When start server many times it stuck at Authenticating and then throw timeout error

[MrShadow50]

Are you using the latest version of the library?

• I have checked and am using the latest version of the library.

What type of session are you experiencing this issue on?

Legacy (Normal)

What type of host account are you experiencing this issue on?

Business account

Mode

My own code

Current Behavior

I have implemented my code and recently I have seen when I start server many time open-wa is not able to start it stuck or fails at Authenticating. And this had happened past 2 months.

error

- Authenticate to continue
0|nest-app  | ProtocolError: Runtime.callFunctionOn timed out. Increase the 'protocolTimeout' setting in launch/connect calls for a higher timeout if needed.
0|nest-app  |     at Callback.<instance_members_initializer> (/home/ec2-user/whatsapp-message-analyser/node_modules/puppeteer-core/src/common/CallbackRegistry.ts:125:12)
0|nest-app  |     at new Callback (/home/ec2-user/whatsapp-message-analyser/node_modules/puppeteer-core/src/common/CallbackRegistry.ts:130:3)
0|nest-app  |     at CallbackRegistry.create (/home/ec2-user/whatsapp-message-analyser/node_modules/puppeteer-core/src/common/CallbackRegistry.ts:28:22)
0|nest-app  |     at Connection._rawSend (/home/ec2-user/whatsapp-message-analyser/node_modules/puppeteer-core/src/cdp/Connection.ts:129:22)
0|nest-app  |     at CdpCDPSession.send (/home/ec2-user/whatsapp-message-analyser/node_modules/puppeteer-core/src/cdp/CDPSession.ts:98:29)
0|nest-app  |     at ExecutionContext.#evaluate (/home/ec2-user/whatsapp-message-analyser/node_modules/puppeteer-core/src/cdp/ExecutionContext.ts:417:44)
0|nest-app  |     at ExecutionContext.evaluateHandle (/home/ec2-user/whatsapp-message-analyser/node_modules/puppeteer-core/src/cdp/ExecutionContext.ts:351:32)
0|nest-app  |     at IsolatedWorld.evaluateHandle (/home/ec2-user/whatsapp-message-analyser/node_modules/puppeteer-core/src/cdp/IsolatedWorld.ts:175:26)
0|nest-app  |     at CdpJSHandle.evaluateHandle (/home/ec2-user/whatsapp-message-analyser/node_modules/puppeteer-core/src/api/JSHandle.ts:94:29)
0|nest-app  |     at WaitTask.rerun (/home/ec2-user/whatsapp-message-analyser/node_modules/puppeteer-core/src/common/WaitTask.ts:153:41)
0|nest-app  | Error while terminating browser PID. You can just ignore this, as the process has most likely been terminated successfully already: kill ESRCH
0|nest-app  | Error creating WhatsApp client: ProtocolError: Runtime.callFunctionOn timed out. Increase the 'protocolTimeout' setting in launch/connect calls for a higher timeout if needed.
0|nest-app  |     at Callback.<instance_members_initializer> (/home/ec2-user/whatsapp-message-analyser/node_modules/puppeteer-core/src/common/CallbackRegistry.ts:125:12)
0|nest-app  |     at new Callback (/home/ec2-user/whatsapp-message-analyser/node_modules/puppeteer-core/src/common/CallbackRegistry.ts:130:3)
0|nest-app  |     at CallbackRegistry.create (/home/ec2-user/whatsapp-message-analyser/node_modules/puppeteer-core/src/common/CallbackRegistry.ts:28:22)
0|nest-app  |     at Connection._rawSend (/home/ec2-user/whatsapp-message-analyser/node_modules/puppeteer-core/src/cdp/Connection.ts:129:22)
0|nest-app  |     at CdpCDPSession.send (/home/ec2-user/whatsapp-message-analyser/node_modules/puppeteer-core/src/cdp/CDPSession.ts:98:29)
0|nest-app  |     at ExecutionContext.#evaluate (/home/ec2-user/whatsapp-message-analyser/node_modules/puppeteer-core/src/cdp/ExecutionContext.ts:417:44)
0|nest-app  |     at ExecutionContext.evaluateHandle (/home/ec2-user/whatsapp-message-analyser/node_modules/puppeteer-core/src/cdp/ExecutionContext.ts:351:32)
0|nest-app  |     at IsolatedWorld.evaluateHandle (/home/ec2-user/whatsapp-message-analyser/node_modules/puppeteer-core/src/cdp/IsolatedWorld.ts:175:26)
0|nest-app  |     at CdpJSHandle.evaluateHandle (/home/ec2-user/whatsapp-message-analyser/node_modules/puppeteer-core/src/api/JSHandle.ts:94:29)
0|nest-app  |     at WaitTask.rerun (/home/ec2-user/whatsapp-message-analyser/node_modules/puppeteer-core/src/common/WaitTask.ts:153:41)

Expected Behavior

Earlier when we start suddenly it start the server.

Steps To Reproduce

Run on ec2

Config

{
    sessionId: 'whatsapp-session',
    authTimeout: 0,
    blockCrashLogs: false,
    disableSpins: true,
    headless: true,
    logConsole: false,
    logFile: false,
    deleteSessionDataOnLogout: true,
    qrTimeout: 0,
    popup: true,
    useChrome: true,
    sessionDataPath: './whatsapp-session',
    restartOnCrash: this.setClient.bind(this),
  }

const client = await wa.create(this.config);

create() code OR full CLI command + CONFIG

DEBUG INFO

{
  "WA_VERSION": "2.3000.1032410020",
  "WA_AUTOMATE_VERSION": "4.76.0",
  "BROWSER_VERSION": "Chrome/144.0.7559.96",
  "START_TS": 1769231860373,
  "RAM_INFO": "Total: 2.01 GB | Free: 1.49 GB",
  "PPTR_VERSION": "23.11.1",
  "LATEST_VERSION": true,
  "CLI": false
}

Environment

- OS: Linux 6.1
- Node: 24.13.0
- npm: 11.6.2

Screenshots/Logs

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