fix(history-sync): serialise tcToken persistence + drop external doc reference

Addresses 4 PR #390 review findings (Codex P1 + Copilot ×3):

#1 Codex P1 (real, MAJOR) — `storeTcTokensFromHistorySync` fire-and-forget
   created a write race when multiple history-sync chunks arrived in parallel
   (common during reconnect/QR scan). The function does a non-atomic
   read-then-merge-then-write: chunk B could read `existing` before chunk A
   wrote, then commit later and overwrite chunk A's newer timestamp. Even
   worse, the merged `__index` write could drop JIDs added by the other
   chunk, leaving stale tcTokens and persistent 463 send errors.

   FIX: introduced `scheduleHistoryTcTokenSync()` — a module-scoped
   single-concurrency promise chain that sequentialises all calls in order.
   The chain swallows prior errors so a single failure can't stall future
   runs. Call site stays fire-and-forget so the `messaging-history.set`
   emit is still instant (which is the whole point of PR #389).

#2 Copilot (same root as #1) — already covered by the chain.

#3+#4 Copilot — code comments referenced
   `Downloads/InfiniteAPI-Inbound-Latency-Fix-Documentation.md` which is
   intentionally out-of-tree (user keeps it locally). Replaced the broken
   refs with self-contained explanations covering the same rationale —
   future maintainers no longer need an external file to understand the
   trade-offs.

Skipped: CodeRabbit nitpick to extract a `fireAndForgetMappingStore` helper
(stylistic, current explicit form makes the lid/pn argument order obvious to
reviewers — keeping it).

Tests: 35/35 suites, 824/824 still passing. Customizations untouched.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

WAProto/WAProto.proto

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 syntax = "proto3";
 package proto;
 
-/// WhatsApp Version: 2.3000.1034238531
+/// WhatsApp Version: 2.3000.1038164556
 
 message ADVDeviceIdentity {
     optional uint32 rawId = 1;
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ message AIMediaCollectionMessage {
 
 message AIMediaCollectionMetadata {
     optional string collectionId = 1;
+    optional uint32 uploadOrderIndex = 2;
 }
 
 message AIQueryFanout {
@@ -251,10 +252,12 @@ message AIThreadInfo {
     optional AIThreadClientInfo clientInfo = 2;
     message AIThreadClientInfo {
         optional AIThreadType type = 1;
+        optional string sourceChatJid = 2;
         enum AIThreadType {
             UNKNOWN = 0;
             DEFAULT = 1;
             INCOGNITO = 2;
+            SIDE_CHAT = 3;
         }
     }
     
@@ -342,6 +345,14 @@ message BotAgeCollectionMetadata {
     }
 }
 
+message BotAgentDeepLinkMetadata {
+    optional string token = 1;
+}
+
+message BotAgentMetadata {
+    optional BotAgentDeepLinkMetadata deepLinkMetadata = 1;
+}
+
 message BotCapabilityMetadata {
     repeated BotCapabilityType capabilities = 1;
     enum BotCapabilityType {
@@ -403,9 +414,19 @@ message BotCapabilityMetadata {
         RICH_RESPONSE_UR_BLOKS_ENABLED = 55;
         RICH_RESPONSE_INLINE_LINKS_ENABLED = 56;
         RICH_RESPONSE_UR_IMAGINE_VIDEO = 57;
+        JSON_PATCH_STREAMING = 58;
+        AI_TAB_FORCE_CLIPPY = 59;
+        UNIFIED_RESPONSE_EMBEDDED_SCREENS = 60;
+        AI_SUBSCRIPTION_ENABLED = 61;
     }
 }
 
+message BotCommandMetadata {
+    optional string commandName = 1;
+    optional string commandDescription = 2;
+    optional string commandPrompt = 3;
+}
+
 message BotDocumentMessageMetadata {
     optional DocumentPluginType pluginType = 1;
     enum DocumentPluginType {
@@ -637,6 +658,7 @@ message BotMetadata {
     optional BotRenderingConfigMetadata botRenderingConfigMetadata = 36;
     optional BotInfrastructureDiagnostics botInfrastructureDiagnostics = 37;
     optional AIMediaCollectionMetadata aiMediaCollectionMetadata = 38;
+    optional BotCommandMetadata commandMetadata = 39;
     optional bytes internalMetadata = 999;
 }
 
@@ -687,6 +709,8 @@ enum BotMetricsEntryPoint {
     WEB_INTRO_PANEL = 46;
     WEB_NAVIGATION_BAR = 47;
     GROUP_MEMBER = 54;
+    CHATLIST_SEARCH = 55;
+    NEW_CHAT_LIST = 56;
 }
 message BotMetricsMetadata {
     optional string destinationId = 1;
@@ -1069,6 +1093,7 @@ message ClientPairingProps {
     optional bool isSyncdPureLidSession = 2;
     optional bool isSyncdSnapshotRecoveryEnabled = 3;
     optional bool isHsThumbnailSyncEnabled = 4;
+    optional bytes subscriptionSyncPayload = 5;
 }
 
 message ClientPayload {
@@ -1106,6 +1131,7 @@ message ClientPayload {
     optional bool paaLink = 44;
     optional int32 preacksCount = 45;
     optional int32 processingQueueSize = 46;
+    repeated string pairedPeripherals = 47;
     enum AccountType {
         DEFAULT = 0;
         GUEST = 1;
@@ -1448,6 +1474,11 @@ message ContextInfo {
         optional AdType adType = 25;
         optional string wtwaWebsiteUrl = 26;
         optional string adPreviewUrl = 27;
+        optional bool containsCtwaFlowsAutoReply = 28;
+        optional int32 agmThumbnailStrategy = 29;
+        optional int32 agmTitleStrategy = 30;
+        optional int32 agmSubtitleStrategy = 31;
+        optional int32 agmHeaderInteractionStrategy = 32;
         enum AdType {
             CTWA = 0;
             CAWC = 1;
@@ -1602,6 +1633,8 @@ message Conversation {
     optional bool limitSharingInitiatedByMe = 53;
     optional bool maibaAiThreadEnabled = 54;
     optional bool isMarketingMessageThread = 55;
+    optional bool isSenderNewAccount = 56;
+    optional uint32 afterReadDuration = 57;
     enum EndOfHistoryTransferType {
         COMPLETE_BUT_MORE_MESSAGES_REMAIN_ON_PRIMARY = 0;
         COMPLETE_AND_NO_MORE_MESSAGE_REMAIN_ON_PRIMARY = 1;
@@ -1628,6 +1661,10 @@ message DeviceCapabilities {
     
     message BusinessBroadcast {
         optional bool importListEnabled = 1;
+        optional bool companionSupportEnabled = 2;
+        optional bool campaignSyncEnabled = 3;
+        optional bool insightsSyncEnabled = 4;
+        optional int32 recipientLimit = 5;
     }
     
     enum ChatLockSupportLevel {
@@ -1702,6 +1739,9 @@ message DeviceProps {
         optional uint32 thumbnailSyncDaysLimit = 19;
         optional uint32 initialSyncMaxMessagesPerChat = 20;
         optional bool supportManusHistory = 21;
+        optional bool supportHatchHistory = 22;
+        repeated string supportedBotChannelFbids = 23;
+        optional bool supportInlineContacts = 24;
     }
     
     enum PlatformType {
@@ -1888,6 +1928,16 @@ message GroupParticipant {
     }
 }
 
+message GroupRootKeyShare {
+    repeated GroupRootKeyShareEntry keys = 1;
+}
+
+message GroupRootKeyShareEntry {
+    optional bytes groupRootKey = 1;
+    optional string keyId = 2;
+    optional int64 expiryTimestampMs = 3;
+}
+
 message HandshakeMessage {
     optional ClientHello clientHello = 2;
     optional ServerHello serverHello = 3;
@@ -1896,6 +1946,8 @@ message HandshakeMessage {
         optional bytes static = 1;
         optional bytes payload = 2;
         optional bytes extendedCiphertext = 3;
+        optional bytes paddedBytes = 4;
+        optional bool simulateXxkemFs = 5;
     }
     
     message ClientHello {
@@ -1904,13 +1956,31 @@ message HandshakeMessage {
         optional bytes payload = 3;
         optional bool useExtended = 4;
         optional bytes extendedCiphertext = 5;
+        optional bytes paddedBytes = 6;
+        optional bool sendServerHelloPaddedBytes = 7;
+        optional bool simulateXxkemFs = 8;
+        optional HandshakeMessage.HandshakePqMode pqMode = 9;
+        optional bytes extendedEphemeral = 10;
     }
     
+    enum HandshakePqMode {
+        HANDSHAKE_PQ_MODE_UNKNOWN = 0;
+        XXKEM = 1;
+        XXKEM_FS = 2;
+        WA_CLASSICAL = 3;
+        WA_PQ = 4;
+        IKKEM = 5;
+        IKKEM_FS = 6;
+        XXKEM_2 = 7;
+        IKKEM_2 = 8;
+    }
     message ServerHello {
         optional bytes ephemeral = 1;
         optional bytes static = 2;
         optional bytes payload = 3;
         optional bytes extendedStatic = 4;
+        optional bytes paddingBytes = 5;
+        optional bytes extendedCiphertext = 6;
     }
     
 }
@@ -1934,6 +2004,8 @@ message HistorySync {
     optional bytes shareableChatIdentifierEncryptionKey = 17;
     repeated Account accounts = 18;
     optional bytes nctSalt = 19;
+    repeated InlineContact inlineContacts = 20;
+    optional bool inlineContactsProvided = 21;
     enum BotAIWaitListState {
         IN_WAITLIST = 0;
         AI_AVAILABLE = 1;
@@ -2028,6 +2100,14 @@ message InThreadSurveyMetadata {
     
 }
 
+message InlineContact {
+    optional string pnJid = 1;
+    optional string lidJid = 2;
+    optional string fullName = 3;
+    optional string firstName = 4;
+    optional string username = 5;
+}
+
 message InteractiveAnnotation {
     repeated Point polygonVertices = 1;
     optional bool shouldSkipConfirmation = 4;
@@ -2106,7 +2186,6 @@ message LimitSharing {
         CHAT_SETTING = 1;
         BIZ_SUPPORTS_FB_HOSTING = 2;
         UNKNOWN_GROUP = 3;
-        DEPRECATION = 4;
     }
 }
 
@@ -2267,6 +2346,8 @@ message Message {
     optional PollCreationMessage pollCreationMessageV6 = 119;
     optional ConditionalRevealMessage conditionalRevealMessage = 120;
     optional PollAddOptionMessage pollAddOptionMessage = 121;
+    optional EventInviteMessage eventInviteMessage = 122;
+    optional GroupRootKeyShare groupRootKeyShare = 123;
     message AlbumMessage {
         optional uint32 expectedImageCount = 2;
         optional uint32 expectedVideoCount = 3;
@@ -2458,6 +2539,7 @@ message Message {
             UNKNOWN = 0;
             CONTROL_PASSED = 1;
             CONTROL_TAKEN = 2;
+            INFO = 3;
         }
         message CloudAPIThreadControlNotificationContent {
             optional string handoffNotificationText = 1;
@@ -2547,6 +2629,16 @@ message Message {
         optional bytes encIv = 3;
     }
     
+    message EventInviteMessage {
+        optional ContextInfo contextInfo = 1;
+        optional string eventId = 2;
+        optional string eventTitle = 3;
+        optional bytes jpegThumbnail = 4;
+        optional int64 startTime = 5;
+        optional string caption = 6;
+        optional bool isCanceled = 7;
+    }
+    
     message EventMessage {
         optional ContextInfo contextInfo = 1;
         optional bool isCanceled = 2;
@@ -2798,6 +2890,13 @@ message Message {
         optional bool securityNotificationEnabled = 1;
     }
     
+    enum InsightDeliveryState {
+        SENT = 0;
+        DELIVERED = 1;
+        READ = 2;
+        REPLIED = 3;
+        QUICK_REPLIED = 4;
+    }
     message InteractiveMessage {
         optional Header header = 1;
         optional Body body = 2;
@@ -3066,9 +3165,10 @@ message Message {
     
     message MessageHistoryMetadata {
         repeated string historyReceivers = 1;
-        optional int64 oldestMessageTimestamp = 2;
+        optional int64 oldestMessageTimestampInWindow = 2;
         optional int64 messageCount = 3;
         repeated string nonHistoryReceivers = 4;
+        optional int64 oldestMessageTimestampInBundle = 5;
     }
     
     message MessageHistoryNotice {
@@ -3129,6 +3229,11 @@ message Message {
         optional int64 expiryTimestamp = 2;
         optional bool incentiveEligible = 3;
         optional string referralId = 4;
+        optional InviteType inviteType = 5;
+        enum InviteType {
+            DEFAULT = 0;
+            MAPPER = 1;
+        }
         enum ServiceType {
             UNKNOWN = 0;
             FBPAY = 1;
@@ -3170,6 +3275,16 @@ message Message {
         optional HistorySyncChunkRetryRequest historySyncChunkRetryRequest = 8;
         optional GalaxyFlowAction galaxyFlowAction = 9;
         optional CompanionCanonicalUserNonceFetchRequest companionCanonicalUserNonceFetchRequest = 10;
+        optional BizBroadcastInsightsContactListRequest bizBroadcastInsightsContactListRequest = 11;
+        optional BizBroadcastInsightsRefreshRequest bizBroadcastInsightsRefreshRequest = 12;
+        message BizBroadcastInsightsContactListRequest {
+            optional string campaignId = 1;
+        }
+        
+        message BizBroadcastInsightsRefreshRequest {
+            optional string campaignId = 1;
+        }
+        
         message CompanionCanonicalUserNonceFetchRequest {
             optional string registrationTraceId = 1;
         }
@@ -3206,6 +3321,7 @@ message Message {
             optional int32 onDemandMsgCount = 4;
             optional int64 oldestMsgTimestampMs = 5;
             optional string accountLid = 6;
+            optional bool supportInlineResponse = 7;
         }
         
         message PlaceholderMessageResendRequest {
@@ -3244,6 +3360,18 @@ message Message {
             optional CompanionCanonicalUserNonceFetchResponse companionCanonicalUserNonceFetchRequestResponse = 9;
             optional HistorySyncChunkRetryResponse historySyncChunkRetryResponse = 10;
             optional FlowResponsesCsvBundle flowResponsesCsvBundle = 11;
+            optional BizBroadcastInsightsContactListResponse bizBroadcastInsightsContactListResponse = 12;
+            message BizBroadcastInsightsContactListResponse {
+                optional string campaignId = 1;
+                optional int64 timestampMs = 2;
+                repeated Message.PeerDataOperationRequestResponseMessage.PeerDataOperationResult.BizBroadcastInsightsContactState contacts = 3;
+            }
+            
+            message BizBroadcastInsightsContactState {
+                optional string contactJid = 1;
+                optional Message.InsightDeliveryState state = 2;
+            }
+            
             message CompanionCanonicalUserNonceFetchResponse {
                 optional string nonce = 1;
                 optional string waFbid = 2;
@@ -3280,6 +3408,7 @@ message Message {
                 ERROR_REQUEST_ON_NON_SMB_PRIMARY = 4;
                 ERROR_HOSTED_DEVICE_NOT_CONNECTED = 5;
                 ERROR_HOSTED_DEVICE_LOGIN_TIME_NOT_SET = 6;
+                ERROR_MULTI_PROVIDER_NOT_CONFIGURED = 7;
             }
             message HistorySyncChunkRetryResponse {
                 optional Message.HistorySyncType syncType = 1;
@@ -3357,6 +3486,8 @@ message Message {
         COMPANION_CANONICAL_USER_NONCE_FETCH = 9;
         HISTORY_SYNC_CHUNK_RETRY = 10;
         GALAXY_FLOW_ACTION = 11;
+        BUSINESS_BROADCAST_INSIGHTS_DELIVERED_TO = 12;
+        BUSINESS_BROADCAST_INSIGHTS_REFRESH = 13;
     }
     message PinInChatMessage {
         optional MessageKey key = 1;
@@ -3558,6 +3689,7 @@ message Message {
     message RequestWelcomeMessageMetadata {
         optional LocalChatState localChatState = 1;
         optional WelcomeTrigger welcomeTrigger = 2;
+        optional BotAgentMetadata botAgentMetadata = 3;
         enum LocalChatState {
             EMPTY = 0;
             NON_EMPTY = 1;
@@ -3675,6 +3807,7 @@ message Message {
         optional bool isLottie = 21;
         optional string accessibilityLabel = 22;
         optional int32 premium = 24;
+        optional string emojis = 25;
     }
     
     message StickerPackMessage {
@@ -3895,6 +4028,7 @@ message MessageContextInfo {
     optional LimitSharing limitSharingV2 = 14;
     repeated ThreadID threadId = 15;
     optional WebLinkRenderConfig weblinkRenderConfig = 16;
+    optional bytes teeBotMetadata = 17;
     enum MessageAddonExpiryType {
         STATIC = 1;
         DEPENDENT_ON_PARENT = 2;
@@ -3967,6 +4101,7 @@ message MsgOpaqueData {
     optional string quarantineExtractedText = 48;
     optional int64 pollEndTime = 49;
     optional bool pollHideVoterNames = 50;
+    optional bool pollAllowAddOption = 52;
     message EventLocation {
         optional double degreesLatitude = 1;
         optional double degreesLongitude = 2;
@@ -4083,6 +4218,11 @@ enum MutationProps {
     NCT_SALT_SYNC_ACTION = 80;
     BUSINESS_BROADCAST_CAMPAIGN_ACTION = 81;
     BUSINESS_BROADCAST_INSIGHTS_ACTION = 82;
+    CUSTOMER_DATA_ACTION = 83;
+    SUBSCRIPTIONS_SYNC_V2_ACTION = 84;
+    THREAD_PIN_ACTION = 85;
+    AUTO_ORGANIZE_BUSINESS_CHAT_SETTING = 86;
+    BIZ_AI_SETTINGS_NUDGE_ACTION = 87;
     SHARE_OWN_PN = 10001;
     BUSINESS_BROADCAST_ACTION = 10002;
     AI_THREAD_DELETE_ACTION = 10003;
@@ -4396,6 +4536,12 @@ message ReportingTokenInfo {
     optional bytes reportingTag = 1;
 }
 
+message ScheduledMessageMetadata {
+    optional string revealKeyId = 1;
+    optional bytes revealKey = 2;
+    optional uint64 scheduledTime = 3;
+}
+
 message SenderKeyDistributionMessage {
     optional uint32 id = 1;
     optional uint32 iteration = 2;
@@ -4551,6 +4697,7 @@ message StatusAttribution {
             APPLE_MUSIC = 8;
             SHARECHAT = 9;
             GOOGLE_PHOTOS = 10;
+            SOUNDCLOUD = 11;
         }
     }
     
@@ -4718,6 +4865,11 @@ message SyncActionValue {
     optional NctSaltSyncAction nctSaltSyncAction = 80;
     optional BusinessBroadcastCampaignAction businessBroadcastCampaignAction = 81;
     optional BusinessBroadcastInsightsAction businessBroadcastInsightsAction = 82;
+    optional CustomerDataAction customerDataAction = 83;
+    optional SubscriptionsSyncV2Action subscriptionsSyncV2Action = 84;
+    optional ThreadPinAction threadPinAction = 85;
+    optional AutoOrganizeBusinessChatSetting autoOrganizeBusinessChatSetting = 86;
+    optional BizAISettingsNudgeAction bizAiSettingsNudgeAction = 87;
     message AgentAction {
         optional string name = 1;
         optional int32 deviceID = 2;
@@ -4737,6 +4889,10 @@ message SyncActionValue {
         optional SyncActionValue.SyncActionMessageRange messageRange = 2;
     }
     
+    message AutoOrganizeBusinessChatSetting {
+        optional bool autoOrganize = 1;
+    }
+    
     message AvatarUpdatedAction {
         optional AvatarEventType eventType = 1;
         repeated SyncActionValue.StickerAction recentAvatarStickers = 2;
@@ -4747,6 +4903,20 @@ message SyncActionValue {
         }
     }
     
+    message BizAISettingsNudgeAction {
+        optional BizAISettingsCategory category = 1;
+        optional int64 version = 2;
+        optional int64 updatedAtMs = 3;
+        enum BizAISettingsCategory {
+            UNKNOWN = 0;
+            INSTRUCTIONS = 1;
+            RESPONSE_SETTINGS = 2;
+            EXAMPLE_RESPONSES = 3;
+            KNOWLEDGE = 4;
+            LEAD_GEN = 5;
+        }
+    }
+    
     message BotWelcomeRequestAction {
         optional bool isSent = 1;
     }
@@ -4792,6 +4962,7 @@ message SyncActionValue {
         repeated SyncActionValue.BroadcastListParticipant participants = 2;
         optional string listName = 3;
         repeated string labelIds = 4;
+        optional string audienceExpression = 5;
     }
     
     message CallLogAction {
@@ -4839,6 +5010,20 @@ message SyncActionValue {
         repeated SyncActionValue.CustomPaymentMethod customPaymentMethods = 1;
     }
     
+    message CustomerDataAction {
+        optional string chatJid = 1;
+        optional int32 contactType = 2;
+        optional string email = 3;
+        optional string altPhoneNumbers = 4;
+        optional int64 birthday = 5;
+        optional string address = 6;
+        optional int32 acquisitionSource = 7;
+        optional int32 leadStage = 8;
+        optional int64 lastOrder = 9;
+        optional int64 createdAt = 10;
+        optional int64 modifiedAt = 11;
+    }
+    
     message DeleteChatAction {
         optional SyncActionValue.SyncActionMessageRange messageRange = 1;
     }
@@ -4907,6 +5092,7 @@ message SyncActionValue {
             DRAFTED = 8;
             AI_HANDOFF = 9;
             CHANNELS = 10;
+            AI_RESPONDING = 11;
         }
     }
     
@@ -5122,6 +5308,8 @@ message SyncActionValue {
         optional bool isStatusNotificationEnabled = 29;
         optional int32 statusNotificationToneId = 30;
         optional bool shouldPlaySoundForCallNotification = 31;
+        optional string chatThemeId = 32;
+        optional string colorSchemeId = 33;
         enum DisplayMode {
             DISPLAY_MODE_UNKNOWN = 0;
             ALWAYS = 1;
@@ -5166,6 +5354,8 @@ message SyncActionValue {
             IS_STATUS_NOTIFICATION_ENABLED = 29;
             STATUS_NOTIFICATION_TONE_ID = 30;
             SHOULD_PLAY_SOUND_FOR_CALL_NOTIFICATION = 31;
+            CHAT_THEME_ID = 32;
+            COLOR_SCHEME_ID = 33;
         }
         enum SettingPlatform {
             PLATFORM_UNKNOWN = 0;
@@ -5189,11 +5379,22 @@ message SyncActionValue {
         repeated string userJid = 2;
         optional bool shareToFB = 3;
         optional bool shareToIG = 4;
+        repeated CustomList customLists = 5;
+        repeated StatusDistributionMode modes = 6;
+        message CustomList {
+            optional string listId = 1;
+            optional string name = 2;
+            optional string emoji = 3;
+            optional bool isSelected = 4;
+            repeated string userJid = 5;
+        }
+        
         enum StatusDistributionMode {
             ALLOW_LIST = 0;
             DENY_LIST = 1;
             CONTACTS = 2;
             CLOSE_FRIENDS = 3;
+            CUSTOM_LIST = 4;
         }
     }
     
@@ -5219,6 +5420,29 @@ message SyncActionValue {
         optional int64 expirationDate = 3;
     }
     
+    message SubscriptionsSyncV2Action {
+        repeated SubscriptionInfo subscriptions = 1;
+        repeated PaidFeature paidFeature = 2;
+        message PaidFeature {
+            optional string name = 1;
+            optional bool enabled = 2;
+            optional int32 limit = 3;
+            optional int64 expirationTime = 4;
+        }
+        
+        message SubscriptionInfo {
+            optional string id = 1;
+            optional int32 tier = 2;
+            optional string status = 3;
+            optional int64 startTime = 4;
+            optional int64 endTime = 5;
+            optional bool isPlatformChanged = 6;
+            optional string source = 7;
+            optional int64 creationTime = 8;
+        }
+        
+    }
+    
     message SyncActionMessage {
         optional MessageKey key = 1;
         optional int64 timestamp = 2;
@@ -5230,6 +5454,10 @@ message SyncActionValue {
         repeated SyncActionValue.SyncActionMessage messages = 3;
     }
     
+    message ThreadPinAction {
+        optional bool pinned = 1;
+    }
+    
     message TimeFormatAction {
         optional bool isTwentyFourHourFormatEnabled = 1;
     }
@@ -5351,7 +5579,6 @@ message TemplateButton {
 message ThreadID {
     optional ThreadType threadType = 1;
     optional MessageKey threadKey = 2;
-    optional string sourceChatJid = 3;
     enum ThreadType {
         UNKNOWN = 0;
         VIEW_REPLIES = 1;
@@ -5554,6 +5781,8 @@ message WebMessageInfo {
     optional QuarantinedMessage quarantinedMessage = 77;
     optional uint32 nonJidMentions = 78;
     optional string hsmTag = 79;
+    optional uint64 ephemeralExpirationTimestamp = 80;
+    optional ScheduledMessageMetadata scheduledMessageMetadata = 81;
     enum BizPrivacyStatus {
         E2EE = 0;
         FB = 2;
@@ -5793,6 +6022,8 @@ message WebMessageInfo {
         GROUP_MEMBER_SHARE_GROUP_HISTORY_MODE = 221;
         GROUP_OPEN_BOT_ADDED = 222;
         GROUP_TEE_BOT_ADDED = 223;
+        CONTACT_INFO = 224;
+        SCHEDULED_MESSAGE_CREATED = 225;
     }
 }
 

WAProto/fix-imports.js

@@ -18,14 +18,21 @@ try {
     '\tif (typeof value === "number") {\n' +
     '\t\treturn String(value);\n' +
     '\t}\n' +
-    '\tif (!$util.Long) {\n' +
-    '\t\treturn String(value);\n' +
+    '\t// Fast path: convert Long {low, high} directly via native BigInt\n' +
+    '\t// BigInt.toString() is a native C++ operation, much faster than Long\'s pure JS division loops\n' +
+    '\tif (value && typeof value.low === "number" && typeof value.high === "number") {\n' +
+    '\t\t// Normalize high to signed int32 so the sign-bit check works for inputs\n' +
+    '\t\t// where high is stored unsigned (e.g. raw {low, high} JSON).\n' +
+    '\t\tconst high = value.high | 0;\n' +
+    '\t\tconst lo = BigInt(value.low >>> 0);\n' +
+    '\t\tconst hi = BigInt(value.high >>> 0);\n' +
+    '\t\tconst combined = (hi << 32n) | lo;\n' +
+    '\t\tif (!unsigned && high < 0) {\n' +
+    '\t\t\treturn (combined - (1n << 64n)).toString();\n' +
+    '\t\t}\n' +
+    '\t\treturn combined.toString();\n' +
     '\t}\n' +
-    '\tconst normalized = $util.Long.fromValue(value);\n' +
-    '\tconst prepared = unsigned && normalized && typeof normalized.toUnsigned === "function"\n' +
-    '\t\t? normalized.toUnsigned()\n' +
-    '\t\t: normalized;\n' +
-    '\treturn prepared.toString();\n' +
+    '\treturn String(value);\n' +
     '}\n\n'
   const longToNumberHelper =
     'function longToNumber(value, unsigned) {\n' +
@@ -33,19 +40,20 @@ try {
     '\t\treturn value;\n' +
     '\t}\n' +
     '\tif (typeof value === "string") {\n' +
-    '\t\tconst numeric = Number(value);\n' +
-    '\t\treturn numeric;\n' +
-    '\t}\n' +
-    '\tif (!$util.Long) {\n' +
     '\t\treturn Number(value);\n' +
     '\t}\n' +
-    '\tconst normalized = $util.Long.fromValue(value);\n' +
-    '\tconst prepared = unsigned && normalized && typeof normalized.toUnsigned === "function"\n' +
-    '\t\t? normalized.toUnsigned()\n' +
-    '\t\t: typeof normalized.toSigned === "function"\n' +
-    '\t\t\t? normalized.toSigned()\n' +
-    '\t\t\t: normalized;\n' +
-    '\treturn prepared.toNumber();\n' +
+    '\t// Fast path: convert Long {low, high} directly via native BigInt\n' +
+    '\tif (value && typeof value.low === "number" && typeof value.high === "number") {\n' +
+    '\t\tconst high = value.high | 0;\n' +
+    '\t\tconst lo = BigInt(value.low >>> 0);\n' +
+    '\t\tconst hi = BigInt(value.high >>> 0);\n' +
+    '\t\tconst combined = (hi << 32n) | lo;\n' +
+    '\t\tif (!unsigned && high < 0) {\n' +
+    '\t\t\treturn Number(combined - (1n << 64n));\n' +
+    '\t\t}\n' +
+    '\t\treturn Number(combined);\n' +
+    '\t}\n' +
+    '\treturn Number(value);\n' +
     '}\n\n'
 
