/api/{session}/chats/{chatId}/messages - fails for the chatId which have not sent us a message recently

[ehussain]

Hello,

We are facing below exception on some specific contacts. Error happens on the contact which have not sent a message to the whatsapp message. Once that number sends us the message then error disappears.

Also same error happens on such contacts when calling sendText

Example end point.

/api/{session}/chats/{chatId}/messages

Error Response :

{
  "statusCode": 500,
  "timestamp": "2023-08-10T07:28:06.685Z",
  "exception": {
    "stack": "Error: Evaluation failed: TypeError: r.findImpl is not a function\n    at https://web.whatsapp.com/app.9bf7959578bdb7663582.js:51:175453\n    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)\n    at t (https://web.whatsapp.com/vendor1~app.7f14216f970118f62a35.js:2:66483)\n    at s (https://web.whatsapp.com/vendor1~app.7f14216f970118f62a35.js:2:66694)\n    at https://web.whatsapp.com/vendor1~app.7f14216f970118f62a35.js:2:66753\n    at new Promise (<anonymous>)\n    at https://web.whatsapp.com/vendor1~app.7f14216f970118f62a35.js:2:66634\n    at O._serverQuery (https://web.whatsapp.com/app.9bf7959578bdb7663582.js:51:175781)\n    at O._query (https://web.whatsapp.com/app.9bf7959578bdb7663582.js:51:175064)\n    at O.find (https://web.whatsapp.com/app.9bf7959578bdb7663582.js:51:173548)\n    at ExecutionContext._evaluateInternal (/app/node_modules/whatsapp-web.js/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/cjs/puppeteer/common/ExecutionContext.js:221:19)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)\n    at async ExecutionContext.evaluate (/app/node_modules/whatsapp-web.js/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/cjs/puppeteer/common/ExecutionContext.js:110:16)\n    at async Client.getChatById (/app/node_modules/whatsapp-web.js/src/Client.js:921:20)\n    at async WhatsappSessionWebJSPlus.getChatMessages (/app/dist/core/session.webjs.core.js:138:22)\n    at async /app/node_modules/@nestjs/core/router/router-execution-context.js:46:28\n    at async /app/node_modules/@nestjs/core/router/router-proxy.js:9:17",
    "message": "Evaluation failed: TypeError: r.findImpl is not a function\n    at https://web.whatsapp.com/app.9bf7959578bdb7663582.js:51:175453\n    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)\n    at t (https://web.whatsapp.com/vendor1~app.7f14216f970118f62a35.js:2:66483)\n    at s (https://web.whatsapp.com/vendor1~app.7f14216f970118f62a35.js:2:66694)\n    at https://web.whatsapp.com/vendor1~app.7f14216f970118f62a35.js:2:66753\n    at new Promise (<anonymous>)\n    at https://web.whatsapp.com/vendor1~app.7f14216f970118f62a35.js:2:66634\n    at O._serverQuery (https://web.whatsapp.com/app.9bf7959578bdb7663582.js:51:175781)\n    at O._query (https://web.whatsapp.com/app.9bf7959578bdb7663582.js:51:175064)\n    at O.find (https://web.whatsapp.com/app.9bf7959578bdb7663582.js:51:173548)",
    "name": "Error"
  },
  "request": {
    "path": "/api/XXXXX/chats/XXXXXXXX%40c.us/messages?downloadMedia=true&limit=100",
    "method": "GET",
    "body": {},
    "query": {
      "downloadMedia": "true",
      "limit": "100"
    }
  },
  "version": {
    "version": "2023.8.10",
    "tier": "PLUS",
    "browser": "/usr/bin/chromium"
  }
}