# Pull Request Template
## Description
Bridges WhatsApp Cloud Calling onto Chatwoot's voice pipeline so agents
can answer and place calls on WhatsApp Cloud inboxes with the same UX as
Twilio voice. Browser ↔ Meta WebRTC is direct (no media-server hop);
Chatwoot owns signalling, recording upload, and `Call`/`Message`
lifecycle state.
Companion PRs:
- FE: #14346 (`feat/whatsapp-call-ui`) — UI consumer for these
endpoints.
- Specs: #14357 (`feat/whatsapp-call-meta-bridge-specs`) — backend test
coverage.
## Type of change
- [x] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
## What changed
- **API** — new `Api::V1::Accounts::WhatsappCallsController` with `show
/ accept / reject / terminate / initiate / upload_recording`.
Conversation-level Pundit auth. `initiate` is gated on the channel being
embedded-signup voice-enabled. Permission-blocked initiations (Meta
error 138006) return **422** with `{ status: 'permission_requested' |
'permission_pending' }` and trigger a throttled opt-in template send
under a conversation lock.
- **State machine** — `Whatsapp::CallService` handles accept / reject /
terminate with call-level locking. Meta failures are wrapped as
`Voice::CallErrors::CallFailed` so the controller renders 422 instead of
leaking 500s.
- **Webhooks** — `Whatsapp::IncomingCallService` processes Meta
connect/terminate events. Pins `setup:active` on outbound answers,
materialises a missed-call record when terminate arrives before connect
(out-of-order delivery), and broadcasts `voice_call.*` events to the
assignee's pubsub stream when assigned, otherwise account-wide.
- **Provider** — `Whatsapp::Providers::WhatsappCloudService` adds
`pre_accept_call / accept_call / reject_call / terminate_call /
initiate_call / send_call_permission_request`. Uses configurable
`WHATSAPP_API_VERSION` (default v22) since Calls API needs v17+ and the
OSS `phone_id_path` is locked at v13 for legacy `/messages`
compatibility.
- **Audio recordings** — `Attachment after_create_commit` enqueues
transcription and rebroadcasts the message so the FE bubble updates
immediately. Active Storage initializer allows audio MIME types to serve
inline.
## How to test
1. Set up a WhatsApp Cloud Embedded Signup inbox; flip
`provider_config.calling_enabled = true` (Calls tab in inbox settings —
ships with FE PR #14346).
2. Place a real call from a phone number that has previously messaged
the business → expect `voice_call.incoming` cable + `Call` row +
`voice_call` Message bubble.
3. Click Accept (FE PR) → `/whatsapp_calls/:id/accept` 200, audio flows
browser ↔ Meta, recording uploads on hangup, Whisper transcript appears
within ~10s.
4. From Chatwoot, click outbound → `/whatsapp_calls/initiate` 200 if the
contact is opted-in, otherwise **422** with `status:
'permission_requested'` and a template send (FE shows a banner instead
of an error toast).
5. Refresh during a ringing call → call survives on Meta, FE seeds it
back from the conversation cache, agent can still accept.
6. Refresh during an active call → `pagehide` beacon terminates the call
on Meta with `status: 'completed'` (no orphan).
## Checklist
- [x] Code follows project style (RuboCop / ESLint clean)
- [x] Self-review done
- [x] Hard-to-understand areas commented
- [ ] Documentation update (architecture doc lives in companion branch)
- [x] No new warnings
- [x] Tests live in companion PR #14357
- [x] Existing tests pass locally
- [x] Dependent changes merged downstream (FE #14346 consumes these
endpoints)
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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
