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[BUG] chats.update / initial history sync discard the archived flag before it reaches webhooks or the database #2743
When a chat is archived/unarchived on the phone (or any linked device), Baileys emits the change via chats.update with an archived: true/false field. Evolution's chats.update handler in whatsapp.baileys.service.ts (WHATSAPP-BAILEYS integration) discards every field except remoteJid before forwarding to the webhook or writing to the DB:
The messaging-history.set handler (emits chats.set) does the same trim, and additionally only forwards chats not already in the Chat table — so even a fresh reconnect can't backfill archive state for chats Evolution already knows about.
The Chat Postgres table also has no archived column at all:
Table "public.Chat"
id | remoteJid | labels | createdAt | updatedAt | instanceId | name | unreadMessages
So there is currently no way for an integrator to learn a chat's real archived state via webhook, DB, or GET /chat/findChats/:instance — it's dropped at the earliest point in Evolution's own pipeline.
🔄 Steps to Reproduce
Connect an instance (WHATSAPP-BAILEYS) with the chats.update webhook enabled.
Archive (or unarchive) any chat directly on the linked phone.
Inspect the delivered chats.update webhook payload.
Check the Chat row for that remoteJid via GET /chat/findChats/:instance or Postgres directly.
✅ Expected Behavior
chats.update carries the chat's current archived boolean, it's persisted on the Chat row, and findChats returns it — so integrators can mirror the phone's real archived list instead of maintaining a local-only flag.
❌ Actual Behavior
chats.update/chats.set payloads only ever contain {remoteJid, instanceId[, name]}. archived is silently discarded.
🌍 Environment
OS: Ubuntu (Docker host)
Evolution API version: 2.3.7
Integration: WHATSAPP-BAILEYS
Database: PostgreSQL 13
📝 Additional Context / Proposed Fix
Sketch of a fix, for whoever picks this up:
Add archived Boolean @default(false) to the Chat Prisma model (migration).
In chats.update, forward archived: chat.archived in the webhook payload and include it in the chat.updateMany write.
In messaging-history.set, same field addition; consider also letting already-known chats' archived/pinned/muteEndTime refresh on reconnect, since today only brand-new chats get forwarded at all.
Confirm findChats selects/returns the new column once it exists.
Related: #2495 looks like a different symptom in the same area (write-side archiveChat endpoint erroring) — this is the read side: archive state never reaching the integrator in the first place.
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vitorhugo-dotnet commentedon Oct 16, 2026
Hi! I was think at using the EvolutionAPI, but that bug is a problem for that I want to implement. It was solved or there are some workaround?