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BroadcastsRecipients & Tracking

Recipients & Tracking

Each broadcast carries its own list of recipients and live counters so you always know how a campaign is progressing.

Recipients

A broadcast holds up to 5000 recipients. Each recipient has:

FieldDescription
chatIdThe recipient’s WhatsApp chat id (required).
nameOptional display name used for {{name}} personalization.

Each recipient also tracks its own delivery state:

Recipient statusMeaning
pendingNot yet sent.
sentDelivered to WhatsApp.
failedThe send failed (for example, an invalid number).

Live progress

As the worker sends, Loopwave updates campaign counters — total, sent, and failed — and emits a real-time broadcast.progress update. Your dashboard reflects progress without a refresh, and you can subscribe to the same event via webhooks to track campaigns in your own systems.

broadcast.progress payload
{ "event": "broadcast.progress", "data": { "id": "...", "status": "sending", "sentCount": 142, "failedCount": 3, "total": 500 }, "timestamp": "2026-06-29T10:15:00.000Z" }

Cancelling

An admin can cancel a broadcast while it’s sending. The worker stops on its next tick, the status becomes cancelled, and any remaining pending recipients are not sent.

Because broadcasts are paced (one recipient per tick with randomized gaps), a large campaign takes time to complete by design. The live counters let you watch it work through the list safely.

How pacing works

See the exact delays, daily cap, and pause behavior.