Fetch message againt Client is not working

[MalikHamzaSaleemi]

Issue Description

Messages are not loading or displaying in the WhatsApp web chat. When trying to retrieve messages for a single chat, the messages are not being fetched or displayed, causing the chat to appear empty or unresponsive.

Environment:

whatsapp-web.js Version: "whatsapp-web.js": "github:pedroslopez/whatsapp-web.js#main"
puppeteer Version: "puppeteer": "^24.23.0"
puppeteer-core Version: "puppeteer-core": "^24.23.0"

Reproduction Steps

Initialize the whatsapp-web.js client and login successfully using QR code.
Attempt to retrieve messages from a single WhatsApp chat.
The chat opens, but no messages load or display.
Attempting to fetch messages for the chat results in no output, leaving the chat empty.

Expected Behavior:
Messages should load and display correctly for a single chat, just like it works for other chats.

Code Sample

// Replace with actual chatId
  const chatId = '123456789@c.us';
 
  const chat = await client.getChatById(chatId);
    if (!chat) throw new Error('Chat not found in WhatsApp');
      const totalToFetch = offset + limit;
      rawMessages = await chat.fetchMessages({ limit: totalToFetch });

Also tested the following

try {
    const chat = await client.getChatById(chatId);
    if (!chat) throw new Error('Chat not found.');

// Fetch messages
    const messages = await chat.fetchMessages({ limit: 100 });
    
    // Process messages
    const processedMessages = messages.map((message) => ({
      id: message.id._serialized,
      from: message.from,
      to: message.to,
      timestamp: message.timestamp,
      body: message.body || '',
      type: message.type,
      isQuoted: message.hasQuotedMsg,
      quotedMessage: message.quotedMsg ? message.quotedMsg.body : null,
    }));

console.log('Fetched Messages:', processedMessages);
  } catch (err) {
    console.error('Error fetching messages:', err.message);
  }
});

client.initialize();

User Setup

WhatsApp	Type
Account Type	WhatsApp Business
Authentication Strategy	RemoteAuth
WhatsApp Web Version	github:pedroslopez/whatsapp-web.js#main
whatsapp-web.js Version	1.34.6

Environment	Version
Browser Type	Chromium
Browser Version	v24.23.0
Phone OS Version	Andriod
Running OS Version	ubuntu & Windows 11
Node.js Version	v22.18.0

Checklist

• I use the latest released version of whatsapp-web.js.
• I have searched existing issues and confirmed this is not a duplicate.
• I have verified this is a library issue, not a problem with my code.

[themazim]

seems to be duplicate of #201706

[BenyFilho]

#201705

[efan-zen]

seems to be duplicate of #201706

I don't think so. The fixes proposed in #20175 do not fix this issue. Maybe the issue only pertains to Whatsapp Business. Some chats are being fetched, some not.

[themazim]

seems to be duplicate of #201706

I don't think so. The fixes proposed in #20175 do not fix this issue. Maybe the issue only pertains to Whatsapp Business. Some chats are being fetched, some not.

Please check PR #201711 in some cases some messages were missing, this should fix the issue.

[efan-zen]

seems to be duplicate of #201706

I don't think so. The fixes proposed in #20175 do not fix this issue. Maybe the issue only pertains to Whatsapp Business. Some chats are being fetched, some not.

Please check PR #201711 in some cases some messages were missing, this should fix the issue.

Thank you for this fix. I saw that themazim:fix/fetchmessages-options-signature #201713 has been committed, so I pulled the latest wwebjs:main and tested. Previously, I was not getting any messages for some chats, now I'm getting messages, but they don't include the most recent messages.

I get better quality data if I pull all the chats as follows:

const chats = await client.getChats();

for (const chat of chats) {
        let messages = await chat.fetchMessages({ limit: 100 });
		...
}

However if I pull the chats individually as follows:

for (const c of contacts_list) {
	recipient = c['Phone Number'] + '@c.us';
	var chat = await client.getChatById(recipient);		
	let messages = await chat.fetchMessages({ limit: 100 });
	...
}

I don't get the most recent messages for most chats.

Also, chat.unreadcount is -1 for many chats. Not sure if this has any relation to the missing messages.