Chatwoot Cloud customers can now provide a dedicated WhatsApp business
management token when their Embedded Signup credential cannot access
message templates. Once validated, the token is stored securely and used
only for template synchronization.
Existing inboxes continue using their configured WhatsApp API key when
no business management token is present. Sending, receiving, webhooks,
phone-number health, and other WhatsApp operations remain unchanged.
### Things to know
- This option is available only on Chatwoot Cloud.
- Saving the token verifies that `whatsapp_business_management` is
granted through Meta's permissions endpoint; template synchronization
still verifies access to the configured WhatsApp Business Account.
- The token is encrypted using the existing external-credentials
encryption mechanism.
- Self-hosted installations continue using the existing API key flow.
### How to test
1. On Chatwoot Cloud, open a WhatsApp Cloud inbox and go to
**Configuration**.
2. Enter a token with `whatsapp_business_management` access and save it.
3. Confirm the token is accepted and the value is not exposed again in
the UI or API.
4. Select **Sync Templates** and confirm templates are fetched with the
saved business management token.
5. Remove the token and confirm template synchronization falls back to
the inbox API key.
6. Confirm the business management token controls are not shown on a
self-hosted installation.
### What changed
- Added an encrypted `business_management_token` credential to WhatsApp
channels.
- Added Cloud-only endpoints and UI controls to validate the required
permission, save, and remove the token.
- Added template-sync credential selection with API-key fallback.
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Co-authored-by: Muhsin <12408980+muhsin-k@users.noreply.github.com>
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