From b35341400dc7c2adad6b4c0a4fa86a4a802d957a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gerardo Rodriguez <g@rodrz.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 06:11:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] backfill: don't warn about unparseable history messages that
 would be ignored

---
 pkg/connector/backfill.go | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkg/connector/backfill.go b/pkg/connector/backfill.go
index 8f006e0b..4f6692d0 100644
--- a/pkg/connector/backfill.go
+++ b/pkg/connector/backfill.go
@@ -294,12 +294,17 @@ func (wa *WhatsAppClient) handleWAHistorySync(
 			// Don't store messages that will just be skipped.
 			msgEvt, err := wa.Client.ParseWebMessage(jid, rawMsg.GetMessage())
 			if err != nil {
+				rawMsgType := getMessageType(rawMsg.GetMessage().GetMessage())
+				if rawMsgType == "ignore" {
+					ignoredTypes++
+					continue
+				}
 				log.Warn().Err(err).
 					Int("msg_index", i).
 					Str("msg_id", rawMsg.GetMessage().GetKey().GetID()).
 					Uint64("msg_time_seconds", rawMsg.GetMessage().GetMessageTimestamp()).
 					Stringer("stub_type", rawMsg.GetMessage().GetMessageStubType()).
-					Str("message_type", getMessageType(rawMsg.GetMessage().GetMessage())).
+					Str("message_type", rawMsgType).
 					Bool("from_me", rawMsg.GetMessage().GetKey().GetFromMe()).
 					Msg("Dropping historical message due to parse error")
 				log.Trace().