Click here to get older messages from your phone

[momokang]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Describe the bug

If from web WhatsApp, user can click the button on top of the chat and start loading the older messages from phone until like 3 months ago.

Do we have the option in this library to load older messages?

There is a similar issue which mark as completed #2478
Chat.fetchMessages Is not working at all even I set limit to 999, the chat is only 10 messages only and I can't do anything on it.

Expected behavior

Able to load the messages by clicking the button

Steps to Reproduce the Bug or Issue

1. Open a chat
2. Scroll up
3. Click older message

Relevant Code

waClient.getChatById(req.query.from)
.then(async function (chat) {
await chat.fetchMessages({
limit: 999,
})
.then(async function (allMsg) {
console.log(allMsg.length); // I only get 10 messages and there are a lot more message which is only 1 week ago is not showing
});
});

Browser Type

Google Chrome

WhatsApp Account Type

WhatsApp Business

Does your WhatsApp account have multidevice enabled?

Yes, I am using Multi Device

Environment

OS: Windows
Phone OS: Android
whatsapp-web.js version 1.23.1-alpha.3
WhatsApp Web version [run await client.getWWebVersion()]:
Node.js Version 20.11

Additional context

No response