WhatsApp Version out of date

[Schattenkanzler]

Describe the bug
I get an error regarding an outdated version of WhatsApp since yesterday.

To Reproduce
Just start matterbridge.

Expected behavior
A connection to WhatsApp and successfull forwarding.

Screenshots/debug logs
$ ./matterbridge
[0000] INFO main: Running version 1.26.1-dev
[0000] INFO main: WARNING: THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT VERSION. Things may break.
[0000] INFO router: Parsing gateway Forwarder
[0000] INFO router: Starting bridge: telegram.mytelegram
[0000] INFO telegram: Connecting
[0000] INFO telegram: Connection succeeded
[0000] INFO telegram: telegram.mytelegram: joining (ID: telegram.mytelegram)
[0000] INFO router: Starting bridge: whatsapp.mywhatsapp
[0000] INFO whatsapp: WhatsApp connection successful
10:16:10.398 [Client/Socket ERROR] Error reading from websocket: websocket: close 1006 (abnormal closure): unexpected EOF
10:16:10.398 [Client ERROR] Client outdated (405) connect failure (client version: 2.3000.1015853550)
[0006] FATAL main: Starting gateway failed: Bridge whatsapp.mywhatsapp failed to start: failed to get list of joined groups: websocket disconnected before info query returned response

Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS: Rocky Linux 9.5 (Blue Onyx)
• Matterbridge version: 1.26.1-dev

[Vetgans]

Can confirm. Same issue as #2232
Most likely caused by an outdated version of https://github.com/tulir/whatsmeow

[Hunv]

Same here

[uwedisch]

go.mod references go.mau.fi/whatsmeow v0.0.0-20240821142752-3d63c6fcc1a7 which is 9 months old, current is from yesterday.

[Hunv]

OK, for everyone who wants to update whatsmeow manually follow the following steps.
I have no clou about go and dependency. Thats the reason why I am not creating a pull request.
Disclaimer: All the following steps were suggested by claude.ai and were verified by me:

Manual update of whatsmeow Library to current version (Updated 2026-01-07)

I expect you have git and go installed.
Run the following commands to download the matterbridge repo, update whatsmeow and the references in the go project.

git clone https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge.git
cd matterbridge
go get -u go.mau.fi/whatsmeow@latest
go mod tidy
go mod vendor

Update the code as whatsmeow has breaking changes:

In bridge/whatsappmulti/handlers.go:
At the very beginning at the import section add the line

"context"

After that at line 246:

// Replace
data, err := b.wc.Download(imsg)
// with
data, err := b.wc.Download(context.Background(), imsg)

After that at line 313:

// Replace
data, err := b.wc.Download(imsg)
// with
data, err := b.wc.Download(context.Background(), imsg)

After that at line 370:

// Replace
data, err := b.wc.Download(imsg)
// with
data, err := b.wc.Download(context.Background(), imsg)

After that at line 424:

// Replace
data, err := b.wc.Download(imsg)
// with
data, err := b.wc.Download(context.Background(), imsg)

In bridge/whatsappmulti/whatsapp.go:
In line 125

// Replace
b.contacts, err = b.wc.Store.Contacts.GetAllContacts()
// with
b.contacts, err = b.wc.Store.Contacts.GetAllContacts(context.Background())

In line 130 (new since 2025-09-24)

// Replace
groups, err := b.wc.GetJoinedGroups()
// with
groups, err := b.wc.GetJoinedGroups(context.Background())

In line 386 (new since 2026-01-07)

// Replace
_, err := b.wc.RevokeMessage(groupJID, msg.ID)
// with
_, err := b.wc.RevokeMessage(context.Background(), groupJID, msg.ID)

In bridge/whatsappmulti/helpers.go:
At the very beginning at the import section add the line

"context"

In line 27:

// Replace
if _, err := b.wc.Store.Contacts.GetAllContacts(); err != nil {
// with
if _, err := b.wc.Store.Contacts.GetAllContacts(context.Background()); err != nil {

In line 31:

// Replace
allcontacts, err := b.wc.Store.Contacts.GetAllContacts()
// with
allcontacts, err := b.wc.Store.Contacts.GetAllContacts(context.Background())

In line 121: (new since 2026-01-07)

//Replace
info, err := b.wc.GetProfilePictureInfo(pjid, &whatsmeow.GetProfilePictureParams{
// with
info, err := b.wc.GetProfilePictureInfo(context.Background(), pjid, &whatsmeow.GetProfilePictureParams{

In line 140:

// Replace
storeContainer, err := sqlstore.New("sqlite", "file:"+b.Config.GetString("sessionfile")+".db?_pragma=foreign_keys(1)&_pragma=busy_timeout=10000", nil)
// with
storeContainer, err := sqlstore.New(context.Background(), "sqlite", "file:"+b.Config.GetString("sessionfile")+".db?_pragma=foreign_keys(1)&_pragma=busy_timeout=10000", nil)

In Line 145:

//Replace 
device, err = storeContainer.GetFirstDevice()
// with
device, err = storeContainer.GetFirstDevice(context.Background())

After all that changes run this command (adjust the tags by your needs):

go build -tags nomsteams,whatsappmulti

You will have the file matterbridge in your current directory, which is the binary of the matterbridge with the updated whatsmeow library. Eventually you also need to delete the session file in your matterbridge folder and reauthenticate with the QR code after.

[redbullpeter]

I've submitted a pull request with the necessary changes:

#2234

[Hunv]

I've submitted a pull request with the necessary changes:

#2234

Let's hope that this will be merged soon.

[Vetgans]

I got things working again with updating Go as well, followed by the modifications made by Hunv and redbullpeter:

git clone https://github.com/redbullpeter/matterbridge.git
cd matterbridge
go get -u go.mau.fi/whatsmeow@latest
go mod tidy
go mod vendor
CGO_ENABLED=0 go install -tags whatsappmulti,nomsteams,nozulip ./

You will find the new matterbridge file in the go/bin folder.
The 'go mod' commands are necessary as well, just cloning https://github.com/redbullpeter/matterbridge is not enough.

Now everything seems to be working fine again.

[redbullpeter]

@Vetgans - The master version of my repo includes some other changes. If you want the vanilla version with just the whatsmeow updates you need to use the https://github.com/redbullpeter/matterbridge/tree/whatsmeow-update-(202505027-0b502af) branch.

[weskerty]

Now everything seems to be working fine again.

Messages are sent to other platforms, but the return to WhatsApp function no longer seems to work.
It also doesn't work with audio or quoting messages.

[Hunv]

Now everything seems to be working fine again.

Messages are sent to other platforms, but the return to WhatsApp function no longer seems to work. It also doesn't work with audio or quoting messages.

@weskerty : I did not the changes @Vetgans did. Just the ones I noted. With that I receive message (which is the only function I need at the moment).

[djambred]

After following i still got this issue

[0014] INFO main: Gateway(s) started successfully. Now relaying messages
00:40:25.928 [Client INFO] Uploading 50 new prekeys to server
00:40:26.891 [Client WARN] Received stream end frame
00:40:26.891 [Client INFO] Got device removed stream error, sending LoggedOut event and deleting session
00:40:27.031 [Client/Socket ERROR] Error reading from websocket: websocket: close 1006 (abnormal closure): unexpected EOF

SOLUTION JUST USE WHATSAPP BUSINESS FOR THIS