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System messages webhook reference

Updated: Oct 22, 2025
This reference describes trigger events and payload contents for the WhatsApp Business Account messages webhook for system messages.
Note that unlike other incoming messages webhooks, system messages webhooks don’t include a contacts array.

Triggers

  • A WhatsApp user changes their WhatsApp phone number.

Syntax

{
  "object": "whatsapp_business_account",
  "entry": [
    {
      "id": "<WHATSAPP_BUSINESS_ACCOUNT_ID>",
      "changes": [
        {
          "value": {
            "messaging_product": "whatsapp",
            "metadata": {
              "display_phone_number": "<BUSINESS_DISPLAY_PHONE_NUMBER>",
              "phone_number_id": "<BUSINESS_PHONE_NUMBER_ID>"
            },
            "messages": [
              {
                "from": "<WHATSAPP_USER_PHONE_NUMBER>",
                "id": "<WHATSAPP_MESSAGE_ID>",
                "timestamp": "<WEBHOOK_TRIGGER_TIMESTAMP>",
                "type": "system",
                "system": {
                  "body": "User <WHATSAPP_USER_PROFILE_NAME> changed from <WHATSAPP_USER_PHONE_NUMBER> to <NEW_WHATSAPP_USER_PHONE_NUMBER>",
                  "wa_id": "<NEW_WHATSAPP_USER_ID>",
                  "type": "user_changed_number"
                }
              }
            ]
          },
          "field": "messages"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Parameters

Placeholder Description Example value
<BUSINESS_DISPLAY_PHONE_NUMBER>
String
Business display phone number.
15550783881
<BUSINESS_PHONE_NUMBER_ID>
String
Business phone number ID.
106540352242922
<NEW_WHATSAPP_USER_ID>
String
New WhatsApp user ID. Note that a WhatsApp user’s ID and phone number may not always match.
12195555358
<NEW_WHATSAPP_USER_PHONE_NUMBER>
String
New WhatsApp user phone number. Note that a WhatsApp user’s phone number and ID may not always match.
12195555358
<WEBHOOK_TRIGGER_TIMESTAMP>
String
Unix timestamp indicating when the webhook was triggered.
1739321024
<WHATSAPP_BUSINESS_ACCOUNT_ID>
String
WhatsApp Business Account ID.
102290129340398
<WHATSAPP_MESSAGE_ID>
String
WhatsApp message ID.
wamid.HBgLMTY1MDM4Nzk0MzkVAgASGBQzQUFERjg0NDEzNDdFODU3MUMxMAA=
<WHATSAPP_USER_PHONE_NUMBER> String
WhatsApp user phone number. Note that a WhatsApp user’s phone number and ID may not always match.
16505551234
<WHATSAPP_USER_PROFILE_NAME> String
WhatsApp user’s name as it appears in their profile in the WhatsApp client.
Sheena Nelson

Example

{
  "object": "whatsapp_business_account",
  "entry": [
    {
      "id": "102290129340398",
      "changes": [
        {
          "value": {
            "messaging_product": "whatsapp",
            "metadata": {
              "display_phone_number": "15550783881",
              "phone_number_id": "106540352242922"
            },
            "messages": [
              {
                "from": "16505551234",
                "id": "wamid.HBgLMTk4MzU1NTE5NzQVAgASGAoxMTgyMDg2MjY3AA==",
                "timestamp": "1750269342",
                "system": {
                  "body": "User Sheena Nelson changed from 16505551234 to 12195555358",
                  "wa_id": "12195555358",
                  "type": "user_changed_number"
                },
                "type": "system"
              }
            ]
          },
          "field": "messages"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
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