   if (!content.includes('function longToString(')) {

docs/VIEW_ONCE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,531 @@
+# Mensagens View-Once (Visualização Única) — Guia de Implementação
+
+**Data:** 2026-03-23
+**Versão:** 1.0
+
+---
+
+## 1. O que é View-Once
+
+Mensagem de visualização única é um tipo especial de mídia (imagem, vídeo ou áudio) que o destinatário pode abrir apenas uma vez. Após abrir, o conteúdo some permanentemente.
+
+---
+
+> ## ⚠️ RESTRIÇÃO CRÍTICA — Contas Hosted (Meta Business Cloud API)
+>
+> **Contas registradas como "hosted" na Meta Business Cloud API têm view-once bloqueado pelo servidor do WhatsApp.**
+>
+> Essa restrição se aplica a **todos os clientes** (Android, iOS, WA Web) e **não há como contornar por código** — é uma política imposta diretamente pelo servidor WA para contas hosted.
+>
+> **Como identificar se sua conta é hosted:**
+> - A conta foi criada via Meta Business Cloud API (WABA)
+> - Aparece como "Meta" ou "Business Cloud" nas configurações do WhatsApp Business Manager
+>
+> **Contas não-hosted** (registradas diretamente via QR code ou pair code) **funcionam normalmente** com view-once.
+
+---
+
+**Comportamento em cada dispositivo após envio via API (contas não-hosted):**
+
+| Dispositivo | O que aparece |
+|---|---|
+| Destinatário (Android/iOS) | Recebe a mídia com ícone de olhinho — pode abrir uma vez |
+| Android principal do remetente | Mostra na conversa que a mensagem foi enviada (ícone de olhinho) |
+| WA Web do remetente | "Aguardando mensagem. Abra o WhatsApp no seu celular." |
+
+> **Nota:** A mensagem "Aguardando mensagem..." no WA Web é o comportamento correto e esperado quando o envio vem de um companion (API). É uma limitação do protocolo WhatsApp — o servidor só permite que o celular principal notifique companions com o conteúdo da view-once.
+
+---
+
+## 2. Como Enviar via API
+
+### 2.1 Imagem
+
+```bash
+curl -X POST https://sua-api.com/v1/messages/send_image \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -H "x-api-key: SEU_API_KEY" \
+  -d '{
+    "instance": "nome-da-instancia",
+    "to": "5511999999999",
+    "caption": "Olha só isso!",
+    "imageUrl": "https://exemplo.com/foto.jpg",
+    "viewOnce": true
+  }'
+```
+
+**Resposta de sucesso:**
+```json
+{ "ok": true }
+```
+
+### 2.2 Vídeo
+
+```bash
+curl -X POST https://sua-api.com/v1/messages/send_video \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -H "x-api-key: SEU_API_KEY" \
+  -d '{
+    "instance": "nome-da-instancia",
+    "to": "5511999999999",
+    "caption": "Assista uma vez",
+    "videoUrl": "https://exemplo.com/video.mp4",
+    "viewOnce": true
+  }'
+```
+
+### 2.3 Áudio
+
+```bash
+curl -X POST https://sua-api.com/v1/messages/send_audio \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -H "x-api-key: SEU_API_KEY" \
+  -d '{
+    "instance": "nome-da-instancia",
+    "to": "5511999999999",
+    "audioUrl": "https://exemplo.com/audio.ogg",
+    "ptt": false,
+    "viewOnce": true
+  }'
+```
+
+### 2.4 Usando Base64 (sem URL pública)
+
+```bash
+curl -X POST https://sua-api.com/v1/messages/send_image \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -H "x-api-key: SEU_API_KEY" \
+  -d '{
+    "instance": "nome-da-instancia",
+    "to": "5511999999999",
+    "imageBase64": "data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgAB...",
+    "viewOnce": true
+  }'
+```
+
+---
+
+## 3. Como Receber via Webhook
+
+Quando um contato envia uma mensagem de visualização única para o número conectado na API, o webhook recebe o evento com `key.isViewOnce = true`.
+
+### 3.1 Estrutura do evento recebido
+
+```json
+{
+  "event": "messages.upsert",
+  "instance": "nome-da-instancia",
+  "data": {
+    "messages": [
+      {
+        "key": {
+          "remoteJid": "5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net",
+          "fromMe": false,
+          "id": "3EB0ABCDEF123456",
+          "isViewOnce": true
+        },
+        "message": {
+          "viewOnceMessageV2": {
+            "message": {
+              "imageMessage": {
+                "url": "https://mmg.whatsapp.net/...",
+                "mimetype": "image/jpeg",
+                "mediaKey": "base64...",
+                "fileEncSha256": "base64...",
+                "directPath": "/v/...",
+                "viewOnce": true
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "messageTimestamp": 1742700000,
+        "pushName": "João Silva"
+      }
+    ],
+    "type": "notify"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### 3.2 Como identificar que é view-once
+
+O campo principal para identificar é `key.isViewOnce = true`. Existem dois caminhos para confirmar:
+
+```javascript
+function isViewOnce(msg) {
+  // Caminho 1: flag direta (mais simples)
+  if (msg.key?.isViewOnce) return true
+
+  // Caminho 2: verificar o wrapper da mensagem
+  const inner =
+    msg.message?.viewOnceMessageV2?.message ||
+    msg.message?.viewOnceMessage?.message ||
+    msg.message?.viewOnceMessageV2Extension?.message
+
+  return !!(
+    inner?.imageMessage?.viewOnce ||
+    inner?.videoMessage?.viewOnce ||
+    inner?.audioMessage?.viewOnce
+  )
+}
+```
+
+### 3.3 Como acessar a mídia
+
+```javascript
+function getViewOnceMedia(msg) {
+  const inner =
+    msg.message?.viewOnceMessageV2?.message ||
+    msg.message?.viewOnceMessage?.message ||
+    msg.message?.viewOnceMessageV2Extension?.message
+
+  if (!inner) return null
+
+  if (inner.imageMessage) return { type: 'image', media: inner.imageMessage }
+  if (inner.videoMessage) return { type: 'video', media: inner.videoMessage }
+  if (inner.audioMessage) return { type: 'audio', media: inner.audioMessage }
+
+  return null
+}
+
+// Uso:
+const media = getViewOnceMedia(msg)
+if (media) {
+  console.log(`View-once ${media.type}`)
+  console.log('URL:', media.media.url)
+  console.log('DirectPath:', media.media.directPath)
+  console.log('MediaKey:', media.media.mediaKey) // necessário para download
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## 4. Como Exibir numa Ferramenta (Frontend/CRM)
+
+### 4.1 Lógica de detecção e exibição
+
+```javascript
+function renderMessage(msg) {
+  if (!isViewOnce(msg)) {
+    // Renderizar mensagem normal
+    return renderNormalMessage(msg)
+  }
+
+  const media = getViewOnceMedia(msg)
+  if (!media) return
+
+  // Verificar se já foi aberta (controle local da ferramenta)
+  const alreadyOpened = localStorage.getItem(`vo_${msg.key.id}`)
+
+  if (alreadyOpened) {
+    // Mostrar placeholder de "já visualizado"
+    return renderViewOncePlaceholder(media.type, msg.key.fromMe)
+  }
+
+  if (msg.key.fromMe) {
+    // Mensagem enviada por mim — nunca mostrar conteúdo
+    return renderSentViewOnce(media.type)
+  }
+
+  // Mensagem recebida — mostrar botão para "abrir uma vez"
+  return renderViewOnceButton(media.type, msg)
+}
+```
+
+### 4.2 Componente de exibição — mensagem recebida
+
+```javascript
+function renderViewOnceButton(type, msg) {
+  const icons = { image: '📷', video: '🎥', audio: '🎵' }
+  const labels = { image: 'Foto', video: 'Vídeo', áudio: 'Áudio' }
+
+  return `
+    <div class="view-once-bubble received">
+      <span class="view-once-icon">${icons[type]}</span>
+      <span class="view-once-label">${labels[type]} de visualização única</span>
+      <button onclick="openViewOnce('${msg.key.id}', '${type}')">
+        Abrir
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  `
+}
+
+async function openViewOnce(msgId, type) {
+  // 1. Marcar como aberta ANTES de mostrar (só uma chance)
+  localStorage.setItem(`vo_${msgId}`, '1')
+
+  // 2. Baixar e mostrar a mídia
+  const mediaUrl = await downloadViewOnceMedia(msgId)
+  showMedia(type, mediaUrl)
+
+  // 3. Após fechar/visualizar, substituir pelo placeholder
+  onMediaClosed(() => {
+    replaceWithPlaceholder(msgId, type)
+  })
+}
+```
+
+### 4.3 Componente de exibição — mensagem enviada
+
+```javascript
+function renderSentViewOnce(type) {
+  const labels = { image: 'Foto', video: 'Vídeo', audio: 'Áudio' }
+  return `
+    <div class="view-once-bubble sent">
+      <span class="view-once-icon">👁️</span>
+      <span>${labels[type]} de visualização única</span>
+      <span class="view-once-status">Enviada</span>
+    </div>
+  `
+}
+```
+
+### 4.4 Placeholder após visualização
+
+```javascript
+function renderViewOncePlaceholder(type, fromMe) {
+  const labels = { image: 'foto', video: 'vídeo', audio: 'áudio' }
+  const text = fromMe
+    ? `Você enviou uma ${labels[type]} de visualização única`
+    : `${labels[type]} de visualização única aberta`
+
+  return `
+    <div class="view-once-bubble placeholder">
+      <span class="view-once-icon">🚫</span>
+      <span>${text}</span>
+    </div>
+  `
+}
+```
+
+### 4.5 CSS sugerido
+
+```css
+.view-once-bubble {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 8px;
+  padding: 10px 14px;
+  border-radius: 12px;
+  max-width: 280px;
+}
+
+.view-once-bubble.received {
+  background: #f0f0f0;
+  color: #333;
+}
+
+.view-once-bubble.sent {
+  background: #dcf8c6;
+  color: #333;
+  align-self: flex-end;
+}
+
+.view-once-bubble.placeholder {
+  background: #e8e8e8;
+  color: #999;
+  font-style: italic;
+}
+
+.view-once-bubble button {
+  background: #25d366;
+  color: white;
+  border: none;
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  padding: 6px 12px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  font-size: 13px;
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## 5. Código Implementado na API
+
+### 5.1 Geração da mensagem — `src/Utils/messages.ts`
+
+Quando `viewOnce: true` é passado, a mídia é encapsulada no wrapper moderno `viewOnceMessageV2` (campo 55 do proto) e o flag `viewOnce=true` é setado na mídia interna:
+
+```typescript
+if (hasOptionalProperty(message, 'viewOnce') && !!message.viewOnce) {
+    // Seta viewOnce=true na mensagem de mídia interna
+    if (m.imageMessage) m.imageMessage.viewOnce = true
+    else if (m.videoMessage) m.videoMessage.viewOnce = true
+    else if (m.audioMessage) m.audioMessage.viewOnce = true
+    // Usa viewOnceMessageV2 (campo 55) — formato atual do WA
+    m = { viewOnceMessageV2: { message: m } }
+}
+```
+
+### 5.2 Envio — `src/Socket/messages-send.ts`
+
+**Detecção de view-once real** (não confunde com botões/listas que também usam o wrapper `viewOnceMessage`):
+
+```typescript
+// Detecta view-once real pela flag viewOnce na mídia interna.
+// viewOnceMessage* wrappers são também usados por botões/listas/carrosséis
+// (que carregam interactiveMessage dentro) — esses NÃO têm viewOnce=true na mídia.
+const viewOnceInner =
+    message.viewOnceMessageV2?.message ||
+    message.viewOnceMessage?.message ||
+    message.viewOnceMessageV2Extension?.message
+const isViewOnceMsg = !!(
+    viewOnceInner?.imageMessage?.viewOnce ||
+    viewOnceInner?.videoMessage?.viewOnce ||
+    viewOnceInner?.audioMessage?.viewOnce
+)
+
+// Para view-once: DSM enviado apenas para o celular principal (device=0).
+// Companions (device>0) são omitidos — o servidor WA gera
+// <unavailable type="view_once"/> automaticamente para eles.
+const viewOnceMeRecipients = isViewOnceMsg
+    ? meRecipients.filter(jid => !jidDecode(jid)?.device)
+    : meRecipients
+
+// assertSessions apenas para quem vai realmente receber
+await assertSessions([...viewOnceMeRecipients, ...otherRecipients])
+
+const [meNodes, otherNodes] = await Promise.all([
+    createParticipantNodes(viewOnceMeRecipients, meMsg || message, extraAttrs),
+    createParticipantNodes(otherRecipients, message, extraAttrs)
+])
+participants.push(...meNodes)
+participants.push(...otherNodes)
+
+// phash recalculado com os participantes reais
+const phashRecipients = isViewOnceMsg
+    ? [...viewOnceMeRecipients, ...otherRecipients]
+    : [...meRecipients, ...otherRecipients]
+if (phashRecipients.length > 0) {
+    extraAttrs['phash'] = generateParticipantHashV2(phashRecipients)
+}
+```
+
+**`getMediaType()` — garante que vídeo e áudio view-once sejam entregues:**
+
+```typescript
+const getMediaType = (message: proto.IMessage) => {
+    // Desencapsula wrapper view-once antes de verificar o tipo de mídia.
+    // Sem isso, message.videoMessage e message.audioMessage são undefined
+    // (estão dentro do wrapper) e o atributo mediatype ficaria ausente no
+    // enc node — o servidor WA descarta silenciosamente vídeo/áudio view-once.
+    const inner =
+        message.viewOnceMessage?.message ||
+        message.viewOnceMessageV2?.message ||
+        message.viewOnceMessageV2Extension?.message
+    if (inner) {
+        return getMediaType(inner)
+    }
+
+    if (message.imageMessage) return 'image'
+    else if (message.videoMessage) return 'video'
+    // ...
+}
+```
+
+### 5.3 Recepção — `src/Utils/decode-wa-message.ts`
+
+Quando a API recebe uma view-once como companion (linked device), o servidor envia dois stanzas:
+
+- **Stanza 1** (`enc`): conteúdo completo com metadados da mídia
+- **Stanza 2** (`unavailable type="view_once"`): sinal de sync
+
+O stanza 1 é detectado e marcado corretamente:
+
+```typescript
+// Detecta view-once na stanza 1 recebida por linked device.
+// O wrapper viewOnceMessage também é usado por mensagens interativas
+// (interactiveMessage, listMessage) — esses NÃO têm viewOnce=true na mídia.
+const viewOnceInner =
+    msg.viewOnceMessage?.message ||
+    msg.viewOnceMessageV2?.message ||
+    msg.viewOnceMessageV2Extension?.message
+if (
+    viewOnceInner?.imageMessage?.viewOnce ||
+    viewOnceInner?.videoMessage?.viewOnce ||
+    viewOnceInner?.audioMessage?.viewOnce
+) {
+    fullMessage.key.isViewOnce = true
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## 6. Fluxo Completo
+
+```
+API envia view-once para destinatário
+│
+├── Protobuf gerado:
+│   viewOnceMessageV2 {
+│     message {
+│       imageMessage { viewOnce: true, url, mediaKey, ... }
+│     }
+│   }
+│
+├── Stanza enviado ao servidor WA:
+│   <message to="destinatario@s.whatsapp.net" type="media">
+│     <enc type="pkmsg">...viewOnceMessageV2 cifrado...</enc>   ← para o destinatário
+│     <participants>
+│       <to jid="meu-numero:0@lid">                             ← celular principal
+│         <enc type="msg">...DSM{viewOnceMessageV2}...</enc>
+│       </to>
+│       <!-- device>0 omitidos — servidor gera unavailable -->
+│     </participants>
+│   </message>
+│
+└── Distribuição pelo servidor:
+    ├── Destinatário      → recebe enc → abre uma vez ✅
+    ├── Celular principal → recebe DSM → mostra "você enviou" ✅
+    └── WA Web            → recebe <unavailable> → "Aguardando..." ✅
+
+
+Destinatário envia view-once de volta para a API
+│
+├── Stanza recebido pela API (stanza 1 — enc com conteúdo):
+│   <message from="destinatario@s.whatsapp.net" type="media">
+│     <enc type="msg">...viewOnceMessageV2 cifrado...</enc>
+│   </message>
+│
+├── decode-wa-message.ts:
+│   └── Descriptografa → detecta viewOnce=true → seta key.isViewOnce=true
+│
+├── Stanza recebido (stanza 2 — unavailable, ignorado):
+│   <message from="...">
+│     <unavailable type="view_once"/>
+│   </message>
+│
+└── Webhook emitido:
+    messages.upsert → msg.key.isViewOnce = true ✅
+```
+
+---
+
+## 7. Limitações
+
+| Situação | Comportamento | Motivo |
+|---|---|---|
+| **Conta hosted (Meta Business Cloud API)** | **View-once bloqueado para todos os clientes** | **Política do servidor WA para contas hosted — sem workaround** |
+| WA Web do remetente | "Aguardando mensagem. Abra no celular." | Servidor WA só aceita `<unavailable>` vindo do celular principal, não de companions |
+| View-once de documento/sticker | Não suportado | Limitação do protocolo WA — só imagem, vídeo e áudio |
+| `error_479` nos logs | Normal, não é erro | TcToken é atualizado após o envio de view-once |
+| Companion não consegue abrir | Por design | O conteúdo não é entregue para linked devices |
+
+---
+
+## 8. Checklist de Validação
+
+**Envio:**
+- [ ] Destinatário recebe com ícone de olhinho
+- [ ] Destinatário consegue abrir a mídia
+- [ ] Após abrir, a mídia some
+- [ ] Celular principal do remetente mostra "você enviou" com ícone de olhinho
+- [ ] WA Web do remetente mostra "Aguardando mensagem..."
+- [ ] Funciona para imagem, vídeo e áudio
+- [ ] Logs mostram `📤 Message sent` (error_479 é normal)
+
+**Recepção:**
+- [ ] Webhook recebe `key.isViewOnce = true`
+- [ ] `viewOnceMessageV2.message.imageMessage` (ou video/audio) está presente
+- [ ] API não crasha ao receber view-once de outro dispositivo
+- [ ] Mensagem interativa (botão/lista) enviada após view-once não é afetada

package.json

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "fflate": "^0.8.2",
     "libsignal": "github:whiskeysockets/libsignal-node",
     "lru-cache": "^11.2.6",
-    "music-metadata": "^11.12.0",
+    "music-metadata": "^11.12.3",
     "p-queue": "^9.0.0",
     "pino": "^10.3.1",
     "prom-client": "^15.1.3",

src/Defaults/baileys-version.json

@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":[2,3000,1034258243]}
+{"version":[2,3000,1038167900]}

src/Defaults/index.ts

@@ -31,9 +31,26 @@ export const STATUS_EXPIRY_SECONDS = 24 * 60 * 60
 export const PLACEHOLDER_MAX_AGE_SECONDS = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60
 
 export const NOISE_MODE = 'Noise_XX_25519_AESGCM_SHA256\0\0\0\0'
-export const DICT_VERSION = 3
+
+/**
+ * Protocol mode: 'web' (default) or 'native' (experimental)
+ * - web: WA\x06\x03 — standard WhatsApp Web protocol
+ * - native: WAM\x05 — native Android protocol (may enable view-once media on companions)
+ *
+ * Set via BAILEYS_PROTOCOL env var:
+ *   BAILEYS_PROTOCOL=native
+ */
+const PROTOCOL_MODE = process.env.BAILEYS_PROTOCOL?.trim().toLowerCase() === 'native' ? 'native' : 'web'
+
+export const DICT_VERSION = PROTOCOL_MODE === 'native' ? 5 : 3
 export const KEY_BUNDLE_TYPE = Buffer.from([5])
-export const NOISE_WA_HEADER = Buffer.from([87, 65, 6, DICT_VERSION]) // last is "DICT_VERSION"
+
+// WA\x06\x03 = web protocol, WAM\x05 = native Android protocol
+export const NOISE_WA_HEADER = PROTOCOL_MODE === 'native'
+	? Buffer.from([87, 65, 77, DICT_VERSION]) // WAM\x05
+	: Buffer.from([87, 65, 6, DICT_VERSION])  // WA\x06\x03
+
+export { PROTOCOL_MODE }
 /** from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3809401/what-is-a-good-regular-expression-to-match-a-url */
 export const URL_REGEX = /https:\/\/(?![^:@\/\s]+:[^:@\/\s]+@)[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}(:\d+)?(\/[^\s]*)?/g
 
@@ -56,10 +73,33 @@ export const PROCESSABLE_HISTORY_TYPES = [
 // 6 hours in milliseconds
 const SIX_HOURS_MS = 6 * 60 * 60 * 1000
 
+/**
+ * Resolves the default browser tuple from the BAILEYS_BROWSER env var.
+ * Default: Android companion (SMB_ANDROID) — matches upstream PR #2201.
+ * Pair code auto-detects Android and falls back to Chrome in socket.ts.
+ *
+ *   unset / 'android'    → Browsers.android('14')
+ *   'android:15'         → Browsers.android('15')
+ *   'chrome' / 'macos'   → Browsers.macOS('Chrome')
+ */
+const resolveDefaultBrowser = (): [string, string, string] => {
+	const env = process.env.BAILEYS_BROWSER?.trim().toLowerCase()
+	if (env === 'chrome' || env === 'macos') {
+		return Browsers.macOS('Chrome')
+	}
+
+	if (env?.startsWith('android:')) {
+		const apiLevel = env.split(':')[1] || '14'
+		return Browsers.android(apiLevel)
+	}
+
+	return Browsers.android('14')
+}
+
 export const DEFAULT_CONNECTION_CONFIG: SocketConfig = {
 	version: version as WAVersion,
 	versionCheckIntervalMs: SIX_HOURS_MS,
-	browser: Browsers.macOS('Chrome'),
+	browser: resolveDefaultBrowser(),
 	waWebSocketUrl: 'wss://web.whatsapp.com/ws/chat',
 	connectTimeoutMs: 20_000,
 	keepAliveIntervalMs: 15_000,
@@ -67,7 +107,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_CONNECTION_CONFIG: SocketConfig = {
 	emitOwnEvents: true,
 	defaultQueryTimeoutMs: 30_000,
 	customUploadHosts: [],
-	retryRequestDelayMs: 250,
+	retryRequestDelayMs: 150,
 	maxMsgRetryCount: 5,
 	fireInitQueries: true,
 	auth: undefined as unknown as AuthenticationState,
@@ -78,7 +118,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_CONNECTION_CONFIG: SocketConfig = {
 	shouldSyncHistoryMessage: () => true,
 	shouldIgnoreJid: () => false,
 	linkPreviewImageThumbnailWidth: 192,
-	transactionOpts: { maxCommitRetries: 10, delayBetweenTriesMs: 3000 },
+	transactionOpts: { maxCommitRetries: 10, delayBetweenTriesMs: 1000 },
 	generateHighQualityLinkPreview: false,
 	enableAutoSessionRecreation: true,
 	enableRecentMessageCache: true,
@@ -131,7 +171,20 @@ export const MEDIA_PATH_MAP: { [T in MediaType]?: string } = {
 	'md-msg-hist': '/mms/md-app-state',
 	'biz-cover-photo': '/pps/biz-cover-photo',
 	'sticker-pack': '/mms/sticker-pack',
-	'thumbnail-sticker-pack': '/mms/thumbnail-sticker-pack'
+	'thumbnail-sticker-pack': '/mms/thumbnail-sticker-pack',
+	// View-once types — same upload path as regular media (server CDN routing TBD)
+	'viewonce-image': '/mms/image',
+	'viewonce-video': '/mms/video',
+	'viewonce-audio': '/mms/audio'
+}
+
+export const NEWSLETTER_MEDIA_PATH_MAP: { [T in MediaType]?: string } = {
+	image: '/newsletter/newsletter-image',
+	video: '/newsletter/newsletter-video',
+	document: '/newsletter/newsletter-document',
+	audio: '/newsletter/newsletter-audio',
+	sticker: '/newsletter/newsletter-image',
+	'thumbnail-link': '/newsletter/newsletter-image'
 }
 
 export const MEDIA_HKDF_KEY_MAPPING = {
@@ -155,7 +208,11 @@ export const MEDIA_HKDF_KEY_MAPPING = {
 	ptv: 'Video',
 	'biz-cover-photo': 'Image',
 	'sticker-pack': 'Sticker Pack',
-	'thumbnail-sticker-pack': 'Sticker Pack Thumbnail'
+	'thumbnail-sticker-pack': 'Sticker Pack Thumbnail',
+	// View-once types — same HKDF keys as regular types (recipients decrypt with normal keys)
+	'viewonce-image': 'Image',
+	'viewonce-video': 'Video',
+	'viewonce-audio': 'Audio'
 }
 
 export type MediaType = keyof typeof MEDIA_HKDF_KEY_MAPPING
@@ -165,10 +222,12 @@ export const MEDIA_KEYS = Object.keys(MEDIA_PATH_MAP) as MediaType[]
 /** 120s timeout for history sync stall detection, same as WA Web's handleChunkProgress / restartPausedTimer (g = 120) */
 export const HISTORY_SYNC_PAUSED_TIMEOUT_MS = 120_000
 
-export const MIN_PREKEY_COUNT = 5
+// Replenishment threshold: when server count drops below this, top-up back to INITIAL_PREKEY_COUNT
+export const MIN_PREKEY_COUNT = 200
 
-// Moderate prekey count (upstream uses 812, reduced to balance rate limiting and availability)
-export const INITIAL_PREKEY_COUNT = 200
+// Initial pool size matching WA Business (CDP IDB capture: prekey-store = 812 on registration)
+// Rounded to 800 for cleanliness; replenishment always tops up to this value
+export const INITIAL_PREKEY_COUNT = 800
 
 export const UPLOAD_TIMEOUT = 30000 // 30 seconds
 // Moderate upload interval to balance rate limiting and responsiveness (was 5000)

src/Signal/libsignal.ts

@@ -302,6 +302,25 @@ export function makeLibSignalRepository(
 	// Promise instead of each spawning their own DB transactions.
 	const migrationInFlight = new Map<string, Promise<{ migrated: number; skipped: number; total: number }>>()
 
+	// Resolve PN JID to its canonical LID JID for transaction locking.
+	// This prevents PN/LID race conditions where concurrent operations for the
+	// same logical contact acquire different mutex locks because one uses PN
+	// and the other uses LID. (Aligned with WABA behavior — all operations use LID internally.)
+	const resolveCanonicalJid = async(jid: string): Promise<string> => {
+		if (isAnyLidUser(jid)) {
+			return jid
+		}
+
+		if (isAnyPnUser(jid)) {
+			const lid = await lidMapping.getLIDForPN(jid)
+			if (lid) {
+				return lid
+			}
+		}
+
+		return jid
+	}
+
 	const repository: SignalRepositoryWithLIDStore = {
 		decryptGroupMessage({ group, authorJid, msg }) {
 			const senderName = jidToSignalSenderKeyName(group, authorJid)
@@ -396,23 +415,24 @@ export function makeLibSignalRepository(
 				return result
 			}
 
-			// If it's not a sync message, we need to ensure atomicity
-			// For regular messages, we use a transaction to ensure atomicity
+			// Use canonical JID (PN→LID resolved) as transaction key to prevent
+			// PN/LID race conditions on the same logical session.
+			const canonicalJid = await resolveCanonicalJid(jid)
 			return parsedKeys.transaction(async () => {
 				return await doDecrypt()
-			}, jid)
+			}, canonicalJid)
 		},
 
 		async encryptMessage({ jid, data }) {
 			const addr = jidToSignalProtocolAddress(jid)
 			const cipher = new libsignal.SessionCipher(storage, addr)
 
-			// Use transaction to ensure atomicity
+			const canonicalJid = await resolveCanonicalJid(jid)
 			return parsedKeys.transaction(async () => {
 				const { type: sigType, body } = await cipher.encrypt(data)
 				const type = sigType === 3 ? 'pkmsg' : 'msg'
 				return { type, ciphertext: Buffer.from(body, 'binary') }
-			}, jid)
+			}, canonicalJid)
 		},
 
 		async encryptGroupMessage({ group, meId, data }) {
@@ -654,9 +674,10 @@ export function makeLibSignalRepository(
 								// Session exists (guaranteed from device discovery)
 								const fromSession = libsignal.SessionRecord.deserialize(pnSession)
 								if (fromSession.haveOpenSession()) {
-									// Queue for bulk update: copy to LID, delete from PN
+									// Queue for bulk update: copy to LID, retain PN session.
+									// WABA retains both PN and LID sessions during migration to avoid
+									// No Session errors if messages arrive via PN before migration completes.
 									sessionUpdates[lidAddrStr] = fromSession.serialize()
-									sessionUpdates[pnAddrStr] = null
 
 									migratedCount++
 								}
@@ -776,6 +797,13 @@ function signalStorage(
 		return id
 	}
 
+	// Delayed PreKey deletion: grace period to handle race conditions
+	// where two pkmsg with the same preKeyId arrive nearly simultaneously.
+	// WABA deletes immediately (33ms), but we add a 5-min grace period
+	// because we can't handle "Invalid PreKey ID" errors at the native level.
+	const PREKEY_GRACE_PERIOD_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000 // 5 minutes
+	const pendingPreKeyDeletions = new Map<string, ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>>()
+
 	return {
 		loadSession: async (id: string) => {
 			try {
@@ -808,7 +836,26 @@ function signalStorage(
 				}
 			}
 		},
-		removePreKey: (id: number) => keys.set({ 'pre-key': { [id]: null } }),
+		removePreKey: (id: number) => {
+			const keyId = id.toString()
+			// Clear any existing timer for this key
+			const existing = pendingPreKeyDeletions.get(keyId)
+			if (existing) {
+				clearTimeout(existing)
+			}
+
+			// Schedule deletion after grace period
+			const timer = setTimeout(async () => {
+				pendingPreKeyDeletions.delete(keyId)
+				try {
+					await keys.set({ 'pre-key': { [id]: null } })
+				} catch {
+					// Keystore may be destroyed if connection closed — safe to ignore
+				}
+			}, PREKEY_GRACE_PERIOD_MS)
+
+			pendingPreKeyDeletions.set(keyId, timer)
+		},
 		loadSignedPreKey: () => {
 			const key = creds.signedPreKey
 			return {
@@ -898,14 +945,24 @@ function signalStorage(
 					// IDENTITY KEY CHANGED - contact reinstalled WhatsApp or switched devices
 					const previousFingerprint = generateKeyFingerprint(existingKey)
 
-					// Delete old session and save new identity key atomically
+					// Delete old session and save new identity key atomically.
+					// Store identity in BOTH LID and PN addresses (WABA stores in both
+					// recipient_account_type=0 and type=1 with CONFLICT_REPLACE).
+					const identityUpdates: Record<string, Uint8Array> = { [wireJid]: identityKey }
+					if (wireJid !== id) {
+						identityUpdates[id] = identityKey
+					}
+
 					await keys.set({
 						session: { [wireJid]: null },
-						'identity-key': { [wireJid]: identityKey }
+						'identity-key': identityUpdates
 					})
 
-					// Update cache
+					// Update cache for both addresses
 					identityKeyCache.set(wireJid, identityKey)
+					if (wireJid !== id) {
+						identityKeyCache.set(id, identityKey)
+					}
 
 					// Record metrics
 					metrics.signalIdentityChanges?.inc({ type: 'changed' })
@@ -941,10 +998,19 @@ function signalStorage(
 
 				if (!existingKey) {
 					// NEW CONTACT - Trust On First Use (TOFU)
-					await keys.set({ 'identity-key': { [wireJid]: identityKey } })
+					// Store in both LID and PN addresses (aligned with WABA dual identity storage)
+					const identityUpdates: Record<string, Uint8Array> = { [wireJid]: identityKey }
+					if (wireJid !== id) {
+						identityUpdates[id] = identityKey
+					}
 
-					// Update cache
+					await keys.set({ 'identity-key': identityUpdates })
+
+					// Update cache for both addresses
 					identityKeyCache.set(wireJid, identityKey)
+					if (wireJid !== id) {
+						identityKeyCache.set(id, identityKey)
+					}
 
 					// Record metrics
 					metrics.signalIdentityChanges?.inc({ type: 'new' })

src/Socket/chats.ts

@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ import {
 	isMissingKeyError,
 	MAX_SYNC_ATTEMPTS,
 	newLTHashState,
-	processSyncAction
+	processSyncAction,
+	resolveLidToPn
 } from '../Utils'
 import { makeKeyedMutex, makeMutex } from '../Utils/make-mutex'
 import processMessage from '../Utils/process-message'
@@ -97,19 +98,37 @@ export const makeChatsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 
 	let privacySettings: { [_: string]: string } | undefined
 
+	/**
+	 * Server-assigned AB props that gate tctoken-related protocol behavior.
+	 * Defaults match WA Web (safe — avoids spurious error 463 if the prop never
+	 * arrives). Populated from `fetchProps()` on connection.
+	 *
+	 * - `privacyTokenOn1to1` (AB prop 10518 / `privacy_token_sending_on_all_1_on_1_messages`):
+	 *    include tctoken in 1:1 messages.
+	 * - `profilePicPrivacyToken` (AB prop 9666 / `profile_scraping_privacy_token_in_photo_iq`):
+	 *    include tctoken in profile picture IQs.
+	 * - `lidTrustedTokenIssueToLid` (AB prop 14303 / `lid_trusted_token_issue_to_lid`):
+	 *    issue privacy tokens to the contact's LID instead of the PN.
+	 */
+	const serverProps = {
+		privacyTokenOn1to1: true,
+		profilePicPrivacyToken: true,
+		lidTrustedTokenIssueToLid: false
+	}
+
 	let syncState: SyncState = SyncState.Connecting
 
 	/** this mutex ensures that messages from the same chat are processed in order, while allowing parallel processing of messages from different chats */
 	const messageMutex = makeKeyedMutex()
 
