fix: normalize phone numbers during whatsapp channel lookup (#13709)

Fixes
https://linear.app/chatwoot/issue/PLA-99/whatsapp-messages-dropped-for-brazilargentina-numbers-due-to-phone
Fixes https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/issues/14492

Meta's WhatsApp Cloud API includes `display_phone_number` in webhook
payloads, but its format can differ from the number stored in Chatwoot's
channel record.
In Brazil, Meta omits the mobile 9 prefix. For example, it sends
55419XXXXXXX (12 digits) instead of 554199XXXXXXX (13 digits). In
Argentina, Meta adds an extra 9 after the country code. For example, it
sends 549XXXXXXXXXX instead of 54XXXXXXXXXX.
The whatsapp event job uses `display_phone_number` for an exact-match
channel lookup. When the formats do not match, the lookup returns nil
and the incoming message is silently dropped, logging:

`Inactive WhatsApp channel: unknown - <phone_number>.`

The fix extends `get_channel_from_wb_payload` to fall back to normalized
phone number matching using the existing PhoneNumberNormalizationService
normalizers (Brazil, Argentina), which were previously only used for
contact-level lookups.

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Co-authored-by: Sojan Jose <sojan@pepalo.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Muhsin <12408980+muhsin-k@users.noreply.github.com>
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Muhsin Keloth
2026-07-22 10:33:40 +04:00
committed by GitHub
co-authored by Sojan Jose Copilot Muhsin
parent 89b83c65c8
commit e65e18e9c5
4 changed files with 132 additions and 17 deletions
@@ -345,6 +345,94 @@ RSpec.describe Webhooks::WhatsappEventsJob do
end.not_to change(Conversation, :count)
end
it 'finds channel using normalized Brazil phone number when display_phone_number is missing the 9 digit' do
brazil_channel = create(:channel_whatsapp, phone_number: '+5541999887766', provider: 'whatsapp_cloud',
sync_templates: false, validate_provider_config: false)
wb_params = {
object: 'whatsapp_business_account',
entry: [{
changes: [{
value: {
metadata: {
phone_number_id: brazil_channel.provider_config['phone_number_id'],
display_phone_number: '554199887766'
}
}
}]
}]
}
allow(Whatsapp::IncomingMessageWhatsappCloudService).to receive(:new).and_return(process_service)
expect(Whatsapp::IncomingMessageWhatsappCloudService).to receive(:new).with(inbox: brazil_channel.inbox, params: wb_params)
job.perform_now(wb_params)
end
it 'finds channel using normalized Argentina phone number when display_phone_number has extra 9 digit' do
argentina_channel = create(:channel_whatsapp, phone_number: '+541112345678', provider: 'whatsapp_cloud',
sync_templates: false, validate_provider_config: false)
wb_params = {
object: 'whatsapp_business_account',
entry: [{
changes: [{
value: {
metadata: {
phone_number_id: argentina_channel.provider_config['phone_number_id'],
display_phone_number: '5491112345678'
}
}
}]
}]
}
allow(Whatsapp::IncomingMessageWhatsappCloudService).to receive(:new).and_return(process_service)
expect(Whatsapp::IncomingMessageWhatsappCloudService).to receive(:new).with(inbox: argentina_channel.inbox, params: wb_params)
job.perform_now(wb_params)
end
it 'finds channel when display_phone_number contains formatting characters' do
formatted_channel = create(:channel_whatsapp, phone_number: '+14155552671', provider: 'whatsapp_cloud',
sync_templates: false, validate_provider_config: false)
wb_params = {
object: 'whatsapp_business_account',
entry: [{
changes: [{
value: {
metadata: {
phone_number_id: formatted_channel.provider_config['phone_number_id'],
display_phone_number: '+1 415-555-2671'
}
}
}]
}]
}
allow(Whatsapp::IncomingMessageWhatsappCloudService).to receive(:new).and_return(process_service)
expect(Whatsapp::IncomingMessageWhatsappCloudService).to receive(:new).with(inbox: formatted_channel.inbox, params: wb_params)
job.perform_now(wb_params)
end
it 'prefers the phone_number_id match when a raw display_phone_number collision exists' do
normalized_channel = create(:channel_whatsapp, phone_number: '+5541999887766', provider: 'whatsapp_cloud',
sync_templates: false, validate_provider_config: false)
create(:channel_whatsapp, phone_number: '+554199887766', provider: 'whatsapp_cloud',
sync_templates: false, validate_provider_config: false).tap do |raw_channel|
raw_channel.update!(provider_config: raw_channel.provider_config.merge('phone_number_id' => 'other-id'))
end
wb_params = {
object: 'whatsapp_business_account',
entry: [{
changes: [{
value: {
metadata: {
phone_number_id: normalized_channel.provider_config['phone_number_id'],
display_phone_number: '554199887766'
}
}
}]
}]
}
allow(Whatsapp::IncomingMessageWhatsappCloudService).to receive(:new).and_return(process_service)
expect(Whatsapp::IncomingMessageWhatsappCloudService).to receive(:new).with(inbox: normalized_channel.inbox, params: wb_params)
job.perform_now(wb_params)
end
it 'will not enque Whatsapp::IncomingMessageWhatsappCloudService when invalid phone number id' do
other_channel = create(:channel_whatsapp, phone_number: '+1987654', provider: 'whatsapp_cloud', sync_templates: false,
validate_provider_config: false)