From 103dd3af64badb637547b3c4cfb852dfd7839b5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 01:02:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: keep contact summary counts (#625) (thanks
 @mahmoudashraf93)

---
 src/web/inbound.test.ts | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 src/web/inbound.ts      |  5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/web/inbound.test.ts b/src/web/inbound.test.ts
index de9fd4a13..1a31303cd 100644
--- a/src/web/inbound.test.ts
+++ b/src/web/inbound.test.ts
@@ -124,10 +124,32 @@ describe("web inbound helpers", () => {
       },
     } as unknown as import("@whiskeysockets/baileys").proto.IMessage);
     expect(body).toBe(
-      "<contacts: Alice, +15555550101, Bob, +15555550102, Charlie, +15555550103 (+1 more), Dana, +15555550105>",
+      "<contacts: Alice, +15555550101, Bob, +15555550102, Charlie, +15555550103 (+1 more) +1 more>",
     );
   });
 
+  it("counts empty WhatsApp contact cards in array summaries", () => {
+    const body = extractText({
+      contactsArrayMessage: {
+        contacts: [
+          {
+            displayName: "Alice",
+            vcard: [
+              "BEGIN:VCARD",
+              "VERSION:3.0",
+              "FN:Alice",
+              "TEL;TYPE=CELL:+15555550101",
+              "END:VCARD",
+            ].join("\n"),
+          },
+          {},
+          {},
+        ],
+      },
+    } as unknown as import("@whiskeysockets/baileys").proto.IMessage);
+    expect(body).toBe("<contacts: Alice, +15555550101 +2 more>");
+  });
+
   it("summarizes empty WhatsApp contact cards with a count", () => {
     const body = extractText({
       contactsArrayMessage: {
diff --git a/src/web/inbound.ts b/src/web/inbound.ts
index 38f43b3fe..8fc094515 100644
--- a/src/web/inbound.ts
+++ b/src/web/inbound.ts
@@ -801,7 +801,10 @@ function formatContactsPlaceholder(labels: string[], total: number): string {
     const suffix = total === 1 ? "contact" : "contacts";
     return `<contacts: ${total} ${suffix}>`;
   }
-  return `<contacts: ${cleaned.join(", ")}>`;
+  const shown = cleaned.slice(0, 3);
+  const remaining = Math.max(total - shown.length, 0);
+  const suffix = remaining > 0 ? ` +${remaining} more` : "";
+  return `<contacts: ${shown.join(", ")}${suffix}>`;
 }
 
 function formatContactLabel(