2026.5.1

miraymen/pix2surf2026.5.1May 26, 2026by devlikepro

AI Summary

This release introduces GOWS for converting Lottie stickers to animated WebP and fixes critical session state issues related to large RemoteAuth entries and video format conversion.

Key Highlights

GOWS: Convert Lottie stickers to animated WebP
Fixed session stuck states due to Node.js Buffer limits
Improved video format conversion (GIF to MP4)
Fixed message.edit events and encrypted message handling

New Features

GOWS Lottie to WebP conversion
WAHA_GOWS_STATUS_PARTICIPANTS_BATCH_SIZE env variable
e2e session support
disappearing message settings support

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