From 396297c8970ba2b8636e50d118335ca97de7bfe3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rajeh Taher <rajeh@reforward.dev>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 04:24:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] package!: set new Node version minimum

breaking change
---
 engine-requirements.js | 10 ++++++++++
 package.json           | 18 ++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 engine-requirements.js

diff --git a/engine-requirements.js b/engine-requirements.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..136dcfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine-requirements.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+const major = parseInt(process.versions.node.split('.')[0], 10);
+
+if (major < 20) {
+  console.error(
+    `\n❌ This package requires Node.js 20+ to run reliably.\n` +
+    `   You are using Node.js ${process.versions.node}.\n` +
+    `   Please upgrade to Node.js 20+ to proceed.\n`
+  );
+  process.exit(1);
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 534a88e..2aea558 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,23 +1,17 @@
 {
   "name": "baileys",
   "version": "6.7.16",
-  "description": "WhatsApp API",
+  "description": "A WebSockets library for interacting with WhatsApp Web",
   "keywords": [
     "whatsapp",
-    "js-whatsapp",
-    "whatsapp-api",
-    "whatsapp-web",
-    "whatsapp-chat",
-    "whatsapp-group",
-    "automation",
-    "multi-device"
+    "automation"
   ],
   "homepage": "https://github.com/WhiskeySockets/Baileys",
   "repository": {
     "url": "git@github.com:WhiskeySockets/Baileys.git"
   },
   "license": "MIT",
-  "author": "Adhiraj Singh",
+  "author": "Rajeh Taher",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
   "files": [
@@ -38,6 +32,7 @@
     "lint:fix": "yarn lint --fix",
     "prepack": "tsc",
     "prepare": "tsc",
+    "preinstall": "node ./engine-requirements.js",
     "release": "release-it",
     "test": "jest"
   },
@@ -100,5 +95,8 @@
       "optional": true
     }
   },
-  "packageManager": "yarn@1.22.19"
+  "packageManager": "yarn@1.22.19",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=20.0.0"
+  }
 }