How to Safely Sync WhatsApp Read/Unread State in a Shared Support Inbox
Managing WhatsApp read and unread status in a shared inbox requires keeping three distinct states separate: the application's queue state, the WhatsApp account's chat-list state, and message-level read receipts. Conflating these can cause unattended conversations to vanish from the queue or trigger synchronization loops. A safer approach ties WhatsApp read/unread actions to meaningful agent events, such as marking a conversation read only when an agent resolves it, not merely when a webhook is received. The UnifyPort API enables this via a POST endpoint that accepts a conversation identifier in the request body, with optional message-level fields required as a pair. Following this pattern prevents background processes like webhook retries or browser refreshes from inadvertently clearing pending work.
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