fix(messages-recv): preserve custom WAMessageKey fields after proto roundtrip

proto.WebMessageInfo.fromObject() rebuilds the key from proto.MessageKey
schema, which only declares remoteJid/fromMe/id/participant. Custom
Baileys extensions (participantAlt, participantUsername, addressingMode)
are silently dropped, so process-message.ts cannot read them downstream
and authorUsername/authorPn are lost on group-participants.update,
groups.update, and group.join-request events that originate from
notifications.

Re-attach msg.key after the roundtrip to preserve the custom fields.
Addresses Codex P2 review comment on PR #382.

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

src/Socket/groups.ts

@@ -343,11 +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
 	}
@@ -362,16 +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'),
@@ -386,6 +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-recv.ts

@@ -2223,6 +2223,7 @@ export const makeMessagesRecvSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 							fromMe,
 							participant: node.attrs.participant,
 							participantAlt,
+							participantUsername: node.attrs.participant_username,
 							addressingMode,
 							id: node.attrs.id,
 							...(msg.key || {})
@@ -2231,6 +2232,10 @@ export const makeMessagesRecvSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 						msg.messageTimestamp = +node.attrs.t!
 
 						const fullMsg = proto.WebMessageInfo.fromObject(msg) as WAMessage
+						// Preserve custom WAMessageKey fields (participantAlt, participantUsername,
+						// addressingMode) that proto.WebMessageInfo.fromObject strips because
+						// they aren't part of the proto.MessageKey schema.
+						fullMsg.key = msg.key
 						await upsertMessage(fullMsg, 'append')
 					}
 				})

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

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export type BaileysEventMap = {
 		id: string
 		author: string
 		authorPn?: string
+		authorUsername?: string
 		participants: GroupParticipant[]
 		action: ParticipantAction
 	}
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ export type BaileysEventMap = {
 		id: string
 		author: string
 		authorPn?: string
+		authorUsername?: string
 		participant: string
 		participantPn?: string
 		action: RequestJoinAction

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

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

@@ -242,10 +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 } : {})
 	}

src/Utils/history.ts

@@ -315,6 +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
 				})

src/Utils/process-message.ts

@@ -763,12 +763,19 @@ 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
+				}
 			])
 		}
 
@@ -777,6 +784,7 @@ const processMessage = async (
 				id: jid,
 				author: message.key.participant!,
 				authorPn: message.key.participantAlt!,
+				authorUsername: message.key.participantUsername!,
 				participant: participant.lid,
 				participantPn: participant.pn,
 				action,

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/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: {},
+			attrs: {}
-			content: user.phone
 		}
 	}
 

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

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import {
 	USyncContactProtocol,
 	USyncDeviceProtocol,
 	USyncDisappearingModeProtocol,
-	USyncStatusProtocol
+	USyncStatusProtocol,
+	USyncUsernameProtocol
 } from './Protocols'
 import { USyncUser } from './USyncUser'
 
@@ -137,4 +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