Issue about the pairing feature since few days

[ljs19923]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues.

Is this a problem caused by your code, or is it specifically because of the library?

• I have double-checked my code carefully.

Describe the bug.

Since a few days, the pairWithPhoneNumber feature throws a Puppeteer evaluation error.
This happens right after the client initializes and tries to pair automatically using the phone number.

The full error is:
Error: Evaluation failed: at ExecutionContext._ExecutionContext_evaluate (...) at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5) at async Client.requestPairingCode (...)

Expected Behavior

As a user, I expected the library to generate and send the pairing code to my phone via WhatsApp, without throwing any puppeteer error.

Steps to Reproduce the Bug or Issue

onst client = new Client({
authStrategy: new LocalAuth({ clientId: "clientServer" }),
puppeteer: {
headless: true,
args: ["--no-sandbox", "--disable-setuid-sandbox"],
},
pairWithPhoneNumber: {
phoneNumber: "19056070420", // Valid number in international format
showNotification: true,
intervalMs: 180000,
},
});

client.initialize();

WhatsApp Account Type

WhatsApp Business

Browser Type

Chromium (via puppeteer)

Operation System Type

Docker + Ubuntu 22.04 (Node running in a container)

Phone OS Type

Iphone

WhatsApp-Web.js Version

"whatsapp-web.js": "github:MobCode100/whatsapp-web.js"

WhatsApp Web Version

Node.js Version

20

Authentication Strategy

LocalAuth

Additional Context

No response

[MobCode100]

I'm sorry for the very late response, unfortunately I can't reproduce the issue? can you upgrade the package now and try again?

[ljs19923]

Hi @MobCode100 okay, I will try now. Thanks

[ljs19923]

Still the same :/

[MobCode100]

This seems to be related to the issue wwebjs#3416. Unfortunately, it's very hard for me to reproduce.

Other things you can try:

• Clear npm cache: npm cache clean --force
• Remove .wwebjs_auth, .wwebjs_cache and node_modules folders
• Try using another number
• If your project is using latest dependencies, remove package-lock.json (potentially destructive).
• Remove the package npm uninstall

Then reinstall.

My setup that works fine:

const { Client, LocalAuth } = require('whatsapp-web.js');

const client = new Client({
    authStrategy: new LocalAuth({ clientId: "clientServer" }),
    puppeteer: {
        headless: true,
        args: ["--no-sandbox", "--disable-setuid-sandbox"],
    },
    pairWithPhoneNumber: {
        phoneNumber: "601113365969", // Valid number in international format
        showNotification: true,
    },
});

client.on('code', (code) => {
    console.log("Linking code:",code);
});
client.initialize();

client.on('ready', () => {
    client.getChats().then((chats) => {
        console.log("Chats received, checking...");
        for (const chat of chats) {
            if (!chat.isReadOnly && chat.isGroup) {
                console.log(chat);
            }
        }
        console.log("Done checking!");
    });
});

package.json:

{
  "name": "whatsapp-web.js_sample",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "description": "",
  "dependencies": {
    "whatsapp-web.js": "github:MobCode100/whatsapp-web.js"
  }
}

[MobCode100]

The issue might be because of the docker environment. I'll try to run it in docker later. Can you give me details about your setup?

• Whats your docker image?
• Whats your exact Node.js version?

@MobCode100 I also faced this issue, even though I'm not using Docker.

[MobCode100]

@MobCode100 I also faced this issue, even though I'm not using Docker.

Thanks for the feedback! I'll try to make a proper flow for the code later.

[MobCode100]

@Lakshitha-ecommex-ceo @ljs19923 I need your help to test again, since I can't reproduce errors, I've put more error log to that requestPairingCode function.

Can you try upgrade to the latest github:MobCode100/whatsapp-web.js using npm upgrade whatsapp-web.js and post here the error message again if any. Thanks!

[MobCode100]

@ljs19923 I've tried the following docker-compose.yml:

services:
  ubuntu-node:
    image: ubuntu:22.04
    container_name: ubuntu-node-20
    volumes:
      - .:/app
    working_dir: /app
    command: /bin/bash -c "
      apt-get update && 
      apt-get install -y curl && 
      curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | bash - && 
      apt-get install -y git nodejs libglib2.0-0 libnss3 libatk1.0-0 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libcups2 libxcomposite1 
      libxdamage1 libxfixes3 libxrandr2 libgbm1 libxkbcommon0 libpango-1.0-0 libcairo2 libasound2 && 
      npm install && node index.js"

But produced no errors, both with WiFi and mobile network.