From cd6ed79433d98b05c99d9e040925f061d0599ab2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:53:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: honor group requireMention default

---
 CHANGELOG.md            | 1 +
 src/auto-reply/reply.ts | 7 ++++++-
 src/web/auto-reply.ts   | 6 +++++-
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3a5785818..4429310d8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 - WhatsApp send now preserves existing JIDs (including group `@g.us`) instead of coercing to `@s.whatsapp.net`. (Thanks @arun-8687.)
 - Telegram/WhatsApp: native replies now target the original inbound message; reply context is appended to `Body` and captured in `ReplyTo*` fields. (Thanks @joshp123 for the PR and follow-up question.)
 - WhatsApp web creds persistence hardened; credentials are restored before auth checks and QR login auto-restarts if it stalls.
+- Group chats now honor `inbound.groupChat.requireMention=false` as the default activation when no per-group override exists.
 - Canvas defaults/A2UI auto-nav aligned; debug status overlay centered; redundant await removed in `CanvasManager`.
 - Gateway launchd loop fixed by removing redundant `kickstart -k`.
 - CLI now hints when Peekaboo is unauthorized.
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply.ts
index 7752859b9..fc7cc040e 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply.ts
@@ -326,6 +326,11 @@ export async function getReplyFromConfig(
   sessionCtx.Body = verboseCleaned;
   sessionCtx.BodyStripped = verboseCleaned;
 
+  const defaultGroupActivation = () => {
+    const requireMention = cfg.inbound?.groupChat?.requireMention;
+    return requireMention === false ? "always" : "mention";
+  };
+
   const isGroup =
     typeof ctx.From === "string" &&
     (ctx.From.includes("@g.us") || ctx.From.startsWith("group:"));
@@ -647,7 +652,7 @@ export async function getReplyFromConfig(
       ? (() => {
           const activation =
             normalizeGroupActivation(sessionEntry?.groupActivation) ??
-            "mention";
+            defaultGroupActivation();
           const subject = sessionCtx.GroupSubject?.trim();
           const members = sessionCtx.GroupMembers?.trim();
           const subjectLine = subject
diff --git a/src/web/auto-reply.ts b/src/web/auto-reply.ts
index 2d67c854c..78f9b3745 100644
--- a/src/web/auto-reply.ts
+++ b/src/web/auto-reply.ts
@@ -852,7 +852,11 @@ export async function monitorWebProvider(
       : `group:${conversationId}`;
     const store = loadSessionStore(sessionStorePath);
     const entry = store[key];
-    return normalizeGroupActivation(entry?.groupActivation) ?? "mention";
+    const requireMention = cfg.inbound?.groupChat?.requireMention;
+    const defaultActivation = requireMention === false ? "always" : "mention";
+    return (
+      normalizeGroupActivation(entry?.groupActivation) ?? defaultActivation
+    );
   };
 
   const resolveOwnerList = (selfE164?: string | null) => {