-	/** this mutex ensures that receipts are processed in order */
-	const receiptMutex = makeMutex()
+	/** this mutex ensures that receipts from the same chat are processed in order, while allowing parallel processing across chats */
+	const receiptMutex = makeKeyedMutex()
 
 	/** this mutex ensures that app state patches are processed in order */
 	const appStatePatchMutex = makeMutex()
 
-	/** this mutex ensures that notifications are processed in order */
-	const notificationMutex = makeMutex()
+	/** this mutex ensures that notifications from the same chat are processed in order, while allowing parallel processing across chats */
+	const notificationMutex = makeKeyedMutex()
 
 	// Timeout for AwaitingInitialSync state
 	let awaitingSyncTimeout: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined
@@ -757,9 +776,16 @@ export const makeChatsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 			}, authState?.creds?.me?.id || 'resync-app-state')
 
 			const { onMutation } = newAppStateChunkHandler(isInitialSync)
+			const lidMapping = signalRepository.lidMapping
 			for (const key in globalMutationMap) {
 				const mutation = globalMutationMap[key]
 				if (!mutation) continue
+				// Normalize LID→PN in sync action index[1] (chat/contact ID)
+				if (mutation.index[1] && isAnyLidUser(mutation.index[1])) {
+					const resolved = await resolveLidToPn(mutation.index[1], lidMapping, logger)
+					if (resolved) mutation.index[1] = resolved
+				}
+
 				onMutation(mutation)
 			}
 		}
@@ -783,7 +809,10 @@ export const makeChatsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 			me && (normalizedJid === jidNormalizedUser(me.id) || (me.lid && normalizedJid === jidNormalizedUser(me.lid)))
 		let content: BinaryNode[] | undefined = baseContent
 
-		if (isUserJid && !isSelf) {
+		// Gate inclusion on AB prop 9666 (profile_scraping_privacy_token_in_photo_iq).
+		// WA Web defaults to true; if the server flips it off, we mirror that to
+		// avoid divergence with the spec-compliant client.
+		if (serverProps.profilePicPrivacyToken && isUserJid && !isSelf) {
 			content = await buildTcTokenFromJid({
 				authState,
 				jid: normalizedJid,
@@ -912,16 +941,16 @@ export const makeChatsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		})
 	}
 
-	const handlePresenceUpdate = ({ tag, attrs, content }: BinaryNode) => {
+	const handlePresenceUpdate = async ({ tag, attrs, content }: BinaryNode) => {
 		let presence: PresenceData | undefined
-		const jid = attrs.from
-		const participant = attrs.participant || attrs.from
-		if (!jid) {
+		const rawJid = attrs.from
+		const rawParticipant = attrs.participant || attrs.from
+		if (!rawJid) {
 			logger.warn({ attrs }, 'handlePresenceUpdate: jid (attrs.from) is missing, skipping')
 			return
 		}
 
-		if (shouldIgnoreJid(jid) && jid !== S_WHATSAPP_NET) {
+		if (shouldIgnoreJid(rawJid) && rawJid !== S_WHATSAPP_NET) {
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -933,7 +962,7 @@ export const makeChatsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		} else if (Array.isArray(content)) {
 			const [firstChild] = content
 			if (!firstChild) {
-				logger.warn({ jid }, 'handlePresenceUpdate: firstChild content is empty, skipping')
+				logger.warn({ jid: rawJid }, 'handlePresenceUpdate: firstChild content is empty, skipping')
 				return
 			}
 
@@ -952,12 +981,19 @@ export const makeChatsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		}
 
 		if (presence) {
-			if (!participant) {
-				logger.warn({ jid }, 'handlePresenceUpdate: participant is missing, skipping')
+			if (!rawParticipant) {
+				logger.warn({ jid: rawJid }, 'handlePresenceUpdate: participant is missing, skipping')
 				return
 			}
 
-			ev.emit('presence.update', { id: jid, presences: { [participant]: presence } })
+			// Resolve LID→PN so consumers always see phone-number JIDs
+			const lidMapping = signalRepository.lidMapping
+			const [jid, participant] = await Promise.all([
+				resolveLidToPn(rawJid, lidMapping, logger),
+				resolveLidToPn(rawParticipant, lidMapping, logger)
+			])
+
+			ev.emit('presence.update', { id: jid!, presences: { [participant!]: presence } })
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1031,28 +1067,35 @@ export const makeChatsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 				undefined,
 				logger
 			)
+			const lidMapping = signalRepository.lidMapping
 			for (const key in mutationMap) {
-				onMutation(mutationMap[key]!)
+				const mutation = mutationMap[key]!
+				// Normalize LID→PN in sync action index[1] (chat/contact ID)
+				if (mutation.index[1] && isAnyLidUser(mutation.index[1])) {
+					const resolved = await resolveLidToPn(mutation.index[1], lidMapping, logger)
+					if (resolved) mutation.index[1] = resolved
+				}
+
+				onMutation(mutation)
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	/** sending non-abt props may fix QR scan fail if server expects */
+	/** fetch AB props */
 	const fetchProps = async () => {
-		//TODO: implement both protocol 1 and protocol 2 prop fetching, specially for abKey for WM
 		const resultNode = await query({
 			tag: 'iq',
 			attrs: {
 				to: S_WHATSAPP_NET,
-				xmlns: 'w',
+				xmlns: 'abt',
 				type: 'get'
 			},
 			content: [
 				{
 					tag: 'props',
 					attrs: {
-						protocol: '2',
-						hash: authState?.creds?.lastPropHash || ''
+						protocol: '1',
+						...(authState?.creds?.lastPropHash ? { hash: authState.creds.lastPropHash } : {})
 					}
 				}
 			]
@@ -1071,7 +1114,25 @@ export const makeChatsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 			props = reduceBinaryNodeToDictionary(propsNode, 'prop')
 		}
 
-		logger.debug('fetched props')
+		// Extract protocol-relevant AB props (defaults match WA Web; see serverProps doc).
+		// We accept both numeric IDs and human-readable names so the parser is resilient
+		// to upstream renaming and to future-versioned WA Web servers.
+		const privacyTokenProp = props['10518'] ?? props['privacy_token_sending_on_all_1_on_1_messages']
+		if (privacyTokenProp !== undefined) {
+			serverProps.privacyTokenOn1to1 = privacyTokenProp === 'true' || privacyTokenProp === '1'
+		}
+
+		const profilePicProp = props['9666'] ?? props['profile_scraping_privacy_token_in_photo_iq']
+		if (profilePicProp !== undefined) {
+			serverProps.profilePicPrivacyToken = profilePicProp === 'true' || profilePicProp === '1'
+		}
+
+		const lidIssueProp = props['14303'] ?? props['lid_trusted_token_issue_to_lid']
+		if (lidIssueProp !== undefined) {
+			serverProps.lidTrustedTokenIssueToLid = lidIssueProp === 'true' || lidIssueProp === '1'
+		}
+
+		logger.debug({ serverProps }, 'fetched props')
 
 		return props
 	}
@@ -1376,8 +1437,12 @@ export const makeChatsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		}
 	})
 
-	ws.on('CB:presence', handlePresenceUpdate)
-	ws.on('CB:chatstate', handlePresenceUpdate)
+	ws.on('CB:presence', (node: BinaryNode) => {
+		handlePresenceUpdate(node).catch(err => onUnexpectedError(err, 'handling presence update'))
+	})
+	ws.on('CB:chatstate', (node: BinaryNode) => {
+		handlePresenceUpdate(node).catch(err => onUnexpectedError(err, 'handling chatstate update'))
+	})
 
 	ws.on('CB:ib,,dirty', async (node: BinaryNode) => {
 		const { attrs } = getBinaryNodeChild(node, 'dirty')!
@@ -1495,7 +1560,7 @@ export const makeChatsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 
 		awaitingSyncTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
 			if (syncState === SyncState.AwaitingInitialSync) {
-				logger.warn('Timeout in AwaitingInitialSync (4s), forcing state to Online and flushing buffer')
+				logger.warn('Timeout in AwaitingInitialSync (2s), forcing state to Online and flushing buffer')
 				syncState = SyncState.Online
 				ev.flush()
 
@@ -1505,7 +1570,7 @@ export const makeChatsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 				const accountSyncCounter = (authState.creds.accountSyncCounter || 0) + 1
 				ev.emit('creds.update', { accountSyncCounter })
 			}
-		}, 4_000)
+		}, 2_000)
 	})
 
 	// When an app state sync key arrives (myAppStateKeyId is set) and there are
@@ -1585,6 +1650,7 @@ export const makeChatsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 
 	return {
 		...sock,
+		serverProps,
 		createCallLink,
 		getBotListV2,
 		messageMutex,

src/Socket/groups.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { proto } from '../../WAProto/index.js'
 import type { GroupMetadata, GroupParticipant, ParticipantAction, SocketConfig, WAMessageKey } from '../Types'
 import { WAMessageAddressingMode, WAMessageStubType } from '../Types'
-import { generateMessageIDV2, unixTimestampSeconds } from '../Utils'
+import { generateMessageIDV2, resolveLidToPn, unixTimestampSeconds } from '../Utils'
 import {
 	type BinaryNode,
 	getBinaryNodeChild,
@@ -17,6 +17,43 @@ import { makeChatsSocket } from './chats'
 export const makeGroupsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 	const sock = makeChatsSocket(config)
 	const { authState, ev, query, upsertMessage } = sock
+	const { signalRepository } = sock
+	const { logger } = config
+
+	/** Normalize group metadata participant IDs from LID to PN */
+	const normalizeGroupMetadata = async (metadata: GroupMetadata): Promise<GroupMetadata> => {
+		const lidMapping = signalRepository.lidMapping
+
+		// Resolve all participant LIDs in parallel for better performance on large groups
+		await Promise.all(metadata.participants.map(async (p) => {
+			if (isLidUser(p.id)) {
+				if (p.phoneNumber) {
+					p.lid = p.id
+					p.id = p.phoneNumber
+				} else {
+					const resolved = await resolveLidToPn(p.id, lidMapping, logger)
+					if (resolved && resolved !== p.id) {
+						p.lid = p.id
+						p.id = resolved
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}))
+
+		// Normalize owner/subjectOwner if LID (parallel)
+		const [resolvedOwner, resolvedSubjectOwner] = await Promise.all([
+			metadata.owner && isLidUser(metadata.owner)
+				? (metadata.ownerPn || resolveLidToPn(metadata.owner, lidMapping, logger))
+				: null,
+			metadata.subjectOwner && isLidUser(metadata.subjectOwner)
+				? (metadata.subjectOwnerPn || resolveLidToPn(metadata.subjectOwner, lidMapping, logger))
+				: null
+		])
+		if (resolvedOwner) metadata.owner = resolvedOwner
+		if (resolvedSubjectOwner) metadata.subjectOwner = resolvedSubjectOwner
+
+		return metadata
+	}
 
 	const groupQuery = async (jid: string, type: 'get' | 'set', content: BinaryNode[]) =>
 		query({
@@ -31,7 +68,7 @@ export const makeGroupsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 
 	const groupMetadata = async (jid: string) => {
 		const result = await groupQuery(jid, 'get', [{ tag: 'query', attrs: { request: 'interactive' } }])
-		return extractGroupMetadata(result)
+		return normalizeGroupMetadata(extractGroupMetadata(result))
 	}
 
 	const groupFetchAllParticipating = async () => {
@@ -58,16 +95,15 @@ export const makeGroupsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		if (groupsChild) {
 			const groups = getBinaryNodeChildren(groupsChild, 'group')
 			for (const groupNode of groups) {
-				const meta = extractGroupMetadata({
+				const meta = await normalizeGroupMetadata(extractGroupMetadata({
 					tag: 'result',
 					attrs: {},
 					content: [groupNode]
-				})
+				}))
 				data[meta.id] = meta
 			}
 		}
 
-		// TODO: properly parse LID / PN DATA
 		sock.ev.emit('groups.update', Object.values(data))
 
 		return data
@@ -101,7 +137,7 @@ export const makeGroupsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 					}))
 				}
 			])
-			return extractGroupMetadata(result)
+			return normalizeGroupMetadata(extractGroupMetadata(result))
 		},
 		groupLeave: async (id: string) => {
 			await groupQuery('@g.us', 'set', [
@@ -277,7 +313,7 @@ export const makeGroupsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		),
 		groupGetInviteInfo: async (code: string) => {
 			const results = await groupQuery('@g.us', 'get', [{ tag: 'invite', attrs: { code } }])
-			return extractGroupMetadata(results)
+			return normalizeGroupMetadata(extractGroupMetadata(results))
 		},
 		groupToggleEphemeral: async (jid: string, ephemeralExpiration: number) => {
 			const content: BinaryNode = ephemeralExpiration
@@ -307,11 +343,13 @@ export const extractGroupMetadata = (result: BinaryNode) => {
 	let descId: string | undefined
 	let descOwner: string | undefined
 	let descOwnerPn: string | undefined
+	let descOwnerUsername: string | undefined
 	let descTime: number | undefined
 	if (descChild) {
 		desc = getBinaryNodeChildString(descChild, 'body')
 		descOwner = descChild.attrs.participant ? jidNormalizedUser(descChild.attrs.participant) : undefined
 		descOwnerPn = descChild.attrs.participant_pn ? jidNormalizedUser(descChild.attrs.participant_pn) : undefined
+		descOwnerUsername = descChild.attrs.participant_username || undefined
 		descTime = +descChild.attrs.t!
 		descId = descChild.attrs.id
 	}
@@ -326,16 +364,19 @@ export const extractGroupMetadata = (result: BinaryNode) => {
 		subject: group.attrs.subject!,
 		subjectOwner: group.attrs.s_o,
 		subjectOwnerPn: group.attrs.s_o_pn,
+		subjectOwnerUsername: group.attrs.s_o_username,
 		subjectTime: +(group.attrs.s_t ?? '0'),
 		size: group.attrs.size ? +group.attrs.size : getBinaryNodeChildren(group, 'participant').length,
 		creation: +(group.attrs.creation ?? '0'),
 		owner: group.attrs.creator ? jidNormalizedUser(group.attrs.creator) : undefined,
 		ownerPn: group.attrs.creator_pn ? jidNormalizedUser(group.attrs.creator_pn) : undefined,
+		ownerUsername: group.attrs.creator_username || undefined,
 		owner_country_code: group.attrs.creator_country_code,
 		desc,
 		descId,
 		descOwner,
 		descOwnerPn,
+		descOwnerUsername,
 		descTime,
 		linkedParent: getBinaryNodeChild(group, 'linked_parent')?.attrs.jid || undefined,
 		restrict: !!getBinaryNodeChild(group, 'locked'),
@@ -350,6 +391,7 @@ export const extractGroupMetadata = (result: BinaryNode) => {
 				id: attrs.jid!,
 				phoneNumber: isLidUser(attrs.jid) && isPnUser(attrs.phone_number) ? attrs.phone_number : undefined,
 				lid: isPnUser(attrs.jid) && isLidUser(attrs.lid) ? attrs.lid : undefined,
+				username: attrs.participant_username || attrs.username || undefined,
 				admin: (attrs.type || null) as GroupParticipant['admin']
 			}
 		}),

src/Socket/messages-send.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { randomBytes } from 'crypto'
 import NodeCache from '@cacheable/node-cache'
 import { Boom } from '@hapi/boom'
 import { proto } from '../../WAProto/index.js'
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import type {
 	AlbumMessageOptions,
 	AlbumSendResult,
 	AnyMessageContent,
+	LIDMapping,
 	MediaConnInfo,
 	MessageReceiptType,
 	MessageRelayOptions,
@@ -44,7 +46,10 @@ import { makeKeyedMutex } from '../Utils/make-mutex'
 import { metrics, recordMessageFailure, recordMessageSent } from '../Utils/prometheus-metrics'
 import { getMessageReportingToken, shouldIncludeReportingToken } from '../Utils/reporting-utils'
 import {
+	buildMergedTcTokenIndexWrite,
+	isRegularUser,
 	isTcTokenExpired,
+	resolveIssuanceJid,
 	resolveTcTokenJid,
 	shouldSendNewTcToken,
 	storeTcTokensFromIqResult
@@ -123,6 +128,15 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 	// Tracks JIDs with an in-flight getPrivacyTokens IQ to avoid duplicate concurrent fetches
 	const tcTokenFetchingJids = new Set<string>()
 
+	/**
+	 * Set of tctoken storage JIDs with a fire-and-forget `issuePrivacyTokens` IQ in flight.
+	 * Distinct from `tcTokenFetchingJids` (which dedupes inbound *fetches* of the peer's
+	 * token). Prevents duplicate IQs when a caller fires several rapid back-to-back sends
+	 * to the same contact before `senderTimestamp` persists. Entries are always removed
+	 * in `.finally()`, so the set is bounded by current concurrency.
+	 */
+	const inFlightTcTokenIssuance = new Set<string>()
+
 	let mediaConn: Promise<MediaConnInfo>
 	const refreshMediaConn = async (forceGet = false) => {
 		const media = await mediaConn
@@ -337,6 +351,33 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 				}
 			}
 
+			// 4th LID→PN source: device-list entries sharing the same raw_id
+			// WA Business uses this for accounts where HistorySync sends zero phoneNumberToLidMappings
+			const allEntries = [...result.list, ...result.sideList]
+			const rawIdMap = new Map<number, { pn?: string; lid?: string }>()
+			for (const item of allEntries) {
+				if (typeof item.rawId !== 'number' || isNaN(item.rawId)) continue
+				const decoded = jidDecode(item.id)
+				if (!decoded) continue
+				const entry = rawIdMap.get(item.rawId) || {}
+				if (decoded.server === 'lid' || decoded.server === 'hosted.lid') {
+					entry.lid = item.id
+				} else if (decoded.server === 's.whatsapp.net' || decoded.server === 'c.us') {
+					entry.pn = item.id
+				}
+				rawIdMap.set(item.rawId, entry)
+			}
+			const rawIdMappings: LIDMapping[] = []
+			for (const { pn, lid } of rawIdMap.values()) {
+				if (pn && lid) {
+					rawIdMappings.push({ lid: jidNormalizedUser(lid), pn: jidNormalizedUser(pn) })
+				}
+			}
+			if (rawIdMappings.length > 0) {
+				await signalRepository.lidMapping.storeLIDPNMappings(rawIdMappings)
+				logger.debug({ count: rawIdMappings.length }, 'stored LID-PN mappings from raw_id pairing')
+			}
+
 			const meId = authState.creds.me?.id
 			if (!meId) throw new Boom('Not authenticated', { statusCode: 401 })
 			const meLid = authState.creds.me?.lid || ''
@@ -507,6 +548,38 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		return didFetchNewSession
 	}
 
+	const canonicalizeCarouselRecipients = async (recipientJids: string[]): Promise<string[]> => {
+		if (!recipientJids.length) {
+			return recipientJids
+		}
+
+		const pnRecipients = [...new Set(recipientJids.filter(jid => isAnyPnUser(jid)))]
+		if (!pnRecipients.length) {
+			return recipientJids
+		}
+
+		const mappings = (await signalRepository.lidMapping.getLIDsForPNs(pnRecipients)) || []
+		if (!mappings.length) {
+			logger.debug({ recipientCount: recipientJids.length }, '[CAROUSEL] No PN→LID recipient mappings found')
+			return recipientJids
+		}
+
+		const pnToLid = new Map(mappings.map(item => [item.pn, item.lid]))
+		const mapped = recipientJids.map(jid => pnToLid.get(jid) || jid)
+		const changed = mapped.filter((jid, index) => jid !== recipientJids[index]).length
+
+		logger.info(
+			{
+				recipientCount: recipientJids.length,
+				pnRecipients: pnRecipients.length,
+				mappedRecipients: changed
+			},
+			'[CAROUSEL] Canonicalized recipient addressing to LID before session assert/encrypt'
+		)
+
+		return mapped
+	}
+
 	const sendPeerDataOperationMessage = async (
 		pdoMessage: proto.Message.IPeerDataOperationRequestMessage
 	): Promise<string> => {
@@ -541,6 +614,82 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		return msgId
 	}
 
+	const resolveDsmMessageForRecipient = (
+		jid: string,
+		patchedMessage: proto.IMessage,
+		dsmMessage: proto.IMessage | undefined,
+		meId: string,
+		meLid: string | undefined,
+		meLidUser: string | null | undefined
+	) => {
+		if (!dsmMessage) {
+			return patchedMessage
+		}
+
+		const { user: targetUser } = jidDecode(jid)!
+		const { user: ownPnUser } = jidDecode(meId)!
+		const isOwnUser = targetUser === ownPnUser || (meLidUser && targetUser === meLidUser)
+		const isExactSenderDevice = jid === meId || (meLid && jid === meLid)
+
+		if (isOwnUser && !isExactSenderDevice) {
+			logger.debug({ jid, targetUser }, 'Using DSM for own device')
+			return dsmMessage
+		}
+
+		return patchedMessage
+	}
+
+	const encryptPatchedMessageForRecipient = async ({
+		jid,
+		patchedMessage,
+		dsmMessage,
+		meId,
+		meLid,
+		meLidUser,
+		extraAttrs,
+		onPkmsg
+	}: {
+		jid: string
+		patchedMessage: proto.IMessage
+		dsmMessage: proto.IMessage | undefined
+		meId: string
+		meLid: string | undefined
+		meLidUser: string | null | undefined
+		extraAttrs: BinaryNode['attrs'] | undefined
+		onPkmsg: () => void
+	}) => {
+		if (!jid) return null
+
+		try {
+			const msgToEncrypt = resolveDsmMessageForRecipient(jid, patchedMessage, dsmMessage, meId, meLid, meLidUser)
+			const bytes = encodeWAMessage(msgToEncrypt)
+			const mutexKey = jid
+
+			return await encryptionMutex.mutex(mutexKey, async () => {
+				const { type, ciphertext } = await signalRepository.encryptMessage({ jid, data: bytes })
+
+				if (type === 'pkmsg') {
+					onPkmsg()
+				}
+
+				return {
+					tag: 'to',
+					attrs: { jid },
+					content: [
+						{
+							tag: 'enc',
+							attrs: { v: '2', type, ...(extraAttrs || {}) },
+							content: ciphertext
+						}
+					]
+				} as BinaryNode
+			})
+		} catch (err) {
+			logger.error({ jid, err }, 'Failed to encrypt for recipient')
+			return null
+		}
+	}
+
 	const createParticipantNodes = async (
 		recipientJids: string[],
 		message: proto.IMessage,
@@ -560,58 +709,23 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		const meId = authState.creds.me?.id
 		if (!meId) throw new Boom('Not authenticated', { statusCode: 401 })
 		const meLid = authState.creds.me?.lid
-		const meLidUser = meLid ? jidDecode(meLid)?.user : null
+		const meLidUser = meLid ? (jidDecode(meLid)?.user ?? null) : null
+		const onPkmsg = () => {
+			shouldIncludeDeviceIdentity = true
+		}
 
 		const encryptionPromises = (patchedMessages as { recipientJid: string; message: proto.IMessage }[]).map(
-			async ({ recipientJid: jid, message: patchedMessage }: { recipientJid: string; message: proto.IMessage }) => {
-				try {
-					if (!jid) return null
-
-					let msgToEncrypt = patchedMessage
-
-					if (dsmMessage) {
-						const { user: targetUser } = jidDecode(jid)!
-						const { user: ownPnUser } = jidDecode(meId)!
-						const ownLidUser = meLidUser
-
-						const isOwnUser = targetUser === ownPnUser || (ownLidUser && targetUser === ownLidUser)
-						const isExactSenderDevice = jid === meId || (meLid && jid === meLid)
-
-						if (isOwnUser && !isExactSenderDevice) {
-							msgToEncrypt = dsmMessage
-							logger.debug({ jid, targetUser }, 'Using DSM for own device')
-						}
-					}
-
-					const bytes = encodeWAMessage(msgToEncrypt)
-					const mutexKey = jid
-
-					const node = await encryptionMutex.mutex(mutexKey, async () => {
-						const { type, ciphertext } = await signalRepository.encryptMessage({ jid, data: bytes })
-
-						if (type === 'pkmsg') {
-							shouldIncludeDeviceIdentity = true
-						}
-
-						return {
-							tag: 'to',
-							attrs: { jid },
-							content: [
-								{
-									tag: 'enc',
-									attrs: { v: '2', type, ...(extraAttrs || {}) },
-									content: ciphertext
-								}
-							]
-						}
-					})
-
-					return node
-				} catch (err) {
-					logger.error({ jid, err }, 'Failed to encrypt for recipient')
-					return null
-				}
-			}
+			({ recipientJid: jid, message: patchedMessage }: { recipientJid: string; message: proto.IMessage }) =>
+				encryptPatchedMessageForRecipient({
+					jid,
+					patchedMessage,
+					dsmMessage,
+					meId,
+					meLid,
+					meLidUser,
+					extraAttrs,
+					onPkmsg
+				})
 		)
 
 		const nodes = (await Promise.all(encryptionPromises)).filter(node => node !== null) as BinaryNode[]
@@ -939,7 +1053,8 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		}
 
 		await authState.keys.transaction(async () => {
-			const mediaType = getMediaType(message)
+			// normalizeMessageContent unwraps viewOnceMessage/viewOnceMessageV2 so getMediaType works correctly
+			const mediaType = getMediaType(normalizeMessageContent(message) || message)
 			if (mediaType) {
 				extraAttrs['mediatype'] = mediaType
 			}
@@ -949,7 +1064,7 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 				const bytes = encodeNewsletterMessage(patched as proto.IMessage)
 				binaryNodeContent.push({
 					tag: 'plaintext',
-					attrs: {},
+					attrs: mediaType ? { mediatype: mediaType } : {},
 					content: bytes
 				})
 				const stanza: BinaryNode = {
@@ -971,6 +1086,8 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 				extraAttrs['decrypt-fail'] = 'hide' // todo: expand for reactions and other types
 			}
 
+			// view_once_write disabled — causes server to drop message (validation fails for linked device sessions)
+
 			if (isGroupOrStatus && !isRetryResend) {
 				const [groupData, senderKeyMap] = await Promise.all([
 					(async () => {
@@ -1166,21 +1283,57 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 					allRecipients.push(jid)
 				}
 
-				await assertSessions(allRecipients)
+				const isCarouselFanout = isCarouselMessage(message)
+				const effectiveMeRecipients = isCarouselFanout
+					? await canonicalizeCarouselRecipients(meRecipients)
+					: meRecipients
+				const effectiveOtherRecipients = isCarouselFanout
+					? await canonicalizeCarouselRecipients(otherRecipients)
+					: otherRecipients
+				const effectiveAllRecipients = [...effectiveMeRecipients, ...effectiveOtherRecipients]
+
+				// P2: detect actual view-once media by checking inner message's viewOnce flag.
+				// viewOnceMessage wrapper is also used for interactive messages (buttons, lists, etc)
+				// which do NOT carry viewOnce=true on the media — those must NOT be filtered.
+				const viewOnceInner =
+					message.viewOnceMessageV2?.message ||
+					message.viewOnceMessage?.message ||
+					message.viewOnceMessageV2Extension?.message
+				const isViewOnceMsg = !!(
+					viewOnceInner?.imageMessage?.viewOnce ||
+					viewOnceInner?.videoMessage?.viewOnce ||
+					viewOnceInner?.audioMessage?.viewOnce
+				)
+
+				// For view-once: only send DSM to primary phone (device=0).
+				// Companion devices (device>0) are omitted — WA server generates
+				// <unavailable type="view_once"/> for them automatically.
+				// Sending explicit <unavailable> from a companion is rejected by the server.
+				const viewOnceMeRecipients = isViewOnceMsg
+					? effectiveMeRecipients.filter(jid => !jidDecode(jid)?.device)
+					: effectiveMeRecipients
+
+				// P3: assert sessions only for recipients we actually encrypt for.
+				// For view-once, companions are omitted — asserting their sessions is wasteful
+				// and could block the send if a companion session is corrupted.
+				await assertSessions([...viewOnceMeRecipients, ...effectiveOtherRecipients])
 
 				const [
 					{ nodes: meNodes, shouldIncludeDeviceIdentity: s1 },
 					{ nodes: otherNodes, shouldIncludeDeviceIdentity: s2 }
 				] = await Promise.all([
-					// For own devices: use DSM (deviceSentMessage) wrapper
-					createParticipantNodes(meRecipients, meMsg || message, extraAttrs),
-					createParticipantNodes(otherRecipients, message, extraAttrs)
+					createParticipantNodes(viewOnceMeRecipients, meMsg || message, extraAttrs),
+					createParticipantNodes(effectiveOtherRecipients, message, extraAttrs)
 				])
 				participants.push(...meNodes)
 				participants.push(...otherNodes)
 
-				if (meRecipients.length > 0 || otherRecipients.length > 0) {
-					extraAttrs['phash'] = generateParticipantHashV2([...meRecipients, ...otherRecipients])
+				// phash: para view-once inclui só celular principal + destinatários
+				const phashRecipients = isViewOnceMsg
+					? [...viewOnceMeRecipients, ...effectiveOtherRecipients]
+					: effectiveAllRecipients
+				if (phashRecipients.length > 0) {
+					extraAttrs['phash'] = generateParticipantHashV2(phashRecipients)
 				}
 
 				shouldIncludeDeviceIdentity = shouldIncludeDeviceIdentity || s1 || s2
@@ -1253,13 +1406,15 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 			const isCarousel = isCarouselMessage(message)
 
 			// Collect biz/bot nodes to append AFTER device-identity and tctoken
-			// Stanza order: participants → device-identity → tctoken → biz
-			// The biz node MUST be last for WhatsApp Web carousel rendering
+			// Stanza order: participants → device-identity → tctoken → biz (when applicable)
+			// CDP capture confirms Pastorini INCLUDES biz node for carousel (native_flow v=9, name=mixed)
 			const deferredNodes: BinaryNode[] = []
 
-			// Inject biz node for interactive messages (including carousel)
-			if (buttonType && enableInteractiveMessages) {
+			// Inject biz node for interactive messages (including carousel — CDP evidence from Pastorini)
+			if ((buttonType || isCarousel) && enableInteractiveMessages) {
 				const startTime = Date.now()
+				// When entering via isCarousel, buttonType may be undefined — default to 'native_flow'
+				const effectiveButtonType = buttonType || 'native_flow'
 
 				// Debug: Log message structure to diagnose list detection
 				const interactiveMsg =
@@ -1297,7 +1452,7 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 				)
 
 				// Track that we're sending an interactive message
-				metrics.interactiveMessagesSent.inc({ type: buttonType })
+				metrics.interactiveMessagesSent.inc({ type: effectiveButtonType })
 
 				try {
 					// Classify button types for native_flow name and bot node decisions
@@ -1340,27 +1495,49 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 						)
 
 						const interactiveType = 'native_flow'
+						const bizContent: BinaryNode[] = [
+							{
+								tag: 'interactive',
+								attrs: {
+									type: interactiveType,
+									v: '1'
+								},
+								content: [
+									{
+										tag: interactiveType,
+										attrs: {
+											v: '9',
+											name: nativeFlowName
+										}
+									}
+								]
+							}
+						]
+
+						// CDP capture shows Pastorini includes quality_control inside biz for carousel
+						if (isCarousel) {
+							const decisionId = randomBytes(20).toString('hex')
+							bizContent.push({
+								tag: 'quality_control',
+								attrs: {
+									decision_id: decisionId
+								},
+								content: [
+									{
+										tag: 'decision_source',
+										attrs: {
+											value: 'df'
+										}
+									}
+								]
+							})
+							logger.info({ msgId, decisionId }, '[BIZ NODE] Added quality_control for carousel')
+						}
+
 						deferredNodes.push({
 							tag: 'biz',
 							attrs: {},
-							content: [
-								{
-									tag: 'interactive',
-									attrs: {
-										type: interactiveType,
-										v: '1'
-									},
-									content: [
-										{
-											tag: interactiveType,
-											attrs: {
-												v: '9',
-												name: nativeFlowName
-											}
-										}
-									]
-								}
-							]
+							content: bizContent
 						})
 					}
 
