fix(whatsapp): prevent invalid automation sends outside reply window (#15113)

WhatsApp automations now fail locally when they attempt to send a
free-form message after the 24-hour customer service window has closed.
This avoids sending an invalid template request to Meta and gives users
a clear, actionable error instead of “Template not found or invalid
template name.”

Template messages continue to be sent whenever template parameters are
present. Free-form messages continue to be sent normally while the
conversation is replyable.

Fixes
https://linear.app/chatwoot/issue/PLA-183/prevent-whatsapp-automations-outside-the-24-hour-window-from-producing

### How to reproduce

1. Create a WhatsApp automation that sends a message without template
parameters.
2. Trigger it on a conversation whose 24-hour customer service window is
closed.
3. Observe that the message previously reached the template send path
and failed with a misleading provider error.

### How to test

1. Trigger an automation with template parameters and confirm it sends
as a template message.
2. Trigger an automation without template parameters inside the 24-hour
window and confirm it sends as a free-form message.
3. Trigger an automation without template parameters outside the 24-hour
window and confirm it fails locally with a clear error and makes no
request to Meta.

### Things to know

This changes only the invalid closed-window, no-template path. Existing
template and in-window message behavior remains unchanged.

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Co-authored-by: Muhsin <12408980+muhsin-k@users.noreply.github.com>
This commit is contained in:
Muhsin Keloth
2026-07-22 12:40:28 +04:00
committed by GitHub
co-authored by Muhsin
parent e65e18e9c5
commit 166a41c31c
3 changed files with 20 additions and 6 deletions
@@ -6,12 +6,10 @@ class Whatsapp::SendOnWhatsappService < Base::SendOnChannelService
end
def perform_reply
should_send_template_message = template_params.present? || !message.conversation.can_reply?
if should_send_template_message
send_template_message
else
send_session_message
end
return send_template_message if template_params.present?
return send_session_message if message.conversation.can_reply?
message.update!(status: :failed, external_error: I18n.t('errors.whatsapp.message_outside_messaging_window'))
end
def send_template_message
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@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ en:
invalid_token_permissions: 'The access token does not have the required permissions for WhatsApp.'
phone_info_fetch_failed: 'Failed to fetch phone number information. Please try again.'
phone_number_already_exists: 'Channel already exists for this phone number: %{phone_number}, please contact support if the error persists'
message_outside_messaging_window: 'Message not sent because the WhatsApp 24-hour customer service window is closed and no template parameters were provided. Send an approved template message instead.'
reauthorization:
generic: 'Failed to reauthorize WhatsApp. Please try again.'
not_supported: 'Reauthorization is not supported for this type of WhatsApp channel.'
@@ -72,6 +72,21 @@ describe Whatsapp::SendOnWhatsappService do
expect(message.reload.source_id).to eq('123456789')
end
it 'fails a free-form message without contacting the provider when outside the 24 hour limit' do
create(:message, message_type: :incoming, content: 'test', created_at: 25.hours.ago,
conversation: conversation, account: conversation.account)
message = create(:message, message_type: :outgoing, content: 'test',
conversation: conversation, account: conversation.account)
expect(Whatsapp::TemplateProcessorService).not_to receive(:new)
described_class.new(message: message).perform
expect(message.reload.status).to eq('failed')
expect(message.external_error).to eq(I18n.t('errors.whatsapp.message_outside_messaging_window'))
expect(a_request(:post, 'https://waba.360dialog.io/v1/messages')).not_to have_been_made
end
it 'marks message as failed when template name is blank' do
processor = instance_double(Whatsapp::TemplateProcessorService)
allow(Whatsapp::TemplateProcessorService).to receive(:new).and_return(processor)