Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master'

.github/README.md

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 > [!CAUTION]
 > NOTICE OF BREAKING CHANGE.
 > 
-> As of 6.8.0, multiple breaking changes were introduced into the library.
+> As of 7.0.0, multiple breaking changes were introduced into the library.
 > 
 > Please check out https://whiskey.so/migrate-latest for more information.
 

CHANGELOG.md

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-## 6.7.19 (2025-08-31)
+# 7.0.0-rc.1 (2025-09-08)
 
 
 

README.md

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 > [!CAUTION]
 > NOTICE OF BREAKING CHANGE.
 > 
-> As of 6.8.0, multiple breaking changes were introduced into the library.
+> As of 7.0.0, multiple breaking changes were introduced into the library.
 > 
 > Please check out https://whiskey.so/migrate-latest for more information.
 

package.json

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 {
   "name": "baileys",
   "type": "module",
-  "version": "6.7.19",
+  "version": "7.0.0-rc.1",
   "description": "A WebSockets library for interacting with WhatsApp Web",
   "keywords": [
     "whatsapp",