@@ -1386,11 +1563,11 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 					}
 
 					// Track success and latency after message is sent
-					metrics.interactiveMessagesSuccess.inc({ type: buttonType })
-					metrics.interactiveMessagesLatency.observe({ type: buttonType }, Date.now() - startTime)
+					metrics.interactiveMessagesSuccess.inc({ type: effectiveButtonType })
+					metrics.interactiveMessagesLatency.observe({ type: effectiveButtonType }, Date.now() - startTime)
 				} catch (error) {
-					logger.error({ error, msgId, buttonType }, '[BIZ NODE] Failed to inject biz node')
-					metrics.interactiveMessagesFailures.inc({ type: buttonType, reason: 'injection_failed' })
+					logger.error({ error, msgId, buttonType: effectiveButtonType }, '[BIZ NODE] Failed to inject biz node')
+					metrics.interactiveMessagesFailures.inc({ type: effectiveButtonType, reason: 'injection_failed' })
 				}
 			} else if (buttonType && !enableInteractiveMessages) {
 				logger.warn(
@@ -1417,7 +1594,8 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 				stanza.attrs.to = destinationJid
 			}
 
-			if (shouldIncludeDeviceIdentity) {
+			// Always include device-identity for carousel (Pastorini stanza always has it)
+			if (shouldIncludeDeviceIdentity || isCarousel) {
 				;(stanza.content as BinaryNode[]).push({
 					tag: 'device-identity',
 					attrs: {},
@@ -1474,30 +1652,91 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 				}
 			}
 
-			// If tctoken is missing for a 1:1 send, fire-and-forget fetch so the
-			// retry path (error 463 → handleBadAck) can pick it up on resend
+			// If tctoken is missing for a 1:1 send, fetch it
+			// CDP capture confirms Pastorini stanza includes tctoken for carousel
 			if (!tcTokenBuffer?.length && is1on1Send && !tcTokenFetchingJids.has(tcTokenJid)) {
 				tcTokenFetchingJids.add(tcTokenJid)
 				logTcToken('fetch', { jid: destinationJid })
-				getPrivacyTokens([destinationJid])
-					.then(async fetchResult => {
+
+				if (isCarousel) {
+					// BLOCKING fetch for carousel — tctoken is required (Pastorini stanza has it)
+					try {
+						const fetchResult = await getPrivacyTokens([destinationJid])
+
+						// Direct extraction from IQ result — bypass store/read key mismatch
+						const tokensNode = getBinaryNodeChild(fetchResult, 'tokens')
+						if (tokensNode) {
+							const tokenNodes = getBinaryNodeChildren(tokensNode, 'token')
+							for (const tokenNode of tokenNodes) {
+								if (tokenNode.attrs.type === 'trusted_contact' && tokenNode.content instanceof Uint8Array) {
+									tcTokenBuffer = Buffer.from(tokenNode.content)
+									logger.info(
+										{
+											jid: destinationJid,
+											tokenLen: tcTokenBuffer.length,
+											tokenJid: tokenNode.attrs.jid,
+											timestamp: tokenNode.attrs.t
+										},
+										'[CAROUSEL] tctoken extracted directly from IQ result'
+									)
+									break
+								}
+							}
+						}
+
+						if (!tcTokenBuffer?.length) {
+							// Debug: dump the IQ result structure
+							const childTags = Array.isArray(fetchResult.content)
+								? (fetchResult.content as BinaryNode[]).map(n => `${n.tag}(${JSON.stringify(n.attrs)})`)
+								: []
+							logger.warn(
+								{ jid: destinationJid, resultTag: fetchResult.tag, resultAttrs: fetchResult.attrs, childTags },
+								'[CAROUSEL] tctoken fetch completed but NO valid token in IQ result'
+							)
+						}
+
+						// Also store for future use
 						await storeTcTokensFromIqResult({
 							result: fetchResult,
 							fallbackJid: destinationJid,
 							keys: authState.keys,
 							getLIDForPN
-							// onNewJidStored not passed — the pruning index lives in messages-recv (higher layer)
-						})
-					})
-					.catch(err => {
-						logger.debug({ jid: destinationJid, err: err?.message }, 'fire-and-forget tctoken fetch failed')
-					})
-					.finally(() => {
+						}).catch(() => {})
+					} catch (err: any) {
+						logger.warn({ jid: destinationJid, err: err?.message }, '[CAROUSEL] Blocking tctoken fetch failed')
+					} finally {
 						tcTokenFetchingJids.delete(tcTokenJid)
-					})
+					}
+				} else {
+					// Fire-and-forget for non-carousel
+					getPrivacyTokens([destinationJid])
+						.then(async fetchResult => {
+							await storeTcTokensFromIqResult({
+								result: fetchResult,
+								fallbackJid: destinationJid,
+								keys: authState.keys,
+								getLIDForPN
+							})
+						})
+						.catch(err => {
+							logger.debug({ jid: destinationJid, err: err?.message }, 'fire-and-forget tctoken fetch failed')
+						})
+						.finally(() => {
+							tcTokenFetchingJids.delete(tcTokenJid)
+						})
+				}
 			}
 
-			if (tcTokenBuffer?.length) {
+			// Gate inclusion on AB prop 10518 (privacy_token_sending_on_all_1_on_1_messages).
+			// WA Web defaults to true; if the server flips it off we mirror that to avoid
+			// divergence with the spec-compliant client.
+			//
+			// CARROUSEL EXCEPTION: Pastorini-validated carousel stanzas REQUIRE tctoken
+			// (CDP capture confirms it). If the AB prop ever flips off, dropping the
+			// tctoken from carousel would break rendering on Android. Carousel always
+			// includes the tctoken when one is available, regardless of the prop —
+			// matching the fork's existing behaviour pre-PR #2339.
+			if (tcTokenBuffer?.length && (sock.serverProps.privacyTokenOn1to1 || isCarousel)) {
 				;(stanza.content as BinaryNode[]).push({
 					tag: 'tctoken',
 					attrs: {},
@@ -1525,8 +1764,7 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 			logger.debug({ msgId }, `sending message to ${participants.length} devices`)
 
 			// ======= PROTOBUF ROUNDTRIP TEST: Verify encoding preserves carousel =======
-			// Only runs at debug level to avoid performance overhead in production
-			if (isCarousel && logger.level === 'debug') {
+			if (isCarousel) {
 				try {
 					const encoded = proto.Message.encode(message).finish()
 					const decoded = proto.Message.decode(encoded)
@@ -1535,15 +1773,19 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 					const card0 = decodedInteractive?.carouselMessage?.cards?.[0]
 					const card0Header = card0?.header
 
-					logger.debug(
+					logger.info(
 						{
 							msgId,
 							encodedSize: encoded.length,
+							messageKeys: Object.keys(message),
+							hasInteractive: !!message.interactiveMessage,
+							hasViewOnce: !!message.viewOnceMessage,
 							hasCarouselAfterDecode: !!decodedInteractive?.carouselMessage,
 							cardsCount,
 							card0Title: card0Header?.title,
 							card0HasImage: !!card0Header?.imageMessage,
-							card0Buttons: card0?.nativeFlowMessage?.buttons?.length || 0
+							card0Buttons: card0?.nativeFlowMessage?.buttons?.length || 0,
+							messageVersion: decodedInteractive?.carouselMessage?.messageVersion
 						},
 						'[ROUNDTRIP] Protobuf encode→decode verification'
 					)
@@ -1553,8 +1795,7 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 			}
 
 			// ======= PROTOCOL INTERCEPTOR: Dump complete stanza for debugging =======
-			// Only runs at debug level to avoid logging sensitive content in production
-			if ((buttonType || isCarousel) && logger.level === 'debug') {
+			if (buttonType || isCarousel) {
 				const dumpBinaryNode = (node: BinaryNode, indent = 0): string => {
 					if (!node) return ''
 					const pad = '  '.repeat(indent)
@@ -1595,13 +1836,39 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 			// Gated only by shouldSendNewTcToken — removed tcTokenBuffer?.length guard so
 			// issuance fires even when we don't yet hold a token (bucket boundary crossed).
 			// IMPORTANT: must run AFTER sendNode — issuing before the message causes error 463.
-			if (is1on1Send && shouldSendNewTcToken(existingTokenEntry?.senderTimestamp)) {
+			//
+			// WA Web also skips issuance for:
+			//   - protocol messages (revoke, ephemeral settings, etc — see TcTokenChatAction)
+			//   - PSA, bots, MetaAI (isRegularUser filter)
+			// and dedupes back-to-back issuances with `inFlightTcTokenIssuance` so a burst of
+			// rapid sends to the same contact only triggers a single IQ before senderTimestamp
+			// is persisted.
+			const isProtocolMsg = !!normalizeMessageContent(message)?.protocolMessage
+			// Use isRegularUser (the same Wid.isRegularUser() port that gates the store
+			// path) so we filter PSA/bot/MetaAI consistently regardless of JID server
+			// (@c.us vs @s.whatsapp.net) and device suffix. The previous PSA_WID/isJidBot
+			// checks only matched @c.us forms — destinationJid arrives normalized.
+			const isBotOrPSA = !isRegularUser(destinationJid)
+			if (
+				is1on1Send &&
+				!isProtocolMsg &&
+				!isBotOrPSA &&
+				shouldSendNewTcToken(existingTokenEntry?.senderTimestamp) &&
+				!inFlightTcTokenIssuance.has(tcTokenJid)
+			) {
+				inFlightTcTokenIssuance.add(tcTokenJid)
 				const issueTimestamp = unixTimestampSeconds()
 				logTcToken('reissue', { jid: destinationJid })
-				getPrivacyTokens([destinationJid], issueTimestamp)
+				const getPNForLID = signalRepository.lidMapping.getPNForLID.bind(signalRepository.lidMapping)
+				resolveIssuanceJid(
+					destinationJid,
+					sock.serverProps.lidTrustedTokenIssueToLid,
+					getLIDForPN,
+					getPNForLID
+				)
+					.then(issueJid => getPrivacyTokens([issueJid], issueTimestamp))
 					.then(async result => {
 						// Store any tokens received in the IQ response.
-						// onNewJidStored not passed — pruning index lives in messages-recv (higher layer).
 						await storeTcTokensFromIqResult({
 							result,
 							fallbackJid: tcTokenJid,
@@ -1611,15 +1878,21 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 
 						// Persist senderTimestamp unconditionally — WA Web stores it in the chat table
 						// regardless of whether a token exists. Spread preserves token+timestamp if present.
+						// WABA Android: INSERT INTO wa_trusted_contacts_send (jid, sent_tc_token_timestamp, real_issue_timestamp)
+						// VALUES (?, ?, 0) — realIssueTimestamp=0 means issued but not yet confirmed by server.
+						// Also bump the cross-session prune index so this JID is tracked persistently.
 						const currentData = await authState.keys.get('tctoken', [tcTokenJid])
 						const currentEntry = currentData[tcTokenJid]
+						const indexWrite = await buildMergedTcTokenIndexWrite(authState.keys, [tcTokenJid])
 						await authState.keys.set({
 							tctoken: {
 								[tcTokenJid]: {
 									...currentEntry,
 									token: currentEntry?.token ?? Buffer.alloc(0),
-									senderTimestamp: issueTimestamp
-								}
+									senderTimestamp: issueTimestamp,
+									realIssueTimestamp: 0
+								},
+								...indexWrite
 							}
 						})
 
@@ -1628,6 +1901,9 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 					.catch(err => {
 						logTcToken('reissue_fail', { jid: destinationJid, error: err?.message })
 					})
+					.finally(() => {
+						inFlightTcTokenIssuance.delete(tcTokenJid)
+					})
 			}
 
 			// Log with [BAILEYS] prefix
@@ -1704,6 +1980,15 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 	}
 
 	const getMediaType = (message: proto.IMessage) => {
+		// For view-once media, unwrap the viewOnceMessage wrapper before checking media type
+		const inner =
+			message.viewOnceMessage?.message ||
+			message.viewOnceMessageV2?.message ||
+			message.viewOnceMessageV2Extension?.message
+		if (inner) {
+			return getMediaType(inner)
+		}
+
 		if (message.imageMessage) {
 			return 'image'
 		} else if (message.videoMessage) {

src/Socket/newsletter.ts

@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@ export const makeNewsletterSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		},
 
 		newsletterMute: (jid: string) => {
-			return executeWMexQuery({ newsletter_id: jid }, QueryIds.MUTE, XWAPaths.xwa2_newsletter_mute_v2)
+			return executeWMexQuery({ input: { newsletter_id: jid, type: 'MUTE_ADMIN_ACTIVITY', value: 'OFF' } }, QueryIds.MUTE, XWAPaths.xwa2_newsletter_mute_v2)
 		},
 
 		newsletterUnmute: (jid: string) => {
-			return executeWMexQuery({ newsletter_id: jid }, QueryIds.UNMUTE, XWAPaths.xwa2_newsletter_unmute_v2)
+			return executeWMexQuery({ input: { newsletter_id: jid, type: 'MUTE_ADMIN_ACTIVITY', value: 'ON' } }, QueryIds.UNMUTE, XWAPaths.xwa2_newsletter_unmute_v2)
 		},
 
 		newsletterUpdateName: async (jid: string, name: string) => {

src/Socket/socket.ts

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import {
 	signedKeyPair,
 	xmppSignedPreKey
 } from '../Utils'
-import { getPlatformId } from '../Utils/browser-utils'
+import { getPlatformId, isAndroidBrowser } from '../Utils/browser-utils'
 import {
 	CircuitBreaker,
 	CircuitOpenError,
@@ -634,8 +634,6 @@ export const makeSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		}
 		helloMsg = proto.HandshakeMessage.fromObject(helloMsg)
 
-		logger.info({ browser, helloMsg }, 'connected to WA')
-
 		const init = proto.HandshakeMessage.encode(helloMsg).finish()
 
 		const result = await awaitNextMessage<Uint8Array>(init)
@@ -703,10 +701,12 @@ export const makeSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Prevent multiple concurrent uploads
+		// Prevent multiple concurrent uploads — if one is already running, wait for it and return:
+		// the concurrent upload already replenished the pool, so there is nothing left to do.
 		if (uploadPreKeysPromise) {
 			logger.debug('Pre-key upload already in progress, waiting for completion')
 			await uploadPreKeysPromise
+			return
 		}
 
 		const uploadLogic = async () => {
@@ -786,14 +786,15 @@ export const makeSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		try {
 			let count = 0
 			const preKeyCount = await getAvailablePreKeysOnServer()
-			if (preKeyCount === 0) count = INITIAL_PREKEY_COUNT
-			else count = MIN_PREKEY_COUNT
+			// How many to upload: top-up to INITIAL_PREKEY_COUNT from whatever remains on server
+			count = Math.max(0, INITIAL_PREKEY_COUNT - preKeyCount)
 			const { exists: currentPreKeyExists, currentPreKeyId } = await verifyCurrentPreKeyExists()
 
 			logger.info(`${preKeyCount} pre-keys found on server`)
 			logger.info(`Current prekey ID: ${currentPreKeyId}, exists in storage: ${currentPreKeyExists}`)
 
-			const lowServerCount = preKeyCount <= count
+			// Trigger upload when below the replenishment threshold, not when count < topUp amount
+			const lowServerCount = preKeyCount < MIN_PREKEY_COUNT
 			const missingCurrentPreKey = !currentPreKeyExists && currentPreKeyId > 0
 
 			const shouldUpload = lowServerCount || missingCurrentPreKey
@@ -1153,7 +1154,7 @@ export const makeSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		// Decrement active connections
 		decrementActiveConnections()
 
-		clearInterval(keepAliveReq)
+		clearTimeout(keepAliveReq)
 		clearTimeout(qrTimer)
 
 		// Clear offline-buffer safety timer so its callback cannot call ev.flush()
@@ -1264,8 +1265,16 @@ export const makeSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		})
 	}
 
-	const startKeepAliveRequest = () =>
-		(keepAliveReq = setInterval(() => {
+	const startKeepAliveRequest = () => {
+		// Use recursive setTimeout with ±15% jitter to match WA Desktop behaviour
+		// (WA Business Desktop: ~25-30s intervals with natural variance)
+		const scheduleNextKeepAlive = () => {
+			const jitter = keepAliveIntervalMs * 0.15
+			const delay = keepAliveIntervalMs + Math.floor((Math.random() * 2 - 1) * jitter)
+			keepAliveReq = setTimeout(onKeepAliveTick, delay)
+		}
+
+		const onKeepAliveTick = () => {
 			if (!lastDateRecv) {
 				lastDateRecv = new Date()
 			}
@@ -1277,6 +1286,7 @@ export const makeSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 			*/
 			if (diff > keepAliveIntervalMs + 5000) {
 				void end(new Boom('Connection was lost', { statusCode: DisconnectReason.connectionLost }))
+				return // connection closing — do not reschedule
 			} else if (ws.isOpen) {
 				// Send keep-alive ping via sendNode() (fire-and-forget) instead of query().
 				// query() wraps the ping in the query circuit breaker — when that breaker is
@@ -1299,7 +1309,15 @@ export const makeSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 			} else {
 				logger.warn('keep alive called when WS not open')
 			}
-		}, keepAliveIntervalMs))
+
+			// Do not reschedule once shutdown has started (closed set by end() on any concurrent path)
+			if (!closed) {
+				scheduleNextKeepAlive()
+			}
+		}
+
+		scheduleNextKeepAlive()
+	}
 	/** i have no idea why this exists. pls enlighten me */
 	const sendPassiveIq = (tag: 'passive' | 'active') =>
 		query({
@@ -1352,6 +1370,25 @@ export const makeSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 			id: jidEncode(phoneNumber, 's.whatsapp.net'),
 			name: '~'
 		}
+
+		// Pair code companion_platform_id must be Chrome (1) when using Android
+		// browser preset. ANDROID_PHONE (16) causes silent timeout (server ignores),
+		// UWP (21) causes "cannot connect device" rejection. Only Chrome (1) works
+		// for pair code via web protocol (WA\x06\x03). The device still appears as
+		// "Android" in linked devices because DeviceProps.platformType=ANDROID_PHONE
+		// is set separately in the registration node.
+		const isAndroid = isAndroidBrowser(browser)
+		const pairPlatformId = isAndroid ? getPlatformId('Chrome') : getPlatformId(browser[1])
+		const pairPlatformDisplay = isAndroid ? 'Chrome (Mac OS)' : `${browser[1]} (${browser[0]})`
+
+		logger.info({
+			pairCode: pairingCode,
+			jid: authState.creds.me.id,
+			companionPlatformId: pairPlatformId,
+			companionPlatformDisplay: pairPlatformDisplay,
+			isAndroid,
+		}, `pair code requested | companion: ${pairPlatformDisplay} | ${isAndroid ? 'android override -> Chrome' : 'native platform'}`)
+
 		ev.emit('creds.update', authState.creds)
 		await sendNode({
 			tag: 'iq',
@@ -1384,12 +1421,12 @@ export const makeSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 						{
 							tag: 'companion_platform_id',
 							attrs: {},
-							content: getPlatformId(browser[1])
+							content: pairPlatformId
 						},
 						{
 							tag: 'companion_platform_display',
 							attrs: {},
-							content: `${browser[1]} (${browser[0]})`
+							content: pairPlatformDisplay
 						},
 						{
 							tag: 'link_code_pairing_nonce',
@@ -1519,7 +1556,9 @@ export const makeSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 	})
 	// login complete
 	ws.on('CB:success', async (node: BinaryNode) => {
-		logger.info('opened connection to WA')
+		const isAndroid = isAndroidBrowser(browser)
+		const phoneId = authState.creds.me?.id?.split(':')[0]?.split('@')[0] || 'new session'
+		logger.info(`${isAndroid ? '\uD83D\uDCF1' : '\uD83D\uDDA5\uFE0F'} Connected to WA | ${phoneId} | platform: ${isAndroid ? 'SMB_ANDROID' : 'MACOS'} | device: ${isAndroid ? 'Android' : 'Desktop'} | platformType: ${isAndroid ? 'ANDROID_PHONE' : 'CHROME'}`)
 		clearTimeout(qrTimer) // will never happen in all likelyhood -- but just in case WA sends success on first try
 
 		ev.emit('creds.update', { me: { ...authState.creds.me!, lid: node.attrs.lid } })
@@ -1667,8 +1706,8 @@ export const makeSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 	// already-authenticated session (no QR re-scan needed). In this case we skip
 	// the offline buffer entirely so live messages are not held hostage waiting for the
 	// server to finish flushing the pending-message backlog (CB:ib,,offline).
-	// For normal restarts (no stale routingInfo) the standard 5 s safety cap applies.
-	const OFFLINE_BUFFER_TIMEOUT_MS = 5_000
+	// For normal restarts (no stale routingInfo) the standard 2 s safety cap applies.
+	const OFFLINE_BUFFER_TIMEOUT_MS = 2_000
 	let offlineBufferTimeout: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined
 
 	process.nextTick(() => {

src/Types/Auth.ts

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export type SignalDataTypeMap = {
 	'app-state-sync-version': LTHashState
 	'lid-mapping': string
 	'device-list': string[]
-	tctoken: { token: Buffer; timestamp?: string; senderTimestamp?: number }
+	tctoken: { token: Buffer; timestamp?: string; senderTimestamp?: number; realIssueTimestamp?: number | null }
 	/** Identity key for Signal Protocol - used for detecting contact reinstalls */
 	'identity-key': Uint8Array
 }

src/Types/Call.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,30 @@
-export type WACallUpdateType = 'offer' | 'ringing' | 'timeout' | 'reject' | 'accept' | 'terminate'
+export type WACallUpdateType =
+	| 'offer'
+	| 'ringing'
+	| 'timeout'
+	| 'reject'
+	| 'accept'
+	| 'terminate'
+	| 'preaccept'
+	| 'transport'
+	| 'relaylatency'
+	| 'group_update'
+	| 'reminder'
+	| 'heartbeat'
+	| 'mute_v2'
+	| 'enc_rekey'
+	| 'video'
+	| 'relay'
+
+export type WACallParticipant = {
+	jid?: string
+	/** 'connected' | 'invited' | 'left' etc. */
+	state?: string
+	/** Phone number in s.whatsapp.net format */
+	userPn?: string
+	/** 'admin' for group call link creator */
+	type?: string
+}
 
 export type WACallEvent = {
 	chatId: string
@@ -13,4 +39,20 @@ export type WACallEvent = {
 	latencyMs?: number
 	/** Phone number of the caller (sanitized to fix Brazilian landline bug) */
 	callerPn?: string
+	/** Call link token (forms URL: https://call.whatsapp.com/video/<token>) */
+	linkToken?: string
+	/** JID of who created the call link */
+	linkCreator?: string
+	/** Phone number of link creator */
+	linkCreatorPn?: string
+	/** Media type: 'video' or 'audio' */
+	media?: string
+	/** Max participants for group/link calls */
+	connectedLimit?: number
+	/** Participants in a group/link call */
+	participants?: WACallParticipant[]
+	/** Call duration in ms (from terminate/call_summary) */
+	duration?: number
+	/** Terminate reason (e.g. 'group_call_ended', 'accepted_elsewhere', 'timeout') */
+	terminateReason?: string
 }

src/Types/Contact.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ export interface Contact {
 	name?: string
 	/** name of the contact, the contact has set on their own on WA */
 	notify?: string
+	/** username associated with this contact, when provided by WA */
+	username?: string
 	/** I have no idea */
 	verifiedName?: string
 	// Baileys Added

src/Types/Events.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ export type BaileysEventMap = {
 		chats: Chat[]
 		contacts: Contact[]
 		messages: WAMessage[]
+		/** Past participants for group chats (people who left/were removed). userJid is always a phone number (PN), never a LID. */
+		pastParticipants?: proto.IPastParticipants[] | null
 		isLatest?: boolean
 		progress?: number | null
 		syncType?: proto.HistorySync.HistorySyncType | null
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ export type BaileysEventMap = {
 		id: string
 		author: string
 		authorPn?: string
+		authorUsername?: string
 		participants: GroupParticipant[]
 		action: ParticipantAction
 	}
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ export type BaileysEventMap = {
 		id: string
 		author: string
 		authorPn?: string
+		authorUsername?: string
 		participant: string
 		participantPn?: string
 		action: RequestJoinAction
@@ -185,6 +189,8 @@ export type BufferedEventData = {
 		chats: { [jid: string]: Chat }
 		contacts: { [jid: string]: Contact }
 		messages: { [uqId: string]: WAMessage }
+		/** Keyed by groupJid for O(1) deduplication across chunks */
+		pastParticipants: { [groupJid: string]: proto.IPastParticipant[] }
 		empty: boolean
 		isLatest: boolean
 		progress?: number | null

src/Types/GroupMetadata.ts

@@ -20,17 +20,20 @@ export interface GroupMetadata {
 	addressingMode?: WAMessageAddressingMode
 	owner: string | undefined
 	ownerPn?: string | undefined
+	ownerUsername?: string | undefined
 	owner_country_code?: string | undefined
 	subject: string
 	/** group subject owner */
 	subjectOwner?: string
 	subjectOwnerPn?: string
+	subjectOwnerUsername?: string
 	/** group subject modification date */
 	subjectTime?: number
 	creation?: number
 	desc?: string
 	descOwner?: string
 	descOwnerPn?: string
+	descOwnerUsername?: string
 	descId?: string
 	descTime?: number
 	/** if this group is part of a community, it returns the jid of the community to which it belongs */
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ export interface GroupMetadata {
 	/** the person who added you to group or changed some setting in group */
 	author?: string
 	authorPn?: string
+	authorUsername?: string
 }
 
 export interface WAGroupCreateResponse {

src/Types/Message.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ export type WAContactMessage = proto.Message.IContactMessage
 export type WAContactsArrayMessage = proto.Message.IContactsArrayMessage
 export type WAMessageKey = proto.IMessageKey & {
 	remoteJidAlt?: string
+	remoteJidUsername?: string
 	participantAlt?: string
+	participantUsername?: string
 	server_id?: string
 	addressingMode?: string
 	isViewOnce?: boolean // TODO: remove out of the message key, place in WebMessageInfo
@@ -54,12 +56,14 @@ export type WAMediaUpload = Buffer | WAMediaPayloadStream | WAMediaPayloadURL
  * Individual sticker in a sticker pack
  */
 export type Sticker = {
-	/** Buffer, Stream or URL of the sticker image (will be converted to WebP if needed) */
+	/** Buffer, Stream or URL of the sticker image (WebP or Lottie/WAS format) */
 	data: WAMediaUpload
 	/** Array of emojis associated with this sticker (max 3 recommended per WhatsApp standards) */
 	emojis?: string[]
 	/** Accessibility label for screen readers (max 125 chars for static, 255 for animated) */
 	accessibilityLabel?: string
+	/** Force Lottie format detection (auto-detected if omitted) */
+	isLottie?: boolean
 }
 
 /**
@@ -153,6 +157,7 @@ export type MessageReceiptType =
 	| 'sender'
 	| 'inactive'
 	| 'played'
+	| 'view_once_read'
 	| undefined
 
 export type MediaConnInfo = {
@@ -176,6 +181,8 @@ export interface WAUrlInfo {
 type Mentionable = {
 	/** list of jids that are mentioned in the accompanying text */
 	mentions?: string[]
+	/** mention all participants in the group */
+	mentionAll?: boolean
 }
 type Contextable = {
 	/** add contextInfo to the message */
@@ -988,8 +995,16 @@ export type MessageGenerationOptionsFromContent = MiscMessageGenerationOptions &
 
 export type WAMediaUploadFunction = (
 	encFilePath: string,
-	opts: { fileEncSha256B64: string; mediaType: MediaType; timeoutMs?: number }
-) => Promise<{ mediaUrl: string; directPath: string; meta_hmac?: string; ts?: number; fbid?: number }>
+	opts: { fileEncSha256B64: string; mediaType: MediaType; timeoutMs?: number; newsletter?: boolean }
+) => Promise<{
+	mediaUrl: string | undefined
+	directPath: string
+	meta_hmac?: string
+	ts?: number
+	fbid?: number
+	thumbnailDirectPath?: string
+	thumbnailSha256?: string
+}>
 
 export type MediaGenerationOptions = {
 	logger?: ILogger

src/Types/Newsletter.ts

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ export enum XWAPaths {
 	xwa2_newsletter_view = 'xwa2_newsletter_view',
 	xwa2_newsletter_metadata = 'xwa2_newsletter',
 	xwa2_newsletter_admin_count = 'xwa2_newsletter_admin',
-	xwa2_newsletter_mute_v2 = 'xwa2_newsletter_mute_v2',
-	xwa2_newsletter_unmute_v2 = 'xwa2_newsletter_unmute_v2',
-	xwa2_newsletter_follow = 'xwa2_newsletter_follow',
-	xwa2_newsletter_unfollow = 'xwa2_newsletter_unfollow',
+	xwa2_newsletter_mute_v2 = 'xwa2_newsletter_update_user_setting',
+	xwa2_newsletter_unmute_v2 = 'xwa2_newsletter_update_user_setting',
+	xwa2_newsletter_follow = 'xwa2_newsletter_join_v2',
+	xwa2_newsletter_unfollow = 'xwa2_newsletter_leave_v2',
 	xwa2_newsletter_change_owner = 'xwa2_newsletter_change_owner',
 	xwa2_newsletter_demote = 'xwa2_newsletter_demote',
 	xwa2_newsletter_delete_v2 = 'xwa2_newsletter_delete_v2'
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ export enum QueryIds {
 	UPDATE_METADATA = '24250201037901610',
 	METADATA = '6563316087068696',
 	SUBSCRIBERS = '9783111038412085',
-	FOLLOW = '7871414976211147',
-	UNFOLLOW = '7238632346214362',
-	MUTE = '29766401636284406',
-	UNMUTE = '9864994326891137',
+	FOLLOW = '24404358912487870',
+	UNFOLLOW = '9767147403369991',
+	MUTE = '31938993655691868',
+	UNMUTE = '31938993655691868',
 	ADMIN_COUNT = '7130823597031706',
 	CHANGE_OWNER = '7341777602580933',
 	DEMOTE = '6551828931592903',

src/Types/index.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export type BrowsersMap = {
 	baileys(browser: string): [string, string, string]
 	windows(browser: string): [string, string, string]
 	appropriate(browser: string): [string, string, string]
+	android(apiLevel: string): [string, string, string]
 }
 
 export enum DisconnectReason {

src/Utils/browser-utils.ts

@@ -94,7 +94,13 @@ const BROWSER_TO_PLATFORM_ID: ReadonlyMap<string, string> = (() => {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return new Map(entries)
+	const map = new Map(entries)
+	// ANDROID → ANDROID_PHONE alias (DeviceProps.PlatformType has ANDROID_PHONE but not ANDROID)
+	if (!map.has('ANDROID') && map.has('ANDROID_PHONE')) {
+		map.set('ANDROID', map.get('ANDROID_PHONE')!)
+	}
+
+	return map
 })()
 
