[NOWEB] [URGENT] - Session stuck in WORKING -> STARTING loop after successful connection

[kenthugo]

Describe the bug

We currently manage 20+ sessions in 1 worker. The sessions will keep on "restarting" from WORKING -> STARTING loop.

Version

Get the WAHA version by calling GET /api/version

{
  "version": "2026.2.2",
  "engine": "NOWEB",
  "tier": "PLUS"
}

It is the latest update.

Steps

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Start 20 sessions.
2. Connect all 20 sessions.
3. At random times, all sessions will repeatedly go from WORKING -> STARTING
4. Sometimes it will successfully go back to WORKING, but sometimes it is stuck at STARTING and eventually failing.

Expected behavior

This should not happen.

Additional context

1. This happened after the update to 2026.2.2
2. This phenomenon is observed on random times both on the logs and WAHA's Dashboard Event Monitor
3. As the logs contain sensitive production data, we are not able to provide screenshots.

[devlikepro]

Hi! Could you try dev image?

Make sure to select the engine via the environment variable - WHATSAPP_DEFAULT_ENGINE=NOWEB:

• devlikeapro/waha-plus:dev
• devlikeapro/waha-plus:dev-chrome
• devlikeapro/waha-plus:dev-arm

[kenthugo]

Currently the issue has been resolved, we will continue to monitor our sessions, if it does come up again we will proceed to try the dev image.

Thank you!