Error: asUserWidOrThrow: wid is not a user wid when calling getContacts()

[elhumbertoz]

Issue Description

Calling client.getContacts() fails with an uncaught error: asUserWidOrThrow: wid is not a user wid. This seems to happen when the contact list contains non-user WIDs (like group JIDs) or new Linked ID (@lid) identifiers that the internal WhatsApp asUserWidOrThrow function does not validate as standard users.

Reproduction Steps

1. Initialize the client and wait for the ready event.
2. Call await client.getContacts().
3. The process crashes with the following stack trace:

Error: asUserWidOrThrow: wid is not a user wid
    at s (hqMvLvPUOL4.js:79:180)
    at Object.I [as asUserWidOrThrow] (6ZCeJrDqvpN7oo8EPfVEEipN3BCR3yxG_Wl_HC4ZDPfu.js:910:3080)
    at window.WWebJS.getContactModel (pptr:evaluate;executeReadyLogic (Client.js:417:36):1030:26)
    at window.WWebJS.getContacts (pptr:evaluate;executeReadyLogic (Client.js:417:36):1082:22)

Code Sample

const contacts = await client.getContacts();
console.log(contacts);

User Setup

WhatsApp	Type
Account Type	WhatsApp Business
Authentication Strategy	LocalAuth
WhatsApp Web Version	2.3000.1037376462
whatsapp-web.js Version	1.34.6

Environment	Version
Browser Type	Google Chrome
Browser Version	146.0.7680.76 (Compilación oficial) (64 bits)
Phone OS Version	Android 12
Running OS Version	Windows / Ubuntu 24
Node.js Version	v22.14.0

Checklist

• I use the latest released version of whatsapp-web.js.
• I have searched existing issues and confirmed this is not a duplicate.
• I have verified this is a library issue, not a problem with my code.

[elhumbertoz]

The issue is located in the injected getContactModel function. It attempts to call asUserWidOrThrow(contact.id) to check for alternate user WIDs (PN/LID mapping) and blocked status. However, since getContacts() iterates over the entire contact collection (which includes groups and LIDs), this internal function throws an error if it encounters a JID it doesn't consider a "standard user".

Proposed Fix:
Changes in src/util/Injected/Utils.js:

[elhumbertoz]

PR #201718 created. Please review.

[BenyFilho]

Your changes are not solving the matter, because you changed the method in sendMessage, but you need to do it in getContactModel

[BenyFilho]

Use that PR
#201698