session}/contacts/{id}` endpoint

New Features

`forwardMessages` support (WPP)
Apps enabled by default
ChatWoot sync improvements (sync only `@c.us`, add group participant mapping)
Dashboard Chat UI improvements

Full Release Notes

**🆕 New**

-   `2026.3.1` - **WPP** - Add [**WPP**](https://waha.devlike.pro/docs/how-to/engines/) engine - [#101](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/101)
-   `2026.3.1` - **NOWEB** - `merge` flag to disable merging `@lid` and `@c.us` messages and chats
    -   [#1444](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1444), [#1419](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1419), [#1683](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1683), [#1432](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1432)
-   `2026.3.1` - **GOWS** - `merge` flag to disable merging `@lid` and `@c.us` messages and chats
    -   [#1684](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1684), [#1817](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1817), [#1910](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1910)
-   `2026.3.1` - **WPP** - `forwardMessages` support
-   `2026.3.1` - Storage - `WAHA_NAMESPACE` and `WAHA_SESSION_NAMESPACE` for storage namespace control - [**🗄️ Storages**](https://waha.devlike.pro/docs/how-to/storages/#namespace)
-   `2026.3.1` - **API** - `GET /api/{session}/contacts/{id}` endpoint

**🧩 Apps**

-   `2026.3.1` - Apps enabled by default, allow in-memory apps (no queue required)

**🧩 ChatWoot**

-   `2026.3.1` - ChatWoot - sync only `@c.us` chat when both `@lid` and `@c.us` are present in messages sync
-   `2026.3.1` - ChatWoot - add group participant to message mapping
-   `2026.3.1` - ChatWoot - fix `ParseMS` typing

🛠️ **Fixes**

-   `2026.3.1` - **NOWEB** - merge `@lid` and `@c.us` messages in `/overview` and `/messages`
    -   [#1444](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1444), [#1419](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1419), [#1683](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1683), [#1432](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1432)
-   `2026.3.1` - **GOWS** - merge `@lid` and `@c.us` in `/messages`, `/overview`, `/chats`
    -   [#1684](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1684), [#1817](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1817), [#1910](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1910)
-   `2026.3.1` - **NOWEB** - fix out-of-order messages - [#1912](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1912)
-   `2026.3.1` - **NOWEB** - fix message ordering (timestamp first)
-   `2026.3.1` - **NOWEB** - populate `@lid`↔`@c.us` mapping correctly - [#1712](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1712)
-   `2026.3.1` - **NOWEB** - fix PostgreSQL request
-   `2026.3.1` - **WEBJS** - fix QR Code - [#1923](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1923), [#1918](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1918)
-   `2026.3.1` - **WEBJS** - fix apps `GET`/`PUT`/`DELETE` 403 - [#1926](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1926)
-   `2026.3.1` - **WEBJS** - kill stale processes and remove Singleton
-   `2026.3.1` - Fix no auth case - [#1939](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1939)
-   `2026.3.1` - Channels - resolve channel code or use provided id
-   `2026.3.1` - Media - fix user-agent when fetching media

**📊 Dashboard**

-   `2026.3.1` - Dashboard - Chat UI improvements

⚙️ **Updates**

-   `2026.3.1` - **NOWEB** - up engine
-   `2026.3.1` - **NOWEB** - up Rust bridge - [#1919](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1919)
-   `2026.3.1` - **GOWS** - up engine - fix link preview 406 User-Agent - [#1914](https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/issues/1914)

## What's Changed
* Fix apps GET/PUT/DELETE 403 by adding CheckPolicies guard by @bergpinheiro in https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/pull/1927


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha/compare/2026.2.2...2026.3.1