diff --git a/WAProto/WAProto.proto b/WAProto/WAProto.proto
index d7631748..08ac034f 100644
--- a/WAProto/WAProto.proto
+++ b/WAProto/WAProto.proto
@@ -2717,6 +2717,7 @@ message Message {
             optional string title = 1;
             optional string subtitle = 2;
             optional bool hasMediaAttachment = 5;
+            optional bool hasSubtitle = 10;
             oneof media {
                 Message.DocumentMessage documentMessage = 3;
                 Message.ImageMessage imageMessage = 4;
diff --git a/WAProto/index.d.ts b/WAProto/index.d.ts
index 86405800..fe4825c6 100644
--- a/WAProto/index.d.ts
+++ b/WAProto/index.d.ts
@@ -6854,6 +6854,7 @@ export namespace proto {
                 title?: (string|null);
                 subtitle?: (string|null);
                 hasMediaAttachment?: (boolean|null);
+                hasSubtitle?: (boolean|null);
                 documentMessage?: (proto.Message.IDocumentMessage|null);
                 imageMessage?: (proto.Message.IImageMessage|null);
                 jpegThumbnail?: (Uint8Array|null);
@@ -6867,6 +6868,7 @@ export namespace proto {
                 public title?: (string|null);
                 public subtitle?: (string|null);
                 public hasMediaAttachment?: (boolean|null);
+                public hasSubtitle?: (boolean|null);
                 public documentMessage?: (proto.Message.IDocumentMessage|null);
                 public imageMessage?: (proto.Message.IImageMessage|null);
                 public jpegThumbnail?: (Uint8Array|null);
diff --git a/WAProto/index.js b/WAProto/index.js
index 7ccf7180..3f78f208 100644
--- a/WAProto/index.js
+++ b/WAProto/index.js
@@ -48195,6 +48195,7 @@ export const proto = $root.proto = (() => {
                 Header.prototype.title = null;
                 Header.prototype.subtitle = null;
                 Header.prototype.hasMediaAttachment = null;
+                Header.prototype.hasSubtitle = null;
                 Header.prototype.documentMessage = null;
                 Header.prototype.imageMessage = null;
                 Header.prototype.jpegThumbnail = null;
@@ -48222,6 +48223,12 @@ export const proto = $root.proto = (() => {
                     set: $util.oneOfSetter($oneOfFields)
                 });
 
+                // Virtual OneOf for proto3 optional field
+                Object.defineProperty(Header.prototype, "_hasSubtitle", {
+                    get: $util.oneOfGetter($oneOfFields = ["hasSubtitle"]),
+                    set: $util.oneOfSetter($oneOfFields)
+                });
+
                 Object.defineProperty(Header.prototype, "media", {
                     get: $util.oneOfGetter($oneOfFields = ["documentMessage", "imageMessage", "jpegThumbnail", "videoMessage", "locationMessage", "productMessage"]),
                     set: $util.oneOfSetter($oneOfFields)
@@ -48244,6 +48251,8 @@ export const proto = $root.proto = (() => {
                         $root.proto.Message.ImageMessage.encode(m.imageMessage, w.uint32(34).fork()).ldelim();
                     if (m.hasMediaAttachment != null && Object.hasOwnProperty.call(m, "hasMediaAttachment"))
                         w.uint32(40).bool(m.hasMediaAttachment);
+                    if (m.hasSubtitle != null && Object.hasOwnProperty.call(m, "hasSubtitle"))
+                        w.uint32(80).bool(m.hasSubtitle);
                     if (m.jpegThumbnail != null && Object.hasOwnProperty.call(m, "jpegThumbnail"))
                         w.uint32(50).bytes(m.jpegThumbnail);
                     if (m.videoMessage != null && Object.hasOwnProperty.call(m, "videoMessage"))
@@ -48300,6 +48309,10 @@ export const proto = $root.proto = (() => {
                                 m.productMessage = $root.proto.Message.ProductMessage.decode(r, r.uint32());
                                 break;
                             }
+                        case 10: {
+                                m.hasSubtitle = r.bool();
+                                break;
+                            }
                         default:
                             r.skipType(t & 7);
                             break;
@@ -48321,6 +48334,9 @@ export const proto = $root.proto = (() => {
                     if (d.hasMediaAttachment != null) {
                         m.hasMediaAttachment = Boolean(d.hasMediaAttachment);
                     }
+                    if (d.hasSubtitle != null) {
+                        m.hasSubtitle = Boolean(d.hasSubtitle);
+                    }
                     if (d.documentMessage != null) {
                         if (typeof d.documentMessage !== "object")
                             throw TypeError(".proto.Message.InteractiveMessage.Header.documentMessage: object expected");
@@ -48384,6 +48400,11 @@ export const proto = $root.proto = (() => {
                         if (o.oneofs)
                             d._hasMediaAttachment = "hasMediaAttachment";
                     }
+                    if (m.hasSubtitle != null && m.hasOwnProperty("hasSubtitle")) {
+                        d.hasSubtitle = m.hasSubtitle;
+                        if (o.oneofs)
+                            d._hasSubtitle = "hasSubtitle";
+                    }
                     if (m.jpegThumbnail != null && m.hasOwnProperty("jpegThumbnail")) {
                         d.jpegThumbnail = o.bytes === String ? $util.base64.encode(m.jpegThumbnail, 0, m.jpegThumbnail.length) : o.bytes === Array ? Array.prototype.slice.call(m.jpegThumbnail) : m.jpegThumbnail;
                         if (o.oneofs)
diff --git a/src/Socket/messages-send.ts b/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
index e8cbdfa7..b3b277f0 100644
--- a/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
+++ b/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
 	generateMessageIDV2,
 	generateParticipantHashV2,
 	generateWAMessage,
+	generateWAMessageContent,
 	getStatusCodeForMediaRetry,
 	getUrlFromDirectPath,
 	getWAUploadToServer,
@@ -1964,6 +1965,52 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 			}
 
