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Monday, July 27, 2026
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New functionality added to Odoo
Frontdesk locations can now notify hosts and visitors through WhatsApp when someone checks in, using configurable templates. This gives businesses another communication channel and ensures WhatsApp is used as a fallback when Discuss is not available or when the host is on leave.
Original PR description
Frontdesk currently supports email, SMS, and Discuss notifications for visitor check-ins. This adds WhatsApp as an additional notification channel for deployments where it is the preferred communication method. Stations can now be configured to send WhatsApp notifications using a selected template. Discuss notifications fall back to WhatsApp when the host has no linked user, following the existing SMS behavior. Visitors are also notified through WhatsApp when their host is on leave. A validation constraint ensures WhatsApp can only be enabled when associated hosts have valid international phone numbers. Unit tests cover the notification flow, fallback behavior, validation, and host-on-leave cases. Task-5929330