v8.5.1

drizzle-team/drizzle-ormv8.5.1May 16, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

This patch release normalizes link preview thumbnails for WhatsApp link messages and adds ARMv7 Docker image and release binary support, alongside dependency updates for the underlying library.

Key Highlights

Link Preview Thumbnail Fixes
ARMv7 Release and Docker Builds
Dependency Updates to whatsmeow

New Features

Link Preview Thumbnail Normalization
ARMv7 Release and Docker Builds

Full Release Notes

## What's New in v8.5.1

🐛 **Patch Release: Link Preview Thumbnail Fixes, ARMv7 Builds & Dependency Updates**

This patch normalizes link preview thumbnails for WhatsApp link messages, adds ARMv7 Docker and release binary coverage, and refreshes whatsmeow dependencies.

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## 🐛 Bug Fixes

### Link Preview Thumbnails
- Normalize link preview images into bounded JPEG thumbnails
- Send the smaller inline JPEG thumbnail for link messages
- Include media key timestamp when uploading preview thumbnails
- Added regression coverage for thumbnail normalization

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## 🔧 Technical Improvements

### ARMv7 Release and Docker Builds
- Add ARMv7 Docker image build support alongside ARM64
- Add Linux ARMv7 release binary generation through GoReleaser
- Keep release archive names distinct for ARM variants

### Dependency Updates
- `go.mau.fi/whatsmeow`: updated to latest
- Related Go dependencies refreshed through `go.mod` and `go.sum`

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## What's Changed

- fix: normalize link preview thumbnails by @aldinokemal
- ci: add ARMv7 Docker and release builds by @aldinokemal
- chore: update whatsmeow to latest by @aldinokemal
- chore: bump version to v8.5.1 by @aldinokemal

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/aldinokemal/go-whatsapp-web-multidevice/compare/v8.5.0...v8.5.1