Authentication timed out. Shutting down. Consider increasing authTimeout config variable: https://open-wa.github.io/wa-automate-nodejs/interfaces/configobject.html#authtimeout node:events:489

[missoy]

Are you using the latest version of the library?

• I have checked and am using the latest version of the library.

What type of session are you experiencing this issue on?

Legacy (Normal)

What type of host account are you experiencing this issue on?

Personal account (normal)

Mode

EASY API/CLI

Current Behavior

What is the problem？

when developer with docker

Authentication timed out. Shutting down. Consider increasing authTimeout config variable: https://open-wa.github.io/wa-automate-nodejs/interfaces/configobject.html#authtimeout
node:events:489

Expected Behavior

No response

Steps To Reproduce

1. docker run --name wa_8003 -e PORT=8003 -p 8003:8003 --init openwa/wa-automate -w 'http://wapi.lingxhair.com/api/openwa/webhook'

create() code OR full CLI command + CONFIG

No response

DEBUG INFO

{
"WA_VERSION": "2.3000.1012505996",
"PAGE_UA": "WhatsApp/2.2147.16 Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/104.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
"WA_AUTOMATE_VERSION": "4.68.0",
"BROWSER_VERSION": "HeadlessChrome/114.0.5735.198",
"OS": "Linux 3.10",
"START_TS": 1712135706854,
"RAM_INFO": "Total: 7.92 GB | Free: 2.64 GB",
"PPTR_VERSION": "19.11.1"
}

Environment

- OS: CentOS 7
- Node: 16.20.2
- npm: 8.19.4

Screenshots/Logs

No response

Anything else?

No response

[TVARecordings]

Hello @missoy ,

I'd like to point out you're using a outdated version of NodeJS. You're NodeJS version 16.20.2 is outdated and no longer maintained.

I recommend you to updating to version 20.12.0, which is a Long-Time-Service (LTS) version.
Your 16.20.2 version expired around Oct. 2023.

https://nodejs.org/en/download

PS: I'm not a OPEN-WA/WA-AUTOMATE Developer.

[missoy]

Hello @missoy ,

I'd like to point out you're using a outdated version of NodeJS. You're NodeJS version 16.20.2 is outdated and no longer maintained.

I recommend you to updating to version 20.12.0, which is a Long-Time-Service (LTS) version. Your 16.20.2 version expired around Oct. 2023.

https://nodejs.org/en/download

PS: I'm not a OPEN-WA/WA-AUTOMATE Developer.

Thank you for your answer. Have you encountered this bug during use？

[nrs1022]

Hello @missoy ,
I'd like to point out you're using a outdated version of NodeJS. You're NodeJS version 16.20.2 is outdated and no longer maintained.
I recommend you to updating to version 20.12.0, which is a Long-Time-Service (LTS) version. Your 16.20.2 version expired around Oct. 2023.
https://nodejs.org/en/download
PS: I'm not a OPEN-WA/WA-AUTOMATE Developer.

Thank you for your answer. Have you encountered this bug during use？

Hi, it seems WA changed QR display, if you use screenshot QR is shown in image.

[先輩]

Hello @missoy ,
I'd like to point out you're using a outdated version of NodeJS. You're NodeJS version 16.20.2 is outdated and no longer maintained.
I recommend you to updating to version 20.12.0, which is a Long-Time-Service (LTS) version. Your 16.20.2 version expired around Oct. 2023.
https://nodejs.org/en/download
PS: I'm not a OPEN-WA/WA-AUTOMATE Developer.

Thank you for your answer. Have you encountered this bug during use？

Hi, it seems WA changed QR display, if you use screenshot QR is shown in image.

I also have the same problem, I can't connect via WhatsApp and the QR display doesn't appear.

[Mohammed Shah]

Rolling into #3184