Large video size (480p and 720p) fails with sendFile and sendFileFromBase64

[FerdiCayet]

Hello, WppConnect team!

According to WhatsApp’s official limitations:

• 480p video: up to 64 MB (on slower connections)
• 720p video: up to 100 MB (on faster connections)

I'm currently testing the sending of videos using WppConnect, and I encountered the following issues:

Working test

• Resolution: 480p
• Size: 30.34 MB
• Status: Sent successfully using sendFile.

• Resolution: 720p
• Size: 44.20 MB
• Status: Sent successfully using sendFile.

Failing test

• Resolution: 480p
• Size: 63.7 MB
• Status: Fails to send

When I don't pass puppeteerOptions, the sending fails after exactly 180 seconds, throwing a protocolTimeout error.

When I do pass puppeteerOptions with protocolTimeout: 200000 or a higher value, the file never sends — the operation hangs indefinitely.

Another failing test

• Resolution: 720p
• Size: 84.51 MB
• Status: Failed with session error

The session was unexpectedly closed during the upload, and I got this Puppeteer error:

TargetCloseError: Protocol error (Runtime.callFunctionOn): Target closed

My questions

1. Are there internal size limits within WppConnect that prevent sending files close to 64 MB or above?
2. Could this be a limitation of WhatsApp Web itself or the Puppeteer/Chrome DevTools Protocol?
3. Has anyone from the team successfully sent videos between 60 MB and 100 MB?
   • If yes, could you share the Puppeteer settings, environment specs, and any workarounds?

Thanks in advance for any help or insights from the community!