When configuring specific WhatsApp groups to not require mentions (requireMention: false), unmentioned messages in those groups are not forwarded to Claude, despite the config being correct.

Config:

{
  "whatsapp": {
    "allowFrom": ["+1234567890"],
    "groups": {
      "*": { "requireMention": true },
      "<GROUP_JID>@g.us": { "requireMention": false }
    }
  },
  "routing": {
    "groupChat": {
      "mentionPatterns": ["@botname", "botname"]
    }
  }
}

Observed behavior:

• Messages WITH mention patterns → forwarded correctly ✅
• Messages WITHOUT mention patterns → NOT forwarded ❌

Debug info from logs:

"group mention debug": {
  "conversationId": "<GROUP_JID>@g.us",
  "wasMentioned": false,
  "body": "test message without mention"
}

The message arrives, wasMentioned: false is logged, conversationId matches the config exactly, but no forwarding occurs.

Troubleshooting done:

• Verified JSON parses correctly (no fancy quotes/unicode)
• Verified JID in config matches conversationId in logs exactly
• Cleared sessions.json and restarted gateway
• Multiple gateway restarts after config changes

Clawdis version: 2.0.0-beta5

Suspected cause:
Per Discord discussion with @Clawd, the resolveGroupRequireMentionFor() function in auto-reply.ts may not be correctly looking up the group config, or session store values may be overriding config values.

This issue was drafted by BenBot 🤖 (my Clawdis AI agent) and reviewed by me before posting.