[GOWS] - Duplicate WhatsApp Groups Created Automatically After Initial Creation #1552
Description
Describe the bug
When groups are created via the WAHA API (engine: gows), the same groups are automatically re-created hours later — often during the night — resulting in duplicate WhatsApp groups with the same name and members.
All participants receive multiple “You joined the group” notifications.
Version
{
"version": "2025.10.2",
"engine": "GOWS",
"tier": "PLUS",
"browser": null
}
Steps
Create a new WhatsApp group through the WAHA API:
POST /api/{session}/groups
Body: { "name": "TestGroup1", "participants": ["", "", ...] }
Confirm that the group is created successfully on WhatsApp.
Leave the session running (no new API calls) for several hours.
After a period of inactivity or around the time of an automatic reconnect (visible in logs), multiple new groups appear in WhatsApp:
Same name
Same members
Each triggers a new “You joined the group” notification to all members.
Expected behavior
WAHA should create the group once and never repeat the same “create group” command after a reconnect or session restart.
Actual Behaviour
Several duplicate groups are created hours later without any new API calls.
WhatsApp participants receive repeated notifications.
Logs show a reconnection sequence before duplicates appear.
Requests - Responses
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Docker Waha Logs
[10:50:10.606] INFO [Client] Successfully paired 9233939*****:[email protected]
[10:50:10.758] INFO [Client] Got 515 code, reconnecting...
[10:50:11.246] INFO [Client] Successfully authenticated
...
[10:52:49.653] INFO request completed {"url":"/api/.../groups","res":{"statusCode":201}}
(duplicate groups start appearing later that night)
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