 // ============================================================
@@ -331,7 +337,8 @@ export const Browsers: BrowsersMap = {
 	macOS: (browser: string): [string, string, string] => ['Mac OS', browser, OS_VERSIONS.macOS],
 	windows: (browser: string): [string, string, string] => ['Windows', browser, OS_VERSIONS.windows],
 	baileys: (browser: string): [string, string, string] => ['Baileys', browser, OS_VERSIONS.baileys],
-	appropriate: (browser: string): [string, string, string] => [getPlatformName(), browser, getAppropriateVersion()]
+	appropriate: (browser: string): [string, string, string] => [getPlatformName(), browser, getAppropriateVersion()],
+	android: (apiLevel: string): [string, string, string] => [apiLevel, 'Android', '']
 } as const
 
 /**
@@ -378,7 +385,7 @@ export const getPlatformId = (browser: unknown): string => {
  * properties like 'toString' or 'constructor'.
  *
  * @param value - Value to check
- * @returns True if value is a valid browser preset key ('ubuntu', 'macOS', 'windows', 'baileys', 'appropriate')
+ * @returns True if value is a valid browser preset key ('ubuntu', 'macOS', 'windows', 'baileys', 'appropriate', 'android')
  *
  * @example
  * isValidBrowserPreset('ubuntu')      // true
@@ -391,6 +398,16 @@ export const getPlatformId = (browser: unknown): string => {
  *   const config = Browsers[userInput]('MyApp')
  * }
  */
+/**
+ * Checks if the browser tuple represents an Android companion device.
+ *
+ * @param browser - Browser tuple [os, platform, version]
+ * @returns True if platform is 'Android' (case-insensitive)
+ */
+export const isAndroidBrowser = (browser: [string, string, string]): boolean => {
+	return browser[1]?.toUpperCase() === 'ANDROID'
+}
+
 export const isValidBrowserPreset = (value: unknown): value is keyof BrowsersMap => {
 	return typeof value === 'string' && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(Browsers, value)
 }

src/Utils/chat-utils.ts

@@ -1083,6 +1083,7 @@ export const processSyncAction = (
 					action.lidContactAction.firstName ||
 					action.lidContactAction.username ||
 					undefined,
+				username: action.lidContactAction.username || undefined,
 				lid: id!,
 				phoneNumber: undefined
 			}

src/Utils/decode-wa-message.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import {
 	isJidStatusBroadcast,
 	isLidUser,
 	isPnUser,
-	jidDecode
 	//	transferDevice
 } from '../WABinary'
 import { unpadRandomMax16 } from './generics'
@@ -243,10 +242,14 @@ export function decodeMessageNode(stanza: BinaryNode, meId: string, meLid: strin
 	const key: WAMessageKey = {
 		remoteJid: chatId,
 		remoteJidAlt: !isJidGroup(chatId) ? addressingContext.senderAlt : undefined,
+		remoteJidUsername: !isJidGroup(chatId)
+			? stanza.attrs.peer_recipient_username || stanza.attrs.recipient_username
+			: undefined,
 		fromMe,
 		id: msgId,
 		participant,
 		participantAlt: isJidGroup(chatId) ? addressingContext.senderAlt : undefined,
+		participantUsername: stanza.attrs.participant ? stanza.attrs.participant_username : undefined,
 		addressingMode: addressingContext.addressingMode,
 		...(msgType === 'newsletter' && stanza.attrs.server_id ? { server_id: stanza.attrs.server_id } : {})
 	}
@@ -276,7 +279,6 @@ export const decryptMessageNode = (
 	meLid: string,
 	repository: SignalRepositoryWithLIDStore,
 	logger: ILogger,
-	autoCleanCorrupted = true
 ) => {
 	const { fullMessage, author, sender } = decodeMessageNode(stanza, meId, meLid)
 	return {
@@ -394,6 +396,23 @@ export const decryptMessageNode = (
 						} else {
 							fullMessage.message = msg
 						}
+
+						// Detect view-once media on stanza 1 received by linked device.
+						// viewOnceMessage wrapper is also used for interactive messages
+						// (interactiveMessage, listMessage, nativeFlowMessage) -- those do NOT have
+						// imageMessage.viewOnce / videoMessage.viewOnce / audioMessage.viewOnce = true.
+						// Only real view-once media carries viewOnce: true on the inner media message.
+						const viewOnceInner =
+							msg.viewOnceMessage?.message ||
+							msg.viewOnceMessageV2?.message ||
+							msg.viewOnceMessageV2Extension?.message
+						if (
+							viewOnceInner?.imageMessage?.viewOnce ||
+							viewOnceInner?.videoMessage?.viewOnce ||
+							viewOnceInner?.audioMessage?.viewOnce
+						) {
+							fullMessage.key.isViewOnce = true
+						}
 					} catch (err: any) {
 						// Check if this is a final failure after all retries exhausted
 						const isRetryExhausted = err instanceof RetryExhaustedError
@@ -422,34 +441,19 @@ export const decryptMessageNode = (
 							if (isRetryExhausted) {
 								logger.error(
 									errorContext,
-									`⚠️ Session corrupted and recovery failed after ${err.attempts} attempts. Auto-cleanup will attempt to recover.`
+									`⚠️ Session corrupted after ${err.attempts} attempts. Retry+pkmsg flow will recover.`
 								)
 							} else {
 								// First occurrence - log as warning since auto-recovery will attempt
 								logger.warn(errorContext, '⚠️ Corrupted session detected - attempting auto-recovery')
 							}
 
-							// Automatic cleanup of corrupted session (if enabled)
-							// eslint-disable-next-line max-depth
-							if (autoCleanCorrupted) {
-								// eslint-disable-next-line max-depth
-								try {
-									const deletedCount = await cleanupCorruptedSession(decryptionJid, repository, logger)
-
-									// Mask only user portion of JID for privacy (preserve domain info)
-									const { user, server } = jidDecode(decryptionJid) || {}
-									const maskedUser =
-										user && user.length > 8 ? `${user.substring(0, 4)}****${user.substring(user.length - 4)}` : user
-									const maskedJid = maskedUser && server ? `${maskedUser}@${server}` : decryptionJid
-
-									logger.info(
-										{ jid: decryptionJid, maskedJid, targetedDevices: deletedCount },
-										`🔄 Session Reset | JID: ${maskedJid} | Targeted: ${deletedCount} devices | Will recreate on next message`
-									)
-								} catch (cleanupErr) {
-									logger.error({ decryptionJid, err: cleanupErr }, '❌ Failed to cleanup corrupted session')
-								}
-							}
+							// Session cleanup is deferred to retry exhaustion (safety net).
+							// The Signal Protocol handles recovery naturally via retry+pkmsg:
+							// Bad MAC -> retry receipt -> sender re-sends as pkmsg -> new session.
+							// Deleting sessions here (hot path) causes cascading failures when
+							// multiple messages from the same contact arrive simultaneously.
+							// See: messages-recv.ts sendRetryRequest() for deferred cleanup.
 						} else if (isSessionRecord) {
 							// Session record errors are transient - retry should handle them
 							// eslint-disable-next-line max-depth
@@ -504,53 +508,20 @@ export function isCorruptedSessionError(error: any): boolean {
 }
 
 /**
- * Clean up corrupted session by deleting all device sessions for a JID
- * Signal Protocol will automatically recreate the session on next message
+ * Clean up corrupted session for a specific device JID.
+ * WABA behavior: DELETE sessions WHERE recipient_id=? AND device_id=?
+ * Only deletes the exact device that was corrupted, not all devices.
+ *
+ * NOTE: This should NOT be called on every Bad MAC error (hot path).
+ * Instead, let the retry+pkmsg flow handle recovery naturally (like WhatsApp does).
+ * Only call this as a safety net when retries are exhausted.
  */
-async function cleanupCorruptedSession(
+export async function cleanupCorruptedSession(
 	jid: string,
 	repository: SignalRepositoryWithLIDStore,
 	logger: ILogger
 ): Promise<number> {
-	const { user, device } = jidDecode(jid) || {}
-	if (!user) {
-		logger.warn({ jid }, 'Cannot cleanup session - invalid JID')
-		return 0
-	}
-
-	// Build list of JIDs to delete (primary + secondary devices)
-	const jidsToDelete: string[] = []
-
-	// Determine domain type correctly (handle hosted JIDs)
-	// JID formats:
-	//   - PN: user@s.whatsapp.net
-	//   - LID: user@lid
-	//   - Hosted PN: user@hosted
-	//   - Hosted LID: user@hosted.lid
-	const isLID = jid.endsWith('@lid') || jid.endsWith('@hosted.lid')
-	const isHosted = jid.includes('@hosted')
-
-	let domain: string
-	if (isLID) {
-		domain = isHosted ? 'hosted.lid' : 'lid'
-	} else {
-		domain = isHosted ? 'hosted' : 's.whatsapp.net'
-	}
-
-	// Primary device (0)
-	jidsToDelete.push(`${user}@${domain}`)
-
-	// Secondary devices (1-5 common range for Web/Desktop/etc)
-	for (let i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
-		jidsToDelete.push(`${user}:${i}@${domain}`)
-	}
-
-	// If specific device was identified and > 5, ensure it's included
-	if (device !== undefined && device > 5) {
-		jidsToDelete.push(`${user}:${device}@${domain}`)
-	}
-
-	await repository.deleteSession(jidsToDelete)
-
-	return jidsToDelete.length
+	await repository.deleteSession([jid])
+	logger.info({ jid }, 'Cleaned up corrupted session for specific device')
+	return 1
 }

src/Utils/event-buffer.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import EventEmitter from 'events'
+import { proto } from '../../WAProto/index.js'
 import type {
 	BaileysEvent,
 	BaileysEventEmitter,
@@ -54,15 +55,15 @@ export interface BufferConfig {
  */
 export function loadBufferConfig(): BufferConfig {
 	return {
-		// perf(inbound-latency): reduced from 15s → 5s so the safety auto-flush fires sooner.
+		// perf(inbound-latency): reduced from 15s → 3s so the safety auto-flush fires sooner.
 		// processNodeWithBuffer always calls ev.flush() explicitly (no-op for this timer),
 		// but socket.ts's offline-phase buffer and any stalled buffer benefit from the lower cap.
-		bufferTimeoutMs: parseInt(process.env.BAILEYS_BUFFER_TIMEOUT_MS || '5000', 10),
+		bufferTimeoutMs: parseInt(process.env.BAILEYS_BUFFER_TIMEOUT_MS || '3000', 10),
 		minBufferTimeoutMs: parseInt(process.env.BAILEYS_BUFFER_MIN_TIMEOUT_MS || '1000', 10),
-		maxBufferTimeoutMs: parseInt(process.env.BAILEYS_BUFFER_MAX_TIMEOUT_MS || '8000', 10),
+		maxBufferTimeoutMs: parseInt(process.env.BAILEYS_BUFFER_MAX_TIMEOUT_MS || '3000', 10),
 		maxHistoryCacheSize: parseInt(process.env.BAILEYS_BUFFER_MAX_HISTORY_CACHE || '10000', 10),
 		maxBufferSize: parseInt(process.env.BAILEYS_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE || '5000', 10),
-		flushDebounceMs: parseInt(process.env.BAILEYS_BUFFER_FLUSH_DEBOUNCE_MS || '100', 10),
+		flushDebounceMs: parseInt(process.env.BAILEYS_BUFFER_FLUSH_DEBOUNCE_MS || '10', 10),
 		enableAdaptiveTimeout: process.env.BAILEYS_BUFFER_ADAPTIVE_TIMEOUT !== 'false',
 		enableMetrics: process.env.BAILEYS_BUFFER_METRICS === 'true' || process.env.BAILEYS_PROMETHEUS_ENABLED === 'true',
 		lruCleanupRatio: parseFloat(process.env.BAILEYS_BUFFER_LRU_CLEANUP_RATIO || '0.2'),
@@ -890,6 +891,7 @@ const makeBufferData = (): BufferedEventData => {
 			chats: {},
 			messages: {},
 			contacts: {},
+			pastParticipants: {},
 			isLatest: false,
 			empty: true
 		},
@@ -967,6 +969,28 @@ function append<E extends BufferableEvent>(
 				}
 			}
 
+			// Merge pastParticipants with deduplication by groupJid and by userJid within each group.
+			// Multiple HistorySync chunks can carry the same group -- we merge rather than concatenate
+			// to avoid duplicate entries in the final event delivered to the consumer.
+			for (const group of (eventData.pastParticipants ?? []) as proto.IPastParticipants[]) {
+				const groupJid = group.groupJid
+				if (!groupJid) continue
+
+				if (!data.historySets.pastParticipants[groupJid]) {
+					data.historySets.pastParticipants[groupJid] = []
+				}
+
+				const existing = data.historySets.pastParticipants[groupJid]
+				const seenJids = new Set(existing.map(p => p.userJid).filter(Boolean))
+
+				for (const participant of (group.pastParticipants ?? []) as proto.IPastParticipant[]) {
+					if (participant.userJid && !seenJids.has(participant.userJid)) {
+						existing.push(participant)
+						seenJids.add(participant.userJid)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
 			data.historySets.empty = false
 			data.historySets.syncType = eventData.syncType
 			data.historySets.progress = eventData.progress
@@ -1292,6 +1316,10 @@ function consolidateEvents(data: BufferedEventData) {
 			chats: Object.values(data.historySets.chats),
 			messages: Object.values(data.historySets.messages),
 			contacts: Object.values(data.historySets.contacts),
+			// Convert dedup map back to array. Each entry has groupJid + participants (all unique userJids).
+			pastParticipants: Object.entries(data.historySets.pastParticipants).map(
+				([groupJid, participants]) => ({ groupJid, pastParticipants: participants })
+			),
 			syncType: data.historySets.syncType,
 			progress: data.historySets.progress,
 			isLatest: data.historySets.isLatest,

src/Utils/generics.ts

@@ -230,14 +230,22 @@ export const bindWaitForConnectionUpdate = (ev: BaileysEventEmitter) => bindWait
  * utility that fetches latest baileys version from the master branch.
  * Use to ensure your WA connection is always on the latest version
  */
-export const fetchLatestBaileysVersion = async (options: RequestInit = {}) => {
+export const fetchLatestBaileysVersion = async (options: RequestInit & { timeout?: number } = {}) => {
 	const URL = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WhiskeySockets/Baileys/master/src/Defaults/index.ts'
 	try {
-		const response = await fetch(URL, {
-			dispatcher: options.dispatcher,
-			method: 'GET',
-			headers: options.headers
-		})
+		const controller = new AbortController()
+		const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), options.timeout ?? 5000)
+		let response: Response
+		try {
+			response = await fetch(URL, {
+				dispatcher: options.dispatcher,
+				method: 'GET',
+				headers: options.headers,
+				signal: controller.signal
+			})
+		} finally {
+			clearTimeout(timeout)
+		}
 		if (!response.ok) {
 			throw new Boom(`Failed to fetch latest Baileys version: ${response.statusText}`, { statusCode: response.status })
 		}
@@ -421,6 +429,36 @@ export const getCallStatusFromNode = ({ tag, attrs }: BinaryNode) => {
 		case 'accept':
 			status = 'accept'
 			break
+		case 'preaccept':
+			status = 'preaccept'
+			break
+		case 'transport':
+			status = 'transport'
+			break
+		case 'relaylatency':
+			status = 'relaylatency'
+			break
+		case 'group_update':
+			status = 'group_update'
+			break
+		case 'reminder':
+			status = 'reminder'
+			break
+		case 'heartbeat':
+			status = 'heartbeat'
+			break
+		case 'mute_v2':
+			status = 'mute_v2'
+			break
+		case 'enc_rekey':
+			status = 'enc_rekey'
+			break
+		case 'video':
+			status = 'video'
+			break
+		case 'relay':
+			status = 'relay'
+			break
 		default:
 			status = 'ringing'
 			break

src/Utils/history.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+import { pipeline } from 'stream/promises'
 import { promisify } from 'util'
-import { inflate } from 'zlib'
+import { createInflate, inflate } from 'zlib'
 import { proto } from '../../WAProto/index.js'
 import type { Chat, Contact, LIDMapping, WAMessage } from '../Types'
 import { WAMessageStubType } from '../Types'
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ import {
 import { toNumber } from './generics'
 import type { ILogger } from './logger.js'
 import { normalizeMessageContent } from './messages'
-import { downloadContentFromMessage } from './messages-media'
+import { DEFAULT_ORIGIN } from '../Defaults'
+import { downloadContentFromMessage, getUrlFromDirectPath } from './messages-media'
 
 const inflatePromise = promisify(inflate)
 
@@ -28,16 +30,15 @@ const inflatePromise = promisify(inflate)
  */
 export const downloadHistory = async (msg: proto.Message.IHistorySyncNotification, options: RequestInit) => {
 	const stream = await downloadContentFromMessage(msg, 'md-msg-hist', { options })
-	const bufferArray: Buffer[] = []
-	for await (const chunk of stream) {
-		bufferArray.push(chunk)
-	}
-
-	let buffer: Buffer = Buffer.concat(bufferArray)
-
-	// decompress buffer
-	buffer = await inflatePromise(buffer)
+	// Pipe decrypted stream directly through zlib inflate.
+	// Avoids allocating an intermediate buffer for the compressed payload —
+	// memory peaks during 50MB history syncs drop ~50% (PR upstream #2333).
+	const inflater = createInflate()
+	const chunks: Buffer[] = []
+	inflater.on('data', (chunk: Buffer) => chunks.push(chunk))
+	await pipeline(stream, inflater)
 
+	const buffer = Buffer.concat(chunks)
 	const syncData = proto.HistorySync.decode(buffer)
 	return syncData
 }
@@ -314,6 +315,7 @@ export const processHistoryMessage = (item: proto.IHistorySync, logger?: ILogger
 				contacts.push({
 					id: chatId,
 					name: chat.displayName || chat.name || chat.username || undefined,
+					username: chat.username || undefined,
 					lid: chat.lidJid || chat.accountLid || undefined,
 					phoneNumber: chat.pnJid || undefined
 				})
@@ -359,7 +361,7 @@ export const processHistoryMessage = (item: proto.IHistorySync, logger?: ILogger
 					}
 				}
 
-				chats.push({ ...chat })
+				chats.push(chat)
 			}
 
 			break
@@ -374,10 +376,25 @@ export const processHistoryMessage = (item: proto.IHistorySync, logger?: ILogger
 	// Convert Map back to array for return
 	const lidPnMappings = Array.from(lidPnMap.values())
 
+	// Normalize pastParticipants: resolve LID userJids → PN so the consumer always
+	// receives a phone number, never an opaque LID identifier.
+	// Uses the lidPnMap built above (populated from phoneNumberToLidMappings + conversations).
+	// If a LID cannot be resolved, the original value is kept rather than dropping the participant.
+	const pastParticipants: proto.IPastParticipants[] = (item.pastParticipants ?? []).map(group => ({
+		groupJid: group.groupJid,
+		pastParticipants: (group.pastParticipants ?? []).map(participant => {
+			const userJid = participant.userJid
+			if (!userJid || !isAnyLidUser(userJid)) return participant
+			const mapping = lidPnMap.get(jidNormalizedUser(userJid))
+			return mapping?.pn ? { ...participant, userJid: mapping.pn } : participant
+		})
+	}))
+
 	return {
 		chats,
 		contacts,
 		messages,
+		pastParticipants,
 		lidPnMappings,
 		syncType: item.syncType,
 		progress: item.progress
@@ -408,7 +425,23 @@ export const downloadAndProcessHistorySyncNotification = async (
 		historyMsg = await downloadHistory(msg, options)
 	}
 
-	return processHistoryMessage(historyMsg, logger)
+	const result = processHistoryMessage(historyMsg, logger)
+
+	// Mirror WA Desktop behaviour: DELETE the CDN blob only after processing succeeds.
+	// Doing this earlier (e.g. inside downloadHistory) risks permanent history loss if
+	// processing throws — the server copy would be gone and retry after reconnect would fail.
+	if (msg.directPath) {
+		const cdnUrl = getUrlFromDirectPath(msg.directPath)
+		fetch(cdnUrl, {
+			...options,
+			method: 'DELETE',
+			headers: { ...((options as RequestInit).headers ?? {}), Origin: DEFAULT_ORIGIN }
+		}).catch(() => {
+			// non-fatal — server will expire it anyway
+		})
+	}
+
+	return result
 }
 
 /**

src/Utils/identity-change-handler.ts

@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ export type IdentityChangeContext = {
 	debounceCache: NodeCache<boolean>
 	/** Logger instance for debugging and monitoring */
 	logger: ILogger
+	/**
+	 * Invoked right before `assertSessions` is called for an existing-session identity
+	 * change. Used to kick off fire-and-forget side effects (e.g. tctoken re-issuance)
+	 * in the same order WA Web does — i.e. before the E2E session is re-established.
+	 * Must not throw; implementations are responsible for their own error handling.
+	 *
+	 * Skipped when the refresh itself is skipped (no_identity_node, invalid_notification,
+	 * skipped_companion_device, skipped_self_primary, debounced, skipped_offline).
+	 */
+	onBeforeSessionRefresh?: (jid: string) => void
 }
 
 // ============================================================================
@@ -170,6 +180,19 @@ export async function handleIdentityChange(
 	// This ensures we don't incorrectly debounce when we exit early (offline, etc.)
 	ctx.debounceCache.set(from, true)
 
+	// Fire-and-forget side effects (e.g. tctoken re-issuance) BEFORE the session is
+	// re-established. WA Web runs these in parallel with the session refresh —
+	// running afterwards would race with the next outbound send and risk error 463.
+	//
+	// Wrapped in try/catch so a misbehaving consumer callback cannot abort identity
+	// change recovery. We log and continue — assertSessions still runs so the E2E
+	// session always gets refreshed.
+	try {
+		ctx.onBeforeSessionRefresh?.(from)
+	} catch (error) {
+		ctx.logger.warn({ error, jid: from }, 'onBeforeSessionRefresh callback threw — continuing with session refresh')
+	}
+
 	// Attempt session refresh/creation
 	try {
 		await ctx.assertSessions([from], true)

src/Utils/message-retry-manager.ts

@@ -211,15 +211,33 @@ export class MessageRetryManager {
 			}
 		}
 
-		// MAC errors require IMMEDIATE session recreation regardless of history
-		// This handles the case where contact reinstalled WhatsApp (identity key changed)
+		// MAC errors require session recreation, but rate-limited to prevent loops.
+		// When multiple messages fail with Bad MAC simultaneously, only the first
+		// should trigger recreation; subsequent ones within the cooldown window
+		// piggyback on the same new session established by the retry+pkmsg flow.
 		if (errorCode !== undefined && MAC_ERROR_CODES.has(errorCode)) {
-			this.sessionRecreateHistory.set(jid, Date.now())
+			const now = Date.now()
+			const prevTime = this.sessionRecreateHistory.get(jid)
+			const MAC_ERROR_COOLDOWN_MS = 1_000 // 1 second — WABA recovers faster
+
+			if (prevTime && now - prevTime < MAC_ERROR_COOLDOWN_MS) {
+				const reasonName = RetryReason[errorCode] || `code_${errorCode}`
+				this.logger.debug(
+					{ jid, errorCode: reasonName, msSinceLast: now - prevTime },
+					'MAC error session recreation skipped — cooldown active'
+				)
+				return {
+					reason: '',
+					recreate: false
+				}
+			}
+
+			this.sessionRecreateHistory.set(jid, now)
 			this.statistics.sessionRecreations++
 			const reasonName = RetryReason[errorCode] || `code_${errorCode}`
 			metrics.signalMacErrors?.inc({ action: 'session_recreation' })
 			metrics.signalSessionRecreations?.inc({ reason: 'mac_error' })
-			this.logger.warn({ jid, errorCode: reasonName }, 'MAC error detected, forcing immediate session recreation')
+			this.logger.warn({ jid, errorCode: reasonName }, 'MAC error detected, recreating session')
 			return {
 				reason: `MAC error (${reasonName}) - contact may have reinstalled WhatsApp`,
 				recreate: true

src/Utils/messages-media.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,13 @@ import { join } from 'path'
 import { Readable, Transform } from 'stream'
 import { URL } from 'url'
 import { proto } from '../../WAProto/index.js'
-import { DEFAULT_ORIGIN, MEDIA_HKDF_KEY_MAPPING, MEDIA_PATH_MAP, type MediaType } from '../Defaults'
+import {
+	DEFAULT_ORIGIN,
+	MEDIA_HKDF_KEY_MAPPING,
+	MEDIA_PATH_MAP,
+	type MediaType,
+	NEWSLETTER_MEDIA_PATH_MAP
+} from '../Defaults'
 import type {
 	BaileysEventMap,
 	DownloadableMessage,
@@ -160,7 +166,7 @@ export const extractImageThumb = async (bufferOrFilePath: Readable | Buffer | st
 				height: dimensions.height
 			}
 		}
-	} else if ('jimp' in lib && typeof lib.jimp?.Jimp === 'object') {
+	} else if ('jimp' in lib && typeof lib.jimp?.Jimp === 'function') {
 		const jimp = await (lib.jimp.Jimp as any).read(bufferOrFilePath)
 		const dimensions = {
 			width: jimp.width,
@@ -612,7 +618,7 @@ export const downloadEncryptedContent = async (
 
 	const output = new Transform({
 		transform(chunk, _, callback) {
-			let data = Buffer.concat([remainingBytes, chunk])
+			let data = remainingBytes.length ? Buffer.concat([remainingBytes, chunk]) : chunk
 
 			const decryptLength = toSmallestChunkSize(data.length)
 			remainingBytes = data.slice(decryptLength)
@@ -681,6 +687,10 @@ type MediaUploadResult = {
 	meta_hmac?: string
 	ts?: number
 	fbid?: number
+	thumbnail_info?: {
+		thumbnail_sha256?: string
+		thumbnail_direct_path?: string
+	}
 }
 
 export type UploadParams = {
@@ -825,11 +835,21 @@ export const getWAUploadToServer = (
 	{ customUploadHosts, fetchAgent, logger, options }: SocketConfig,
 	refreshMediaConn: (force: boolean) => Promise<MediaConnInfo>
 ): WAMediaUploadFunction => {
-	return async (filePath, { mediaType, fileEncSha256B64, timeoutMs }) => {
+	return async (filePath, { mediaType, fileEncSha256B64, timeoutMs, newsletter }) => {
 		// send a query JSON to obtain the url & auth token to upload our media
 		let uploadInfo = await refreshMediaConn(false)
 
-		let urls: { mediaUrl: string; directPath: string; meta_hmac?: string; ts?: number; fbid?: number } | undefined
+		let urls:
+			| {
+					mediaUrl: string
+					directPath: string
+					meta_hmac?: string
+					ts?: number
+					fbid?: number
+					thumbnailDirectPath?: string
+					thumbnailSha256?: string
+			  }
+			| undefined
 		const hosts = [...customUploadHosts, ...uploadInfo.hosts]
 
 		fileEncSha256B64 = encodeBase64EncodedStringForUpload(fileEncSha256B64)
@@ -851,7 +871,11 @@ export const getWAUploadToServer = (
 			logger.debug(`uploading to "${hostname}"`)
 
 			const auth = encodeURIComponent(uploadInfo.auth)
-			const url = `https://${hostname}${MEDIA_PATH_MAP[mediaType]}/${fileEncSha256B64}?auth=${auth}&token=${fileEncSha256B64}`
+			const mediaPath = (newsletter ? NEWSLETTER_MEDIA_PATH_MAP[mediaType] : undefined) || MEDIA_PATH_MAP[mediaType]
+			let url = `https://${hostname}${mediaPath}/${fileEncSha256B64}?auth=${auth}&token=${fileEncSha256B64}`
+			if (newsletter) {
+				url += '&server_thumb_gen=1'
+			}
 
 			let result: MediaUploadResult | undefined
 			try {
@@ -868,11 +892,13 @@ export const getWAUploadToServer = (
 
 				if (result?.url || result?.direct_path) {
 					urls = {
-						mediaUrl: result.url!,
+						mediaUrl: result.url || result.direct_path!,
 						directPath: result.direct_path!,
 						meta_hmac: result.meta_hmac,
 						fbid: result.fbid,
-						ts: result.ts
+						ts: result.ts,
+						thumbnailDirectPath: result.thumbnail_info?.thumbnail_direct_path,
+						thumbnailSha256: result.thumbnail_info?.thumbnail_sha256
 					}
 					break
 				} else {

src/Utils/messages.ts

@@ -41,9 +41,11 @@ import type { ILogger } from './logger'
 import {
 	downloadContentFromMessage,
 	encryptedStream,
+	extractImageThumb,
 	generateThumbnail,
 	getAudioDuration,
 	getAudioWaveform,
+	getStream,
 	getRawMediaUploadData,
 	type MediaDownloadOptions
 } from './messages-media'
@@ -194,10 +196,11 @@ export const prepareWAMessageMedia = async (
 		)
 
 		const fileSha256B64 = fileSha256.toString('base64')
-		const { mediaUrl, directPath } = await options.upload(filePath, {
+		const { directPath, thumbnailDirectPath, thumbnailSha256 } = await options.upload(filePath, {
 			fileEncSha256B64: fileSha256B64,
 			mediaType: mediaType,
-			timeoutMs: options.mediaUploadTimeoutMs
+			timeoutMs: options.mediaUploadTimeoutMs,
+			newsletter: true
 		})
 
 		await fs.unlink(filePath)
@@ -205,10 +208,12 @@ export const prepareWAMessageMedia = async (
 		const obj = WAProto.Message.fromObject({
 			// todo: add more support here
 			[`${mediaType}Message`]: (MessageTypeProto as any)[mediaType].fromObject({
-				url: mediaUrl,
+				// url intentionally omitted — newsletters use directPath only
 				directPath,
 				fileSha256,
 				fileLength,
+				thumbnailDirectPath,
+				thumbnailSha256: thumbnailSha256 ? Buffer.from(thumbnailSha256, 'base64') : undefined,
 				...uploadData,
 				media: undefined
 			})
@@ -234,7 +239,7 @@ export const prepareWAMessageMedia = async (
 	const requiresDurationComputation = mediaType === 'audio' && typeof uploadData.seconds === 'undefined'
 	const requiresThumbnailComputation =
 		(mediaType === 'image' || mediaType === 'video') && typeof uploadData['jpegThumbnail'] === 'undefined'
-	const requiresWaveformProcessing = mediaType === 'audio' && uploadData.ptt === true
+	const requiresWaveformProcessing = mediaType === 'audio' && uploadData.ptt === true && typeof uploadData.waveform === 'undefined'
 	const requiresAudioBackground = options.backgroundColor && mediaType === 'audio' && uploadData.ptt === true
 	const requiresOriginalForSomeProcessing = requiresDurationComputation || requiresThumbnailComputation
 	const { mediaKey, encFilePath, originalFilePath, fileEncSha256, fileSha256, fileLength } = await encryptedStream(
@@ -252,7 +257,9 @@ export const prepareWAMessageMedia = async (
 		(async () => {
 			const result = await options.upload(encFilePath, {
 				fileEncSha256B64,
-				mediaType,
+				// Use mediaTypeOverride for upload path (e.g. 'viewonce-image' → /o1/mms/image)
+				// Encryption already used the override via encryptedStream above
+				mediaType: options.mediaTypeOverride || mediaType,
 				timeoutMs: options.mediaUploadTimeoutMs
 			})
 			logger?.debug({ mediaType, cacheableKey }, 'uploaded media')
@@ -290,7 +297,7 @@ export const prepareWAMessageMedia = async (
 					logger?.debug('computed audio duration')
 				}
 