 			const userJid = authState.creds.me!.id
+
+			// Special path for carousel: call relayMessage directly
+			// This bypasses generateWAMessageFromContent (which adds contextInfo.expiration
+			// and calls WAProto.Message.create that may corrupt nested carousel structures)
+			// Matches the working implementation's approach: generateWAMessageContent → relayMessage
+			if (typeof content === 'object' && 'nativeCarousel' in content && (content as any).nativeCarousel) {
+				const messageId = generateMessageIDV2(sock.user?.id)
+				const msgContent = await generateWAMessageContent(content, {
+					logger,
+					upload: waUploadToServer,
+					mediaCache: config.mediaCache,
+					options: config.options,
+					jid,
+				})
+
+				const timestamp = unixTimestampSeconds()
+				const fullMsg = proto.WebMessageInfo.fromObject({
+					key: {
+						remoteJid: jid,
+						fromMe: true,
+						id: messageId
+					},
+					message: msgContent,
+					messageTimestamp: timestamp,
+					messageStubParameters: [],
+					participant: isJidGroup(jid) ? userJid : undefined,
+					status: proto.WebMessageInfo.Status.PENDING
+				}) as WAMessage
+
+				await relayMessage(jid, fullMsg.message!, {
+					messageId: fullMsg.key.id!,
+					useCachedGroupMetadata: options.useCachedGroupMetadata,
+					additionalAttributes: {},
+					statusJidList: options.statusJidList,
+				})
+
+				if (config.emitOwnEvents) {
+					process.nextTick(async () => {
+						const mutexKey = fullMsg.key.remoteJid || fullMsg.key.id || 'unknown'
+						await messageMutex.mutex(mutexKey, () => upsertMessage(fullMsg, 'append'))
+					})
+				}
+
+				return fullMsg
+			}
+
 			if (
 				typeof content === 'object' &&
 				'disappearingMessagesInChat' in content &&
diff --git a/src/Utils/messages.ts b/src/Utils/messages.ts
index 27507070..531c4d52 100644
--- a/src/Utils/messages.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/messages.ts
@@ -616,7 +616,8 @@ export const generateCarouselMessage = async (
 
 		const header: any = {
 			title: card.title || '',
-			hasMediaAttachment: hasMedia
+			hasMediaAttachment: hasMedia,
+			hasSubtitle: !!card.title
 		}
 
 		// Process media if present
@@ -642,7 +643,7 @@ export const generateCarouselMessage = async (
 
 	// Build the interactive message with carousel
 	const interactiveMessage: proto.Message.IInteractiveMessage = {
-		header: text ? { title: text } : undefined,
+		header: text ? { title: text, hasSubtitle: true } : undefined,
 		body: { text: text || '' },
 		footer: footer ? { text: footer } : undefined,
 		carouselMessage: {