From e031d1ed45083410f8fcf211367815f0dc2198c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jarvis Maintenance <jarvis-maintenance@localhost>
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2026 09:15:40 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix: reuse cached group metadata before sends

---
 .../integrations/channel/whatsapp/whatsapp.baileys.service.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/api/integrations/channel/whatsapp/whatsapp.baileys.service.ts b/src/api/integrations/channel/whatsapp/whatsapp.baileys.service.ts
index 60e857fcc1..ea953ec85e 100644
--- a/src/api/integrations/channel/whatsapp/whatsapp.baileys.service.ts
+++ b/src/api/integrations/channel/whatsapp/whatsapp.baileys.service.ts
@@ -3531,7 +3531,9 @@ export class BaileysStartupService extends ChannelStartupService {
     // GROUPS
     const groups = await Promise.all(
       jids.groups.map(async ({ jid, number }) => {
-        const group = await this.findGroup({ groupJid: jid }, 'inner');
+        // Reuse the same metadata cache used by the send path. A fresh
+        // groupMetadata request here added a redundant WhatsApp round-trip.
+        const group = await this.getGroupMetadataCache(jid);
 
         if (!group) {
           return new OnWhatsAppDto(jid, false, number);