Changelog¶

0.1.0a1¶

Public documentation refresh.

Simplified the public README for the PyPI long description.
Linked the hosted documentation site, quickstart, API examples, feature status, and changelog from the README.
Kept the package API unchanged from 0.1.0a0.

First public alpha release.

Public PyPI package under baileys-python.
Import package under baileys.
MIT license and attribution notice.
Python 3.12 package metadata and typed package marker.
Core async socket API through WhatsAppClient, make_socket, and makeWASocket.
QR pairing, saved reconnect, event emitter, query manager, ACKs, receipts, retry replay, and disconnect reason handling.
Generated WAProto and WABinary package data.
Message content builders and outbound send APIs.
Media upload, send, download, and decrypt helpers.
In-memory, SQLite, and Postgres store surfaces.
Chat, profile, privacy, presence, group, app-state, history, business, newsletter, community, MEX, WAM, reporting, and privacy-token surfaces.
Release gate covering compile checks, tests, generated artifact checks, docs hygiene, status consistency, package build, clean install, and import smoke.

Alpha release. Public API details may still change.
Some account-gated WhatsApp features can return server rejections.
Pairing-code live completion depends on account eligibility.
Long-run soak and live nightly evidence remain deferred release-hardening work.
Full parity with every Node Baileys public surface is tracked in the compatibility matrix, not declared complete.