# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WhatsApp pairing HTTP 405 and stale Baileys version

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #88516: \[Bug\]: WhatsApp pairing fails with HTTP 405 when fetchLatestBaileysVersion() returns stale WA version
- PR #99256: fix(whatsapp): fall back to the WhatsApp Web version when Baileys returns a stale build
- PR #136853: WhatsApp pairing no longer loops on 405 when the version host is rate-limited (#73700, salvage #99256)

These members all concern WhatsApp pairing hitting HTTP 405 when the Baileys version lookup returns a stale build or the version host is rate-limited. They include a bug report and two pull requests proposing a fallback to the WhatsApp Web version and avoiding a pairing loop.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #88516: \[Bug\]: WhatsApp pairing fails with HTTP 405 when fetchLatestBaileysVersion() returns stale WA version

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99256: fix(whatsapp): fall back to the WhatsApp Web version when Baileys returns a stale build**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#136853`
  - files: `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge.js`, `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge.reconnect.test.mjs`, `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge_helpers.js`
- **#136853: WhatsApp pairing no longer loops on 405 when the version host is rate-limited (#73700, salvage #99256)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `51f8cf55122e375311d9f4c0bc43ff819682b6d6`
  - files: `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge.js`, `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge.reconnect.test.mjs`, `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge_helpers.js`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/whatsapp.md`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`