2026.5.1

ruixenui/ruixen.com2026.5.1May 26, 2026by devlikepro

AI Summary

This release addresses critical stability issues in session management and message processing, including fixes for stuck sessions and outbound message errors. It also introduces new sticker rendering capabilities and API pagination requirements to improve performance.

Key Highlights

Converted Lottie stickers to animated WebP format
Fixed session stuck states and message edit events for WEBJS
Resolved outbound message errors and status broadcast timeouts
Added pagination requirement for the chats overview endpoint

New Features

Convert Lottie stickers to animated WebP
Configurable batch size for status broadcasts (WAHA_GOWS_STATUS_PARTICIPANTS_BATCH_SIZE)

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