Cannot Start Server - Web Cache Error

[giyaseddin]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Describe the bug

Starting today, a running server that uses whatsapp-web.js started to raise this following error:

 user@server:$ npm start

> [email protected] start
> node index.js

/home/giyaseddin/[path]/whatstapp-js-server/node_modules/whatsapp-web.js/src/webCache/LocalWebCache.js:34
        const version = indexHtml.match(/manifest-([\d\\.]+)\.json/)[1];
                                                                    ^

TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading '1')
    at LocalWebCache.persist (/home/giyaseddin/[path]/whatstapp-js-server/node_modules/whatsapp-web.js/src/webCache/LocalWebCache.js:34:69)
    at /home/giyaseddin/[path]/whatstapp-js-server/node_modules/whatsapp-web.js/src/Client.js:786:36
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)

Node.js v18.17.0                   

The community is saying things about resetting cache but that didn't seem to solve the issue (for me)

Expected behavior

For a simple example that I'm running, I expect the server to run normally, NOT raise the error.

Steps to Reproduce the Bug or Issue

First install the package:

 npm install whatsapp-web.js qrcode-terminal

Then start the app

npm start

Relevant Code

Example code taken from https://docs.wwebjs.dev/

const { Client } = require('whatsapp-web.js');

const client = new Client();

client.on('qr', (qr) => {
    // Generate and scan this code with your phone
    console.log('QR RECEIVED', qr);
});

client.on('ready', () => {
    console.log('Client is ready!');
});

client.on('message', msg => {
    if (msg.body == '!ping') {
        msg.reply('pong');
    }
});

client.initialize();

Browser Type

Google Chrome

WhatsApp Account Type

Standard

Does your WhatsApp account have multidevice enabled?

No, I am not using Multi Device

Environment

OS: Linux and Docker node:18-slim faced the same problem
whatsapp-web.js version: ^1.24.0 and ^1.23.0

WhatsApp Web version: Version 2.3000.1014580163
Node.js Version: v18.17.0

Additional context

No response

[alechkos]

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