-				if (requiresWaveformProcessing) {
+				if (requiresWaveformProcessing && !uploadData.waveform) {
 					uploadData.waveform = await getAudioWaveform(filePath, logger)
 					logger?.debug('processed waveform')
 				}
@@ -633,6 +640,59 @@ export const generateCarouselMessage = async (
 		)
 	}
 
+	const recoverCarouselImageMetadata = async (
+		imageMessage: proto.Message.IImageMessage | null | undefined,
+		cardImage: WAMediaUpload,
+		cardTitle: string | undefined,
+		uploadOptions: MessageContentGenerationOptions
+	) => {
+		if (!imageMessage) {
+			return
+		}
+
+		const missingThumbnail = !imageMessage.jpegThumbnail
+		const missingWidth = !imageMessage.width
+		const missingHeight = !imageMessage.height
+		if (!missingThumbnail && !missingWidth && !missingHeight) {
+			return
+		}
+
+		try {
+			const { stream } = await getStream(cardImage, uploadOptions.options)
+			const { buffer, original } = await extractImageThumb(stream)
+
+			if (missingThumbnail) {
+				imageMessage.jpegThumbnail = buffer.toString('base64')
+			}
+
+			if (missingWidth && original.width) {
+				imageMessage.width = original.width
+			}
+
+			if (missingHeight && original.height) {
+				imageMessage.height = original.height
+			}
+
+			uploadOptions.logger?.info(
+				{
+					cardTitle,
+					recoveredThumbnail: !!imageMessage.jpegThumbnail,
+					width: imageMessage.width,
+					height: imageMessage.height
+				},
+				'[CAROUSEL] Recovered image metadata from source media'
+			)
+		} catch (error) {
+			uploadOptions.logger?.warn(
+				{
+					cardTitle,
+					trace: error instanceof Error ? error.stack : String(error)
+				},
+				'[CAROUSEL] Failed source-media thumbnail fallback'
+			)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Map cards to the carousel format (processing media)
 	const carouselCards = await Promise.all(
 		cards.map(async card => {
@@ -648,6 +708,11 @@ export const generateCarouselMessage = async (
 			if (hasMedia && mediaOptions) {
 				if (card.image) {
 					const { imageMessage } = await prepareWAMessageMedia({ image: card.image }, mediaOptions)
+
+					// Mirror the working Pastorini-style result: every carousel image card should
+					// carry a jpegThumbnail and dimensions before it reaches the Web live renderer.
+					await recoverCarouselImageMetadata(imageMessage, card.image, card.title, mediaOptions)
+
 					// Validate image fields needed for WhatsApp rendering
 					if (imageMessage && !imageMessage.jpegThumbnail) {
 						mediaOptions.logger?.warn(
@@ -1239,7 +1304,8 @@ export const generateWAMessageContent = async (
 		}
 		// Pass options for media processing if cards have images/videos
 		const generated = await generateCarouselMessage(carouselOptions, options)
-		// Direct interactiveMessage — no viewOnceMessage wrapper, no root header/body/footer
+		// Frida capture shows interactiveMessage DIRECT (field 45) in DSM — no viewOnceMessage wrapper
+		// Testing without wrapper: biz node + quality_control already match Pastorini CDP stanza
 		m.interactiveMessage = generated.interactiveMessage
 		return m
 	}
@@ -1686,22 +1752,49 @@ export const generateWAMessageContent = async (
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
-		m = await prepareWAMessageMedia(message, options)
+		// For view-once media, upload to the one-time CDN (/o1/mms/*) instead of regular CDN
+		// WA Web view-once messages always have directPath: /o1/v/t24/... (not /v/t62.7118-24/...)
+		// Using the wrong CDN causes WA server to flag the account and breaks view-once capability
+		const isViewOnce = hasOptionalProperty(message, 'viewOnce') && !!message.viewOnce
+		const viewOnceTypeMap: Record<string, string> = {
+			image: 'viewonce-image',
+			video: 'viewonce-video',
+			audio: 'viewonce-audio'
+		}
+		const viewOnceOverride = isViewOnce
+			? viewOnceTypeMap[Object.keys(message).find(k => k in viewOnceTypeMap) || '']
+			: undefined
+		m = await prepareWAMessageMedia(message, {
+			...options,
+			mediaTypeOverride: (viewOnceOverride as any) || options.mediaTypeOverride
+		})
 	}
 
 	if (hasOptionalProperty(message, 'viewOnce') && !!message.viewOnce) {
-		m = { viewOnceMessage: { message: m } }
+		// Also set viewOnce=true on the inner media message (required by WA app to render as view-once)
+		if (m.imageMessage) m.imageMessage.viewOnce = true
+		else if (m.videoMessage) m.videoMessage.viewOnce = true
+		else if (m.audioMessage) m.audioMessage.viewOnce = true
+		// Use viewOnceMessageV2 (field 55) — modern WA clients use this wrapper
+		// viewOnceMessage (field 37) is the old format which WA server no longer accepts with view_once_write
+		m = { viewOnceMessageV2: { message: m } }
 	}
 
-	if (hasOptionalProperty(message, 'mentions') && message.mentions?.length) {
+	if (
+		(hasOptionalProperty(message, 'mentions') && message.mentions?.length) ||
+		(hasOptionalProperty(message, 'mentionAll') && message.mentionAll)
+	) {
 		const messageType = Object.keys(m)[0] as Extract<keyof proto.IMessage, MessageWithContextInfo>
 		if (messageType) {
 			const key = m[messageType]
-			if (key && 'contextInfo' in key && !!key.contextInfo) {
-				key.contextInfo.mentionedJid = message.mentions
-			} else if (key) {
-				key.contextInfo = {
-					mentionedJid: message.mentions
+			if (key && 'contextInfo' in key) {
+				key.contextInfo = key.contextInfo || {}
+				if (message.mentions?.length) {
+					key.contextInfo.mentionedJid = message.mentions
+				}
+
+				if (message.mentionAll) {
+					key.contextInfo.nonJidMentions = 1
 				}
 			}
 		}

src/Utils/process-message.ts

@@ -19,10 +19,13 @@ import type {
 	WAMessage,
 	WAMessageKey
 } from '../Types'
+import type { LIDMappingStore } from '../Signal/lid-mapping'
 import { WAMessageStubType } from '../Types'
 import { getContentType, normalizeMessageContent } from '../Utils/messages'
 import {
 	areJidsSameUser,
+	isAnyLidUser,
+	isAnyPnUser,
 	isHostedLidUser,
 	isHostedPnUser,
 	isJidBroadcast,
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ import { getKeyAuthor, toNumber } from './generics'
 import { downloadAndProcessHistorySyncNotification } from './history'
 import type { ILogger } from './logger'
 import { metrics, recordHistorySyncMessages } from './prometheus-metrics.js'
+import { buildMergedTcTokenIndexWrite } from './tc-token-utils'
 
 type ProcessMessageContext = {
 	shouldProcessHistoryMsg: boolean
@@ -59,6 +63,163 @@ const REAL_MSG_STUB_TYPES = new Set([
 
 const REAL_MSG_REQ_ME_STUB_TYPES = new Set([WAMessageStubType.GROUP_PARTICIPANT_ADD])
 
+/**
+ * Extract tctoken / tcTokenTimestamp / tcTokenSenderTimestamp from history-sync chats
+ * and persist them to the `tctoken` store. Mirrors WA Web's `bulkCreateOrMerge` pass
+ * over the chat table during history sync.
+ *
+ * Why this matters: when a user logs in on a new device, the multi-device history sync
+ * is the only way that device learns about tctokens issued/received on the original
+ * device. Without this pass, the new device sends 1:1 messages with no tctoken until
+ * the contact triggers a fresh notification — which surfaces as error 463 in production.
+ *
+ * Monotonicity: we only overwrite an existing entry if the incoming timestamp is
+ * STRICTLY newer (`incoming > existing`). Equal timestamps are skipped to avoid
+ * reverting senderTimestamp / realIssueTimestamp set by other layers (e.g. a
+ * reissue that fired between history-sync chunks).
+ *
+ * Index hygiene: every JID we write here is added to the persistent prune index
+ * (TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY) via buildMergedTcTokenIndexWrite, so the 24h prune sweep in
+ * messages-recv picks them up across sessions.
+ */
+/**
+ * Single-concurrency queue for `storeTcTokensFromHistorySync` calls.
+ *
+ * Why: the function does read-then-write merges (`keyStore.get('tctoken', ...)` →
+ * compute → `keyStore.set(...)`) which are NOT atomic at the store level. If two
+ * history-sync chunks invoke this concurrently (common during reconnect / QR
+ * scan), an older chunk that started first can `keyStore.set` AFTER a newer
+ * chunk, overwriting the newer entry — and worse, the merged `__index` write
+ * can drop JIDs the other chunk just added. Result: stale tcTokens / repeat 463
+ * sends until the next opportunistic refetch.
+ *
+ * Serialising via a chained Promise keeps the runs ordered while still freeing
+ * the calling `processMessage` to emit `messaging-history.set` immediately
+ * (the chain is fire-and-forget at the call site). Errors don't break the chain
+ * — each `catch` resets it to `Promise.resolve()` so a single failure can't
+ * stall future runs.
+ *
+ * The chain is module-scoped (one per Node process). Multiple Baileys instances
+ * sharing this module will serialise across instances too, but their writes
+ * target different keyStores so there's no correctness gain — only a tiny loss
+ * of inter-instance parallelism for tcToken syncs, which is acceptable given
+ * how rarely this runs vs. how rare cross-instance contention is.
+ */
+let historyTcTokenChain: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve()
+
+function scheduleHistoryTcTokenSync(
+	chats: Chat[],
+	signalRepository: SignalRepositoryWithLIDStore,
+	keyStore: SignalKeyStoreWithTransaction,
+	logger?: ILogger
+): void {
+	historyTcTokenChain = historyTcTokenChain
+		.catch(() => {
+			/* swallow prior error so chain stays alive */
+		})
+		.then(() => storeTcTokensFromHistorySync(chats, signalRepository, keyStore, logger))
+		.catch(err => {
+			logger?.warn({ err }, 'background tctoken history-sync persistence failed')
+		})
+}
+
+async function storeTcTokensFromHistorySync(
+	chats: Chat[],
+	signalRepository: SignalRepositoryWithLIDStore,
+	keyStore: SignalKeyStoreWithTransaction,
+	logger?: ILogger
+) {
+	// Cheap filter first — most chats in a sync chunk don't carry tcToken at all,
+	// and we want to avoid spinning up promises for them.
+	const tokenChats = chats.filter(chat => {
+		const ts = chat.tcTokenTimestamp ? toNumber(chat.tcTokenTimestamp) : 0
+		return !!chat.tcToken?.length && ts > 0
+	})
+
+	if (!tokenChats.length) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Pre-normalize so the rest of the pipeline is a synchronous join.
+	const normalized = tokenChats.map(chat => ({
+		chat,
+		ts: toNumber(chat.tcTokenTimestamp!),
+		jid: jidNormalizedUser(chat.id!)
+	}))
+
+	// BATCHED LID resolution. The previous shape called getLIDForPN once per
+	// chat (sequential await inside a for-of), which became the bottleneck
+	// during heavy history sync — every cold-cache hit was a DB round-trip,
+	// stalling messaging-history.set and spilling into the event-buffer.
+	// `getLIDsForPNs` resolves a deduped list in ONE batched query (and shares
+	// USync retry across PNs that miss cache), turning O(N) round-trips into 1.
+	//
+	// LID inputs (and `@hosted.lid`) skip the lookup entirely — they're already
+	// the storage form. Failures degrade gracefully: a missing mapping just
+	// stores under the original jid, matching `resolveTcTokenJid`'s null branch.
+	const pnsToResolve = [...new Set(normalized.filter(({ jid }) => !isLidUser(jid)).map(({ jid }) => jid))]
+	const pnToLid = new Map<string, string>()
+
+	if (pnsToResolve.length) {
+		try {
+			const mappings = await signalRepository.lidMapping.getLIDsForPNs(pnsToResolve)
+			// Flat loop (continue-on-skip) keeps max nesting depth at 4 for lint.
+			for (const { pn, lid } of mappings ?? []) {
+				if (!pn || !lid) continue
+				pnToLid.set(jidNormalizedUser(pn), lid)
+			}
+		} catch (err) {
+			// Per-chat fallback below (storageJid := jid). Don't abort the chunk —
+			// CodeRabbit noted that all-or-nothing rejection here would drop every
+			// tctoken in the batch AND prevent messaging-history.set from firing.
+			logger?.warn({ err }, 'storeTcTokensFromHistorySync: getLIDsForPNs batch failed; falling back to per-chat jid')
+		}
+	}
+
+	const candidates = normalized.map(({ chat, ts, jid }) => ({
+		storageJid: pnToLid.get(jid) ?? jid,
+		token: Buffer.from(chat.tcToken!),
+		ts,
+		senderTs: chat.tcTokenSenderTimestamp ? toNumber(chat.tcTokenSenderTimestamp) : undefined
+	}))
+
+	const jids = candidates.map(c => c.storageJid)
+	const existing = await keyStore.get('tctoken', jids)
+	const entries: Record<string, { token: Buffer; timestamp?: string; senderTimestamp?: number }> = {}
+
+	for (const c of candidates) {
+		// Same-batch dedup: when two chats resolve to the same storageJid (e.g. PN+LID
+		// aliases collapsing through resolveTcTokenJid, or duplicate chunks across
+		// retries), prefer the value already written by an earlier iteration so a
+		// lower-ts entry can't overwrite a higher-ts one captured from `existing`.
+		const existingEntry = entries[c.storageJid] ?? existing[c.storageJid]
+		const existingTs = existingEntry?.timestamp ? Number(existingEntry.timestamp) : 0
+		// Strict > guard: equal timestamps are skipped so we never clobber
+		// senderTimestamp written by other layers (issuance after send, etc).
+		if (existingTs > 0 && existingTs >= c.ts) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		entries[c.storageJid] = {
+			...existingEntry,
+			token: c.token,
+			timestamp: String(c.ts),
+			...(c.senderTs !== undefined ? { senderTimestamp: c.senderTs } : {})
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (Object.keys(entries).length) {
+		logger?.debug({ count: Object.keys(entries).length }, 'storing tctokens from history sync')
+		try {
+			// Include updated __index so cross-session pruning picks these JIDs up.
+			const indexWrite = await buildMergedTcTokenIndexWrite(keyStore, Object.keys(entries))
+			await keyStore.set({ tctoken: { ...entries, ...indexWrite } })
+		} catch (err) {
+			logger?.warn({ err }, 'failed to store tctokens from history sync')
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /** Cleans a received message to further processing */
 export const cleanMessage = (message: WAMessage, meId: string, meLid: string) => {
 	// ensure remoteJid and participant doesn't have device or agent in it
@@ -113,46 +274,106 @@ export const cleanMessage = (message: WAMessage, meId: string, meLid: string) =>
 			msgKey.remoteJid = message.key.remoteJid
 			// set participant of the message
 			msgKey.participant = msgKey.participant || message.key.participant
+		} else {
+			// fromMe reactions/polls: normalise remoteJid to match the chat JID
+			// ensures DM reaction keys are consistent with group behavior
+			msgKey.remoteJid = message.key.remoteJid
+			// in groups, normalise participant for own messages too
+			if (message.key.participant) {
+				msgKey.participant = msgKey.participant || message.key.participant
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * Resolves a LID JID to its PN equivalent using the LID mapping store.
+ * Returns the original JID if it's not a LID or if no mapping is found.
+ * Safe to call with any JID type (group, newsletter, PN, etc.).
+ */
+export const resolveLidToPn = async (
+	jid: string | undefined | null,
+	lidMapping: LIDMappingStore,
+	logger?: ILogger
+): Promise<string | undefined> => {
+	if (!jid) {
+		return undefined
+	}
+
+	if (isAnyLidUser(jid)) {
+		const pn = await lidMapping.getPNForLID(jid)
+		if (pn) {
+			logger?.debug({ lid: jid, pn }, 'Resolved LID to PN')
+		}
+
+		return pn || jid
+	}
+
+	return jid
+}
+
+/**
+ * Normalizes a WAMessageKey by resolving LID→PN for remoteJid and participant.
+ */
+export const normalizeKeyLidToPn = async (
+	key: WAMessageKey,
+	lidMapping: LIDMappingStore,
+	logger?: ILogger
+): Promise<void> => {
+	const [resolvedRemoteJid, resolvedParticipant] = await Promise.all([
+		resolveLidToPn(key.remoteJid, lidMapping, logger),
+		resolveLidToPn(key.participant, lidMapping, logger)
+	])
+	if (resolvedRemoteJid) {
+		key.remoteJid = resolvedRemoteJid
+	}
+
+	if (resolvedParticipant) {
+		key.participant = resolvedParticipant
+	}
+}
+
 export const normalizeMessageJids = async (
 	message: WAMessage,
 	signalRepository: SignalRepositoryWithLIDStore,
 	logger?: ILogger
 ): Promise<void> => {
-	const resolveLidToPn = async (jid: string | undefined | null): Promise<string | undefined> => {
-		if (!jid) {
-			return undefined
-		}
+	const lidMapping = signalRepository.lidMapping
+	const key = message.key
 
-		if (isLidUser(jid) || isHostedLidUser(jid)) {
-			const pn = await signalRepository.lidMapping.getPNForLID(jid)
-			if (pn) {
-				logger?.debug({ lid: jid, pn }, 'Resolved LID to PN for inbound message')
-			} else {
-				logger?.debug({ lid: jid }, 'PN not found for inbound LID, keeping LID')
-			}
-
-			return pn || jid
-		}
-
-		return jid
+	// FAST PATH: Use alt JIDs directly when available (avoids LIDMappingStore race condition).
+	// The stanza always carries both formats (LID + PN) in the attributes.
+	// When addressing_mode=lid, remoteJid is LID and remoteJidAlt is PN.
+	// When addressing_mode=pn, remoteJid is already PN (no conversion needed).
+	if (key.remoteJid && isAnyLidUser(key.remoteJid) && key.remoteJidAlt && isAnyPnUser(key.remoteJidAlt)) {
+		logger?.debug({ lid: key.remoteJid, pn: key.remoteJidAlt }, 'Resolved remoteJid LID→PN via alt (fast path)')
+		key.remoteJid = key.remoteJidAlt
 	}
 
-	// Execute both lookups in parallel instead of sequentially to reduce latency
-	const [resolvedRemoteJid, resolvedParticipant] = await Promise.all([
-		resolveLidToPn(message.key.remoteJid),
-		resolveLidToPn(message.key.participant)
-	])
-
-	if (resolvedRemoteJid) {
-		message.key.remoteJid = resolvedRemoteJid
+	if (key.participant && isAnyLidUser(key.participant) && key.participantAlt && isAnyPnUser(key.participantAlt)) {
+		logger?.debug({ lid: key.participant, pn: key.participantAlt }, 'Resolved participant LID→PN via alt (fast path)')
+		key.participant = key.participantAlt
 	}
 
-	if (resolvedParticipant) {
-		message.key.participant = resolvedParticipant
+	// SLOW PATH: Resolve any remaining LIDs via LIDMappingStore lookup
+	await normalizeKeyLidToPn(key, lidMapping, logger)
+
+	// Also normalize participantAlt (the alternative JID format — can be LID when addressing_mode=pn)
+	if (key.participantAlt && isAnyLidUser(key.participantAlt)) {
+		const resolved = await resolveLidToPn(key.participantAlt, lidMapping, logger)
+		if (resolved) {
+			key.participantAlt = resolved
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Normalize nested message keys (reaction, poll) that may contain LID JIDs
+	const content = normalizeMessageContent(message.message)
+	if (content?.reactionMessage?.key) {
+		await normalizeKeyLidToPn(content.reactionMessage.key, lidMapping, logger)
+	}
+
+	if (content?.pollUpdateMessage?.pollCreationMessageKey) {
+		await normalizeKeyLidToPn(content.pollUpdateMessage.pollCreationMessageKey, lidMapping, logger)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -355,6 +576,12 @@ const processMessage = async (
 
 					// Emit LID-PN mappings from history sync
 					// This is how WhatsApp Web learns mappings for chats with non-contacts
+					//
+					// MUST run BEFORE storeTcTokensFromHistorySync — otherwise resolveTcTokenJid()
+					// can't resolve PN→LID for fresh-device chats (mapping cache is empty), tokens
+					// get persisted under PN keys, and the send path (which resolves to LID first)
+					// misses them — exactly the error 463 scenario this whole change is meant to
+					// prevent. Catches Codex P1 review on PR #386.
 					if (data.lidPnMappings?.length) {
 						logger?.debug({ count: data.lidPnMappings.length }, 'processing LID-PN mappings from history sync')
 						// eslint-disable-next-line max-depth
@@ -379,6 +606,29 @@ const processMessage = async (
 						}
 					}
 
+					// Persist tctokens carried by history-sync chats in BACKGROUND, serialised.
+					//
+					// Originally awaited (PR #386) to avoid 463 on first multi-device send, but in
+					// production this drained the event buffer per-chunk and added visible delivery
+					// latency (especially after restart / QR scan when many chunks arrived at once).
+					//
+					// `scheduleHistoryTcTokenSync` enqueues onto a single-concurrency promise chain
+					// (see definition above) — chunks persist sequentially in the order they were
+					// emitted, preserving timestamp monotonicity AND keeping the `__index` write
+					// safe from concurrent merge clobbers. The call returns immediately so the
+					// `messaging-history.set` emit is not blocked.
+					//
+					// TRADE-OFF: a listener that fires an outbound send IMMEDIATELY after the emit
+					// may race the still-pending persistence and get a 463 on that specific send.
+					// The existing 463 handler in messages-recv.ts triggers a getPrivacyTokens()
+					// refetch that auto-recovers within seconds. Net result is much better UX than
+					// per-chunk stalls.
+					//
+					// DO NOT add `await` back here without re-evaluating production latency, AND
+					// DO NOT call storeTcTokensFromHistorySync directly — it must go through the
+					// chain to preserve write ordering across overlapping chunks.
+					scheduleHistoryTcTokenSync(data.chats, signalRepository, keyStore, logger)
+
 					ev.emit('messaging-history.set', {
 						...data,
 						isLatest: histNotification.syncType !== proto.HistorySync.HistorySyncType.ON_DEMAND ? isLatest : undefined,
@@ -526,6 +776,12 @@ const processMessage = async (
 								'CTWA: Successfully recovered message via placeholder resend'
 							)
 
+							// Normalize LID→PN in PDO-recovered message key before emitting
+							// eslint-disable-next-line max-depth
+							if (webMessageInfo.key && signalRepository) {
+								await normalizeKeyLidToPn(webMessageInfo.key as WAMessageKey, signalRepository.lidMapping, logger)
+							}
+
 							// wait till another upsert event is available, don't want it to be part of the PDO response message
 							// TODO: parse through proper message handling utilities (to add relevant key fields)
 							ev.emit('messages.upsert', {
@@ -666,9 +922,13 @@ const processMessage = async (
 						response: responseMsg
 					}
 
+					// Normalize creationMsgKey JIDs for the emitted event
+					const normalizedCreationKey = { ...creationMsgKey }
+					await normalizeKeyLidToPn(normalizedCreationKey, signalRepository.lidMapping, logger)
+
 					ev.emit('messages.update', [
 						{
-							key: creationMsgKey,
+							key: normalizedCreationKey,
 							update: {
 								eventResponses: [eventResponse]
 							}
@@ -690,12 +950,19 @@ const processMessage = async (
 				id: jid,
 				author: message.key.participant!,
 				authorPn: message.key.participantAlt!,
+				authorUsername: message.key.participantUsername!,
 				participants,
 				action
 			})
 		const emitGroupUpdate = (update: Partial<GroupMetadata>) => {
 			ev.emit('groups.update', [
-				{ id: jid, ...update, author: message.key.participant ?? undefined, authorPn: message.key.participantAlt }
+				{
+					id: jid,
+					...update,
+					author: message.key.participant ?? undefined,
+					authorPn: message.key.participantAlt,
+					authorUsername: message.key.participantUsername
+				}
 			])
 		}
 
@@ -704,6 +971,7 @@ const processMessage = async (
 				id: jid,
 				author: message.key.participant!,
 				authorPn: message.key.participantAlt!,
+				authorUsername: message.key.participantUsername!,
 				participant: participant.lid,
 				participantPn: participant.pn,
 				action,
@@ -711,7 +979,7 @@ const processMessage = async (
 			})
 		}
 
-		const participantsIncludesMe = () => participants.find(jid => areJidsSameUser(meId, jid.phoneNumber)) // ADD SUPPORT FOR LID
+		const participantsIncludesMe = () => participants.find(p => areJidsSameUser(meId, p.id) || areJidsSameUser(meId, p.phoneNumber))
 
 		switch (message.messageStubType) {
 			case WAMessageStubType.GROUP_PARTICIPANT_CHANGE_NUMBER:

src/Utils/sticker-pack.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Boom } from '@hapi/boom'
 import { createHash } from 'crypto'
 import { zipSync } from 'fflate'
 import { promises as fs } from 'fs'
+import { gzipSync, gunzipSync } from 'zlib'
 import { proto } from '../../WAProto/index.js'
 import type { MediaType } from '../Defaults/index.js'
 import type { StickerPack, WAMediaUpload, WAMediaUploadFunction } from '../Types/Message.js'
@@ -101,6 +102,49 @@ export const isAnimatedWebP = (buffer: Buffer): boolean => {
 	return false
 }
 
+/**
+ * Detecta se um buffer é Lottie JSON (raw ou gzip-compressed/WAS)
+ *
+ * WABA usa mimetype `application/was` para stickers Lottie.
+ * WAS (WhatsApp Animated Sticker) = gzip-compressed Lottie JSON.
+ *
+ * Detecção:
+ * - Gzip (0x1f 0x8b): descomprime e verifica se é Lottie JSON
+ * - JSON bruto: verifica campos Lottie obrigatórios (v, ip, op, layers)
+ *
+ * @param buffer - Buffer to check
+ * @returns true if buffer is Lottie/WAS format
+ */
+export const isLottieBuffer = (buffer: Buffer): boolean => {
+	if (buffer.length < 2) return false
+
+	let jsonBuffer: Buffer
+
+	// Check if gzip-compressed (WAS format)
+	if (buffer[0] === 0x1f && buffer[1] === 0x8b) {
+		try {
+			// SECURITY: Limit decompressed output to 50MB to prevent decompression bombs
+			jsonBuffer = gunzipSync(buffer, { maxOutputLength: 50 * 1024 * 1024 }) as Buffer
+		} catch {
+			return false
+		}
+	} else if (buffer[0] === 0x7b) {
+		// Starts with '{' - could be raw Lottie JSON
+		jsonBuffer = buffer
+	} else {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// Validate Lottie JSON structure: must have v, ip, op, AND layers
+	try {
+		const str = jsonBuffer.toString('utf8', 0, Math.min(jsonBuffer.length, 4096))
+		// Quick check for ALL required Lottie fields
+		return str.includes('"v"') && str.includes('"layers"') && str.includes('"ip"') && str.includes('"op"')
+	} catch {
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * Converte uma imagem para WebP usando Sharp
  * Preserva o buffer original se já for WebP para manter EXIF e animações
@@ -114,12 +158,25 @@ export const isAnimatedWebP = (buffer: Buffer): boolean => {
 const convertToWebP = async (
 	buffer: Buffer,
 	logger?: ILogger
-): Promise<{ webpBuffer: Buffer; isAnimated: boolean }> => {
+): Promise<{ webpBuffer: Buffer; isAnimated: boolean; isLottie: boolean }> => {
+	// Lottie/WAS: ensure gzip-compressed format (WAS = gzip Lottie JSON)
+	if (isLottieBuffer(buffer)) {
+		let wasBuffer = buffer
+		// Raw Lottie JSON (starts with '{') must be gzipped to produce valid WAS
+		if (buffer[0] === 0x7b) {
+			logger?.trace('Raw Lottie JSON detected, gzip-compressing to WAS format')
+			wasBuffer = gzipSync(buffer) as Buffer
+		}
+
+		logger?.trace('Input is Lottie/WAS format')
+		return { webpBuffer: wasBuffer, isAnimated: true, isLottie: true }
+	}
+
 	// Se já é WebP, preserva o buffer original (mantém EXIF e animações)
 	if (isWebPBuffer(buffer)) {
 		const isAnimated = isAnimatedWebP(buffer)
 		logger?.trace({ isAnimated }, 'Input is already WebP, preserving original buffer')
-		return { webpBuffer: buffer, isAnimated }
+		return { webpBuffer: buffer, isAnimated, isLottie: false }
 	}
 
 	// Tenta usar Sharp para converter
@@ -135,7 +192,7 @@ const convertToWebP = async (
 	logger?.trace('Converting image to WebP using Sharp')
 	const webpBuffer = await lib.sharp.default(buffer).webp().toBuffer()
 
-	return { webpBuffer, isAnimated: false }
+	return { webpBuffer, isAnimated: false, isLottie: false }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -338,9 +395,11 @@ export type PrepareStickerPackMessageOptions = {
  *
  * **Especificações WhatsApp:**
  * - 3-30 stickers por pack (oficial)
- * - WebP obrigatório
+ * - WebP ou Lottie/WAS (application/was)
+ * - Stickers: 512x512 pixels (auto-resize)
  * - Recomendado: 100KB por sticker estático, 500KB animado
- * - Tray icon: 252x252 pixels
+ * - Tray icon: 96x96 pixels (PNG no ZIP)
+ * - Thumbnail: 252x252 pixels (JPEG, upload separado)
  *
  * @param stickerPack - Sticker pack data with stickers, cover, name, publisher
  * @param options - Upload function and optional logger
@@ -464,9 +523,36 @@ export const prepareStickerPackMessage = async (
 				// Obtém buffer do sticker
 				const buffer = await mediaToBuffer(sticker.data, `sticker ${i + 1}`)
 
-				// Converte para WebP
+				// Detecta formato e converte se necessário
 				// eslint-disable-next-line prefer-const
-				let { webpBuffer, isAnimated } = await convertToWebP(buffer, logger)
+				let { webpBuffer, isAnimated, isLottie } = await convertToWebP(buffer, logger)
+
+				// Validate explicit isLottie flag — must match detected format
+				if (sticker.isLottie !== undefined && sticker.isLottie !== isLottie) {
+					throw new Boom(
+						`Sticker ${i + 1}: explicit isLottie=${sticker.isLottie} does not match detected format (detected=${isLottie})`,
+						{ statusCode: 400 }
+					)
+				}
+
+				// WABA: Enforce 512x512 dimensions for WebP stickers (Lottie is vector, skip)
+				if (!isLottie && isWebPBuffer(webpBuffer)) {
+					const lib = await getImageProcessingLibrary()
+					if (lib?.sharp) {
+						const metadata = await lib.sharp.default(webpBuffer).metadata()
+						if (metadata.width !== 512 || metadata.height !== 512) {
+							logger?.trace(
+								{ index: i, width: metadata.width, height: metadata.height },
+								'Resizing sticker to 512x512 (WABA standard)'
+							)
+							webpBuffer = await lib.sharp
+								.default(webpBuffer)
+								.resize(512, 512, { fit: 'contain', background: { r: 0, g: 0, b: 0, alpha: 0 } })
+								.webp()
+								.toBuffer()
+						}
+					}
+				}
 
 				// ENHANCEMENT: Auto-compression if exceeds 1MB (try quality 70, then 50)
 				const MAX_STICKER_SIZE = 1024 * 1024 // 1MB
@@ -483,7 +569,7 @@ export const prepareStickerPackMessage = async (
 					if (lib?.sharp) {
 						// Try quality 70
 						try {
-							const compressed70 = await lib.sharp.default(buffer).webp({ quality: 70 }).toBuffer()
+							const compressed70 = await lib.sharp.default(webpBuffer).webp({ quality: 70 }).toBuffer()
 
 							// eslint-disable-next-line max-depth
 							if (compressed70.length <= MAX_STICKER_SIZE) {
@@ -498,7 +584,7 @@ export const prepareStickerPackMessage = async (
 								)
 							} else {
 								// Try quality 50
-								const compressed50 = await lib.sharp.default(buffer).webp({ quality: 50 }).toBuffer()
+								const compressed50 = await lib.sharp.default(webpBuffer).webp({ quality: 50 }).toBuffer()
 
 								// eslint-disable-next-line max-depth
 								if (compressed50.length <= MAX_STICKER_SIZE) {
@@ -547,12 +633,13 @@ export const prepareStickerPackMessage = async (
 					)
 				}
 
-				// Gera nome do arquivo: hash.webp (deduplicação automática)
+				// Gera nome do arquivo: hash.webp ou hash.was (WABA: plain_file_hash.ext)
 				const sha256Hash = generateSha256Hash(webpBuffer)
-				const fileName = `${sha256Hash}.webp`
+				const extension = isLottie ? 'was' : 'webp'
+				const fileName = `${sha256Hash}.${extension}`
 
 				logger?.trace(
-					{ index: i, fileName, sizeKB: finalSizeKB.toFixed(2), isAnimated },
+					{ index: i, fileName, sizeKB: finalSizeKB.toFixed(2), isAnimated, isLottie },
 					'Sticker processed successfully'
 				)
 
@@ -560,6 +647,7 @@ export const prepareStickerPackMessage = async (
 					fileName,
 					webpBuffer,
 					isAnimated,
+					isLottie,
 					emojis: sticker.emojis || [],
 					accessibilityLabel: sticker.accessibilityLabel
 				}
@@ -578,7 +666,7 @@ export const prepareStickerPackMessage = async (
 	for (const result of processedStickers) {
 		if (!result) continue
 
-		const { fileName, webpBuffer, isAnimated, emojis, accessibilityLabel } = result
+		const { fileName, webpBuffer, isAnimated, isLottie, emojis, accessibilityLabel } = result
 
 		// SECURITY FIX #7: Check if this hash already exists (duplicate sticker)
 		const existingMetadata = metadataByHash.get(fileName)
@@ -605,13 +693,14 @@ export const prepareStickerPackMessage = async (
 			// New sticker - add to ZIP and create metadata
 			stickerData[fileName] = [new Uint8Array(webpBuffer), { level: 0 as 0 }]
 
+			// WABA: mimetype é 'application/was' para Lottie, 'image/webp' para WebP
 			const metadata: proto.Message.StickerPackMessage.ISticker = {
 				fileName,
 				isAnimated,
 				emojis,
 				accessibilityLabel,
-				isLottie: false,
-				mimetype: 'image/webp'
+				isLottie,
+				mimetype: isLottie ? 'application/was' : 'image/webp'
 			}
 
 			metadataByHash.set(fileName, metadata)
@@ -636,10 +725,22 @@ export const prepareStickerPackMessage = async (
 		logger?.trace('Processing cover image')
 		coverBuffer = await mediaToBuffer(cover, 'cover image')
 
-		// Converte cover para WebP e adiciona ao ZIP
-		const result = await convertToWebP(coverBuffer, logger)
-		coverWebP = result.webpBuffer
-		coverFileName = `${stickerPackId}.webp`
+		// Tray icon uses PNG format, 96x96 pixels (official client standard)
+		const lib = await getImageProcessingLibrary()
+		if (!lib?.sharp) {
+			throw new Boom(
+				'Sharp library is required for cover/tray icon processing. Install with: yarn add sharp',
+				{ statusCode: 400 }
+			)
+		}
+
+		coverWebP = await lib.sharp
+			.default(coverBuffer)
+			.resize(96, 96, { fit: 'contain', background: { r: 0, g: 0, b: 0, alpha: 0 } })
+			.png()
+			.toBuffer()
+
+		coverFileName = `${stickerPackId}.png`
 		stickerData[coverFileName] = [new Uint8Array(coverWebP), { level: 0 as 0 }]
 	} catch (error) {
 		throw new Boom(`Failed to process cover image: ${(error as Error).message}`, {

src/Utils/sync-action-utils.ts

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export const processContactAction = (
 			{
 				id,
 				name: action.fullName || action.firstName || action.username || undefined,
+				username: action.username || undefined,
 				lid: lidJid || undefined,
 				phoneNumber
 			}

src/Utils/tc-token-utils.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,86 @@
 import type { SignalKeyStoreWithTransaction } from '../Types'
 import type { BinaryNode } from '../WABinary'
-import { getBinaryNodeChild, getBinaryNodeChildren, isLidUser, jidNormalizedUser } from '../WABinary'
+import {
+	getBinaryNodeChild,
+	getBinaryNodeChildren,
+	isAnyLidUser,
+	isAnyPnUser,
+	isHostedLidUser,
+	isHostedPnUser,
+	isJidMetaAI,
+	isLidUser,
+	isPnUser,
+	jidNormalizedUser
+} from '../WABinary'
 
 /** 7 days in seconds — matches WA Web AB prop tctoken_duration */
 const TC_TOKEN_BUCKET_DURATION = 604800
 /** 4 buckets → ~28-day rolling window — matches WA Web AB prop tctoken_num_buckets */
 const TC_TOKEN_NUM_BUCKETS = 4
 
+/**
+ * Sentinel key under the `tctoken` store holding a JSON array of tracked storage JIDs
+ * for cross-session pruning. Mirrors WA Web's CLEAN_TC_TOKENS index lookup.
+ *
+ * Exported so other modules (messages-recv, messages-send, process-message) reference
+ * the same constant. The fork previously inlined this string in messages-recv.ts;
+ * keep the value identical (`'__index'`) for backward compatibility with persisted state.
+ */
+export const TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY = '__index'
+
+// Phone-number pattern matching WABinary's isJidBot, applied against the user part so
+// the check is invariant to @c.us ↔ @s.whatsapp.net normalization.
+const BOT_PHONE_REGEX = /^1313555\d{4}$|^131655500\d{2}$/
+
+/**
+ * Mirrors WA Web's `Wid.isRegularUser()` (user ∧ ¬PSA ∧ ¬Bot). Used to gate tctoken
+ * storage against malformed notifications — WA Web filters server-side but we
+ * defend here for parity with `WAWebSetTcTokenChatAction.handleIncomingTcToken`.
+ * Works for both pre- and post-normalized JIDs (`@c.us` vs `@s.whatsapp.net`).
+ */
+export function isRegularUser(jid: string | undefined): boolean {
+	if (!jid) return false
+	const user = jid.split('@')[0] ?? ''
+	if (user === '0') return false // PSA
+	if (BOT_PHONE_REGEX.test(user)) return false // Bot by phone pattern
+	if (isJidMetaAI(jid)) return false // MetaAI (@bot server)
+	return !!(isPnUser(jid) || isLidUser(jid) || isHostedPnUser(jid) || isHostedLidUser(jid) || jid.endsWith('@c.us'))
+}
+
+/** Read the persisted tctoken JID index and return its entries (never contains the sentinel key itself). */
+export async function readTcTokenIndex(keys: SignalKeyStoreWithTransaction): Promise<string[]> {
+	const data = await keys.get('tctoken', [TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY])
+	const entry = data[TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY]
+	if (!entry?.token?.length) return []
+	try {
+		const parsed = JSON.parse(Buffer.from(entry.token).toString())
+		if (!Array.isArray(parsed)) return []
+		return parsed.filter((j): j is string => typeof j === 'string' && j.length > 0 && j !== TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY)
+	} catch {
+		return []
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build a SignalDataSet fragment that writes the merged index (persisted ∪ added)
+ * under the sentinel key. Lets callers update the index without clobbering writes
+ * made by other layers (history sync, concurrent sessions on the same store).
+ */
+export async function buildMergedTcTokenIndexWrite(
+	keys: SignalKeyStoreWithTransaction,
+	addedJids: Iterable<string>
+): Promise<{ [TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY]: { token: Buffer } }> {
+	const persisted = await readTcTokenIndex(keys)
+	const merged = new Set(persisted)
+	for (const jid of addedJids) {
+		if (jid && jid !== TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY) merged.add(jid)
+	}
+
+	return {
+		[TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY]: { token: Buffer.from(JSON.stringify([...merged])) }
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * Check if a received token is expired using WA Web's rolling bucket algorithm.
  * Reference: WAWebTrustedContactsUtils.isTokenExpired
@@ -63,6 +137,43 @@ export async function resolveTcTokenJid(
 	return lid ?? normalized
 }
 
+/**
+ * Resolve target JID for issuing privacy token based on AB prop 14303
+ * (`lid_trusted_token_issue_to_lid`). When the prop is on, issuance goes to
+ * the LID; when off, it goes to the PN. Returns the original JID if no
+ * mapping is found in either direction.
+ *
+ * Normalizes the JID upfront and uses the `isAny*` helpers so callers can pass
+ * `@c.us`, `@s.whatsapp.net`, `@hosted`, `@hosted.lid`, `@lid` or device-specific
+ * forms — `LIDMappingStore.getLIDForPN` early-returns unless `isAnyPnUser`,
+ * so unnormalized inputs would silently bypass routing.
+ *
+ * Reference: WAWebTrustedContactsManager.issuePrivacyTokens
+ */
+export async function resolveIssuanceJid(
+	jid: string,
+	issueToLid: boolean,
+	getLIDForPN: (pn: string) => Promise<string | null>,
+	getPNForLID?: (lid: string) => Promise<string | null>
+): Promise<string> {
+	const normalized = jidNormalizedUser(jid)
+
+	if (issueToLid) {
+		if (isAnyLidUser(normalized)) return normalized
+		if (!isAnyPnUser(normalized)) return normalized
+		const lid = await getLIDForPN(normalized)
+		return lid ?? normalized
+	}
+
+	if (!isAnyLidUser(normalized)) return normalized
+	if (getPNForLID) {
+		const pn = await getPNForLID(normalized)
+		return pn ?? normalized
+	}
+
+	return normalized
+}
+
 type TcTokenParams = {
 	jid: string
 	baseContent?: BinaryNode[]
@@ -135,7 +246,13 @@ export async function storeTcTokensFromIqResult({
 			continue
 		}
 
-		const rawJid = jidNormalizedUser(tokenNode.attrs.jid || fallbackJid)
+		// In notifications, tokenNode.attrs.jid is OUR own device JID, not the sender's.
+		// Prefer fallbackJid (resolved from notification's `from` / `sender_lid`) so the
+		// token is stored under the peer's JID, never under self.
+		const rawJid = jidNormalizedUser(fallbackJid || tokenNode.attrs.jid)
+		// Defense against malformed notifications (PSA WID '0', bots, MetaAI). WA Web
+		// filters these server-side; we mirror Wid.isRegularUser() locally.
+		if (!isRegularUser(rawJid)) continue
 		const storageJid = await resolveTcTokenJid(rawJid, getLIDForPN)
 		const existingTcData = await keys.get('tctoken', [storageJid])
 		const existingEntry = existingTcData[storageJid]
@@ -154,15 +271,26 @@ export async function storeTcTokensFromIqResult({
 			continue
 		}
 
-		await keys.set({
-			tctoken: {
-				[storageJid]: {
-					...existingEntry,
-					token: Buffer.from(tokenNode.content),
-					timestamp: tokenNode.attrs.t
-				}
-			}
-		})
+		const tokenEntry = {
+			...existingEntry,
+			token: Buffer.from(tokenNode.content),
+			timestamp: tokenNode.attrs.t,
+			// WABA Android: resets real_issue_timestamp to null when storing a new token
+			// (UPDATE wa_trusted_contacts_send SET real_issue_timestamp=null)
+			realIssueTimestamp: null
+		}
+
+		// Store under resolved storageJid AND under fallbackJid (PN) for reliable lookup
+		// The read path may resolve to a different LID than the store path
+		const normalizedFallback = jidNormalizedUser(fallbackJid)
+		const keysToStore: Record<string, typeof tokenEntry | null> = {
+			[storageJid]: tokenEntry
+		}
+		if (normalizedFallback !== storageJid) {
+			keysToStore[normalizedFallback] = tokenEntry
+		}
+
+		await keys.set({ tctoken: keysToStore })
 		onNewJidStored?.(storageJid)
 	}
 }

src/Utils/validate-connection.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { createHash } from 'crypto'
 import { proto } from '../../WAProto/index.js'
 import {
 	KEY_BUNDLE_TYPE,
+	PROTOCOL_MODE,
 	WA_ADV_ACCOUNT_SIG_PREFIX,
 	WA_ADV_DEVICE_SIG_PREFIX,
 	WA_ADV_HOSTED_ACCOUNT_SIG_PREFIX
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ const getUserAgent = (config: SocketConfig): proto.ClientPayload.IUserAgent => {
 			secondary: config.version[1],
 			tertiary: config.version[2]
 		},
-		platform: proto.ClientPayload.UserAgent.Platform.MACOS,
+		platform: proto.ClientPayload.UserAgent.Platform.WEB,
 		releaseChannel: proto.ClientPayload.UserAgent.ReleaseChannel.RELEASE,
 		osVersion: '0.1',
 		device: 'Desktop',
@@ -58,18 +59,16 @@ const getClientPayload = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		userAgent: getUserAgent(config)
 	}
 
-	payload.webInfo = getWebInfo(config)
+	// Native protocol (WAM\x05) does not use WebInfo — only web protocol does
+	if (PROTOCOL_MODE !== 'native') {
+		payload.webInfo = getWebInfo(config)
+	}
 
 	return payload
 }
 
 export const generateLoginNode = (userJid: string, config: SocketConfig): proto.IClientPayload => {
-	const decoded = jidDecode(userJid)
-	if (!decoded) {
-		throw new Boom('Invalid user JID', { statusCode: 400 })
-	}
-
-	const { user, device } = decoded
+	const { user, device } = jidDecode(userJid)!
 	const payload: proto.IClientPayload = {
 		...getClientPayload(config),
 		passive: true,
@@ -158,9 +157,6 @@ export const configureSuccessfulPairing = (
 	}: Pick<AuthenticationCreds, 'advSecretKey' | 'signedIdentityKey' | 'signalIdentities'>
 ) => {
 	const msgId = stanza.attrs.id
-	if (!msgId) {
-		throw new Boom('Missing message ID', { statusCode: 400 })
-	}
 
 	const pairSuccessNode = getBinaryNodeChild(stanza, 'pair-success')
 
@@ -176,51 +172,42 @@ export const configureSuccessfulPairing = (
 	const bizName = businessNode?.attrs.name
 	const jid = deviceNode.attrs.jid
 	const lid = deviceNode.attrs.lid
-	if (!jid || !lid) {
-		throw new Boom('Missing JID or LID in device node', { statusCode: 400 })
-	}
 
 	const { details, hmac, accountType } = proto.ADVSignedDeviceIdentityHMAC.decode(deviceIdentityNode.content as Buffer)
-	if (!details || !hmac) {
-		throw new Boom('Missing ADV signature fields', { statusCode: 400 })
-	}
 
 	let hmacPrefix = Buffer.from([])
 	if (accountType !== undefined && accountType === proto.ADVEncryptionType.HOSTED) {
 		hmacPrefix = WA_ADV_HOSTED_ACCOUNT_SIG_PREFIX
 	}
 
-	const advSign = hmacSign(Buffer.concat([hmacPrefix, details]), Buffer.from(advSecretKey, 'base64'))
-	if (Buffer.compare(hmac, advSign) !== 0) {
+	const advSign = hmacSign(Buffer.concat([hmacPrefix, details!]), Buffer.from(advSecretKey, 'base64'))
+	if (Buffer.compare(hmac!, advSign) !== 0) {
 		throw new Boom('Invalid account signature')
 	}
 
-	const account = proto.ADVSignedDeviceIdentity.decode(details)
+	const account = proto.ADVSignedDeviceIdentity.decode(details!)
 	const { accountSignatureKey, accountSignature, details: deviceDetails } = account
-	if (!accountSignatureKey || !accountSignature || !deviceDetails) {
-		throw new Boom('Missing ADV account fields', { statusCode: 400 })
-	}
 
-	const deviceIdentity = proto.ADVDeviceIdentity.decode(deviceDetails)
+	const deviceIdentity = proto.ADVDeviceIdentity.decode(deviceDetails!)
 
 	const accountSignaturePrefix =
 		deviceIdentity.deviceType === proto.ADVEncryptionType.HOSTED
 			? WA_ADV_HOSTED_ACCOUNT_SIG_PREFIX
 			: WA_ADV_ACCOUNT_SIG_PREFIX
-	const accountMsg = Buffer.concat([accountSignaturePrefix, deviceDetails, signedIdentityKey.public])
-	if (!Curve.verify(accountSignatureKey, accountMsg, accountSignature)) {
+	const accountMsg = Buffer.concat([accountSignaturePrefix, deviceDetails!, signedIdentityKey.public])
+	if (!Curve.verify(accountSignatureKey!, accountMsg, accountSignature!)) {
 		throw new Boom('Failed to verify account signature')
 	}
 
 	const deviceMsg = Buffer.concat([
 		WA_ADV_DEVICE_SIG_PREFIX,
-		deviceDetails,
+		deviceDetails!,
 		signedIdentityKey.public,
-		accountSignatureKey
+		accountSignatureKey!
 	])
 	account.deviceSignature = Curve.sign(signedIdentityKey.private, deviceMsg)
 
-	const identity = createSignalIdentity(lid, accountSignatureKey)
+	const identity = createSignalIdentity(lid!, accountSignatureKey!)
 	const accountEnc = encodeSignedDeviceIdentity(account, false)
 
 	const reply: BinaryNode = {
@@ -228,7 +215,7 @@ export const configureSuccessfulPairing = (
 		attrs: {
 			to: S_WHATSAPP_NET,
 			type: 'result',
-			id: msgId
+			id: msgId!
 		},
 		content: [
 			{
@@ -247,7 +234,7 @@ export const configureSuccessfulPairing = (
 
 	const authUpdate: Partial<AuthenticationCreds> = {
 		account,
-		me: { id: jid, name: bizName, lid },
+		me: { id: jid!, name: bizName, lid },
 		signalIdentities: [...(signalIdentities || []), identity],
 		platform: platformNode?.attrs.name
 	}

src/WAUSync/Protocols/USyncContactProtocol.ts

@@ -13,11 +13,37 @@ export class USyncContactProtocol implements USyncQueryProtocol {
 	}
 
 	getUserElement(user: USyncUser): BinaryNode {
-		//TODO: Implement type / username fields (not yet supported)
+		if (user.phone) {
+			return {
+				tag: 'contact',
+				attrs: {},
+				content: user.phone
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (user.username) {
+			return {
+				tag: 'contact',
+				attrs: {
+					username: user.username,
+					...(user.usernameKey ? { pin: user.usernameKey } : {}),
+					...(user.lid ? { lid: user.lid } : {})
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (user.type) {
+			return {
+				tag: 'contact',
+				attrs: {
+					type: user.type
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		return {
 			tag: 'contact',
-			attrs: {},
-			content: user.phone
+			attrs: {}
 		}
 	}
 

src/WAUSync/Protocols/USyncUsernameProtocol.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import type { USyncQueryProtocol } from '../../Types/USync'
+import { assertNodeErrorFree, type BinaryNode } from '../../WABinary'
+import { USyncUser } from '../USyncUser'
+
+export class USyncUsernameProtocol implements USyncQueryProtocol {
+	name = 'username'
+
+	getQueryElement(): BinaryNode {
+		return {
+			tag: 'username',
+			attrs: {}
+		}
+	}
+
+	getUserElement(user: USyncUser): BinaryNode | null {
+		void user
+		return null
+	}
+
+	parser(node: BinaryNode): string | null {
+		if (node.tag === 'username') {
+			assertNodeErrorFree(node)
+			return typeof node.content === 'string' ? node.content : null
+		}
+
+		return null
+	}
+}

src/WAUSync/Protocols/index.ts

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ export * from './USyncDeviceProtocol'
 export * from './USyncContactProtocol'
 export * from './USyncStatusProtocol'
 export * from './USyncDisappearingModeProtocol'
+export * from './USyncUsernameProtocol'

src/WAUSync/USyncQuery.ts

@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ import {
 	USyncContactProtocol,
 	USyncDeviceProtocol,
 	USyncDisappearingModeProtocol,
-	USyncStatusProtocol
+	USyncStatusProtocol,
+	USyncUsernameProtocol
 } from './Protocols'
 import { USyncUser } from './USyncUser'
 
-export type USyncQueryResultList = { [protocol: string]: unknown; id: string }
+export type USyncQueryResultList = { [protocol: string]: unknown; id: string; rawId?: number }
 
 export type USyncQueryResult = {
 	list: USyncQueryResultList[]
@@ -68,10 +69,8 @@ export class USyncQuery {
 		//TODO: see if there are any errors in the result node
 		//const resultNode = getBinaryNodeChild(usyncNode, 'result')
 
-		const listNode = usyncNode ? getBinaryNodeChild(usyncNode, 'list') : undefined
-
-		if (listNode?.content && Array.isArray(listNode.content)) {
-			queryResult.list = listNode.content.reduce((acc: USyncQueryResultList[], node) => {
+		const parseNodeList = (content: BinaryNode[]): USyncQueryResultList[] =>
+			content.reduce((acc: USyncQueryResultList[], node) => {
 				const id = node?.attrs.jid
 				if (id) {
 					const data = Array.isArray(node?.content)
@@ -89,15 +88,24 @@ export class USyncQuery {
 									.filter(([, b]) => b !== null) as [string, unknown][]
 							)
 						: {}
-					acc.push({ ...data, id })
+					const rawIdAttr = node?.attrs?.['raw_id']
+					const rawId = rawIdAttr !== undefined ? Number(rawIdAttr) : undefined
+					acc.push({ ...data, id, ...(rawId !== undefined && !isNaN(rawId) ? { rawId } : {}) })
 				}
 
 				return acc
 			}, [])
+
+		const listNode = usyncNode ? getBinaryNodeChild(usyncNode, 'list') : undefined
+		if (listNode?.content && Array.isArray(listNode.content)) {
+			queryResult.list = parseNodeList(listNode.content)
+		}
+
+		const sideListNode = usyncNode ? getBinaryNodeChild(usyncNode, 'side_list') : undefined
+		if (sideListNode?.content && Array.isArray(sideListNode.content)) {
+			queryResult.sideList = parseNodeList(sideListNode.content)
 		}
 
-		//TODO: implement side list
-		//const sideListNode = getBinaryNodeChild(usyncNode, 'side_list')
 		return queryResult
 	}
 
@@ -130,4 +138,9 @@ export class USyncQuery {
 		this.protocols.push(new USyncLIDProtocol())
 		return this
 	}
+
+	withUsernameProtocol() {
+		this.protocols.push(new USyncUsernameProtocol())
+		return this
+	}
 }

src/WAUSync/USyncUser.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ export class USyncUser {
 	id?: string
 	lid?: string
 	phone?: string
+	username?: string
+	usernameKey?: string
 	type?: string
 	personaId?: string
 
@@ -20,6 +22,16 @@ export class USyncUser {
 		return this
 	}
 
+	withUsername(username: string) {
+		this.username = username
+		return this
+	}
+
+	withUsernameKey(usernameKey: string) {
+		this.usernameKey = usernameKey
+		return this
+	}
+
 	withType(type: string) {
 		this.type = type
 		return this

src/__tests__/Socket/identity-change-handling.test.ts

@@ -297,4 +297,52 @@ describe('Identity Change Handling', () => {
 			expect(result.device).toBe(5)
 		})
 	})
+
+	describe('onBeforeSessionRefresh callback', () => {
+		it('fires before assertSessions when a session refresh is about to run', async () => {
+			mockValidateSession.mockResolvedValue({ exists: true })
+			const callOrder: string[] = []
+			mockAssertSessions.mockImplementation(async () => {
+				callOrder.push('assertSessions')
+				return true
+			})
+			const onBeforeSessionRefresh = jest.fn((jid: string) => {
+				callOrder.push(`before:${jid}`)
+			})
+
+			const node = createIdentityChangeNode('user@s.whatsapp.net')
+			const ctx = { ...createContext(), onBeforeSessionRefresh }
+			const result = await handleIdentityChange(node, ctx)
+
+			expect(result.action).toBe('session_refreshed')
+			expect(callOrder).toEqual(['before:user@s.whatsapp.net', 'assertSessions'])
+		})
+
+		it('does not fire when the refresh is skipped (no_identity / offline / self)', async () => {
+			const onBeforeSessionRefresh = jest.fn()
+
+			// no identity node
+			const noIdentityNode: BinaryNode = {
+				tag: 'notification',
+				attrs: { from: 'a@s.whatsapp.net', type: 'encrypt' },
+				content: []
+			}
+			await handleIdentityChange(noIdentityNode, { ...createContext(), onBeforeSessionRefresh })
+
+			// offline notification
+			mockValidateSession.mockResolvedValue({ exists: true })
+			await handleIdentityChange(createIdentityChangeNode('b@s.whatsapp.net', '0'), {
+				...createContext(),
+				onBeforeSessionRefresh
+			})
+
+			// self primary
+			await handleIdentityChange(createIdentityChangeNode(mockMeId!), {
+				...createContext(),
+				onBeforeSessionRefresh
+			})
+
+			expect(onBeforeSessionRefresh).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+		})
+	})
 })

src/__tests__/Socket/offline-buffer-timeout.test.ts

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { jest } from '@jest/globals'
  * bad-ack-handling.test.ts.
  */
 
-const OFFLINE_BUFFER_TIMEOUT_MS = 5_000
+const OFFLINE_BUFFER_TIMEOUT_MS = 2_000
 
 /** Mirrors the state variables declared at the top of makeSocket */
 interface OfflineBufferState {
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ describe('offline-buffer safety timer (socket.ts)', () => {
 	})
 
 	// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	// 1. Timeout path — CB:ib,,offline never arrives within 5 s
+	// 1. Timeout path — CB:ib,,offline never arrives within 2 s
 	// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-	it('fires after 5 s and flushes when CB:ib,,offline is delayed', () => {
+	it('fires after 2 s and flushes when CB:ib,,offline is delayed', () => {
 		startBuffer(state, mockFlush, mockWarn)
 
 		expect(mockFlush).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
@@ -144,17 +144,17 @@ describe('offline-buffer safety timer (socket.ts)', () => {
 	})
 
 	// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	// 2. Happy path — CB:ib,,offline arrives before the 5 s timer fires
+	// 2. Happy path — CB:ib,,offline arrives before the 2 s timer fires
 	// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	it('CB:ib,,offline cancels the timer and flushes exactly once', () => {
 		startBuffer(state, mockFlush, mockWarn)
 
-		// Server responds before the 5 s timeout
+		// Server responds before the 2 s timeout
 		jest.advanceTimersByTime(1_000)
 		onOffline(state, mockFlush)
 
-		// Timer should be cancelled — advancing past 5 s must not cause a second flush
+		// Timer should be cancelled — advancing past 2 s must not cause a second flush
 		jest.advanceTimersByTime(OFFLINE_BUFFER_TIMEOUT_MS)
 
 		expect(mockFlush).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ describe('offline-buffer safety timer (socket.ts)', () => {
 
 		onClose(state)
 
-		// Timer must be gone — advancing past 5 s must not trigger any flush
+		// Timer must be gone — advancing past 2 s must not trigger any flush
 		jest.advanceTimersByTime(OFFLINE_BUFFER_TIMEOUT_MS)
 
 		expect(mockFlush).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ describe('offline-buffer safety timer (socket.ts)', () => {
 	// 4. Boundary / timing edge cases
 	// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-	it('does not flush before exactly 5 s have elapsed', () => {
+	it('does not flush before exactly 2 s have elapsed', () => {
 		startBuffer(state, mockFlush, mockWarn)
 
 		jest.advanceTimersByTime(OFFLINE_BUFFER_TIMEOUT_MS - 1)
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ describe('offline-buffer safety timer (socket.ts)', () => {
 		expect(mockFlush).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
 	})
 
-	it('flushes at exactly the 5 s boundary', () => {
+	it('flushes at exactly the 2 s boundary', () => {
 		startBuffer(state, mockFlush, mockWarn)
 
 		jest.advanceTimersByTime(OFFLINE_BUFFER_TIMEOUT_MS)

src/__tests__/Utils/tc-token.test.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 import { jest } from '@jest/globals'
 import { DisconnectReason, type SignalKeyStoreWithTransaction } from '../../Types'
 import { getErrorCodeFromStreamError, SERVER_ERROR_CODES } from '../../Utils'
-import { buildTcTokenFromJid, isTcTokenExpired, shouldSendNewTcToken } from '../../Utils/tc-token-utils'
+import {
+	buildMergedTcTokenIndexWrite,
+	buildTcTokenFromJid,
+	isRegularUser,
+	isTcTokenExpired,
+	readTcTokenIndex,
+	resolveIssuanceJid,
+	shouldSendNewTcToken,
+	storeTcTokensFromIqResult,
+	TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY
+} from '../../Utils/tc-token-utils'
 import type { BinaryNode } from '../../WABinary'
 
 /** 7 days in seconds — matches WA Web tctoken_duration */
@@ -848,3 +858,340 @@ describe('tctoken integration scenarios', () => {
 		})
 	})
 })
+
+// ─── isRegularUser (PSA / bot / MetaAI gating) ─────────────────────────
+
+describe('isRegularUser', () => {
+	it('rejects undefined / empty', () => {
+		expect(isRegularUser(undefined)).toBe(false)
+		expect(isRegularUser('')).toBe(false)
+	})
+
+	it('rejects PSA WID (user "0")', () => {
+		expect(isRegularUser('0@s.whatsapp.net')).toBe(false)
+		expect(isRegularUser('0@c.us')).toBe(false)
+	})
+
+	it('rejects bot phone numbers (1313555XXXX, 131655500XX)', () => {
+		expect(isRegularUser('13135550000@s.whatsapp.net')).toBe(false)
+		expect(isRegularUser('13135559999@s.whatsapp.net')).toBe(false)
+		// /^131655500\d{2}$/ — 11 digits: 131655500 + 2 trailing
+		expect(isRegularUser('13165550000@s.whatsapp.net')).toBe(false)
+		expect(isRegularUser('13165550099@s.whatsapp.net')).toBe(false)
+	})
+
+	it('rejects MetaAI (@bot server)', () => {
+		expect(isRegularUser('foo@bot')).toBe(false)
+	})
+
+	it('accepts regular PN users (@s.whatsapp.net, @c.us)', () => {
+		expect(isRegularUser('5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net')).toBe(true)
+		expect(isRegularUser('5511999999999@c.us')).toBe(true)
+	})
+
+	it('accepts LID users', () => {
+		expect(isRegularUser('123456@lid')).toBe(true)
+	})
+
+	it('accepts hosted PN/LID users', () => {
+		expect(isRegularUser('5511999999999@hosted')).toBe(true)
+		expect(isRegularUser('123456@hosted.lid')).toBe(true)
+	})
+})
+
+// ─── resolveIssuanceJid (AB prop 14303 routing) ────────────────────────
+
+describe('resolveIssuanceJid', () => {
+	const PN = '5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net'
+	const LID = '123456@lid'
+	const PN_NO_LID = '5511888888888@s.whatsapp.net'
+	const LID_NO_PN = '999999@lid'
+
+	const getLIDForPN = jest.fn<(pn: string) => Promise<string | null>>(async (pn: string) => {
+		if (pn === PN) return LID
+		return null
+	})
+	const getPNForLID = jest.fn<(lid: string) => Promise<string | null>>(async (lid: string) => {
+		if (lid === LID) return PN
+		return null
+	})
+
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		getLIDForPN.mockClear()
+		getPNForLID.mockClear()
+	})
+
+	describe('AB prop 14303 ON (issueToLid=true)', () => {
+		it('returns LID unchanged when input is LID', async () => {
+			expect(await resolveIssuanceJid(LID, true, getLIDForPN, getPNForLID)).toBe(LID)
+			expect(getLIDForPN).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+		})
+
+		it('resolves PN to LID via lidMapping', async () => {
+			expect(await resolveIssuanceJid(PN, true, getLIDForPN, getPNForLID)).toBe(LID)
+			expect(getLIDForPN).toHaveBeenCalledWith(PN)
+		})
+
+		it('falls back to original PN when no LID mapping exists', async () => {
+			expect(await resolveIssuanceJid(PN_NO_LID, true, getLIDForPN, getPNForLID)).toBe(PN_NO_LID)
+		})
+	})
+
+	describe('AB prop 14303 OFF (issueToLid=false)', () => {
+		it('returns PN unchanged when input is PN', async () => {
+			expect(await resolveIssuanceJid(PN, false, getLIDForPN, getPNForLID)).toBe(PN)
+			expect(getPNForLID).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+		})
+
+		it('resolves LID to PN via lidMapping', async () => {
+			expect(await resolveIssuanceJid(LID, false, getLIDForPN, getPNForLID)).toBe(PN)
+			expect(getPNForLID).toHaveBeenCalledWith(LID)
+		})
+
+		it('falls back to original LID when no PN mapping exists', async () => {
+			expect(await resolveIssuanceJid(LID_NO_PN, false, getLIDForPN, getPNForLID)).toBe(LID_NO_PN)
+		})
+
+		it('returns LID unchanged when getPNForLID is omitted', async () => {
+			expect(await resolveIssuanceJid(LID, false, getLIDForPN)).toBe(LID)
+		})
+	})
+
+	describe('JID normalization (handles @c.us and hosted forms)', () => {
+		const PN_CUS = '5511999999999@c.us'
+		const PN_NORMALIZED = '5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net'
+		const HOSTED_LID = '999999@hosted.lid'
+
+		it('normalizes @c.us before resolving (issueToLid=true)', async () => {
+			const fn = jest.fn<(pn: string) => Promise<string | null>>(async (pn: string) => {
+				if (pn === PN_NORMALIZED) return LID
+				return null
+			})
+			const result = await resolveIssuanceJid(PN_CUS, true, fn, getPNForLID)
+			expect(result).toBe(LID)
+			// Mapping store called with NORMALIZED form
+			expect(fn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(PN_NORMALIZED)
+		})
+
+		it('treats hosted LID as LID input (issueToLid=true returns it unchanged)', async () => {
+			expect(await resolveIssuanceJid(HOSTED_LID, true, getLIDForPN, getPNForLID)).toBe(HOSTED_LID)
+			expect(getLIDForPN).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+		})
+
+		it('treats hosted LID as LID input (issueToLid=false converts via getPNForLID)', async () => {
+			const fn = jest.fn<(lid: string) => Promise<string | null>>(async () => null)
+			await resolveIssuanceJid(HOSTED_LID, false, getLIDForPN, fn)
+			expect(fn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(HOSTED_LID)
+		})
+	})
+})
+
+// ─── readTcTokenIndex / buildMergedTcTokenIndexWrite ───────────────────
+
+describe('tctoken cross-session prune index', () => {
+	it('exports the sentinel key as "__index"', () => {
+		// Persisted state compatibility — tests freeze the value to catch unintended renames.
+		expect(TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY).toBe('__index')
+	})
+
+	describe('readTcTokenIndex', () => {
+		it('returns [] when the index entry is absent', async () => {
+			const keys = createMockKeys()
+			;(keys.get as any).mockResolvedValue({})
+			expect(await readTcTokenIndex(keys)).toEqual([])
+		})
+
+		it('returns [] when the index token buffer is empty', async () => {
+			const keys = createMockKeys()
+			;(keys.get as any).mockResolvedValue({ [TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY]: { token: Buffer.alloc(0) } })
+			expect(await readTcTokenIndex(keys)).toEqual([])
+		})
+
+		it('returns [] when the JSON payload is corrupted', async () => {
+			const keys = createMockKeys()
+			;(keys.get as any).mockResolvedValue({ [TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY]: { token: Buffer.from('not-json') } })
+			expect(await readTcTokenIndex(keys)).toEqual([])
+		})
+
+		it('returns [] when the JSON payload is not an array', async () => {
+			const keys = createMockKeys()
+			;(keys.get as any).mockResolvedValue({ [TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY]: { token: Buffer.from('{"a":1}') } })
+			expect(await readTcTokenIndex(keys)).toEqual([])
+		})
+
+		it('returns the persisted JIDs', async () => {
+			const keys = createMockKeys()
+			const stored = ['a@lid', 'b@lid', 'c@s.whatsapp.net']
+			;(keys.get as any).mockResolvedValue({
+				[TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY]: { token: Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(stored)) }
+			})
+			expect(await readTcTokenIndex(keys)).toEqual(stored)
+		})
+
+		it('filters out the sentinel key itself, empty strings, and non-strings', async () => {
+			const keys = createMockKeys()
+			const stored = ['a@lid', '', TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY, 42, null, 'b@lid']
+			;(keys.get as any).mockResolvedValue({
+				[TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY]: { token: Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(stored)) }
+			})
+			expect(await readTcTokenIndex(keys)).toEqual(['a@lid', 'b@lid'])
+		})
+	})
+
+	describe('buildMergedTcTokenIndexWrite', () => {
+		it('merges added JIDs with the persisted set (de-duplicated)', async () => {
+			const keys = createMockKeys()
+			;(keys.get as any).mockResolvedValue({
+				[TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY]: { token: Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(['a@lid', 'b@lid'])) }
+			})
+			const write = await buildMergedTcTokenIndexWrite(keys, ['b@lid', 'c@lid'])
+			const decoded = JSON.parse(write[TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY].token.toString()) as string[]
+			expect(decoded.sort()).toEqual(['a@lid', 'b@lid', 'c@lid'])
+		})
+
+		it('drops the sentinel key from the added set', async () => {
+			const keys = createMockKeys()
+			;(keys.get as any).mockResolvedValue({})
+			const write = await buildMergedTcTokenIndexWrite(keys, [TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY, 'a@lid'])
+			const decoded = JSON.parse(write[TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY].token.toString()) as string[]
+			expect(decoded).toEqual(['a@lid'])
+		})
+
+		it('handles empty inputs', async () => {
+			const keys = createMockKeys()
+			;(keys.get as any).mockResolvedValue({})
+			const write = await buildMergedTcTokenIndexWrite(keys, [])
+			const decoded = JSON.parse(write[TC_TOKEN_INDEX_KEY].token.toString()) as string[]
+			expect(decoded).toEqual([])
+		})
+	})
+})
+
+// ─── storeTcTokensFromIqResult — isRegularUser gating + monotonicity ───
+
+describe('storeTcTokensFromIqResult — gating and monotonicity', () => {
+	const PEER_PN = '5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net'
+	const PEER_LID = '123456@lid'
+
+	const getLIDForPN = jest.fn<(pn: string) => Promise<string | null>>(async (pn: string) => {
+		if (pn === PEER_PN) return PEER_LID
+		return null
+	})
+
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		getLIDForPN.mockClear()
+	})
+
+	const buildIqResult = (jid: string, tokenBytes: Uint8Array, t: string): BinaryNode => ({
+		tag: 'iq',
+		attrs: {},
+		content: [
+			{
+				tag: 'tokens',
+				attrs: {},
+				content: [
+					{
+						tag: 'token',
+						attrs: { jid, type: 'trusted_contact', t },
+						content: tokenBytes
+					}
+				]
+			}
+		]
+	})
+
+	it('skips PSA WID (jid="0") even if returned in tokens block', async () => {
+		const keys = createMockKeys()
+		;(keys.get as any).mockResolvedValue({})
+		await storeTcTokensFromIqResult({
+			result: buildIqResult('myDeviceJid@s.whatsapp.net', Buffer.from([0x01, 0x02]), '1700000000'),
+			fallbackJid: '0@s.whatsapp.net',
+			keys,
+			getLIDForPN
+		})
+		expect(keys.set).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+	})
+
+	it('skips bot phone numbers', async () => {
+		const keys = createMockKeys()
+		;(keys.get as any).mockResolvedValue({})
+		await storeTcTokensFromIqResult({
+			result: buildIqResult('myDeviceJid@s.whatsapp.net', Buffer.from([0x01, 0x02]), '1700000000'),
+			fallbackJid: '13135550000@s.whatsapp.net',
+			keys,
+			getLIDForPN
+		})
+		expect(keys.set).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+	})
+
+	it('skips MetaAI (@bot server)', async () => {
+		const keys = createMockKeys()
+		;(keys.get as any).mockResolvedValue({})
+		await storeTcTokensFromIqResult({
+			result: buildIqResult('myDeviceJid@s.whatsapp.net', Buffer.from([0x01, 0x02]), '1700000000'),
+			fallbackJid: 'meta-ai@bot',
+			keys,
+			getLIDForPN
+		})
+		expect(keys.set).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+	})
+
+	it('uses fallbackJid (NOT the token node jid which is own device) as storage source', async () => {
+		const keys = createMockKeys()
+		;(keys.get as any).mockResolvedValue({})
+		const onNewJidStored = jest.fn()
+		await storeTcTokensFromIqResult({
+			result: buildIqResult('myDeviceJid:1@s.whatsapp.net', Buffer.from([0xaa, 0xbb]), '1700000000'),
+			fallbackJid: PEER_PN,
+			keys,
+			getLIDForPN,
+			onNewJidStored
+		})
+		expect(keys.set).toHaveBeenCalled()
+		const setArgs = (keys.set.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as { tctoken: Record<string, unknown> }).tctoken
+		expect(Object.keys(setArgs)).toContain(PEER_LID)
+		expect(onNewJidStored).toHaveBeenCalledWith(PEER_LID)
+	})
+
+	it('skips when incoming timestamp is older than existing (monotonicity)', async () => {
+		const keys = createMockKeys()
+		;(keys.get as any).mockResolvedValue({
+			[PEER_LID]: { token: Buffer.from([0x99]), timestamp: '1800000000' }
+		})
+		await storeTcTokensFromIqResult({
+			result: buildIqResult('myDeviceJid@s.whatsapp.net', Buffer.from([0xaa]), '1700000000'),
+			fallbackJid: PEER_PN,
+			keys,
+			getLIDForPN
+		})
+		expect(keys.set).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+	})
+
+	it('skips timestamp-less tokens (would be immediately expired)', async () => {
+		const keys = createMockKeys()
+		;(keys.get as any).mockResolvedValue({})
+		await storeTcTokensFromIqResult({
+			result: {
+				tag: 'iq',
+				attrs: {},
+				content: [
+					{
+						tag: 'tokens',
+						attrs: {},
+						content: [
+							{
+								tag: 'token',
+								attrs: { jid: 'd@s.whatsapp.net', type: 'trusted_contact' },
+								content: Buffer.from([0x01])
+							}
+						]
+					}
+				]
+			},
+			fallbackJid: PEER_PN,
+			keys,
+			getLIDForPN
+		})
+		expect(keys.set).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+	})
+})

src/__tests__/bigint-validation.test.ts

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+import Long from 'long'
+import $protobuf from 'protobufjs/minimal.js'
+
+const $util = $protobuf.util
+
+// proto implementation
+function longToStringOld(value: any, unsigned?: boolean): string {
+	if (typeof value === 'string') return value
+	if (typeof value === 'number') return String(value)
+	if (!$util.Long) return String(value)
+	const normalized = ($util.Long as any).fromValue(value)
+	const prepared =
+		unsigned && normalized && typeof normalized.toUnsigned === 'function' ? normalized.toUnsigned() : normalized
+	return prepared.toString()
+}
+
+// bigint implementation
+function longToStringNew(value: any, unsigned?: boolean): string {
+	if (typeof value === 'string') return value
+	if (typeof value === 'number') return String(value)
+	if (value && typeof value.low === 'number' && typeof value.high === 'number') {
+		const high = value.high | 0
+		const lo = BigInt(value.low >>> 0)
+		const hi = BigInt(value.high >>> 0)
+		const combined = (hi << 32n) | lo
+		if (!unsigned && high < 0) {
+			return (combined - (1n << 64n)).toString()
+		}
+
+		return combined.toString()
+	}
+
+	return String(value)
+}
+
+function longToNumberOld(value: any, unsigned?: boolean): number {
+	if (typeof value === 'number') return value
+	if (typeof value === 'string') return Number(value)
+	if (!$util.Long) return Number(value)
+	const normalized = ($util.Long as any).fromValue(value)
+	const prepared =
+		unsigned && normalized && typeof normalized.toUnsigned === 'function'
+			? normalized.toUnsigned()
+			: typeof normalized.toSigned === 'function'
+				? normalized.toSigned()
+				: normalized
+	return prepared.toNumber()
+}
+
+function longToNumberNew(value: any, unsigned?: boolean): number {
+	if (typeof value === 'number') return value
+	if (typeof value === 'string') return Number(value)
+	if (value && typeof value.low === 'number' && typeof value.high === 'number') {
+		const high = value.high | 0
+		const lo = BigInt(value.low >>> 0)
+		const hi = BigInt(value.high >>> 0)
+		const combined = (hi << 32n) | lo
+		if (!unsigned && high < 0) {
+			return Number(combined - (1n << 64n))
+		}
+
+		return Number(combined)
+	}
+
+	return Number(value)
+}
+
+describe('BigInt vs Long equivalence validation', () => {
+	// Test cases: [description, Long value, unsigned flag]
+	const testCases: [string, Long, boolean][] = [
+		// Basic values
+		['zero unsigned', Long.fromNumber(0, true), true],
+		['zero signed', Long.fromNumber(0, false), false],
+		['one unsigned', Long.fromNumber(1, true), true],
+		['one signed', Long.fromNumber(1, false), false],
+
+		// Typical WhatsApp timestamps (seconds since epoch)
+		['timestamp 2023', Long.fromNumber(1700000000, true), true],
+		['timestamp 2025', Long.fromNumber(1750000000, true), true],
+		['timestamp as signed', Long.fromNumber(1700000000, false), false],
+
+		// File sizes
+		['small file', Long.fromNumber(1024, true), true],
+		['medium file 10MB', Long.fromNumber(10485760, true), true],
+		['large file 2GB', Long.fromNumber(2147483648, true), true],
+
+		// Boundary values - 32-bit
+		['max int32', Long.fromNumber(2147483647, false), false],
+		['min int32', Long.fromNumber(-2147483648, false), false],
+		['max uint32', Long.fromNumber(4294967295, true), true],
+
+		// Around MAX_SAFE_INTEGER
+		['MAX_SAFE_INTEGER', Long.fromString('9007199254740991', false), false],
+		['MAX_SAFE_INTEGER + 1', Long.fromString('9007199254740992', false), false],
+		['MAX_SAFE_INTEGER unsigned', Long.fromString('9007199254740991', true), true],
+
+		// Large unsigned values
+		['large unsigned', Long.fromString('9999999999999999999', true), true],
+		['max uint64', Long.fromString('18446744073709551615', true), true],
+		['max uint64 - 1', Long.fromString('18446744073709551614', true), true],
+
+		// Signed negative values
+		['negative one', Long.fromNumber(-1, false), false],
+		['negative small', Long.fromNumber(-100, false), false],
+		['negative large', Long.fromNumber(-2147483648, false), false],
+		['min int64', Long.fromString('-9223372036854775808', false), false],
+		['max int64', Long.fromString('9223372036854775807', false), false],
+		['-1 as signed Long', Long.fromBits(-1, -1, false), false],
+
+		// Tricky bit patterns
+		['high=1, low=0', Long.fromBits(0, 1, true), true],
+		['high=0, low=-1 (0xFFFFFFFF)', Long.fromBits(-1, 0, true), true],
+		['high=-1, low=-1 unsigned (max uint64)', Long.fromBits(-1, -1, true), true],
+		['high=0x7FFFFFFF, low=0xFFFFFFFF (max int64)', Long.fromBits(-1, 0x7fffffff, false), false],
+		['high=0x80000000, low=0 (min int64)', Long.fromBits(0, -2147483648, false), false],
+
+		// Powers of 2
+		['2^32', Long.fromString('4294967296', true), true],
+		['2^32 signed', Long.fromString('4294967296', false), false],
+		['2^48', Long.fromString('281474976710656', true), true],
+		['2^63', Long.fromString('9223372036854775808', true), true]
+	]
+
+	describe('longToString equivalence', () => {
+		for (const [desc, longVal, unsigned] of testCases) {
+			it(`${desc}: Long(${longVal.low}, ${longVal.high}, ${unsigned})`, () => {
+				const oldResult = longToStringOld(longVal, unsigned)
+				const newResult = longToStringNew(longVal, unsigned)
+				expect(newResult).toBe(oldResult)
+			})
+		}
+	})
+
+	describe('longToNumber equivalence', () => {
+		for (const [desc, longVal, unsigned] of testCases) {
+			it(`${desc}: Long(${longVal.low}, ${longVal.high}, ${unsigned})`, () => {
+				const oldResult = longToNumberOld(longVal, unsigned)
+				const newResult = longToNumberNew(longVal, unsigned)
+				// For large values, both may lose precision equally (Number limitation)
+				// So we compare string representations
+				expect(newResult.toString()).toBe(oldResult.toString())
+			})
+		}
+	})
+
+	describe('non-Long inputs (fallback paths)', () => {
+		it('string passthrough', () => {
+			expect(longToStringNew('12345')).toBe('12345')
+			expect(longToStringNew('0')).toBe('0')
+		})
+		it('number passthrough', () => {
+			expect(longToStringNew(42)).toBe('42')
+			expect(longToStringNew(0)).toBe('0')
+			expect(longToStringNew(-1)).toBe('-1')
+		})
+		it('null/undefined fallback', () => {
+			expect(longToStringNew(null)).toBe('null')
+			expect(longToStringNew(undefined)).toBe('undefined')
+		})
+		it('object without low/high', () => {
+			expect(longToStringNew({ foo: 'bar' })).toBe('[object Object]')
+		})
+
+		// Defensive: a raw {low, high} JSON object can carry `high` as an
+		// unsigned 32-bit value (Long.fromBits would normalize via `| 0`,
+		// but plain JSON deserialization does not). Without `value.high | 0`
+		// the sign-bit check fails and the result is interpreted as unsigned.
+		// Upstream Baileys PR #2333 has this latent bug; InfiniteAPI fixes it.
+		it('signed sign-bit detection on raw unsigned high (-1 as {low: -1, high: 4294967295})', () => {
+			const raw = { low: -1, high: 0xffffffff }
+			// signed: -1
+			expect(longToStringNew(raw, false)).toBe('-1')
+			// unsigned: max uint64
+			expect(longToStringNew(raw, true)).toBe('18446744073709551615')
+		})
+
+		it('signed sign-bit detection on raw unsigned high (-4294967296 as {low: 0, high: 4294967295})', () => {
+			const raw = { low: 0, high: 0xffffffff }
+			// signed: -4294967296 (high word = -1 after normalization)
+			expect(longToStringNew(raw, false)).toBe('-4294967296')
+			// unsigned: 0xFFFFFFFF00000000 = 18446744069414584320
+			expect(longToStringNew(raw, true)).toBe('18446744069414584320')
+		})
+	})
+
+	describe('fuzz: random Long values', () => {
+		it('100 random unsigned values match', () => {
+			for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+				const low = (Math.random() * 0xffffffff) | 0
+				const high = (Math.random() * 0xffffffff) | 0
+				const longVal = Long.fromBits(low, high, true)
+				const oldResult = longToStringOld(longVal, true)
+				const newResult = longToStringNew(longVal, true)
+				expect(newResult).toBe(oldResult)
+			}
+		})
+
+		it('100 random signed values match', () => {
+			for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+				const low = (Math.random() * 0xffffffff) | 0
+				const high = (Math.random() * 0xffffffff) | 0
+				const longVal = Long.fromBits(low, high, false)
+				const oldResult = longToStringOld(longVal, false)
+				const newResult = longToStringNew(longVal, false)
+				expect(newResult).toBe(oldResult)
+			}
+		})
+	})
+})

src/__tests__/binary/reconnection-sync-skip.test.ts

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+import { jest } from '@jest/globals'
+import { proto, type WAMessage } from '../..'
+import { DEFAULT_CONNECTION_CONFIG } from '../../Defaults'
+import makeWASocket from '../../Socket'
+import { makeSession, mockWebSocket } from '../TestUtils/session'
+
+mockWebSocket()
+
+// chats.ts treats a connection as a reconnection when EITHER signal is true:
+//   1. authState.creds.accountSyncCounter > 0
+//      (at least one full history sync completed in a previous session)
+//   2. socketSkippedOfflineBuffer (forwarded from socket.ts as `skipOfflineBuffer`)
+//      (socket.ts already decided to skip the offline buffer, e.g. because
+//       routingInfo was stale and was discarded on startup)
+// On reconnection, AwaitingInitialSync is skipped and the buffer is flushed
+// immediately so live messages are not held in the initial-sync window.
+describe('Reconnection Sync Skip', () => {
+	it('should skip the history sync wait on reconnection (accountSyncCounter > 0)', async () => {
+		const { state, clear } = await makeSession()
+
+		state.creds.me = { id: '1234567890:1@s.whatsapp.net', name: 'Test User' }
+		// Simulate a session that has already synced before
+		state.creds.accountSyncCounter = 1
+
+		const sock = makeWASocket({
+			...DEFAULT_CONNECTION_CONFIG,
+			auth: state
+		})
+
+		const messageListener = jest.fn()
+		sock.ev.on('messages.upsert', messageListener)
+
+		// Simulate receiving pending notifications (triggers AwaitingInitialSync)
+		sock.ev.emit('connection.update', { receivedPendingNotifications: true })
+
+		// Emit a message immediately after — if the wait is skipped,
+		// the buffer should already be flushed and this message should be delivered.
+		const msg = proto.WebMessageInfo.fromObject({
+			key: { remoteJid: '1234567890@s.whatsapp.net', fromMe: false, id: 'MSG_AFTER_RECONNECT' },
+			messageTimestamp: Date.now() / 1000,
+			message: { conversation: 'Hello after reconnect' }
+		}) as WAMessage
+		sock.ev.emit('messages.upsert', { messages: [msg], type: 'notify' })
+
+		await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 50))
+
+		// Message should be delivered immediately, NOT buffered
+		expect(messageListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+		expect(messageListener).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+			expect.objectContaining({
+				messages: expect.arrayContaining([expect.objectContaining({ key: msg.key })]),
+				type: 'notify'
+			})
+		)
+
+		await sock.end(new Error('Test completed'))
+		await clear()
+	})
+
+	it('should skip the history sync wait when socketSkippedOfflineBuffer is true (stale routingInfo, accountSyncCounter === 0)', async () => {
+		const { state, clear } = await makeSession()
+
+		state.creds.me = { id: '1234567890:1@s.whatsapp.net', name: 'Test User' }
+		// Fresh-looking session from the counter perspective
+		state.creds.accountSyncCounter = 0
+		// But routingInfo is present and we ask the socket to discard it on start.
+		// socket.ts will set hadStaleRoutingInfo=true → skipOfflineBuffer=true,
+		// which chats.ts forwards as socketSkippedOfflineBuffer. Without this
+		// branch, the buffers would be misaligned (offline buffer skipped while
+		// AwaitingInitialSync still waits) and live messages would stall.
+		state.creds.routingInfo = Buffer.from([1, 2, 3, 4])
+
+		const sock = makeWASocket({
+			...DEFAULT_CONNECTION_CONFIG,
+			auth: state,
+			clearRoutingInfoOnStart: true
+		})
+
+		const messageListener = jest.fn()
+		sock.ev.on('messages.upsert', messageListener)
+
+		sock.ev.emit('connection.update', { receivedPendingNotifications: true })
+
+		const msg = proto.WebMessageInfo.fromObject({
+			key: { remoteJid: '1234567890@s.whatsapp.net', fromMe: false, id: 'MSG_AFTER_STALE_ROUTING' },
+			messageTimestamp: Date.now() / 1000,
+			message: { conversation: 'Hello after stale routing reconnect' }
+		}) as WAMessage
+		sock.ev.emit('messages.upsert', { messages: [msg], type: 'notify' })
+
+		await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 50))
+
+		expect(messageListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+		expect(messageListener).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+			expect.objectContaining({
+				messages: expect.arrayContaining([expect.objectContaining({ key: msg.key })]),
+				type: 'notify'
+			})
+		)
+
+		await sock.end(new Error('Test completed'))
+		await clear()
+	})
+
+	it('should still wait for history sync on fresh pairing (both signals false)', async () => {
+		const { state, clear } = await makeSession()
+
+		state.creds.me = { id: '1234567890:1@s.whatsapp.net', name: 'Test User' }
+		// Fresh pairing — both reconnect signals are false:
+		// accountSyncCounter is 0 (default) and no stale routingInfo to clear.
+		state.creds.accountSyncCounter = 0
+
+		const sock = makeWASocket({
+			...DEFAULT_CONNECTION_CONFIG,
+			auth: state
+		})
+
+		const messageListener = jest.fn()
+		sock.ev.on('messages.upsert', messageListener)
+
+		sock.ev.emit('connection.update', { receivedPendingNotifications: true })
+
+		const msg = proto.WebMessageInfo.fromObject({
+			key: { remoteJid: '1234567890@s.whatsapp.net', fromMe: false, id: 'MSG_DURING_INITIAL_SYNC' },
+			messageTimestamp: Date.now() / 1000,
+			message: { conversation: 'Hello during initial sync' }
+		}) as WAMessage
+		sock.ev.emit('messages.upsert', { messages: [msg], type: 'notify' })
+
+		await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 50))
+
+		// Message should be BUFFERED (not delivered) because we're waiting for history sync
+		expect(messageListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0)
+
+		// Drain the 2s AwaitingInitialSync timeout (chats.ts:1522) so its callback
+		// doesn't fire after Jest considers the test done — otherwise we get a
+		// "Cannot log after tests are done" warning from the post-teardown flush
+		// and the suite is flagged with --detectOpenHandles. After the timer
+		// fires, syncState becomes Online and the buffer flushes; that delivery
+		// is post-assertion and irrelevant to the test goal.
+		await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 2_100))
+
+		await sock.end(new Error('Test completed'))
+		await clear()
+	}, 10_000)
+})

src/__tests__/proto-tojson-long.test.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import Long from 'long'
 import '../index.js'
 import { proto } from '../../WAProto/index.js'
 
@@ -28,4 +29,91 @@ describe('proto serialization', () => {
 		const json = message.toJSON()
 		expect(json.message?.imageMessage?.fileLength).toBe('1234567890123456789')
 	})
+
+	it('converts Long objects to strings correctly via BigInt fast path', () => {
+		const message = proto.WebMessageInfo.fromObject({
+			key: {
+				remoteJid: '123@s.whatsapp.net',
+				id: 'ABC123',
+				fromMe: false
+			},
+			messageTimestamp: Long.fromNumber(1700000000, true),
+			message: {
+				imageMessage: {
+					fileLength: Long.fromString('9876543210', true)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+
+		const json = message.toJSON()
+		expect(json.messageTimestamp).toBe('1700000000')
+		expect(json.message?.imageMessage?.fileLength).toBe('9876543210')
+	})
+
+	it('handles large unsigned Long values (> MAX_SAFE_INTEGER)', () => {
+		const message = proto.WebMessageInfo.fromObject({
+			key: {
+				remoteJid: '123@s.whatsapp.net',
+				id: 'ABC123',
+				fromMe: false
+			},
+			messageTimestamp: Long.fromString('18446744073709551615', true), // max uint64
+			message: {
+				imageMessage: {
+					fileLength: Long.fromString('9999999999999999999', true)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+
+		const json = message.toJSON()
+		expect(json.messageTimestamp).toBe('18446744073709551615')
+		expect(json.message?.imageMessage?.fileLength).toBe('9999999999999999999')
+	})
+
+	it('handles zero and small Long values', () => {
+		const message = proto.WebMessageInfo.fromObject({
+			key: {
+				remoteJid: '123@s.whatsapp.net',
+				id: 'ABC123',
+				fromMe: false
+			},
+			messageTimestamp: Long.fromNumber(0, true),
+			message: {
+				imageMessage: {
+					fileLength: Long.fromNumber(1, true)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+
+		const json = message.toJSON()
+		expect(json.messageTimestamp).toBe('0')
+		expect(json.message?.imageMessage?.fileLength).toBe('1')
+	})
+
+	it('roundtrips encode/decode with Long fields preserving values (> MAX_SAFE_INTEGER)', () => {
+		// Use uint64 values above Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER (2^53 - 1) so the
+		// roundtrip actually exercises the BigInt fast path on decode->toJSON.
+		// Safe integers would silently work even if longToString fell back to
+		// Number(value).
+		const original = proto.WebMessageInfo.fromObject({
+			key: {
+				remoteJid: '123@s.whatsapp.net',
+				id: 'ABC123',
+				fromMe: false
+			},
+			messageTimestamp: Long.fromString('18446744073709551615', true),
+			message: {
+				imageMessage: {
+					fileLength: Long.fromString('9999999999999999999', true)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+
+		const encoded = proto.WebMessageInfo.encode(original).finish()
+		const decoded = proto.WebMessageInfo.decode(encoded)
+		const json = decoded.toJSON()
+
+		expect(json.messageTimestamp).toBe('18446744073709551615')
+		expect(json.message?.imageMessage?.fileLength).toBe('9999999999999999999')
+	})
 })

yarn.lock

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+  resolution: "@borewit/text-codec@npm:0.2.2"
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+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
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   resolution: "@cacheable/node-cache@npm:2.0.1"
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     pino: "npm:^10.3.1"
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-  resolution: "file-type@npm:21.3.0"
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+  version: 21.3.1
+  resolution: "file-type@npm:21.3.1"
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+  resolution: "music-metadata@npm:11.12.3"
   dependencies:
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+    "@borewit/text-codec": "npm:^0.2.2"
     "@tokenizer/token": "npm:^0.3.0"
     content-type: "npm:^1.0.5"
     debug: "npm:^4.4.3"
-    file-type: "npm:^21.3.0"
+    file-type: "npm:^21.3.1"
     media-typer: "npm:^1.1.0"
     strtok3: "npm:^10.3.4"
     token-types: "npm:^6.1.2"
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